Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1941: Auntie's Protection

The courtyard was in a state of commotion, disturbing the entire night.

In the dark night, countless figures gathered from outside. No matter they were there to watch the fun or were resentful, when they entered the courtyard, they all looked towards the people under the Qin family's lamp.

Yan Fugui stood in front of the crowd, feeling more grateful at this moment.

Fortunately, I didn't do it, and fortunately Qin Huairu took the initiative, otherwise I would be the one being scolded now.

At that time, let alone being the boss in the courtyard, it was difficult to live here because of your bad reputation.

Thinking of this, Yan Fugui immediately joined the army of condemnation and added insult to injury to Qin Huairu.

Cough
Yan Fugui coughed lightly and came forward.

"Qin Huairu, you can't be too shrewd, and you can't go against your conscience to make dirty money."

"They are both wives and mothers. Look at Teacher Ran, a good wife and a loving mother."

"Look at you again, you forget your principles for the sake of small profits!"

"We are all daughters-in-law in the same courtyard, why is there such a big difference in our character?"

To say that this is a level of speaking ability belongs to a cultured person, as Yan Fugui's opening words immediately showed his tendency to flatter the powerful and belittle the weak.

Even Liu Yuhua and others from Wang Dashan's family nodded after hearing this.

There is nothing wrong with that.

In their eyes, the gap between Qin Huairu and Ran Qiuye is getting bigger and bigger!

Yang family!

After Ran Qiuye had her four children finish their meal, she tutored Miaomiao and Duanwu at home.

As for the two daughters, they were currently drawing on the bed with notebooks in their hands.

Originally, the two little ones wanted to go to the study to draw, because Yang Xiaotao allowed them to go in when he was at home.

But Ran Qiuye couldn't do that. If these two went in, he wouldn't be able to see what was going on and he didn't know what kind of trouble they would cause.

The two kids could only lie on the bed and draw little by little with crayons.

Speaking of which, the children were very obedient and well-behaved when facing Ran Qiuye.

Even on Dragon Boat Festival, you don’t dare to act rude in front of me.

At this time, he was standing straight, holding a pencil in his hand, and writing in an orderly manner.

"Miaomiao, the 'ear' is written very well, but the hand needs to be written with force and there should be pauses..."

On the side, Ran Qiuye corrected Miaomiao's writing habits.

The handwriting is so beautiful that everyone who sees it will agree that it is good.

Just like Yang Xiaotao's calligraphy, the documents he usually writes at home are straight and neat, and with so many words, it is not only pleasing to the eye but also not tiring to read.

"I know mom!"

Miaomiao nodded seriously.

Seeing Miaomiao being obedient, Ran Qiuye felt relieved.

This child, at such a young age, has experienced hardships that ordinary people have never experienced, which has made her more sensible.

But, she really doesn't want her to be too sensible.

Sometimes, she would rather Miaomiao be like Duanwu, a little naughty and noisy.

That's what childhood should be like.

"Take a break after you finish writing this line and go to bed early tonight!"

Ran Qiuye said, Miaomiao nodded vigorously, and then asked, "Mom, when will Dad come back?"

Ran Qiuye was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "Soon, your dad said he'll be back before the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

"Ok!"

Miaomiao smiled, and Duanwu, who was writing and gesturing nearby, also smiled when he heard it.

Dad is finally coming back!

"Duanwu, sit up straight!"

The next second, Ran Qiuye's voice sounded, and Duanwu sat up immediately, looking forward to seeing his father even more.

"Qin Huairu..."

Suddenly, Yan Fugui's voice sounded in the yard. Through the window, Ran Qiuye saw a lot of people standing in front of the Qin family's door. Under the light, there were more and more people!
His brows furrowed slightly.

Ever since she married into this courtyard, Ran Qiuye has known that there are many social customs in the courtyard. There are many quarrels and arguments on weekdays. It is impossible to say who is right or wrong in such matters. You can go out and listen to the fun, and you can enjoy your leisure time if you don't go out.

Besides, Yang Xiaotao said a long time ago that the affairs of the courtyard will be handled by the elders of the courtyard, and we just need to live our own lives well.

As for those who come to your door, there is no need to worry about causing trouble.

As Ran Qiuye was thinking, the two girls on the bed next to her immediately ran down, and each of them lay on the windowsill looking outside.

Rongrong turned around and yelled, "Mom, there's a quarrel outside!"

"Mom, there are so many people!"

As he spoke, he waved the drawing paper in his hand. It was a picture of a person, but only half of the face was shown, so it was impossible to tell who it was.

Ran Qiuye got up, walked out of the room and stood in the yard.

As soon as I came out, I heard Liu Yuhua's scolding, and I knew that Qin Huairu's sale of medicinal wine had been exposed!

She had her own thoughts on this matter.

"Akiba!"

Cuiping's voice came from beside him, and Ran Qiuye hurried forward to greet her.

"Is this, an outbreak?"

Cuiping looked like she was watching the fun and glanced at Qin Huairu.

Ran Qiuye nodded, but did not go forward, just watched in the yard.

A few children behind him were leaning on the window, listening to the quarrel outside.

Duanwu was even more excited and thought, how nice it would be if every day could be like this and he wouldn't have to study anymore.

"What are you doing!"

Hearing Yan Fugui's voice, the crowd was in an uproar and were about to continue denouncing him when a scolding came from the Chuihua Gate.

Everyone looked in search of the sound.

In an instant, the yard was silent.

Director Wang walked out of the hanging flower gate with two staff members, his face solemn.

Later that day, she was getting ready to go home after a busy day.

As soon as I left my seat, I heard the phone ringing.

The street office has been quite busy recently, with various publicity and activities.

Their street offices have to participate and sometimes even organize it.

They even have to undertake some supervisory work. Not only is the task heavy, but it is also an obligation and there is no reward for doing a good job.

But if you don't do it well, the punishment from above will come immediately.

After answering the phone and listening for a while, Director Wang's expression changed.

There's a spy at the entrance of the alley!
Although they just moved here, they are still from their street.

Especially those who have contact with spies, they don’t even have the most basic vigilance, their sense of crisis is really weak!

This incident is not good for the reputation of the street office!
Fortunately, the higher-ups did not pursue the matter and just asked her to come to the courtyard to inform everyone.

By the way, I would like to remind the people living in the Siheyuan to always be vigilant.

But as soon as I entered the gate of the courtyard, I saw someone running towards the central courtyard, and I could hear shouting from inside, and the voices were quite loud!

When everyone saw that it was Director Wang from the Street Office, they immediately made way for him, and Yan Fugui walked up to him quickly.

"Director Wang, you're here just in time."

"We are criticizing and educating the speculators!"

Yan Fugui said as they arrived at the Qin family's door. At this moment, Qin Huairu saw Director Wang coming over, her face turned pale, her hands kept buttoning her pants, she was extremely nervous.

"Speculation? What on earth is going on?"

Director Wang had a grim expression on his face. Just now an enemy spy had appeared, and now there was speculation. Was this a bad year?

"Let me say, I..."

"Need not!"

Yan Fugui immediately stepped forward to explain, but the next second, a sound came from the room!
When everyone looked in the direction of the sound, they saw an old lady holding two children coming out with a sad and angry look on her face.

Seeing that it was an old lady, many people in the yard opened their mouths but didn't know how to start.

Some people even sighed in their hearts.

After all, the aunt is a nice person in the orphanage.

When Yan Fugui saw an old lady coming out, he was speechless and walked aside.

Director Wang looked over, and the old lady patted the frightened Xiaodang and looked up at everyone.

Finally, he looked at Director Wang and said, "I know about this matter. Let me tell you about it!"

"This matter has to start with the Yang family's medicinal wine recipe."

"Everyone is right. Yang Xiaotao did a good job. He made the recipe of the medicinal wine public, and many people benefited from it!"

"I just thought that I could also take advantage of it and let the villagers benefit as well."

"So I asked Huairu to make the medicinal wine and send it to the village."

"The villagers are simple and honest. When they got the medicinal wine, they exchanged it for things at home!"

“It’s that simple!”

"Everyone will say this is speculation!"

The auntie said it with absolute certainty, her eyes swept over everyone, and then said, "I instigated Huairu to do that, it has nothing to do with anyone else!"

"If you have anything to say, come to me!"

As if she had used up all her strength, as if she had used up all the courage in her life to say these words, after the old lady finished speaking, she sat on the ground and shed tears secretly.

In my heart, I really miss the days when Yi Zhonghai was still alive.

Everyone around was silent.

They could blame Qin Huairu and scold her coldly, but facing an old lady and the current scene, they really couldn't say anything.

"Auntie..."

Qin Huairu fell to the ground with a thud, hugging the old lady's legs and crying.

"Auntie, stop talking. It's all my fault."

"I am uneducated and ignorant..."

"I'm incompetent, you old lady!!!"

Qin Huairu cried and shouted, wiping her tears, her voice choked with sobs.

Then he looked at Director Wang and the people in the yard, "It's my fault!"

"Since my husband passed away, life at home has been getting worse day by day."

"I thought I would have someone to rely on after finding Shazhu, but..."

"Woo~~"

"Now my family has no food to eat and my children can't afford to go to school. Seeing them like this, I feel sad."

“I’m in pain!!”

Woohoo~~~
The first lady reached out and touched Qin Huairu's head, her voice choking as she looked at the people around her and said, "I know that the Jia family did a lot of wrong things in the past."

"I also know that Huairu has done some things wrong over the years."

"But, Huairu is still a member of our courtyard! She is also a mother, raising two children alone, without food supply, and trying every way to earn food for her children. What's wrong with that?"

"You can help the poor families in the courtyard, but why can't you see Huairu's hard work!"

As the auntie spoke, Qin Huairu's crying became louder.

Even Xiaodang and Huaihua were crying.

For a moment, the whole yard was filled with the Qin family's cries.

At this time, Yan Fugui also told what had happened.

After listening to the details, Director Wang finally understood why everyone in the hospital was so angry.

It’s not that I don’t sympathize with her, but what Qin Huairu did makes it hard to sympathize with her.

You've been working on the streets for so many years, what kind of situations have you not seen?

The one who throws a tantrum, the one who acts like a scoundrel, the one who stirs up trouble, and the one who tries to smooth things over.

I've seen all kinds of people and a lot of nonsense!

"Difficulties are not a reason for you to make mistakes!"

Director Wang's voice rang out, and he came up to the few people with a cold look in his eyes.

"It's not a means for you to shirk your responsibility!"

Qin Huairu stopped crying and the old lady lowered her head.

"You also said that everyone in this courtyard is willing to help the needy families in this courtyard."

"Then do you know why the guys are unwilling to help you?"

The lady opened her mouth and Qin Huairu covered her face, and they both knew what was going on.

"Because you are different from them!"

Director Wang showed no mercy, "Old Wang from the alley next door also raised two girls by himself, and he raised them by picking up trash!"

"Did he do that? Did he steal or rob?"

"what about you?"

"Qin Huairu, you raised two daughters, what kind of work did you do?"

"You can glue matchboxes together, right?"

"Sweep the streets, you can do it!"

"But did you do it? You didn't!"

"So, essentially, you just want to get something for nothing, which is just laziness!"

Director Wang's words were different from the accusation of speculation that Yan Fugui put on Qin Huairu, but they revealed Qin Huairu's true nature.

Looking at the results through the essence, what the old lady said just now is no longer tenable.

Because they are lazy and like to eat, they choose to engage in speculation.

Because they wanted to get something for nothing, they set their sights on the prescription.

Qin Huairu's face flushed red, and she felt as if she had been stripped naked, with the dark side of her heart exposed to the sun, getting tanned red.

But deep down in my heart there was a sense of inexplicable grievance.

The hemp rope only picks and breaks at the thinnest point, and bad luck only seeks out the miserable!
Why is it always her!

The aunt is also sad in her heart. That's the fact, so sympathy is unnecessary!
"Director Wang, all the mistakes are my fault. I was the one who instigated this. If you want to arrest someone, just arrest me."

Qin Huairu cried and tears kept flowing, "Auntie~~"

"Okay, let's go back to the Street Office and discuss this matter!"

"Take her away."

After Director Wang finished speaking, two people behind him stepped forward and prepared to take the old lady away.

Qin Huairu hugged the old lady, and the old lady hugged her child sadly. It made people feel uncomfortable and sympathetic for a moment.

"Director Wang! Wait a minute!"

(End of this chapter)