From the Siheyuan, I started to run around in the world

After everything was settled, Zhang Dongliang went home to rest with a relaxed mood.

When Zhang Dongliang got home, he always felt like he had forgotten something. He thought about it carefully for a long time, and suddenly an idea flashed in his mind. Oh, I remembered it.

It turned out that before the Chinese New Year every year, he would send some corn flour or something to the Niu and Yu sisters-in-law on the east and west sides of the hall. Today, he was busy with this and that and had no time to send them.

He did it as soon as he thought of it. There were few people in the front yard and he didn't mind being seen.

Like in previous years, Zhang Dongliang prepared 50 kilograms of corn flour and half a kilogram of pork for each family, and also prepared a string of firecrackers for each child.

Both the sisters-in-law of the Niu family and the sisters-in-law of the Yu family are people with strong personalities, and they refused at first.

Later, Zhang Dongliang pretended to be angry and said that the children must have a good New Year, and only then did they reluctantly accept it.

After doing this, Zhang Dongliang felt much more at ease when he returned home.

After get off work in the afternoon, Sha Zhu returned to the courtyard, shaking his head. He first went back to his own home to prepare a meal for his mother and daughter, and then Sha Zhu went to Zhang Dongliang's home.

"Hey, Brother Zhu is acting like a father now."

"That's right, don't you see who we are?"

"Stop talking nonsense. I'll prepare the food. You go ahead and cook the food."

"Got it."

Sha Zhu kept talking, but his hands were also busy.

The smell of the offal was quite strong, and even though they were just cleaning it, the women stayed away from it.

After Sha Zhu had cleaned up everything and put it in the pot, everyone prepared to eat.

Zhang Dongliang took out a bottle of Xifeng liquor, poured a glass for Sha Zhu, and then specially pushed the peanuts that Sha Zhu liked to eat in front of Sha Zhu.

"No, Dongliang, what do you mean?"

"That's boring. Don't you like eating peanuts?"

"No, I still like beef."

Sha Zhu pushed the peanuts back to the middle of the table, picked up the plate of braised beef and placed it in front of himself.

"Oh my god, Brother Zhu has grown a brain? He knows how to eat meat now."

"Nonsense, your brother Zhu has always had a brain, I'm not really stupid."

"Silly Shui, do you think your brother is stupid?"

He Yushui looked at her silly brother and Zhang Dongliang getting along so happily, and smiled without saying a word.

"Come on, Brother Zhu, let's drink this cup and try to have another silly son next year."

Sha Zhu spit out half of his wine with a "puff" sound: "You are the one who gave birth to a stupid son. Who would say New Year's words like you?"

After Sha Zhu finished speaking, he looked at He Yushui and Qin Jingru with a guilty conscience. Was he afraid that he had scolded his sister as well?

After finishing the glass of wine, Sha Zhu suddenly let out a long sigh: "Ah, if my father were here and knew that I have a child, he would be so happy."

When Sha Zhu brought up this topic, no one knew how to respond and the atmosphere became a little cold for a moment.

Zhang Dongliang's heart moved: "Brother Zhu, don't think too much. Maybe your father had his own reasons at that time."

"I want to ask you, brother Zhu, if you have a son and a daughter, both of whom are still young, and a widow wants you to follow her and help her raise her son, would you do it?"

"Of course I wouldn't do that. Wouldn't that be stupid?"

Suddenly remembering that his father did the same thing, Sha Zhu scratched his head and said, "I'm not talking about my father."

"Look, you wouldn't do that. Your father is smarter than you, he wouldn't do anything stupid. Maybe he had his own reasons for leaving."

"You can't just abandon the child and ignore him."

After a long pause, Sha Zhu scratched his head again and said, "What you said makes sense." He Yushui just listened silently beside him without saying anything.

Sha Zhu picked up the wine glass and took another big sip, burped, and exhaled a breath of alcohol: "Forget it, let's not talk about him. Hasn't he been through all these years?"

Zhang Dongliang didn't want to let this problem go easily.

"Brother Zhu, if you were in your father's situation, with two young children at home and forced to leave, would you find a way to send them money so that they could survive?"

"Of course I will. Isn't that nonsense?"

"Before you leave, will you ask a good friend to help look after it?"

"Of course. If I have something to do, I will definitely ask you to look after it. I'm not really asking you to look after it, I'm just using an analogy."

"Yeah, if someone as stupid as you can think of this, how could your father not think of it?"

Sha Zhu's brain was a little insufficient: "Yes, but why didn't I know these things all these years?"

"Just because you don't know doesn't mean it doesn't exist, right? Think about it, who did your father have a better relationship with? When your father passed away, who would he have entrusted you to?"

"Well, it can only be the first uncle. My father and the first uncle seem to have a good relationship, and the other first uncle is the one in charge anyway."

"Yes, speaking of this, doesn't the uncle usually care about you? If your father sent you money, you were still young and it was inconvenient for you to receive it. So who should he ask to give it to you?"

Sha Zhu understood at this time: "If they send money to us, they must be asking an old man to give it to us."

Sha Zhu was confused again: "But in all these years, I haven't heard Uncle Yi say that my father sent me money?"

"Whether your father has sent you money or not, you can find out by taking some time to go to Baocheng and asking your father.

By the way, tell your father that you are married and have a family. You also have a child, and he is already a grandfather. Shouldn't you tell your father this good news to make him happy? "

"Yes, yes, yes, what you said makes a lot of sense. After the New Year and the beginning of spring, when it gets warmer, I will take some time to go to Baocheng and I must tell him the good news.

I'd also like to ask you why you didn't care about us for so many years? One year, Yu Shui almost starved to death. If I hadn't met you in the past two years, I wouldn't have been able to get married, and Yu Shui would have starved to death."

He Yushui listened to their conversation without saying a word, but tears were already in her eyes.

Yes, my father abandoned me, my brother was unreliable, and I almost starved to death. If it weren’t for Brother Dongliang, I really can’t imagine what would have happened in the past few years.

It was Brother Dongliang who gave me a second life. I will follow Brother Dongliang forever.

"Okay, stop it. Let's talk about something happy during the New Year. Hurry and eat the food, or Yu Haitang will eat it all."

Yu Haitang was stunned: "What the hell does it have to do with me? Aren't there still plenty of dishes? Even though the beef is gone, aren't the peanuts still untouched?"

Zhang Dongliang was just helping Sha Zhu sort out the logic behind it. As for Sha Zhu finding He Daqing and He Daqing's explanation, that was none of his business.

He Yushui acted even more indifferent than Sha Zhu.

When He Daqing left, Sha Zhu was already 16 years old and was about to reach working age.

He Yushui was only nine years old at that time. As time went by, He Daqing became more and more vague in her mind, and now he was just a symbol.

She has gone through many difficult years, and she doesn't care too much whether she still has such a father.

What is there to be nostalgic about a father who abandoned you and followed a widow to enjoy a good life?