Siheyuan: How the Little People Live

The front yard of the Red Star Courtyard, the east wing.

Ye Wenwu was talking to his cousin Zhang Xingbang and his cousin's wife Liu Mei at the table about what happened in the factory today.

Everyone listened with great interest, especially my cousin Zhang Xingbang, who was full of fighting spirit.

It was mainly Yi Zhonghai and his people in Workshop 1. All the workers in the workshop knew that there was a conflict between Master Yi Zhonghai and Master Wang Dachui, but Yi Zhonghai had always set an example for himself as a moral role model, so everyone distanced themselves from Master Wang Dachui intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course cousin Zhang Xingbang was unhappy. After all, this matter was caused by himself, and now his master was implicated because of his own affairs. How could he tolerate this? Although he did not take any action, he still condemned him verbally.

Unexpectedly, one day when he was mumbling, he was heard by Yi Zhonghai's eldest disciple, who followed suit and told Yi Zhonghai about it. Yi Zhonghai, who had always wanted to praise Zhang Xingbang, certainly did not miss this opportunity, but the fault itself was with his cousin Zhang Xingbang, so he was forced to apologize.

Zhang Xingbang certainly would not tell his cousin Ye Wenwu and his wife Liu Mei about such a frustrating thing, so when he heard that Ye Wenwu was only fighting two people today, his eyes lit up.

Zhang Xing was indeed thinking of a way to deal with the old man Yi Zhonghai. He thought that he had never suffered such a loss in the village, but now he needed his cousin Ye Wenwu's help in everything in the city, which made him seem very useless.

Ye Wenwu was completely unaware of his cousin Zhang Xingbang's expression and his little thoughts. Although he was talking about what happened today in the group, he was also reviewing it in his mind. Some things were just his hastily thought up ideas, and others would always see through them, just like when Director Yang called him into the office today to discuss something.

Although Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu were both tricked by me, it had no effect on them. They could still rely on Yi Zhonghai to carry out their conspiracies against me.

Moreover, Ye Wenwu believed that the deaf old lady who had been living in seclusion in the backyard would definitely show up in the fight between him and Sha Zhu today.

Ye Wenwu recalled the events in a TV series in his previous life. The deaf old lady was old but her heart was young. For the sake of her good-for-nothing grandson Sha Zhu, she locked Lou Xiao'e in the house. This was something an elder would not do.

If it weren't for the deaf old lady's action, Lou Xiao'e wouldn't have been seduced by Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu in the end. Even though Lou Xiao'e had a son, she couldn't compete with Qin Huairu. If this incident had not happened, Lou Xiao'e would never have returned from Hong Kong.

"Bang bang bang."

"Wenwu, I am the third aunt?"

The sound of the third aunt shouting and knocking on the door was heard outside, and Ye Wenwu was startled and broke away from his thoughts.

My cousin's wife Liu Mei had already opened the door, and my third aunt walked in with a strange look on her face.

"Wenwu, just now Auntie and the others came to tell me that your uncle and the others stayed at the old lady's place for dinner. They also told me that they would hold a meeting for the whole hospital after dinner, and asked me to come and inform you."

"Third Auntie, I'm sorry to bother you to come here so late. Cousin, please make two bowls of chicken soup and a few pieces of chicken for Auntie Zhang to take back. She has many children."

Ye Wenwu turned around and said to his cousin's wife, "Third aunt had made it so clear just now. First aunt asked Third aunt to come over after dinner to inform her, but now Third aunt came over without even having dinner. Isn't the meaning obvious?"

Moreover, the other party was able to come and inform me so early. Although he wanted to take advantage of me, it also gave me time to react.

"Wenwu, no need, no need. I just came here to inform you."

The third aunt said no, but she didn't move at all.

My cousin's wife didn't say anything, but walked quickly to the pot, scooped up two bowls of chicken soup, put one or two pieces of chicken in them, and handed them to the third aunt.

"Wenwu, since you are like this, then the third aunt will not be polite to you. I will ask Jie Kuang to bring the bowl to you later."

After sending the third aunt away, my cousin's wife closed the door, and Ye Wenwu's face became serious.

"Cousin, what does this mean? Your hospital is holding another general meeting. Isn't it just because of Sha Zhu's incident today? Why would they hold it at this time? I think they must have some bad ideas waiting for you."

Cousin Zhang Xingbang put down his bowl and chopsticks with a nonchalant look on his face. In his opinion, Ye Wenwu's yard was too chaotic and there were few good people there.

Just look at the three aunties who came over just now. Although they said they came over to inform you of the news, they were actually there for those mouthfuls of chicken soup and chicken.

But if it is in the countryside, it is different. There are not so many rules and regulations. Everyone talks openly and explains things reasonably.

"Cousin, calm down. This may be different tonight."

Ye Wenwu calmed down his angry cousin.

"Shazhu is different from Jia Dongxu. Although Jia Dongxu has Yi Zhonghai behind him, Yi Zhonghai will not sincerely help Jia Dongxu with all his strength. Yi Zhonghai has other ideas in his mind. But Shazhu is different. Behind Shazhu is the deaf old lady in the backyard. The deaf old lady is the ancestor of our courtyard. Everyone respects her very much."

“Wenwu, even if the ancestor comes out, so what? Aren’t we all reasonable?”

My cousin’s wife Liu Mei was a little confused. We have our reasons and we can stand on our own feet, so why are we afraid when the ancestor comes out?

"You don't understand. This deaf old lady usually stays at home and rarely goes out. She never gets involved in what happens in the courtyard. And you see, we call her the deaf old lady. Why do we call her the deaf old lady? It's because she knows whether she is deaf or not. If the courtyard doesn't involve her and Sha Zhu's affairs, she will just pretend to be dumb. But if Sha Zhu and her affairs are involved, she will stand up."

"As for the truth, cousin, don't deceive yourselves. It's the same in the countryside. Relatives help relatives, and those who are not relatives help reason."

My cousin Zhang Xingbang and my cousin-in-law Liu Mei were also silent.

"Wenwu, why don't we move out of this yard! I asked my master, and there are no such dirty things in their yard."

After a while, cousin Zhang Xingbang spoke out what was in his heart.

Ye Wenwu shook his head. If the system did not exist, he would have found a place to handle it as soon as possible. Everything was for the system. After all, in this strange era, one more system means one more security and one more life.

"Cousin, I understand what you are thinking, but the time has not come yet."

"Okay, then your cousin and I won't try to persuade you anymore. But what should we do tonight? At the last general meeting, they dared to have everyone stop us and threaten us. They will definitely do the same this time."