Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

He Yuzhu had just returned to the kitchen after watching the excitement when Gao Yao ran in from outside and said excitedly, "Zhuzi! Congratulations! After the factory leaders' discussion, you will be awarded the salary standard of a level 30 chef, plus a level clerk."

Master Yang was the first to react, muttering quietly, "A level 48 chef's salary is 30 yuan, a level 23 clerk's salary is 71 yuan, which makes yuan a month. Is He Yuzhu any good?!"

Master Han, who was standing nearby, said, "Zhu Zi is a second-level chef. If the highest level of chefs in our factory is level six, his salary will be even higher."

He Yuzhu took the certificate and salary adjustment notice handed over by Gao Yao and said, "Thank you, Director. Don't worry! I will work hard."

"Okay!" Gao Yao patted He Yuzhu's shoulder with satisfaction and said, "I'll remember what you said. Go ahead and do your work! I'll leave first!"

After Gao Yao left, Master Yang and Master Han walked over to He Yuzhu. Master Han complained and said, "Zhuzi, although the factory gave you a level 30 clerk salary, it is much lower than the salary of a real level chef. This is too unfair to you!"

He Yuzhu said, "Master Han, no matter how much the salary is, it is all for the people. Besides, 71 yuan is not a small amount. I just support myself and my sister, and this money is more than enough." Then He Yuzhu took out a cigarette box, took out a cigarette from it, and lit one for himself. Master Yang took a look at the cigarette in his hand and said, "Zhuzi, you have been taking a lot of private jobs recently?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Master Yang, you are wrong. I have been busy with family matters these past two weekends and have not taken any private work. Besides, food is so scarce now! It is not easy to get things. People who are married basically get married, and their parents sit together and have a home-cooked meal. I guess there will be fewer and fewer private work in the future. Let's just do our job well! Don't think about those extravagant things."

Master Han added: "Zhu Zi is right. I went to the pigeon market several times in the past few nights. The price of grain changes every day. Coarse grains are in short supply, but fine grains are still easy to buy."

He Yuzhu said: "Didn't you hear what the buyers said?! Farmers don't farm anymore, they're smelting iron instead. How can the price of grain not go up?!"

"These things are not our business, let's just get to work!" After saying that, Master Yang threw away his cigarette butt, walked to the table, picked up his teacup, took a sip of water, walked to the stove, and started cooking.

Because there was no evening treat, when it was time to get off work, He Yuzhu said hello to his colleagues in the cafeteria, went straight out of the kitchen, pushed his bicycle out of the shed, and went straight out of the factory. When he arrived at the gate of He Yushui's school, He Yuzhu had just stopped his bicycle when He Yushui rushed to him with his schoolbag on his back and complained, "Brother, why are you so late?!"

"Hey?! I came here right after get off work. Do you think it's too late?!" He Yuzhu urged, "Hurry up and get in the car!"

"Hey!" He Yushui responded, carefully looked at He Yuzhu's bicycle, sat on the back seat and asked, "Brother, when will you teach me how to ride a bicycle?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "That's not difficult, we can do it anytime. But..."

Before He Yuzhu could finish his words, He Yushui said, "But you must ensure good academic performance! I've heard you say this so many times that my ears are callused. Don't worry! My grades in school are not bad. Otherwise, you would have been called away by the teacher a long time ago." Then he asked, "Brother, do you really not need me to take the technical secondary school entrance exam?!"

He Yuzhu said firmly: "Your goal is college! Unlike others. Besides, your brother got a raise today. It's enough to support you!"

He Yushui was stunned for a moment, then asked excitedly: "Brother, how much have you increased?!"

He Yuzhu said proudly: "It used to be 35 yuan, and now it's 5 yuan. How much do you think it has increased?!"

"That's great!" He Yushui shouted excitedly. He Yuzhu quickly stabilized the front of the bike and said, "Girl, stop making trouble! Your brother is still riding the bike!"

He Yushui smiled and said, "Looks like I'll have hope for my bicycle next year!"

Having a bicycle is convenient. Ten minutes later, He Yuzhu and He Yushui returned to the courtyard. As soon as they entered the courtyard, Yan Bugui asked with a flattering face: "Zhuzi, what about the furniture?!"

He Yuzhu glared at Yan Bugui and said, "Come with me!" Then he pushed his bicycle and took He Yushui to the middle courtyard. Yan Bugui immediately called his wife and children and followed He Yuzhu to the middle courtyard.

After He Yuzhu pushed the bicycle into his house, he walked out again, took out the key and opened the door of the east wing. Yan Bugui immediately walked in with his family. Seeing the situation in the east wing, Yan Bugui was dumbfounded. Many of the furniture inside were gone. There was only a three-and-a-half-foot bed, a table with uneven legs, some chairs and stools, and two broken cabinets.

Yan Bugui asked: "Zhu Zi, are these the only things left here?!"

When the aunt left, she didn't take any of the furniture with her, nor did she deal with it. She left all of it behind. In the morning, when He Yuzhu was "treasure hunting" inside, in order not to make Yan Bugui cheaper, he put all the furniture that looked good into the space.

He Yuzhu said, "Third Uncle, you live in the front yard. You can see what people are taking in and out every day. But I haven't taken anything out. As for where the missing things went, you should go ask Auntie!"

Yan Bugui was furious at this moment, but he couldn't say anything. But Yan Bugui changed his mind and thought that no matter how thin the ant's legs were, they were still meat. If he took these things back, even if he couldn't use them, he could sell them to the recycling station as waste and get a lot of money. Thinking of this, Yan Bugui suddenly felt better and urged his wife and children to move things quickly.

Except for Yan Jiedi, all the other five people in the Yan family went out. After moving back and forth four times, they finally moved all the things. He Yuzhu locked the door and returned to his home. He Yushui came up and said, "Brother, Yan Bugui is too shameless, isn't he?!"

He Yuzhu raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and said with a smile: "Yushui, remember! This kind of person is not embarrassed himself, but others are embarrassed. The best way to deal with this kind of person is to find an opportunity to make him truly heartbroken for once." After that, He Yuzhu blinked at He Yushui, then walked into the kitchen.

When He Yuzhu and his sister were having dinner, Qin Huairu came out from the backyard with an empty bowl. When passing by the door of He Yuzhu's house, Qin Huairu instinctively looked at He Yuzhu's house. Seeing the food on the table, Qin Huairu couldn't help swallowing her saliva and thought to herself: "Isn't the life of He Yuzhu's family too good?! How great would it be if these dishes were given to our family?!" Thinking of this, Qin Huairu really wanted to go to He Yuzhu's house to take the food away, but Qin Huairu thought of He Yuzhu's attitude towards her, so she could only sigh, not thinking about the food at He Yuzhu's house, and quickened her pace to go back.

He Yushui asked: "Brother, why did Qin Huairu come out from the backyard?!"

He Yuzhu seemed to have seen through it long ago, and said very calmly: "Yi Zhonghai died, and the first aunt passed away. The old lady living in the backyard wanted to live with us, but I didn't agree. But the Jia family took a fancy to their house and took the initiative to move in."

He Yushui said: "The old lady is so old, how much can she eat?! The Jia family is really calculating."

He Yuzhu said: "Yushui, you have to remember that in this courtyard, if you don't scheme against others, others will scheme against you. It's not easy to live a good life. However, as long as you are smart and don't talk too much to them, leave everything else to me, your brother."

"Brother! You are so nice!" After saying that, He Yushui picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into He Yuzhu's bowl, and then said: "Brother, you eat too!"