Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After He Yuzhu and a few others looked at their rooms, they gathered a few more people into the room. Looking at their excited looks, he couldn't help but sigh that this era is good because it is easy to satisfy people and you won't get fat.

"Okay, calm down for a moment. I told you guys to find formal jobs before. How are you doing after such a long time?"

Several people looked at each other and exchanged glances, and finally Zhang Hu spoke.

"Brother Zhuzi, we have found a few jobs now, but we can't make up our minds. We don't know what to do."

"Tell me what kind of work it is, and I'll help you with some advice."

"We found out from the subdistrict office that furniture factories, food factories, coal briquette factories and waste recycling stations are currently hiring workers."

After listening to this, He Yuzhu pondered for a while.

"Don't you guys have any ideas? What do you guys think?"

"We were mainly thinking that we were too busy with the previous jobs, and we were afraid that it would affect us to follow you now. After all, the salary is low at the beginning, and it would be a bit embarrassing to tell others about the last one."

"Do you want to find an easy job or one that makes a lot of money?"

"It must be because he makes a lot of money." Several people answered in unison without even thinking.

"If you listen to me, you can go to work at a waste recycling station. Although this job sounds bad, there is actually a lot of room for maneuver in waste recycling, and you have more freedom in terms of hours. You usually go to work riding a tricycle on the street. If you are lucky enough to receive good things from ordinary people, you can easily earn one or two months' salary."

"Brother Zhuzi, is it really that good?" Several people looked at each other suspiciously, and finally Wang Chao couldn't help but speak.

"Okay, let me give you an example. Suppose you are walking around the street collecting junk, and an ordinary person stops you and says he has some old books to sell. You buy them at 500 yuan per pound, and you spend 5000 yuan to buy a lot of them. Afterwards, you sort them out and find that there are several rare and unique books. Each book is worth 5 yuan. You hide the books secretly and take the rest back to the scrap yard to hand in. How much money can you make just from this book? You can't understand books, or I'll give you an easier example. You collect a bunch of porcelain from ordinary people, and one of the porcelain is an antique. You should all understand which is more valuable, the antique or the junk."

After hearing the picture described by He Yuzhu, several people swallowed their water. They had never thought that they could make so much money by collecting scrap. Zhao Hu asked another question.

"Brother Zhuzi, where can I sell it after I receive it? What if I can't find a buyer? It will be a waste of money, and the key is that we don't know which ones are antiques and which ones are junk."

"If you can't find a buyer, bring it to me and I'll buy it all, no matter how much it is. As for you not understanding antiques, that's easy to deal with. I'll find a teacher to teach you how to identify antiques. And when you really do it, you must be careful not to say you're collecting antiques, you're collecting junk. And you can also take the opportunity to sell the goods out, if it's convenient, remember to find some regular customers."

"Okay, I've said everything I need to say. Go clean up the house. What I said is only for your viewing. Go back and think about it carefully. If you have decided, go and sign up early. Don't be too late and miss the chance. Also, don't put anything in those side rooms. I'm going to use them as warehouses in the future."

He Yuzhu was about to get up and leave after he finished speaking, but Zhang Hu stopped him.

"Brother Zhuzi, I have something I want to tell you in private."

"Then come out with me." He Yuzhu glanced at Zhang Hu, curious about what he wanted to talk to him about.

The two came to the back house on the south side of the yard. He Yuzhu looked at Zhang Hu and waited for him to speak.

"Brother Zhuzi, why do you insist on asking me to find a job? We are doing well with you now. It's easy work with little effort and we get paid a lot."

"They asked you to ask, right? I'll tell you straight, Huzi. Times have changed. Haven't you noticed that many things on the market need to be sold at prices set by the government? In the future, individuals may not be allowed to buy and sell things privately. You will follow me. Even if you want to do this business in the future, you need to do it quietly and privately. You need to have a formal job, so I asked you to find a job. Do you understand what I said?"

"Although I didn't quite understand, I believe Brother Zhuzi. You won't cheat us. If it weren't for your help, my family might not have survived. I will do whatever you ask me to do, even if it means going through fire and water."

"You don't need to be so exaggerated. Go back and explain it to them. Also, be careful when shipping out in the future, especially since the supply is so limited now. There is no need to develop new customers at the moment. Just keep the old customers stable and do your job well. Learn more about your brothers' ideas and tell me if there is anything. Okay, I'm leaving first. You can go back and clean up the house."

After patting Zhang Hu on the shoulder, He Yuzhu left the house in Chunshu Hutong and walked towards his master Wu Baotian's home.

After more than ten days of preparation, He Daqing finally decided to leave Sijiu City and follow Bai Guafu to Baoding while He Yuzhu was resting and taking He Yushui out to play. Bai Guafu was very happy when she heard He Daqing say that he wanted to follow her to Baoding, so she specially agreed to unlock He Daqing's previous begging posture, which instantly made He Daqing feel that he was a real winner in life.

After resting that day, He Yuzhu returned to his home at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang Siheyuan as usual. As soon as He Yuzhu entered the house, He Yushui rushed over and hugged He Yuzhu's thighs.

"Brother, I want you to take me to fly a kite today, okay?"

He Yuzhu picked up He Yushui with a doting look on his face, pinched He Yushui's little face and said, "Okay, today I will take you to fly a kite. Wait for me to get the kite, and then we will set off, okay?"

"Okay, then hurry up, brother."

After He Yuzhu found the kite, he handed the kite to He Yushui and asked Yushui to hold it. He then lifted Yushui up and placed it around his neck.

"Sit tight, Yushui, let's go. Dad will take Yushui to fly a kite." Listening to He Yushui's silver bell-like laughter, He Yuzhu felt that it was great to have a younger sister.

"Keep an eye on your sister, come back early, and don't play too late."

He Daqing looked at the happy brother and sister, concealing his inner reluctance, and asked He Yuzhu to take care of He Yushui with a look of relief. After making sure that He Yuzhu and He Yushui were far away, He Daqing took out the clothes he had packed in advance from the cabinet, and put the two letters he had prepared in advance on the table in the main room. After He Daqing prepared everything, he stood up and prepared to leave. Before leaving, He Daqing took a deep look at everything in the room, sighed, locked the door, and left without looking back.

When He Daqing arrived at the house rented by Bai Guafu, Bai Guafu had already packed up everything and was waiting for He Daqing to arrive so that she could leave directly.

"Sister, let's go. Believe me this time and I'm serious about you. I, He Daqing, am an absolute real man."

"I knew that you are a good person, Brother He. Let's go."

He Daqing did not stay in the house rented by Bai Guafu for too long. The two of them went straight to Sijiucheng Railway Station. After buying two train tickets to Baoding, they sat in the lobby waiting.

When He Yuzhu returned home with He Yushui, who had fallen asleep from playing, He Daqing and Bai Guafu had already boarded the train to Baoding. He Yuzhu looked at the locked door and thought that He Daqing had gone out to buy food. He Yuzhu could only put the kite on the ground, hold He Yushui with one hand, and take out the key from his pocket with the other hand. He Yuzhu found the key and unlocked the door. After entering the room, He Yuzhu gently put He Yushui on the bed and covered her with a quilt.

Just when He Yuzhu came to the main room and was about to pour a glass of water to quench his thirst, He Yuzhu found the envelopes on the table. He Yuzhu curiously picked up the first envelope, opened it and began to read.

"Zhu Zi, when you see this letter, I will have already left the city. From now on, Yu Shui will be in your care. You are already an adult, so you must take good care of your sister. Don't blame me for being cruel. I can't bear to leave you two, but I have to leave. Since the land reform movement began last year, I have seen many people arrested because they worked for the Wang Puppet Government when the Japanese invaded. The lighter ones were arrested and paraded, and then spent many years in prison. The more serious ones had their families torn apart. And your father cooked for a high-ranking official of the Wang Puppet Government in Beiping during that period."

"Although that man was captured and shot by the skinheads when the Japanese surrendered, I'm afraid someone will report me for having cooked for him. If I can't explain myself, our family will be ruined. It doesn't matter if I die, but I'm afraid that you two will be implicated and sent to the Northwest by the government. Your sister Yushui is only six years old. The Northwest is so hard, how can she survive it?"

"I also thought about betting that no one would report me, but when I picked up your sister from school that day, I saw someone being shot. I was really scared and I couldn't afford to lose. Just when I didn't know what to do, I met a widow from Baoding last year. After I got together with her, she persuaded me to go to Baoding with her. I knew she had no good intentions and didn't really want to be with me. She was willing to be with me just to get me to help her raise her two sons."

"So I agreed to her. This way I could take the opportunity to leave Sijiucheng and go to Baoding with her. No one there knows my past, and you and your brother can live a peaceful life. I have asked someone to transfer the house to your name. This way, even if I go to Baoding and marry that widow, her son will not have the opportunity to come to Sijiucheng and snatch the property from you."

"Before I left, I had already made an agreement with Mr. Lou from the steel mill that you can go directly to work in the canteen of the steel mill. Don't follow your master to work in Fengze Garden. Fengze Garden will not be as stable as the factory in the future. Don't tell others that I arranged a job for you. Just tell others that Mr. Lou felt sorry for you and your sister, so he let you work in the steel mill."

"I put the house deed in a small drawer in the cabinet, and there is 400 million yuan I left for you. I will send you and Yu Shui 10 yuan every month. Remember not to tell others how much money your family has. Don't show your money to others, or someone will miss you. You have changed a lot in the past few years. You are already a mature adult. You must take good care of your sister in the future. She is still young. When she is ignorant, you should coax her more and don't hit her. Don't tell Yu Shui the real reason why I left. Wait until she grows up, and then tell her the truth if there is a chance in the future."

"Burn this letter after you finish reading it. The other letter is one I prepared especially for you. It says that I will not abandon you two and run off with the widow. You will know the details when you open the letter."

After reading this letter, He Yuzhu quickly opened the second letter and started reading.

"Zhu Zi, when you see this letter, I have already gone to Baoding with your aunt Bai. After your mother left, I wanted to raise you brothers by myself, but I never thought that I would meet your aunt Bai last year. After meeting her, I fell deeply in love with her, and I decided to marry her and take care of her for the rest of my life. Your aunt Bai said that if I marry her, I must go to Baoding with her and help her raise her two sons. I really like her so much, so I can only apologize to you and your sister Yu Shui. I left you 100 million yuan at home, and I took all the rest. Your sister will be left to you to take care of from now on."

After reading the two letters, He Yuzhu couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It seems that the novels have misunderstood He Daqing. If He Daqing was really obsessed with widows, then after He Yuzhu's mother died, why didn't he leave and find another one? After all, it was too easy for a man who could support a family to marry in that era. How could a man who took such good care of his daughter be a cruel person?

Besides, if he really liked the White Widow, he could have asked her to bring her son to Sijiucheng instead of Baoding. It can only be said that the truth is often covered up. Thinking of how He Daqing fled Sijiucheng under the pretext of marrying the White Widow, just to let his child live a stable life. Thinking of this, He Yuzhu couldn't help but admire his cheap father.

However, after He Daqing ran away, He Yuzhu became more awed by fate. Although his soul had changed some things when he came to this world, some things that were destined to happen still happened. This may be the legendary "small trends can be changed, but big trends are hard to go against." It seems that he should be cautious in the future and not waste time just because he knows some things about the future.

He Yuzhu put the first letter written by He Daqing into Fudi Dongtian, and took all the money left by He Daqing, including the house deed, except for one million yuan. After packing up everything, He Yuzhu sat on a chair, thinking about how he should act so that people in the yard would believe that he and his sister were abandoned by the cruel He Daqing. It seemed that the time had come to test He Yuzhu's acting skills.

Then He Yuzhu adjusted his mood, took the second letter left by He Daqing with a panicked look on his face, hurriedly opened the door, and ran to Yi Zhonghai's house.