Chapter 105 Breaking the Rules
No one in Sijiu City knew that on New Year's Eve, a group of soldiers, in order to protect everyone's beauty, had a small battle with a group of bandits in an unknown mountain village not far from Sijiu City.

Not to mention the overwhelming force, those people who usually brag about being heroes are actually more cowardly than the other.

But I don’t know if everyone forgot or out of loyalty, but no one told anyone where Xiaowu was.

This also made our people miss the best opportunity to hunt him down.

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Needless to say, on the first day of the new year, the families in the yard who are on good terms with each other will visit each other.

Kowtow a few times, say a few auspicious words, and exchange them for a few small red envelopes.

As for visiting relatives, that is an activity that should be done tomorrow.

The He family was naturally no problem. He Yuzhu and his sister didn't even go to the Guo family. He Yuzhu accompanied Yu Shui in the yard to offer a few cups of tea in the morning, and then played various little girl games with his sister to while away the day.

But there was a conflict in the Jia family, which was caused by the issue of returning to her mother's home.

Jia Dongxu walked out from the backyard a little depressed, looked at the small red envelope in his hand, but he pouted in the direction of Xu's house, threw the small red envelope on the ground, and crushed it with his foot.

Jia Dongxu walked towards the central courtyard with a gloomy face. When he reached the crescent gate, he turned back and picked up the red envelope.

Five hundred yuan (five cents) is still money! Don't waste it.

This is what happened just now when Jia Dongxu went to Xu's house to borrow a bicycle but was refused.

How do you say this?

Lending money to others is a favor; not lending money is your duty.

What's more, the Xu family also has relatives and friends who need to leave.

But Jia Dongxu felt that his own affairs were more important, as his new son-in-law had come to live with him. So when he went to Xu Damao's house to borrow a bicycle and was refused, he was very unhappy.

Yi Zhonghai had promised Jia Dongxu to lend him a bicycle a few days ago, and let Jia Dongxu take Qin Huairu back to her parents' home on the bicycle. That would be such an honor.

The person Yi Zhonghai was asking for help from was an apprentice of a master craftsman in the factory. The relationship was not close to begin with, so he agreed reluctantly.

In addition, everyone was resting during the past two days, so gossip spread quickly. Some gossipers spread the news that the Jia and Yi families had teamed up to cheat their neighbors to that family's ears.

This stuff doesn't matter in the first place. People hate this kind of thing and people who are too cunning.

Yesterday, someone came to my house and said that he needed to use his car, and asked Yi Zhonghai to find another way.

When Yi Zhonghai told Jia Dongxu about the matter, both the master and the disciple were at a loss.

Even in the old city of Beijing, Nanluoguxiang is a relatively wealthy street, or community.

There are many families who own bicycles, but the two families know each other and basically know each other's background.

No one looked down upon the two families.

Everyone has a scale in their heart. People can be good or bad.

But rabbits don't eat grass near their burrows.

I may not know about other things about people who own cars, but they are definitely smart enough.

They looked at the essence through the rumors and saw through the matter.

The Jia and Yi families plotted against their neighbors and even tried to kill their children. Who would want to deal with such a family?
It can be said that this has somewhat undermined everyone's bottom line in dealing with people.

In addition, He Yuzhu is now very familiar with the street office. Although He Yuzhu has not reached a high-ranking position, he is also well-known.

Helping anyone or not, at least not offending the He family is the best option for these people.

The residents' group in this alley (Note ①) used to be on good terms with the deaf old lady Yi Zhonghai, but now no one is willing to speak for these two families.

Jia Dongxu had already boasted about this matter in front of Qin Huairu, and Qin Huairu was fully expecting that Jia Dongxu would be able to ride a bike back to save face for his parents' family.

In the end, nothing happened.

Yi Zhonghai went out for a walk yesterday and came back with a gloomy face.

Jia Dongxu originally thought that he had a good relationship with the Xu family, so he went there with the mentality of giving it a try.

But when he was rejected by Xu Fugui, Jia Dongxu felt very uncomfortable.

This thing, can only be said to be greedy. Jia Dongxu always thought that he had face in front of Xu Fugui, but he never thought that Xu Fugui had seen all kinds of people in the outside world, why should he give face to a coward?

He used to be polite to him, firstly because he was a kid in the courtyard, and secondly because Jia Dongxu's master was Yi Zhonghai, and Xu Fugui didn't want to fall out with Yi Zhonghai, so he treated Jia Dongxu as a junior.

Because of the last incident with Xu Damao, Xu Fugui had already fallen out with Yi Zhonghai, so naturally he would not give face to Jia Dongxu anymore.

Just like the red envelope given to Jia Dongxu.

Just now, He Yuzhu took Yu Shui to pay respects to several elders in the courtyard who had contact with them, and Xu Fugui gave Yu Shui a red envelope of two thousand yuan.

The amount given to Jia Dongxu was five hundred, and this was because the smallest red envelope given by the Xu family was five hundred.

This is not an insult, but Jia Dongxu was the first to break the rules.

This kind of greeting to elders is also called serving tea.

The rule is that unmarried children serve tea to their elders, offer them cakes, kowtow and greet them, and then the elders give them red envelopes.

The He brothers and sisters didn't know much about the rules, but He Yuzhu carried a thermos and Yushui carried a brown sugar teacup. It was necessary for the Xu, Liu, and Yan families to offer tea. Of course, the cakes could be good or bad, but they had to show their appreciation.

The theme is that the younger generation kowtows and the elder generation receives red envelopes.

This is much more elegant than the later generations' greetings of "Wish you prosperity and prosperity, give me the red envelope".

The size of the red envelope does not matter, even a large coin represents the thought of the elders.

For example, Jia Dongxu's family is now married but has no children. If the relationship is not that close, they generally don't need to visit each other.

If you meet in the yard, just clasp your hands, bow and say a few auspicious words.

If the relationship was close, such as with the Yi family, or the deaf old lady, Qin Huairu would go over to offer tea and greet them.

The head of the family does not go out on New Year's Day.

Not moving around means not paying respect to elders or visiting relatives, not not going out.

But Jia Dongxu went to Xu's house empty-handed, and asked to borrow something early in the morning on New Year's Day.

Jia Dongxu broke all these rules.

Xu Fugui didn't kick him out and even gave him a small red envelope, which was quite gentlemanly of him.

When Jia Dongxu returned home, Qin Huairu came forward and asked, "Did the Xu family agree to lend it to you?"

Jia Dongxu shook his head, and Qin Huairu's face suddenly turned bad.

He sat down at the table directly, looked at his shaking shoulders, and wiped his eyes with his hand. He looked sad.

This cannot be blamed on Qin Huairu's shallowness. It's just like in later generations, if a young couple returns to her parents' home, the woman will tell the neighbors about the Rolls-Royce that the man had promised her.

In the end, there was nothing, so it was normal for a woman to feel sad.

Jia Dongxu didn't have the face to persuade him, so he just sat aside and smoked silently.

Qin Huairu wiped her tears for a while, calmed down, and turned to look at Jia Dongxu.

But his gaze was directed out the window, towards the direction of the He family.

Shazhu has a bicycle!
　The neighborhood committee in Sijiucheng was established in 52. Before that, there were too many non-governmental organizations, but the closest one should be the residents' group.

　　It is said that twenty households form a group, but the author believes that these twenty households should be counted as one household per house number.

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