Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

After that night, Yi Zhonghai started eating with the Jia family again.

When the people in the courtyard saw this, they knew that he had fallen out with Yan Bugui again.

He Yuzhu thought about it carefully and realized that their situation was actually quite normal.

Without Sha Zhu, the gullible fool, the three old men lacked a point of connection to maintain their relationship. With three selfish individuals together, even a god couldn't mediate their conflicts.

When Sha Zhu is around, he causes trouble everywhere, and the three of them have to work together to suppress him.

After the crackdown, Yi Zhonghai would trick Sha Zhu into hosting a dinner party to apologize to Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.

The three of them wasted a little breath, gaining both face and practical benefits.

Given this premise, no one will turn against Yi Zhonghai.

Without Sha Zhu, who's always willing to be a sucker, no one will be willing to foot the bill for them.

Getting the people in the courtyard to obey, help the Jia family, and even drink alcohol themselves all cost money.

Who will pay for this?

Don't count on Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui. They're both incredibly stingy.

Yan Bugui's stinginess was written all over his face, while Yi Zhonghai's stinginess was ingrained in his very bones.

Previously, the two of them could trick Liu Haizhong into paying for their services.

Since Liu Guangfu bought a job, Liu Haizhong has kept quiet and no longer gets involved in their affairs.

The two could no longer find anyone willing to pay them.

In addition, Qin Huairu got involved with Yi Zhonghai again, and there was also the matter of scheming against Yan Jiecheng.

It was inevitable that Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui would fall out.

Lin Jinghan carried the washbasin back into the house, shaking her head repeatedly: "What exactly is Yi Zhonghai after?"
He must be more comfortable eating with Yan Bugui than with Qin Huairu.

He Yuzhu asked curiously, "He just likes spending time with Qin Huairu, why do you care?"

Lin Jinghan said, "I don't want to care. I was washing clothes by the pool just now when Qin Huairu came out with a basin too."

She rinsed Yi Zhonghai's clothes twice in the water, gave them a quick wash, and then hung them up to dry.

Will this clean the clothes?
Yi Zhonghai always says that Qin Huairu is filial, and that's exactly how filial he is.

Is he blind, or blind in heart?

He Yuzhu couldn't help but laugh: "He's not blind."

When it comes to taking care of him, no one in our compound can compare to Qin Huairu.

Lin Jinghan asked, puzzled, "What do you mean? I don't see where Qin Huairuqiang is."
She's not even as good as those three aunties.

The three aunties washed Yi Zhonghai's clothes, and they were so clean.

The house was also cleaner than Qin Huairu's.

He Yuzhu said, "Don't be unconvinced. Qin Huairu is just missing one thing. If she had that thing, she would serve you better than anyone else."

"what?"

"money."

Money can make the world go round.

If Qin Huairu were a greedy man, he would naturally be unable to escape the common vices.

She'll do anything right, as long as you pay her enough.

During the same period, Qin Huairu helped Sha Zhu collect his salary.

This was a benefit that Yi Zhonghai had fought for for her. To repay Yi Zhonghai, she truly treated him like her own father.

Yi Zhonghai is living a comfortable life and basically doesn't need an older woman to take care of him anymore.

He had an older woman serve a deaf old lady in order to build his reputation.

At the time, everyone said that Yi Zhonghai was a good person. They said he was even more filial than a biological son.

Has anyone considered the cost involved?

Sha Zhu doesn't see a single penny of his salary, and every day he has to risk bringing leftover food from the factory to support the Jia family.

That's not all; Sha Zhu also has to take care of the deaf old lady.

The money was in Qin Huairu's hands, and Sha Zhu couldn't get a single penny.

The moment Qin Huairu asks for money, her tears flow like a torrential downpour.

Her reasons are more numerous than Sha Zhu's money.

Sha Zhu could only apologize. But that wasn't the end of it.

Within ten minutes of Qin Huairu leaving, Yi Zhonghai would definitely come over and berate Sha Zhu for bullying Qin Huairu.

The deaf old lady wanted to eat well, so Sha Zhu had to go out and cook for others.

These days, people are afraid of being reported, so few individuals hire others to cook for them.

He Yuzhu rarely has the opportunity to cook for others these days, let alone Sha Zhu.

The food that Sha Zhu earned by cooking went into the Jia family's stomach. He didn't manage to squeeze as much money as Qin Huairu had out of them.

The little money left was simply not enough to buy the deaf old lady any good food.

The deaf old lady didn't eat well, and Yi Zhonghai would again scold Sha Zhu for being unfilial.

While scolding Sha Zhu, he also pretended to be generous and bought meat for the deaf old lady.

This is like killing Sha Zhu and then dragging his corpse out to whip it.

Their good reputation and good life are built on the suffering of Sha Zhu.

Later, with the reform and opening up, prices rose and the cost of living increased, so Sha Zhu couldn't make money.

Looking at their lives, they eat boiled noodles in plain water every day.

If it weren't inappropriate to eat cornmeal at that time, Qin Huairu would definitely have given them cornmeal.

Lin Jinghan, unaware of these things, said, "Isn't the money Yi Zhonghai gave enough?"

Yi Zhonghai wanted to do Qin Huairu a favor, and he didn't hide these things.

He even deliberately spread rumors that the Jia family was struggling financially and was taking care of him.

He gave Qin Huairu ten yuan a month as compensation.

But this amount of money is far from enough.

Sha Zhu's monthly salary of forty yuan was not enough to meet Qin Huairu's requirements; he had to bring lunch boxes back frequently to satisfy them.

Yi Zhonghai only gave ten yuan, which wasn't even enough for Qin Huairu to casually ask Sha Zhu for a loan.

Even if Yi Zhonghai gave all his salary to Qin Huairu, it wouldn't be enough.

"Haven't you noticed that Yi Zhonghai has been constantly trying to bring Yan Jiecheng and Yan together lately?"

Lin Jinghan said, "Then they are just dreaming. Yan Jiecheng is quite shrewd and won't fall for it at all."

Yan Jiecheng's behavior isn't shrewd; it's stingy. His motto is: "I'd rather not take advantage of you than let you take advantage of me."

Take lunch, for example. Yi Zhonghai wanted Yan Jiecheng to help Qin Huairu, but Yan Jiecheng pretended not to understand. He even brought up the Yan family's theories.

In order to get him to pay, Yi Zhonghai suggested that the three of them eat together.

As a result, Yi Zhonghai bought the food, and Yan Jiecheng ate it. When it was Yan Jiecheng's turn to buy food, he said he had no money.

Yi Zhonghai tried to threaten him by refusing to teach him the skills, but it didn't work. He preferred not to learn rather than pay for it.

I must say, this tactic works quite well against an old scoundrel like Yi Zhonghai.

What puzzled He Yuzhu was that Yan Jiecheng did not meet Yi Zhonghai's requirements at all, so why was Yi Zhonghai so insistent on keeping Yan Jiecheng?

Given the Yan family's temperament, there's no way they'd help Qin Huairu. Even choosing Xu Damao would be better than choosing someone from the Yan family.

Unable to figure it out, He Yuzhu was too lazy to think about it anymore.

"Just leave him alone. It's his own choice, let him bear the consequences."

"That girl, Yu Shui, hasn't been back for a long time."

This year, He Yuzhu accomplished two major events: his two younger sisters got married.

The couple had a low-key wedding, inviting very few people, and certainly not people from the neighborhood.

After getting married, He Yushui moved into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' family compound. Both of them were very busy with work and rarely saw each other.

He Yuqing, on the other hand, came back more frequently. The work at the post office was relatively easy, and she had plenty of free time.

Lin Jinghan said, "Yu Shui's work is quite busy, and she often has to work overtime to prepare materials. Last time I heard her complain that she wanted to learn the languages ​​of Africa."

"It's nothing, I was just asking." He Yuzhu stood up and said, "I'm going to cook."

The water tank at home was empty, so He Yuzhu picked up a bucket to fetch water.

Qin Huai looked pitiful: "Zhu Zi..."

He Yuzhu said directly, "Don't contact me if you need something, and definitely don't contact me if you don't need anything." (End of Chapter)