Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

At first, Lu Guoliang's family was a little reserved. After a while, everyone got familiar with each other and became less reserved. After chatting for a while, He Yuzhu said to He Yushui: "Yushui, you take grandpa and uncle to take a good look at our house. I'll go to the kitchen to prepare. After dinner, you can take a rest if you want. If you don't want to rest, let Yushui and Huang Ying take you out for a walk." After that, He Yuzhu walked into the kitchen.

After He Yuzhu left, He Yushui took Lu Shunyi and his wife and Lu Guoliang's family to her room first. Huang Ying walked into the kitchen, looked at the busy He Yuzhu, and asked, "Zhuzi, do you want me to do anything?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "You don't have to do anything. In our family, women are not needed to enter the kitchen." After that, He Yuzhu wiped his hands on his apron, took out a stack of money and bills from his pocket, and handed them to Huang Ying.

Huang Ying asked: "What do you mean?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Wait a minute, go out with them. If they like something, buy it for them. If I give them the money and tickets, they won't want them, and even if they do, they won't be willing to buy it."

Huang Ying stared at He Yuzhu for a few seconds, nodded, and said, "Okay! Leave it to me!" Huang Ying took the money and the ticket, put them in her pocket, and said, "I didn't expect you to be so rich?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "It's not that I have money, but that I can make money. When you come into my family, I will hand over the financial power of the family to you. From now on, everything in the family, including me, will be under your control."

"You are so shameless!" Huang Ying blushed and said to He Yuzhu, "Since you don't want me to do anything, I will leave first."

"Okay!" He Yuzhu responded, turned around and walked to the cupboard, opened the door, and took out the ingredients he had put in that morning.

After He Yushui took his grandfather's family to visit the east wing, he took them to visit the main house. Huang Ying also wanted to see her future home, so she followed He Yushui and his family upstairs and downstairs.

After looking at the house, Niu Guihua walked into the kitchen and asked, "Zhu Zi, do you need my help?!"

"Aunt! I don't need your help. Just go and rest outside. I'll be done soon. If you feel bored, let Yu Shui turn on the radio in the living room to entertain you." After saying that, He Yuzhu put the washed vegetables on the table with quick movements and started to cut them.

Time passed little by little, and around half past ten, He Yuzhu first brought out the cold dishes. After putting the dishes on the table, He Yuzhu took out two bottles of Wuliangye and a box of soda from the cabinet and said, "Grandpa, uncle, how about we drink this wine at noon today?!"

Lu Shunyi took the bottle and looked at it, then said, "Zhu Zi, don't spend money. Your uncle and I can just drink some local liquor."

He Yuzhu replied: "Grandpa, I really don't have any earthenware here. How about we just make do with this at noon?!"

"You!" He Yuzhu had said so much, and Lu Shunyi could not say anything else. He could only nod and agree. After He Yuzhu asked everyone to take their seats, he said hello to Huang Ying and He Yushui, asking them to entertain grandpa and uncle, and then went back to the kitchen.

As time went by, He Yuzhu brought out hot dishes one after another. Looking at the dazzling array of dishes, everyone except He Yushui and Huang Ying couldn't help but swallow their saliva. The dishes were not only delicious, but most importantly, they were all hard dishes.

A little after eleven o'clock in the afternoon, He Yuzhu came out of the kitchen carrying the last dish of Dongpo pork, walked to the table, put the dish on the table and asked, "Are you satisfied with the dish today?!"

"Satisfied! Very satisfied!" Lu Guoliang quickly echoed, saying, "Zhu Zi, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me, but your aunt and I didn't have such delicious food at our wedding."

"If you are satisfied, eat more. Don't be polite to me." After that, He Yuzhu sat down next to Huang Ying, picked up the wine bottle and poured himself half a glass of wine, and said, "Grandpa, it's not easy to eat good food in the village. If you want to improve your food in the future, come to my place."

Lu Shunyi said: "Zhu Zi, it's not easy for you either. Don't worry about us."

He Yuzhu said, "Grandpa, what you said is wrong. We are a family. We shouldn't say such polite words as a family."

Cui Juan said: "Zhu Zi, it's not easy for you either. You also have to conserve rainwater. You should save what you can."

He Yuzhu said, "Grandma, I, your grandson, don't have any other skills. But I can still make some food. Okay! Let's not talk about this anymore! Eat, everyone eat!" Then He Yuzhu picked up a piece of twice-cooked pork and put it into Huang Ying's bowl, saying, "Eat more."

At the same time, Yan Bugui came in from outside with a fishing rod and a stool in one hand and a bucket in the other, and shouted, "Mother! Come out quickly!"

The third aunt heard the shouting, came out of the house and asked, "Old Yan, how was the harvest today?!"

Yan Bugui replied complacently, "We have a good catch today. Although the fish are a little small, we have a lot of them. I will cook three tonight, and each of us can have half a fish to taste. Wash the rest, cut them open, and marinate them with salt, and we will eat them slowly.

Just when Yan Bugui was feeling smug about himself, a gust of wind blew by, and a strong aroma of food was blown out from the middle courtyard. Yan Bugui's face changed instantly when he smelled the aroma, and he asked, "Who's cooking meat today?!"

The third aunt replied, "We have He Yuzhu in our courtyard. What else can we say?! Not long after you left, He Yuzhu came back with a group of people. I heard that they were He Yuzhu's grandfather's family."

Yan Bugui took a deep breath and said, "He Yuzhu is already difficult to deal with, and now he has someone backing him up, so it will be even harder to deal with him in the future. Forget it! Let's not bother with him." Then he asked, "Is the meal ready?!"

The third aunt replied: "It has been prepared a long time ago. If you are afraid of the cold, I will keep it warm for you!"

Yan Bugui nodded, without saying anything more, and went into the house with his fishing rod and stool.

After lunch, He Yuzhu washed the dishes and returned to the living room. Lu Shunyi said, "Zhuzi, your grandmother and I won't go out with them. Let your partner and Yushui go with your aunt and the others!"

"Okay!" He Yuzhu responded, and said, "I've prepared a room for you and grandma. If you don't want to go shopping, just go upstairs and rest. The car to pick you up won't be here until 3:30 in the afternoon. There's still plenty of time!"

"Okay! Your grandma and I will go upstairs to rest for a while." Lu Shunyi agreed with He Yuzhu's suggestion. After sending his son and his family out, he started chatting with He Yuzhu.

After chatting for a while, when He Yuzhu was about to take the old man and the old lady upstairs to rest, Cui Juan suddenly pulled Lu Shunyi, pointed outside the window and said, "Old man, look at the old woman at the door. Does she look like the seventh daughter of the Niu Hulu family?!"

Lu Shunyi looked in the direction Cui Juan pointed. You wouldn't know until you looked carefully. It was true. He Yuzhu saw the reaction of his grandparents and asked, "What's wrong?!"

Cui Juan asked: "Zhu Zi, this old woman lives in your courtyard?!"

He Yuzhu saw that his grandmother was asking about the deaf old lady, so he nodded and said, "Yes! She lives in the backyard." Then he asked, "What's the matter?!"

Cui Juan said: "If I'm not mistaken, this old woman is the seventh daughter of the Niu Hulu family."

He Yuzhu asked curiously: "Grandma, how do you know him?!"

Lu Shunyi said: "Her husband's family was once a wealthy family in our village. But before the Japanese invaders came, they separated. She came to the city with her husband and children. Then there was no news. As for the rest of her husband's family, they left the city two years before liberation. As for where they went, no one knows. I didn't expect to see her here."

Cui Juan reminded: "Zhu Zi, I heard that this woman is very scheming. You must be careful. Don't let her trick you."

He Yuzhu smiled bitterly and said, "Grandma, I've experienced the scheming of this old woman. My father ran away with the widow, and this old woman was behind it. Anyway, I won't pay attention to her now. If she wants to scheme against me or take advantage of me, she can forget about it."

Lu Shunyi and Cui Juan were very confident in their grandson, so the two old people stopped talking and followed He Yuzhu upstairs.