Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Time passed little by little. Just after seven o'clock in the evening, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle and took He Yushui out of the gate of the steel mill. Sitting on the crossbar of the bicycle, He Yushui looked at the road ahead with excitement and said, "Brother, the food you cook is so delicious. I ate so much today!"

He Yuzhu said: "As I said before, as long as you study hard, I will make whatever you want to eat."

"Really?!" He Yushui turned his head and looked at He Yuzhu and asked.

He Yuzhu answered firmly: "Of course it's true! Look, didn't I buy you the radio I promised you today?!"

"Hehe!" He Yushui laughed foolishly and said, "I believe it!"

More than ten minutes later, He Yuzhu's bicycle stopped at the gate of the courtyard. He Yushui jumped off the bicycle without He Yuzhu's urging. He Yuzhu also got off the bicycle and pushed the bicycle into the gate of the courtyard. Yan Bugui heard the noise and ran out of his house, calling out: "Zhuzi, you're back?!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Uncle, what's the matter?!"

Yan Bugui said, "Zhu Zi, I heard from Lao Yi's wife that she gave their house to you and your sister?! I remember that Lao Yi's house was a public housing."

He Yuzhu replied: "This is how smart the uncle is! Before the public-private partnership, Yi Zhonghai bought the house. But this house is not given to us as a gift, but as compensation to us."

Yan Bugui licked his face, looked at He Yuzhu with a smile, and said, "Zhuzi, it's useless for you two brothers and sisters to have so many houses. Look, your third uncle has a large family, can you lend me two?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Third uncle, it's not that I don't give you face. I'm not young anymore. In a year or two, it's time for me to find a wife. I plan to take this opportunity to clean up the house. I plan to connect the house that Yushui and I live in. I also plan to connect the house that Auntie gave us as compensation. Once the house is cleaned up, it will belong to Yushui." He Yuzhu took out the house deed and the land deed, and then said, "Look, whose name is on it now."

Yan Bugui took a closer look under the streetlight at the door and saw He Yushui's name written on it. Yan Bugui looked up at He Yuzhu and said, "Zhuzi, you are so generous!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Third Uncle, I only have one sister, Yushui. If I don't treat her well, who else can I treat well?! Besides, my mother passed away early, and my father is a lunatic. In order for Yushui to not be bullied after she gets married, as a brother, I can only prepare a generous dowry for my sister. If it doesn't work, we can find a live-in son-in-law. In short, I can't let my sister suffer!"

Yan Bugui didn't take He Yuzhu's words seriously, but Yan Jiedi, who was hiding in the corner, heard them all clearly. Although Yan Jiedi was not very old at this time, children of this era are sensible early. Yan Jiedi envied He Yushui very much for having such a brother. She felt that one third of He Yuzhu's three brothers was better, and she would be willing to die immediately. But this can only be thought about, and it will never become a reality.

Yan Bugui suddenly saw the box tied to the back seat of He Yuzhu's bicycle and couldn't help but shout, "Radio?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Yushui saw that her classmate had a radio at home. I happened to have a ticket, so I bought her one. This will save this girl from always going to other people's homes and bothering them." After saying that, He Yuzhu didn't want to stay any longer, so he took He Yushui to say goodbye to Yan Bugui and walked towards the central courtyard.

"He Yuzhu!" He Yuzhu and his sister had just walked to the door of their home. Jia Dongxu came out of his house and called He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu turned around and asked, "What's the matter?!"

Jia Dongxu brought Qin Huairu to He Yuzhu and asked, "I heard that Auntie gave their house to you two?!"

He Yuzhu nodded and replied, "That's true."

Jia Dongxu said: "He Yuzhu, there are only two of you in your family. Can you two live in so many houses?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with you, right?!"

Jia Dongxu said: "My wife is about to give birth. Not counting my mother, there will be four people in our family. This one room is not enough!"

He Yuzhu said, "Whether you live in the house or not is none of my business. It's your own fault that you are incompetent! If you can get promoted to a fourth-level worker, you can apply for a house from the factory." He Yuzhu slapped his forehead and continued, "I remember now. You, Yi Zhonghai's apprentices, are called fakes by your colleagues in the factory. Unless you work hard, there is no hope for you to get promoted to a fourth-level worker!"

"He Yuzhu! Explain what you mean clearly!" Jia Dongxu widened his eyes, looked at He Yuzhu with murderous intent and asked.

Qin Huairu, who was standing nearby, saw that something was not right, so she stood in front of Jia Dongxu, pretending to be pitiful, looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Zhuzi, how can you say that about our Dongxu? It's not his fault that he is not well-trained. If Yi Zhonghai hadn't hidden it, he would have been promoted to a fourth-level worker long ago. We won't talk about all this. You also know the situation of our family, so please have pity on me, your sister Qin! Lend us the house!" As she spoke, Qin Huairu tried to grab He Yuzhu's hand.

He Yuzhu naturally took a step back, dodged Qin Huairu's hand, and said, "What Sister Qin?! I don't have any relatives with the surname Qin?! What does your family have to do with me?! What's the character of the Jia family? Who doesn't know about the Siheyuan?! Have you heard of the saying 'Liu Bei borrowed Jingzhou, but never returned it'?! This is what the Jia family is talking about! They want to borrow a house, not to mention a door, there isn't even a window!" After that, He Yuzhu took out the key, opened the gatehouse door, and pushed the bicycle into the house.

Jia Dongxu stared at He Yuzhu's house angrily for a few seconds, then pulled Qin Huairu to his own home. After a while, He Yuzhu came out of the house with tools, and quickly installed two locks on the doors of the two rooms in Yi Zhonghai's house. After locking the door, He Yuzhu returned home, untied the box on the back seat of the bicycle, and said to He Yushui who was standing there in a daze: "What are you still doing? Go open the door of your room, and I'll help you move the radio over."

"Are you really giving it to me?!" He Yushui came back to his senses, looked at He Yuzhu with some disbelief and asked.

He Yuzhu saw his sister's silly and cute look, laughed, and asked: "You don't want it?!" Then he said: "It's good that you don't want it. Put it in my room, and it will be more presentable."

He Yushui said hurriedly, "Of course! I'll go open the door right away." Then He Yushui ran out. He Yuzhu followed him out with a smile, holding the box containing the radio.

When the sound of the radio rang out in He Yushui's room, Qin Huairu looked at the depressed Jia Dongxu and asked, "Dongxu, He Yuzhu's way is not working. Why don't we go see your master, maybe he has some solution?!"

Jia Dongxu glanced at Qin Huairu and said, "Go see him? Forget it! I can't even hide from him now, and you want me to get close to him. Are you crazy?!"

Qin Huairu said: "Are you just going to watch the house go to He Yuzhu and his sister? Are you so willing?!"

Jia Dongxu sighed and said, "What can I do if I am unwilling?!" Then Jia Dongxu looked at Qin Huairu and said with contempt, "Do you think that the two of us can defeat He Yuzhu?! You'd better stop dreaming!"

Qin Huairu felt helpless at Jia Dongxu's current attitude. Qin Huairu couldn't say to Jia Dongxu, "You can't let Yi Zhonghai sleep with your wife for nothing, can you?!" Qin Huairu sighed, as if accepting her fate and compromising, and said, "Tomorrow you talk to the second uncle about the house. Let him come forward and try. If it doesn't work, forget it."

"Okay! I'll talk to the second uncle tomorrow!" After saying that, Jia Dongxu picked up the teacup and drank all the water in the cup in one gulp. Then he put the cup heavily on the table, as if he was venting his unhappiness again.