When it was time for dinner, Miao Cuilan told Yi Zhonghai about what had happened that morning.
Yi Zhonghai was silent for a while, his eyes filled with jealousy: "Dongxu is a good child, but it's a pity he met such an unreliable mother.
However, his approach is correct. There are no elders in the world who are in the wrong; no matter how his mother is, he cannot resent her."
Sha Zhu didn't know about this matter; if he did, he would have grabbed Yi Zhonghai's collar and asked what the Jia family's affairs had to do with the saying 'there are no elders in the world who are in the wrong.'
How many young people in the Siheyuan (Courtyard) had he harmed with that one sentence?
Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were beaten by Liu Haizhong from childhood to adulthood because of his saying, 'there are no elders in the world who are in the wrong.' He beat them when he was happy, and he beat them when he was unhappy; anyway, there are no elders in the world who are in the wrong, so as sons, no matter how much they were beaten, it wasn't wrong.
Upon hearing this, Miao Cuilan felt that what Yi Zhonghai said was very philosophical. When she was taking care of Deaf Old Lady during the day, she told Deaf Old Lady about it.
Deaf Old Lady was a shrewd person and immediately grasped the essence of this sentence, telling Miao Cuilan to spread it.
Afterward, through Yi Zhonghai's repeated emphasis, this sentence became an inviolable rule in the Siheyuan (Courtyard).
Deaf Old Lady and Jia Zhangshi became the beneficiaries of this sentence. After all, their ages were relatively old in the Siheyuan (Courtyard), making them elders to everyone.
Under the protection of this saying, Deaf Old Lady awakened the skill of smashing glass; Jia Zhangshi, on the other hand, awakened the skill of losing money.
When Sha Zhu returned to his room, He Yushui was sitting on the bed, fuming. Seeing Sha Zhu enter, she became even angrier.
"Brother, you lied."
Sha Zhu, of course, didn't forget yesterday's promise. He took out a piece of chocolate and put it into her mouth.
"Don't tell anyone else. If you do, you won't get any more in the future."
Chocolate truly was a magical item for dealing with girls. He Yushui was immediately captivated, covering her small mouth and secretly eating, her eyes revealing a look of longing.
Sha Zhu, however, didn't give her any more. Children are easy to fool, but He Daqing is not. In the entire Siheyuan (Courtyard), perhaps only Deaf Old Lady and Yi Zhonghai, working together, could scheme against him.
He Daqing somehow produced two bottles of wine and said to Sha Zhu, "These are two bottles of wine I've treasured. Take them to your master."
Sha Zhu was about to accept them, but then two identical bottles of wine appeared in his memory. However, those two bottles of wine had appeared in Yi Zhonghai's home.
One bottle was drunk when Jia Dongxu got married, and the other was drunk when Bang梗 got married.
Could it be that those two bottles of wine belonged to the He family?
And how did Yi Zhonghai get them?
Did He Daqing give them to him?
That's possible.
But there's another possibility: Yi Zhonghai took them when Sha Zhu wasn't home.
When Sha Zhu and He Yushui went to Baoding, after they returned, their house looked like it had been robbed; nothing was left.
At that time, Yi Zhonghai came on behalf of Jia Dongxu to apologize, saying that Jia Zhangshi had tidied up their house, and seeing the family's grain, she thought the siblings wouldn't return, so she took it home.
Yi Zhonghai used the justification of 'there are no elders in the world who are in the wrong' to ask Sha Zhu not to fuss, and of course, those things were never returned. The siblings went hungry for one night and only received a steamed bun from Miao Cuilan the next day.
They each took half, solving their hunger problem.
Forget it, this answer can't be known, and there's no need to know it.
Sha Zhu was carrying the wine and about to go out, when he coincidentally ran into Yi Zhonghai, who was also about to leave. Yi Zhonghai's eyes were indeed fixed on the two bottles of wine.
"Sha Zhu, what are you doing with your father's wine?"
Sha Zhu's subconscious wanted to teach this hypocrite a good lesson, but it was forcibly suppressed. At this time, Yi Zhonghai hadn't yet earned the title of 'Moral Heavenly Venerable,' but he also didn't have any bad reputation.
If he were to beat Yi Zhonghai for no reason, he would definitely be condemned by the other people in the Courtyard. Wouldn't that just give Yi Zhonghai an opportunity to lecture him?
"Grandpa Yi, my father told me to take this. It's for my master."
Hearing that it was for someone else, Yi Zhonghai's face showed some reluctance: "Such good wine, why give it away? Old He also said there might be a chance for a few of us to drink it together."
"Is that so? I don't know about that," Sha Zhu said perfunctorily.
Yi Zhonghai suddenly looked up at Sha Zhu and asked, "Sha Zhu, why do I feel like something's off with you? You're usually very respectful to me."
Sha Zhu thought to himself, 'The old man's intuition is really accurate.'
Before Sha Zhu could answer, he heard Yi Zhonghai say, "Have you been in contact with Xu Damao again? I'm telling you, Xu Damao is too cunning; you're no match for him. Don't let him deceive you."
Was he already trying to sow discord between him and Xu Damao at this point?
He and Xu Damao certainly didn't get along, but they didn't meet often, and at this time, there wasn't much deep-seated hatred, certainly not enough to become mortal enemies.
It was due to Yi Zhonghai's constant instigation that his relationship with Xu Damao became increasingly hostile, eventually turning them into publicly known mortal enemies.
In this lifetime, he would not provoke that scoundrel Xu Damao for no reason.
Sha Zhu didn't know that when he was brought into this world, Xu Damao had run to the bridge underpass to look for him. He had long seen through the Jia family's nature. After Sha Zhu and Lou Xiao'e broke up, he went back to find his sister and, at the cost of all his family property, asked his nephew to take care of him.
After all, he didn't live in the Siheyuan (Courtyard), so the news he received was late, and he ultimately arrived a step too late.
The problem now is, what deep-seated hatred does Yi Zhonghai have with Xu Damao, a fourteen-year-old child, to instigate Sha Zhu to act against Xu Damao?
Is it because of Xu Fugui?
But that doesn't make sense either.
Xu Fugui isn't Yi Zhonghai's opponent, so there's no need to transfer adult grievances onto a child, right?
"Grandpa Yi, what are you saying? I don't understand. When have I ever been disrespectful to you? Besides, you and my family are just neighbors, so what's all this talk about respect?"
At this time, Yi Zhonghai had not yet received guidance from Deaf Old Lady and did not have a long-term plan. All his actions were subconscious.
He just felt that Sha Zhu was not treating him well, but he didn't know how or in what way.
Yi Zhonghai couldn't answer Sha Zhu. Seeing He Daqing, he said to He Daqing, "Old He, look at Sha Zhu. I told him he was disrespectful to his elders, and he's still not convinced."
He Daqing was a muddled person, but he could still distinguish between inside and outside. One was his neighbor, and the other was his son; there was no need to even consider whom to help.
"Old Yi, Sha Zhu is right too. Our two families are just neighbors. It's a bit inappropriate for you to be so strict with a neighbor."
"You..." Yi Zhonghai knew he was in the wrong and couldn't continue to argue. He turned and left in a huff to go to work.
Jia Zhangshi, peeking through the window, saw this scene and kicked Jia Dongxu again: "What are you still standing there for? Hurry and chase Old Yi. Have a heart-to-heart with him."
Jia Dongxu stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth, grabbed his lunchbox, and ran out.
Jia Zhangshi smiled triumphantly, 'What a foolish boy, offending Yi Zhonghai. You and your son will suffer for it.'
Sha Zhu didn't know about the Jia family's affairs. He left with the two bottles of wine to go to work at Emei Restaurant. He Daqing didn't take it seriously either and took his beloved daughter to work.
After they left, a person walked out from the corner of the Back Courtyard, precisely the Old Lady of the Siheyuan (Courtyard).
She watched this scene, constantly calculating in her mind: "What's going on with this child Sha Zhu? He's indeed a bit different. I wonder how He Daqing taught Sha Zhu.
However, Yi Zhonghai can be counted on a bit."
