The entire courtyard was divided into a front yard, a middle yard, and a backyard.
He Yuzhu was in the backyard, and Third Uncle, First Uncle, and Second Uncle were the elders of the three courtyards.
Liu Haizhong, the second uncle, was the head of the backyard. He was also a grade-7 blacksmith in the rolling mill. His salary was not low. He did not have to worry about food and drink on weekdays. He just wanted to be an official or something. Just like the class representative in school, he liked to do things with feathers as an arrow. No matter the big or small things, he liked to interfere. As long as they encountered such a meeting, they would definitely be the first to speak.
Since Second Uncle didn't say anything, First Uncle also spoke. First Uncle looked at everyone.
"Ahem, let's not talk about anything else. Everyone knows what happened.”First Uncle looked at He Yuzhu." He Yuzhu, Second Uncle said that you have admitted that you stole Xu Damao's chicken?”
"Grandpa Yi, I had no choice but to admit to the scene at that time. They wanted to tear down my house and even started to use fire hooks.”
He Yuzhu had a wronged look on his face. If it wasn't for the fact that he was protecting He Yunong, he wouldn't have admitted it.
"Second Uncle, is that what happened?”
Yi Zhonghai was also a worker at the rolling mill. He was a Grade 8 fitter and had no children. He lived with his wife and did not have to worry about food and clothing. He was also the most upright person. He wanted to help reason but not his family.
"Hey, He Yuzhu, why don't you pour some water and tell me where your chicken came from?”Second Uncle was also anxious. He pointed at He Yuzhu and asked.
"Yeah, if they didn't steal our chickens, where did they come from?”Xu Damao also asked.
"I bought it!"
He Yunong answered first. He Yuzhu glanced at He Yunong and did not say anything else.
"Where can I buy it?" Second Uncle replied immediately.
"I bought it at the market!" He Yunong replied with his hands in his pockets.
"Which market? Was it the eastern market or the western market?”Third Uncle, who had been silent all this while, finally spoke.
"Hey, Third Uncle, you guessed wrong. It's neither of them. I went to Chaotou Market.”He Yunong smiled lightly and tilted his head as he replied.
"This is not right!" Third Uncle looked like a wily old fox. He looked at He Yunong from the corner of his eyes, and his glasses were a little slanted.
"It would take at least 40 minutes to go back and forth from our Siheyuan to Chaonei Market by bus. It would take at least an hour for you to go back and forth, pick chickens, buy chickens, and kill chickens.”
Third Uncle counted his fingers as he spoke. After he finished speaking, he looked at He Yunong. Suddenly, everyone in the audience fell silent. It seemed that there was really no time. Everyone thought that He Yunong could not justify himself.
Xu Damao raised his head and nodded, revealing a contemptuous smile.
He Yunong blinked and rubbed his hands. It was really a little cold.
Without waiting for He Yunong to speak again, Second Uncle continued," Of course, there's another possibility. Maybe this chicken really doesn't belong to Xu Damao's family.”
Xu Damao was anxious when Second Uncle said this. He wanted to stand up.
He had just confirmed that it was his chicken, and now it was not. Xu Damao was so heartless.
However, Second Uncle ignored him and continued,""Everyone knows that He Yunong and He Yuzhu are both chefs at our Red Star Rolling Mill. Usually, there must be some leftovers in the kitchen. Perhaps they brought it back from our canteen.”
"Hey, Second Uncle, you can't say that. Stealing Xu Damao's chicken is a small matter. If you steal the factory's chicken, it will become theft of public property. You won't be having a meeting in this courtyard.”
He Yunong was immediately unhappy when she heard this.
"That depends on how you say it." Third Uncle narrowed his eyes and pursed his lips."You guys go home every day to carry a lunch box. What's in it? Or…"
"Alright, let's not talk about it anymore. We're going too far. The matters in the factory are the matters in the factory, and the matters in the quad are the matters in the quad.”First Uncle interrupted Third Uncle's pestering and sat up straight." He Yuzhu, do you have any grudges with Xu Damao recently?"”
Third Uncle also felt that this chicken might be a little unclear.
" That's right. Xu Damao is a scoundrel. Just because he's a movie projectionist and can talk to the higher-ups, he spread rumors about my brother having an improper relationship with Qin Huairu in front of the higher-ups. This is a matter of moral integrity.”
He Yunong was immediately enraged. She turned to look at Qin Huairu." Isn't that right, Sister Qin?"”
"Yes, Xu Damao is not a good person. I'm a widow, and he's talking nonsense outside. How am I supposed to face people?”Qin Huairu felt that this matter was still the fault of the stick, so she naturally had to be the witness.
Lou Xiao'e did not listen to him and directly gave Xu Damao a punch on the arm." Is it true? How can you say that about me?!"”
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