Siheyuan: First-class Merit at the Start

By the time Li Polu brought Lou Xiao'e back to the yard, it was already past 10 o'clock.

It was still the third uncle who opened the door.

"Xiao Li is back, Miss Lou, are you okay?"

Lou Xiao'e said weakly, "It's okay, Third Uncle, thank you for your concern.

I just felt a little dizzy in the afternoon, and I thought I would be fine after a nap, but who knew it would be like this. Thank you so much, Chief Li, for today."

"Well, Third Uncle, let's have some midnight snack." Li Polu said with a smile.

"Okay!" Yan Bugui was overjoyed. He didn't even have dinner and was waiting for Li Polu to come back.

Otherwise, how could he be dressed neatly and open the door for Li Bolu in the middle of the night?

The group came to the backyard, talking and laughing. After sending Lou Xiao'e home, as soon as they opened the door, they saw He Yushui had fallen asleep on the table. The food on the table was untouched.

"Brother Li, you're back. How's Sister Xiao'e?" He Yushui said with a slightly red face. After all, it was embarrassing to stay at a man's house in the middle of the night.

"Well, I saw you left the door open, and I was afraid something might happen, so I kept an eye on it for you. I'll go back now."

Li Polu grabbed He Yushui who was about to leave and said with a smile: "You must be hungry. You sit with the third uncle. I'll go heat up the dishes and we'll be ready for dinner soon."

Yan Bugui witnessed the infighting among the He brothers and sisters with his own eyes, and felt deeply sorry for what happened to He Yushui.

So he also said, "Yushui, listen to your elder brother Li. The third uncle is here too, who can gossip about you? Just sit still."

The food and wine were served quickly, and Li Polu and Yan Bugui drank some wine while listening to He Yushui's story about the century-long duel between her and her brother today.

The reason for the quarrel between He Yushui and He Yuzhu was very simple. It turned out that a few days ago, when He Yuzhu was busy running around in the hospital for Jia Dongxu, Qin Huairu used the medical expenses as an excuse to almost take away all of He Yuzhu's few savings.

The 50 yuan that He Yuzhu took out when donating yesterday was the last money he had.

The reason why He Yushui pulled He Yuzhu together at that time was because He Yuzhu had given away all her living expenses for that week.

This resulted in He Yushui not being able to afford meals at school this week.

The reason why He Yushui came back today was because during the meeting yesterday, Li Polu pointed out the fact that Jia Dongxu did not need to pay for medical treatment in the hospital. At that time, He Yuzhu also reacted.

So, He Yushui thought that his brother could get the money back from Qin Huairu today.

But things went against her wishes. When she returned to the courtyard after school, she found that He Yuzhu, who was still furious and at odds with Qin Huairu yesterday, had reconciled with Qin Huairu at some point.

He even gave all the dinner for the two siblings to each other. In anger, He Yushui started arguing with He Yuzhu.

But in the end, He Yuzhu, who was angry, slapped He Yushui directly and said something shocking.

"You just didn't have food for a week, but Sister Qin hasn't eaten meat for three days. Do you know how difficult it is for her?"

It was not known whether it was because of the beating by He Yuzhu or because of the shock from He Yuzhu's words, but He Yushui just felt his head buzzing at that time.

I really can't tell which is more important: my own sister not eating for a week or someone else's wife not eating meat for three days.

When He Yushui came to her senses, she only saw her own brother fawning on Qin Huairu. All of a sudden, the memories of his death began to flood into her mind frantically.

She thought of her father who had abandoned her when she was young and followed the White Widow to Baocheng.

She thought of the days when she and He Yuzhu depended on each other.

She thought of that windy and snowy night when she and her brother were standing outside a yard, and inside the yard was their father.

She thought of the oath her brother made on the train from Prudential back to Beijing that he would raise her well.

I thought of the days when He Yuzhu first started working and saved money to buy her a bicycle.

Then she thought of the time when her brother kept giving things from his home to the Jia family.

She thought of her brother turning a blind eye to the boy Banggeng going to his house to steal things.

In He Yushui's eyes, the two figures slowly overlapped with the figure of He Yuzhu in front of him.

It has to be said that He Yuzhu's performance once again refreshed Li Polu's cognition. He was completely possessed by Fei Yunfan.

Sister, the most you lost was your life, but your brother, I lost love. Do you know how difficult it was for me?

Li Polu suddenly understood why He Yushui in the original story would risk his life to trick his brother.

It would be strange if He Yushui didn't hate such a bad thing.

Then, Li Bolu silently took out a big black ten from his pocket and handed it to He Yushui.

"Yushui, thank you for helping me look after the house today."

He Yushui waved her hands and explained hastily, "Brother Li, I'm not here to borrow money from you. I want to ask you, do you want a house? I'm planning to sell my house."

Li Polu rubbed He Yushui's head, and without answering He Yushui's question, he smiled and said, "I know, this is not a loan to you, it's your reward for helping me look after the house. Eat, you must be starving."

Following Li Polu's intimate actions, He Yushui's little face turned red.

Then he picked up the rice and shoveled the food into his mouth frantically.

From time to time, he would steal a glance at Li Polu. In the past, Li Polu always bullied He Yuzhu, and He Yushui always thought he was hateful.

But now when I look at him carefully, I always feel that he has an elegant temperament, handsome face, and his smile is like the warm sunshine and the bright moonlight.

Speaking of which, the third uncle is also a good comrade. As long as you give him some benefits, he will tell you the truth. For example, he said Yi Zhonghai is a wicked man who keeps fooling Shazhu for retirement. He said Liu Haizhong is the retribution for his father's unkindness and his son's unfilial piety. Another example is Qin Huairu, who is a leech that can't be shaken off once you stick to him.

He is a very clear-headed person, but the only thing he can't see clearly is himself.

The days passed one by one for a week, and everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves.

On Saturday, Li Polu went home after get off work. As usual, he chatted with Yan Bugui, but when he passed by the middle court, he was stopped by Sha Zhu.

If the God of War had any advantages, his poor memory was one of them. He had been beaten three times by Li Polu in two weeks, but he didn't remember anything.

Seeing Li Polu coming back, he immediately pulled him to his side in a flattering manner: "Alu, come here, buddy prepared a table of delicious dishes today. Let's have a drink together today."

Li Polu was also puzzled. Ever since he beat Sha Zhu up again last Sunday, Sha Zhu had ignored him for a week.

Normally when we meet, we would even raise our noses to the sky. But today, he actually acted like a lackey, which was very puzzling.

Could it be that Shazhu has some hidden attributes with letters?

However, Li Polu was not afraid of what Sha Zhu would do to him. Someone once warned us: in the face of absolute strength, all conspiracies and tricks are paper tigers.

After Li Polu pushed the bicycle back home, he went to Sha Zhu's house in confusion.

Good guy, two meat dishes and three vegetables, quite tough. As soon as they sat down, Sha Zhu servilely poured a glass of wine for Li Polu.

"Alu! Thank you for your concern about the rain a few days ago. Without saying anything, I'll drink first to show my respect."

After saying that, Sha Zhu raised his wine glass and drank it all.

Li Polu was even more confused. Good fellow, you are really generous. But since you said that, why don't you return the ten dollars to me?