Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

He Yuzhu walked out of the courtyard and went to a deserted place. He got a recliner out of the space. Holding the recliner, He Yuzhu hummed a song and walked happily towards the police station. When He Yuzhu arrived at the door of the police station, Huang Ying was already waiting at the door.

He Yuzhu smiled and asked, "Are you getting impatient?!"

Huang Ying replied, "I just got off work too." Then she asked, "Where did you get that recliner in your hand?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "Where else can it be from?! I usually use it at work." Then He Yuzhu walked into the police station, put the recliner on the tricycle, stepped back two steps, looked at it, nodded with satisfaction, and said: "Put a small blanket on it later. You won't get cold."

Huang Ying felt warm in her heart, and said hypocritically: "I'm not that delicate."

He Yuzhu said, "You are not that delicate. But the baby in your belly is delicate." Then He Yuzhu said to Huang Ying's belly, "My daughter, you are doing well in your mother's belly. When you come out, Dad will make delicious food for you!"

"Puchi!" Huang Ying couldn't help laughing when she heard what He Yuzhu said, and asked, "How do you know I'm pregnant with a girl?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "A daughter is good! A daughter is the most precious thing in a father's heart. If this pregnancy is not a daughter, then we will try harder and strive to have a daughter in the next pregnancy."

Huang Ying then asked, "Other people are obsessed with wanting a son. Why do you do the opposite?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Sons are all debt collectors. If you get married and meet a filial son, it's fine. But if you meet an unfilial son, you won't have a place to cry." Then He Yuzhu held the front of the car and said, "Get in the car! Let's go home!"

"Okay!" Huang Ying rolled her eyes at He Yuzhu, climbed onto the tricycle, sat on the recliner, and said, "We can go now!"

He Yuzhu got on the tricycle as if he had received an imperial decree, and said with a smile: "Let's go home!"

It's true that Yan Bugui was quite efficient at work. When He Yuzhu rode his tricycle back to the courtyard, the slope at the gate had been completed. Yan Bugui was even considerate enough to cover it with a few broken boards.

He Yuzhu pushed the tricycle into the gate and shouted into his eyes, "Third Uncle!"

"Hey!" Yan Bugui responded and ran out of the house. He Yuzhu took out a dollar from his pocket and handed it over.

Yan Bugui took the money with a smile and said, "Zhu Zi, you are really open-minded. If there is such work in the future, keep calling me."

"Okay! I'll remember that!" He Yuzhu responded and pushed the tricycle directly into the middle courtyard. That's right, when He Yuzhu just went out, he removed the threshold of the middle courtyard. After pushing the tricycle to the door of the house, He Yuzhu braked the tricycle, then helped Huang Ying off the tricycle and said, "You go inside and rest, I'll cook right away."

"No hurry! Take your time, I'm not hungry yet!" Huang Ying took out the key, unlocked the door, pushed the door open and walked in. He Yuzhu parked the tricycle in front of the window and followed him in.

After a while, Gao Dajun, who was on night duty last night, came back. As soon as he entered the room, he saw his wife Zhu Guiying sitting at the head of the kang in a daze. Gao Dajun asked, "What's wrong?!"

Zhu Guiying came back to her senses, wiped the tears from her face, and replied, "Nothing! I'll go cook now."

Gao Dajun asked: "Where's my son?!"

"Dad!" Just then Gao Shuang ran in from outside. Gao Dajun put his hand into his son's clothes and said, "Why are you sweating so much? Where did you go?!"

Gao Shuang smiled and replied, "I'm playing with Jie Kuang from the third uncle's family in the front yard and Guang Fu from the second uncle's family in the back yard at the door! Sister Yu Shui from next door just came back and gave us candy!" Gao Shuang took out a candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Gao Dajun's hand, saying, "Dad, you've worked hard. I'll give you a candy to relieve your fatigue."

Gao Dajun laughed and said, "Our precious son is so considerate. Daddy doesn't eat candy. You can keep this candy. In a few days, when Daddy has a rest, Daddy will take you to the department store to buy some delicious food."

"That's great!" Gao Shuang jumped up excitedly, then quickly calmed down, glanced at his mother who was cooking outside, and motioned Gao Dajun to lower his head.

"What's the matter?!" Gao Dajun asked with his head down.

Gao Shuang leaned close to Gao Dajun's ear and whispered, "Dad, grandma sent a letter to mom. She said that the family couldn't make ends meet. She asked mom to send money and food."

Gao Dajun reached out and rubbed Gao Shuang's head, saying, "Dad knows. Let's not worry about them."

In fact, when Gao Dajun brought his wife and children from his hometown, he had already made up his mind that even if all his mother-in-law's family members died, he would not care about them. If his wife insisted on caring about them, then divorce!

After a while, Zhu Guiying came in with food. After putting the food on the table, Zhu Guiying shouted, "It's time to eat!"

Gao Dajun and Gao Shuang walked to the table and sat down. Gao Dajun picked up a steamed bun and handed it to Gao Shuang, then took a steamed bun himself, took a bite, and said, "Son, eat slowly, no one will snatch it from you."

Gao Shuang broke off a half of the steamed bun and handed it to Gao Dajun. Gao Dajun was stunned and asked, "What's the matter?!"

Gao Shuang glanced at his mother secretly and said, "Dad, let's share it."

Gao Dajun smiled and said, "No need to share. Dad is very happy with this." After saying that, Gao Dajun reached out and rubbed his son's head, then picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into his son's bowl.

Zhu Guiying looked at the loving and filial father and son and sighed unconsciously. Gao Dajun heard the sigh and his face changed. He looked at Zhu Guiying and asked, "What's wrong?!"

Zhu Guiying looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated, and finally said, "Nothing."

"If there's nothing else, just eat!" Gao Dajun picked up a piece of pickled vegetable and put it into his mouth.

Gao Shuang asked while eating: "Dad, when can we eat meat?!"

Gao Dajun replied, "We will eat meat during the Chinese New Year. When dad buys the meat, we will make a braised pork and some dumplings stuffed with cabbage and meat. You can eat as much as you want."

When Zhu Guiying heard her son wanted to eat meat, she remembered her mother and brothers who were still starving in her hometown. She couldn't help but said, "Dajun, my mother sent a letter."

Gao Dajun replied: "What does her letter have to do with us?!" Then he asked: "I don't think I gave your mother our address. How did they send the letter?!"

Zhu Guiying's heart skipped a beat, and she said guiltily, "After I settled down, I sent us a letter to let us know I was safe."

Gao Dajun said coldly, "You, don't I know this?! Don't tell me these nonsense things. I tell you, let's forget about it this time. If it happens again, we will get divorced. Go back to where you came from! I married you as a person, not your whole family. Besides, when we got married, your mother asked me for 20 yuan as a betrothal gift. We agreed at the beginning that this 20 yuan was a one-time buyout. What does buyout mean? I don't need to tell you, right?!"

Zhu Guiying now fully understood the meaning of the saying: "Where there is oppression, there is resistance." Similarly, Zhu Guiying also began to hate her mother and brother's past greed.

Gao Dajun continued, "Although we all have a ration, our son is still growing up. If you feel that you can't finish your ration, save it for our son."