1952: Walking through Nantongluo Alley

"Wait a minute, Silly Zhu. I have something to tell you."

Seeing Sha Zhu turned around and left without saying a word to him, Yi Zhonghai chased after him.

"What's the matter, uncle? Isn't everything over? Do you have anything else to say to me?" Sha Zhu said lightly.

Ever since the last incident with He Yushui, Sha Zhu has completely given up on Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Sha Zhu's indifferent expression and sighed in his heart.

The saying "stealing a chicken but losing the rice" is very suitable for him.

"Silly Zhu, it was I who wronged you last time."

"It's all your uncle's fault for not noticing your aunt's little tricks in time."

"Ever since that day when the uncle beat up your aunt, she's still lying in the hospital."

Sha Zhu's eyes lit up. No wonder he hadn't seen the old lady in the past few days.

It turned out that he was lying in the hospital.

"And then?" Sha Zhu continued calmly.

He didn't believe that this was all done by one lady alone.

"Silly Zhu, can you please forgive your aunt?"

"Forgive? Uncle, I don't think I've ever said anything against Auntie, right?"

"In my heart, Shazhu, Auntie will always be Auntie. After my father, He Daqing, ran off with the White Widow, Auntie sent my brother and me stale steamed bread so many times. Shazhu still remembers it."

"Okay, uncle, stop talking. I have to go to work soon."

After saying that, Sha Zhu walked home without looking back.

In order to avoid the last incident from happening again, Sha Zhu decided not to have anything to do with the eldest uncle's family anymore.

A dog will always eat shit, what the ancients said is definitely not wrong.

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When everyone in the compound went to work.

Jia Dongxu's head slowly popped out from the door.

After checking that there was no one in the yard, he ran towards Sha Zhu's house.

When he arrived at Sha Zhu's house, Jia Dongxu took out a piece of wire from his pocket.

In fact, he is a craftsman.

When I was young, I studied with an old man for two years.

Jia Dongxu fiddled with the keyhole with a piece of wire. With a crisp sound, the door lock was opened directly by Jia Dongxu.

He muttered with a sneer on his face.

"Silly Zhu, you don't deserve such a valuable jade pendant. Today, I, Jia Dongxu, will accept it for you."

The kitchen of the steel rolling mill.

Sha Zhu was preparing lunch for the workers, cutting vegetables with a kitchen knife in each hand.

Suddenly the jade pendant around his neck came out.

He quickly stopped what he was doing and carefully put the jade pendant back into his clothes.

This is the betrothal gift for his engagement with Teacher Qian. Although it is fake, there cannot be any accidents.

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"Impossible! There's no way it doesn't exist!"

"Where on earth did Sha Zhu hide that jade pendant!!!"

Jia Dongxu rummaged through Sha Zhu's house, even turning the wardrobe upside down.

Not to mention the jade pendant, he didn't even find a penny.

Looking at the room where he had let a thief break into, Jia Dongxu angrily kicked the table in Sha Zhu's house.

"Fuck! I didn't expect Sha Zhu to hide so well."

By now, Sha Zhu's house has been turned upside down. He has searched everywhere except the floor tiles.

Qin Huairu, who was doing housework at home next door, heard the noise next door. She put down the broom in her hand and listened carefully next door.

"strangeness......"

"Didn't Shazhu go to work? Why is there still noise at home?"

Qin Huairu was a little worried, so she went out to take a look.

At the same time, Jia Dongxu, who was still at Sha Zhu's house, was extremely nervous.

Listening to the noise outside the door, his heart was in his throat.

"Damn it, why did that Qin Huairu come out?"

Jia Dongxu slapped his thigh angrily.

If Qin Huairu called the residents of the courtyard, she would be caught in the trap.

Then Jia Dongxu's reputation would be ruined, and he might even be sent to prison like his mother Jia Zhang.

In a panic, Jia Dongxu quickly crawled under Sha Zhu's bed.

At the same time, he was carefully listening to the noises outside, praying in his heart that he would not be seen by others.

At this time, Qin Huairu outside the door had already walked to the door of Sha Zhu's house.

He looked at the door of Sha Zhu's house, which was ajar and there was a piece of wire stuck in the door lock.

Looking inside through the crack in the door, it was a mess.

"Oh no! Sha Zhu's house has been robbed!" Qin Huairu exclaimed.

In order to avoid misunderstanding, Qin Huairu did not open the door and go in, but stood at the door and shouted.

"Oh no, oh no, Sha Zhu's house was robbed."

Following a burst of shouting, several middle-aged women in the courtyard ran out in panic.

It was working hours, and most of the men in the courtyard went to work in the steel mill, leaving most of those left behind were women and children.

"What happened to Qin Huairu? Did you say that Sha Zhu's house was robbed?" The second aunt asked while supporting the pregnant third aunt.

Qin Huairu nodded in response.

"The door lock of Shazhu's house was pried open, and there was a mess inside."

The second aunt's heart skipped a beat when she heard this.

What’s going on in this courtyard house recently? Why is the security so bad? Things are always lost every now and then.

The second aunt helped the third aunt to the door of Sha Zhu's house. Just as Qin Huairu said, the door lock of Sha Zhu's house was indeed pried open. Looking inside through the crack in the door, the tables, chairs and benches were in a mess.

"Second Aunt, I think we should call the police?" Third Aunt suggested.

The third aunt's proposal was directly rejected by the second aunt.

"We can't call the police. We can wait until the uncles get off work and let them handle it."

At this time, Jia Dongxu's wife Tingting also came over.

"Second Aunt, Third Aunt, what happened?"

Then the third aunt repeated the story of how Sha Zhu’s house was robbed.

After listening to it, Tingting always felt a little strange inside, an indescribable feeling.

She came out this time to look for Jia Dongxu. She originally wanted to ask the aunts if they had seen Jia Dongxu, but now it seems that it is better not to ask for the time being.

At this time, the second aunt suddenly spoke to them.

"Now, no one of us should go into Sha Zhu's house, so as not to destroy the evidence at the scene."

"Qin Huairu, lock the door of Sha Zhu's house."

"Okay, I'll lock it now."

Then Qin Huairu locked the door of Sha Zhu's house again.

Worried, she checked the doors and windows again to make sure nothing was missed.

After Qin Huairu finished all this, Second Aunt told them to go home and do what they needed to do.

As for Jia Dongxu in the house, he was completely locked in the house.

Tingting was walking on the way home, looking back from time to time.

She murmured.

"No, my Dongxu would never do such a thing."

"He was just bored at home, so he went out for a walk alone. He'll be back soon, soon..."

After returning home, Tingting waited and waited, but Jia Dongxu didn't come back for a long time.

She sat at the table waiting from morning till afternoon.

At this time, she could no longer sit still. She came out of the house and came to Sha Zhu's door again.

She lay down beside the door of Sha Zhu's house and shouted inside through the crack.

"Dongxu, Dongxu, are you in there?"

After a while, Jia Dongxu's voice was heard from inside.

"Tingting, are you here?"

Jia Dongxu crawled out from under Sha Zhu's bed and came to the door.

He hadn't eaten for a day and was already starving. The first thing he did when he saw Tingting was to ask if there was anything to eat.

"Tingting, hurry home and bring me two steamed buns. I'm almost starving."

Tingting didn't move, but looked at Jia Dongxu inside through the crack in the door.

"Dongxu, why did you do such a thing? The incident with your mother-in-law hasn't taught you a lesson yet, right?"

"Tingting, things are not what you think."

"I didn't steal anything from Sha Zhu's house. I was just like Qin Huairu. I saw that Sha Zhu's house was robbed and went in to check. Then you locked me in." Jia Dongxu lied.

Tingting naturally wouldn't believe this lie.

She sighed and shook her head.

"Dongxu, you really disappoint me."

"You still haven't told me the truth and are still lying to me."

Although she said this, Jia Dongxu was her husband after all, and she couldn't just ignore him.

Just as she was about to go home to get steamed bread for Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu's voice came from behind her.

"Tingting, what are you doing here?"

Tingting and Jia Dongxu were startled.

Jia Dongxu hid against the wall in panic.

Tingting turned around calmly.

"I didn't do anything. I was just bored at home and came to see what was stolen from Shazhu's house."

Then she quickly changed the subject elsewhere.

"Qin Huairu, you're already three months pregnant, right? Maybe we can give birth on the same day. I'm already three months pregnant."

"Yes, three months." Qin Huairu answered with a slight blush on her pretty face.

Then the two chatted about pregnancy for a while, and Tingting found an excuse to go home.

She brought two steamed buns from home, threw them into the door for Jia Dongxu through the crack, and then hurried home.

If he appeared at Sha Zhu's doorstep once, there would be some justification, but if he did it twice, three times or even more, and if someone saw him, he would be suspected.

In the room, Jia Dongxu was gnawing on a cold and hard steamed bun. After swallowing it in a few bites, he began to look for a way to get out.

"No! We can't just sit there and wait for death any longer."

"The steel mill is closing soon. If we don't find a way out, we'll be discovered by Sha Zhu and the others."

There is only so much space in the room, and the only places where people can hide are under the bed and in the wardrobe.

After Sha Zhu found out that his house had been robbed, he would definitely check these two places.

Jia Dongxu came to the door and tried to open the lock from the inside through the crack.

Unfortunately, the space is too small and even the palm cannot be squeezed out through the gap of the door.

After trying several times, Jia Dongxu gave up.

He slumped to the ground, muttering with lifeless eyes.

"It's over, it's over! My wisdom in this life, Jia Dongxu, is about to end."

At this moment, Jia Dongxu felt so regretful.

I regret coming here so early in the morning to steal the jade pendant.

Not only did he fail to steal the jade pendant, but he was about to be caught in a trap by someone else.

If he had known this earlier, he would have come over at night, and wait until Sha Zhu got drunk, and then sneak in.

Jia Dongxu sat on the ground with lifeless eyes, and now he looked behind the door.

Suddenly his eyes lit up, and he had obviously thought of a good idea.

"Right! Why can't I just hide behind the door and wait for Sha Zhu to open the door and everyone rushes in? Then I can come out from behind the door. That way I can blend into the crowd and completely get rid of suspicion."

Jia Dongxu kept praising himself.

Only he could come up with such a brilliant idea.

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It was time to get off work at the steel mill.

Chen Xiao was the first to return to the courtyard because he was riding a bicycle.

After returning home, he learned from Qin Huairu that Sha Zhu's house had been robbed.

When he had a cup of tea at home and just walked out, he saw a group of people following Sha Zhu.

I saw Sha Zhu leading the way and striding forward angrily.

"Damn it! How dare you steal from my house? If I knew who you were, I'd skin you alive!"

Uncle Yi Zhonghai kept persuading him.

"Silly Zhu, please don't be impulsive and don't call the police. Don't worry, I will take care of it for you."

A large group of people came to Sha Zhu's house, and Sha Zhu was taking out the key to open the door.

Jia Dongxu in the room was hiding carefully next to the door.

At this moment, he was extremely nervous, fearing that the strange noises he made would be heard by others.

At this time, Chen Xiao came over and pointed at the gap under the door and shouted at several people.

"Silly Zhu, there seems to be someone at your house!"

"Look, isn't there a pair of shoes under the door?"

Sha Zhu looked down and saw that there was indeed a pair of shoes, but the shoes were carefully moved to the side.

Seeing this scene, Sha Zhu was about to explode with anger.

"Uncle, the thief is hiding behind my door now."

"See if I don't beat the shit out of him when I get in."

Tingting in the crowd knew that Jia Dongxu was finished.

She came to Yi Zhonghai and spoke in his ear.

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai almost jumped up.

"What did you say? You said it was..."

Tingting nodded.

: "Nonsense! This is nonsense!"

"Hasn't he learned his lesson from your mother-in-law Jia Zhang's incident? Why would he do such a thing?"

Tingting spread her hands helplessly. She didn't understand the point of Jia Dongxu doing this.

At this moment, a flash of inspiration came to Yi Zhonghai's mind.

"Could it be... Dongxu is going for that jade pendant???"

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai quickly distanced himself from Jia Dongxu and decided not to bother with the matter anymore.

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