Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Although He Yuzhu was the second married man in Siheyuan, none of the unmarried young men in Siheyuan dared to eavesdrop under the window of He Yuzhu's house due to his strong fighting ability. After all, He Yuzhu was not Jia Xudong. If he was discovered by He Yuzhu by accident, he would not joke when he got angry. He was a fierce man who could cut blue bricks with his bare hands.

After dinner, Liu Guangqi pulled Xu Damao aside and asked in a low voice with a sly smile: "Damo, do you want to eavesdrop tonight like you did last time..." At this point Liu Guangqi pointed at He Yuzhu's house without saying a word.

Yan Jiecheng stood aside with an expectant look on his face, waiting for Xu Damao's answer.

After hearing what Liu Guangqi said, Xu Damao, the expert in courting death in Siheyuan, shook his head like a rattle and said seriously, "You can go and listen if you want. I won't go."

After listening to Xu Damao's words, Liu Guangqi looked at Xu Damao in disbelief and said, "Da Mao, what's wrong with you today? You are still the Xu Damao I know. It was you who proposed Jia Xudong's marriage last time. Aren't you the most active in this kind of thing?"

Xu Damao said seriously: "Guangqi, Jiecheng, please don't look at me with such strange eyes. I, Xu Damao, have not changed. I am still the same me as before. If you two are looking for death, don't take me with you."

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he saw Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng looking at him with clear and stupid eyes, so he could only patiently explain to them: "It's okay for you two to eavesdrop, but you also have to see whose eavesdrop you are eavesdropping on. Not everyone can eavesdrop on eavesdropping on eavesdropping. When Jia Xudong got married, I suggested that the three of us eavesdrop on Jia Xudong's eavesdropping on him because even if he accidentally found out, he couldn't do anything to us because of Jia Xudong's kidney deficiency. But He Yuzhu is different. He is not like Jia Xudong, who has kidney deficiency."

At this point, Xu Damao carefully observed the surroundings and confirmed that no one noticed the three of them before he continued in a low voice: "He Yuzhu has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. I heard that people who practice martial arts have better hearing and vision than ordinary people. If the three of us go to eavesdrop on him tonight, if he finds out, He Yuzhu will definitely be angry and beat us up. Let me make it clear that I can't beat He Yuzhu, so I want to ask which of you two can beat He Yuzhu."

Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng shook their heads after hearing this, saying that they could not beat He Yuzhu. Yan Jiecheng said directly: "I guess even if the three of us attack together, we may not be able to beat He Yuzhu."

After hearing what Yan Jiecheng said, Xu Damao said bluntly, "Get rid of him. Let alone the three of us, even if Qi Qi calls all your two brothers, no matter how many people there are, they can't beat He Yuzhu. Have you forgotten that He Yuzhu could split a brick in half with one palm? I guess if He Yuzhu really gets angry, he can knock me out with one punch."

When Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng heard what Xu Damao said, they instantly recalled the scene where He Yuzhu split the blue brick into two halves with his palm. This palm either hit the blue brick or themselves, and the two of them couldn't help but shudder.

Xu Damao saw the expressions of Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng and knew that they understood what he said, so he continued, "Do you still want to go to He Yuzhu's corner tonight?"

Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng shook their heads and said in unison: "No, no."

Xu Damao looked at the two people's expressions and smiled, putting his hands on their shoulders, then whispered: "If you really want to listen to the story, wouldn't it be more interesting to listen to Jia Xudong?"

Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiecheng looked at each other and laughed at the same time. Xu Damao also laughed with a smirk on his face.

The next day, He Yuzhu got up and cooked as usual. Considering that Lou Xiao'e was not good at cooking, He Yuzhu specially made lunch for Lou Xiao'e. While eating, He Yuzhu said to Lou Xiao'e: "Xiao'e, there is lunch I prepared for you in the pot in advance. At noon, you can light the fire and heat it up and you can eat it."

As the residents of the Siheyuan started to go to work one after another, the women who were not working in the courtyard began to gather under the corridor leading from the front yard to the middle yard after finishing their housework. This is the information exchange center and central business district of the Siheyuan.

In order to make Jia Zhang look bad in front of more people, Third Aunt Yang Suhua suppressed her excitement and sat at home, watching other women in the courtyard rush to the Intelligence Exchange Center one after another. You know, she, Yang Suhua, is the first to clock in at the Intelligence Exchange Center every day. Until she saw Jia Zhang appear in the Intelligence Exchange Center with the sole of her shoe, Yang Suhua slowly stood up from the chair, took a deep breath to calm her excitement, then went to the mirror to check her hair, and finally tidied her clothes, and then walked out of the house arrogantly, and came to the Intelligence Exchange Center of the courtyard. Third Aunt Yang Suhua walked and thought to herself that she, Yang Suhua, had decided on Jia Zhang's face today, and no one could save her.

As the saying goes, enemies always come together. When Jia Zhang saw Yang Suhua walking towards her like a rooster, she couldn't help but smile and said to the people around her, "Do you think the way Third Aunt walks is like a rooster?"

When the women nearby saw that it was true, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Third Aunt Yang Suhua, who was walking halfway, heard what Jia Zhang said and couldn't help but make another note of Jia Zhang in her little notebook. Third Aunt Yang Suhua walked into the crowd as if nothing had happened and said with a smile: "Everyone came quite early today. I was planning to go out early, but suddenly I remembered that I hadn't finished eating the pork stewed with vermicelli that Zhuzi gave me yesterday at his wedding, so I stayed at home for a while. I didn't expect that you all came in just a short while." After saying that, Third Aunt Yang Suhua gave Jia Zhang a meaningful look.

The women nearby knew that something was going to happen when they saw this. The three aunts came here just to tease Jia Zhangshi. Some of them even said deliberately, "Zhu Zi is really generous. He is willing to spend so much money to treat everyone to a wedding banquet. He made such a big pot of pork stewed with vermicelli. My kid ate four big steamed buns in one go. I was afraid that he would get sick. But I can't blame the child. It's mainly because Zhu Zi's food is so delicious."

A woman nearby quickly made fun of him and said, "My child is even more embarrassing. He was clearly full last night, but he secretly pulled my clothes and asked me, "Mom, can you give me another bowl to take home for tomorrow?"

After hearing what the two women said, the people around them subconsciously glanced at Jia Zhang, and then burst into laughter when they saw that Jia Zhang had a dark face and didn't say anything.

Third Aunt Yang Suhua gave a look of gratitude to the two supporting actors, and then said mysteriously: "Guess how much pork Zhuzi prepared for the wedding banquet yesterday?" After Third Aunt Yang Suhua finished speaking, everyone looked at her with curiosity, waiting for her to tell the result.

Third Aunt Yang Suhua saw that everyone was attracted by her, so she cleared her throat and continued, "I heard Zhuzi tell the chef that a total of 20 kilograms of pork was prepared, 20 kilograms for each of the 5 tables of banquets, and the remaining 5 kilograms of pork was all used in the pork stewed with vermicelli that we had tonight."

The women exclaimed immediately after hearing this. One woman asked in surprise: "Zhu Zi, you are too generous. The amount of meat he prepared for the wedding banquet is almost equal to my family's annual ration. I said that my husband only praised Zhu Zi for his generosity after the banquet. It turns out that there are 8 people at the table, and each person can get more than 3 taels of meat."

Another woman followed up by asking, "How did Zhuzi buy so much pork at once? Doesn't he need a ticket to buy the meat?"

Seeing this, the others immediately looked at the third auntie Yang Suhua. The third auntie Yang Suhua said calmly, "How can you buy meat without a ticket now? Unless you go to the pigeon market. Besides, there is not so much pork in the pigeon market. When Zhuzi said this, I thought the same as you, and thought he didn't need a ticket to buy meat. So I secretly asked Zhuzi how he got so much pork?"

"Zhuzi didn't hide it and told me directly that he bought the unused meat coupons from others. It took him two months to get 2 kilograms of meat coupons. Then when I asked him how much he spent on these meat coupons, he told me that each kilogram of meat coupons was 20 cents."

The women in the courtyard exclaimed again after hearing this. Auntie Yang Suhua looked at everyone's ignorant looks and felt very satisfied. She continued, "When I became the queen, I was wondering how much Zhuzi earned a month. How could you be willing to spend so much money on a wedding banquet? Guess what happened?"

"What's going on? Third Aunt, please tell me now and stop keeping me in suspense."

Third Aunt Yang Suhua then hurriedly said, "After Zhuzi's wedding banquet in the evening, I went home and my wife told me that Zhuzi is now the canteen director of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. When the steel mill was formed as a joint venture between the public and private sectors, the acting canteen director appointed was He Yuzhu, not someone with the same name as He Yuzhu. By the way, Jia Zhang, I remember you laughed at He Yuzhu for having a hard time in the canteen in the future, as he actually had the same name as the canteen director. Jia Zhang, you didn't expect that it's not that He Yuzhu has the same name as the canteen director, but that he is the director."

After hearing what Third Aunt Yang Suhua said, Jia Zhang was stunned and said in disbelief, "It's impossible. He Yuzhu is so young, how can he be the canteen director?"

A woman nearby also hurriedly asked, "Auntie, are you telling the truth? Is He Yuzhu really the canteen director of the Red Star Steel Mill?"

Third aunt Yang Suhua said seriously: "What I said is definitely true. Even if I have a hundred guts, I would not dare to joke about leading cadres. It's a pity for Xudong. He can't be the first cadre in our courtyard." Third aunt did not forget to give Jia Zhang another stab in the face.

Jia Zhang couldn't accept He Yuzhu becoming the canteen director, and she muttered, "It's no big deal if He Yuzhu becomes the canteen director. My Xudong works in the workshop. He is so smart, he will definitely become a leading cadre in the future, and he will become a higher official than He Yuzhu."

Seeing that Jia Zhang still dared to resist, Third Aunt Yang Suhua said bluntly, "Jia Zhang, don't dream. If it was so easy to be a leading cadre, then everyone in our courtyard would have become a leading cadre."

Jia Zhang said unconvincedly: "That's because you are not good enough. My Xudong is extremely smart. You are just jealous that my Xudong can become a leading cadre."

Third Aunt Yang Suhua snorted coldly and said, "Well, then I'll wait for your Xudong to be promoted to a leading cadre. You won't be reluctant to treat Jia Zhangshi when the time comes, right?"

Jia Zhang said proudly, "Hmph, when my Xudong becomes a leading cadre, I will definitely treat everyone to a feast, unlike Zhuzi who hides it."

After hearing this, Third Aunt Yang Suhua jokingly said, "Ms. Jia Zhang, you have to ask your Xudong to work hard. Don't wait until we are old and our teeth have fallen out before you treat us to a meal."

The people around burst into laughter after hearing this.

When Jia Zhang saw that she could not gain any advantage by continuing to talk, she could only turn her head away, pick up her shoes and small stool, and walk home dejectedly.

When Third Aunt Yang Suhua saw Jia Zhang fleeing in panic, she couldn't help but think smugly in her heart, "Huh, Jia Zhang, you old woman Yu still wants to fight with me? Bah, why don't you just pee and see what you look like?"

Jia Zhang's departure did not affect the women in the courtyard from continuing to exchange information. One woman whispered, "Do you know? I heard from Xu Damao's mother that the Red Star Steel Mill was owned by He Yuzhu's wife before the public-private partnership."

"Is this true?" a woman asked in disbelief.

"It must be true. Have you forgotten that Xu Damao's mother used to be a servant in someone else's house, in the house of He Yuzhu's wife? Wasn't this the case a few years ago when the Lou family didn't dare to employ servants anymore, so they fired Xu Damao's mother."