Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

After clearing out the things in the house in the afternoon, He Yuzhu planned to ride his bicycle to send his sister He Yushui to his uncle Cai Quanwu's house. It happened that He Yushui was on summer vacation and didn't have to go to school every day. He Yuzhu rode the bicycle, and his sister He Yushui sat on the back seat of the bicycle, carrying a package of her own clothes.

While riding his bicycle, He Yuzhu said to He Yushui, "Yushui, you should stay at your cousin's house for a few days. I will stay at our house tonight. After meeting the people who are renovating the house tomorrow, I will go to your cousin's house to see you tomorrow night. Be diligent when you stay at your cousin's house. You should wash your own clothes and don't bother your cousin's aunt all the time."

He Yushui sat on the back seat of the bicycle and said impatiently, "Okay, I get it, brother, please stop talking."

He Yuzhu brought his sister to the back door of Cai Quanwu's tavern. After the public-private partnership, Cai Quanwu built a wall with bricks between the front and back doors of the tavern. Standing in front of the door, He Yuzhu tapped the door a few times with his hands and shouted to the yard, "Aunt, open the door, I'm Zhuzi."

"I'm here." Soon after she finished speaking, Su Xiulian came to the back door with her second son in her arms and opened it. After the door was opened, Su Xiulian warmly welcomed He Yuzhu and his sister into the yard. He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle and asked casually, "Aunt, where is my uncle?"

"Uncle, he's out doing work on his cart. You said your uncle is the same. Although the tavern business is gone, the dividends are enough for our family to eat and drink. Your uncle doesn't even take a break, but keeps running around the streets to do some work when he has nothing to do." Su Xiu Lian grumbled with some dissatisfaction.

He Yuzhu listened to Su Xiulian's chatter, and understood that his cousin Cai Quanwu must have gone to his courtyard in Chunshu Hutong. Today was the time to make a deal with the villagers, and his cousin Cai Quanwu went to help him collect antiques sent by the villagers. It seemed that his cousin did not tell his aunt about this matter, and now He Yuzhu has handed over the task of collecting antiques from the villagers to his cousin. He Yuzhu could only smile and say, "Aunt, my cousin has two sons now, he has to work harder to earn more money, otherwise how can the children marry when they grow up? Besides, Shaoan will also marry in a few years, and then he will need your help."

Speaking of her younger brother Su Shaoan, Su Xiulian couldn't help but said tenderly, "As a sister, I will definitely help Shaoan a little when he gets married, but the main thing depends on him. By the way, Zhuzi, Shaoan will graduate from junior high school next year. With his academic performance, he definitely has no hope of getting into high school or technical secondary school. I don't know what to do then."

After listening to Su Xiulian's concerns, He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Aunt, don't worry about this. Let's see if there is a suitable job in the street office. If there is no suitable job in the street office, I will arrange a job for him."

When Su Xiulian heard what He Yuzhu said, she said happily, "Zhuzi, I feel relieved when you said that. In fact, I wanted to wait until Shaoan graduated from junior high school to learn cooking from you, but I didn't expect that you became a leader, so it's not appropriate for me to learn cooking from you anymore."

After listening to this, He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Does Shaoan like to cook? If he likes to cook, I can help him arrange a job in our factory cafeteria. That means cooking in the steel mill cafeteria, and basically he will be there for the rest of his life."

Su Xiulian said, “Shaoan was fascinated by your cooking skills the first time he ate the food you cooked. Since then, he has been particularly interested in cooking.”

"It's OK as long as he likes it, but cooking is very hard work, aunt. When Shaoan graduates from junior high school next year, I'll see what he thinks then. If he's willing, I'll arrange for him to work in the cafeteria of our factory. If not, I'll find other ways for him. By the way, why didn't I see Shaoan? Where is he?"

"Shaoan ran out to play. By the way, Zhuzi, what brought you here today? I was so busy talking to you that I forgot to ask you. Look at my memory." Su Xiulian then remembered to ask He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Isn't it time for me to get married at my age? I want to take advantage of the hot weather to renovate my house. During the few days of renovation, my house cannot be inhabited, so I want to stay at your house with Yushui for a few days."

"It's just a small thing. You and Yushui can stay here as long as you want. After all, this house is still yours. I will clean up the house for you and Yushui right now." Su Xiulian said readily.

He Yuzhu quickly stopped Su Xiulian from working and said, "Aunt, you should just take care of Guoqing. Let me clean up the house. We will only stay at your house for about a week, so it will be easy to deal with this summer."

Seeing what He Yuzhu said, Su Xiulian stopped insisting and pointed to the western wing and said to He Yuzhu, "That room is currently empty, but I usually clean it up. Open the window to ventilate and get rid of the smell. I'll bring you a blanket later."

"Thank you, aunt. Yushui, you go and clean up the house. Aunt, Yushui will live here alone tonight. I will stay at my house for the night. The house renovation workers will come to my house early tomorrow morning. I am just here to send Yushui here today. I have something else to do later, so I will leave first. Yushui, be obedient at your uncle's house. Your elder brother is leaving first. He will come to see you tomorrow."

He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle away from Cai Quanwu's house, and then rushed to his master Guan Xuezong's house. When he arrived at his master Guan Xuezong's house, Guan Xuezong was sitting at the door playing chess with others. He Yuzhu shouted from a distance: "Master, I'm here to see you."

Upon hearing this, Guan Xue Zong said unhappily: "You're here, no need to shout. Lao Lin, let's stop playing chess here for today." After saying that, Guan Xue Zong stood up, left the chess table and walked towards home.

He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle and followed behind his master Guan Xuezong. As they walked, Guan Xuezong asked, "It's been a while since you last came to see me? Why did you suddenly think of coming to see me today?"

He Yuzhu looked at his somewhat dissatisfied master Guan Xuezong and quickly explained, "Master, I'm sorry. I've been a bit busy lately. I'll try to spare more time to visit you in the future."

After He Yuzhu chatted with Master Guan Xuezong for more than an hour at his home, he stood up and said goodbye. After leaving Guan Xuezong's home, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle towards Zheng Laoguai's home. Since the house was renovated, he could take the opportunity to install a fireplace for winter heating. He Yuzhu had already drawn the design of the fireplace and put it in his pocket. He only needed to ask Zheng Laoguai to help make it and also to make a water tank for hot water for bathing.

He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to Zheng Laoguai's blacksmith shop. Zheng Laoguai's blacksmith shop was as quiet as ever. Zheng Laoguai, who was lying on a chair in the house, saw He Yuzhu coming. He glanced at He Yuzhu and asked, "Xiao He, what do you want me to do this time?"

Because he had asked Zheng Laoguai for help in making a screw extrusion puffing machine before, He Yuzhu was already very familiar with Zheng Laoguai. He Yuzhu went straight to the point and said, "This is what I want to make, please take a look." After that, He Yuzhu took out the drawn blueprint from his pocket and handed it to Zheng Laoguai.

Old Weird Zheng sat down on the recliner, took the drawing handed over by He Yuzhu and looked down at it. After a while, Old Weird Zheng said, "Your design is quite clever, but there is one thing. If you want to seal it well, you have to use electric welding. I can't do this kind of welding. If you want to weld it, you have to hire a professional welder. And what is your iron box used for?"

He Yuzhu said knowingly, "I have plans for welding. I plan to ask the welding master in our factory to help me weld. You just need to make these parts. I will use the iron box to store hot water for bathing."

After listening to this, Zheng Laoguai said, "If you are using it to hold hot water for bathing, I suggest you add a hole for charcoal at the bottom. It's okay for bathing in summer, but in winter, you can add some charcoal so that the water won't cool down so quickly when you bathe. Since your factory has electric welding, why don't you just do it in your factory? Why come to me?"

He Yuzhu said with a smile: "Thank you for your suggestion, Master Zheng. I will change it as you said. Although these things can be made in our factory, the workers have their own work to do. I can't delay the normal production of the workers because of my accessories. It's okay for welders to weld faster. I just need to pay for the welding rods. Besides, there will definitely be scraps after making these things. The finance department will have to calculate the cost at that time. It's better to come directly to you, Master Zheng."

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Zheng Laoguai looked at He Yuzhu with satisfaction and said, "Xiao He, your ideological awareness is good. I thought you wanted to abuse your power for personal gain and take advantage of the public."

He Yuzhu couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this and said, "Master Zheng, please stop teasing me. If I wanted to take advantage of the government, I wouldn't have come to you to make the screw extruder last time. I would have made it directly in our steel rolling mill. That was a serious job for the government, and the drawings were finally submitted to the state."

After hearing this, Zheng Laoguai laughed and gave He Yuzhu a thumbs up, then said, "Xiao He, you have a high level of ideological awareness. You spent a lot of money on the screw extruder last time. It must have cost you three or four hundred yuan. Did your factory reimburse you for that money?"

"I didn't ask the factory to reimburse me for that money, but the factory gave me a reward. They gave me a radio and a salary increase," He Yuzhu said proudly.

Zheng Laoguai looked at He Yuzhu's smug expression and said jokingly, "So, Xiao He, you've got a great bargain." After saying that, Zheng Laoguai stood up from his chair, put away his joking expression and said to He Yuzhu seriously, "Xiao He, I estimate that these two things can be made for you in three days. By then, you'll have to find a cart to pull them. These things weigh several hundred kilograms."

"I know, Master Zheng. Can you calculate how much it is so I can get the money for you?" He Yuzhu asked with a smile.

Zheng Laoguai waved his hand nonchalantly and said, "When the things are ready, give them to me when you come to pick them up. Your things are a bit complicated, and I have never made them before. I can't tell you the specific price right now."

"Okay, then I'll pay you when the stuff is done. By the way, Master Zheng, how about this? When the stuff is done, you can call a guy on the street to deliver it to the Red Star Steel Mill where I work. I'll pay you when I get off work."

After hearing this, Zheng Laoguai readily agreed: "Okay, I'll do as you say and I'll find a bastard to send directly to your factory. But is your factory easy to get into?"

"It's okay. I'll let the guard at the door know in advance. Ask the delivery man to tell me my name and wait for me at the door. I'll pick him up at the door."

"That's fine, as long as you arrange it."

After He Yuzhu arranged the fireplace, he rode his bike to his home in Nanluoguxiang. Not long after he entered the house, he heard Yan Jiecheng shouting outside the house: "Brother Zhu, someone is pulling a cart of bricks at the gate. They said they are for your home renovation. Come over and take a look."

He Yuzhu walked out of the room upon hearing the sound, and said to Yan Jiecheng with a smile: "Thank you, Jiecheng."

Yan Jiecheng said with an embarrassed look on his face: "Brother Zhu, you are too polite."

He Yuzhu followed Yan Jiecheng to the gate of the courtyard. After reaching the gate, He Yuzhu said to the brick-pulling master: "Master, hello, I am He Yuzhu."

The man pulling the bricks quickly sat up from the ground and said, "Hello, boss. Yangshi Lei asked me to deliver bricks to your house. This is the first load. There will be several more loads to come. Where do you think we should unload the bricks?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Master, please follow me." He Yuzhu brought the brick deliveryman to the small yard in front of his kitchen, and then said, "Master, let's unload it in this small yard first and put it against the wall."