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

"No need, uncle. The rule is to collect the money afterward. Besides, we are all neighbors, and we still have some trust. It won't be too late to pay tomorrow."

He Yuzhu didn't appreciate Yi Zhonghai's kindness at all. Anyway, it was impossible for them not to give the money. After all, Yi Zhonghai was a man who valued his reputation so much, it was impossible for him to destroy the image he had built up over so many years for such a small amount of money.

He deserves the money, but taking it in advance means he has accepted Yi Zhonghai's favor, so He Yuzhu must not give him any chance.

"Well, I just came back and haven't seen how my sister is doing yet, so I'll take my leave now."

"Okay, go ahead and remember to come early tomorrow." Jia Zhang said worriedly.

"Don't worry, I'll come over as soon as the sun rises tomorrow."

What He Yuzhu didn't expect was that shortly after he left, Yi Zhonghai also found an excuse to leave the Jia family.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the direction where He Yuzhu left, and there was now a hint of ferocity on his originally kind face.

How could Yi Zhonghai, a top-notch human being, not see that He Yuzhu was alienated from him? This made Yi Zhonghai a little angry and embarrassed.

Perhaps because he was disliked by his parents when he was a child, what Yi Zhonghai hates most is someone having a bad impression of him.

He spent the first half of his life working hard on his interpersonal relationships, which made him a popular uncle.

But he didn't expect that he would be despised by a little kid. This brought back some bad memories for Yi Zhonghai.

"Zhu Zi, why do you want to stay away from me? Do you think that everything will be fine with that old woman as your backer? If you think so, you are too naive. I want you to know that without me, you will never be able to hold your head up in this courtyard for the rest of your life!"

He Yuzhu didn't know at this time that Yi Zhonghai hated him because of his simple action.

But in fact, even if he knew, he wouldn't care. From the day he decided to turn against Yi Zhonghai, he knew that this day would come sooner or later.

At this moment, he just wanted to see his lovely sister whom he hadn't seen for many days as soon as possible, and he didn't care about anything else.

When he came to the backyard, He Yuzhu found that the lights in the deaf old lady's house were still on. This made him a little confused. Why were the lights still on so late?

"Knock, knock, grandma, it's me, open the door."

"It's Zhuzi who's back." The deaf old lady heard the knock on the door, put down the half-sewed shoe sole in her hand, opened the door and welcomed He Yuzhu in.

Hearing the knock on the door, He Yushui quietly got up from the bed. After seeing through the crack in the door that it was He Yuzhu who came back, she immediately pushed the door open and rushed towards He Yuzhu without even putting on her coat.

"Brother! You are finally back!"

He Yuzhu quickly opened his arms and caught the little girl who flew over. He held her in his arms and scratched her head. He said lovingly, "Yushui, why did you come out in such a cold weather without even a piece of clothing? What if you get sick?"

"Hehe." He Yushui did not respond to He Yuzhu's words. She buried her whole face in He Yuzhu's arms, feeling the long-lost sense of security.

"You little rascal." He Yuzhu took the coat handed to him by the deaf old lady and put it on He Yushui to prevent the little guy from catching a cold.

Then he looked at the soles of the shoes and the oil lamp on the table and said, "Grandma, what are you doing?"

The deaf old lady said kindly: "I saw that Yu Shui's shoes had some cracks, so I thought of making her a new pair. Anyway, I have nothing else to do, so I'll kill some time."

He Yuzhu heard this and said unhappily: "But grandma, why don't you do it during the day? It's so tiring to light an oil lamp at night."

"It's not a big deal. There's just some finishing work left. It won't take much time." Seeing that He Yuzhu wanted to say something, the deaf old lady quickly changed the subject and said, "By the way, Zhuzi, you're not going home tonight, right? Then you can sleep at grandma's place."

"That's right, brother. If you don't leave, then you can sleep with Yu Shui, okay~" Hearing this, He Yu Shui's eyes lit up, and she kept rubbing her little face in He Yuzhu's arms, acting coquettishly.

"Okay, I'll sleep with you tonight." Seeing He Yushui's cute look, He Yuzhu couldn't bear to refuse this not-so-excessive request.

"Okay, then Zhuzi, I'll go get you a set of bedding. You and Yushui can sleep in the west room tonight."

"Then I'll trouble you, grandma."

Afterwards, He Yuzhu carried He Yushui to the west room. After the old lady Dengluan made the bed, He Yuzhu said, "By the way, grandma, I need your help at the family reunion banquet for Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai tomorrow."

"OK, no problem."

After the deaf old lady left, He Yuzhu said to He Yushui who was hugging him tightly, "Yushui, we are already in the house, can you let me go?"

"No!" Hearing this, He Yushui hugged him even tighter and said coquettishly, "I want to hold you to sleep tonight, and I want to listen to your stories!"

"Okay, okay, I'll do as you say." He Yuzhu had no choice. This was his own sister, so what else could he do? He just spoiled her.

Under the confinement of He Yushui, He Yuzhu took off his outer clothes with difficulty, hugged He Yushui and got into bed, patting He Yushui's back gently while telling him the stories he saw from the future.

The next day, He Yuzhu opened his eyes early.

Looking at his drooling sister who was hugging him, He Yuzhu smiled dotingly, gently put his sister's little hand aside, quietly got out of the bed, kissed his sleeping sister on the forehead, put on his clothes and walked out.

But what he didn't expect was that the deaf old lady got up earlier than him. After seeing He Yuzhu got up, she smiled and said, "Zhuzi, didn't you say yesterday that you wanted grandma to help you? Tell me, what do you want me to help you with?"

"Grandma, don't worry. I'll tell you when I need your help."

"Okay, I'll go cook first. Remember to wake Yu Shui up for dinner when I'm done."

Not long after, a simple breakfast was brought to the table by the deaf old lady. Coincidentally, Yu Shui had just woken up at this time, so He Yuzhu didn't have to bother calling her.

After breakfast, it was almost half past eight. At this time, Jia Zhang had already started going door to door looking for people to help wash vegetables.

Jia Zhang's first stop was Aunt Xu, with whom she had a good relationship. But unfortunately, when she got there, she found that the doors and windows of Aunt Xu's house were closed, and there was no one in sight.

There was no other way. Since Aunt Xu was not at home, Jia Zhang had to go to the second destination, which was the home of the deaf old lady who had the highest status.

"Grandma, my Dongxu is going to hold a family reunion banquet. Could you come over and help wash the dishes?" As soon as she entered the door, Jia Zhang smiled and stated the purpose of her visit.

To be honest, as the person with the highest status in the yard, and since we are all neighbors, it is reasonable and moral for him to set an example.

But just as she was about to nod, He Yuzhu interrupted the deaf old lady.