Siheyuan: The Rebirth of the Silly Pillar in the 50s

Yan family.

He Daqing and his son visited in person and proposed the house change to Yan Bugui straight to the point.

Yang Ruihua immediately objected.

"Change a house?! We live well in our house, why should we trade with you?"

"Ruihua!"

Yan Bugui quickly stopped her and asked her to get out quickly.

"No, Lao Yan. We live well at home, what would we exchange for..."

"Get out when I tell you to! Don't interrupt us men while you women are talking!"

Yang Ruihua was pushed out of the door by Yan Bugui and turned around to smile at He Daqing and his son.

"What do you want to do instead?"

Yan Bugui thought that since it was the He family and his son who took the initiative to come to see him, according to their family's style of doing things, it would naturally benefit him.

He asked this because he wanted to find out what they were thinking.

He Daqing didn't speak, and set the profile of the head of the family very high.

The father and son had agreed that He Daqing should behave like a conscientious father outside.

At home, of course He Yuzhu has the final say.

"Uncle Yan, we took the initiative to come to you, and we must also ask for your opinion. Since you agreed, we won't waste any time and just move."

When Yan Bugui heard this, he pushed up his glasses and said, "There's no rush to move. Since we want to talk, we must negotiate the terms first."

"Then tell me, what are your conditions?"

Without saying anything, Yan Bugui went directly to the house to find a tape ruler and an abacus.

He was holding these two things and wearing glasses. He looked like a bookkeeper in the old society.

"Our two homes are probably about the same size, but there are still some slight differences in the details. I don't want to suffer a loss, and of course I don't want you to suffer a loss either. Let's measure the house first, and then we can negotiate the terms after the measurement is completed."

The He family father and son had long expected that he would do something like this, so they naturally nodded in agreement.

Yan Bugui first measured his own.

"This is a big one in our house, with two rooms and one living room in total. The living room covers an area of ​​[-] square meters, and the two rooms add up to [-] square meters. To be more specific, the total area is [-] square meters . This ruler measured it, I didn’t lie to you.”

"What about the cabin?"

Yan Bugui smiled and went on to dry his little house.

"The hut is just one room without a hall. I measured it to be twenty-two square meters. In total, my two rooms add up to [-] square meters."

"Then it's yours and our family's too."

He Yuzhu led Yan Bugui to the middle courtyard.

The two families were taking measurements in the middle courtyard, which confused the neighbors.

"Lao Yan, Lao He, what are you doing?"

"Are you ready to build a house? You'll need a ruler!"

"Uncle Yan and we are planning to change houses!"

He Yuzhu said loudly on purpose.

It’s really easy for the deaf old lady in the backyard to lose her hearing when her voice is low.

Sure enough, she heard these words just as she walked to the middle courtyard to watch the excitement.

My heart suddenly thumped.

He Yuzhu and Yan Bugui changed houses, wouldn't that mean they were far away from him?

Before she could take down the father and son, they were pulled apart.

Wouldn't it be quite troublesome for her legs and feet to travel across two courtyards in one day to find them?

"Change house?!"

The neighbors were surprised at first.

"Why do you want to change if you live well?"

"That's right, Zhuzi. Don't be fooled by Yan Bugui. Their house is not necessarily bigger than yours."

"You are talking nonsense!"

Yan Bugui explained: "It was Zhuzi who took the initiative to ask me to exchange it!"

"Yes, you all misunderstood. I asked Uncle Yan to change it. I am going to be a day student at the beginning of school. I live in a lot of ghosts and snakes in the middle courtyard. I am afraid that it will affect my study. I moved to the front yard to keep it clean."

Ghosts and monsters?

The deaf old lady rolled her eyes.

Is He Yuzhu talking about the Jia family or himself?

No matter what, if you want to win over the He family and his son, you can't keep them away from you.

If you're far away, you can't get closer.

Thinking of this, the deaf old lady squeezed into the crowd with a cane.

"You can't change this house! You can't change it!"

Everyone looked sideways and saw that it was a deaf old lady and made way for her to speak out.

"Old lady, what do you think about our two houses changing houses?"

"Yan Bugui, have you forgotten? This house was left to you by your father. Have you forgotten He Daqing too? This house was also left to you by your father! It's all the ancestral home!"

"Yeah, what's wrong with that?"

He Daqing and Yan Bugui were confused.

"Exchanging ancestral homes will lead to disaster! Wouldn't this mean exchanging the foundation and ruining the fortune!"

Yan Bugui panicked immediately when he heard the word "lost money".

I almost want to give up.

He Daqing did not take any action. He was a staunch atheist and naturally did not believe in this.

"old lady."

He Yuzhu smiled at the deaf old lady and said, "Are you engaging in feudal superstition?"

The deaf old lady was stunned for a moment and was actually choked.

"Changing houses is a matter between our He family and Yan family. The He family is happy, we are happy, but you are not happy?"

"Zhuzi, you are still young, I don't blame you. If it is not the ancestral home, I will definitely not care. But what is the difference between changing the ancestral home and changing the ancestors? What should you do if your ancestors come back for the holidays and can't find the door? ?”

"Oh."

He Yuzhu asked, "Did your ancestors live here for generations?"

"no."

No one knows exactly when the deaf old lady moved into the compound.

No one knows what she did before.

"Did your ancestors find the wrong door during the festival?"

The neighbors snickered.

The deaf old lady was embarrassed.

"Everything I told you was good, Zhuzi, why didn't you listen?"

"I dropped the money on the floor and I didn't know how to pick it up? You said good things and I couldn't help but listen?"

He Yuzhu suddenly said loudly: "You are old, I don't blame you. But what you said about ancestors, foundation, and wealth. If these words are heard by people outside the compound, you will have to do it tonight. Go see your ancestors!"

The deaf old lady suddenly turned dark.

"How do you speak, child?"

"How do you, an old lady, talk?"

He Yuzhu took a step forward.

"It's obviously a good thing for our two families to exchange houses. That's what you said when you came up. Who are you cursing? Are you cursing me, Uncle Yan, to make you lose money?"

Yan Bugui's eyes widened.

This is the reaction.

"Yes, old lady. What you said is too harsh. In order to study hard, Zhuzi just wanted to change houses with me to hide away. I have good intentions, why are you still cursing me!"

The deaf old lady was speechless and froze on the spot.

He Yuzhu continued to take a step forward.

"If you have nothing to do, just sew your shoe mats in the house. Don't come out and curse people. When you are old, you should accumulate virtue."

"you!"

The deaf old lady was scolded for being immoral.

But he couldn't say a word to refute.

I could only mutter: "You young people don't understand anything! I'm too lazy to tell you!"

"If you're too lazy to tell me, don't waste your time!"

He Yuzhu didn't spoil her either.

The deaf old lady almost stumbled and fell.

He turned around and asked Yan Bugui: "Have you measured it yet? Uncle Yan? How many do we have?"

"Your house is [-] square meters. I will suffer a small loss, and you can make up the difference for me. We will move today."