Siheyuan: Spring and Autumn

Looking at He Daqing's astonished expression, He Yushui was so angry that she even wanted to knock open his head to see if it was full of water.

He Yuzhu was not polite and confronted him directly.

"Who lied to you? Look, you still say I'm stupid, but I think you're even more stupid than me. You still don't know you've been deceived."

"Hey, kid, you really want to get beaten, don't you?"

However, he was not really angry. After all, he had not seen his children for seven or eight years. He was quite happy to see them this time. He selectively tolerated his son's unreasonableness.

He Yushui asked, "Dad, seven years ago, my brother and I came to Baoding. Why didn't you want to see us?"

He Daqing slapped his thigh and said, "Hey, I was drunk that day and didn't know you were coming. It's been three days since I found out from someone else."

He Yuzhu and He Yushui looked at each other, and He Yuzhu said, "I didn't expect Qin Zheng to be right."

"What does this have to do with Qin Zheng?"

"It has nothing to do with him, but when I was chatting with him, I said you didn't see us, and he said you might be drunk."

"He's not wrong. You haven't said anything yet, who lied to me?"

"Let me ask you, did the deaf old lady say that someone reported you?" He Yuzhu asked.

"Ah? Yes, she said she got the news that someone reported me for falsifying my background, and the street office wanted to investigate me. Do you mean that she lied to me?"

"No, no one reported you. There is nothing wrong with our family background. She is just trying to scare you away."

"What?"

He Daqing was dumbfounded. He didn't understand why the deaf old lady did this.

"Let me ask you again, do you send us ten dollars every month?"

"Yes. I learned from others that you had been here, and I thought you were having a hard time, so I sent you ten dollars every month, and I haven't stopped yet."

“Then let me tell you, Yu Shui and I never received the money you sent.”

"Nonsense, I really sent it."

He Daqing cursed subconsciously. Suddenly, his eyes widened and he asked in disbelief, "I sent it to Yi Zhonghai. Didn't he give you the money?"

"Yes, he put all the money into his own pocket."

"How dare this bastard?"

He Daqing cursed loudly for a few times, and then asked, "No, how did you know?"

"This is all thanks to Qin Ming and Qin Zheng."

Then, He Yuzhu recounted in detail what he had learned.

He Daqing was so angry that he kept pounding the table to vent his anger.

"This old lady, I, He Daqing, have always been very kind to her. And Yi Zhonghai, he usually appears to be righteous, but I didn't expect that he has so many calculations behind his back."

After a long time, he calmed down and said angrily: "I will go back to the capital with you. I will settle accounts with them. If they dare not pay back the money, I will send them to jail and eat steamed bread."

After the agreement, the three began to talk about the relationship between father and son and father and daughter. They had not seen each other for eight years, so naturally they had a lot to talk about. He Yuzhu and He Yushui told each of the things that had happened around them over the years, which made He Daqing sigh.

"I didn't expect so many things to happen in these years. I asked you to be on good terms with the Qin family before, and you did a good job."

"Humph, do you think it's your fault? There are many people who want to befriend the Qin family, but who can really get close to them?"

He Yuzhu sneered rudely.

Seeing that He Daqing was about to lose his temper, He Yushui quickly said, "My brother is right. We can have a good relationship with them because we are sincere to them and we treat them with sincerity."

"Zhu Zi, you should learn from your sister. You only know how to talk foul language every day and you don't even know that you have offended people. You should be more careful in the future."

"Isn't this what I learned from you?"

He Yuzhu retorted in a low voice and did not continue to say any unpleasant words.

"Zhu Zi, I will go back with you guys tomorrow to settle accounts with Yi Zhonghai. What do you think, should we go after him secretly, or hold a meeting of the whole institute and make it clear?"

He is no longer called Shazhu, but just Zhuzi.

He Yuzhu opened his mouth and said, "Of course we should hold a meeting for the whole hospital. He has embezzled so much money from our family. We should expose him to the whole hospital."

He Yushui quickly stopped him, "No, we just need to go to his house, he won't dare to deny it, we ask him to hand over the money, make compensation, and sign a letter of guarantee, promising not to target our family in the future, then we'll let him go, otherwise, we'll call the police."

He Daqing thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yu Shui is right. Yi Zhonghai is good at disguising himself and has a good reputation outside. We really can't quarrel with him. I don't care, but you two are still living in that courtyard. If he is caught, it will not be good for you. As long as he pays enough compensation, we will let him go."

Although He Yuzhu was still unhappy, he finally agreed to this approach.

"Zhu Zi, if you have any problems in the future, you should discuss it with Yu Shui. Your sister is more sensible than you."

At night, He Daqing arranged for them to stay in a guesthouse and did not bring them home. He also did not tell Bai Lian about their coming to Baoding, so as to prevent her from passing the news to the capital.

The next day, the three of them returned to the capital by train.

"Dad, it's too cold and the snow just stopped. Let's find a state-owned restaurant to eat."

"Okay, it's up to you."

He Daqing doted on his daughter quite a bit, so naturally he wouldn't refuse.

So, the three of them did not go home directly, but went to a state-owned restaurant for dinner. When they checked the time, they found that the people from the steel mill had already returned home, so the three of them entered the Red Star Courtyard.

"Boss, do you know who I saw?"

The third uncle had just finished his dinner and was sitting down to drink tea when he saw the third aunt hurried into the room and said something mysteriously.

"Who is it?"

"He Daqing."

"What? He Daqing is back? He, why is he back?"

When the third uncle heard the news, he was shocked and stood up immediately.

"I don't know. I saw Zhuo and Yu Shui following behind, and before I could say anything, they went straight to the main courtyard."

"Could it be that Zhuzi and Yushui went to Baoding?"

"Guess so."

"I gonna go see."

The third uncle did not hesitate and went straight to the main courtyard, and the third aunt also wanted to follow.

"Just don't go."

"Oh."

The third uncle walked to the main courtyard, but found that the He family's door was locked, which means that the three people from the He family did not return home.

So where did they go?

Did he go to the backyard to look for the deaf old lady?

Before he could go to the backyard, he heard He Daqing's voice. The voice came from an old man's house, and it was full of anger.

"Yi Zhonghai, tell me, how could you do such a thing? You must give me an explanation today, otherwise, I will send you to jail."

The third uncle was very surprised. What had Yi Zhonghai done to offend the He family to make He Daqing so angry?

"Daqing, please sit down. Let's sit down and talk. Okay."

Yi Zhonghai's voice was also heard, but it was not as loud as usual, and even had a flattering tone.