The Rebirth of the Rain Pillar of the Siheyuan

Chapter 4
When it was getting dark after dinner, the third master knocked on the gong to notify everyone to hold a meeting.

A square table was set up in the middle of the courtyard, the first uncle sat in the middle, and the second and third uncles sat on both sides.

After the third master saw that all the family members had arrived, he stood up and said: "Everyone is quiet and quiet, let's listen to the second uncle's speech."

The third uncle finished speaking and sat down, and the second uncle took a sip of water from the large enamel jar of "serving the people wholeheartedly", stood up and waved his left hand and right hand behind his back, majestic.

"Silly Zhu didn't cook for the old lady today, and he didn't respect the uncle. There was a conflict with the uncle. The purpose of today's meeting is to ask everyone to comment. Now I announce the tenth meeting of the No. [-] compound in [-]. The meeting has officially begun!"

Seeing everyone applauding, the second uncle sat down, and the first uncle stood up again, knocking on the table for everyone's attention.

"Silly Zhu was recuperating at home. He thought he could take the initiative to take on the responsibility of cooking for the old lady. Because of his negligence, he starved the old lady for two meals. Although it is the responsibility of my mother to take care of the old lady, everyone knows that I My wife was really tired from taking care of the elderly all day long, so I thought about Shazhu taking a break and cooking for the old lady. Shazhu had something to go out and didn't explain, so the old lady didn't have lunch at noon! I came back from work When I found out about it and asked him, he still stared blankly at me, let’s talk about whether we should criticize education!”

After speaking, he looked at the expressions of everyone, and then pressed He Yuzhu with his eyes, but He Yuzhu didn't look at him at all.

"Why is this idiot getting more and more confused!"

"Shouldn't you be silly? You're usually nice to the old lady and uncle?"

"This pillar is really not a thing! No one can starve the old ancestor when he is hungry! It's no use that the old lady and the old man are always so kind to him!"

"That's right! The old man sees the rain is pitiful, and the silly salary is low, and he also pays five yuan a month for living expenses! What a benevolence!"

"After He Daqing ran to Baocheng with the widow, who cares about his brothers and sisters in the yard except the old lady and the uncle?"

"That's right! Silly Zhu fights with people in and out of the courtyard, but the old lady is always in charge. If there is no old lady facing him, he will have to be bullied to death!"

"Who said it wasn't! Are you going to say something stupid in our courtyard? Look at this old ancestor and don't scold you to death."

Everyone was discussing around one after another, as the voice gradually died down.

Everyone looked at Shazhu, and He Yuzhu saw that everyone was silent, patted his clothes and stood up on tiptoe with his chest straight.

Yu Shui tightly grabbed the skirt of his brother's back, and looked at the crowd timidly. He Yuzhu was afraid that the crowd would scare his sister, so he hugged her to him.

"Everyone knows about it! I think everyone is talking about it, so it's time for me to talk about it."

After speaking, look at the crowd around you.

He Yuzhu paused and continued.

"I was recuperating at home with a head injury, and everyone in this yard knows about it. I'm not at home today, so I have to explain to the big guys about cooking. The ancestors in our yard are martyrs. The material and living expenses are all distributed by the street, and the old lady’s pension is also the responsibility of the old lady’s family. Except for the food stamps, which are sent to the old lady by the neighborhood committee, the rest are collected by the old lady’s family. Do you want me to cook for the old lady? Yes Ah! Get the food ready, any time! After all, I am still an apprentice now. Although I am working as a big worker, I am paid 17 yuan and [-] yuan a month before I become a full-time worker. If I plan to eat, I won’t be able to eat enough if I have a big stomach, I would be hungry and skinny if I didn’t work in the cafeteria.”

The crowd immediately chattered.

"That's right! There's not enough food to eat now, disasters are happening everywhere, no one has anything to spare!"

"No way! I heard that people in the countryside starved to death!"

"Ah? Really fake?"

"Haven't you seen that the control in the city is so strict now? People from the countryside are not allowed to enter the city."

"That's right! This year's severe drought and lack of food harvest, next year we will have to tighten our belts to live."

He Yuzhu looked at the first uncle, the first uncle was frowning, the second uncle had an inexplicable expression, and the third uncle looked down at the toe of the shoe.

He Yuzhu went on to say, "As for cooking for the old lady when I was off work, it was all the leftovers I bought in the cafeteria the day before, and I reheated them the next day after freezing, so I didn't give my rations to the old lady at all. It's my wife's job to cook!"

Everyone around looked at He Yuzhu and stopped talking.

He Yuzhu went on to say, "The other one is that the uncle gave Yushui five yuan for living expenses!"

The uncle hurriedly stood up when he heard this, patted the table and shouted to He Yuzhu: "Okay! Stop talking!"

"Huh? Why don't you let me tell you?"

"That's right, there's nothing to say."

"This is a good thing for a good person. I think it should be reported to the factory and the neighborhood committee!"

"This matter should be reported to the report!"

The second uncle hurriedly said to the first uncle: "What are you in a hurry for, old man, listen to the silly Zhu finish talking."

Then he said to everyone, "Everyone, shut up and listen to Shazhu!"

"When my father He Daqing left, although he didn't say hello to the people in the yard, he also explained everything to me before he left. When my father left, he was afraid that I would spend money recklessly, so he stayed with the uncle. 300 yuan is given to me for emergency use, and ten yuan is remitted to Yushui every month for living expenses. After all, my dad and I are also father and son, and Yushui is also a daughter. When my dad didn’t leave, the most distressing thing was Yushui. ask?"

He Yuzhu finished speaking in one breath and looked at the dozens of people in the courtyard.

"Master, are you giving He Daqing's money to the silly Zhus?"

"Damn it! Grandpa's hands are so beautiful!"

"Why is this uncle like this?"

"It's really good to sell the name of the uncle, and I learned another trick!"

"This is trying to trick the idiot!"

"No one in the factory knows him! If he is good for you, then you will be unlucky. If he is not good at craftsmanship, no one would care about him."

"This old lady is taking the ration of the heavy industry. How much can an old lady eat? The rest is not all her own, so you just treat him as a good person!"

"I said that he will help some stick noodles to see if someone's family can't survive anymore. The feelings are not his own!"

The crowd was chattering and chattering, and it was very lively.

The deaf old lady pushed aside the crowd, took He Yuzhu's hand, and said, "The eldest grandson listens to grandma, don't talk about it, go home with grandma!"

He Yuzhu supported the old lady, and said to her: "Grandma, let me finish my sentence, you can't let the reputation of the uncle be damaged!"

He Yuzhu looked at the crowd around him, and then said: "Let me also explain the matter of my uncle and I getting angry. My sister and I were having dinner at the time, and the uncle came in and slammed the door of my house with a "bang bang" sound, and asked me angrily. You are an elder, but you are rude first, and it is also rude to slam the door into the house. As the saying goes, if you want others to respect you, you have to respect others first."

The uncle stared at He Yuzhu angrily, looked at the crowd talking around him, and waved his hand angrily.

"The meeting"!
After saying that, he left without looking back.

The second uncle stood up and nodded at the table and said: "Let's leave, everyone! The first uncle is still fine, don't talk nonsense if you have nothing to do!"

Joyfully said to the second aunt and son, "Let's go! Go home."

It seems that the second uncle is in a very good mood.

People whispered to each other and scattered away. The big melon was eaten to everyone's satisfaction, which can be called a big show.

He Yuzhu helped the old lady walk to the backyard, and the old lady held He Yuzhu's hand tightly.

"You silly pillar, you shouldn't! You shouldn't! How could you say that? Some things can't be said in public!"

"Grandma, I'm telling the truth! I'm not talking nonsense, I didn't say anything about my uncle!"

He Yuzhu happily looked at the old lady, the deaf old lady's eyes were slightly red, and she shook off He Yuzhu's hand.

"Isn't that right? You silly Zhu knows that your uncle is sincere to your brothers and sisters. Are you worthy of him for doubting him like this? I don't need you to send me off, I can go back by myself."

After speaking, he walked away with his little feet on crutches.

He Yuzhu looked back at his sister, who was looking at him.

"Dad did he leave us money when he left? Did he give me living expenses? Brother, why didn't you say before, can I wear new clothes if I have money?"

She smiled at the thought of wearing new clothes in the rain, and the little girl was carefree.

He Yuzhu nodded in agreement with his sister's request.

"When you get the money, I'll buy you two new clothes. I used to be young and you were young, so I didn't say anything because I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to keep the money. Now that I've grown up, I'm capable of protecting us both!"

He Yuzhu took his younger sister's hand and walked back, saying: "Go back to the house to wash with water, sleep in brother's room tomorrow night, brother has something to tell you."

The younger sister raised her head and asked, "Then you can talk now! What's the matter?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, let me think about it tomorrow!"

He Yuzhu took the washed sister back to her room, watched her fall asleep, closed the door and went to the back of the house.

He pricked up his ears to hear that the courtyard was silent.

Walking quickly to the dry well that had been filled in, he held down the soil in the well with both hands and meditated for a while, and suddenly a large hole ten meters deep appeared.

My mind was a little swollen, it seemed that I was still not familiar with this space ability, so I took a photo with a flashlight, and at this time, water was slowly seeping out from the bottom of the well.

Go back to the house and take out the hemp rope at home, look behind the house, find a half dead tree and tie it up, throw the remaining rope down the well, shine the flashlight to the bottom of the well, and the hemp rope will reach the bottom of the well.

Turn off the flashlight and put it in your pocket, hold the rope tightly with both hands, spread your feet to support the wall of the well, and slide down slowly.

After sliding down to about five meters, I saw the hole on the wall of the well, which was blocked by mud. I kicked it with my feet and didn't use my mental power to sense it. It was blocked for less than one meter. The tall black lacquered hole was exposed.

Slowly climb into the hole, take out the flashlight and turn it on to shine forward, crawling forward.

Finally came to the secret room, following the light of the flashlight, I could see clearly the furnishings in the secret room, there were two large unlocked boxes in the corner, the lids of the boxes were semicircular, and the corners were wrapped with copper skin, which looked very old It was covered with dust.

There is a three-story Bogu rack against the wall in the other corner, and there is nothing on it.

Although he can use spiritual power to sense, He Yuzhu still wants to taste the thrill of treasure hunting. In his previous life, he only saw it in TV and movies. .

When I came to the front and opened the lid of the box, I saw that there were all kinds of boxes, big and small, and some of the boxes were inlaid with gold nails and precious stones.

(End of this chapter)