Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

There are two Sanjiadian villages in Sijiucheng, one in Mentougou and the other in Shunyi. He Yuzhu's mother's family is in Sanjiadian Village on the Mentougou side. He Yuzhu asked along the way and walked along the way. After riding a bicycle for nearly two hours, He Yuzhu arrived at the entrance of Sanjiadian Village.

He Yuzhu saw two old men squatting under a tree smoking a pipe, so he pushed his bicycle over, parked it, took out a cigarette box from his pocket, took out two cigarettes, handed them over, and asked, "Uncle, I want to ask you something!"

The two old men took the cigarettes and put them behind their ears out of habit. The old man squatting on the left asked, "Young man, what do you want to know?!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Uncle, is this Sanjiadian Village?!"

"Yes!" the old man replied.

He Yuzhu then asked, "Excuse me, where is Lu Bingxin's home?!"

"Lü Bingxin?!" The two old men muttered at the same time and looked at each other. The old man on the right said, "Young man, we have never heard of the person you are talking about. But there are several families with the surname Lü in our village."

"Hutou!" Just then a boy of fifteen or sixteen years old came from a distance carrying firewood. The old man squatting on the left called out to the boy.

The young man walked to He Yuzhu's side carrying firewood and asked, "Grandpa Qi, what do you want me to do?!"

The old man called Grandpa Qi asked, "Hu Tou, is there a person named Lu Bingxin in your family?!"

"Lü Bingxin?!" the boy muttered, and looked at He Yuzhu unconsciously. The boy suddenly dropped the firewood on his shoulders and ran towards the village.

"What's wrong with this kid?!" the man called Grandpa Seven muttered.

Another old man nearby said, "Who knows?!" Then he looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Young man, most of the people in our village have the surnames Zhang, Cui and Niu. The Lu family is from outside. There are only three or four families in the village. The boy just now has the surname Lu and lives in the south of the village."

As soon as the old man finished speaking, he saw Hu Tou pulling a middle-aged man out of the village. The middle-aged man was slightly stunned when he saw He Yuzhu, then quickly came to his senses and asked, "Who is Lu Bingxin to you?!"

He Yuzhu carefully looked at the middle-aged man in front of him and replied, "She is my mother."

The middle-aged man then asked: "Is your mother okay?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "My mother has passed away."

"Sister! My poor sister! How could you just leave like this?!" The middle-aged man suddenly burst into tears. The man called Grandpa Seven suddenly spoke up and said, "I was wondering?! Why does this name sound so familiar? It turns out to be the girl from Lu Shunyi's family who eloped with someone."

He Yuzhu heard what Grandpa Qi said, walked up to the middle-aged man, helped him up, and asked, "You are my uncle, right?!"

The middle-aged man nodded and said, "I am your third uncle." Then he wiped his tears and said, "Let's go! Let's go home!"

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded, and threw a cigarette to the two old men. He put the firewood that Hutou had dropped on top of the two flour bags on the back seat of the bicycle, then pushed the bicycle and followed the middle-aged man and Hutou into the village.

Grandpa Qi looked at the backs of He Yuzhu and the other two and said, "The Shunyi family is going to be prosperous."

The men of the Lu family are ranked according to "good weather, peace and prosperity", and the women are ranked according to "pure as ice and jade". He Yuzhu's grandfather is Lu Shunyi, and his grandmother is Cui Juan, the second sister of the village chief. He Yuzhu's mother is the youngest in the Lu family, with four older brothers and one older sister. Lu Bingxin's eldest brother Lu Guodong joined our army in his early years. Later, he was injured, and because he had some skills, he was transferred to the arsenal. After liberation, Lu Guodong's family stayed in the Northeast; the second sister Lu Bingxue married Zhang Cunyi from the Zhang family in the village and gave birth to four daughters and two sons. Zhang Cunyi studied in a private school for a few years and is now an accountant in the village; the third brother Lu Guoliang, who is Hu Tou's father, is married to Niu Guihua, the youngest of the Niu Baitian family in the village. Niu Guihua is as good-looking as her name suggests. There were four sons, Hu Tou was the third oldest; the fourth brother Lu Guotai and the fifth brother Lu Guoxiang also left the village and joined our army shortly after Lu Bingxin eloped with He Daqing. The fourth brother secretly came back before liberation and sent back the ashes of the fifth brother. After that, there was no news. Anyway, there were two iron plates hanging on the gate of the Lu family's old house, "Glorious Home" and "Military Martyr's Family".

"Dad! Mom! Look who's here!" Lv Guoliang shouted before he even reached the front door. Not long after, the door opened and two old men and women who looked to be in their seventies walked out. These two old people were none other than Lv Bingxin's parents, Lv Shunyi and Cui Juan. Lv Shunyi complained, "Third brother, what are you yelling about?!"

Lu Guoliang pointed at He Yuzhu beside him and said, "Dad, Mom! Look who he is?!"

Lv Shunyi and Cui Juan both looked at He Yuzhu. After a while, Lv Shunyi asked, "Young man, whose child are you?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "I am Lü Bingxin's son."

"What?!" Lv Shunyi and Cui Juan both cried out in surprise. Lv Guoliang was worried that his parents might get too excited and something might happen, so he hurriedly said, "Dad, Mom, let's go in and talk."

"Yeah!" Lu Shunyi nodded and took his wife back to the yard.

After entering the yard, Hu Tou quickly moved two chairs and placed them under the eaves. Lu Shunyi and Cui Juan sat down. Lu Shunyi asked, "Where's your mother?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "She died! She injured herself when she gave birth to my sister, and she never recovered. She passed away when my sister was four years old."

"Daughter! My dear daughter! I told her that the man named He was unreliable, but she didn't listen." At this moment, Cui Juan's crying and complaining voices were heard.

After all, blood is thicker than water. Facing two familiar strangers, Lu Shunyi and Cui Juan, He Yuzhu didn't know how to persuade them, but he still said, "Grandpa, grandma, don't be sad."

Lu Shunyi pulled out the pipe stuck in his waist. He Yuzhu hurriedly took out the cigarette box from his pocket, handed it to Lu Shunyi, and said, "Grandpa, have mine."

Lu Shunyi looked up at He Yuzhu, took the cigarette box, took out a cigarette, and put it in his mouth. He Yuzhu immediately took out a lighter and lit it for Lu Shunyi.

Lu Shunyi took two puffs of his cigarette and asked, "Where's your father?!"

He Yuzhu said with a bitter face, "He was plotted against and ran off with a widow." Then He Yuzhu recounted everything that had happened in the past few years.

After listening to He Yuzhu's narration, Lu Shunyi didn't say anything, but Cui Juan scolded He Daqing.

After the old woman finished scolding, Lu Shunyi asked, "What are you doing here?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "I'm here to get to know our family! No matter what, my mother is gone, but we brothers and sisters are still here. We will never refuse to fulfill our responsibilities as brothers and sisters." After that, He Yuzhu unloaded the firewood from the car and said, "Third uncle, I don't know what the family is short of, so I only brought these two bags of flour. I also brought two bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes." After that, He Yuzhu took out cigarettes and wine from his bag.

Lu Guoliang looked at his parents. Lu Shunyi said, "Since Zhuzi brought them, take them! Give the cigarettes and wine to your mother."

"Hey!" Lu Guoliang reluctantly handed the cigarettes and wine to Cui Juan, and carried two bags of flour to the place where miscellaneous items were stored at home.

Just as Lu Guoliang put the bag of flour on the ground, Niu Guihua walked in from outside and asked, "Boss, is that young man really my son?!"

"How can this be fake?!" Lv Guoliang opened the flour bag and was surprised to see the white flour inside. Niu Guihua was not much better at this time and muttered, "This nephew is really rich?!"