Siheyuan: Steel Mill Engineer

Chapter 192 Lost Chicken
As soon as Yang Zhenyu returned to the compound, he heard Xu Damao shouting in the backyard.

"Is this the beginning of the plot?" Yang Zhenyu muttered to himself.

The entire plot of the courtyard began when Xu Damao lost the chicken.

But the current situation is that Banggeng shouldn't do such a thing.

He Yuzhu never taught him to do anything sneaky over the years, although he sometimes acted naughty and mischievous, but he never taught him these housekeeping skills.

But how did Xu Damao’s chicken get lost?

This is very strange.

"What's going on? What happened?"

Everyone in the compound heard the noise coming from the backyard and came out to watch the fun.

After all, Xu Damao had just returned and he had already made some noise. How could everyone not be curious?

"What is Xu Damao shouting?"

"Who knows? This kid loves to make a fuss. Who knows what trouble he will come up with next."

People in the compound were familiar with Xu Damao and knew his character, so when something went wrong, they first thought of the trouble he had caused.

"It sounds like he's shouting, the chicken is lost."

"Go over and have a look..."

Watching the fun is everyone’s favorite activity, after all, there are not many other activities these days.

The only family in the compound that had three turns and one ring was Yang Zhenyu's family.

However, listening to the radio every day can also be annoying.

During this period, the country already had television stations, but there were relatively few programs. After all, not many people in the country could afford televisions.

Therefore, watching the fun became a pastime for people after dinner, especially when everyone had nothing to do after dinner and gathered in the courtyard to chat and gossip.

This is also a unique feature of this era. This feature has become less and less common in the 21st century, as people tend to stay at home.

"Xu Damao, what are you shouting about?" Liu Haizhong, as the manager of the compound, came out first.

He consciously thought that he was now the biggest in the compound, so he should show off his power and demonstrate his strength to the people in the compound.

"Uncle, you came at the right time. Look, my chicken is missing." Xu Damao said, pointing at the chicken coop.

"Don't call me Second Uncle. Old Yi has gone down now. I am the oldest in this compound." Liu Haizhong said with his hands behind his back.

"Yes, yes, yes. Look at my memory. You are the boss now." Xu Damao said, slapping his head.

"Then please take a look at what happened to my chickens. They were fine when I left for work, but now when I come back, I see that only one of the two laying hens is left. There must have been a thief." Xu Damao said, pointing at the chicken coop.

"Let's not jump to conclusions about this matter. Let's go to the front yard and ask the Yan family to see if there are any strangers entering our compound and confirm whether they are outsiders. If they are not outsiders, then it must be someone in our compound who did it. Then we can hold a meeting to discuss it." Liu Haizhong said pretentiously.

Liu Haizhong knew very well that this kind of thing could not be done by an outsider, after all, there were people in the compound all day long. If it was an outsider who stole things, he would have been discovered long ago. But in order to show his status as a big boss, he had to ask and then hold a meeting.

"You are right. I will go over and ask if there are any outsiders coming in." Xu Damao said with a thumbs up.

In fact, Xu Damao also knew that this was most likely done by someone in the hospital, but he still cooperated with Liu Haizhong.

The reason is very simple. He doesn't have any allies in this compound now. He is in urgent need of allies, and Liu Haizhong is his first choice.

As for the reason, Xu Damao felt that Liu Haizhong didn't look very smart and was easy to fool.

After a while, Xu Damao found out that no outsiders had ever entered the compound.

"Well, this is similar to my previous guess. I think this thief is most likely from the compound. So, you go and notify them and tell them what I said. After dinner, we will hold a meeting of the whole compound. We need to talk about this matter. Doesn't this destroy the unity of the compound? Do you still want to be advanced?" Liu Haizhong said in a leadership manner.

"Okay, okay." Xu Damao agreed happily.

How much does a chicken cost? Does Xu Damao really care about this?
Of course not.

Because when he just came back, he saw He Yuzhu's family preparing chickens, and he could already smell the fragrance.

Regardless of whether the chicken in He Yuzhu's house was his, he would still use the chicken to make a fuss in order to take revenge on He Yuzhu.

As for Liu Haizhong, he wanted to establish his prestige through this incident, so the two of them hit it off immediately.

Although neither of them explained it, they knew it very well in their hearts, and each of them handled the matter with their own purposes.

"This Liu Haizhong is really restless. He has just taken charge of the family and he already wants to hold a meeting of the whole courtyard. What does he take the meeting as?" The eldest aunt complained.

"Okay, if he wants to open it, let him do it. We're just going to go and watch the fun. It doesn't have much to do with us. Just enjoy your meal." Yi Zhonghai said.

"I think there will be something exciting to watch this time. Look who notified us. It was Xu Damao. This guy had been shouting in the yard for a long time at that time." Yang Zhenyu said.

"I think so too. Xu Damao just loves to stir up trouble. I don't know what he is thinking all day long. He jumps around all day long." Zhou Qianqian nodded.

"Who knows? Let's not worry about their problems and just live our own lives. As long as they don't provoke us, nothing else matters." Yang Zhenyu said indifferently.

"Zhenyu is right. We just live our own lives. Look at how good our lives are now. Although we only eat two cups of flour every day and rarely eat white flour, it's not that we can't afford it, but that we don't want to mess around."

"But, look at this compound, how many families can only survive by eating cornmeal."

"As long as they don't provoke us, we won't bother with them. Let them do whatever they want."

Yi Zhonghai agreed with Yang Zhenyu's words. Now he just wanted to live a good life.

On weekdays at work, I lead my apprentices to work hard, give them guidance from time to time, and receive their admiring gazes. This is also a kind of enjoyment.

There is no need to worry about retirement or not having enough money to live on. You can spend as much as you want with the money you earn. This kind of life was unimaginable before.

Yi Zhonghai didn't know how much money Yang Zhenyu and his wife had saved, but he was sure that there would be no problem with their retirement, so he spent his salary without any worries. He spent more than half of it every month, and saved the rest just in case.

(End of this chapter)