The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 240 The situation is tense

When Zhao's mother was named, she was stunned for a moment. She instinctively clutched the empty sleeves of Zhao's father beside her and kept shaking her head.

Father Zhao glared at Mother Zhao fiercely, slapped her hand away, pulled back his sleeves, slowly stood up, and immediately put on a flattering smile, bowed to the people around him, cleared his throat, straightened his body, and said excitedly and loudly:

"My fellow countrymen, thank you for your hard work. My name is Zhao, and today I have the honor of..."

The words had just begun when they were interrupted by the wanton laughter from the people around them, followed by the teasing remarks of several young people.

"Haha... Zhao San'er's father, why are you so funny? Master Yi wanted you to complain to everyone so that he could fight for you, not to ask you to come as a cadre to comfort the masses. You got it wrong."

"San'er, was your father a cadre in the past and did he often attend community meetings? This little phrase is... uh... good, but you'd better not use it next time. Hehe..."

"I'm really laughing my ass off. This old man is so funny. If you set up a stall under the overpass, you'll definitely be successful..."

Some people who didn't understand what was going on also joined in the laughter.

Seeing the situation gradually going wrong, Yi Zhonghai angrily warned:

"Okay, you guys stop interrupting.

Brother Zhao, just tell us about your family's affairs directly, don't bring your rural customs to the city."

Upon hearing this, Mr. Zhao's back, which had just straightened, hunched even lower. His dark face instantly turned red, and his intact hand was helplessly picking at the corner of his brand new work clothes, looking just like a student who had made a mistake.

When everyone saw tears glistening in Mr. Zhao's cloudy eyes, they immediately fell silent.

Liu Guangqi, who laughed the loudest, was unanimously pushed in front of Zhao's father and apologized stumblingly:

"Uh... that... old man, I'm sorry, we are just used to quarreling with Zhao Saner, please don't take it to heart, don't you still want to tell everyone about the family affairs? While everyone is here, please tell us quickly."

After saying that, he quickly hid in the corner and squatted.

Father Zhao paused for a long time before pulling up his sleeves and wiping his eyes vigorously, then raised his head and smiled:

"It's okay. I'm not a stingy person. I asked Master Yi to invite everyone here today because I want to talk to everyone about this heartless Zhao Saner who has occupied my job... the job I bought with my arm, and he has been living a luxurious life in the city without caring about the elderly disabled people and brothers and sisters who are having a hard time in the countryside.

Look at that skinny girl. It's a pity that my little girl has never had enough to eat since she was a child. San'er, seeing your sister like this, won't your conscience hurt?"

Everyone's eyes followed Zhao's father's finger and looked at a little girl huddled by the hanging flower door. She was thin, with sparse and dry hair, a gray face, and empty eyes. She was wearing a large single piece of clothing whose original color could not be seen, and was covered with layers of patches of varying new and old. She looked truly pitiful.

Just one glance was enough to make everyone present burst into tears. Everyone clenched their fists and looked at Zhao Saner and his wife with disbelief, but Xiaohua sneered.

"Feeling bad? Why should I feel bad? Your whole family has no worries about food and clothing, why is it that only my little sister is living like a refugee?

Isn't it because of your incompetence as a father, your favoritism as a mother, your exploitation by your eldest brother, your eldest sister's disregard, your laziness as a little sister, and your own weakness that my younger sister has become like this?

What does it have to do with my family? Am I short of your money or did I give you less cloth? Who used those things? Everyone knows it.

Since you can't afford to raise her, why did you give birth to her and let her suffer? Yes, none of you are wrong. It's my younger sister who is wrong. She dug up your Zhao family's ancestral grave in her previous life, and she is here to repay your debt in this life.

Since you don't want to live a good life, then let's not live together. I will go back to my brothers from my mother's side and make your Zhao family famous in the surrounding area."

These vicious words, coupled with her arrogant attitude, made her look like a cold-blooded and heartless shrew, no longer having any of her former gentleness.

Not only the neighbors in the courtyard were shocked, but the Zhao family also showed an expression of disbelief. Only Zhao Xiaomei seemed to have heard nothing.

"You, you...cough cough"

Zhao's father was so angry that he couldn't stop coughing. Zhao's mother hurried to calm him down and stared at Zhao San'er and shouted:

"San'er, are you just letting your wife talk nonsense here? Why did I give birth to a traitor like you? I felt sorry for you and wanted to persuade your father to return the job to Xiao Si'er tomorrow and then go to the secretary to beg for mercy and let you register your household registration in the village again, so that your family of four will not have to worry about food and clothing.

I have finally figured out that an ungrateful person like you who can't tell good from bad has no gratitude at all. I asked you to come to the city to work for Xiao Si'er for two days to help you grow up.

"Big brother, big girl, come with me and throw their things out. Little sister, go outside and bring your fourth brother's luggage in. I want to see who dares to stop me, as a mother, from driving this unfilial boy out of the house."

Seeing that Zhao's mother was about to lead people to the front yard, Zhao San'er, who had been keeping his head down and pretending to be a quail, stepped forward and stopped Zhao Lao Da who was walking in front, and roared with red face:

"Let's see who dares to move!"

When the two sides of the Zhao family were on the verge of a fight, the people in the courtyard not only did not stop them, but instead laughed again. Wu Guihua reminded loudly:

"Xiaohua, why are you stopping them? Some bandits are robbing the public housing allocated by the factory. Why don't you report it to the security department right away? There are a lot of witnesses.

You've saved yourself a lot of trouble this time. You can set up a banquet and handle the funeral affairs of a bunch of people. You're really lucky."

After hearing these words, the two parties in the confrontation were stunned and stopped moving. They all looked at Yi Zhonghai in the middle of the field.

Yi Zhonghai, who felt somewhat uncomfortable being stared at, quickly stepped forward to smooth things over:

"Okay, calm down. If you have something to say, just talk about it. We are all family. It's not right to start fighting over a disagreement.

Zhao San'er's daughter-in-law, what are you talking about? How can you talk to your parents-in-law like that? And you, Zhao San'er, your parents raised you to be disobedient like this?

There are no parents who are not wrong in the world. You two should apologize to your parents and let this matter be over. No one is allowed to mention the issue of occupying the house again!"

Then, under the stunned gazes of everyone, Zhao San'er and his wife sat back on the stools as if no one was around. Zhao's mother pointed at them and stammered for a long time without uttering a word.

Perhaps it was Zhao Saner's arrogant attitude that angered Yi Zhonghai, and he yelled at him angrily:

"Zhao San'er, you are such an unfilial person. If it were before liberation..."

Chen Ping, whose hand was held by Xiaohua as soon as she sat back down, immediately spoke up to stop Yi Zhonghai's abuse:

"Master Yi, please be careful with your words. Comrade Zhao Saner is not related to you in any way, so you have no right to insult him. We are not here to listen to you singing praises to the bad habits of the old society.

In addition, I would like to remind you that Zhao Saner's parents are not residents of the Siheyuan and are not qualified to convene a general meeting of the whole courtyard."