Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 44 Cold Water
After the clothes were baked, it was already afternoon, Zhang Yu changed his clothes and sneezed.

He didn't go to work in the morning, so my sister-in-law asked my elder brother to come and ask him for a day off.

Putting on warm clothes, he thought that although he had a cold, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all. The Chinese New Year was coming soon, and there were more purchasing tasks. He was already a bit overwhelmed, so he asked for another day off.

So he thought that since he was fine, he would go to work in the afternoon. When he said at the dinner table that he was going to work, Zhang Guifang obviously disagreed. "It's only in the middle of winter that you've been drenched in water. You've been sneezing all the time. Your brother has asked you for leave. You can go tomorrow."

"I'm fine, sister." Swallowing the steamed buns in his mouth, Zhang Yu continued: "It's the Chinese New Year, and the logistics department is busy, so I can help if I go, and besides, I'm fine. .”

"Let Xiaoyu go if he wants to go," Zhao Wenzhuo persuaded. Sometimes his wife paid too much attention to Xiaoyu in certain aspects, but he had no choice but to persuade him as much as possible.

"Then wear thicker clothes and be careful on the road." Zhang Guifang was still a little worried. As a staff member of the sub-district office, she knew very well how sensitive the group of aunts and aunts in the courtyard were to various clues.

According to the usual situation, with so many aunts, aunts will definitely be able to find out who threw the basin of water after a whole morning.

But today is different. It's been a whole morning, and the aunts in the courtyard have all been mobilized, but they still haven't found any clues.

It would be okay if it wasn't intentional, but it was just because people were scared when they splashed it, and then hid.

If it was intentional, there must be someone staring at Xiaoyu, tripping him up from time to time, and playing tricks.

"Xiaoyu, you will go to work with your brother in the afternoon." Zhao Wenzhuo, who understood what his wife was thinking, was also a little worried for a while.

And he knows more than his wife. Take Xiaoyu's injury last time as an example. He always felt that he accidentally pushed each other. The injury should not be there. Even if it was a coincidence, it shouldn't be so serious. That's right.

More importantly, there was a sharp stone where Zhang Yu was injured. He asked many people in the courtyard, and they all said that there could be no stone there, and it was still sharp.

Because children run and jump there all year round, sometimes they will fall if they don't pay attention. It doesn't matter if they wrestle and bump, just in case they hit something.

So for the sake of safety, every time the adults in the yard passed by, they would pick up the raised stones and bricks and throw them in the corners, and even level the uneven ground with a shovel.

However, there happened to be a sharp stone where Zhang Yu fell, and the sharp part of the stone was still facing upwards. Zhang Yu just hit the sharp stone with his head. It goes without saying how small the probability is.

So the only thing he can think of is that there must be something tricky in it, even if there is a little bit of someone else's tricks, maybe he won't let it go.

Then I asked someone to check it out. I just found out some clues two days ago. The injury was obviously caused by someone deliberately stirring up He Yuzhu and letting him push Zhang Yu to the ground.

I don't know if Xiaoyu's being splashed with cold water this winter has anything to do with the black hand last time?

The person who made the attack was very thoughtful. When he returned home at noon, he went to see the place.

At that time, the water on the ground had frozen, and the direction from which it was poured could be clearly seen.

But that direction happened to be a visual blind spot, not only from the position where Zhang Yu was splashed with cold water, he couldn't see there, but also people couldn't be seen in the other two directions.

It can only be seen from a position behind him, and he saw obvious climbing marks on the wall. Obviously, after splashing the basin of water, he did not return from the original path, but turned over from the wall, and waited until Zhang Yu After going back, it turned back again.

This can also explain why Zhang Yu immediately ran in that direction after being splashed with cold water, but found no one.

The only ones who can be so familiar with the surrounding environment and know the going out rules of the few families at the gate of the courtyard are the people nearby.

But no matter how well he hides, there will always be a time to find him, and it is during this time that Xiaoyu should pay more attention when traveling.

"It's not that exaggerated, is it? I just need to pay more attention." Zhang Yu didn't know these things, and felt that the two of them made a big fuss.

"Be obedient, or you won't be going to work today." Zhao Wenzhuo said with rare seriousness.

And relying on years of tacit understanding, Zhang Guifang realized from her husband's tone that things were more complicated than she thought.

At this time, Qi Gang tiptoed to the window and looked in. After seeing Zhang Yu, he excitedly reached out to say hello.

"Uncle Xiaoyu, Uncle Xiaoyu."

"Xiao Gang, come in, come in, have you eaten yet?" Zhang Yu welcomed Qi Gang in.

"Haven't eaten yet, hehe, my mother went to my grandma's house today and forgot to leave me the key, and my father didn't come back at noon today."

"Then you have something to eat with me." Zhang Yu said and got off the kang to find a clean bowl.

Since the weather got cold, the place where they ate was moved from the living room to the kang.

"Uncle Xiao Yu doesn't need to be so troublesome, I can just use what you have used." As he said that, he pulled Zhang Yu to prevent him from going down.

Zhang Yu could only serve him a bowl of pumpkin porridge in his own bowl, and then said, "Eat it quickly, I'll serve it for you after eating, there is still in the pot."

"Understood, Uncle Xiaoyu." Qi Gang was not polite to him, and he ate three bowls of food in a row. His father and Zhao Wenzhuo had a lifelong friendship, and the relationship between the two families has always been very good. You don't have to be polite about small things.

After eating, he put down the bowl and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

"Are you full? If you're not full, let your Uncle Yu serve you again. It's not acceptable at your Grandpa Zhao's house. It's a fake." Zhao Wenzhuo watched him put down the bowl, afraid that he wasn't full.

"No, I'm full, I'm full." Qi Gang patted his stomach, indicating that he was full.

Then he suddenly thought of something, Qi Gang put his mouth into Zhang Yu's ear mysteriously, "Uncle Yu, let me tell you, I found out..."

The whole family couldn't help laughing seeing the little children learning how adults gossip, learning in style.

"Don't laugh, I really discovered something." Seeing everyone laughing, Qi Gang became a little anxious, and then said loudly: "I really discovered something. It was the question Uncle Yu and Grandpa Zhao asked in the yard some time ago."

Hearing this, Zhao Wenzhuo and Zhang Yu suddenly became serious. They asked the same question to the child in the yard, which was He Yuzhu who hadn't seen what he pushed some time ago.

(End of this chapter)