Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

When He Yuzhu walked to the gate of the middle courtyard and heard Yan Bugui's muttering, his face changed and his brows unconsciously frowned. He thought to himself, "It seems that I usually give Yan Bugui too much face. He feels too good about himself. It seems that I have to find time to deal with him properly."

Cui Juan, who was playing with her child, heard the noise and said to Qian Cuihua, who was sitting next to her, with a smile, "It must be Zhuzi who has returned."

He Yuzhu pushed the door open and walked into the room. Seeing that Master's Wife was also there, he asked curiously, "Master's Wife, why are you here today?!"

Qian Cuihua said, "Zhu Zi, I won't come to the temple today for no reason."

He Yuzhu parked his bike, walked over to the master's wife and sat down, and asked nervously, "What happened?!"

Qian Cuihua said, "We are short of food at home. Your master asked me to ask you if there is any way to get some food."

When He Yuzhu heard about this, he was relieved and said, "Master's Wife, why didn't you tell me earlier that there was a shortage of food at home? I will send the food over after dark."

When Qian Cuihua heard what He Yuzhu said, she was delighted and asked, "Zhuzi, can you really get some food?!"

He Yuzhu comforted her, "Master's Wife, the food issue ends with me! Don't worry about it."

Qian Cuihua added: "Zhu Zi, you don't know that your master's hair has turned white because of worrying about getting food during this period."

"That's not right?!" He Yuzhu suddenly came to his senses and said, "Master's Wife, I send food to your family at the beginning of every month. This food is enough for your family to eat, how could your family be short of food?!"

Qian Cuihua sighed and said, "It's your brother's wife. If we had helped her family, we could have gotten by. But she became more and more greedy. Your brother is also useless. He does whatever his wife says. He has no sense of responsibility."

He Yuzhu jumped up and said, "Then why do you and your wife keep him? You have been the only ones supporting them in the past few years. I haven't seen them buy anything for you."

Qian Cuihua said: "It's all for my grandson's sake."

He Yuzhu said, "Master's Wife, now is not the time to be soft-hearted. My Master's Wife is not a good person. Can she teach the child well?! I think you really can't let go of your grandson, so take the child to raise him. Besides, you still have Yongting. Teaching him well is better than anything else. You go back first, and I will send you food after dark."

Qian Cuihua nodded and said, "Okay! Go over there in the evening and persuade your master."

"I know!" He Yuzhu echoed and sent Qian Cuihua out. After returning, He Yuzhu heard Cui Juan sighing. He Yuzhu asked, "Grandma, why are you sighing for no reason?!"

Cui Juan said: "Zhu Zi, if it weren't for you, our life in the village would have been very difficult in the past two years."

He Yuzhu said, "Grandma, please don't talk about this. You and grandpa stay here and enjoy your life. If you want to go back, tell me. I'll tell Taishan and the others to take you there when they go out, and bring you back when they come back. Anyway, remember! Good days are still to come." He Yuzhu took out twenty yuan and some tickets from his pocket and stuffed them into Cui Juan's hand, saying, "Grandma, don't stay at home all the time, let grandpa take you out for a walk."

Cui Juan said, "Zhu Zi, take this money back. Grandma has money."

He Yuzhu said, "It's your business whether you have money or not. This is my way of showing filial piety to you." Then He Yuzhu picked up his son and said, "Let's go! Dad will take you to watch your great-grandfather play chess."

Cui Juan looked at the backs of He Yuzhu and his son, a faint smile appeared on her face, and tears unconsciously flowed down the corners of Cui Juan's eyes.

After dinner, He Yuzhu said hello to his wife, carried two bags of food, put them in a backpack, and went out with the backpack. After leaving the courtyard, he came to a deserted place. He Yuzhu was put into the supermarket space by the backpack, and took out a new bicycle from the space, and rode the bicycle to the master's house.

More than 20 minutes later, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle into the alley where his master's house was. While no one was around, He Yuzhu put the bicycle into the supermarket space. He took out the backpack, carried the backpack, walked to the door of his master's house, and knocked on the door.

"I'm here!" Not long after, Qian Cuihua's voice reached He Yuzhu's ears, and then the door opened. Qian Cuihua saw He Yuzhu and smiled and greeted him: "Zhuzi, you're here?! Come in!"

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded and walked into the yard.

Fan Changming heard the noise and came out from the main room, smiling and calling out, "Zhu Zi is here!"

"Master!" He Yuzhu called out and asked, "Where do you put the things?!"

Qian Cuihua said: "Come with me!"

He Yuzhu followed Qian Cuihua into the kitchen and took out the things in the backpack one by one. Qian Cuihua looked at the things spread on the ground and said in surprise: "Zhuzi, you brought so many things here. Your wife won't gossip, right?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Except for the food you need, everything else she asked me to bring. Master's wife, don't just stand there, put the things away quickly! Otherwise, they will be taken away again."

Qian Cuihua said, "When your master came back, I told him what you told me. Now your master has figured it out. All those sons and grandsons are fake. From now on, we won't care about them anymore."

"That's great!" He Yuzhu said, carrying the backpack and walked out of the kitchen. Fan Li and Fan Tian came in from outside. When Fan Tian saw He Yuzhu, he immediately ran to He Yuzhu, hugged He Yuzhu's arm, and asked, "Brother Zhuzi, when did you come?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Just arrived! I heard this afternoon that you guys ran out of food. I came to bring you some food. By the way, I'll also bring you some bacon and other things so that you can have a good rest." Then he asked, "When are you going to graduate?!"

Fan Tian replied, "I will graduate next year." Then he asked, "What's the matter?!"

He Yuzhu smiled and joked: "After graduating from college, you should work. After working, you should find a partner. As a big brother, I will have to show my support when the time comes!"

"Brother Zhuzi, you are so bad! I will ignore you!" Fan Tian pouted. He Yuzhu smiled and took out two paper bags from his pocket and said, "Take them! One for you and one for your sister."

Fan Li walked up to He Yuzhu and asked, "Brother Zhuzi, what is that?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "White Rabbit milk candy and what's the name of the chocolate thing that people gave me."

When Fan Li and Fan Tian heard that it was candy and chocolate, they immediately smiled brightly, took the things from He Yuzhu, and said in unison: "Thank you, Brother Zhuzi!"

"I'm your brother, what's there to thank me for?!" He Yuzhu looked at Fan Changming and said, "Master, it's getting late, I'll go back first."

Fan Changming said, "Zhu Zi, food is not cheap now, you take the money."

He Yuzhu said, "My son supports his family and feeds his parents, sisters and brothers. What kind of money is that?! Aren't you slapping me in the face?!" Then he changed the subject and said, "Let's not talk about the unhappy things. I'll treat you to a meal later. I'm leaving first!"