Siheyuan: Little Miracle Doctor

"Hey! Let's ask Jie Cheng to buy some coal briquettes tomorrow. Fortunately, we followed Ye Shu's example and sealed the outside with glass!"

"You said the weather is going to get colder?"

"I hope I am just worrying too much. I can buy some briquettes and use them later if I can't use them all. I just bought them in advance!"

"You see, it's best if this cold wave doesn't come. If it does, the temperature will drop a lot."

"At this time, Yan Jiecheng walked in, looking very worried."

Yan Bugui was still looking at his enamel pot. Even if he saw Yan Jiecheng's expression, he would not ask any more questions.

The third aunt saw Yan Jiecheng's expression and said, "Jiecheng, what's wrong with you? Didn't you go on a date with the girl from Old Yu's family?"

Yan Jiecheng sighed and replied, "Yes, Mom and Dad. I mentioned it before, Yu Li didn't seem very satisfied with me. But today she came to me and said that if I could give her 20 yuan as a betrothal gift, she would marry me."

"In fact, she doesn't really care about money," Yan Jiecheng explained, "but her mother is sick and hospitalized and needs surgery. After I learned the news, I immediately came back to see what to do about it and what you think, mom and dad."

The third aunt was undecided and said, "Dad, what do you think we should do about this?"

Yan Bugui pushed his glasses and said, "You shouldn't ask me about this. You should ask what the boss thinks."

"If you want to get married, it's a big deal, we'll just give you the money, but look! Your two brothers and sister are getting older, and they'll need money for more things in the future. If you spend more, they won't have anything to spend."

"I, your father, have no other intentions. I have always been very fair to you all."

How could Yan Jiecheng not know what his father was thinking? But he did like Yu Li, so he thought for a moment and said, "Dad, I'll lend you this money. I'll pay it back slowly after we get married. Is that okay with you?"

"Well, of course, as long as you don't regret it."

At Ye Shu's house, after the three of them had packed up the local specialties sent by their fellow villagers, He Yushui said, "Brother Ye, what do you think we should do with all this money?"

Ye Shu said: "The money belongs to you two brothers. It is not appropriate for me to get involved. You two brothers should figure out a solution."

Sha Zhu said, "I don't want any of this money. I'll give it all to Yu Shui and save it for her dowry in the future."

He Yushui said, "That won't work. This money is given to us by our father. Besides, you are not young anymore. It's time to get married."

"No, this is the money Dad gave you. You can't take it no matter what I say."

He Yushui looked at Ye Shu and said, "Brother Ye, please give us some advice!"

"If you ask me, why don't you two take half each? That would be much simpler."

He Yushui said happily: "Well, we will listen to you and do it this way."

After that, He Yushui divided the money into two parts, handed one to Sha Zhu, took out 20 yuan from the other part and put it on his body, and gave the rest to Ye Shu and said, "Brother Ye, please keep these for me. I'm afraid it's not safe for one person to carry so much money."

"Haha, aren't you afraid that I'll embezzle it for you?"

"Don't worry, it would be better if you embezzled it. Then I will marry you and rely on you for the rest of my life."

Ye Shu didn't know what to say! "Why did you leave it with me? You could have left it with your brother."

"Humph, if I leave it with him, I won't know if the money still belongs to me when I come back!

Sha Zhu scratched his head in confusion and said, "Your money is your money, why doesn't it belong to you?"

"That's possible. You donated all the ten kilograms of flour I brought back to me! I guess the money will go into Widow Qin's pocket in less than two days, right?"

"Yushui, don't talk nonsense. I just felt sorry for Sister Qin, so I helped her."

"Huh, when you helped her, did you ever think of me? You just saw that she was pitiful, but when I was pitiful, why didn't I see you helping me?"

Ye Shu said speechlessly: "Well, that's enough. I'll keep the money for you. If you two want to quarrel, go back home and don't bother me here."

Sha Zhu turned around and said, "Let's not talk about our business for now, let's talk about you first."

"Talking about me? What did you say about me?"

"I was wrong before, but I have to talk to you about this matter. With such good conditions, why do you want to find a country girl?"

Ye Shuyi frowned and said: "What's wrong with rural girls? I think they are pretty good."

"I'm not saying that rural girls are bad. For someone like you who has been to college, you are at least a high school student, right? Shouldn't you find a girl from the city?"

"At least you should have a junior high school education. Both of you have jobs and food rations. Isn't that an enviable life?"

Ye Shu looked at Sha Zhu speechlessly and said, "Okay, let's do as you said. Find a girl who is both knowledgeable and beautiful. The salary will be the same as mine. A girl like this is not one in a thousand, but she is outstanding, right?"

"Let me ask you, who will do the housework at home in the future? Who will do the laundry and cooking? Who will give birth to and take care of the children?"

Sha Zhu didn't even respond and said, "Her, is there any need to think about this? Aren't these all women's jobs?"

"Why?"

"Why?"

"Isn't their education lower than yours? Is their salary lower than yours? We all work and earn a salary. Why should women do these jobs?"

"Sha Zhu frowned, feeling that what Ye Shu said made sense, but also felt that something was wrong."

"Let me ask you again, if I take food to the countryside, all the girls in the village will come to me for selection, and I will have to rummage around to find the girl I like."

"After marriage, the girl will cook for me, wash my clothes, do housework, and give birth to my children? I just need to bring home some money every month to support the family. If it were you, which one would you choose?"

Shazhu seemed to be in a trance, muttering, "Which one should I choose? If it were me, which one would I choose?"

As he was talking, he went home alone. He Yushui came to the door, looked at Sha Zhu's leaving back, turned his head and looked at Ye Shu and asked: "Brother Ye, my Sha Zhu is not crazy, right?"

"It's okay, don't worry, he's fine. You still want to teach me a lesson with just these two tricks? Your brother is really interesting!"

Ye Shu didn't care about Sha Zhu. He could go wherever he wanted and it had nothing to do with him if he died.

He Yushui was also thinking about what Ye Shu had said in her mind: city people who are educated and earn a lot of money really don’t have to do housework and take care of children?

He Yushui looked at Ye Shu and asked, "Brother Ye, if a girl from the city is educated and earns a lot of money, does that mean she doesn't have to do housework?"

Ye Shu was drinking water, and when he heard He Yushui's words, he suddenly spit out and said, "What kind of logic is this?"