Living in a Siheyuan

In a small forest not far from Sijiu City, a figure suddenly appeared. It was Li Pingan who had rushed back from the mountains. He looked around and found no one, so he pushed his bicycle out of the forest.

When he got to the road, he rode his bike back. He had to go to the street office to say hello to Director Wang. After all, he had helped him, and he asked him to take care of his house. Now that he was gone, there was no one at home. What if someone in the courtyard occupied his house?

I quickly came to the street office, said something to the old man at the door, and pushed the cart in. I came to Director Wang's office and called out, "Auntie Wang."

When Director Wang saw Li Ping'an coming, he smiled and asked, "Ping'an is here, what's the matter?"

Li Pingan touched his head and said, "It's nothing, Aunt Wang, I just finished dealing with the things at home, and I plan to go to school today. I came to tell you."

Director Wang looked at Li Ping'an and said gently, "You've worked hard during this period. It would be good for you to return to school earlier. The exam is coming soon, so when you return, make good use of your time to study. Make up for the lessons you've missed during this period as soon as possible and get into a good university."

Li Pingan actually doesn't really want to go to college now. After all, he has his own space now, and it's inconvenient to stay in school all the time. But he doesn't dare to tell Director Wang now, so he can only explain it after the exam.

Li Pingan replied: "Yes, Aunt Wang. I think so too."

Then he said, "Auntie Wang, you see, there's no one at my house right now, and I'm at school and can't come back often. I hope you can come over and help take care of me when you have time."

Facing Li Ping'an's instructions, Director Wang said unhappily, "Do you need to tell me that? I'll go over and take a look when I have time. By the way, I'll let the seniors in the hospital know. Speaking of which, I've been so busy these days that I haven't looked for Yi Zhonghai yet."

Li Pingan said quickly: "It's okay, Aunt Wang's incident is over. Besides, I have received compensation. I won't cause any trouble for your work."

Director Wang thought about it and said, "Well, as long as you don't mind, but I will warn him when the time comes."

After chatting for a while, Director Wang told Li Pingan to study hard at school. Seeing that Director Wang had other things to do, Li Pingan left.

After leaving the street office, he walked towards the courtyard. He didn't know that there was another bustle in the courtyard today. Last night, he took away all the money hidden by several people in the Jia family. This morning, Qin Huairu first discovered that her money was missing. She first thought that Jia Zhang had discovered her hidden money and secretly took it away. Later, she thought that if Jia Zhang knew about it, she would have made a fuss a long time ago.

She didn't dare to ask Jia Zhang directly, so she ran to the house to find Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu had been tortured for two days at the Public Security Bureau. Zhang Zhiyong had called him, and his men had done some things to him. He didn't even sleep well, and he was tortured to the point of almost being unable to bear it. So he took another day off today to rest at home.

Qin Huairu found Jia Dongxu and pushed him when she saw that he was still sleeping soundly. Jia Dongxu opened his eyes and looked at Qin Huairu who was about to cry and asked, "What's wrong?" Qin Huairu immediately asked, "Did you take my money?"

Jia Dongxu didn't understand what was going on, so he asked, "What money do you want to take? I don't even know where your money is."

In fact, no matter what Jia Dongxu did outside, he was still very good to Qin Huairu. Otherwise, Qin Huairu would not have stayed at the Jia family and taken such good care of the children. In that era, widows were encouraged to remarry and to have more children to strengthen the country. There was also the honorary title of "hero mother". It was to encourage everyone to have more children. Besides, Jia Dongxu was also good-looking, so Qin Huairu looked down on He Yuzhu even though she was a widow. She contacted He Yuzhu just to get him to help her family and take care of her children.

Now, Qin Huairu became even more anxious after hearing what Jia Dongxu said. She hid the money in the corner of the kitchen, and generally no one would know about it. Besides, there were always people at home, and it was even more impossible for outsiders to come in. So when she heard that Jia Dongxu didn't take it, it must be Jia Zhangshi. If the money fell into Jia Zhangshi's hands, it would be like throwing meat buns at a dog, and it would never come back. Thinking of this, Qin Huairu's tears flowed down.

Seeing Qin Huairu like this, Jia Dongxu didn't sleep. He quickly got up and comforted her: "Why are you crying? It's just a little money. I'll find it for you later." He thought that Qin Huairu only had the money to buy vegetables. Jia Zhangshi basically managed the money in the family, and she only gave Qin Huairu ten yuan a month to buy vegetables.

Qin Huairu now knew that she couldn't hide it anymore, so she cried and said, "All the money I saved over the past few years is gone. I kept it in the kitchen. Go ask your mother if she took it."

Jia Dongxu didn't take it too seriously and said, "Okay, I'll go ask mom, don't cry for now." Then he got up, put on his clothes and got off the kang. Seeing Qin Huairu still crying, he said, "I'll get it back for you, don't cry. If it doesn't work, I'll give it to you." After that, he touched Qin Huairu's head and went out.

When I came outside, I saw Jia Zhang holding her shoe soles in the sun at the door again, almost falling asleep. I walked over and said, "Mom, come home and I have something to ask you."

Jia Zhang was half asleep, and when she heard her son calling her, she didn't think much about it. She put away the soles of her shoes and followed him back home. Jia Dongxu took his mother into the living room and asked, "Mom, did you take the money I gave to Huairu? That was the money I saved for Huairu to replenish her body and the nutrition for the child. All the money in the family is with you, so why did you take her money?"

Jia Zhang, who had just entered the room, was confused by Jia Dongxu's series of questions. After she came to her senses, she cursed, "Qin Huairu, you bitch, when did I take your money? You are wrongly accusing me in front of Dongxu, are you trying to sow discord between us mother and son?"

After that, she grabbed Jia Dongxu and said, "Dongxu, I'm your mother. You can't listen to Qin Huairu's nonsense all day long. I raised you with my own hard work."

Jia Dongxu quickly grabbed his screaming mother and said, "Mom, I'm not blaming you. I know it's not easy for you. But Huairu said her money is missing and I want to ask you if you have seen it."

At this time, Qin Huairu also came out of the house crying and said, "Mom, I didn't instigate you. My money is really gone."

Seeing the couple talking like this, Jia Zhang asked, "How much money is missing? Where did it disappear?"

Qin Huairu said hesitantly, "I put it in the gap in the corner of the kitchen. There are more than fifty pieces..."

Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu looked at Qin Huairu in disbelief. Jia Dongxu asked, "Where did you get so much money?" Jia Zhang also scolded, "Well, you bitch, did you hide our money and want to take it back to your parents? I will beat you to death, you traitor." Then she stretched out her hand to hit Qin Huairu.

Jia Dongxu quickly grabbed Jia Zhang and said, "Mom, Huairu is still pregnant, you have to be careful."

After hearing this, Jia Zhang did not dare to do anything. But she kept cursing, "Where did you get the money? Did you deduct the money from your family's living expenses? I said that other families often eat meat and some fish, but we have always had steamed corn bread and cabbage. You have no conscience, you don't even want to give it to me or my grandson, just to steal money for your mother's family."

Jia Dongxu also said: "Did you forget to put it somewhere else? There are only a few of us at home, who would take your money?"

After hearing what Jia Dongxu said, Qin Huairu also ran into the kitchen anxiously to continue searching. Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu followed in to search together.

Several people searched for a long time but couldn't find it. This time Qin Huairu cried even harder. She sat there and said, "I have always kept it here and never moved it. How could it be stolen?"

Thinking that there was a thief in the house, Jia Zhang ran into the house to see where she kept the money. Jia Dongxu did the same and walked quickly to the inner room.

Then Jia Zhang's deafening cry was heard from the house: "Damn it! Who stole all my money? Isn't this going to kill me? God, please let the thunder strike that bastard who stole the money to death!"

Jia Dongxu also shouted from behind: "The dozens of dollars I put in are gone too."

Now the whole family is worried. There is no money left at home. How will they live in the future?

Jia Dongxu hurried out of the house and ran to Yi Zhonghai's house across the street. Yi Zhonghai was also resting at home. After all, he was older than Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu couldn't stand it, and he couldn't stand it even more. So he also asked for leave today.

As soon as Jia Dongxu entered Yi Zhonghai's house, he said to Yi Zhonghai: "Master, my house was robbed. All the money in the house was stolen!" When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he hurried out and asked: "How was it stolen? How much money was stolen?"

Jia Dongxu was still a little out of breath at this moment, and said: "I haven't calculated the exact amount yet, but my money, my mother's money, and Huairu's hidden money are all gone."

Yi Zhonghai also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he said to Jia Dongxu: "Let's go over and take a look."

As they talked, the two of them came to Jia's house. They saw Jia Zhang was still sitting on the ground, cursing and swearing. Yi Zhonghai said, "Mother Dongxu, get up first and look around the house again."

When Jia Zhang saw Yi Zhonghai coming, she crawled over and hugged Yi Zhonghai's legs and cried, "Uncle, you must help us. All the money in my family is gone, and my gold ring is gone too. That was left for me by Old Jia. Oh, God, I can't live any longer."

Yi Zhonghai quickly said to Jia Dongxu: "Pull your mother up first."

After being pulled up by her son, Jia Zhang said to Yi Zhonghai: "My pension money was stolen by that bastard. Uncle, please help me find it!"

Yi Zhonghai asked: "How much money was lost?"

Jia Dongxu said, "Huai Ru is in her fifties or sixties, and I'm in my thirties." After saying that, he looked at Jia Zhangshi.

Wiping her nose and tears, Jia Zhang said, "That's Lao Jia's compensation, plus my pension money, more than 400 yuan. Originally, I had more than 600 yuan, but I only took out 200 yuan for Dongxu yesterday."

When the family heard that Jia Zhang had hidden so much money, they were all very surprised. Qin Huairu felt that Jia Zhang deserved it. She had only given her 200 yuan yesterday after much persuasion. She thought that the family had at most 100 or 200 yuan left. Who knew that the old woman had hidden so much?

Jia Dongxu didn't expect his mother to hide it so well, and he felt a little sad. He knew that he had given money to Li Ping'an yesterday to ask for a letter of forgiveness. His mother would rather hide the money than give it out to save him. He also understood where Qin Huairu's money came from. But now is not the time to talk about these things.

The uncle was a little angry. Yesterday, Jia Zhangshi only took more than 100 yuan. He really thought that the Jia family had no money. Who knew that Jia Zhangshi had so much money and asked his family to pay for it.

So Yi Zhonghai said, "We have no way to find this much money. Dongxu, go to the police station and report the case now."

After hearing this, Jia Dongxu turned around and ran to the police station. A crowd of people was slowly gathering outside the Jia family. Yi Zhonghai came out and saw so many people, so he said to everyone, "The Jia family has been robbed, and the money has been stolen. You don't have to gather here anymore, go back and see who else has lost something. The police will be here soon."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai went back to his home to see.

Everyone in the yard looked at each other and hurried to their own homes, fearing that they had also lost money. After returning home and seeing that nothing was missing, they locked the door and slowly gathered in the middle courtyard to discuss the matter. Some people scolded the thief, while others were gloating over the misfortune, thinking that Jia Zhang had received retribution for scolding people every day. Anyway, Jia Zhang had offended everyone in the yard, and almost no one sympathized with her.