Comfortable life in Siheyuan

Sha Zhu and his family went to the street office early in the morning to get a letter of introduction, and the three of them boarded the train to Baocheng together.

When they arrived in Baocheng, the three did not go to Bai Guafu's house, but went directly to the restaurant where He Daqing worked. When they arrived at the restaurant, they asked whether He Daqing was there, and then waited outside.

It was not until after 2 o'clock that they saw He Daqing coming out with a lunch box. The three of them hurriedly followed him, but after walking a few steps, Sha Zhu stopped He Daqing.

"Dad!" Yu Shui called out "Dad" and tears suddenly fell.

He Daqing saw the three people clearly and quickly pulled Yu Shui: "Yu Shui, don't cry, why are you here?"

Sha Zhu said angrily: "I came here today to see if you are still alive!"

"Dad, how could you be so cruel? You've been gone for so many years and you haven't even sent me a letter. Don't you want Yu Shui anymore?" Yu Shui said tearfully.

"This is not the place to talk, let's go to the front." He Daqing looked around.

Several people came to a small alley together.

"Zhu Zi, Yu Shui, what is this?" He Daqing said to Tian Xiuyun.

"This is my sister-in-law. My brother just got married this month." Yu Shui said. At this moment, Yu Shui calmed down a little.

"Shazhu, Yushui, your father and I also had our own reasons. I just wanted to find another wife to be your stepmother. I didn't want to leave, but I had no choice.

I was tricked by the White Widow. She wanted to thank me for doing her a favor and treated me to a meal, but later, she set me up and I had no choice but to sign a confession. If I hadn't come to Baoding, I would have been shot."

"Then you can't just ignore us, can you? There hasn't been a letter in all these years! You're such a bad father. If it wasn't for the rain, I wouldn't even bother to see you die." Sha Zhu said angrily.

"Zhu Zi, calm down. Let dad finish what he is saying first." Tian Xiuyun persuaded.

"How could I not care about you? Didn't I leave you some money before I left? I also found you a job at the steel mill. At that time, I told Yi Zhonghai to take you to report after I left. You can just go directly to the canteen director. I have arranged everything."

"Wait a minute, you've arranged a job for me, you must be kidding! I wandered around outside for two years before I got a job at the steel mill. If the street office hadn't taken pity on me and let me do odd jobs sometimes, we would both have starved to death." Sha Zhu said with a look of disbelief!

"Zhu Zi, there must be something wrong here! I have secretly sent money and written letters to you and Yu Shui over the years. The remittance slips are all here. I have been sending them until Yu Shui became an adult. I sent them again the year before last, and I also send some during the holidays. The three children of the Bai family are not my children. If it weren't for the confession, I would not let her raise children!" He Daqing said hurriedly.

"Where did you send the money? I haven't received a penny in all these years. Now that you are married to her, why don't you come back to see us?" Sha Zhu asked in a softened tone.

"Yes, Dad, how could you be so cruel that you don't even look at us? I'm your own daughter." Yu Shui choked up again while speaking.

"Ah~ I won't go back. On the one hand, Lao Yi wrote to Zhuzi saying that he hated me and couldn't even mention my name at home. On the other hand..." At this point he looked around and found no one around and whispered, "Our family's ancestral cuisine is Tan's, which is official cuisine. We used to cook for rich people, and before liberation, we were chefs for many high-ranking KMT officials. How did you get your job as a hired farmer? I want to go back. If it's discovered one day, our family will be finished."

Shazhu was dumbfounded when he heard this. There were so many things going on here that his CPU was completely overwhelmed.

Yu Shui also covered her mouth in surprise.

He Daqing continued, "You wait here for a moment. I'll go back and get some things and then come meet you." After saying that, He Daqing got up and left.

"Brother, what should we do now?" Yu Shui was at a loss as to what to do.

"Don't be anxious, just wait here until dad comes." Tian Xiuyun said calmly.

Sha Zhu lit a cigarette and leaned against the wall to smoke. He kept thinking about his father's words and became more and more confused.

Half an hour later, He Daqing came over.

"Shazhu, Yushui, Xiaotian, these are the receipts for the money I have remitted to you over the years. Zhuzi, this is our house deed, and the document of my voluntary transfer to you. You can go back to the street office and transfer the house to your name. This is the recipe book of our family's traditional Tan family dishes. I will give them to you.

I'll give you both rooms of the house, but the wing room will be given to Yu Shui to live in until you get married. Go back to the post office and check the remittance slip. They should have the original copy there to see what's going on."

"Dad, won't you go back with us?" Yu Shui said reluctantly, holding He Daqing's hand.

"I can't go back now. No one here will care about your background. If I go back, it will be hard to say. I have too many acquaintances in Sijiu City, and some things are hard to say." He Daqing said worriedly.

"There must be something fishy about Yi Zhonghai. He must be involved in this." He Daqing said with a firm face.

"Yi Zhonghai has been very nice to me over the years. This shouldn't be the case!" said Sha Zhu.

"Go to the post office first to check the money issue, and then look at the other things when you get back," said He Daqing.

"Okay, then we'll go back today. You can live a good life here. For what you said today, when you can't work anymore and those bastards in the Bai family don't want to support you, you can come back and we'll provide you with food." After saying that, Sha Zhu pulled the two away without looking back. Only he knew how much of a shock he felt at that moment.

The three of them took the train directly back to Beijing.

When I arrived in Beijing, I went directly to the post office. Sha Zhu showed the remittance slip, and the staff found the original money in a short while. It showed that all the money was collected by an old man, including several letters.

Sha Zhu was suddenly really dumbfounded, he could never have imagined this result, no matter how hard he tried, the person who mattered to him was not his father, but Yi Zhonghai, whom he almost regarded as his father.

He returned to the courtyard in a rage, and went straight into Yi Zhonghai's house without even going home. Sha Zhu said to Yi Zhonghai angrily, "Uncle, Yi Zhonghai, can you tell me what's going on with these remittance slips? Why didn't my brother and I receive a penny of the money and letters my father sent? Tell me." The more Sha Zhu spoke, the louder his voice became. All the neighbors in the courtyard came out.

An old lady hurried to the front and stopped Zhuzi: "Zhuzi, what are you doing? Why are you so angry with Lao Yi?"

"Auntie, please ask Yi Zhonghai what he did. Where did the money and letters my father sent me go?" Sha Zhu said angrily.

"The first two years were so difficult for Yu Shui and me. We never had a full meal and were hungry every day. Yu Shui had no money and went to school later than others." Sha Zhu said with tears in his eyes.

Yi Zhonghai's face turned pale instantly, and he swayed and fell on the stool. He said to the lady, "Go and close the door."

After saying that, he got up and walked to the bed, and took out an iron box from under the bed.

"This is the money your father sent to you and your sister. Count it. Your father sent 10 yuan every month at first. A total of 1350 yuan is all in here. I didn't touch a cent.

You spend money lavishly. I wanted to give it to your wife after you get married, but I don't know this wife well, so I plan to see her character before giving it to her. Now that you all know about it, just take it all!" After saying that, he handed the money to Sha Zhu.

"Where's the letter? Where's the letter my father wrote to me?" Yu Shui asked angrily.

"I burned all the letters. I was afraid that you would see the sadness in your faith, so I burned them all." Yi Zhonghai said with a look of grievance.

Sha Zhu's face changed again and again, and finally Tian Xiuyun pulled him back.

"Yi Zhonghai, let's just forget about this. After all, Auntie was nice to me in the past. But from now on, our families are separated and we should not have any contact in the future." Sha Zhu said solemnly!

After saying that, he took Yu Shui and Tian Xiuyun home without looking back.

When they got home, the three of them gathered around the table. Sha Zhu asked, "Do you believe what Yi Zhonghai said?"

"No one would believe this." said Yu Shui!

Tian Xiuyun showed a thoughtful expression, and after a while she said, "This person is very scheming. We should not have any contact with him in the future. He is too scary. Is there anything else he can't figure out? Yushui, write a letter to your father and ask him. He should be able to guess it."

"Well, I'll go tomorrow and send it directly to his unit so that he doesn't miss it." Yu Shui said.

"I'll go and get the house formalities done in the next two days. Xiuyun, stay at home during the day and have less contact with the people in the compound, so as not to be schemed against by them."

"Yes, I know." Tian Xiuyun also looked solemn.

"This 1350 yuan is given to Yu Shui by your father. I'm giving it to you as a dowry." Sha Zhu said to Yu Shui.

"Brother, I have eaten your food and used your money for so many years, and you even paid for me to go to high school. I'd better give this money to you! I don't want it!" Yu Shui said.

"How about this, we'll each take half, I'll give you 700 and I'll keep 650 for us to share, and the remaining 700 will be your dowry in the future. Save the money first. When you get married, you'll have the confidence to take it to your in-laws' house." Sha Zhu said!

"Okay, I'll go cook. I'm hungry after a tiring day." Tian Xiuyun said.

"I'll go, I'll go." Sha Zhu really loves his wife.

"Sister-in-law, look how good my brother is to you. You don't even have to cook for you." Yu Shui also praised Sha Zhu.

"He thinks my cooking isn't as delicious as his!"

"No way!"

Liu Qingshan watched the excitement for a long time and came home. He sat down with his parents and started chatting: "This Yi Zhonghai is amazing. He can even make this up. Amazing!"

"Indeed, this person is very scheming and sinister. He obviously wants to make Sha Zhu and his son enemies and end their relationship. It's too cruel."

"From now on, there will be no one to take care of them in the compound. Actually, the lady is a nice person. Alas~"