Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Aunt Yi went to the He family and called over Sha Zhu and his sister. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Yi Zhonghai had made tea and sent Aunt Yi to the vegetable market to buy vegetables and cook.

Yi Zhonghai: "Zhu Zi, how is your work going recently?" Sha Zhu: "Uncle, that's all. Anyway, my cooking skills are displayed in this cafeteria. Who dares to challenge me?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Zhu Zi, haven't you visited your father for so long?" Sha Zhu: "My father? He Daqing! Why should I go to see him? He abandoned us and went to be with the widow." Sha Zhu got anxious when he said this.

Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai sighed and said, "Actually, your father didn't abandon you. Since he left, he has sent you ten dollars every month for you to raise Yu Shui."

Silly Zhu: "What! Send ten dollars? I didn't receive it!"

Yi Zhonghai: "Zhu Zi, don't worry. The monthly money will be sent to me. You know that I have no children and I always treat you as a junior in my family. First, I am afraid that you will spend money recklessly. I know that you are kind and often help the Jia family! Second, I have my own plans. Let me be clear with you."

After thinking it over, Yi Zhonghai decided that it would be better to just lay the matter out in the open. Any excuses were secondary. If he could come to an agreement with Sha Zhu, then he could do it. If he really couldn't come to an agreement, then he could only go to Hong Kong to develop his career.

So Yi Zhonghai told He Yuzhu about wanting him to take care of him in his old age. After listening to him, He Yuzhu looked at Yi Zhonghai with disbelief and said, "If you want me to help you in your old age, you can just say it directly! Why did you withhold the money my father sent to He Yushui? Do you know how miserable we were in those years?"

Yi Zhonghai lowered his head in shame after hearing what Sha Zhu said, and said, "Zhu Zi, I am willing to compensate you a little more for this matter. In addition, your aunt has taken good care of you over the years. Uncle Yi treats you as his own junior from the bottom of his heart, but he is more afraid that you will spend money without restraint."

"Zhu Zi, 10 yuan per month for the past seven years is 840 yuan. I will compensate you 840 yuan and an additional 1600 yuan, a total of 2440 yuan. Do you think this is ok? You are old now, it's time to find a wife and build some family business." Yi Zhonghai counselled silly Zhu like an elder!

When Sha Zhu heard about marrying a wife, he couldn't help but start fantasizing. Yes! With 2440 yuan, he could find any kind of wife. He could find a woman who had a hukou in the city, was well-educated, and more importantly, prettier than Sister Qin.

But on the other hand, Sha Zhu had no way to face Yi Zhonghai, because after all, it was Yi Zhonghai who deceived him. In that case, he might as well get the money. As for Yi Zhonghai, he thought that he could just be an ordinary neighbor in the future!

Thinking of this, Sha Zhu said, "Then uncle, give me the money and the letter, and we can get along as ordinary neighbors from now on!"

Yi Zhonghai was relieved when he heard this, so he asked Aunt Yi to get 2,400 yuan. Aunt Yi was thinking how could Old Yi do such a thing!

Aunt Yi handed the money to Sha Zhu, who counted the money and felt that it was correct.

Yi Zhonghai: "Zhu Zi, since you have taken the money, let's write a receipt so that we won't be confused later."

Silly Zhu: "Okay, you draft one."

Yi Zhonghai took up his pen and began to write

Content: After He Yuzhu received the living expenses from He Daqing for He Yushui, he asked Yi Zhonghai to hold the money on his behalf because He Yuzhu was still young. Today, Yi Zhonghai returned all the living expenses sent by He Daqing to He Yuzhu, totaling 840 yuan.

They both signed the note, wrote the date, and put their fingerprints on it! After counting the money and signing, Sha Zhu went back!

Watching Sha Zhu leave, Yi Zhonghai and Wu Xiu Lian were silent in the room. About half an hour later, Wu Xiu Lian spoke first, "Old Yi, it's your fault that I didn't give you a son or daughter." As Wu Xiu Lian spoke, she burst into tears.

Yi Zhonghai didn't know what to say when seeing this. In this day and age, people would gossip about a man or a woman if they couldn't give birth to a child.

After a long time, Yi Zhonghai said, "Wife, I don't pursue retirement anymore. I had a dream in the hospital. I dreamt that a god said that my inability to have children might be due to my own fault, and he cured my disease. Neither of us has had a check-up. We only know that I can't have children, and we don't know if it's my problem or yours."

Wu Xiulian was also puzzled when she heard this. Isn't it always women who can't have children? Can men also be unable to have children? But she didn't ask. She just thought it was strange that Yi Zhonghai dreamed of immortals.

Yi Zhonghai continued, "I saw in my dream that we will be wiped out by the Jia family in the future, and Sha Zhu will also be trapped by the Jia family. No wonder the old lady in the backyard has been persuading me not to let the Jia family take care of me in my old age. I didn't understand it before, but I understand it now."

Wu Xiu Lian thought about how Jia Dongxu came to tell her that Yi Zhonghai was injured, but he didn't even go to the hospital to see Old Yi, so she realized that he was an ungrateful person!

Wu Xiulian said, "Old Yi, how about we adopt a child?"

On the other side, at the He family, Sha Zhu was sitting at the table in a daze with the 2440 yuan given by Yi Zhonghai!

At this time, He Yushui walked in and said, "Brother, what are you daydreaming about? What's the matter?"

Shazhu: "Yushui, do you hate He Daqing?"

When He Yushui heard this name, all she could think of was He Daqing abandoning her and her brother. She spoke slowly, "Of course I hate him. He was bewitched by the widow and abandoned us when we were young! If it weren't for Auntie and Uncle, we would have starved to death."

When Sha Zhu heard his sister say this, he put the letter and money on the table and said, "Yu Shui, Dad has not ignored us for so many years. He actually sent us 10 yuan of living expenses and letters every month! But they were all withheld by Yi Zhonghai."

He Yushui couldn't believe the news. She didn't believe Yi Zhonghai needed to withhold the money. Yi Zhonghai's monthly salary was so high that he wouldn't do such a thing.

Sha Zhu continued, "Yushui, Yi Zhonghai withheld our money because he wanted me to support him in his old age. He thought Jia Dongxu was unreliable, so he took the money to better control us brothers and sisters."

He Yushui hurriedly opened the letter sent by her father He Daqing, and cried as she read it! She wondered why Yi Zhonghai did this!

When Sha Zhu saw his sister started to cry, he said, "Yi Zhonghai has returned the money and the letter to us, and also compensated us with 1600 yuan. The total is 2440 yuan. Since the money was sent to you by your father, you should keep it. I have a job now and can support myself." Sha Zhu said as he pushed the money to He Yushui

He Yushui pushed the money back and said, "Brother, you should keep the money. You have been taking care of me with the money from your work for so many years. Now you are old enough to get married, so keep the money and let me find a sister-in-law."

Seeing his sister say this, Sha Zhu didn't refuse anymore and took out 40 yuan from the money and gave it to He Yushui as living expenses!

Sha Zhu told He Yushui about the note he and Yi Zhonghai had written and the fact that the aunt was unaware of the matter, and told He Yushui that they could just get along as ordinary neighbors from now on.

He Yushui remembered the aunt who took care of him when he was a child, and nodded.