Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Just as He Yuzhu walked into the front yard with a rocking bed in one hand and a bicycle in the other, Third Aunt Yang Suhua happened to come out of her house. Seeing the exquisite bamboo rocking bed in He Yuzhu's hand, Third Aunt Yang Suhua said enviously: "Zhuzi, your rocking bed is not cheap, it looks very exquisite."

"It's okay, Third Auntie, I have to take the rocking bed home quickly and won't chat with you anymore." After saying that, He Yuzhu continued walking towards the central courtyard.

He Yuzhu put his bicycle on the steps at his door, and then carried the rocking bed into the house. When Su Xiulian saw that He Yuzhu came back with the rocking bed so quickly, she couldn't help but ask curiously: "Zhuzi, why did you come back so soon? Why did you bring a rocking bed?"

"Aunt, there are two more outside. I'll move this one in first, and then I'll move the other two." After saying that, He Yuzhu put down the rocking bed, turned around and walked into the yard.

When He Yuzhu brought the remaining two rocking beds into the house, Su Xiulian was wiping the rocking beds with a towel. As she wiped them, she said, "Zhuzi, the rocking bed you bought is really well made. I was worried that there might be burrs on it that would prick the baby, but I didn't expect it to be so shiny once I touched it."

"Aunt, you don't have to wipe it. I had already wiped it at the carpenter's house when I bought it. This carpenter does his work very meticulously." After saying that, He Yuzhu moved the two rocking beds to the inner room and placed them on the floor.

"Brother He, didn't you say you would find a carpenter to do it? Why did you move it back directly?"

"Yes, I was at the carpenter's house. I asked him to make three rocking beds for me. I didn't expect that he had ready-made beds. I bought three directly and didn't have to wait."

"That's a coincidence. I don't have to wait. The carpenter's craftsmanship is excellent. This rocking bed looks very delicately made."

After hearing what Lou Xiao'e said, He Yuzhu couldn't help but laugh in his heart and confirmed that it took him a week to make this. Every part has been carefully polished, and the support rods under the rocking bed are made of huanghuali branches from the Fudi Dongtian.

"By the way, Xiao'e, it's almost noon, what are you planning to eat?"

"I don't really want to eat anything, just something light."

"Okay, I understand." After saying that, He Yuzhu walked out of the inner room and prepared to go to the kitchen to cook lunch.

He Yuzhu planned to use the ham to make some soup to make a bowl of plain noodles for Lou Xiaoe. As for him and Su Xiulian, they naturally didn't need to eat such a light meal, so He Yuzhu planned to make noodles with gravy.

He Yuzhu was cleaning up the kitchen after lunch. Cai Quanwu came to He Yuzhu's house with a basket of eggs. He opened the door and saw Su Xiulian lying on a recliner taking a nap. Cai Quanwu came to Su Xiulian and gently pushed her body, "Xiu Lian, where is Zhuzi?"

Su Xiulian, who had just fallen asleep, opened her eyes and saw that it was her man, Cai Quanwu, "Brother Cai, why are you here? Have you eaten?"

"I have eaten. I have prepared the red eggs that Zhuzi asked me to prepare. I am here to give them to him. Xiulian, where is Zhuzi?"

"Zhu Zi, he should be in the kitchen, right? We just finished our meal a while ago."

"Then you can continue to sleep. I'm going to the kitchen to find Zhu. I'll say a few words to him and then leave."

"Well, go slower on your way back."

Cai Quanwu walked out of the house carrying a basket of red eggs and came to the kitchen, where he saw He Yuzhu tidying up the kitchen.

"Zhu Zi, I have prepared the red eggs and brought them to you."

"Uncle, have you eaten yet? If not, I'll make you something."

"I have eaten. I prepared 10 pounds of eggs as you asked. I boiled them and painted them red."

"Uncle, you too, there's no rush to use it. It's so hot at noon, why don't you wait until the weather cools down before sending it." He Yuzhu said with some heartache as he looked at Cai Quanwu's sweaty face.

"It's okay. I thought I didn't have anything to do at noon, so I brought it to you."

"Uncle, wait a minute, I'll make you some persimmon vinegar, you can take it back and drink it on the way." After saying that, He Yuzhu walked out of the kitchen and walked into the next door storage room. Then He Yuzhu opened the lid of the jar of persimmon vinegar, used grapes to beat 1 jin of persimmon vinegar from it and poured it into the basin, and then poured some honey into the basin. Speaking of honey, He Yuzhu accidentally made a joke. Originally, He Yuzhu casually placed the beehive on the grassland in Fudi Dongtian. As a result, there were more chickens later, and the chickens actually ate the bees. When He Yuzhu found out, more than half of the bees in the beehive had been eaten. He Yuzhu hurriedly moved the beehive to the mountain behind Wuji Temple and caught all the free-range chickens on the mountain to the grassland, which saved the hard-earned bees.

He Yuzhu brought the basin back to the kitchen and poured some boiled water into the basin. After stirring it evenly and the honey was completely melted, He Yuzhu first served a bowl to Cai Quanwu, and then poured the rest in the basin into an empty jar.

Cai Quanwu held the bowl and drank the persimmon vinegar in one breath. After finishing it, Cai Quanwu touched his mouth with his hand and said, "Zhu Zi, this honey persimmon vinegar you made is really delicious to drink in summer."

"I like it. When you come back next time, bring a bigger empty jar and I'll make you some persimmon vinegar. You can mix it yourself when you go back. Anyway, I make several jars of this stuff every year and drink it as water in the summer."

"Okay, then I won't be polite to you. I have to go, Zhuzi." After saying this, Cai Quanwu took the honey persimmon vinegar prepared by He Yuzhu for him, turned around and prepared to walk out of the kitchen.

"Uncle, when you pass by the pond in the yard, wash your face. I won't see you off. I have to divide the eggs and give them to others after the people in the yard get off work."

"Okay, I know."

After Cai Quanwu left, He Yuzhu took out the red eggs from the basket and put 8 eggs in a bowl. This was for the neighbors who sent Lou Xiaoe to the hospital. As for the neighbors who did not help, He Yuzhu planned to give 3 red eggs to each family as a token of appreciation. He Yuzhu planned to wait until after 2: pm when the neighbors in the courtyard should have finished their lunch break, and then deliver the red eggs to the neighbors in the courtyard door to door.

As for going to the Lou family to announce the good news, He Yuzhu mentioned it to Lou Bancheng and Tan Yali when Lou Xiao'e was hospitalized. Lou Bancheng directly told them not to make it so troublesome. Anyway, there were not many relatives in his family. There were only him and Lou Xiao'e's mother at home. If they both came to the hospital to see Xiao'e, it would be considered as announcing the good news. He Yuzhu could just stay at home and take care of Xiao'e, and not run back and forth. After hearing what Lou Bancheng said, He Yuzhu did not insist.

At 2:30 in the afternoon, He Yuzhu walked out of the house with a basket of red eggs and headed to the front yard. He first came to the home of the third uncle Yan Bugui in the front yard. He Yuzhu stood at the door of Yan Bugui's house and shouted to the inside of the house: "Third aunt, are you home? I'm here to give you red eggs."

The third aunt smiled and opened the door and said, "Zhu Zi, you are so quick. You just said it this morning, but you can deliver it this afternoon. I thought you would wait."

"I have to go to work tomorrow, so I thought I'd take advantage of today's break to quickly deliver the red eggs to everyone. I'll be busy at work tomorrow."

"Then you'll take it, auntie." After saying that, the third aunt grabbed the eggs in the bowl that He Yuzhu was holding with both hands.

"Third Auntie, I'll go deliver it to the others."

After a while, He Yuzhu sent everyone who was at home in the front yard to the middle yard. He Yuzhu knocked on the door of Uncle Yi Zhonghai's house first. "Auntie, are you home? I'm Zhuzi."

A lady opened the door and asked, "Zhu Zi, what's wrong?"

"I just gave birth to a baby and came here to give you some red eggs." After saying that, He Yuzhu took three red eggs from the basket and handed them to the aunt.

The lady took the red egg and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Zhuzi."

"Thank you, Auntie. I'll deliver it to other neighbors."

Then He Yuzhu came to Jia Zhang's house carrying a basket. He Yuzhu expected that it was Qin Huairu who opened the door of Jia's house. He Yuzhu took out three red eggs and handed them to Qin Huairu without any words, "Sister-in-law of the Jia family, these are red eggs for you." After Qin Huairu took the red eggs in her hands, He Yuzhu turned around and walked towards the backyard.

After Qin Huairu closed the door, Jia Zhang asked from the kang in the room, "Huairu, who's here?"

"It's He Yuzhu, coming to bring red eggs to our family."

When Jia Zhang heard that He Yuzhu had sent red eggs, she quickly got up from the kang, came to Qin Huairu and asked, "How many did He Yuzhu send? Where are they? Let me see."

Qin Huairu stretched out her palm and showed the three red eggs in her hand to Jia Zhangshi. When Jia Zhangshi saw that there were only three, she immediately said with disappointment, "Why are there only three? There are four people in our family, and one is not enough for each person. How can we divide them? This silly Zhu is such a high official, but he is so stingy. God must be blind to let him have three sons."

"Mom, when Xudong comes back in the evening, you three can eat these three red eggs. I won't eat them."

When Jia Zhang heard this, she was very happy and said, "I knew that you, Huairu, are a filial daughter-in-law. Xudong is really lucky to marry you."

He Yuzhu came to Liu Haizhong's house in the backyard and waited for the second aunt to open the door.

"Second Aunt, I'm here to bring you some red eggs."

"Zhu Zi, you are so lucky to have given birth to three sons at once."

"Second Aunt, thank you for going to the steel mill to inform me that day. These eight red eggs are from me for you."

"Zhu Zi, why are you giving me so much?"

"Second Auntie, take it. I gave 8 red eggs to everyone who helped me that day. In addition to these 8 red eggs, I'm giving you 5 more. I treated other aunties to soda that day, and I didn't think about you at that time. Today, I'm giving you a few more red eggs, just as if I'm treating you to soda."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, the second auntie smiled and accepted the red eggs. "Then I'll accept them, auntie. Have you given them to other neighbors?"

"I've delivered to the front and middle yards. Yours is the first house I'm visiting in the back yard. I'll go to the other houses later."

"Then go quickly, I won't delay you from delivering the red eggs."

He Yuzhu came to the door of the deaf old lady, knocked on the door and said, "Old lady, I am Zhuzi, and I am here to give you red eggs."

"It's the pillar. The door is not locked. Just come in."

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu pushed open the door and entered the deaf old lady's room. "Old lady, I have a child. These are red eggs for you." After saying that, He Yuzhu grabbed three red eggs from the basket and put them in the old lady's hand.

"Zhu Zi, I heard from Yi Zhonghai's wife that your wife gave birth to three sons for you at once. You are so lucky. I must taste the red eggs you gave me carefully."

"Old lady, I still have to deliver red eggs to other families, so I won't talk to you anymore."

"Zhuzi, wait a moment, I have something to discuss with you." The deaf old lady hurriedly spoke when she saw He Yuzhu was about to leave.

He Yuzhu stopped and turned around to ask, "Old lady, what do you want to say?"

"Zhuzi, you grew up under my care. You are the only honest and kind person in the whole courtyard. I, the old lady, have no descendants. I had a child when I was young, but it was a pity that the child died before he could grow up. I am over 70 years old this year, and I don't have many days left to live. I just hope that after I am gone, someone can remember me and burn some paper for me during festivals. It is better than being a lonely ghost."

"Old lady, if you have something to say, you might as well just say it directly. It's better not to be so roundabout." He Yuzhu listened to the deaf old lady for a long time, but didn't understand what she said, so he just asked directly.

"People like to nag when they get old. So let me be frank, I want you to take care of me in my old age and see me to the end of my life. After I'm gone, these three houses will be left to you. Do you think that's okay?" Seeing that He Yuzhu didn't understand what she meant, the deaf old lady stopped exchanging pleasantries and went straight to the point.