Living in a Siheyuan

Seeing the old lady go home, He Yuzhu went home thoughtfully.

Starting from the next day, Qin Huairu began to avoid He Yuzhu. Especially in places where there were people, she would deliberately avoid He Yuzhu and even refused to eat leftovers.

This made Sha Zhu very angry, but he didn't know who to send the message to. So the people in the kitchen were trembling with fear these days. He Yuzhu would get angry and curse at them at any time.

Qin Huairu stopped bringing vegetables home, and the Jia family's food dropped to the lowest point again. Every day they had steamed bread and cabbage, or just some mushy food. This was unbearable for Banggen, who was used to eating good food. Once he even threw the steamed bread on the ground.

Qin Huairu has not spoken a word at home since she was beaten. She is silently resisting. She does not say a word when she sees Banggeng like this.

Jia Dongxu is becoming more and more irritable, and he gets angry at anyone he sees.

In such an atmosphere, life became increasingly difficult for the Jia family.

Finally one day, Jia Zhang came back from sunbathing outside and wanted to empty the potty for Jia Dongxu. Although Jia Dongxu's legs could not move, he could still do some small things like going to the toilet by himself with the support of his hands.

As soon as she entered the house, she saw Jia Dongxu hanging on the wooden beam of the roof. He looked at her with wide eyes. Jia Zhang was so scared that she sat down on the ground.

She waved her hands and crawled out screaming.

Several middle-aged women at home in the yard saw that Jia Zhang looked like she had seen a ghost, so they came over and tried to help pull her up.

But Jia Zhang kept shouting and pointing at the house, making a lot of noise.

Finally, someone became curious and went into the Jia family to see what was going on.

As soon as I entered, I heard a loud scream from outside. Then, the old lady ran out frantically, shouting, "Someone's dead! Someone's dead! Someone's really dead!"

Several people quickly grabbed her, and saw the old lady trembling all over and shouting: "Someone is dead, Jia Dongxu is dead!"

After hearing this, the rest of the people did not dare to delay and went in to take a look. As a result, everyone was frightened and ran out. No one dared to go in again.

At this time, the second aunt hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and send someone to the factory to find Qin Huairu and bring her back. By the way, call our Lao Liu and his third uncle back as well."

The rest, a few of whom were quick on their feet, quickly split up and went looking for people.

Qin Huairu was cutting vegetables in the kitchen when she heard someone calling her at the door. She was startled to see that it was someone from the security department. Ordinary people nowadays are a little afraid of dealing with the security department and the police.

Qin Huairu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that someone was looking for her at the door.

When I arrived at the gate, I saw that it was my neighbor in the yard. I hurried over to ask, "Aunt Yang, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"

When the aunt saw Qin Huairu, she hurriedly said, "Huairu, go home quickly. Your Dongxu is gone. Go back quickly!"

Qin Huairu's head suddenly felt buzzing. How could he be gone?

She ran home as fast as she could.

After a while, the second uncle Liu Haizhong also came out. After hearing this, he also trotted back home.

When Qin Huairu ran back home, the door was already crowded with people. She hurriedly pushed everyone aside and went straight into the house.

When Qin Huairu saw Jia Dongxu hanging on the beam with his eyes wide open, staring at her, she was so scared that she collapsed to the ground.

Then she burst into tears. She really couldn't understand why Jia Dongxu was like this? Did he hate her?

When the second uncle Liu Haizhong and the third uncle Yan Bugui arrived, Qin Huairu had already been pulled out and was still crying loudly. Jia Zhangshi was also crying so hard that she couldn't get up.

So the two old men called a few brave young men and together they released the man.

He also asked someone to get money to buy a coffin and set up the mourning hall.

By the time everyone got off work in the afternoon, the Jia family had already set up the mourning hall.

Li Pingan and Yu Li also found out about it when they arrived at the courtyard.

I didn't expect Jia Dongxu to die like this. It happened two or three years earlier than in the plot, and there will be no more Sophora japonica. Li Ping'an now has a wife and children, so it doesn't matter.

In the evening, the second and third uncles discussed the Jia family and Qin Huairu and decided to let them go tomorrow and bury them the day after tomorrow.

Now is a difficult time, so there is no need to be so particular. When the time comes, just make a big pot of stewed vegetables and steamed bread.

In the Jia family, Qin Huairu and Jia Zhangshi were girls, and they were sad. The stick was too small, so He Yuzhu volunteered to run around and help.

After two days of hard work, Jia Dongxu's funeral was finally completed.

During this time, neither Li Ping'an nor Yu Li went there. Everyone knew that their families had a bad relationship. So no one said anything. Besides, Yu Li's belly was getting bigger and bigger.

Even without Jia Dongxu, the Jia family has to go on with life.

However, Qin Huairu was still frightened by Jia Dongxu's expression before his death. She was increasingly afraid to approach He Yuzhu.

Jia Zhang also took out all her anger on Qin Huairu and He Yuzhu because of her son's death. She kept an eye on the two of them every day, fearing that they might do something.

Just like that, the courtyard fell silent.

But now things are getting chaotic outside.

That afternoon, Li Pingan and Yu Li were chatting in the office. Suddenly Zhou Changming ran over, threw the motorcycle keys to Li Pingan and said, "Pingan, hurry up and ride your bike. Let's go out for a while."

As he said that, he pulled Li Pingan out.

Li Ping'an was also a little confused. Seeing Zhou Changming's anxious look, he quickly said something to Yu Li and followed him out to ride his bike.

I quickly rode my bike to the door, where a jeep was already waiting.

When I saw them coming, I drove straight out.

Zhou Changming signaled Li Pingan to ride his bike and follow him.

On the way, Li Pingan asked, "Chief, what's wrong? Why are you so anxious? I see that it's Chief Liu and the security chief in front of us, right?"

Zhou Changming was no longer in a hurry. He said, "Just now the factory called and said that the police found a body in Liujia Village in the suburbs. It seems to be Wang Yousheng's. Let's go over and take a look."

"What!?" Li Ping'an exclaimed and almost rode his bike into the ditch on the side of the road.

Zhou Changming was also startled, but fortunately Li Pingan calmed down in time. Otherwise, the two would have been injured if not killed.

Zhou Changming was so angry that he cursed: "You were just driving properly, but you are making a fuss. You are risking your life!"

Li Ping'an continued to ride his bike and follow the jeep in front, but he still couldn't calm down.

Although Wang Yousheng is usually very low-key and a quiet person, after so long, everyone is familiar with him. Who would have thought that something like this would happen suddenly?

Soon, the jeep in front stopped, and Li Pingan also pulled his car aside.

There were four or five bicycles on the side. Liu Zhiwei also called them to go over.

The security chief and two security guards were in front, and the three of them followed behind.

The group came to the back of the woods.

There were seven or eight people gathered here. When they saw them coming, an older police officer came over and greeted the security chief, saying, "Chief Lin, you're here."

Chief Lin of the Security Department also said, "Old Huang, how is it? What did you find?"

"Nothing has been found yet. Come over and check it out first."

Section Chief Lin led Liu Zhiwei and Zhou Changming to the front, and Li Pingan followed.

Wang Yousheng was lying on the ground, blood all over his head, with only one shoe on his foot.

The police officer surnamed Huang came over and asked, "How is it? Is he from your factory?"

Section Chief Lin looked at Liu Zhiwei and Zhou Changming.

Liu Zhiwei nodded and said, "He is our factory's purchaser, named Wang Yousheng. Comrade Public Security, what is going on?"

After the identity of the deceased was confirmed, the police officer surnamed Huang said, "This morning, we received a report from nearby villagers that a body was found here. We had already seen it when we came. The preliminary judgment is that it was a robbery and murder. All the money and property on the deceased were taken away. In addition, nearby villagers said that he rode a bicycle with some purchased supplies. But they were all robbed."

Hearing this, the head of the security department, Colin, said, "Any clues about the murderer? It's hard to move something as big as a bicycle, right?"

The police officer surnamed Huang shook his head and said, "No, we don't have any clues yet. We still need to investigate the surrounding area. We will notify you if we find anything."

There is no way. We can’t find the murderer now, so we can only wait for notification from the police.

Afterwards, Li Ping'an rode his bike to a nearby village, found a donkey cart, and took Wang Yousheng's body back.

When the body was sent to Wang Yousheng's home, there was already wailing. Li Ping'an was also very upset. He helped arrange some funeral affairs.

He was busy until dark, and then he rode his bike to take Zhou Changming home. When he got home, it was already eight or nine in the evening. He hadn't even eaten yet.

When he got home, Yu Li was still worried and hadn't rested. She was waiting for him.

Li Pingan comforted Yu Li first, then went to get some food and talked to her while eating.

I told Yu Li what happened, and she was also a little surprised. A good person just disappeared. We were still chatting at work a few days ago.

Then there was worry, because Li Ping'an often went to the countryside. The world is so chaotic now, what if something goes wrong?

Li Pingan looked at her worried expression and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. You know my skills, and ordinary people are no match for me."

It took a long time to comfort Yu Li, and the two chatted for a while before going to bed. At night, Yu Li still hugged Li Pingan tightly. It seemed that she was still worried.

When I arrived at the factory the next day, the news had already spread.

All the people from their three purchasing departments were present except Wang Yousheng.

The office is very silent today, and Section Chief Liu Zhiwei is also here.

Seeing that everyone was worried, Liu Zhiwei said, "Everyone knows about this, so I won't say more. Don't go to the countryside these days. We need to discuss this matter with the factory before making a decision. Just wait for notification."

After saying some more things to be careful about, Liu Zhiwei left. He had to go to a meeting at the factory.

After Liu Zhiwei left, Zhou Changming also said to everyone: "Everyone should take a rest these days and come to work next Monday. If you have nothing to do, go to Wang Yousheng's house to help out. His mother is old, and his wife has two children. If there are some things you can help with, then help them."

After hearing this, everyone left in silence. Yu Li was an office worker and had to work in the factory for the time being. Li Ping'an also had to accompany her. Because they were twins, they looked very big at five or six months old.

In the following days, Li Pingan not only accompanied Yu Li at work, but also went to Wang Yousheng's home to help out for a few days. After all, they were colleagues and had a good relationship. He didn't have any free time until the funeral was over.