Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After three days of staying at the Hexie Hospital, the doctor announced that Lou Xiao'e could be discharged after a careful examination. He Yuzhu used his uncle Cai Quanwu's cart to pull Lou Xiao'e back to his home in the Nanluoguxiang Siheyuan. Cai Quanwu rode a bicycle with Su Xiulian behind him. After He Yuzhu parked the cart at the gate of the Siheyuan, he said to Lou Xiao'e: "Xiao'e, wait for a while. My cousin and I will drop the child off at home, and then I will come and take you back."

"Brother He, I can walk by myself. You should let me walk back by myself. Besides, there are so many people in the yard and it won't be good if they see me." Lou Xiao'e said shyly.

"What's wrong with that? I'm holding my own wife, what can others say? Besides, I carried you on my back when we got married. Okay, just wait for me here, aunt. I'll hold two children and you hold one. Let's go in quickly. Uncle, please wait here for a while."

"Okay, just take the child and go in, the sun outside is a bit strong."

The middle-aged ladies who were chatting in the corridors of the front and middle yards were stunned when they saw He Yuzhu walking in with two children. The third aunt Yang Suhua asked directly: "Zhuzi, congratulations, did Xiao'e give birth to twins?" Before Yang Suhua finished speaking, Su Xiulian walked in with another child.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Third aunt, you forgot one thing. Xiao'e gave birth to three sons for me at once. Third aunt, I won't talk to you for now. I have to leave the children at home, and I have to go out and bring Xiao'e in later." After saying that, He Yuzhu greeted the other aunts who were sitting and chatting, then walked towards the central courtyard with the child in his arms.

During the three days that Lou Xiao'e was in the hospital, because Nanluoguxiang was a bit far from the Hexie Hospital and He Yuzhu had to take care of Lou Xiao'e in the hospital, he simply did not return to his home in Nanluoguxiang. He went to his cousin Cai Quanwu's house nearby to cook for Lou Xiao'e. As for her sister He Yushui, she naturally stayed temporarily at Cai Quanwu's house. After all, He Yuzhu was still worried about letting a little girl like He Yushui live alone at home, so the people in the courtyard had no idea how many children Lou Xiao'e had given birth to in the hospital.

After He Yuzhu disappeared from the front yard holding the child, the aunts started chatting again, but the topic became He Yuzhu's three children.

"When Zhuzi's wife was pregnant, I felt that her belly was bigger than mine when I was pregnant with my son. I was puzzled at the time, but I didn't expect that she was pregnant with three children."

"This Zhuzi is so lucky to have given birth to three sons at once. It's really enviable!"

"I can't envy you enough. To be honest, if I were asked to give birth to three children at once, I wouldn't dare."

"Why not? It would be much easier to raise three children at once."

"It's easier, but three kids eat a lot. Your breast milk can feed three kids. If the kids don't get enough to eat and cry out of hunger, what will you do?"

"Yeah, if you hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have remembered it. When I gave birth to my child, I only had one, and my milk was barely enough for my child."

"It's not just about breastfeeding, the children's clothes are also a problem. If we give birth to one child at a time, the second child can wear the first child's clothes, but this child's clothes are still tight. Now that we have three children at once, we have to buy clothes for three children at once, and clothes will be a big problem when the time comes."

"Okay, stop imagining. He Yuzhu is different from us. He is the deputy director of the logistics department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I heard that his salary is more than 100 yuan a month. What we worry about is not a problem for him. We don't have enough milk to feed our children because our family conditions are poor and the food is not nutritious. If we eat well and get enough nutrition, it will be more than enough to feed two children with our size."

"Well, what the three aunts said makes sense." An aunt echoed.

"Besides, if Zhuzi's wife's milk is not enough, they can buy milk powder. I remember that some officials' children grew up drinking milk powder, and their wives didn't feed them at all."

"What is milk powder? This is the first time I've heard of it."

"I heard that it seems to be made from cow's milk. When children drink the milk powder, it's like drinking human milk."

"Really? Can cow's milk be compared to human milk? That's from livestock."

"It's definitely effective. A calf is much bigger than a child when it's born. A calf that size can grow into a cow that size by drinking milk, let alone a tiny child."

"According to what you said, the milk powder is so good, the price must be very expensive."

"Yeah, it's really expensive. I saw someone buying it at the supply and marketing cooperative before. A bucket costs 5 yuan, and a child seems to eat it all in a week."

The woman next to her couldn't help but exclaim after hearing this.

"According to what you said, a child who wants to eat milk powder needs to spend at least 20 yuan a month. I wonder what kind of family can afford this. He Yuzhu's three children need to spend 60 yuan a month on the milk powder you mentioned, and I don't even make 60 yuan a month."

"Otherwise, how can only officials afford it? Officials earn 20 to yuan a month. It's nothing to spend yuan a month to raise a child."

The sharp-eyed woman saw He Yuzhu coming back again, and hurriedly coughed and whispered: "Zhuzi, he's coming, you guys pay attention."

After hearing this, the middle-aged women quickly shut their mouths and watched He Yuzhu hurriedly walk past the front yard.

He Yuzhu came to the gate of the courtyard, gently picked up Lou Xiao'e from the cart, and then said to Cai Quanwu: "Uncle, wait for me to send Xiao'e home, I will come to help you get your things." Then he walked into the courtyard. Lou Xiao'e was embarrassed to face the eyes of the neighbors in the courtyard, and buried her head in He Yuzhu's arms. He Yuzhu held Lou Xiao'e and did not stay in the front yard and went straight back to his home in the middle yard.

He Yuzhu gently put Lou Xiao'e on the kang and said to Su Xiulian, "Aunt, please take care of Xiao'e first. I'll go to the door to help my uncle bring in the things."

"Okay, just go ahead, I'll stay here and watch over Xiao'e."

He Yuzhu arrived at the gate of the courtyard and was about to invite his cousin Cai Quanwu to come in and sit for a while, but Cai Quanwu said, "Zhuzi, I won't go in. Your cousin's aunt is here and there is nothing for me to help with. I will go back first. There are two children at home."

"Then uncle, please go back quickly. I won't keep you here. By the way, uncle, if you have nothing to do when you go back, please prepare 10 kilograms of red eggs for me. When Xiao'e went to the hospital, it was the neighbors in the courtyard who helped to send her there. I have to send some eggs to show my appreciation."

"Indeed, I'll arrange it when I get back. It's hard to get other things, but we don't lack eggs. If you need anything else from your cousin, just let me know."

"Not for now. If I really need your help, I won't be polite. Uncle, please go back quickly. The child is still at home."

"I'm leaving now, Zhuzi. I'll go back this afternoon and make some red eggs. I'll send them to you directly when they're done." After saying that, Cai Quanwu rode his cart towards Daqianmen.

He Yuzhu walked into the courtyard with a package in one hand and a bicycle in the other. When passing by the chatting aunties, He Yuzhu stopped and said, "A few days ago, a few aunties helped to send Xiao'e to the hospital. I was a little busy these days and didn't go back to our hospital, so I didn't have time to express my gratitude to the aunties. I have asked someone to buy eggs. All I need to do is paint them red. After painting them, I will give each of you a pound of red eggs."

"Zhu Zi, you are too polite. We are all neighbors living in the same courtyard. It is only natural for us to help each other. There is no need to be so formal."

"It's my duty to help, but isn't it also my duty to send red eggs? Well, aunties, Xiao'e is still at home, I have to go back quickly, so I'm not going to talk to you guys anymore. When it's my child's full moon banquet, I will cook myself, and everyone in your family can come, and I will treat you to a good meal." After saying that, He Yuzhu pushed the cart and continued to walk towards the central courtyard.

When He Yuzhu walked away, several aunts couldn't help but laugh. Third aunt Yang Suhua said directly: "I'm right, right? He Yuzhu will definitely not be stingy. Not to mention the pound of red eggs, it's worth it for our whole family to go to the full moon banquet."

"Yeah, the pillars are really impressive."

"Oh, by the way, I wonder if Jia Zhang will regret not helping when she finds out. When we sent Zhuzi's wife to the hospital that day, I saw Jia Zhang's wife Qin Huairu come out and take a look before going back."

"She will definitely regret it. She won't regret the red eggs. After all, every household in our yard has enough eggs now. But when He Yuzhu's baby's full moon banquet comes, she won't be able to sit at the table to eat. She will definitely regret it. She is so delicious, and He Yuzhu's cooking is so good, but she can't have a taste of it. She must be so anxious."

The other women burst into laughter.

When He Yuzhu returned home and saw Lou Xiao'e feeding her child, he gently closed the door and said to Su Xiulian, "Aunt, I'll have to trouble you for the rest of Xiao'e's confinement month. When Xiao'e is out of confinement, we will be able to handle it and you can go back and have a rest."

"It's okay, Zhuzi. I'm just sitting around doing nothing. Besides, I just chatted with Xiao'e and didn't do any work. You cooked lunch anyway, which is more comfortable than when I'm at home, where I have to cook for a whole family. Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. I'm going to go wash the diaper that the child just wet."

"Aunt, let me wash it." He Yuzhu said as he was about to take the diaper from Su Xiulian's hand.

"Goodbye, Zhuzi, you stay in the room and talk to Xiao'e. They are just a few diapers, and they will be washed in a short while." After saying that, Su Xiulian put the diapers in the basin and walked towards the pool in the yard.

Su Xiulian came to the pool with the basin, and naturally met Qin Huairu, the guardian of the courtyard pool. Qin Huairu smiled and greeted Su Xiulian: "You are Zhuzi's aunt, right? I am Zhuzi's neighbor."

"I know, you seem to be the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, what's your name, Huairu?"

"Well, my name is Qin Huairu, are you washing diapers?"

Su Xiulian glanced at Qin Huairu with a strange expression, and said with a smile: "Well, the child just peed, and I thought I was not busy now, so I took the opportunity to wash it out." Su Xiulian's hometown is Anhui Province, and she is not from the old city. She knows that there is a river in Anhui called Qinhuai River, which was a famous place of fireworks in ancient times. So when she learned Qin Huairu's full name, she was very surprised. How could someone give her daughter such a name?

"Zhuzi's cousin, did Xiao'e give birth to a boy or a girl?"

"Xiao'e was lucky this time, giving birth to three boys for Zhuzi at once."

After hearing what Su Xiulian said, Qin Huairu couldn't help but exclaimed: "Ah, giving birth to three boys at once, Zhuzi's wife is really amazing, I was wondering why her belly was so big when she was pregnant!"

"Well, Zhuzi and his wife are indeed blessed, but it seems that your luck is not bad either. The first child is a boy. Do you want more in the future?"

"Yes, I'll wait until the stem grows bigger. He's the only child in his father's family, and his grandmother said it would be better if he had more branches and leaves." Qin Huairu said shyly.

"Then you better hurry up. After all, it's better to give birth sooner rather than later."

"Well, I'm done washing. I'll go back first." After saying that, Qin Huairu walked home with the washed clothes.

After Qin Huairu left, Su Xiulian felt more at ease. She took the diaper out of the basin, put it in the sink and started washing it...

Qin Huairu hung the clothes on the clothesline in the yard, then walked back home with the basin.

Seeing Qin Huairu coming back, Jia Zhang asked, "What did you and Aunt Shazhu talk about just now?"

"We didn't talk about anything, just asked whether He Yuzhu gave birth to a boy or a girl."

"What did Sha Zhu give birth to? He left in a hurry when he came back just now, so I didn't see him."