Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

"Brother!" He Yuzhu had just returned home when He Yushui hung on him like a pendant and said coquettishly, "Brother, they gave you a reward, why don't you want it?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Yushui, it's not that your brother is aloof and doesn't care about these rewards. Don't you know the people living in our courtyard? Many of them are shameless for money. If I take the reward, they will think that this money is unexpected wealth. They will shamelessly come to borrow money. At that time, will you lend it to them or not? If you lend it to them, you will be a sucker. Don't expect them to pay you back. If you don't lend it to them, they will think you are rich and unkind and say bad things about you behind your back. It's better to refuse the money from the beginning. So that they don't have to worry about it."

He Yushui asked: "Brother, aren't you afraid that they will say you are stupid behind your back?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Don't forget, your brother also has a nickname, Shazhu! They don't call me that in public anymore, but they still call me that in private." After that, He Yuzhu pushed He Yushui away and said, "Sit over here for a while, I'll go cook."

"Girl, who are you looking for?!" At this moment, Huang Ying walked into the courtyard. Yan Bugui asked Huang Ying out of habit when he saw her.

Huang Ying replied, "I'm looking for He Yuzhu!" Then she didn't say anything more to Yan Bugui, and walked past him. When Yan Bugui came to his senses, Huang Ying had already walked to the door of He Yuzhu's house and knocked on it.

"Who is it?!" He Yushui heard the knock on the door and asked as he opened the door. Seeing Huang Ying, he immediately shouted excitedly: "Sister Yingying! Why are you here?!" After that, He Yushui shouted towards the kitchen: "Brother! Sister Yingying is here!"

He Yuzhu ran out of the kitchen dressed like a househusband and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?!"

Huang Ying said, "I don't have to be on duty today. I don't have many friends here. Besides, I missed Yu Shui, so I came here." Then she asked, "Why?! Don't you welcome me?!"

"Welcome! I warmly welcome you!" After saying that, He Yuzhu looked at He Yushui and said, "Yushui, please help me greet your sister Yingying! I'll go make you something delicious!" After saying that, He Yuzhu ran into the kitchen.

Looking at He Yuzhu's back, Huang Ying asked with a smile: "Yushui, has your brother always been like this?!"

He Yushui shook his head and said, "Sister Yingying! My brother treats you like this. I have never seen him treat anyone else like this." He Yushui unconsciously turned his head to look at Huang Ying and asked in a low voice, "Sister Yingying, how do you feel about my brother?!"

Huang Ying came back to her senses and asked with a smile: "Why do you ask that?!"

He Yushui said: "My brother is not young anymore. The children of the neighbors around him are already able to walk. I am worried about him! But he still won't let me take care of him."

"Pfft!" Huang Ying couldn't help laughing and asked, "Didn't your brother tell you that I agreed to date him?!"

He Yushui said seriously, "No!" Then, with a smug look on his face, he asked, "Sister Yingying, when are you going to marry my brother?!"

Huang Ying instantly felt defeated by He Yushui and said, "It depends on your brother's performance."

Not long after, a burst of fragrance floated out from the kitchen. Huang Ying smelled the fragrance floating in the air and asked, "Yu Shui, do you smell anything?!"

He Yushui secretly pointed to the kitchen and asked in a low voice: "Why don't we go over and take a look?!"

Huang Ying nodded, and then followed He Yushui to the kitchen. He Yuzhu, who was frying the bottom of the pot, heard the footsteps and asked with a smile: "Why don't you sit outside? Why did you come in?!"

He Yushui asked: "Brother, what are you doing?! Why do you think so?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "It's cold. I'll fry some soup base and we'll have hot pot later."

Huang Ying asked: "Zhu Zi, is it troublesome to make hot pot?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "It's a little troublesome to stir-fry the base, but the rest is not a problem at all. There's a lot of smoke here, so you guys go sit outside for a while. I'll be ready soon! There's food in the cupboard outside. Yushui, take it out and share it with your sister Yingying first."

"Oh!" He Yushui responded, and very obediently pulled Huang Ying out of the kitchen.

As time went by, the aroma from the bottom of the pot became stronger and stronger. When the neighbors in the courtyard smelled the aroma, they all felt that the food in their homes was no longer fragrant. Liu Haizhong, who was already in a bad mood, smelled the aroma and angrily slammed the chopsticks in his hand on the table, saying: "This He Yuzhu is really becoming more and more lawless!"

The second aunt advised: "Old Liu, please don't be angry. It's not worth it to ruin your health!"

Liu Haizhong said, "I'm not angry. It's just that He Yuzhu is too arrogant. Now he has someone backing him up, and he will climb over my head in the future!" After saying that, Liu Haizhong looked at Liu Guangtian who was keeping his head down and silent. He suddenly became furious and grabbed the chopsticks on the table and threw them at Liu Guangtian's head, shouting, "Eat! Eat! Eat! You only know how to eat! What's the point of me raising you?!"

Liu Guangtian was stunned: "Who did I offend? I have already reduced my presence to the lowest level, why did you still come to me?!"

Seeing that Liu Guangtian didn't reply, Liu Haizhong immediately stood up, walked around his wife, raised his foot, and kicked Liu Guangtian out. Then Liu Haizhong jumped in front of Liu Guangtian, pulled out his belt and hit Liu Guangtian.

The youngest Liu Guangfu saw Liu Haizhong beating his second brother like a robber, and his body began to tremble unconsciously: "Dad won't beat me in the future, right?!" Then Liu Guangfu secretly looked at Liu Guangqi. Seeing that his eldest brother was also trembling, he dared not say anything, for fear that the fire would be drawn to him.

What you fear will come true. After beating Liu Haizhong for a while, he suddenly felt that beating Liu Guangtian was not enough, so he immediately turned his target to Liu Guangfu. Liu Guangfu shuddered and went directly under the table.

Seeing that it was almost time, the second aunt advised, "Old Liu, stop beating! If you keep beating, the food will get cold. You can continue beating after dinner."

"Hmm!" Liu Haizhong felt that what his wife said made sense. He glared at Liu Guangtian, took the belt and sat back at the table. He picked up the wine cup and drank the wine in it in one gulp. He said, "Guangqi, you are the hope of our family now! You must fight for me! No matter what method you use, you must become an official for me!"

"Hey!" Liu Guangqi responded with a trembling voice.

At the same time, the deaf old lady smelled the fragrance, walked out of the house, walked to the middle courtyard with a cane, looked at He Yuzhu's house, and couldn't help sighing. Qin Huairu, who had been secretly observing the situation at home, saw the deaf old lady and immediately walked out of the house. She walked to the front of the deaf old lady in two steps and asked, "Old lady, why are you here?!"

The deaf old lady glanced at Qin Huairu, stared at He Yuzhu's house with reluctant eyes, and said, "Nothing?! Come out for a walk and get some fresh air." Then she asked, "Huairu, is there any news about Dongxu?!"