People in the Siheyuan: I am a Buddhist who is in a mess

"It's a pity for Yu Shui. I don't know if the money can reach the girl." Liu Mei sighed. She really didn't expect Yu Li to use her own salary to subsidize her parents' family. Logically speaking, there is no elderly person in He Yuzhu's family. As a sister-in-law, she is naturally like a mother and must always take care of her husband's younger brothers and sisters.

"Divide the money among them, let the pillars belong to the pillars, and let the rainwater belong to the rainwater."

Yi Zhonghai made a suggestion and added: "The money we gave to Zhuzi for his marriage should be taken out of Zhuzi's share and put into Yushui's share. It can be regarded as our dowry to Yushui."

"It's a pity that Lin Yi doesn't like Yu Shui, otherwise, it would be a good thing for the two families to become one."

Although he cannot be Lin Yi's father, Yi Zhonghai is trying to become Lin Yi's father-in-law. Isn't a father-in-law also half a father?

"Will Yu Li be dissatisfied?" Liu Mei was a little worried. Yu Li quietly used her own salary to supplement the salary, so Liu Mei couldn't help but worry about this.

"It's okay. The old lady is here. There's no way to explain this matter. Besides, the one He Daqing owes the most is Yu Shui. Zhuzi is here to teach her skills and to get a job at the steel mill. It's not a loss."

Now that he had made up his mind, Yi Zhonghai was no longer hesitant.

"The old lady is right. Just live your own life well and find a stable person to take care of you, and the days will pass." Yi Zhonghai suddenly realized the truth. He Yuzhu's attitude after getting married really disappointed him.

Yi Zhonghai is now an eighth-level fitter. He has been receiving this monthly salary of 99 yuan for more than a month. Perhaps because he eats with the old lady and the vegetables are well prepared, Liu Mei's health has improved a lot. Last month, he actually had a surplus of more than 70 yuan. This makes Yi Zhonghai more confident about his future retirement life.

"In our courtyard, the one who thinks the most clearly is the old lady, and the other one is Lin Yi."

Liu Mei agreed this time. She was very satisfied with her current life. Although she didn't have her own children, it was no different from the happiness of family life. She didn't want to bother with anything else.

In the morning, Yi Zhonghai took out twenty yuan and several cigarette and wine coupons and gave them to Lin Yi.

"Lin Yi, come back early this afternoon and bring me some cigarettes and alcohol. Tell Director Wang from the Street Office that I will treat him to a meal tonight. I have invited Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui from the hospital. I have something to ask them to be witnesses."

Lin Yi took the money and ticket and agreed. He was curious about what Yi Zhonghai's so-called testimony was, but he didn't ask. He thought it should have little to do with him.

Because of work reasons, Lin Yi goes to work earlier than Yi Zhonghai.

After Lin Yi left, Yi Zhonghai knocked on He Yuzhu's door again.

I asked He Yuzhu if there was any banquet to be prepared outside today. He Yuzhu replied that there was no banquet to be prepared outside today, but he was not sure whether the factory's small kitchen could prepare it.

Yi Zhonghai told He Yuzhu that if he didn't have a special meal today, he should go back to the courtyard early because he had something to discuss.

He Yuzhu asked what it was, and Yi Zhonghai only said it was a big deal, but did not say what it was.

Then Yi Zhonghai went to find Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui. When they heard there was food to be had, they immediately agreed. Especially Liu Haizhong, when he heard that Director Wang from the Street Office would also be there, he readily agreed.

At night, inside Yi Zhonghai's house.

The dinner was very sumptuous, with braised pork, braised fish, a chicken stewed with mushrooms and other vegetables, and seven or eight bottles of Erguotou in glass bottles placed on the table.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife, the old lady and Lin Yi's granddaughter, He Yuzhu and Yu Li, He Yushui, Yan Fugui, Liu Haizhong, and Director Wang from the neighborhood office.

In order not to be disturbed, Yi Zhonghai locked his door after everyone sat down.

Everyone was curious about what class Yi Zhonghai was inviting them to today, regardless of whether it was a festival or not, but Yi Zhonghai was unwilling to say.

It was not until He Yushui, who did not drink, finished his meal and was about to leave the table that Yi Zhonghai explained the reason for this meal.

Yi Zhonghai took out a stack of receipts and a stack of letters from an aluminum lunch box and handed them to Director Wang.

"Ten years ago, Zhuzi and Yushui's father, He Daqing, abandoned his two children and went to Baoding. I don't know the reason, but I have always kept in touch with He Daqing." Yi Zhonghai said slowly.

When they heard He Daqing's name, the faces of the people present changed.

Director Wang remembered this name. When she first came to the subdistrict office and was not yet the director, she heard that in this courtyard, a chef from a steel mill left his children behind and went to another place. At that time, she specially learned about it. After all, the son was not yet an adult and the daughter was only five or six years old. There was no one to take care of the family. If the father went to another place and never came back, how would the son and daughter live? However, the procedures were complete and the name of the aid was used, so there was no way to get He Daqing to come back.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui were curious. He Daqing's departure was indeed very sudden, without any signs. As for the name of aid construction, Liu Haizhong did not believe it at all. If they wanted to provide aid construction, technical personnel would definitely be sent, and the workers would be those with high abilities. Sending a cook to provide aid construction did not sound reliable at all.

Liu Haizhong would rather believe that He Daqing must have committed some serious crime or offended someone and fled overnight.

The old lady was calm and composed. She was familiar with He Daqing and his wife, especially He Daqing's wife, the mother of He Yuzhu and He Yushui. She was very kind to him, but she was unlucky. She died of illness within three years of giving birth to He Yushui. This was one of the reasons why she always favored He Yuzhu. The affection for him was at work.

He Yuzhu's face was dark. He hated to hear the name He Daqing the most. He thought that it was this irresponsible father who abandoned his children and ran away with the widow, bringing shame to their He family. Especially that year, He Yushui cried and made a fuss about looking for her father. He Yuzhu even took his younger sister to Baoding to look for him, but they didn't see him. They were scolded by the White Widow and sent back. Since then, he never went to look for He Daqing again and always thought that He Daqing was dead.

Yu Li was surprised. She had heard of He Daqing's name and knew that there was such a father-in-law. What she was thinking more about was, is He Daqing going back to the Siheyuan?

He Yushui had many expressions, resentment and expectation. It was impossible for her to say that she had no resentment towards He Daqing. After all, she was five or six years old and could remember things. When she was three, her mother died. When she was six, her father ran away, leaving her with a careless brother. She also had expectations. In her memory, He Daqing was really good to her. If there was anything delicious, he would eat it with her. When He Daqing went out to prepare banquets, he would take her with him and secretly give her delicious food.

"He Daqing has been gone for almost half a year. Zhuzi, you took Yu Shui to Baoding to look for him. Do you remember this?" Yi Zhonghai asked He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu drank and then nodded.

Yi Zhonghai continued, "At that time, He Daqing would send ten yuan back every month. Sometimes it would be late, but it was about once a month. In the first few times, I gave all the money from He Daqing to Zhuzi. After Zhuzi came back from Baoding, he refused to accept the money from He Daqing. I gave it to him, but he refused to take it."

"Zhu Zi, is this true?"

He Yuzhu thought about it. After all, it had been nearly ten years. At that time, he had already started working in a steel rolling mill and was earning a salary. He remembered that this had happened. Because he hated He Daqing, he didn't want the money that He Daqing gave him.

"That's true, yes."

With a "squeak", He Yuzhu drank the white wine in the glass in one gulp.

..... ...

After hearing this, Lin Yi finally reacted. He didn't expect that Yi Zhonghai could do such a thing. This was something that took real courage. In the plot, Yi Zhonghai accepted money from He Daqing, but that was something He Daqing said himself, and it was at least fifteen or sixteen years or even twenty years later.

"Later, I kept the money that He Daqing sent. Because Zhuzi didn't like it, and I thought that the money was enough for Zhuzi and his sister to spend, so I didn't mention it again. But even though I kept the money, I didn't spend it. I kept a record of it and saved it for them."

"Now, Zhuzi is married, and Yushui has graduated from junior high school. I think it would be bad to keep this a secret. I don't know what will turn out to be a bad thing from what was originally a good thing."

"So today, I invited Director Wang from the Street Office, the old lady, and the other two uncles in charge of the courtyard to explain the matter clearly in front of Zhuzi and his wife and Yu Shui."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai filled his glass with white wine and drank it in one gulp.

"Uncle, why are you talking about this? My father is willing to come back. I, He Yuzhu, have a stutter and won't starve. If he doesn't want to come back, I won't rush to ask him to come back. He abandoned us brothers and sisters and refused to see us. What's there to say? You gave him ten dollars a month. Do you really think you have fulfilled your responsibility as a father?"

He Yuzhu didn't care. Many times, He Yuzhu really hoped that He Daqing was dead. That way, he would burn some paper money to pay respects to him during festivals. But now, he might as well be dead.

Yi Zhonghai wanted to preach and talk about the truths about the body and hair, the difficulties of being a parent, but he held back. He knew He Yuzhu's temper very well, and there was no point in saying this. Moreover, since he planned to talk things out, he also gave up the idea of ​​becoming He Yuzhu's father, and his mind was clear.

"Zhu Zi, I am an outsider and I will not judge whether He Daqing is right or wrong, but he is the father of you and Yu Shui. You and Yu Shui should discuss how to treat him."

"As of last month, He Daqing's remittances have never stopped. Every twelve months, 120 yuan a year. Add to that what Zhuzi received in the first few months of this first year, and I still have a total of 1,110 yuan that I haven't given to you and your sister."

"I have already taken the money."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai took out a thick stack of money.

The people present, except Lin Yi, the old lady, Yan Fugui, He Yuzhu and his wife, and He Yushui, all had their eyes fixed on the stack of money and couldn't move away.

Especially Yan Fugui, who had just given all his family assets to Xu Damao two days ago to smooth things over, and even borrowed dozens of dollars in foreign debt for this purpose. When he saw his wealth doubled, his eyes turned red and he even forgot to chew the food in his mouth.

Yu Li wanted to take the money, but seeing so many people around her looking at the money, she didn't dare to reach out.

Yi Zhonghai patted the money on the table and said, "When He Daqing sent me the money, he asked me to give him this money. This ten yuan is for the support of Zhuzi and Yushui. After Zhuzi becomes an adult and gets a permanent job, this support will be used to support Yushui."

"These are also explained in He Daqing's letter, Director Wang, is that right?"

Yi Zhonghai asked Director Wang who was reading the letter.

Director Wang said, "Indeed, the letter said that when He Yuzhu turns 18 and gets a permanent job at the steel mill, the financial support will stop."

"In the beginning, you two brothers and sisters each got five yuan, and in the following years, it's all Yu Shui's. I've calculated it for you. Zhuzi was eighteen six years ago, and he had already been converted to a regular employee by then, so the calculation goes back to six years ago. These seven hundred and twenty yuan are all Yu Shui's. As for the rest, after all, it's Zhuzi who earns money to support Yu Shui, so these three hundred and eighty yuan are all yours. This is how you two brothers divide it, is it ok?"

Yi Zhonghai divided the money into two parts and asked He Yuzhu and He Yushui.