Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

The central courtyard of the Red Star Siheyuan.

There were always a few people at home. When they saw a strange man abusing Jia Zhang, they dared not stand out and they all hid at home.

They breathed a sigh of relief only after Jia Zhang was beaten up by the other party, who was still not satisfied and kicked her a few times before leaving.

They opened the door one by one and saw each other's frightened expressions.

"Who was that strange man just now? How did he break into our yard?"

"Yes, looking at his ferocious face just now, he actually dared to catch him even though he was pretending to be someone. I was terrified for Jia Zhang at the time, fearing that she would be beaten to death."

"No, aren't you all focusing on this? Didn't you hear what the strange man just said?"

"What?"

"Just now, the strange man said that Jia Zhang's son Jia Dongxu had died, and asked Jia Zhang to go to the factory to clean up."

"No way. I saw Jia Dongxu alive and well this morning. How could he be dead? I wonder why Jia Zhang ran up to scratch this guy. If anyone says in front of me that my son is dead, I will fight him."

"Why don't we go check on Jia Zhang first to make sure she's not beaten to death, and call the aunt and the others over."

The mothers-in-law walked quietly to Jia Zhang's front, and when they saw her face swollen like a pig's head, they all gasped. The man just now was too cruel.

"Jia Zhang, are you okay?"

Jia Zhang felt as if all the bones in her body were about to fall apart, a bit like a burning sensation.

Seeing someone coming, he spoke hesitantly.

Unfortunately, his mouth was swollen from the beating, and no one could hear what he said. They all looked at each other in bewilderment.

"Could this Jia Zhang be so stupid? I didn't understand a word he said."

"I don't understand either. Let's just wait for your mother to come."

When Jia Zhang saw that no one understood what she said, she felt aggrieved all of a sudden and kept sobbing loudly.

"The sound of Jia Zhang's crying is so heartbreaking. When have we ever seen her cry like that?"

"Yes, I remember I didn't cry so hard when my mother-in-law passed away."

"Hey, you weren't crying at that time. I was afraid you couldn't help laughing."

At this time, a middle-aged woman came out from the backyard. She was the aunt from the Hongxing Courtyard.

Seeing everyone surrounding Jia Zhang who was lying on the ground, he walked over with fear in his heart.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, what happened to you? Is your body in any condition? Come on, everyone, help me lift her to the bed."

Several old ladies who were watching also gathered around when the young wives heard what the aunt said.

Unfortunately, Jia Zhang was too fat, and the old ladies and young wives at home seldom did such heavy physical work, so how could they move it?

Especially the first time, when they were halfway through the move, one of the young wives fainted, and then Jia Zhang was thrown heavily to the ground by the crowd, and the back of her head hit the blue bricks, forming a big swelling.

Because of the tossing and turning by the crowd, Jia Zhang, who was already crying very fiercely, cried even more fiercely, as if everyone was going to take her life.

"Forget it, let's take a break."

The aunt was so tired that beads of sweat appeared on her head. She secretly complained in her heart that Jia Zhang was so fat that so many people couldn't lift her in a fight.

. . . . . .

Workshop 1 of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

Since Sun Santian, deputy director of a workshop, listened to Yi Zhonghai's suggestion, everyone who was originally reluctant joined in the activity of cleaning the workshop.

Especially my cousin Zhang Xingbang, who was assigned to clean his own machine.

Zhang Xingbang could only find a piece of cloth to cover his mouth and nose, and wipe the blood stains on the machine.

"Master, Master, I'm back."

Before Mr. Zhao entered the workshop, the voice from inside came in first.

When Yi Zhonghai heard that his apprentice had returned, he immediately said to Director Sun who was sitting on the sofa next to him:

"Director, my apprentice is back. Maybe Jiajia already knows about the situation. I think he is on his way here. If you can settle their family and stop them from making trouble, you may be promoted to a higher level in Director Li's mind."

Since the method of cleaning the workshop was proposed by Yi Zhonghai, and Yi Zhonghai was the first to approach Sun Santian, Sun Santian exempted him from the cleaning task.

After hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Sun Santian, who had some little thoughts in his mind, looked at Yi Zhonghai with satisfaction.

"Old Yi, you still care about me as the director. I think you should be the leader of the first team."

When Yi Zhonghai heard Sun Santian's words, his eyes lit up.

"It's not hard to do things for the leader. Besides, even if I didn't say anything, the leader would know it in his heart. I just said something extra."

Sun Santian was very satisfied with Yi Zhonghai's answer.

"Lao Yi, I am very optimistic about you."

"Master, I finally found you. The Jia family is too much. Look at the scratches they made on my face."

Zhao Da looked at his master Yi Zhonghai and started complaining without caring what they were talking about.

You know, when he came in, everyone almost burst out laughing when they saw him like this.

Sun Santian also spat out the mouthful of water he had just drunk.

He knew Zhao Da as a person who was straightforward and brainless in doing things. He also liked to fight with others, but he seldom suffered losses at the hands of others.

But looking at the four or five scratches on his face, I felt my face burning just thinking about it.

Yi Zhonghai was very upset. He didn't expect that his straightforward disciple would be ambushed by Jia Zhang. However, when he thought about the fact that Sha Zhu in the compound was often ambushed by Jia Zhang, he was not too surprised.

"Zhao Da, what did Jia Zhang say?"

"What else can I say? Of course I didn't believe it. She even said I was cursing my son. The key point is that this fat old woman actually dared to attack me. I couldn't help but beat her and she lay on the ground."

Yi Zhonghai's face twitched. He just went back to deliver a message. If he had known earlier, he would have taken a few more steps and let the workers of Hongxing Siheyuan go back.

After Zhao Da's beating, Mobile Ka could already guess that Jia Zhang would not be able to come.

"Zhao Erlangzi, what did you say? You said you beat up Jia Dongxu's mother. Who told you to do that?"

Sun Sanniang was just thinking about waiting for Jia Dongxu's mother to come, then tricking her over and going to Deputy Director Li to receive the reward. She didn't expect that this Zhao Erlangzi actually beat Jia Dongxu's mother to a pulp.

He knew how strong Zhao Erlangzi was. Even with such a strong body like him, he could be lifted up by this Erlangzi with just one hand.

"Sun Sanlengzi, if you keep pushing me, I'll beat you up too."

Zhao Er didn't buy Sun Santian's account and spoke bluntly. Thinking of the burning feeling on his face, he felt furious and his fists were clenched so hard that they made a loud thumping sound.

"Zhao Da, what do you want to do? This is Director Sun. You want him to lead you, right? Do you still want to continue working in the factory?"

Seeing that Sun Santian was actually frightened by Zhao Da, Yi Zhonghai was extremely happy, but finally he stiffened his face and scolded Zhao Da.

Zhao Da turned his head away. He didn't want to pay attention to his master.

"I'm sorry, Director. That's just Zhao Da's nature. You're the leader, there's no need to argue with such a fool. I can't stop him sometimes."

Sun Santian was also afraid that this fool would rush up to him, which would be a loss, so he quickly said:

"Old Yi, you should take this idiot away. It's a good opportunity to give him some tasks to do. We can't let him sit idle while everyone else is working."