The life of a villain in a courtyard

"Brother Zhuzi, it's no wonder that Yu Shui is angry. You really shouldn't have given Qin Huairu a lunch box. It will make people talk about it, and it will have a bad impact on your reputation and Yu Shui's reputation."

"Influence? What kind of influence can it have? I'm just promoting a style of helping each other and helping poor neighbors. What's there to discuss? If you want to talk about reputation, it's a good reputation."

Su Yun shook his head speechlessly. There was only a wrong name, not a wrong nickname. Sha Zhu was indeed stupid in this regard.

"Let me give you an example, Sister Xiao'e. If you are a person of marriageable age who is not married and is planning to go on a blind date, and then you find out that your blind date is having an affair with a widow and often sends her food to help her, would your first reaction be that this person is kind and helpful or that this person has a problem with his character and is having an abnormal relationship with a widow?"

"You must think there's something wrong with his character. Who would help a widow all day? Don't you think he should avoid suspicion when he's grown up?"

Su Yun looked at Sha Zhu without saying a word and let him taste it himself.

"That's just superficial of you. They only need to come to the courtyard and ask around to know that I am willing to help others."

Seeing that Sha Zhu was still not convinced, Su Yun asked Lou Xiao'e another question.

"Sister Xiao'e, let's talk about the background just now. If you knew that this person helped the widow, would you choose to come to the Siheyuan to inquire carefully or directly refuse to go on a blind date with him?"

"Of course I refused. It's not like I don't have anyone who wants me, so why would I spend so much energy on someone whose character might be questionable?"

Su Yun spread his hands towards Sha Zhu. To some extent, the issue of marriage had almost become a source of worry for Sha Zhu. He saw other people having wives and children all day long while he himself was still a bachelor. If he continued like this, he would probably become a family without a son like the old man. Bringing this matter up would surely impress Sha Zhu.

As expected, Sha Zhu fell silent after hearing this. Many people in later generations thought that Sha Zhu liked widows, but Su Yun thought otherwise. He felt that in the end Sha Zhu married Qin Huairu not because he inherited the He family's liking for widows as everyone said, but rather it was a helpless act.

In the early period of Siheyuan, Sha Zhu was committed to blind dating to find a wife. During this period, he met Qin Jingru and Ran Qiuye, but their relationships were ruined. Later, he was with Lou Xiao'e, but because of Xu Damao's malicious revenge, the two were separated. Sha Zhu waited for Lou Xiao'e for several years until the children of the Jia family grew up. In the later period, Sha Zhu was old and invested too much in the Jia family. Finally, he married Qin Huairu when he really couldn't find a wife. Of course, this was also inseparable from the calculations of the people in the courtyard.

To sum up, he felt that Sha Zhu could still be saved. As long as the road was cut off at the beginning, Sha Zhu would not fall in love with the widow like in the TV series.

"Brother, if you still want to find a wife, you can't help Qin Huairu anymore!"

"But I promised Master that I would deliver lunch boxes to the Jia family in the future."

Sha Zhu was a little embarrassed. How could a man of seven feet tall not keep his word? A gentleman should keep his word.

"That's easy. From now on, don't bring a lunch box. Share all the leftovers with the people in the kitchen."

"How can that be possible? As the old saying goes, a cook who doesn't steal the crops won't share the harvest. Besides, why shouldn't I take something that even the factory manager doesn't care about?"

Sha Zhu didn't understand. Weren't they discussing whether or not to send lunch boxes to the Jia family? Why did it bring up this matter? This was a benefit given to him by the factory leaders, so why shouldn't he refuse it?

"For so many years, you have been able to carry a net bag filled with lunch boxes home every day. There are so many people in our hospital who are short of food and clothing, but you are the only one who blatantly takes advantage of the public funds to enjoy the good life. If this continues, you will be hated by others.

What if one day someone dislikes you and reports you for stealing public property? Do you think the factory director will do anything about it? Will the factory leader punish you? If that happens, you will be covered in mud and shit. "

Sha Zhu went home thoughtfully. He was thinking about what Su Yun said the whole night and hardly slept. The next day he went to the cafeteria with dark circles under his eyes.

"Hey, silly Zhu, what's wrong with you? You have such dark circles under your eyes. Are you not sleeping all night? Are you lonely and unbearable?"

"Ha ha ha ha."

Sha Zhu ignored Liu Lan and found a place to catch up on his sleep, waiting for Ma Hua to call him when it was time to cook.

"Master, Master, it's time to cook."

"what time is it?"

Sha Zhu took the basin of water brought by Ma Hua and washed his face to refresh himself.

"It's half past ten."

The canteen had the same dishes as usual today, including eggplant, radish, potato, cabbage and some pork belly. Sha Zhu led the kitchen staff and finally managed to prepare the meal before mealtime.

"Master, this is the freshly cooked food. Fatty took Shazhu's lunch box very servilely, and saw that the lunch box was filled with nearly one-third of meat."

Sha Zhu looked at the lunch box and thought of what Su Yun said yesterday. He then looked at the envious eyes of the people around him and said, "Ma Hua, Liu Lan, you guys should share the lunch boxes. I won't bring any food back from now on."

"Silly Zhu, are you possessed by evil spirits? Why has your temperament changed so drastically?"

Liu Lan's face was full of disbelief. He couldn't believe that the Sha Zhu in front of him was still the Sha Zhu he knew. He actually pushed the fat meat out of his mouth.

"You are the one who is possessed. Do you want it or not? If not, I will take it back."

"I want I want."

Don’t be a fool if something comes to your door.

"Ma Hua, go and arrange the people in the kitchen so that each of them can take charge for one day to avoid quarrels."

"I understand, master."

That night, Qin Huairu was washing clothes in the middle courtyard while looking towards the door. Yi Zhonghai said that Sha Zhu would bring lunch boxes to their house every day in the future.

"Zhu Zi, you're back."

Qin Huairu looked at Sha Zhu's hand but saw nothing.

"Silly Zhu, where's your lunch box?"

"I didn't bring a lunch box today, and there's no leftovers in the cafeteria."

Qin Huairu came up empty-handed and turned around to tell Yi Zhonghai about it.

"Zhu Zi, I heard that you didn't bring your lunch box today?"

After receiving the notice, Yi Zhonghai immediately came to find Sha Zhu.

"I went home yesterday and thought about it carefully. I feel that I can't go on like this. You always taught me to be helpful and not selfish, so I decided to distribute lunch boxes to everyone in the kitchen from now on."

Yi Zhonghai shot himself in the foot.