Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

The deaf old lady walked to the door of the Jia family with a cane and knocked on the door.

"I'm here!" Qin Huairu pushed open the door and saw the deaf old lady. She was slightly startled and said hurriedly: "Old lady, it's cold outside, come in quickly!"

"No thanks!" The deaf old lady replied, took out a dollar and a pound of meat ticket from her pocket, handed them to Qin Huairu, and said, "Buy me some meat tomorrow."

"Hey!" Qin Huairu took the money and the ticket and was about to say something, but she saw that the deaf old lady had left. Qin Huairu could only swallow what she wanted to say, sighed lightly, and closed the door.

A little after two o'clock in the afternoon, He Yushui and Huang Ying returned with Lv Guoliang's family. Hearing the noise, Lv Shunyi and Cui Juan, who were lying on the bed chatting, no longer wanted to stay in bed, so they put on their clothes and went downstairs.

Seeing the four happy Tiger Head brothers, Lu Shunyi asked, "What are you so happy about?!"

Although Lu Shunyi usually looks like a good guy, no one in the family is not afraid of him. Lu Guoliang's eldest son Lu Taishan replied: "Grandpa, my sister-in-law bought some cloth for all of us, and I will ask my mother to make new clothes for the whole family."

The youngest, Lu Taihai, added: "We also bought a lot of cotton."

Lu Shunyi was fine, but when Cui Juan heard him buying cloth and cotton, she felt bad and said, "How much cloth and cotton do we need for a big family?!"

Huang Ying said hurriedly, "Grandma, it won't cost much. Many of Zhuzi's cotton and cloth coupons are about to expire. If they are not used, they will be wasted. Zhuzi originally asked me to buy ready-made clothes for you and grandpa. My aunt said she can make clothes, so I changed it to buy cloth and cotton."

He Yuzhu suddenly saw He Yushui mingling in the back, his eyes were a little evasive, and he asked: "Yushui, what's wrong?!"

He Yushui saw that he couldn't hide anymore, so he grinned and said, "Brother, I bought a bicycle."

He Yuzhu reacted instantly and said, "Buy it! We don't need it anyway. But I tell you, if you don't pass the high school entrance exam, I will have to sell the bicycle!" After that, He Yuzhu looked at Lu Taishan and went back upstairs. After a while, He Yuzhu came down from upstairs and said, "Uncle, take this watch. You will be able to tell the time more accurately in the future." Then He Yuzhu gave Lu Taishan and Lu Taihe a watch each and said, "You two are not young anymore. This is my gift to you two. As for Hutou and Xiaohai, I will give you watches when you are older."

Lu Guoliang hurriedly said: "Zhu Zi, no need! How can they use this?!"

He Yuzhu stuffed the watch into the hands of the three people and said, "Here, you take it."

Lu Shunyi looked at the watches in the hands of the three people with envy and said, "Zhu Zi, this watch must cost a lot of money, right?!"

Niu Guihua said, "Dad, I just looked at it in the department store. The cheapest watch costs 120 yuan plus a watch ticket. I heard that watch tickets are hard to get."

He Yuzhu said, "That's because everyone is isolated from the news. I have a friend who is a conductor on the train. He often goes to Lancheng. There are watches sold in the shop inside the train station. The internal price for conductors is 130 yuan, and no tickets are required. Last time when I was helping my friend cook, he mentioned it casually. Then everyone pooled their money to buy a few. Yushui and I both have watches, and so does Huangying. If a watch is not worn and left at home for a long time, it will easily break." Then He Yuzhu walked to a cabinet not far away, opened the cabinet, took out two Peony, two Daqianmen, two Pegasus and three Chungeng, and put them in a cloth bag. Then he took out a dozen cans of various kinds, two bottles of Fenjiu, and two or three pounds of brown sugar and put them in two cloth bags respectively.

He Yuzhu walked to the Luohan bed with the cloth bag, put the bag on the bed, and said, "Wait a moment, I'll take you back."

Lu Shunyi showed an unhappy expression on his face and said, "Zhu Zi, what do you mean?!"

He Yuzhu grinned and said, "Grandpa, you and my uncle can share the cigarettes and alcohol when we get back. The canned food and brown sugar are for grandma. They are to sweeten her mouth and satisfy her cravings."

When Cui Juan heard that she had a share, her smile became even brighter. Cui Juan said, "Zhu Zi, how much is this going to cost you?!"

He Yuzhu replied with a smile: "Grandma, these things are given by my employer when I cook for others. I didn't spend much money." After saying that, He Yuzhu felt a pair of unfriendly eyes looking at him from behind. He Yuzhu instantly guessed who it was. He Yuzhu turned his head and blinked at Huang Ying.

Huang Ying snorted and glared at He Yuzhu. The meaning was very clear, if you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, I will handcuff you and take you away!

He Yuzhu chatted with Grandpa's family for a while, and when he saw that it was almost time, he said to He Yushui, "Yushui, stay with Grandpa and his family. Your sister Yingying and I will go out to see if the car has arrived."

"Oh!" He Yushui responded, and after He Yuzhu and Huang Ying left, he immediately ran back to his house, took a tin biscuit box from his house and went back to the main room, saying, "Grandma, there are biscuits in here, take them back, and eat two if you're hungry."

Cui Juan hugged He Yushui into her arms and said, "Yushui, my eldest granddaughter! How can you be so considerate?!"

He Yushui asked: "Grandma, can I come visit you during my vacation?!"

"Of course!" Cui Juan replied firmly, "I have kept the house your mother lived in. When you go to your grandmother's house, you can live in your mother's house. Do you know?! Your brother's face has the shortcomings of your father and your mother, and your face has the advantages of your mother and your father. You look like you took off your mother's face."

At the same time, He Yuzhu took Huang Ying out of the courtyard. When they reached a deserted place, He Yuzhu said, "Do you think it's unreasonable for a cook like me to have so many things at home?!"

Huang Ying asked back: "Isn't it?!"

He Yuzhu said: "Before I went to work at the steel mill, there was a period of time when Yushui and I made a living by picking up garbage. Once, Yushui and I picked up a pile of waste paper. When sorting the waste paper, we accidentally found a painting. The edge of the painting was full of various seals. I thought the painting must be very valuable. So I hid it secretly. After a while, I took the painting to the cultural relics recycling station. At that time, I was dressed sloppily, and they thought I was looking for trouble, so they ignored me. When I walked out of the cultural relics recycling station, a middle-aged man with a gentle look and wearing a pair of glasses stopped me. After some communication, I showed him the painting. He gave me two thousand yuan and some tickets. After a few years, when I had a job, I planned to ask him to redeem the painting. Unfortunately, he couldn't be found. I went to the pigeon market to exchange all the money and tickets he gave me for fine grains. After these years of reselling, I made a lot of money." Then He Yuzhu joked: "Don't look at me making little money, in fact, my family background is still very rich."

These days, no one doesn't go to the pigeon market to exchange things. As long as He Yuzhu doesn't do anything illegal or endanger the country, it's fine. Huang Ying's face instantly improved a lot, and she couldn't help asking: "Your house and the rain room are only that big. Where do you hide the food?!"

He Yuzhu looked directly at Huang Ying and said seriously, "This is a secret. I'll tell you when we get married!"

"Forget it! Anyway, years ago, I hadn't considered marrying you." After saying that, Huang Ying heard the sound of a car coming from a distance and reminded him, "Zhu Zi, the car is coming!"