The train driver in the courtyard

The pig-slaughtering screams spread from the courtyard to the street.

Li Aiguo exclaimed, "What a great guy!"

The drama has just begun.

As the sun sets, golden sunlight shines on the courtyard.

Li Aiguo pushed his bicycle into the courtyard and saw Jia Zhang standing on the flower bed in front of the third uncle's house with her hands on her waist.

She was burning with rage, her expression was ferocious, her eyes were red, and Jia Zhang was fat to begin with, so at this moment she looked like an angry wild boar.

Well, from the big white pig to the wild boar, the Jia Zhang family’s status has improved a lot.

Those who come to watch the fun don't mind the big deal, and at this time many residents have gathered nearby.

Everyone looked like they were enjoying themselves.

Li Aiguo saw Xu Damao standing there eating sunflower seeds, so he pushed his bicycle over and asked, "Brother Damao, what's going on?"

“It’s because I’m patriotic.”

Xu Damao pointed at Jia Zhang and gloated, "Didn't Jia Zhang help the third uncle's family with handicrafts a few days ago?

Jia Zhang was so happy at that time, as she could earn 2 cents a day. My Liu Lan was so jealous that she was drooling.

I myself was thinking about asking Uncle San to get the materials to help me make the hot packs.

Who knew something big would happen!
This afternoon, the third aunt and the third uncle suddenly found Jia Zhang and asked her to pay a deposit. "

"Deposit?" Li Aiguo was surprised. Is there still such a term these days?

Xu Damao explained: "According to the third uncle, he was worried that Jia Zhang would secretly sell the finished warm baby, so he asked Jia Zhang to pay him ten yuan.

If Jia Zhang could deliver the finished hot pack to him on time.

This money will be returned to Jia Zhang later.

As a result, after getting the money, the uncle ran back home and closed the door.

What kind of person is Jia Zhang? How can she let them off easily? "

Xu Damao added: "The Third Uncle and Third Aunt are respectable people in our compound. How could they do such a shameful thing?"

Xu Damao couldn't understand it, but Li Aiguo knew that this was the revenge that the third aunt and uncle wanted to take for being framed by Jia Zhang.

The three uncles and aunts are not fools.

They knew clearly that if they directly told Jia Zhang the news that they had been exposed by the locomotive section and demanded compensation from him, Jia Zhang would definitely not pay.

"The Third Master is so cunning that he actually came up with this method to deal with Jia Zhang."

The third uncle was the one in charge, and most residents didn't dare to get involved in such matters. Jia Dongxu hurriedly invited Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong to come.

Jia Zhang is the kind of person who would act unreasonably even without reason.

Now that he thinks he's been wronged, he's naturally going to make a big fuss.

She jumped down from the flower bed and ran to Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle, uncle. That filthy Yan Bugui cheated me out of ten dollars. You have to help me."

Because of the "betrayal" of Jia Zhang a while ago, the two families are in a big fight.

Yi Zhonghai was thinking about repairing his relationship with her, and now seeing Jia Zhang being bullied, he naturally had to take the lead.

"Yan Bugui is the third uncle in our compound and a veteran teacher. He actually cheated the residents out of their money. This is really wrong.

As the eldest uncle in the compound, if I don’t take care of it, I might as well go home and grow sweet potatoes.”

Although Liu Haizhong didn't believe that the third uncle would lie, he felt that he should get to the bottom of it first.

"Old Liu, although Yan Bugui is the third uncle, that is the trust that the street office and the residents of the compound have in him, not his capital to cheat people out of money."

Yi Zhonghai scolded Liu Haizhong, straightened his collar, strode forward, and knocked heavily on the door of Yan's house several times.

"Yan Bugui, I'm Lao Yi, please open the door first."

Zhi Ning.

The door opened.

The third uncle did not wait for Yi Zhonghai to speak, raised his hand and said: "First uncle, I want to report Jia Zhang for deliberately murdering railway workers."

Yi Zhonghai: "."

Residents watching: “.”

Melon seeds fell out of Xu Damao's mouth.

He squeezed out a hint of excitement from his throat: "Hey, this is becoming more and more interesting."

Yi Zhonghai thought that the third uncle was a bad guy who complained first. After hearing about the railway incident, he said coldly, "Yan Bugui, Yan Jiecheng is a railway employee and is under the jurisdiction of the railway, but since you cheated people out of money, our police station can also deal with you."

Jia Zhang took the opportunity to yell, "I've known for a long time that Yan Bugui has privileged ideas, but I didn't expect it to be so serious."

Xu Damao whispered, "After cleaning the toilet for a few days, Jia Zhang's ideological awareness has improved rapidly.

If it really works, I will find a way to join the neighborhood sanitation team."

Li Aiguo: "."

The residents who were watching all felt that the uncle was being a bit bullying by bringing up the railway department.

Li Aiguo is a big train driver but he never mentions railways.

Yan Jiecheng is just a small employee, yet he dares to be so arrogant!
The third uncle realized that he was misunderstood, and quickly explained: "Maybe you guys have heard about the manual work in the Qianmen Locomotive Depot?"

Yan Jiecheng has been showing off in the compound these days.

Subcontractor Jia Zhang was also showing off, and most residents were aware of this situation.

The third uncle went on to say, “All the warm packs made by Jia Zhang are substandard.

Today, my wife went to the maintenance section to hand in a hot pack and was discovered by the logistics department.

Our family was fined and Yan Jiecheng was given a serious warning.

I only asked Jia Zhang for ten dollars in compensation, which was already a bargain for her."

These words shocked the residents of the compound.

They never imagined that there was such a hidden story behind it.

Jia Zhang didn't expect the truth to be revealed, so she said stiffly, "You can't lie to me, then."

"If I don't lie to you, will you give me the money?" the third uncle said coldly.

Jia Zhangshi: "."

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he knew things were going to get bad.

"Ahem, Lao Yi, are you sure those warm packs were made by Jia Zhang?"

This reminded Jia Zhang.

"Yes, there were so many hot packs mixed together, how did you know it was me who did it?" Jia Zhang said, pinching her waist with both hands and jumping up and down.

The third uncle looked at Yi Zhonghai deeply, then turned to look at Jia Zhang.

"To prevent you from doing anything bad, I drew a big fat pig on the hot pack you made."

Li Aiguo's eyes widened. He didn't expect that the third uncle was so meticulous and had been on guard against Jia Zhang for a long time.

Actually, if you think about it, the third uncle has been the manager of the compound for so many years. How could he get by without some skills?

You know, this courtyard is a dangerous place.

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect that the third uncle was well prepared. His face suddenly turned red and white, and he stood there speechless.

Jia Zhang wanted to explain herself, but the onlookers looked at her with contempt, so she couldn't say a word.

At this time, a figure rushed in from outside and kicked Jia Zhang hard.

Yi Zhonghai was thinking about how to get away and didn't see the person coming.

The third uncle and the third aunt were staring at Jia Zhang, ready to continue the fight.

Jia Zhang was trying to find a way to get the ten dollars back and didn't notice the person coming at all.

The residents who were watching were still immersed in the shock of Jia Zhang's fraud and did not see it.

By the time everyone reacted, the kick, accompanied by a cold wind, had already landed on Jia Zhang.

The kick was so powerful due to the anger that Jia Zhang was knocked to the ground and rolled several times like a gourd.

boom.

Jia Zhang hit her head on the steps.

Stairs win.

Jia Zhang covered her head in pain, then raised her head and roared angrily.

"Yan Jiecheng, how dare you hit me!"

"You all saw it, right? Yan Jiecheng beat me up, you have to pay me. If you don't pay me fifty dollars this time, I will never forgive your family."

That’s right, the person who took action was Yan Jiecheng, who had just been set up as a negative example and severely criticized at the maintenance depot’s life and study meeting.

Yan Jiecheng's eyes were filled with anger and resentment.

He looked around, picked up a brick, and was about to smash it on Jia Zhang's forehead.

Jia Zhang was acting pitiful when she saw Yan Jiecheng rushing towards her with big strides, holding a brick high in the air.

He screamed "Oh my God" and jumped up from the ground. His agility was almost as fast as that of a martial artist.

"Old Yi, save me!" Jia Zhang hid behind Yi Zhonghai.

Yan Jiecheng changed direction and headed straight for Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai was startled when he saw Yan Jiecheng rushing towards him, and he quickly shouted, "Yan Jiecheng, don't be impulsive. We can't fight. We have to be reasonable."

"Jia Zhang ruined my future, so I fought her."

Yan Jiecheng was extremely angry at this time. He ignored Yi Zhonghai and raised the brick high up to smash him down.

The third uncle and aunt rushed forward and hugged Yan Jiecheng's waist tightly.

"Jie Cheng, you must not do anything."

Yan Jiecheng was hugged and was waving a brick angrily, but Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhang had already hidden far away.

When the residents saw that Yan Jiecheng was stopped, they finally reacted and rushed over to snatch the brick from his hand.

Yan Jiecheng collapsed on the ground and cried in grievance.

The crying was heartbreaking.

Most of the residents work in factories and are well aware of what a punishment means to a worker.

They wanted to comfort Yan Jiecheng, but they didn't know how to start.

Jia Zhang escaped the disaster, but when she thought about being kicked, she wanted to rush forward and ask Yan Jiecheng to pay her compensation.

But he was dragged away by Yi Zhonghai.

"Sister-in-law, didn't you see that Yan Jiecheng has gone crazy? If you want to die, I won't stop you."

Jia Zhang said indignantly: "It was the locomotive section that punished him, it has nothing to do with me!
Besides, don’t the third uncle and aunt have any responsibility at all?

If they were more serious, they wouldn’t have handed the hot packs I made to the locomotive maintenance section.”

Yi Zhonghai was stunned by this train of thought for a moment and didn't know what to say.

After sending Jia Zhang home, Yi Zhonghai planned to go back for dinner but was stopped by Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu looked at Yi Zhonghai aggrievedly.

"Master, my mother was beaten this time and our family paid ten dollars as compensation. You have to make the decision for us."

Jia Zhang decided to temporarily give up her hatred for Yi Zhonghai and said with a straight face, “Old Yi, when Old Jia died, you promised to take care of us.

Dongxu has always treated you as a family member, you can't just watch us suffer injustice and do nothing."

Yi Zhonghai was a little confused.

Tube?
How to manage it?

Every household in the compound knew that Jia Zhang was cheating and deceiving the locomotive depot.

People these days are still very simple. They won't use unwashed jars to jar soybean oil, and they won't throw cigarette butts into sauerkraut.

If you try to stand out, people will definitely scold you for sitting on the wrong side of the fence.

"Sister-in-law, we don't have to rush about this. I have something to do, so I'll leave first."

Yi Zhonghai was afraid of being tricked into a fire pit, so he ran away.

Jia Dongxu wanted to stop him but failed.

"Mom, what should we do now?"

Jia Zhang looked at Yi Zhonghai's back and snorted coldly, "We're not done with you yet." If she couldn't deal with Yan Jiecheng holding a brick, how could she not take down Yi Zhonghai?

After the crowd dispersed.

Li Aiguo and Xu Damao staggered back to the backyard.

"Brother Aiguo, tomorrow is the day to sell winter vegetables. How about our two families buy vegetables together this year?" Xu Damao suddenly remembered something and stopped.

Li Aiguo has been busy with the maintenance depot's affairs recently and actually forgot about this important matter.

After he casually agreed to Xu Damao's request, he called Zhang Gangzhu to convene a meeting of all members of the street volunteer patrol team.

At the meeting, it was arranged that all patrol members would go to the vegetable stalls early tomorrow morning to maintain order.

Now, the Nantongluo Lane Street Volunteer Patrol Team has become a glorious team because of its many meritorious services and has been commended by the street and district.

The young men, who had nowhere to vent their energy, all shouted and said they would not let anyone cause trouble.

It was around three in the morning of the next day.

Li Aiguo pulled his arm out from under Chen Xueru's neck, got up from the bed, picked up a flashlight, rode his bicycle and came to the street corner.

At this time, the comrades selling vegetables had already set up their stalls.

More than 20 patrol members held flashlights to maintain order.

There were many people queuing up to buy vegetables, but everything seemed orderly.

Winter vegetables are a must for every household. The entire family of the third uncle came out, including Liu Haizhong, the second aunt, Yi Zhonghai and the first aunt.

The only people missing were Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu.

Li Aiguo looked at Yi Zhonghai and seemed to have noticed something.

Yi Zhonghai met Li Aiguo's gaze and seemed to have noticed something that Li Aiguo had noticed.

His expression suddenly became depressed.

"Master Yi, you have a heavy responsibility." Li Aiguo said this and walked away with his hands behind his back.

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that his head was buzzing.

Last night, he reviewed the whole incident at home and felt that the culprit was Li Aiguo.

If Li Aiguo hadn't invented the hot pack, nothing would have happened.

Now, not only has he offended Yan Bugui, but he has also angered Jia Zhangshi, and even Jia Dongxu has a grievance against him.

"Old Yi, it's our turn now, hurry up." An old lady urged him repeatedly, and Yi Zhonghai finally came to his senses and hurriedly pushed the cart up to the salesperson.

Li Aiguo is a big vegetable buyer. In addition to his own winter vegetables, he also bought some for Aunt Liu and He Yushui.

Just like last year, after the vegetable sale was over, the comrades at the vegetable sales point delivered the vegetables to the gate of the courtyard in a large truck to thank Li Aiguo for helping to maintain order.

Well, this can be considered the Huolala of these days.

The truck roared to the gate of the courtyard and stopped with a click.

Li Aiguo handed a cigarette to the driver and asked Xu Damao to take his share of the food back with him.

Today is a day off. After breakfast, Chen Xueru went to the street office. Li Aiguo buried hundreds of kilograms of cabbage and green onions with sand under the eaves, and helped Aunt Liu and He Yushui pile up vegetables for the winter.

He worked until 9:30 in the morning, then went back to take a nap.

I was sleeping soundly when there was a knock on the door.

The knocks on the door were so rapid and heavy that each one struck at one's heart.

Li Aiguo was startled. He put on his slippers, rushed to the main room and opened the door.

Aunt Liu stood outside the door and said in a panic, "Something big has happened in our hospital. Your aunt is dying."

After listening to this, Li Aiguo looked incredulous: "Did you see this clearly? If you didn't see it, don't talk nonsense. If the old man heard this, he would kill you."

It’s not that Li Aiguo doesn’t believe Aunt Liu.

But this morning he saw an old lady who was still fine, carrying dozens of kilograms of winter vegetables and competing with Aunt Wang next door.

No matter how you say it's not possible, it's not possible.

"Auntie One was lying in the vegetable cellar with her face turned pale. It was scary to look at. Auntie Three and Yu Shui were there helping." Auntie Liu said slowly.

Li Aiguo: "."

He felt that Aunt Liu had a very good temper.

"You should have said so earlier."

As Li Aiguo spoke, he ran towards the vegetable cellar.

Although he didn't like Yi Zhonghai's personality, he had no grudges against the aunt.

Besides, since it is a matter of life and death, he can still distinguish the primary from the secondary.

When Li Aiguo opened the broken wooden board of the vegetable cellar and rushed in, there were already quite a few people gathered in the cramped and dark cellar.

The third aunt and He Yushui were holding the first aunt's hands and shouting at her.

The old lady's face was so pale that if she was covered with a white cloth and left in the yard, one would think she was a dead person.

After shouting a few times without any response, they were both frightened and looked up to see Li Aiguo walking in.

"Brother Aiguo, hurry, hurry, Auntie is dying." He Yushui almost cried in anxiety.

"Please move aside, don't crowd around here. If you keep crowding around like this, even a living person would be choked out by you."

Li Aiguo drove those people out of the vegetable cellar, squatted down, and felt the pulse of the old lady.

Fortunately, he is not dead.

"It should be a heart attack." Li Aiguo looked at the old lady's black lips and swollen hands and made a simple judgment.

"The first aunt doesn't have a heart disease, but the first uncle complains of chest pain all day long." The third aunt was puzzled.

"Don't say so much, move her to a ventilated place first."

Li Aiguo called the third aunt and He Yushui and carried the first aunt out of the vegetable cellar.

He shouted to the old lady a few times, but seeing that she was still unconscious, he knew that he could not delay any longer.

If a heart patient falls to the ground and does not receive timely treatment, he may lose his life.

"Go find a cart and take the lady to the hospital."

"Yushui, go to the steel mill and inform Yi Zhonghai."

It is now working hours, and most of the young people in the compound have gone to the factory.

Only Xu Damao was going to the countryside to show a movie in the evening. He was sleeping at home and came over when he heard the noise.

Xu Damao was tortured by Liu Lan at home and by those old women in the countryside. His body was already too weak to be of any use.

Li Aiguo had no choice but to squat on the ground, pick up the old lady, and run towards the door.

When passing by the central courtyard, Li Aiguo saw Jia Zhang peeking over here. Seeing Li Aiguo staring at her, she hurriedly closed the door with a panicked look on her face.

Qin Huairu was playing with a stick when she noticed the room suddenly became dark. She looked up and found that it was Jia Zhang who closed the door.

She said dissatisfiedly: "Why did you close the door in broad daylight? You almost scared Banggeng to tears."

"What are you shouting for? Can't you turn on the light?"

Jia Zhang was frightened and startled by the shouting. When she turned around and saw that it was Qin Huairu, her face suddenly became gloomy.

Qin Huairu felt that Jia Zhang was acting very abnormally today.

Normally, whenever she turned on the light, Jia Zhang would scold her for being a country girl who had never seen an electric light.

But now that Jia Zhang had spoken, she was no longer worried.

Qin Huairu turned on the light and started to coax the child while holding the stick.

Jia Zhang returned to the inner room trembling and covered her head with the quilt.

She was terribly frightened.

This story begins last night.

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was not going to help the Jia family, Jia Zhang decided to find a way to earn back the ten dollars.

It just so happened that everyone was buying winter vegetables today, and Jia Dongxu was about to get up, but was held back by Jia Zhang.

Jia Zhang had been standing by the window. When she saw an old lady picking the yellow leaves of winter vegetables and carrying them to the vegetable cellar, she followed her in.

When the aunt saw Jia Zhang come in, she thought she just wanted to borrow a cabbage. Thinking of the friendly relationship between the two families, she generously gave her one.

However, Jia Zhang refused to accept it, and kept saying that the winter vegetables Yi Zhonghai brought back were all bought for her.

Auntie knew that Jia Zhang was unreasonable, but she didn't expect her to be so unreasonable.

At that time, he started quarreling with Jia Zhang.

There is a characteristic of Jia Zhang when they quarrel, which is that they particularly like to poke at people's soft spots.

The weakness of an old lady is that she can’t give birth.

Jia Zhang's words, "an old hen that can't lay eggs," pierced the aunt's heart, and the aunt fell down holding her chest.

When Jia Zhang saw what had happened, she panicked and didn't even bother to store vegetables for the winter. She ran back into the house.

She didn't ask anyone to take the old lady to the hospital, but just left.

It was when the third aunt went to the vegetable cellar to store vegetables for the winter that she discovered the first aunt lying on the ground, and she quickly called the old women in the compound.

Just now, when she saw an old lady being carried out by Li Aiguo, she looked so pale that Jia Zhang was frightened.

She had seen dead people before. The old Zhao who sold oil cakes and was killed by the Japanese in the street looked exactly like the old lady.

If the aunt can't be rescued, and Yi Zhonghai finds out, won't he skin her alive?

Jia Zhang calmed down and suddenly realized the crux of the problem.

"If the lady dies, no one will know that I did it."

Jia Zhang clasped her hands together, hoping in her heart that her aunt would die soon.

By then, even if someone saw her coming out of the cellar, she could put the blame on the third aunt.

It was because the first aunt had an argument with the third aunt yesterday afternoon about her affairs.

Thinking of this, Jia Zhang felt much more at ease.

It’s really not her fault. If you want to blame someone, just blame it on the bad luck of the aunt.

Wouldn't it have been a problem if we had given the winter vegetables to her at that time?

The Jia family lived such a hard life.

With a monthly salary of just over 80 yuan for both of them, shouldn't they help support the Jia family?

the other side.

Yi Zhonghai was instructing his apprentices in their work in the workshop. When he heard someone calling him, he quickly walked out of the workshop.

Seeing He Yushui, Yi Zhonghai frowned.

"Rainwater, why are you here?"

"An uncle and an aunt fainted and have been sent to the hospital."

Yi Zhonghai's head started buzzing when he heard this.

The old lady had always been in good health, so how could she faint?

"Uncle, please go quickly and remember to bring the money." He Yushui saw him standing there in a daze and urged him by stamping his feet.

The old man finally came to his senses and hurriedly ran to the workshop director's office to ask for leave.

Upon learning that an old lady had fainted, the workshop director told Yi Zhonghai not to panic and took out five dollars.

Yi Zhonghai did not refuse. He took the money and hurriedly followed He Yushui to the hospital.

At this time, the old lady had been sent to the emergency room.

Li Aiguo, Aunt Liu, Xu Damao and a group of old women in the compound were in the corridor.

Yi Zhonghai's face turned pale: "My wife, is she okay?"

His voice was trembling a little at this time.

Aunt Liu stepped forward and said, "Old Yi, don't panic. The doctor is trying to save the patient inside. Maybe it's nothing serious."

Yi Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief, his legs went weak and he sat down on the chair.

He ruffled his hair and muttered quietly.

"You were fine, why did you suddenly faint?"

(End of this chapter)