Hearing Yi Zhonghai's question, Xu Damao was about to tell Sha Zhu about his little thoughts about Qin Huairu, but he found that Sha Zhu was looking at him fiercely, as if he would fight him to the death if he dared to say it.
This made Xu Damao hold back his words before he could say them.
There was no way around it. He wasn't addicted to being beaten, and it wasn't worth it to get beaten again just to vent his anger.
But, if I let Sha Zhu go, wouldn’t the beating I received be in vain?
Rolling his eyes, Xu Damao said loudly, "Uncle, it's really not my fault what happened today. It's all Sha Zhu's fault."
"When I returned to the courtyard, I smelled the aroma of braised pork, so I told Sha Zhu that his braised pork didn't have that aroma. But then Sha Zhu came up and hit me."
"I was caught off guard. I didn't expect him to do it right away. Otherwise, I wouldn't be afraid of him."
He tried to explain it with a stubborn face, but he changed the way the matter was put. This made Sha Zhu's expression soften a lot, and he even looked at Xu Damao's long face with a bit of favor.
"You're asking for a beating. My cooking skills are among the best in the steel mill. Everyone knows it. How could I be worse than others?"
Sha Zhu stiffened his neck and confirmed the matter: "You kid slandered my cooking skills, you deserve a beating, don't you?"
"That's enough, stop talking. It's just a small matter, and you're fighting in the yard. Do you still have any sense of collective honor?"
Yi Zhonghai looked at Sha Zhu with a look of disappointment. It was such a small matter, but it had escalated to the point of a fight. It was really wrong.
"Our courtyard is one of the most prestigious courtyards in the Nanluoguxiang area. The neighbors are as united as they can be, but you two are the only ones bickering all the time. Do you think you have a habit of bickering?"
"Uncle, it's always Xu Damao who starts trouble. It's not my fault." Sha Zhu muttered.
"Can't you just pretend you didn't hear it?"
Yi Zhonghai glared at Sha Zhu, then looked at Xu Damao: "Da Mao, you too, you live in the backyard, and Sha Zhu lives in the middle yard, why do you always provoke him? Doesn't it hurt when he hits you?"
"Uncle..." Xu Damao wanted to say something, but Yi Zhonghai stopped him: "Let's just forget about this matter. You two grew up together and are still childhood friends. It's inappropriate for you to fight all day long."
Turning big things into small things and small things into nothing is a characteristic of this era.
Unlike in later generations when people would call the police immediately after encountering a fight, in this era people rarely bothered the police. If the problem could be solved privately, they would do so privately. If it couldn't be solved, they would hold a general meeting of the entire court and collectively help solve it. Only when a real crime was committed would people go to the police station.
Although he was somewhat unwilling to be beaten, Xu Damao knew that he was indeed the one who provoked first and there was nothing he could do about it.
In addition, Xu Damao also knew that Yi Zhonghai was very partial to Sha Zhu. In this respect, he was second only to Jia Dongxu. Now that Jia Dongxu was dead, Sha Zhu had directly become the first in Yi Zhonghai's heart, and he would definitely be more partial to him in the future.
Where is Shazhu?
What else could he think of? He beat up Xu Damao to vent his frustration, then went home with his lunch box.
Yi Zhonghai, on the other hand, smelled the aroma of meat in the air and returned home with thoughts in his mind.
"You're back, hurry up and wash your hands and get ready for dinner."
Auntie had already prepared dinner and was waiting for Yi Zhonghai to get off work.
"Um."
Yi Zhonghai nodded, washed his hands, sat down at the table, looked at the food on the table, and said, "Pour me a glass of wine. I'll have a drink."
"Why do you want to drink?"
The aunt was a little surprised, but she still obediently went to get the wine.
"Oh, I'm a little tired."
An inexplicable emotion flashed across Yi Zhonghai's eyes, and he felt a little depressed. He took a sip of wine, ate a bite of food, and said nothing.
"What's wrong with you?" The aunt became a little worried.
Because she is unable to have children, the aunt always feels indebted to Yi Zhonghai.
"You're still a fool, alas."
"Shazhu, I saw there was a commotion in the yard just now. Is he causing trouble again?" an old lady asked curiously.
"He and Xu Damao started fighting again."
Yi Zhonghai smiled bitterly: "You said that Sha Zhu was quite smart, but how come he couldn't control himself when he met Xu Damao? What's more, the two of them live in the same courtyard and see each other every day."
"They have been like this since they were young, you know that." The aunt smiled, she still liked Sha Zhu very much.
"It was fine when I was young, but now I'm in my twenties. It's too late to get married. Otherwise, how can we get married if we still fight all day long even though we already have children?"
Yi Zhonghai took another sip of wine and said, "In this situation, can we count on him for our future retirement?"
"Retirement?"
When this question came up, the aunt became a little sad. Children were the worry of this old couple, and now it has become a retirement issue. After all, they are getting older day by day, and it is time to consider this issue.
"What a pity for Dongxu."
It took a long time for Yi Zhonghai to say this.
"Dongxu?"
The auntie smiled at first, but gradually became bitter: "It's a pity, he's filial and motivated, but this is his fate."
"Originally, I planned to wait until Huairu gave birth to the child, check on Shazhu's situation, and then bring them together. It would definitely be a good thing for these two children to be together, but who knew Dongsheng would come back again."
Yi Zhonghai expressed his inner thoughts.
"Huai Ru and Sha Zhu, is this possible?"
This was the first time Yi Zhonghai told this idea to an old lady, and it really touched her heart.
"Why not?"
Yi Zhonghai said, "We've seen Huairu since she came into the courtyard. She's filial and hardworking. She's a good choice for a daughter-in-law. And Shazhu has also grown up under our watch. It's a good thing that they can get along."
"How could Shazhu agree to this? Huairu is a widow after all?" Auntie worried.
"Hey, how could he disagree? His eyes are fixed on Huairu, and his thoughts are obvious."
As a man, Yi Zhonghai could not possibly not understand Sha Zhu. It was precisely because he understood him that he had this idea. Otherwise, Qin Huairu was his apprentice's wife, so he would definitely help her.
"But Dongsheng is back. Can Shazhu and Qin Huairu still be together?"
"That's tough."
Yi Zhonghai shook his head. He knew the situation of the Jia family very well. If life continued to be too difficult, Sha Zhu would still have a chance, but as long as Jia Dongsheng had the ability, Jia Zhang would never let Qin Huairu remarry.
"I just don't know how Dongsheng is doing?"
Thinking of this, a gleam of wisdom began to flash in Yi Zhonghai's eyes, as if he was calculating something.
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