Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

He Yuzhu said: "You will understand once you see it."

Huang Ying frowned, opened the envelope, took out the letter and started reading. At first, Huang Ying didn't think it was unusual, but when she saw the signature, she showed a puzzled expression on her face and said, "Zhu Zi, if I remember correctly, your fourth uncle should be called Lu Guotai. How come the name on the signature has become Lu Hanqing?!"

He Yuzhu said, "I don't know about that. I remember that my fourth uncle and fifth uncle both joined our army. Maybe this is my fourth uncle's alias." Then He Yuzhu pointed to the ink dot above and asked, "Look at this, is there anything strange?!"

Huang Ying looked carefully at the location He Yuzhu pointed out. Then a flash of inspiration flashed through Huang Ying's mind. Huang Ying looked at He Yuzhu and asked, "Zhuzi, can I take this letter away later?!"

He Yuzhu nodded and replied, "Of course."

Huang Ying put the letter away and said, "There have been two consecutive cases of family annihilation in West City recently. Our director is afraid that those people will flee to East City, so he asked us to increase patrols. Therefore, we have not had a break during this period, and our working hours are uncertain. You just need to bear with us."

He Yuzhu said: "Since the day I met you, I have been mentally prepared. Don't worry! I will definitely not hold you back."

"Brother! I'm back!" He Yushui pushed the door open and walked in with a smile. Seeing Huang Ying, he smiled and called out, "Sister-in-law!" Then he walked to Huang Ying's side and sat down, asking, "Sister-in-law, do you miss your lovely sister-in-law?!"

Huang Ying was immediately amused by He Yushui's funny behavior. Huang Ying replied, "I do want to, but how much I want to, depends on your performance."

He Yushui stood up very servilely, and while massaging Huang Ying, he asked, "Sister-in-law, are you satisfied now?!"

Huang Ying grabbed He Yushui's hand, pulled him over to sit down beside her and said, "You clever little ghost. Tell me! What do you want?!"

He Yushui said: "Sister-in-law, can you talk to my brother and buy me a pen?!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Yushui, don't you have a pen?!"

He Yushui replied: "It's broken!"

He Yuzhu then asked: "Don't you have money and tickets? Why don't you buy them yourself?!"

He Yushui grinned and asked, "Brother, are you going to buy it or not?!"

He Yuzhu sighed and said, "I'm afraid of you. Wait!" Then he went upstairs. After a while, He Yuzhu came down with two boxes, put them on the table, and said, "You and your sister-in-law, pick one of these two pens."

Huang Ying picked up a box and opened it to see a beautiful fountain pen in front of her. He Yushui had also opened another box and took out a fountain pen from it. While looking at it, he asked, "Brother, where did you get this fountain pen? It's so beautiful!!"

He Yuzhu replied: "I cooked for the leader last time. The leader gave it to me."

He Yushui said, "This one belongs to me." Then he asked, "Brother, do you have any other good stuff? Take it out and show it to me."

He Yuzhu answered decisively: "No more!"

"Stingy!" He Yushui muttered, looked at Huang Ying, and said, "Sister-in-law, my brother is too stingy. Let's not be friends with him anymore."

Huang Ying smiled, put the pen in her pocket, and said, "You! You only know how to bully your brother. Be careful not to piss off an honest man like him, and he won't care about you anymore. You won't have time to cry then."

He Yushui said: "Don't we still have you?!"

He Yuzhu looked at He Yushui, sighed softly, and thought to himself: "This girl is hopeless! Forget it! Give up! Wait until she is older and marry her off. Let her in-laws have a headache from now on!" He Yuzhu smiled bitterly and turned to walk towards the kitchen.

After about an hour, He Yuzhu brought out the dishes one after another. He Yushui looked at the dazzling array of dishes on the table and couldn't help but twitch her nose and sniffed the fragrance floating in the air. Just as she was about to shout to the kitchen, He Yuzhu came out of the kitchen carrying a pot.

Putting the pot on the straw mat on the table, He Yuzhu opened the lid, first filled a bowl of rice and handed it to Huang Ying, then filled another bowl for He Yushui, and finally filled a bowl for himself, sat down and said, "Don't watch, eat!"

He Yushui couldn't wait to pick up a piece of braised pork and put it in his mouth. He chewed it twice and swallowed it, saying, "Brother, I have been thinking about the braised pork you made for a long time."

He Yuzhu smiled and said nothing more. He picked up a piece of braised pork and put it into Huang Ying's bowl, saying, "Eat more. Only when you are full can you have the strength to catch the bad guys."

Huang Ying replied: "I won't be polite to you!"

At the same time, Qin Kangnian and Qin Jingru appeared at the gate of the courtyard with their luggage. Qin Jingru asked, "Cousin, does my cousin live here?!"

Qin Kangnian replied, "I came here once when my sister got engaged. I haven't been here since. It should be correct."

"Who are you two looking for?!" At this moment Yan Bugui appeared in front of the two and asked.

Qin Jingru asked: "Uncle, is there a person named Qin Huairu living here?!"

Yan Bugui asked: "Who are you?!"

Qin Kangnian replied: "I am her brother, and this is her cousin."

Yan Bugui asked: "Don't you know that Qin Huairu has remarried?!"

"Remarry?!" Qin Kangnian and Qin Jingru looked at each other. Qin Kangnian said, "Master, we really don't know about this." Then he asked, "Do you know where she remarried?!"

Yan Bugui said, "It's at the car repair shop at the end of the alley. Go there and ask!"

"Thank you, uncle!" Qin Jingru thanked Yan Bugui and looked at Qin Kangnian. Qin Kangnian said, "Let's go over and take a look!"

"Hey!" Qin Jingru responded, carrying her luggage and following Qin Kangnian to the alley entrance. Not long after, Qin Jingru and Qin Kangnian found the repair shop. At this time, Sun Quezi was repairing a bicycle, and when he saw Qin Jingru and Qin Kangnian, he asked, "What can I do for you?"

Qin Jingru asked: "Master, is Qin Huairu here?!"

Sun Quezi stopped what he was doing and was about to speak. Qin Huairu heard the voice and ran out. Seeing Qin Jingru and Qin Kangnian, she asked in surprise: "Jingru, Xiaonian, why are you here?!"

Qin Kangnian said, "There has been no news from you in several years. My parents asked me to come and see you. When Jingru heard that I was going to join the factory, she pestered me to come along. So we both came together."

Qin Huairu wiped away her tears and said, "Xiao Nian, Jing Ru, this is your brother-in-law."

Qin Jingru and Qin Kangnian looked at Sun Quezi and shouted in unison: "Brother-in-law!"

"Hey!" Sun Quezi smiled when he learned that it was Qin Huairu's family. He said, "Huairu, your brother and sister rarely come here. Please buy some cooked food."

"Hey!" Qin Huairu responded and said, "The house is messy, don't mind. Sit for a while, I'll be back soon." After that, Qin Huairu asked Qin Jingru and Qin Kangnian to sit down, took some money, tickets and lunch boxes, and hurried to buy vegetables.

Qin Jingru sat in the room, looking around curiously, while Qin Kangnian walked over to Sun Quezi and chatted with him while watching him repair the bicycle.