Chapter 194

"We don't know about that. It seems that the house here is too small. You know that Lao Yan has made some money recently, so it is understandable that he wants to move to a bigger house."

Li Huilan said this in a hypocritical way.

When Yan Bugui left, he told them that the reason he wanted to leave was because he was fed up with Jia Zhang.

So if you can't afford to offend, can you just avoid him?
Since you, Jia Zhang, bother me every day, can I just move out?

Of course, Li Huilan would never tell Jia Zhangshi such a thing.

In fact, she is still a little worried now.

Because among the six shareholders of the small workshop, there is Zhao Quezi. Although Zhao Quezi invested the least, he can still get more than 6 yuan a month.

What if Jia Zhang thinks that Yan Bugui has left and sets his sights on her own family?
He and Zhao Guizi were honest men, but they could not stand the scolding from Jia Zhangshi, a shrew.

At this moment, Yan Bugui left, but Jia Zhang still didn't intend to let him go and continued to be questioned by Li Huilan.

"Li Huilan, you should know where Old Yan's family moved to, right? Tell me quickly, I have something important to discuss with them."

Li Huilan shook her head and said.

"Mrs. Zhang, you're asking the wrong person. I wasn't in the courtyard when Old Yan and his family left, so I don't know where they moved to. You should ask someone else."

"This old Yan, moving is such a big thing, but he didn't tell anyone in advance and left in such a hurry. Who is he guarding against?"

Jia Zhang said somewhat depressed.

After leaving Li Huilan, Jia Zhang continued to ask other residents.

However, the answers are the same

Jia Zhang asked several neighbors, but no one knew where Yan Bugui's family had moved to.
This made Jia Zhang very angry, so she decided to go to the small workshop to find someone.

He thought that even if Yan Bugui moved away, there was no way he would not return to the small workshop, right?

However, what she could think of, Yan Bugui certainly thought of as well. Since he wanted to avoid Jia Zhang, he would definitely not go to this small workshop.

Fortunately, Xu Huizhen is in charge of the small workshop, so it doesn’t matter whether Yan Bugui goes there or not.

So for the next week, Jia Zhang stayed in the small workshop every day, but she could not see Yan Bugui.

"Grandma, what are you doing here?"

Just when Jia Zhang left the small workshop.

Two figures suddenly walked over from the side.

These two people are Jia Dongxu’s children Banggeng and Xiaodang.

Now that Banggeng has grown up, Jia Dongxu arranged a job for him in the Department of Energy, making him the head of a small department.

Xiaodang is also very graceful.

She is already 25 years old this year, and is past the age for ordinary girls to get married. However, because she has high standards and Banggeng is still unmarried, Xiaodang is now also an older leftover woman.

Jia Zhang saw her grandson and granddaughter.

At that time, I started to curse out of grievance.

"What else can I do? I'm here to look for that heartless Yan Bugui. When we were in the same courtyard, we helped his family a lot. Now that he's made money, he just moved out of our courtyard without even saying hello, and we can't even find him anymore."

"It's just right that you two are here. Xiaodang, please help me keep an eye on him here. Tell me when Yan Bugui comes back. I don't believe that he will never come back in this life."

Jia Zhang is a person who favors boys over girls.

In his eyes, Xiaodang is not his family at all.

It's a money-losing product.

Therefore, it is not wrong to let Xiaodang take care of the hard work of guarding people here.

Xiaodang is unwilling to do such a thing.

However, he did not dare to go against his grandmother's wishes, so he pretended to agree. After Jia Zhang left, he asked Bang Geng,
"Brother, grandma asked me to stay here and wait for the third uncle, but who knows when the third uncle will come back? How about you send someone from your unit to help me here?"

Banggen is speechless.

"Xiao Dang, don't even think about it. If I really do that, it would be abuse of power for personal gain. Not only would I lose my own people, but I would also bring shame to my father."

"What should I do? I can't just wait here forever, right?"

Xiaodang said somewhat aggrievedly.

If she had known this, she wouldn’t have greeted grandma just now.

I didn't expect that just by saying hello, I would encounter something like this.

BangGeng laughed.

"You can't blame anyone else for this. Who told you not to get married early? You don't have a job yet, so you have to depend on grandma. If you find a job or marry someone early and leave our home, grandma won't be able to find anyone to use you. Don't you see that's what Third Uncle did?"

Banggeng has been playing with Li Jiandong's sons since he was a child, so he has broad horizons.

I have a relatively clear view of things.

In fact, Xiaodang did nothing at home all day, and was disliked by many people because of his high expectations but poor skills.

But this can't be entirely blamed on her. Who made her grow up in those 10 years?

Haven't studied well.

I have never gone to the countryside to suffer.

Her abilities were indeed limited, and as a girl, she only wanted to find a good man to marry.

Therefore, she never thought about improving herself.

Now that she was being controlled by Jia Zhang, she could only stand guard here obediently.

And she was destined not to be able to stay with Yan Bugui.

At this moment, Yan Bugui has moved into his new home for 5 days.

I have to say that it is more comfortable to live in a house with its own door and yard.

Although there were no more neighbors who were easy to hang out with, the whole yard and house belonged to him.

Not only can you change rooms, but there is also a warehouse to store things.

The collected firewood can be placed in the side room, so you don’t have to spend money to buy firewood from others.

Although Yan Bugui is very rich now, he still has to calculate.

During these five days, Yan Bugui cleaned the house thoroughly.

After all the furniture and luggage were bought, we started to hire people to cook.

In order to prevent Jia Zhang from knowing where he had moved to, Yan Bugui took the initiative and held the dinner outside.

Although this would cost a lot more money, it was the only thing to do in order to avoid Jia Zhang.

Yan Bugui didn't invite many people to this dinner.

There are only Li Jiandong, He Daqing, Hu Haodang, Liu Haizhong, and Xu Fugui, a few old friends of the same age.

Soon it was night, and several people gathered at the entrance of the hotel.

"Old Yan, you are amazing. I didn't expect that you would be the first one among us old friends to move out."

"Yeah, considering Old Yan's stinginess, who would have thought that he would be willing to spend so much money to buy a private house?"

"But, having said that, our courtyard is missing Old Yan, which makes it less fun. Sometimes when playing mahjong, there are three players missing and you can't find anyone."

"Alas, I have no choice. Who let that old man Jia Zhang stare at me all day long and nag me every day to ask for my shares? Our small workshop is already so profitable. He comes here to ask for shares. Isn't it just robbing money? I moved out because he forced me to do nothing. Do you think I really want to leave you?"

Yan Bugui also said with a sigh.

If it weren't for Jia Zhang, he really didn't want to leave Courtyard No. 40.

He Daqing nodded and said, "Old Yan, you are too honest. If Jia Zhang dares to talk to me about this, I promise that the first thing I will say is to tell her to get out."

Hu Haodang also said.

"This Jia Zhang is a bully who only fears the strong and bullies the weak. Old He and I are both in the middle court, but he has never come to us, but he went to you, Old Yan. I tell you, you should just be tough with him, and he won't be able to do anything to you."

Yan Bugui sighed deeply.

"Who said it wasn't true? But that's just my personality. I don't want to hurt everyone's feelings over such a small matter. Since there's a place to move out, I can hide even if I can't beat them."

Yan Bugui said this, but in fact he was just timid.

He couldn't stand being blocked at the door and scolded by Jia Zhang all day long. He still had his dignity.

At this time, a car drove over from a distance.

The black car is very eye-catching

Yan Bugui and others looked over there, and only when the car stopped beside them did they realize that the driver was Li Jiandong's bodyguard.

Coming down from the back seat, Li Jiandong said with a smile.

"Everyone is here. I came here on time, but I didn't expect to be late."

"Congratulations, Old Yan, you've moved into a bigger house. To be honest, you're the first one to move out. I really didn't expect that."

Li Jiandong was well aware of Yan Bugui's stinginess.

Not to mention something as big as changing houses.

Even if he wants to buy new furniture, he has to think for several days.

At this time, Liu Haizhong said to Li Jiandong, "Director Li, don't say you didn't expect it. We live in the same courtyard with Old Yan all day long, and we didn't know he was going to move out suddenly."

Although Liu Haizhong is now the director of the fabric factory, the owner of the fabric factory is Li Jiandong.

He is just a high-level worker now.

If Li Jiandong doesn't want to use it, he can replace it at any time.

So, every time I see Li Jiandong, Liu Haizhong is still as humble as before, and when he smiles, the wrinkles on his face become as wrinkled as a pug.

He Daqing also said.

"Old Li, you misunderstood Old Yan. It wasn't Old Yan who wanted to move. He was forced to do so by Jia Zhang."

"Is there such a thing? Old Yan, tell me in detail, are you having an affair with Jia Zhang and was discovered by the Third Aunt?"

Li Jiandong doesn't like gossip. Only when he is with these old friends will he be curious about some gossip.

He said this purely as a joke.

Everyone laughed when they heard it.

Only Yan Bugui spoke with a look of grievance.

"Old Li, you are disgusting. How could I possibly like Jia Zhangshi? I'm telling you the truth. Didn't we listen to you and set up a small soap workshop? When I asked them in the courtyard at the beginning, many people said that making soap would not make money and they didn't want to invest in it. Jia Zhangshi was one of them."

"The small workshop has been open for a few months now, and the money earned is getting more and more every month. Jia Zhang is getting jealous and insists that I give him some shares. You said I can earn more than 600 yuan from the small workshop this month, and giving him one-third is still 200 yuan. The key is how much money Jia Zhang can invest. Isn't this stealing money from me? Of course I can't agree to him."

"So you moved out of the courtyard?"

Li Jiandong was puzzled by this.

If you don't want to give shares, then don't give them. Why should you be kicked out?

But after a simple thought, Li Jiandong understood.

Indeed, Jia Zhangshi is a person with a particularly vicious tongue.

Jia Zhang didn't dare to offend people like Li Jiandong and He Daqing, and she didn't think he was that powerful.

However, Yan Bugui really didn't dare to offend her.

Otherwise, Jia Zhang would run outside other people's houses and curse all night long.

There was even someone who had offended Jia Zhang before, and he actually placed Old Jia's mourning hall directly at the person's doorstep, which made the person so disgusted that he had no choice but to apologize to him in the end.

With the lessons learned from other people's past, it was understandable that Yan Bugui was worried about being entangled by Jia Zhang, so he moved out.

"When Lao Li moved out, we didn't think much of it. After all, we were all young at the time, and Lao Li got a promotion, so we all wished him the best.

Most of the young people in our courtyard have already moved out, and we old guys are the only ones left. Now Old Yan has also moved out, so I’m afraid our No. 40 courtyard will really be disbanded.”

He Daqing said this with some sadness.

Now these old guys are all in their sixties or seventies.

I'm afraid I don't have many years left to live.

A man as loyal as He Daqing actually hopes that everyone can stay in the same courtyard, so that when he leaves this world, at least there will be someone to help him.

But this matter is indeed difficult to handle.

Although everyone knew that it was Jia Zhang's fault, what could they do about it?

Jia Zhang is older than all of them and she is still a woman. You can't let this bunch of grown men gang up to bully Jia Zhang.

Therefore, even though they knew that Jia Zhang was wrong, He Daqing and the others had no way to lend a helping hand.

Yan Bugui saw this clearly, so he found a new house and moved out without discussing it with them.

"Okay, don't make such a good party so sad. Didn't we say we should have dinner? Let's hurry up." Finally, it was Li Jiandong who broke the long silence.

The group came to the restaurant, ordered food and started eating and drinking.

We are already so old, I guess we won’t be able to get together many times in the future.

So we cherish every gathering very much.

After three rounds of drinking.

Xu Fugui suddenly dropped a bombshell.

"Old Li, Old Liu, you've all heard about it, right? Yi Zhonghai seems to be dead."

"Ah, when did this happen?"

Everyone was shocked to hear the news.

Many of them have not seen Yi Zhonghai for many years.

The last person to meet Yi Zhonghai was Li Jiandong, who was at the museum last time.

Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, I heard the news of Yi Zhonghai's death.

Although everyone’s relationship is not very good, no one present likes Yi Zhonghai.

But no matter what, they were once people in Yard 40 and were their peers.

We all lived in the same compound and worked in the Zhan Steel Plant. Now we are all old, and when we heard the news about our old friend, it turned out to be this.

Everyone present here felt bad.

Xu Fugui said, "I also heard from others that he died of illness."

"It is said that he was in great health some time ago, but suddenly he fell ill and died a few days later."

"Old Yi also adopted a child, and originally planned to take care of him after he grew up. However, Old Yi passed away before the child even grew up.

I heard that he left behind a lot of property. I don’t know how he earned it, but it seems to be more than 1 yuan. In the end, it all went to other people.”

I heard that Yi Zhonghai has more than 1 yuan in savings.

Yan Bugui's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Old Yi, how can he make so much money? How did he earn it? Didn't he always pick up rags before? Is picking up rags so profitable?"

If picking up junk is really so profitable, Yan Bugui also plans to give it a try.

Yan Bugui is making money just by lying down. He is usually free anyway, so any extra money he can make by picking up scraps is still extra money.

Yan Bugui is such a calculating person.
However, Li Jiandong suddenly said.

"Lao Yi was collecting antiques under the guise of picking up junk. He once sold me an antique that he thought was a fake and wanted to swindle me out of 2000 yuan. But I ended up buying it for 500 yuan. I got a big bargain. That fake is now worth 1 yuan. Lao Yi was probably furious when he heard the news."

Li Jiandong had a good idea.

Yi Zhonghai indeed fell ill because of this incident.

Unlike other people who were sad, Li Jiandong did not feel any emotion after hearing the news of Yi Zhonghai's death.

According to Li Jiandong's temper, some people's lives are a waste of food, so it would be better for them to die early.

Yi Zhonghai is obviously such a person. In Li Jiandong's impression, Yi Zhonghai seems to have never done anything good in his life.

It is really a blessing from God that he could live to his 60s, almost 70 years old.

Finished the dinner.

Li Jiandong returned home and told Qin Huairu about this.

Upon learning the news of Yi Zhonghai's death, Qin Huairu was stunned for a while.

Regarding Yi Zhonghai, Qin Huairu definitely stands on Li Jiandong's side.
She also knew that Yi Zhonghai and Li Jiandong had a bad relationship, and she had no good attitude towards Yi Zhonghai.
But no matter what, Yi Zhonghai also played a role in Qin Huairu's entry into Beicheng and marriage to Li Jiandong.

At that time, Yi Zhonghai just wanted to use Qin Huairu's beauty to sow discord between master and disciple Li Jiandong and Jia Dongxu.

However, it was precisely because of his little calculations that Qin Huairu lived a happy life for so many years.

Otherwise, Qin Huairu didn’t know whether he could have enough food to eat in the village. During the famine years alone, he might not have survived.

However, Qin Huairu just sighed for a moment.

And the other side.

After learning about Yi Zhonghai's death training, Li Huilan was in shock for several days.

Although Yi Zhonghai had wronged her in the past, the two had lived together for nearly 20 years and they had some feelings for each other. As the saying goes, a husband and wife are bound by a hundred days of grace.

Even though they are separated now, Li Huilan still felt sad after hearing the news of his death.

In the end, it was Li Huilan who found Yi Zhonghai and buried him.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai had been dead for several days, but he still hadn't been buried.

This was because the neighbors he moved to later used some trickery to take away his inheritance, and the child he adopted had no money to bury him.

It was Li Huilan and Zhao Quezi who buried him together.

This can be considered as a way to repay Yi Zhonghai for buying medicine for Li Huilan over the years.

The following time became peaceful and quiet again.

The steel rolling mill's cars can finally be produced stably.

An average of 20 cars can be produced every day. In addition, the Modu Automobile Factory and the Beicheng Automobile Factory have each built a production line. With the three production lines in full production, about 60 cars can be produced every day.

Don't think this is a small amount.

(End of this chapter)