Siheyuan: The rise and fall of the He family is our responsibility

"Brother, you are finally back. Yu Shui missed you so much!"

He Yushui pouted when she realized she was not dreaming, and threw herself back into He Yuzhu's arms, refusing to let go like a sloth.

"Yeah, I miss you too." He Yuzhu touched He Yushui's head and said lovingly, "I brought you some delicious food. Hurry up and put on your clothes. Grandma will be warm soon."

"Okay!" He Yushui cheered, put on her clothes as quickly as possible, and then ran outside holding He Yuzhu's hand like a little rabbit.

As soon as he went out, he saw the deaf old lady putting a few bowls on the table. He Yushui ran up and looked into the bowls, and immediately cheered.

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't attract others." The deaf old lady took a few leftover steamed buns from the kitchen and handed them to He Yuzhu, then turned to He Yushui and whispered.

Upon hearing this, He Yushui immediately covered her mouth with her hands and nodded to indicate that she understood.

"Zhuzi, I didn't have the chance to ask, what's wrong with these dishes?" The deaf old lady did not hand out chopsticks, but asked He Yuzhu worriedly.

The meaning is very clear, that is, he is afraid that these dishes are of illegal origin. He Yuzhu's foundation in Taifeng Building is not stable yet, and he should not be fired because of some small actions, otherwise it would be a loss.

"Grandma, this is what happened......" Knowing that the deaf old lady was a little worried, He Yuzhu told the story again.

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, the deaf old lady finally put her heart at ease and handed the chopsticks in her hand to He Yushui.

"In that case, I'm relieved. Come on, rain water, eat quickly. We can't eat these normally."

"Grandma, you eat too." He Yuzhu took a bite of the steamed bread in his hand and said to the deaf old lady.

"Okay, I'll eat it." The deaf old lady smiled with satisfaction, then picked up a piece of fish fillet from the plate and put it in her mouth.

As for He Yushui, her mouth was already full of oil. He Yushui, who had never eaten anything good since she was a child, was reluctant to put down her chopsticks and kept putting food into her mouth.

It's no wonder that He Yushui lost his composure. The main reason is that these dishes are the signature dishes of Taifenglou. For a family like He Yuzhu's, unless there are special circumstances, they probably won't be able to eat such dishes in their entire lives.

After the meal, He Yushui's mouth was full of oil, and the deaf old lady ate a lot as well. Only He Yuzhu hardly moved his chopsticks. He was mainly finishing the steamed bread in his hand and gave the dishes to the other two.

He Yuzhu asked He Yushui to go back to sleep, and he took out a piece of dried wild boar meat from the bag.

"Grandma, this wild boar meat was collected by our restaurant. I asked the chef to save some for me, so I brought it back for you. Of course, we can just eat it secretly at home and don't let anyone know."

The deaf old lady nodded. "I understand. I know the principle of not showing off your wealth. Don't worry."

"By the way, Zhuzi, I have something to tell you. Jia Dongxu from the Central Courtyard said that he wants to recognize Yi Zhonghai as his godfather and set up two tables. He wants you to come back to cook. I asked me to ask you if you have time." said the deaf old lady.

"Of course we have time. This is a big happy event. I, He Yuzhu, will come to help out." He Yuzhu was so happy at this moment.

As the previous victim, He Yuzhu knew too well how strong the Jia family's blood-sucking ability was. Now that he was stuck by this blood-sucking leech, Yi Zhonghai would suffer in the future.

He Yuzhu naturally would not miss such a good thing. He wanted to see with his own eyes Yi Zhonghai become the blood bag of the Jia family.

"Grandma, I'm going back to Taifeng Building first. You should go to bed early too."

"Okay, I'll go to bed after I finish cleaning up. You too, be careful on the road."

"I understand. Don't worry."

He Yuzhu did not go in to say goodbye to He Yushui this time. After all, He Yushui was still awake. If he went in, He Yushui would definitely cry. He didn't want to cry just because he saw his own sister.

But what he didn't know was that since he left, there had been a pair of big eyes in the window of He Yushui's room silently watching his departing back. Until He Yuzhu's figure completely disappeared in the darkness, the owner of the eyes did not leave, but kept looking at the place where He Yuzhu disappeared, as if thinking about something.

.........

The Jia family in the middle courtyard.

The mother and son of the Jia family were sitting around the table eating and drinking cornmeal porridge. Jia Dongxu said to Jia Zhang:

"Mom, how many tables should we set up this time? I'll tell He Yuzhu to prepare it later."

Jia Dongxu has always felt that the relationship between him and Yi Zhonghai is not very reliable. Although his father and Yi Zhonghai were good brothers when they were alive, he has passed away after all, and this relationship will not last long.

In addition, Jia Dongxu also admitted that his brain was a little dull and he could not quite understand Yi Zhonghai's teachings.

When Jia Dongxu felt that Yi Zhonghai's eyes were becoming more and more impatient when he looked at him recently, he knew that he had to think of other ways to tie Yi Zhonghai down.

After discussing with his mother, he immediately thought of starting from the fact that Yi Zhonghai had no children.

Finally, after Jia Dongxu's unremitting efforts (and shameless harassment), Yi Zhonghai, who was annoyed enough, finally agreed to accept him as his godson.

"Dongxu, that silly boy He Yuzhu has only been studying at Taifenglou for less than a month. What skills can he have learned? Why did you ask him to be the chef?"

Jia Zhang didn't understand why her son had to look for an apprentice like He Yuzhu to be the chef when there were so many experienced chefs around.

"Mom, you've miscalculated. Think about it, if we want to hire another chef, we'll have to spend money. We can't just ask them to come and cook for us for free.

But He Yuzhu is different. We are all neighbors, and you and Uncle are his elders. Do you think he has the nerve to ask us for money?" Jia Dongxu said proudly.

"Oh, why didn't I think of it, son? You are so smart." Jia Zhang was looking at Jia Dongxu with satisfaction. Her son had finally grown up and knew that it was not easy to save money for the family.

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment. Mom, the main issue now is how many tables we should set up." Jia Dongxu said with a headache.

If he put too much, he would feel bad; if he put too little, he would be afraid of damaging Yi Zhonghai's face. This was Jia Dongxu's biggest headache.

But Jia Zhang didn't think so much. She just crossed her arms and said as a matter of course, "Isn't this simple? There are at least 20 households. If all of them come to eat, we have to set up at least 10 tables. Wouldn't that be a big loss for us? I suggest that we just set up two tables and let each household send a representative to eat."

Jia Dongxu didn't expect his mother to be so stingy. Compared with his mother, the five tables he set up were obviously dwarfed by the size.