Sha Zhu left Yi Zhonghai's house and staggered towards his own home.
However, the commotion he caused at Yi Zhonghai's house was far too great.
First, she argued loudly with Yi Zhonghai, slamming the table and pulling the stool. Then, the neighbors in the courtyard heard Yi's wailing.
Finally, there was the huge commotion caused by Sha Zhu flipping the table.
By this time, the neighbors in the yard had heard the commotion and gathered around.
The first person to hear the noise was Uncle Zhou from the front yard.
His back window was closest to Yi Zhonghai's, so he was the first to hear the argument.
At first, I thought the argument would pass quickly, but it got more and more intense, with Yi Zhonghai's wife crying and wailing in between.
Uncle Zhou couldn't sit still any longer. Everyone in the compound knew about Sha Zhu's blind date, and Uncle Zhou had also seen Liu Yuhua's expression. He assumed that Sha Zhu was unhappy and had gotten into a fight with Yi Zhonghai and his wife.
"You eat first, I'll go take a look."
Uncle Zhou, who was also eating, put down his chopsticks, told his wife, grabbed his thick cotton coat, and was about to go out.
But his wife stopped him, saying, "Why should we care about their mess? Even if people fight until their brains are turned into dog brains, what does it have to do with us? Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu are both scoundrels, let them fight it out."
Uncle Zhou glanced at his wife with annoyance, his hands still busy putting on his coat. "Yi Zhonghai is indeed a scoundrel, always acting all high and mighty, but his wife is a good person. The other day I lost my ticket at the door, and it was Aunt Yi who found it and returned it to me."
“Didn’t you hear how hard Aunt Yi was crying? We can’t lose our conscience. She helped us, so we can’t just pretend to ignore her.”
Uncle Zhou got dressed and found a flashlight at the end of the kang (a heated brick bed). "I can't control what happens to Yi Zhonghai, but I can't let that rascal Sha Zhu beat up Aunt Yi."
Seeing Uncle Zhou about to leave, his wife quickly chased after him, saying, "Don't go by yourself. Call Old Yan. He's the second oldest man in the courtyard. He can't pretend he doesn't know about this."
"Okay, that's what I was thinking too. I'm afraid that little bastard Sha Zhu will beat me up if I go by myself."
As he spoke, Uncle Zhou picked up his flashlight and headed toward Yan Bugui's house.
Before we even reached Old Yan's house, Yan Bugui came out in a hurry.
Yan Bugui, who was groping in the dark, had just come out when he turned back, and when he came out again, he was wearing a dog-skin hat.
"Oh my god, Lao Zhou, what's wrong with you? Why are you walking so silently? You almost scared me to death."
Yan Bugui went out the door, and when he looked up, he saw Uncle Zhou standing in front of him staring at him, which startled him so much that he almost fell to the ground.
Uncle Zhou wasn't in the mood for jokes anymore: "I was almost at the door when you came in and put on your hat. Let's not talk about that. You heard the noise, didn't you?!"
"Of course, Aunt Yi was crying so loudly, how could she not hear it?"
Yan Bugui grinned, "This must be because Sha Zhu is not satisfied with his blind date and is now arguing with Lao Yi. Let's go, the two of us brothers, go and take a look."
"Dad, Dad, Uncle Zhou is here too. I'll go with you."
Just then, Yan Jiecheng, wearing a thick cotton-padded coat, ran over from the front of the building. "I don't want to miss this excitement, let's hurry over there."
Yan Bugui glared at his eldest son, and was about to say something when Uncle Zhou stopped him.
"It's good that Jie Cheng is coming along. The two of us old folks aren't safe if we go over there. That rascal Sha Zhu might get drunk and start a fight. With Jie Cheng there, the three of us can keep him in check."
Yan Bugui thought about it and realized it made sense. He then instructed his eldest son, "When we get there, listen to me and don't cause any trouble, understand?"
"Don't worry, Dad. I'm going there firstly to watch the excitement, and secondly to protect you two, Uncle Zhou."
Yan Jiecheng chuckled, his hands tightly wrapped around his cotton-padded coat. "Let's hurry up, don't miss this good opportunity."
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The backyard of Liu Haizhong's house.
"Hey, Lao Liu, Lao Liu, come over here and listen, is that sound coming from Yi Zhonghai's house in the Central Court?" An old woman who had just finished eating and was washing dishes in the outer room heard the noise and quickly ran to the inner room to call Liu Haizhong out.
Liu Haizhong stood in the outer room for a while and indeed heard Yi Zhonghai's wife crying. He was immediately startled and quickly opened the door to the doorway.
When I went outside and listened carefully, it became even clearer.
The sound of banging on the table, the shouting of Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai, was followed by a loud bang.
"What's wrong with that old Yi? He ruined a blind date like this. He's more trouble than he's worth." Liu Haizhong said with a face full of reproach as he strode into the house.
Liu Haizhong hurriedly put on his clothes and went out the door cursing.
An older woman quickly pulled Liu Guangtian, who was lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), up. "Go with your dad quickly. A fight has broken out at Yi Zhonghai's house. Don't let them beat your dad up."
"What?"
Liu Guangtian jumped up from the kang (heated brick bed). Although the warm kang was nice, it couldn't compare to the excitement of a fight.
Urged on by an older woman, the two brothers, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu, hastily put on their cotton-padded coats and went to chase after Liu Haizhong.
Liu Haizhong had already arrived at Xu Damao's door and was banging on it.
"Quickly put on your coat, let's go see Yi Zhonghai."
Seeing Xu Damao come out to open the door wearing a sweater, Liu Haizhong quickly instructed, "It looks like Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu are fighting. His Aunt Yi is crying. Let's hurry over there."
Xu Damao was drunk and confused, but when he heard that Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai were fighting, he immediately became alert and sobered up.
After Xu Damao finished putting on his cotton-padded coat and came out, the two were about to leave when Xu Damao stopped in his tracks: "Why don't we call Brother Dabao too?"
"Da Bao isn't the person in charge, is it alright to bother him?"
Liu Haizhong pondered for a moment and then said, "Why don't we go over and check the situation first? If it gets serious, we can come back and call him."
Just then, the brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu arrived.
The four strode towards the central courtyard.
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