Chapter 628 Courtyard 4
Yi Zhonghai looked at Li Qiaofeng's unmoved expression and knew in his heart that there was no way he could get away with it by playing it lightly.
Looking at Jia Zhang's look of determination to call Old Jia out from underground, he felt the veins on his forehead throbbing.
It's okay to shout a few words to scare people, but the current posture obviously doesn't scare them.
If the noise here is too loud and alerts the security department of the factory, he, as an old man, will be in trouble.
But the old man is good at pretending to be a good person. He would never talk about how powerful the security department is, otherwise his prestige in the courtyard would be lowered.
Yi Zhonghai took a deep breath, suppressed the irritation on his face and turned it into a "peacemaker" look, then bent down and pretended to support Jia Zhang.
She hadn't even used any strength in her arms yet, just hanging them loosely. Jia Zhang took advantage of the situation and quickly got up.
Lin Sui saw it clearly from the side and was wondering how long Jia Zhang could hold on.
It's only March, and it's still very cold in the north.
It was completely dark at this time, and the cold air from the ground penetrated into the bones, and the thin cotton pants could not block it at all.
If Yi Zhonghai hadn't come to help her, she really didn't know how to find an excuse to get up from the ground.
Seeing Jia Zhangshi being so understanding, Yi Zhonghai immediately said, "Old sister-in-law, get up quickly, the ground is cold. We all care about our own children. We live in the same courtyard, so we should all take a step back. If things get out of hand, it will have a bad impact on our courtyard.
Comrade Li Qiaofeng, it's just half a steamed bun. Come to my house and get one later. Give it to Xiaobao to fill his stomach first. Don't let him go hungry."
Yi Zhonghai is simply changing the concept.
Li Qiaofeng made such a fuss today not just for half a steamed bun.
With just a few words from Yi Zhonghai, things took a completely different turn.
Li Qiaofeng was naturally unhappy because she had to argue with a child over half a steamed bun.
Just as she was about to open her mouth to refute, Jia Zhang, who had gotten the upper hand, secretly glanced at Li Qiaofeng. Seeing that Li Qiaofeng was folding her arms and sneering, she was afraid that she would make some excessive demands, so she spoke quickly.
"Okay, uncle, we'll do whatever you say. I'll listen to you."
Li Qiaofeng was not fooled by this. She snorted coldly, slammed the broom to the ground, and said sarcastically:
"Hey, you're not singing anymore? You sang really well just now. I want to hear more."
He clapped his hands twice and continued, "Now that the show is over, let's get on with the reckoning!"
After saying this, she took out a small notebook from her pocket, opened it and read:
"Two salted duck eggs, market price 0.12 yuan. The fruit candies I bought from several places totaled 4 yuan, 0.8 yuan.
Xiaobao’s milk cake was brought back from Inner Mongolia by his father through someone else, and it cost 95 cents.
Today's half steamed bun counts as 4 points...
The total is 1.45 yuan. I'll round off the decimal for you, so just count it as 1.4 yuan.
These are all the food your little bastard has been snatching from Xiaobao since the Chinese New Year.
This is what I know, and I will just ignore what I don’t know.
It’s because my child is young and sometimes can’t speak clearly, so we can only swallow this loss in silence.
Give me the money today and promise that Banggeng will never steal my child's food again, and the matter will be over.
Otherwise, we can find a place to discuss this matter."
After hearing this, the onlookers all felt that Li Qiaofeng's request was not excessive.
You stole something from someone's child, and now the adult comes to ask for money back. It's only natural.
One dollar and forty cents is not a small amount in that era, as everyone's monthly salary is only a few cents.
Even Yi Zhonghai couldn't find any reason to refute it.
But Jia Zhang was just unwilling to pay any money.
Qin Huairu stood aside. She also wanted to pay back the money, but she really didn't have the money at the moment.
She had no choice but to look pitifully at Sha Zhu for help.
Sha Zhu couldn't stand Qin Huairu's tearful look and stood up immediately.
"That's all right. It's only one dollar and forty cents. I'll pay it for them. It's not easy for orphans and widows."
Li Qiaofeng doesn't care who gives the money.
Her husband is away from home all year round. If she doesn't stand up for herself, how can she be much better off than an orphan and a widow?
She just wanted to let everyone know that if anyone touched her things, she would come to their house to demand an explanation. Her husband was not at home, and she was not someone to be bullied.
Originally, there was a matter of asking Banggeng to promise not to steal Zhou Xiaobao's things in the future, but Banggeng had already been taken home by Jia Zhangshi during the chaos and even the door was closed.
In the end, it was still the old man and Sha Zhu who acted as the guarantor.
Seeing that Li Qiaofeng didn't make any other requests, Yi Zhonghai asked everyone in the yard to disperse.
"It's okay. Everyone is tired after a day's work. Let's go home and have dinner."
Now that the problem was solved, no one was interested in freezing in the yard anymore, so they went home in groups of three or four.
Everyone couldn't help but talk about what had just happened in private, but they all tacitly avoided talking to the protagonists.
After watching the excitement, Lin Sui also walked towards his home.
She locked the door before going to work today, and didn't care about the rule that prohibits locking the door in this courtyard.
How can the national laws be smaller than the rules of your small yard? What's wrong with her locking the door?
He took out the key, opened the door, and walked into the house.
When she went out in the morning, she put a piece of honeycomb coal in the stove and lit the stove. Soon, the room became warm.
However, after Lin Sui finished washing up and lay down on the simple bed, he still felt uncomfortable.
It seems that I need to find someone to make a kang. The winter in the north is so cold, and relying on a stove to keep the house warm is not enough.
When Lin Sui woke up the next day, he felt a chill on the tip of his nose.
After a whole night, the warmth in the room had almost dissipated.
She curled up in the quilt and went straight into the space to make herself a cup of instant cocoa, which barely warmed her up.
The matter of building a kang must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.
She put on her clothes directly in the space and then came out to light the stove.
After sitting by the fire for a while and feeling the temperature in the room rising, she did other things.
During the lunch break, Lin Sui found someone to make the kang for her, following the introduction of the section chief.
However, because this house had no chimney, Lin Sui spent ten more kilograms of cornmeal.
When we were originally discussing the price, we were talking about paying the money.
While chatting, I heard that the workers who came to work also went to buy food after receiving their wages after finishing their work today.
Lin Sui has limited money in this world, but she has no shortage of food, as there is plenty of it in the space.
So she paid directly with food.
The master was quite satisfied with this payment method.
Food is hard currency, and Lin Sui paid with food, which actually saved them a lot of trouble.
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