Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

"Eh?! Isn't that Shazhu?!" He Yuzhu just turned out of the alley on his bicycle and was spotted by Xu Damao who was returning from taking pictures of his wife. Xu Damao saw Lou Xiao'e sitting on the back seat of the bicycle and immediately frowned, muttering: "Is Shazhu really dating?!" Then Xu Damao's face changed and he thought to himself: "No! I haven't found a wife yet! How can he find a wife?! No, even if I find a wife, he can't find one. I must ruin his good fortune!" Xu Damao's sly eyes turned and he immediately thought of a great idea, muttering: "Shazhu, don't blame me for being disloyal. This time I'm going to pry your girl away!"

After making up his mind, Xu Damao was about to catch up on his bicycle, but He Yuzhu had already disappeared. Xu Damao sighed in annoyance and muttered, "I'll let you go first, and then let that old man Yan Bugui find out some information."

Soon He Yuzhu's bicycle stopped in front of the Lou family villa. Lou Xiao'e got off the bicycle and said, "Thank you for what you did today!"

"Nothing?! Go back and take a good shower and drink a cup of brown sugar water to calm your nerves. I'll be back first, see you next Sunday!" After saying that, He Yuzhu turned the car around, watched Lou Xiao'e enter the gate, and then rode away on his bike with peace of mind.

"Mom!" Lou Xiao'e walked into the villa and saw Tan Lingya walking down from upstairs with a smile on her face. Tan Lingya asked, "Where have you been?!"

Lou Xiao'e, who had never lied since she was a child, knew that she couldn't hide it, so she didn't hide it and directly told what happened today. When Tan Lingya heard that her daughter was in danger, she immediately showed an anxious expression on her face and asked, "Are you okay?!"

Lou Xiaoe replied: "I didn't! If I hadn't met He Yuzhu, it would be hard to say."

Tan Lingya sighed and said, "It's just now. If it were in the past, this kind of thing would never happen."

Lou Xiao'e consoled her, "Mom! I'm fine, right?!"

Tan Lingya looked at Lou Xiaoe with a look of disappointment and said, "You are such a careless child! If anything happens to you, what will your father and I do?!"

Lou Xiao'e knew she was in the wrong, so she hugged Tan Lingya's arm and said coquettishly, "I know! Can't I go out alone in the future?!"

Tan Lingya glared at her daughter unhappily and asked abruptly, "If you don't go out alone, who are you going out with?!"

When Lou Xiao'e was asked this question, her face instantly turned red. Seeing her daughter's shy expression, Tan Lingya asked, "Are you planning to go out with He Yuzhu?!"

Lou Xiao'e nodded, which was considered as an admission.

Tan Lingya sighed and said, "Girls really can't be kept when they grow up?!"

"What do you mean by 'girls should not be kept at home when they grow up'?! What are you two talking about?!" Lou Bancheng walked out of the study at this time.

Tan Lingya glanced at Lou Xiao'e, then told Lou Bancheng what happened today, and did not hide the fact that He Yuzhu sent Lou Xiao'e back.

Lou Bancheng said, "You heard what my second brother said today. The situation is not good everywhere recently. When necessary, we have to sacrifice the happiness of our girls. When I came back today, I was still thinking about this on the way. My second brother plans to find a suitable one in the textile factory and marry Xiaoxia to him. It can be regarded as a temporary stabilization of those people. We only have Xiao'e around. Originally, I planned to find one among those I know, but now it seems that it won't be so troublesome."

Lou Xiao'e knew her father well. He would not let her marry off unless it was absolutely necessary. Lou Xiao'e asked, "Dad! Is the situation really that bad?!"

Lou Bancheng did not answer, but said, "Find some time to ask He Yuzhu to come home. I want to have a good talk with him."

"Oh!" Lou Xiao'e responded, and said, "Then I'll go back to my room first."

Lou Bancheng nodded, and after watching Lou Xiaoe go upstairs, he looked at his wife and asked, "Will you blame me for being too selfish?!"

Tan Lingya sighed and said, "When you kept Xiao'e by your side, I had already thought that this day would come."

Lou Bancheng pulled Tan Lingya to the sofa and sat down, saying, "You are the doctor of the Lou family whom I married in a formal ceremony. Before liberation, I sent several children away first. I wanted to send Xiao'e away as well. But Xiao'e was still young at the time, and I thought that we couldn't be without a child, so I kept Xiao'e. After liberation, I saw that the situation was not right, so I dismissed the other two families. Although I gave them a lot of things, it was just a drop in the bucket compared to the foundation I had worked hard for half my life. It is said that fallen leaves return to their roots. For the sake of this root, I had to cooperate with them in public and private enterprises, dismiss the servants at home, and keep a low profile. Now, in order to protect myself, I have to sacrifice my daughter. It's ridiculous! Back then, I, Lou Zhenhua, was known as Lou Bancheng. It's not that my industry spread across half of Beijing! It's that nearly half of Beijing's people rely on our Lou family for their livelihood."

"Zhenhua!" Tan Lingya held Lou Bancheng's hand tightly and said, "Everything will pass, and everything will be fine."

Lou Xiao'e leaned against her door, recalling what her father had just said, and then thought of He Yuzhu's broad back. Lou Xiao'e's face immediately turned red, and she muttered, "What are you thinking about?!" Then Lou Xiao'e covered her face with her hands and said shyly, "Why would I think of him?!"

At the same time, Xu Damao rode his bicycle back to the courtyard. Yan Bugui saw Xu Damao and greeted him with a smile: "Damo is back?!"

"I'm back!" Xu Damao replied, "Uncle, do you know what I saw on the road just now?!"

Yan Bugui's interest was instantly piqued by Xu Damao, and he asked very cooperatively: "What did you see?!"

Xu Damao pretended to be mysterious and said, "When I came back, I saw a woman sitting on the back seat of He Yuzhu's bicycle."

"What?!" Yan Bugui was surprised and said, "He Yuzhu that kid really found a girlfriend?!"

Xu Damao reacted at this time and asked, "Uncle San, do you know about this?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "I just heard He Yuzhu talk about it."

Xu Damao then asked, "Uncle San, do you know which girl He Yuzhu's partner is from?!"

Yan Bugui replied, "You're asking the wrong person. How could He Yuzhu tell me this?! Why don't you ask someone else?" Then a golden light flashed through Yan Bugui's eyes, as if he saw through Xu Damao's thoughts, and said, "Da Mao, they say it's better to demolish a house than to destroy a marriage. Don't mess around, kid!"

Xu Damao smiled and replied, "Uncle San, there is another saying that I wonder if you have heard of?!"

Yan Bugui asked: "What did you say?!"

Xu Damao replied, "A girl from one family is sought after by hundreds of families." After saying that, Xu Damao left Yan Bugui who was standing there in a daze, and pushed his bicycle towards the backyard.

"Hey?!" Yan Bugui came back to his senses and looked at Xu Damao's back, muttering, "Are there still people who are really not afraid of death these days?! There will be some fun in our courtyard!"

The third aunt came out of the house and asked, "Old Yan, what were you talking about with Xu Damao just now?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "What else can I say?! Xu Damao said he saw He Yuzhu and his girlfriend. Xu Damao has his eyes on He Yuzhu's girlfriend and wants to poach her."

The third aunt's face changed and she said, "What if He Yuzhu knew about this?! Does Xu Damao still want to live here?!"

Yan Bugui smiled and replied, "This is not something we can control. But Xu Damao reminded me. Maybe I can get a lot of benefits from He Yuzhu this time!"