Chapter 240: Jia Family Bleeding and Teaching Unique Skills

The peanuts at home were stolen.

Yu Li started yelling loudly in the middle courtyard and asked Sha Zhu to go find a few old men to come over.

"Hey, no need to. If there's less, then there's less. I'll bring some back in a few days."

Shazhu and Xinidao.

He knew that in this courtyard, only Banggeng from Sister Qin's family would come to his house to steal things.

Before he got married, there would be less food at home every now and then, and he had gotten used to it.

Not only did he know about this, but several adults in the Jia family, including Qin Huairu, also knew about it, but both sides acquiesced.

Even the neighbors in the yard knew the truth, and only Yu Li, who had just married, was kept in the dark.

After marrying Yu Li, perhaps out of consideration for the impact or fear of Yu Li's pursuit, Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu began to give instructions to Bang Geng.

You can’t go to Shazhu’s house to steal things anymore.

At first, Banggeng was quite obedient and endured it for a while and did not go again. But in the past three months, because Yu Li was pregnant, Shazhu kept bringing good things home.

Especially the chicken, fish, meat, eggs and various snacks that were eaten every now and then, which made him so greedy that he couldn't help but go back to his old ways.

After 1962, the small kitchen at the steel rolling mill became well-fed again. With the help of Sha Zhu's fellow apprentices, the food at the He family became the best in the compound.

Even the food at Xu Damao's house is far inferior to that at Wang Mengde's house, there is only a small gap.

As for the old Jia family, Qin Huairu was the only one earning salary, which was only more than 20 yuan a month. In the past, when Jia Dongxu was disabled, the subsidy from the steel rolling mill was hidden by Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu.

Therefore, the food in their family was the worst in the compound. With the meat coupons and some rations, they could only eat meat twice a month at most.

In the past, Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu provided support and help to their family from time to time, and their lives were much better.

But ever since Yi Zhonghai shifted his attention to Sha Zhu and Sha Zhu got married, he stopped providing financial support.

Banggeng is at the age of growing up and becoming greedy, so the thief is online again.

While Yu Li was out to the bathroom, he slipped into Sha Zhu's house as if he knew the place well, and took half a plate of peanuts from the cupboard and put them all in his pocket.

Then he quietly returned to his home, and hid in the bedroom with his sister Xiaodang to divide the peanuts.

Jia Zhang saw this scene, but she said nothing. She even pinched a few grains and tasted them.

"That won't do. This matter must be investigated thoroughly." Yu Li said seriously.

These peanuts are her man’s gourmet snack. Sha Zhu just fried half a plate of them yesterday, and she couldn’t bear to eat more last night.

Besides, peanuts are very expensive nowadays and are basically unavailable on the market. Only during the Chinese New Year can a family take their grocery book and go to a grocery store to buy half a pound of peanuts.

And it still has a shell.

The peanuts in their family were obtained when Sha Zhu worked as a kitchen helper for a family. The host saw that he was a good cook and the guests were satisfied with the food, so they gave him about half a pound of peanuts as a gift to show their respect.

Now, the remaining half of the plate was taken away by someone.

If she really let it go like this, there would definitely be a next time, and she couldn't swallow this.

"Hey, Yu Li, let's go home first. I think some kid in the yard was greedy and took it to eat. Next time we just need to hide the food."

Sha Zhu touched his nose and advised with a guilty conscience.

He doesn't want to make a big deal out of it.

Although he is already married, he still has some feelings for Sister Qin, who was once his 'white moonlight'.

I was afraid that this incident would embarrass Sister Qin.

"If there is anything that cannot be said openly, just say it in the yard today.

Silly Zhu, if you don't go find them, I will go and ask Uncle Yi and the others to come over myself."

Yu Li said with some doubt in her heart.

The more reluctant Sha Zhu was, the more confused she became.

I feel like there must be something going on here that is being hidden from her.

At this time, many neighbors in the yard heard the noise and came over.

"Something went missing from Shazhu's house. I heard it was half a plate of fried peanuts."

"Oh, peanuts are good stuff, not to mention they are fried in oil. I haven't eaten them in years."

"Who says it's not? This thing is a great dish to go with wine. Unfortunately, since 1959, you can only buy half-year-old shelled ones during the Chinese New Year. You can't buy them at other times."

"You tell me, if something was lost in Shazhu's house today, will our house also lose something in the future?"

"You never know. Once a thief gets a taste of something, he'll do it a second time, a third time."

"So should we lock the door when we go out next time?"

A few years ago, after continuous crackdowns, the public security in the capital had improved greatly.

No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, in order to be selected as an advanced courtyard every year, Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui proposed that every household should not lock their doors.

This move was also praised by the neighborhood committee and street leaders.

Now someone actually proposes to lock the door in the future. If the street and neighborhood committee find out about this, the advancement of No. 95 Courtyard will be gone.

These words happened to be heard by Liu Haizhong who came rushing over from the backyard.

He quickly shouted: "What's going on? Why lock the door? We can't lock the door in our courtyard."

"Here comes the old man, make way for him."

When the neighbors saw Liu Haizhong, they quickly made way for him.

When he arrived at Sha Zhu's house and learned what had happened, his brows immediately frowned.

This matter is not easy to handle. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this must have been stolen by Bang Geng.

But he couldn't say it directly, and Jia Zhang was not someone to be trifled with. If he made any mistake, she would scold him.

He looked around and saw Yi Zhonghai and his wife persuading Yu Li, and he immediately had an idea.

"Old Yi, you are also Shazhu's elder, how do you say we should deal with this matter?"

He was preparing to kick the ball to Yi Zhonghai's feet first.

Anyway, one is his former apprentice, and the other is the new person he has found to take care of him in his future.

"Haha, Lao Liu, you are the boss of the hospital, this matter should be handled by you.

Oh, by the way, Meng Delai is back, you three managers should discuss this together."

Yi Zhonghai was also a shrewd man. He knew that this was a difficult task, so he refused without thinking.

Turning around, I saw Wang Mengde pushing his bicycle behind the crowd and watching the fun, and he also pulled another person into the water.

Unfortunately, his wishful thinking was wrong.

Yu Li was seen holding her belly with one hand, looking at Yi Zhonghai with expectant eyes and saying:

"Uncle Yi, this matter still needs your decision."

Before she got married, she heard Sha Zhu say that he would take care of the three elderly people in the nursing home in the future.

At first, she was very resistant, wondering why she should provide for outsiders in her old age.

But after understanding the situation, he changed his mind.

Yi Zhonghai was an eighth-level worker in a steel rolling mill, earning 99 yuan a month. He was an elderly couple at home with no children or relatives.

She would take care of them in their old age, and in the future, whether it was the house or the property, it would all belong to her and Sha Zhu. Not to mention the savings, after ten or eight years, there would definitely be several thousand yuan, or even tens of thousands of yuan.

The most I have given is to have two more pairs of chopsticks at home, or to have someone to take care of me when I'm sick.

Moreover, this is like finding a pair of "parents-in-law" who only work hard but are unable to discipline themselves.

She will still have the final say in this family, and there will be someone to help with the children and housework.

Being a smart girl, she can tell the difference between good things like this.

In fact, Qin Huairu had the same idea as her before, but unfortunately, there were two stupid teammates at home who ruined the good situation.

"Uh~~~"

Yi Zhonghai had a faint smile on his face, but after hearing Yu Li's words, his expression suddenly froze.

He originally didn't want to get involved, but now that Yu Li had spoken, he couldn't hide anymore.

So, after thinking for a while, he said softly:
"It's probably someone's kid who was greedy. Let's put it this way. If the kid takes the initiative to step forward, admit his fault, and compensate for the peanuts, then the matter will be over."

After saying this, he was afraid that Yu Li would be unhappy, so he asked cautiously: "Do you think this is okay?"

"Uncle Yi, you can make the decision on this matter. I will listen to you."

Yu Li also knew her limits and knew she had to give him face, so she spoke cleverly.

Jia family.

Jia Zhang leaned close to the window, gently lifted a corner of the curtain, looked outside, and listened to any noise with her ears perked up.

Qin Huairu, on the other hand, was frowning and cooking dinner in the corner of the living room.

She knew clearly in her mind that the peanuts in Shazhu's house must have been stolen by her son Banggeng, and her mother-in-law also knew about it a long time ago.

This is not a easy matter to handle!

If Shazhu hadn't been married, she could have gotten away with it by just throwing a few flirtatious glances and saying a few nice words.

But now that Yu Li is here, there is no way to get away with it.

Through these months of contact, she got to know the other person and knew that she was a very shrewd girl.

Thinking of the troubles at home, she sighed in her heart.

After calming down, Qin Huairu whispered to Jia Zhang: "Mom, this was taken by Bang Geng, we need to go out and apologize to him."

"Why are you going? I just took some peanuts from his house. It's not like I haven't taken them before. What's the big deal?"

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes in surprise and refused directly.

"Mom, that was in the past. It's different now. Shazhu's wife is not easy to talk to."

Qin Huairu said tiredly: "Let's go out and talk to them properly, and apologize."

After much persuasion, Jia Zhang reluctantly agreed to go out together, but it was impossible to ask her to apologize.

The two of them went out and came to the door of Shazhu's house. Qin Huairu said with an apologetic smile: "Shazhu, I'm sorry, your peanuts were taken by Banggeng. I have already taught him a lesson.

By the way, the peanuts are all sold out. I will give you half a plate as compensation later."

"Hi, Sister Qin, it turned out that Banggeng took it, it's okay, it's okay..."

Seeing Sister Qin's expression, Sha Zhu immediately softened his heart and said with a smile.

This scene made Yu Li furious, and she quickly said, "Sister-in-law, this child goes to other people's homes to steal things casually, he must be taught a lesson.

By the way, you must return the peanuts as soon as possible, my son Shazhu is counting on them for his wine."

To be honest, in this courtyard, she gets along normally with other people, but she is wary of the "Sister Qin" in front of her.

Maybe it's a woman's sixth sense, she always feels that this "foxy girl" is seducing her man intentionally or unintentionally.

"Uh, well, we don't have any peanuts at the moment, can you give us some money as compensation?"

Qin Huairu said somewhat embarrassedly.

She could clearly feel Yu Li's hostility towards her.

"Okay, then I'll pay you five dollars."

Yu Li said with a smile.

"What, five dollars, why don't you just rob it?"

Jia Zhang, who was standing by, almost jumped up when she heard this.

Five dollars is enough for a family to spend in Beijing for a month.

"Humph, robbing sounds better than stealing, right? Why don't we go find the neighborhood committee leader to judge the matter?"

Yu Li said disdainfully.

At the same time, when she saw Sha Zhu wanted to speak, she pinched his arm with her hand, puffed out her belly, and signaled him with her eyes not to speak.

This trick really worked. Thinking of the son in his wife's belly, Sha Zhu could only turn his head to the other side regardless of Qin Huairu's look for help.

Finally, after being persuaded by Liu Haizhong, Yi Zhonghai and other neighbors.

The Jia family had no choice but to hold their noses and pay five dollars.

This makes the already poor family even worse off.

Jia Zhang was so distressed that she no longer protected her eldest grandson Banggeng as she did before even after he was severely beaten by his daughter-in-law.

Guanganmen Hospital.

In the internal medicine clinic.

At this time, behind Wang Mengde stood a row of several students from the Beijing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

All of these were forced upon him by Principal Wang after several days of coaxing and persuading him to come to his side to broaden his horizons.

Among them, Wei Ming stood in the middle of the crowd.

Since his sister recovered, he has studied harder.

Opposite, an elderly patient was describing his illness.

"Doctor Wang, my illness is that every autumn, my calves become very sensitive to cold. The slightest breeze will make them feel so cold that they cannot stand it."

Wang Mengde observed him carefully, then took his pulse and asked a few questions, and then he had an idea.

He turned sideways and said to the students behind him:

"This disease is caused by blocked meridians. Bloodletting is necessary to relax the meridians and promote blood circulation. Please read carefully."

As he spoke, he pulled out a needle and quickly inserted the needle into several acupuncture points on the patient's calf.

In an instant, dark blood began to flow out from the pierced area of ​​the patient's leg. At one point, blood was even spurting out like a line.

Behind him, several students including Wei Ming did not even dare to breathe and watched intently.

Seeing that they were so motivated, Wang Mengde naturally patiently explained the principles behind it.

For a whole day.

Wang Mengde was open-minded towards these students. He practiced in front of them and taught them step by step.

During this period, he also taught several techniques and skills for treating diseases.

(End of this chapter)