Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

After listening to the old man's advice, Sha Zhu nodded and agreed. The coarse cloth was taken out of his mouth. Sha Zhu coughed for a long time and wanted to pat his chest with his hands, but he was tied up and wanted to curse again.

"If you keep scolding me, I'll stuff it back into your pocket." The uncle threatened, and then said, "At the meeting of the whole hospital yesterday, Xu Damao's family agreed to give you ten yuan a month for living expenses until your eyes recover. This ten yuan will be given to Qin Huairu to manage. She will take care of your future life. What do you think?"

Sha Zhu immediately replied: "Not so good? You can buy a pair of my eyes for ten yuan? I want Xu Damao to go to jail and make him pay for my eyes."

"What happened yesterday was that even when the police came, it was you two who were fighting, and you were the first to start. The main responsibility is you. Your eyes were blinded by your own bumping into the wall. If Xu Damao hadn't blinded you, the police court wouldn't have found him guilty. Lou Xiao'e has agreed to compensate you ten yuan a month, which is not a small amount. I agreed to it on your behalf yesterday. If you don't agree, go ahead and sue. Don't regret it when you end up with nothing." The old man first reasoned and then threatened.

Sha Zhu said nothing, just lowered his head and breathed heavily.

The uncle let Sha Zhu take a break and said, "If you don't say anything, it means you agree. Then when you return to the hospital, don't bother Xu Damao."

Sha Zhu was taken back to the courtyard by the old man. Everyone came to greet him when he entered the courtyard. Sha Zhu was very touched. Yu Shui also came back. Seeing her brother being supported by the old man and taking cautious steps, Yu Shui quickly ran over and hugged her brother with tears streaming down her face.

An old lady was also standing by, wiping away tears.

Everyone helped Sha Zhu into the house. There was half a basin of clean water in the basin stand by the door, and a half-worn towel was placed on the stand. The table in the middle of the hall was wiped clean, and the bed next to it was neatly made. It turned out that Qin Huairu had quickly entered the role and got up early to clean up and prepare for Sha Zhu to be discharged from the hospital.

Qin Huairu quickly brought the food over and took care of Sha Zhu while he was eating.

Yu Shui was very satisfied with Qin Huairu's performance. Qin Huairu had taken good care of her when she was a child. Sometimes she would comb her hair and braid her hair, help her wash clothes, and tell her what girls should pay attention to, which were things that a rough man like Shazhu could not do.

Qin Huairu performed well again today. Yu Shui was grateful to her sister Qin from the bottom of her heart and felt relieved to leave her brother to her sister Qin's care.

Sha Zhu knew that he would not delay his sister's studies, so Yu Shui went to school at ease the next day.

Ever since Shazhu became blind, he has become very withdrawn, not talking much and not willing to go out.

At the beginning, an old man would come to see him every day and talk to him, but he wouldn't say anything. Gradually, the old man came less often.

Every day when Qin Huairu delivered meals to him and cleaned the house, she would talk to him, but he would ignore her. Later on, she had to deliver meals and collect the dishes twice, and neither of them spoke to each other.

On the contrary, the deaf old lady who seldom came before came every now and then, and sometimes Lou Xiao'e would come along. Xu Damao once asked about it, and Lou Xiao'e said that after all, since they were related, it was reasonable for her to go and take a look. The old lady often talked to Sha Zhu about his childhood and comforted him.

A month passed quickly, and the rain came back once. I felt relieved to see that my brother's eyes had not recovered but his mental state was okay. I told Yi Ye and Qin Huairu that I had to take an internship exam and might not be able to come back for two months, and asked them to take good care of my brother.

After Qin Huairu put down the meal and left, a man came in quietly. He did not steal money or food, but added some mucus to Sha Zhu's steamed buns and put some saliva in the corn porridge. Then he covered his mouth and watched Sha Zhu eat it, then he walked out quietly and laughed loudly.

A neighbor passing by asked him, "Xu Damao, what are you laughing at?"

"It's okay, haha, I just remembered a funny story in a movie, haha." Xu Damao couldn't help laughing proudly when he answered.

After that, Xu Damao would come, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu would also come, and the Yan brothers would occasionally come too.

Another month passed, and the rains did not return. Sha Zhu's eyes still showed no signs of recovery.

Qin Huairu brought food over in the evening, but she didn't leave immediately. Instead, she said to Sha Zhu, "Sha Zhu, the food ration has been reduced recently, and there is not enough food. I want to replace the white flour with cornmeal. Do you think it's okay?" Sha Zhu nodded.

The next day, the steamed buns made of Erhe flour were replaced with cornmeal steamed buns, served with some pickles, and the soup was still there.

A few days later, Qin Huairu said that the children were growing older and eating more and more. There was no more food to make porridge, so Sha Zhu only had one steamed bun for each meal.

Seeing that Shazhu was getting thinner and thinner, the old lady would occasionally give him a white flour bun, saying that she was too old to eat so much. Banggeng saw this, and sometimes Shazhu was reluctant to eat it, so Banggeng took the opportunity to take the bun away or eat it in front of Shazhu. When Banggeng was eating, he would pay attention to whether Shazhu heard him, and at this time Shazhu would lower his head as if he was asleep.

On New Year's Day, an unexpected person came to the courtyard.

"Master He, it's the holiday season, I came to see you, why are you so thin, are you sick?"

Sha Zhu did not answer the question, but asked: "Who are you?"

"I'm Ma Hua. Master He, are you feeling unwell? How about I accompany you to see a doctor?" Ma Hua walked up to Sha Zhu and held his arm.

"No, I'm not sick, I'm just upset." Sha Zhu patted Ma Hua's arm, "How are you? Did squad leader Zhao teach you how to cook?"

"No, he said my apprenticeship time has not yet been completed and it will take another year."

"Then wait another year." Sha Zhu patted the other person again, "Maybe it will be soon. Well, it's too messy here, so I won't keep you here."

"Oh, then I'm leaving, Master He, don't worry, it's not good for your health."

Ma Hua left and Qin Huairu came in. "Shazhu, where is your food supply book? Mine is all used up and I need to use yours to buy some food."

"It's in the middle drawer of the table. You can find it if you open it."

There was not only a grain book in the drawer, but also more than ten kilograms of grain coupons and several dozen yuan.

"I've taken the grain book and will return it to you after I buy grain in the afternoon. I'm going to buy 30 kilograms of cornmeal, which will be enough for half a month." Qin Huairu not only took the grain book but also took a few kilograms of grain coupons. For some reason, the drawer was not closed properly.

Just after Laba Festival, Banggeng and Xiaodang were setting off firecrackers at the door. They lit a string of a hundred firecrackers and threw them out. There was a crackling sound, and the two of them clapped their hands in joy. It was not like before when they had to pick up other people's unexploded firecrackers to set off.

The third uncle wondered how Banggeng suddenly had money to buy firecrackers, so he asked Banggeng.

Bang Geng replied defiantly: "It's none of your business."

Yu Shui finally finished her exams. She couldn't wait to return to the courtyard. The first thing she said was, "Bang Geng, what are you doing?" The second was, "Brother, why are you so thin?"