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Chapter 2502: Continuing to Dig Up the Past

Considering Yan Bugui's usual behavior, isn't he just like a shrewd businessman?

Sha Zhu joined Xu Damao in cursing Yan Bugui.

Yang Feng, who was standing nearby, asked curiously, "Didn't I hear that the regulations on ingredients were quite strict back then?"

How dare Yan Bugui, a small property owner, act like a boss?

Yang Feng was only twenty-seven years old and didn't know what happened when the country was first established, so he was a little curious.

Xu Damao curled his lip: "What else could it be? The deaf old lady has a good relationship with the people in the military control commission and got the news in advance."

Yi Zhonghai and two others teamed up, and since the people in the hospital were afraid of offending anyone, they were elected.

Once the three of them became the heads of the courtyard, they set rules for the courtyard and required the courtyard to handle all matters.

No one dared to offend them, fearing retaliation from behind, so they didn't dare mention it.

Just as he was about to stop, Xu Damao saw Sha Zhu again and pointed at him, saying, "And he's an accomplice. He listens to Yi Zhonghai's nonsense all day long, telling us to respect our elders."

At that time, Yi Zhonghai and his friends were only forty years old, but they acted like elders in the courtyard.

This bastard beats up anyone who disrespects their elders.

Because of this, he offended everyone in the courtyard.

Naturally, no one wanted to help him.

"And what about you?" Han Yue asked Xu Damao curiously.

He knew very well that Xu Damao was the one who was beaten the most and the hardest by Sha Zhu.

Xu Damao himself said that Sha Zhu had used a "child-cutting kick" on Xu Damao.

Han Yue even speculated that Xu Damao's childlessness was related to Sha Zhu's infertility-inducing kick.

However, since both of them are so old and he has no evidence, there's really no need for him to say it.

Sha Zhu was also quite curious.

He never expected that Xu Damao would be the one to save him in the end.

Given their relationship, it would be good enough if Xu Damao didn't take advantage of their misfortune.

Xu Damao turned to look at Sha Zhu: "Who told him to save my life?"

Sha Zhu asked, "You mean the time you came back a few years ago?"

Xu Damao snorted: "No. It happened in 1946."

Once, when we went out to play, we encountered Kuomintang agents arresting people.

They were all firing shots at that time.

Hearing the commotion, Jia Dongxu ran off by himself. I accidentally twisted my ankle again.

You carried me back on your back.

Sha Zhu looked completely bewildered, as if he remembered nothing at all. He tried hard to recall, but could only remember bits and pieces.

Seeing Sha Zhu's expression, Xu Damao said irritably, "Stop thinking about it. You've really been fooled by Yi Zhonghai."

"Have you forgotten how Jia Dongxu bullied us when we first moved to the courtyard house, taking advantage of his age?"

"Isn't that just because the child doesn't know any better?" Sha Zhu hadn't completely forgotten.

When He Daqing was in the courtyard house, he always remembered these things, and his relationship with Jia Dongxu was just so-so.

It was Yi Zhonghai who misled He Daqing after he left, telling him that those were just children's games.

In addition, Jia Dongxu would occasionally give him half a steamed bun.

Yi Zhonghai told him that this was a life-saving grace, so he was too embarrassed to hold a grudge about what had happened before.

While trying to change his attitude towards Jia Dongxu, Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady kept trying to sow discord between him and Xu Damao.

Caught between the two, Sha Zhu unknowingly forgot his friendship with Xu Damao.

Xu Damao waved his hand helplessly: "Let's not talk about the past. Let's continue looking at the account books."

The people inside continued to look through the account books.

Xu Damao picked up a new ledger and started flipping through it page by page.

Suddenly, he stopped and began to look at it intently.

"Han Yue, take a look, is this place connected to spies?"

Sha Zhu sat down next to Xu Damao and reached out to grab the ledger.

The ledger stated that the deaf old woman mysteriously met with a middle-aged man.

Then the deaf old lady ran home, took a small bundle from her house, and handed it to the middle-aged man.

Why do I remember this? Because Yan Bugui was curious and went to the deaf old lady to ask for information, but she scolded him.

"What does this prove?" Han Yue asked Xu Damao after reading it. Xu Damao replied, "You don't know much about our courtyard."

Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old lady, the Jia family, and the Yan family are the four stingiest families.

They basically only take in and never give up.

The deaf old lady was so rich, yet she wouldn't give Sha Zhu any money when she asked him to cook.

Why would she secretly give someone a burden? That's so strange.

Han Yue then turned to look at Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu thought about it seriously and said, "Xu Damao makes sense."

Don't be fooled by the fact that the deaf old lady treats me like her grandson; she hasn't actually done me any good.

She did give me money a few times, but each time she said it was a loan.

I will pay her back when I have the money.

She never mentioned paying me when she asked me to cook for her.

Their statements only prove a possibility, but cannot be used as evidence.

Han Yue said, "We can't investigate things from the past, so let's not look into it."

Let's look at what happened after 93.

Xu Damao and Shazhu didn't disturb him, and then looked through the other ledgers.

Their main goal was to find out some of the things Yi Zhonghai did in private back then.

Sha Zhu suddenly paused, then asked, "Did you see the ledger of donations to the Jia family?"

Xu Damao remembered it too, so he searched through the box and found it in no time.

"Yan Bugui even prepared a special account book for the Jia family."

"Let me see." Sha Zhu couldn't even remember how much money he had donated to the Jia family back then, so he reached out and grabbed the account book.

Xu Damao wanted to see exactly how much money they had donated to the Jia family, and since they were unwilling to give it to Shazhu, the two of them started fighting over it.

"You all watch together," Han Yue said, annoyed by their noise.

The two then calmed down and started looking through the account books.

The first sentence in the ledger is a complaint, lamenting that Yi Zhonghai donated money to the Jia family too frequently.

He thought he would only donate a few times, so he didn't keep a separate ledger.

Later, when they could no longer bear it, they specially set up account books for the Jia family.

The ledger meticulously recorded the date of the donation, the amount donated, and Yan Bugui's earnings.

Sha Zhu angrily cursed, "Yi Zhonghai is a bastard."

I knew Yan Bugui was being so generous.

It turned out that he always gave Yan Bugui money so that Yan Bugui would act on his behalf.

Xu Damao was also very angry: "They're treating us like fools."

Hearing the two of them start arguing again, Han Yue was speechless.

There are just too many messy things happening in this small courtyard house.

"Did the higher authorities say that the money of the gentry should be returned to its original source, while the money of the common people should be split 30/70?"

The two of them were both taken aback: "What do you mean?"

"It's the money that Yi Zhonghai donated that he eventually took back. As for the money that others donated, Yi Zhonghai split it 30/70 with the Jia family," Han Yue explained.

Sha Zhu blurted out, "No. The money was snatched away by Jia Zhangshi right then and there."

Xu Damao paused for a moment, then said, "No, wait. Maybe there really is?"

Sha Zhu said, "The money was taken by Jia Zhangshi, she definitely won't give it back."

Xu Damao said, "Don't forget, when we first donated money, she didn't take it directly."

Furthermore, on several occasions, the day after donating money, Jia Zhangshi would scold Yi Zhonghai.

You stood up for Yi Zhonghai, and in the end, you were not only scolded, but also forced by Yi Zhonghai to apologize.

Isn't it because of the unfair distribution of the spoils?

Sha Zhu wanted to refute, but couldn't find a reason. Because this matter was related to Qin Huairu, he remembered it very clearly.

He meant well, standing up for Yi Zhonghai, but Yi Zhonghai ultimately forced him to apologize.

I couldn't understand it then, but now I do. (End of Chapter)