I am He Yuzhu in Siheyuan

On Sunday, He Yuzhu took Brick to the library and borrowed some books on mechanical engineering, physics and mathematics that Yu Shui had had before. He Yuzhu also gave Brick a copy of Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

"Dad, I've read Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms before. Shouldn't I focus on studying now? Do I need to read them again?"

"It's not for you to read. It's for someone to tell you."

"Tell me? I can read it, why do I need someone to tell me? I can understand it."

"No, you don't understand. There are 11 people in that group, right?"

"Yes what's the matter?"

"Seven of them can teach you physics, mathematics and mechanical engineering, two will teach you military boxing, and the remaining two will tell you Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms."

"what?"

"What? Just learn. Even if you don't use it, you have to understand it. Also, don't tell anyone what they teach you or what they teach you, especially in the hospital."

"Okay, I'll remember it."

The Chinese New Year is only a week away, and this year there are only 31 days of rest, so He Yuzhu needs to prepare things in advance.

The next day, Brick carried a schoolbag filled with some prepared books and followed He Yuzhu to the steel rolling mill.

In the morning, Brick continued to study in the office, and in the afternoon he was still waiting at the old place.

When the two new teachers came to clean the room, Brick took out the questions he didn't know how to solve in the morning and asked for help.

Fatty and Ma Hua picked up the broom and mop and took over with ease.

Brick led the two teachers into He Yuzhu's office, then took out the books from the schoolbag and gave them to the two teachers.

"My father took me to the library yesterday to borrow some of my aunt's old textbooks. My father also gave me a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West, saying that he wanted the two teachers who didn't teach me to explain them to me."

"Well, okay, we'll teach you math first, and you can also try to learn physics. You should remember the mechanics first, and then we'll ask your father to prepare something for practice. As for the two books, I'll give them to those two people first, and they'll ask for you then."

"Okay, thank you teacher."

He Yuzhu stood guard at the cafeteria door until Brick and the two teachers came out.

After Brick brought the two teachers out, He Yuzhu greeted them and nodded slightly to each other. Then He Yuzhu went back to the cafeteria to prepare tonight's reward.

After Brick delivered the lunch box, the two of them walked home.

"Dad, I gave the books to the teacher. They said they can teach me math and physics first. Mechanical engineering will require you to prepare things when the time comes."

"Well, I understand. The steel mill has no shortage of supplies. You don't have to worry about it."

"Also, those two teachers said that they would teach me Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West after I turned 12. I don't like listening to them now. I can't digest too much.

The two teachers who wanted to teach me military boxing said that it was winter and not suitable for stretching, so they told me to run more and they would teach me in the spring.

"Well, what they said makes sense. They are more professional than your father. You don't have to worry about anything. Just study hard and don't let your father and the boss down."

"Well, I will."

The Siheyuan has been very peaceful recently, and the entire capital city has been very quiet. There is only one Banggeng left in the courtyard, and all the others who could cause trouble have gone to the countryside.

He Yuzhu doesn't care about what's going on in the yard. All three uncles have been fired. Xu Damao is now keeping his tail between his legs and goes to the countryside to show movies when he has nothing to do. The two widows of the Jia family can't do anything either.

The two widows of the Jia family are worried now, even more worried than the last time He Yuzhu and Xu Damao beat Bang Geng. After all, they were from the same courtyard last time, and He Yuzhu did not kill them all.

This time it is a national policy that all children of school age must go to the countryside, including the children of high-ranking officials and the second generation of the rich compounds. After the Chinese New Year in May, Banggeng will have to go to the countryside, and they are also trying to find a solution.

Banggeng is the only male in the family and the lifeblood of the two widows. They all came from rural areas and they all knew the hardships in rural areas. They believed that their children would not be able to endure that kind of hardship.

But the second generation and children of high-ranking officials had all gone to the countryside. What could they do? Not to mention that they couldn't take the job at the steel rolling mill, even if they could, their family would starve to death. Yi Zhonghai had long since stopped caring about her family.

Unlike his grandmother and mother, Banggeng is living a comfortable life now. School is like herding sheep, it doesn't matter whether he goes to school or not, and those who can bully him in the yard have all gone to the countryside, so he is having fun now.

He Yuzhu brought the brick back home and the whole family started eating.

He Yuzhu didn't bring back a lunch box today, so the whole family ate kimchi together. Now people all over the country usually eat pickles, and everyone lives this way.

Of course, Little Moon had a bowl of steamed eggs for herself. No one else could suffer. After all, she was still young and could not eat kimchi because it was too spicy.

After dinner, I took the three children out for a walk, and then let Brick and Bullet go back to the house to play. They had to go to bed at 9 o'clock.

Little Moon lay down on her little bed and fell asleep soon.

He Yuzhu pulled Xingzhi into the kitchen and said, "Don't get me wrong, I'm just working."

He Yuzhu put the stuffing he had prepared in advance into the bowl and said to Xingzhi:

"The noise from chopping stuffing is too loud, so I chopped it in the factory. I made 15 kilograms of dumplings in the past two days and froze them at night. I slowly brought the dumplings into the factory as my son's apprenticeship gift. We made them quietly at night and put them away in the morning. Don't tell anyone."

"Okay, boss, I'll do whatever you say."

"Well, get to work. I'll knead the dough first."

Time passed quickly and it was already twenty-nine in a blink of an eye.

I'm giving Brick a day off today. He can't study every day. The child is still young and needs to relax. I have to go to the steel mill to find him after 3pm.

He Yuzhu carried two big geese into the steel mill. He waited until the workers came to work before entering. Except for the security department, no one was surprised.

He Yuzhu handed the two big geese to his two apprentices, asked them to prepare them first, and then taught them how to stew the geese at noon.

He Yuzhu first took out six bottles of Fenjiu, which were bought 6 years ago and had been kept in the space cellar. He then took out a two-jin jar of rice wine and put it in the office in advance.

Then I went out to stew the goose.

At noon, call Liu Lan out first.

"Sister Lan, take this dish and this bottle of wine to my brother Li's office and tell him that I'm treating him to New Year's Eve. I have something to do in the afternoon and can't drink with him. Please accompany him for me."

"Okay, don't worry, I'll send it to Lao Li right away."

After Liu Lan left, He Yuzhu distributed the remaining dishes to everyone in the kitchen and asked everyone to have a taste.

"Lao Li, this is a gift from Zhuzi. He said he had something to do in the afternoon and couldn't sit with you for a while, so he asked me to do it for you."

Liu Lan brought a small pot of food, some braised pancakes, and the bottle of Fenjiu.

"What can this Zhu do? He won't be working tomorrow, and he won't have any special meals tonight."

Li Huaide said casually.

"Zhu Zi has been very busy recently. You don't know that his son has been coming to the cafeteria to study every day in the past two weeks. I also often see several inmates coming into his office to tutor his son."

Liu Lan said in a low voice.

Li Huaide frowned when he heard this, then he smiled.

"This He Yuzhu is amazing, don't you have any thoughts when you see him?"

"What can I think? My child is already in junior high school. High school classes have been suspended. He will go to the countryside in the future. Besides, He Yuzhu asks his son to give those people a meat dish every day. I can't afford it."

After hearing this, Li Huaide smiled and said nothing more. He said that he was not his son, so why should he care so much? Besides, I have already asked you this, and if you just ask, I can afford to buy you some meat or vegetables. I still have the final say over the steel mill.

Li Huaide didn't tell the others who that group of people were. This matter was not something that could be made public. He Yuzhu asked Liu Lan to come and greet him today.

Li Huaide now admires He Yuzhu. Why didn’t I have a father like this when I was a child!

"This wine is good, it has a vintage, the pillars are bleeding!"

"Right? It's Fenjiu. I heard that this is what people drank when the country was founded."

Li Huaide smiled and said, "Never mind, let's just take what we need. I really can't take you all."

In the afternoon, Brick came over with a package on his back, which his mother asked him to give to his father. He went all the way to the back kitchen. Everyone in the security department knew that this was Director He's son, so naturally no one stopped him.

After everyone else got off work in the afternoon, He Yuzhu sent his two apprentices away, continued to steam the other goose, and started to light a fire and make dumplings.

"Brick, call all your masters over and tell them I'm treating them to dumplings for the New Year."

"okay!"

Brick went out to call people. After a while, the dumplings were cooked and people came over.

"My dear seniors, thank you for your dedication in teaching my son Jianguo. I won't say much during this special period. Tomorrow is a holiday, and today is the Chinese New Year. I will treat you all to dumplings."

"Young man, you are a good man and a good father!" someone replied.

"I'm just a cook, I don't have any great skills or ambitions, but my son is talented, I can't hold him back, so I'll leave everything to you seniors from now on."

He Yuzhu kept a low profile, and everyone else looked at him without saying a word.

"My wife and I prepared 15 kilograms of dumplings and a pot of vegetables, two lunch boxes of dumplings for each person. You can take this pot of vegetables over for a midnight snack. You won't be working tomorrow, so you can take the steamed buns and vegetables left for you."

"Okay, we'll take it."

"Well, seniors, go back first. I have a small gift for you. Brick, let's go to the office to get something."

A group of people started to serve dumplings. Two people from the army carried the pot, while He Yuzhu and Brick went to get the wine.

Brick carried the jar of rice wine, and He Yuzhu carried six bottles of Fenjiu, and they walked towards the old man's dormitory.

A group of old men's eyes lit up when they saw the father and son hugging each other and they stared at them.

"Brick, pour some wine for the teachers. One teacup for each person, no more. If anyone can't handle white wine, pour yellow wine."

"Boy, we will help you teach your son, don't be so stingy, leave them all."

"Yes, all stay."

It’s not that He Yuzhu didn’t want to give it, but he was afraid that someone would drink himself to death.

"Dear seniors, during this special period, just relax and enjoy the wine. It's not that I don't want to give it up, these are 10-year-old wines."

The old men were silent. Yes, who needs a bicycle when they already have wine?

Every time Zhuantou poured a cup of wine, he would say "Please, teacher", and he poured each cup slowly. After he finished pouring, He Yuzhu spoke.

"Dear seniors, please drink slowly. We, father and son, will not disturb you. Today is also the New Year, so everyone should eat and drink well."

Then he went back with the bricks.

He Yuzhu first put the remaining wine in the office, then cleaned the dumpling pot. The goose pot was on the stove in their room, so it didn't need to be cleaned. Then he took Brick and left.

A group of old men were in the dormitory and hadn't eaten yet. Then two old men came in and said,

"I just saw that the person left but didn't take the wine with him."

"Old man, what do you want to do? Don't you know our situation?"

"Hey, I don't steal or rob, what can I do?"

"Then go out and see if they got any wine."

"If we don't do anything, we can let the little guy do it."

"You old man, people gave their son to you to learn something, and you taught him to steal? No wonder you were sent to the farm, you deserve it!"

"Nonsense, that's taking. It's only natural for a son to take his father's things!"

Another old man also said

"Yes, we are teaching him the spirit of fearlessness. Even if there are no difficulties, we have to create them."

"You two old bastards, you take other people's food and steal their homes. You are such a piece of shit."

A group of old men spent the Spring Festival cursing each other and eating and drinking.