Chapter 12: Jia Zhang fainted

Arriving at the gate of the courtyard, He Yuzhu stuck his head out and looked out.

Then he saw that the alley was in chaos and many neighbors were looking in the direction of the security team.

It happened that Wu Dafu was pushing a waterwheel towards the courtyard.
He Yuzhu smiled and greeted him, knowingly asking,
"Morning, Uncle Wu.

What happened today? Why is the alley so noisy? "

Wu Dafu stopped the water truck, wiped the sweat off his neck with the towel, looked up at He Yuzhu and smiled.

"Good morning, Zhuzi.

I just heard it when I was pushing the waterwheel over here.

It seems that more than 20 trucks parked at the gates of the security team and the gendarmerie and the money on them were lost.
Captain Gao and his men were going from house to house in a rage, questioning people and causing chaos.
It is heading towards your courtyard right now."

Then Wu Dafu said with some doubt,
“It’s strange to say,
The noise a truck makes when it's running is louder than the mooing of a cow in the countryside.
Someone drove so many trucks away at the security team's gate, but the security team didn't know anything about it. It's really strange!"

Hearing that what Wu Dafu was talking about was indeed the truck, He Yuzhu, the instigator, immediately lost interest.

"It turned out that the security team and the gendarmerie had lost their belongings.

Uncle Wu, we can't get involved in this matter, so it's better not to be so curious, lest we get into trouble."

"Zhuzi, you are right.
We should not get involved in the affairs of big shots, lest we get shot if we make a mistake."

After saying that, Wu Dafu picked up the buckets hanging on both sides of the waterwheel, then pulled out the plug on the water tank and began to pour water into the buckets.

He Yuzhu also returned to the back room and repeated to He Daqing what Wu Dafu had just said.
Just after he finished speaking, he heard He Daqing's instructions,
"Since the security team and the military police are going door to door to question people, our courtyard house will definitely not be able to hide.

Wait a minute, keep your mouth shut."

Although He Yuzhu was very powerful and had three life-saving coins, he was still nothing in front of the more than 3 troops stationed in Beiping.

He hoped that the white dogs would not notice him.
"I know, Dad!"

As soon as he finished speaking, He Daqing changed his mind.
"Forget it, don't cut vegetables here anymore. Go to the middle courtyard and watch the rain. There are many people there, so they shouldn't notice you."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu said nothing more and turned to walk towards the central courtyard.

Before he entered the central courtyard, he heard the sound of suona, gongs and drums from the hanging flower gate, followed by the sound of lamas chanting sutras.
[Woo woo… dong dong… kua kua…]

[Namo Amitabha…Amitabha…Amitabha…Amitabha…]

He Yuzhu had never studied these things, so naturally he couldn't understand what music they were playing or what sutras they were chanting.

Anyway, Jia Zhang's mother and son, as well as their relatives, all burst into tears.

The atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Hearing the wailing sound of [Woo woo...] beside his ears, He Yuzhu quickly found his sister.
At this moment, she and Xu Zhaodi were sitting on the steps of the main house, cracking melon seeds with Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng and other older children.

Seeing his brother coming over, He Yushui reached into his pocket and rummaged around, then held out his hand like offering a treasure.

"Brother, peanuts and sunflower seeds!"

Peanuts and melon seeds are rare items in this era, and the children in the courtyard rarely eat them on weekdays.
The things in He Yushui's hand were bought by He Daqing and his friends at the market yesterday.
He Yuzhu naturally wouldn't ask his sister for food.
"Brother, no, you can drink the rain water yourself." After saying that, he looked at the bulging pockets of Xu Damao and the others, and couldn't help but ask with a smile,

"Da Mao, Guang Qi,
You three must have swept all the peanuts and sunflower seeds on the table!"

Hearing this, Xu Damao spit out the melon seed shells and glanced at him.
"Go! Go! Go,

Are we that stupid?
The peanuts and melon seeds on the table are for entertaining guests. We definitely won’t touch them. We got them ourselves at Aunt Zhang’s house.

By the way, aren't you helping Uncle He cook in the back room? How come you have time to come here?"

What do you mean by pretending? It's obvious that he went to Jia Jiashun.
But children are all like this, they all have dirty hands and feet sometimes,
Not only Xu Damao and others of this era, but even He Yuzhu who grew up in later generations, did a lot of things like stealing peaches and breaking corn.

As long as you don't get caught, nothing will happen.
Even if they were caught, all they would do was cook a meal of stir-fried pork and bamboo shoots for their children, and the neighbors would point at their noses and scold them.

Then, He Yuzhu told the others what had just happened in the back room.
It was obvious that Xu Damao and his companions, who had watched too many foreign films, immediately had their eyes light up after listening to the story.

"Wow! Hero,

I don’t know if he is one of those heroes who robs the rich to help the poor. It would be great if he could share some with us poor people.”

As soon as Xu Damao finished speaking, Yan Jiecheng also said with a look of longing,

"If you give us some, we can buy a lot of peanuts and sunflower seeds."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Guangqi next to him looked at He Yuzhu curiously and asked,
"Brother Zhuzi, do you know how much stuff was lost by the security team?"

He Yuzhu certainly knew that the 4 or 500 million gold yuan notes were lying in his space.
But he is not the kind of chivalrous thief who robs the rich and helps the poor as some people say.

I don't want to tell them about this.
"Uncle Wu didn't explain clearly, so how would I know how much stuff there is?

Besides, you say you are poor people, but don’t you see how what you eat and wear are related to poor people?
That’s very kind of you.”

Xu Damao and his friends knew that they had enough food and clothing, and could even afford to go to school, so they were not poor people.
But this does not stop them from being stubborn.
"Brother Zhuzi, what you said is not right. We don't have a dime on us, so how can we not be poor people?"

"That's right, we don't have any money, we are just poor people."

He Yuzhu was too lazy to argue with these idiots.
Because at this time Gao Shigui came in with a group of soldiers.

Seeing that most people in the yard were crying, he immediately fired a shot into the sky.
【boom】

The gunshot scared everyone and they were at a loss.
The two little ones, He Yushui and Xu Zhaodi, kept snuggling into their brother's arms.

Jia Zhang didn't know that the security team had lost their car, and thought that Gao Shigui had come to cause trouble for his family again. He was so scared that his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

At this time, Gao Shigui also hurriedly told the purpose of his visit.

"Last night, our security team and the gendarmerie next door lost a total of 22 large trucks, 5 jeeps, and more than 500 million gold yuan notes.
Who of you was guarding Lao Jia's spirit last night? Did you hear any noise outside? "

After saying this, Gao Shigui's sinister eyes swept back and forth among the people present.

Soon, he keenly discovered that some people present were looking at Jia Dongxu and the lamas who were chanting scriptures intentionally or unintentionally.

(End of this chapter)