Chapter 55 Stealing Meat
He Yuzhu spent the entire afternoon with Secretary Wang, but he did not give Secretary Wang the delicious food he brought from the steel mill.

Although he did think so on the way here, there were too many people coming and going in the office, and the key point was that He Yuzhu and Secretary Wang were not that familiar with each other yet.

He Yuzhu didn't know, he tried his best to avoid what was happening in the courtyard.

But the trouble in the yard almost implicated him.

This incident was caused by Yang Ruihua from Yan Bugui's family.

The Yi family was the organizer of Jia Dongxu's marriage, but the most active one was the Yan family.

There is no other reason. People are poor and have low aspirations. In order to make a living, many people have to bend their straight backs.

The same is true for the Yan family. Logically speaking, Yan Bugui is an elementary school teacher, which should be a noble profession.

But Qinggui must also worry about firewood, rice, oil and salt, and will also be tired for three meals a day.
Yan Bugui loved books, so a large part of his living expenses was spent on purchasing various ancient books.

In addition, there are many children in the family, so it is normal that life is a little difficult.

The conflict today was caused by the things that the Yi family promised to give to Yang Ruihua before inviting her to be the master of ceremonies.

Even though the Yan family is stingy and calculating, they do have one good thing: they don't take other people's things without permission.

Of course, Yan Jiecheng’s hiding of the peanuts doesn’t count, that was the reward he deserved for watching over the food preparation area.

Yi Zhonghai also knew that he and the Jia family's reputation had become tainted throughout the alley, and in order to maintain the necessary situation, he had to pay others to come and help.

So the promise to the Yan family was that as long as they came, they would receive a bottle of wine, two boxes of cigarettes, and a pound of meat. These were extra gifts and did not count as part of the help.

The dishes that are shared are also commonly known as leftovers.

No one dislikes this these days, and there are certain rules. Basically, if you borrow tables, chairs, benches, bowls and chopsticks from several families for a banquet, you must leave some clean dishes to be used as a reward when you return those things.

As for the leftover dishes on the table, they would pick out the intact and untouched parts and share them among the neighbors who came to help.

Therefore, in general, at weddings and funerals, neighbors who help out should be able to get two portions of food. One portion is for borrowing tables and chairs, and another portion is for helping out.

This is where the problem lies: the meat in the kitchen is gone.

Yan Bugui was drunk, and by the time Yang Ruihua helped her husband back home and came back, the leftovers had been taken away by other neighbors.

The chef also took his reward and left, passing by Yang Ruihua, who smiled and chatted with him.

After all, the Yan family also has sons, three at that, and if they get married and hold a wedding banquet in the future, they would like to ask the other party to be more polite.

The Yi family cannot rely on the He family, and in fact the Yan family is almost the same.

Her son Yan Bugui also played a villain that day.

Although Yi Zhonghai was not completely drunk today, it was obvious that he had drunk too much.

He was holding the cigarettes and alcohol that he had promised to give to Yang Ruihua, and he subconsciously spoke polite words.

Yang Ruihua continued speaking auspicious words while his eyes swept towards the kitchen.

Yang Ruihua's heart skipped a beat; her eldest son Yan Jiecheng was no longer preparing food.

The peanuts in Yan Jiecheng's pocket are not a very important matter.

Yang Ruihua knew that the child was very meticulous. Even if he took a bag of peanuts out to show off, no other child would be able to get one from him.

But before cooking, Yang Ruihua hid the fattest piece of pork belly in the preparation area.

I asked Yan Jiecheng to keep an eye on it, but Yan Jiecheng is no longer here.

Yang Ruihua didn't bother to talk nonsense with Yi Zhonghai, and ran over directly. He lowered his head and looked under the bed (made of bamboo, two meters long, one meter wide, and sixty to eighty centimeters high), and the meat was gone.

This was because there were too many people in the Intermediate Court just now, and Yang Ruihua was afraid of a bad impact, so he didn't take it back directly, but hid it downstairs first. As a result, there is no one downstairs now.

Yang Ruihua's first reaction was to give it to the cook.

Yang Ruihua didn't have time to think about it, and ran out to chase him, shouting as he chased: "People in the front yard, don't let the cook go, he stole something."

The cook was walking towards the front door with his sack on his back when he was held down by several drunks who heard the shouting.

The drunk man was naturally the guest who had just been drinking at Jia's house. They all knew each other. Men talk a lot when they drink, so the few people who were originally going to say goodbye and leave gathered at the front yard gate and started bragging.

When they heard someone in the middle courtyard shouting that the cook was a thief, they reacted instinctively and pinned the cook down.

This thing made Chef Wang completely confused.

Chef Wang quickly shouted, "Hey, guys, I'm Chef Wang on the street, not a thief. We're all neighbors, please let him go first, it won't look good."

A drunk looked down and said, "It's really Chef Wang."

Another drunk said, "If the cook doesn't steal, the crops won't be harvested. If something is lost in the yard, the cook is the one to be arrested."

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Yang Ruihua also chased out at this time, and Yi Zhonghai and everyone from the Qin family also followed out.

Yang Ruihua panted and said, "Chef Wang, there is a piece of meat under my bed. Did you steal it?"

Chef Wang got angry when he heard that. "Bullshit, I've been cooking for people on this street for more than 20 years and I've never stolen a single thing from my master.

Yi Zhonghai, is this how you do things? Others scold the cook after having a full meal, but you, after having a full meal, directly arrest the cook as a thief.

No wonder your Master Xiao He, who is also a good craftsman, is unwilling to cook for your neighbors.
After all this time, you guys in Yard 95 are just this group of people?

Come and have a look! Come and prove my innocence."

Chef Wang shouted with full energy, he had the confidence.

Firstly, he really didn't bring anything smuggled today, not because he didn't want to, but although Yi Zhonghai prepared a lot of things, the quantity was very limited.

Generally, there are ten tables for funeral banquets, and it is good enough if eight tables come.
We have prepared eight tables for the wedding banquet, but maybe more than ten tables will come.

Therefore, even if the chef at a wedding banquet wants to hide something, he will do so after he is done with his work, for fear that another table will be added suddenly.

There was nothing left, and the neighbors who helped were keeping a close eye on it. To be honest, Chef Wang has not been short of this in the past two years.

Thanks to Singapore, the society is stable, many people are getting married and starting families, and they have plenty of work, so they really don't lack this.

Besides, he was now standing at the gate of the courtyard. Once Yang Ruihua shouted and a few drunks started making a noise, a large crowd would have gathered outside.

If he doesn't explain clearly today and wash off the dirty water on himself, who in Nanluoguxiang will dare to hire him as the chef in the future?

It's normal for Chef Wang to have a big reaction to the matter of his job being destroyed.

Under normal circumstances, if there was a sober person at the scene, he would have tried to calm things down after hearing what Chef Wang said.

But everyone was drunk today, especially Yi Zhonghai, who heard Chef Wang talking about He Yuzhu. He said with a sullen face, "We'll know if it was stolen or not if we search it."

This is a really big deal.

(End of this chapter)