A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 966 Uncle, you have something on your head (Please subscribe!)

Yaer Hutong.

Zhang Xuejun and Men Saner were drinking and chatting at home when they heard someone knocking on the door. He walked out of the house and opened the gate, and saw a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing work clothes, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, standing at the door of his house, giving him a friendly smile.

Although Zhang Xuejun was a tough guy, he didn't bully anyone. Instead, he respected good people and capable people. Seeing the righteous face of the man in front of him, he asked politely:

"you are?"

  Yi Zhonghai felt relieved when he heard the other party speak politely, and smiled slightly:

"Let me introduce myself first. I am Yi Zhonghai, a level 8 fitter at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill!"

Zhang Xuejun raised his eyebrows: "Oh, you are Yi Zhonghai?"

Yi Zhonghai was startled: "Have you heard my story?"

Zhang Xuejun thought to himself, I have heard too much about this and I am planning to teach you a lesson.

  However, he was calm and knew that now was not the time to take action, so he grinned:

"There are only a few level eight workers in the entire city of Beijing. Which one of them is not famous? I've heard of them. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Although Yi Zhonghai knew that the other person was just being polite, he still smiled and said, "If you have something to say, please go inside and talk."

Zhang Xuejun also had the same idea. He felt that Yi Zhonghai's visit was suspicious and planned to find out his purpose first:

"Sure, then come in and have a cup of hot water."

As he said this, he invited Yi Zhonghai into the yard and brought him into the house.

  Men Saner was waiting for Zhang Xuejun to drink in the house, but he didn't come back for a long time. When he heard footsteps, he shouted:

"Who is it? Still chatting at the door for so long!"

Zhang Xuejun pushed the door open and walked in: "Come on, what are you yelling about!"

When Yi Zhonghai came in, Zhang Xuejun introduced him: "This is the eighth-level worker of the steel rolling mill, Master Yi Zhonghai!"

Men Saner was stunned for two seconds, then suddenly stood up and was about to lose his temper, raising his hands, which scared Yi Zhonghai.

  When Mensan stood up, Zhang Xuejun quickly winked at him. Mensan also reacted quickly, lowered his hand, stretched it in front of Yi Zhonghai, and said in a muffled voice:

"Nice to meet you, Master Yi!"

  Yi Zhonghai was relieved. It turned out to be a handshake. He thought he was going to beat someone up. He immediately shook hands with Men Saner:

"you are welcome!"

  Zhang Xuejun glared at Men Saner, then smiled at Yi Zhonghai:

"This is my brother. He admires capable people. When he heard that you were an eighth-level worker, he got excited first. You weren't scared by him, were you?"

Yi Zhonghai smiled and waved his hand, indicating that it was okay.

  Zhang Xuejun asked Yi Zhonghai to sit down, poured him a glass of water, and then asked him why he came:

"What brings you here?"

Yi Zhonghai did not say anything first, but asked Zhang Xuejun: "Excuse me, do you have a younger sister?"

  Zhang Xuejun and Men Saner looked at each other, then smiled and nodded:

"Yes, there is one. Why, did that girl recruit you?"

"No, no, I just want to ask, is your sister dating a young man named Hua Twelve from the steel mill? If there is no such thing, then I misunderstood. If there is such a thing, I have to warn you!"

Zhang Xuejun understood a little bit in his heart, but frowned on the surface;

"That's true. That boy came to my house yesterday. I tell you, I knew he wasn't an honest guy. I didn't have a good impression of him!"

"right!"

  Yi Zhonghai clapped his hands:

"To be honest, Hua Twelve and I both live in the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. I am the manager of our courtyard house, and that guy is usually not a good person. He is aggressive and always causes trouble!"

"The most important thing is that he doesn't respect his elders, bullies his neighbors, and has an affair with a married woman whose husband is disabled in our yard. His house is cleaned by others, and his underwear is washed by others."

I'm used to saying Yi Zhonghai, and now I'm referring to him as Hua Twelve after he changed his name. (Shazhu: I'm going to ask you a question, who were you talking about before you changed your name?)

Zhang Xuejun and Men Saner knew what was going on. The former pretended to be shocked.

"Really? That's too much of a jerk!"

Seeing that he had found the right rhythm, Yi Zhonghai felt more at ease: "That's right, I don't care about the impact at all!"

"I saw a young girl coming to see Hua Twelve yesterday. As an eighth-level worker in the factory and a senior official in the courtyard, I thought that we ourselves have not educated the young people in the courtyard well, and we cannot let them harm other girls!"

"I asked around and found out that the girl lives here, so I came here to tell you. It's a big deal for my daughter to find a partner. Men are afraid of choosing the wrong career, and women are afraid of marrying the wrong man. You can't marry the wrong person!"

Zhang Xuejun handed Yi Zhonghai a cigarette: "You smoke, thank you so much, if you didn't tell me where we would have gone, my sister would have been ruined!"

Yi Zhonghai achieved his goal and laughed: "It's not too late to stop. If you don't believe what I said, go and ask someone. There is a chef in our factory named He Yuzhu. He is a loyal and honest man. He is also from the same hospital as us. You can ask him if the Hua Twelve is what I said!"

He stood up after he finished speaking: "Okay, I have told you the story, I will go back now!"

Zhang Xuejun held Yi Zhonghai and said, "You have helped us so much, how can we let you go? You just got off work at this time, so you must not have eaten yet. We are drinking, let's drink together!"

  Yi Zhonghai tried to refuse, but Zhang Xuejun refused and forced him to drink until dark. Then they said goodbye and left Yaer Hutong. Before leaving, Yi Zhonghai thought of something and reminded Zhang Xuejun:

"You can ask around for information, but don't tell anyone about me. We live next door to each other. Although I'm doing a good deed, it would be too offensive if it gets out!"

Zhang Xuejun patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, I'm tight-lipped. You have good intentions, I can't hurt you, right?"

He emphasized the word "kind-hearted". Yi Zhonghai was a little drunk after drinking two cups of wine, so he didn't notice it and left Yaer Hutong with a smile.

Yi Zhonghai strolled around, not taking the main road, but taking a shortcut, along Houhai, towards Yinding Bridge, and then taking the road to Shichahai.

Men Saner saw Yi Zhonghai walking out of the alley and stamped his feet anxiously: "Oh my sixth brother, are you really going to let this old man go like this?"

  Zhang Xuejun smiled coldly:

"Why are you in such a hurry? If we catch him at the doorstep, he will report to the police station and none of us will be able to escape. I will keep him until dark. Doesn't he live in Nanluoguxiang? We will catch him halfway and he won't suspect us when he reports to the police station. I even treated him to a meal. Why would he suspect me?"

At the Siheyuan, because Xu Damao invited Hua Twelve to dinner yesterday, although he didn't go, he remembered it. Today he wanted to return the favor. He made an agreement with Xu Damao during the day that he would cook himself in the evening and ask the latter to bring Lou Xiaoe over for dinner.

It's said to be returning a favor, but in fact it's just that. The main reason is that it's boring for Hua Twelve to eat alone, so it's quite fun to listen to Xu Damao bragging.

After get off work, Hua Shier and Xu Damao went to Dongdan Vegetable Market and bought a pound of pork belly, a few pounds of ribs, and two crucian carps.

Spare ribs are very cheap these days, and most people think it is not cost-effective to buy them. Xu Damao complained to Hua Twelve, saying there is no point in buying spare ribs, as they are just bones with little meat.

On the way back, Hua Shier bought another pound of White Rabbit milk candy at the grocery store. If he cooked meat tonight, people would definitely hate him, so he gave one or two pieces of candy to each child in advance, and there would be no trouble.

When they arrived at the gate of the courtyard, the door gods were already in place. Seeing the two people coming back from shopping, Yan Bugui immediately stepped forward:

"Are you buying meat? Oh, and fish too. What's the happy event? Uncle San has some wine. Can you celebrate?"

Xu Damao curled his lips and said, "Don't mention the wine. Other people mix water into wine, but you mix wine into water. If you drink too much, there will be no other side effects except going to the toilet!"

Yan Bugui was immediately embarrassed: "How can you talk like that?"

Xu Damao was quite capable of handling things. Before Yan Bugui could finish, he said with a smile:

"Your wine is no good, drink mine instead. Come over here with your mouth in a bit, and we three can drink together!"

Hua Twelve also laughed: "Yes, Uncle San, I'll cook, let's cook together!"

When Yan Bugui heard that he didn't even need to take the wine, he immediately became happy again: "Okay, let's do it!" When they entered the courtyard, the children in the yard were running around playing, and when they saw the two people holding meat and fish in their hands, they suddenly couldn't move, and their mouths were watering at the sight of the fish and meat.

Hua Shier sighed in his heart, the famine had just passed, and these children were drooling at the sight of raw meat, which showed how hard their lives had been over the years.

He took out White Rabbit milk candy and gave two pieces to each person: "Okay, eat the candy and do whatever you need to do!"

The children were delighted when they received the candies and thanked him one after another: "Thank you, Uncle Twelve!"

  Qin Huairu's little boy, Xiao Dang, who had a runny nose, also received two pieces. After receiving them, he ate one piece and ran home, shouting as he ran:

"GuoGuo, uncle, have some candy."

When Hua Shier and Xu Damao walked to the middle courtyard, Jia Jiabang ran over and pointed at Hua Shier: "Candy, give me candy, I want candy too."

His tone was confident and righteous, not like he was asking for it, but rather like he owed it to him.

Xu Damao was unhappy when he heard this: "Hey, you little bastard, how can you talk like that? Do you have any manners?"

  Hua Shier has read a lot of Siheyuan stories, so he is used to this kind of joke:

"No more, they've all been sent out!"

Bang Geng's eyes suddenly turned red and he screamed, "Xiao Dang said you would give it to all the children, why don't you give it to me? You are bullying me!"

Sha Zhu and the Jia family heard Bang Geng's cry and ran out to check. Xu Damao pointed at Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu:

"You guys came just in time, hurry up and get your stalk back. What the hell, blocking the road to demand things, and you have no manners at all!"

The neighbors all tried to please the landlord Hua Twelve, and they also came up to help, talking at once to make the matter clear. Sha Zhu curled his lips:

"Hua Twelve, you say you are an adult, why are you acting like a child? Just be generous and give Banggeng two pieces of candy!"

  Hua Twelve frowned and glared at Sha Zhu:

"I told you that the sugar was gone. Don't you understand me? It's his bad luck that he's late!"

When Sha Zhu heard Hua Twelve's impolite words, he immediately got angry: "Who do you say doesn't understand what people say? Say it again."

Hua Twelve sneered: "Let me see about your rent."

Sha Zhu immediately became cowardly again: "I just didn't hear clearly, I asked you to say it again, if you don't want to say it, forget it, then, I'm going to go back first because there's soup stewing at home."

He turned around and walked away dejectedly. Jia Zhang spat on Sha Zhu's back and said, "If you don't have the ability, why are you pretending to be so great?"

Sha Zhu didn't even notice that there was phlegm on his back. After returning home, he lay down on the bed in depression and suddenly felt a chill on his back.

Just as Jia Zhang was about to scold Hua Twelve, the latter said two words calmly:

"rent."

Without saying a word, Jia Zhang dragged the crying Bang Geng and Qin Huairu away, and snatched the other piece of candy that Xiao Dang was reluctant to eat at the door:

"It's useless to eat this money-losing stuff, so give it all to your brother!"

After saying that, he stuffed the candy directly into Banggeng's hand. The latter took the candy, then stopped crying and started to eat it happily. He didn't even say a word of comfort to Xiaodang, whose eyes were already blurred with tears, as if everything was as it should be.

Xu Damao shook his head as he watched: "The Jia family educates their children this way. I think Bang Geng will be ruined sooner or later!"

Hua Twelve laughed: "I think it's almost the same now!"

Let Xu Damao go find Lou Xiao'e, and Hua Shier returned home and started cooking. He liked to eat, and his cooking was relatively average, but he had received instruction from the imperial chef, so he was much better than those famous chefs and ordinary people.

Soon, several dishes were prepared, including braised pork, roast pork ribs, and crucian carp soup.

By the time Xu Damao and his wife and the third uncle arrived, the aroma of meat had already filled the entire courtyard.

The children from each family began to drool, but after Hua Twelve treated them to candy, no child made a fuss. Only Bang Geng from the Jia family started making a fuss again, demanding to eat meat.

Mrs. Jia Zhang sighed and said, "It's not the child's fault. Ever since Dongxu was hospitalized, our family hasn't had meat for a long time. Not to mention the meat, even an adult like me would get greedy just by smelling the meat."

Qin Huairu put four steamed buns on a plate and brought them up: "Mom, it's time to eat!"

Jia Zhang picked up a steamed bun, which felt so hard that it could hit a dog. She sniffed the aroma of meat coming from Hua Twelve's house and immediately threw the bun back on the plate.

"I don't want to eat it, I want to eat meat!"

Bang Geng also started to make a fuss after hearing this: "I want to eat meat, too! I want to eat meat!"

Xiao Dang was still young and didn't know much. When he heard his grandmother and brother say they wanted to eat meat, he immediately became happy: "Eat again, eat again!"

Qin Huairu felt very aggrieved: "Mom, everyone wants to eat meat, but you don't give me money, where can I get meat?"

Jia Zhang's eyes rolled, "Go borrow some from Hua Twelve's family. I just saw him buy a pound of pork belly. How can they eat that much? Go borrow half a pound. Also, he bought two fish. If you borrow one, don't lend him the spareribs. You won't get two bites of meat if you borrow it. You're still asking for favors."

Qin Huairu was speechless. You have done me a lot of favors, but you don't even return my body.

She shook her head: "I won't go. Our families don't get along, and they look down on us. How can I ask for help?"

Jia Zhang's eyes widened immediately: "Your mother-in-law wants to eat meat, and you won't go even if I ask you to borrow some. You are unfilial. Are you going or not?"

  Qin Huairu still had some dignity at this point and shook her head again:

"Don't go!"

Jia Zhang began to wail, "My poor Dongxu, he is alone in the hospital, with few people to take care of him and he can't eat well. It's time to recuperate. I asked his wife to borrow some meat and send it to you, but your wife didn't go. Pan Jinlian, when are you going to give Dongxu medicine?"

Qin Huairu felt sad and tears fell without mercy. Seeing this, Jia Zhangshi shouted again:

"Who are you crying for? You don't care about your mother-in-law, you don't care about your husband, you must have someone else outside, you go out and flirt with your big belly, you have no shame."

Hearing her voice getting louder and louder, Qin Huairu cried helplessly and nodded: "I'll go, isn't it okay for me to go?"

  As he said this, he took a small bowl and left. Jia Zhang called out from behind:

"How much can that hold? Use a large bowl."

Hua Twelve and his thirteen friends were eating when they heard someone knocking on the door, and then the person outside pushed the door open without being invited.

Lou Xiao'e saw that it was Qin Huairu: "Sister Qin, what are you doing?"

Hua Shier, Xu Damao, and Yan Bugui also looked over. When they saw that she was holding a large bowl, they knew what was going on and shook their heads secretly.

Qin Huairu was a little embarrassed: "Twelve, your brother Dongxu needs to recover and wants to eat something good. Sister Qin wants to borrow some meat from you."

Hua Twelve waved his hand before she could finish, "Go back, we are not familiar with each other, don't come next time, if you really need something, call someone in the yard, don't come in uninvited, I'm afraid it will cause misunderstandings!"

After saying that, he walked over, put his hand on the bowl, and used some skillful force. Qin Huairu walked out of the room in a few steps like a puppet, and the door closed with a bang.

Not to mention how she was bullied by her mother-in-law when she returned home, it was already night. Qin Huairu ran to the pool in the middle courtyard and cried quietly. A figure staggered in from outside the courtyard, and a foul smell came over before the figure got close.

Qin Huairu turned her head and looked at him, with eyes wide open in the moonlight: "Uncle, there is a maggot on your head."

Thanks: 08a, the carefree Daluo immortal Chu Ritian for the reward, and thanks to the brothers who voted for the monthly ticket and the recommendation ticket, thank you very much.