Siheyuan: After traveling through time, who can still be an honest person?

When the deaf old lady heard that Cao Yue wanted her house, she agreed without thinking.

Seeing that she agreed so readily, Cao Yue couldn't help but feel puzzled and teased:

"Aren't you afraid that I'll just promise you verbally but not fulfill my promise later?"

The deaf old lady smiled and said confidently: "Don't worry, even though I am buried up to my neck in the dirt, I know everything in my heart!"

"Although you are not a good person, you are not bad to the core. You will not deceive an old man like me."

Cao Yue rolled his eyes after hearing this.

Is this a compliment to him or an insult to him?

The deaf old lady seemed to see through his thoughts and continued:

"Besides, the ancients often said 'Age makes a person wise'. I have lived for so long, what storms have I not seen? Even if I die, my soul will remain in this big courtyard where I have lived all my life."

"So, if you dare to lie to me, don't blame me for the ghost of you haunting you..."

"That's enough!" Cao Yue got goosebumps all over his body and quickly interrupted her, "Don't say that anymore, it's too creepy!"

“Hahahahahahaha…” Seeing this, the deaf old lady laughed so hard that her body shook. Her toothless mouth also opened wide, as if she was very proud of herself for scaring Cao Yue.

"Boy, it turns out you are afraid of something too."

Cao Yue retorted: "I'm not afraid of things, I'm afraid of old things!"

Then he reminded her, "Don't forget to go to the street office to write your will. I'll come to your house to get it tomorrow night."

"Wait a minute, I have something else to say."

The deaf old lady swallowed her saliva and said hopefully:

"From today on, you have to give me two meat dishes for every meal for two days. Madam, I have bad teeth, so remember to stew them until they are softer."

"Don't push your luck." Cao Yue refused coldly.

"I'm doing this for your own good. Everyone knows that we don't have a good relationship. If I leave the house to you out of the blue, won't outsiders get suspicious?"

The deaf old lady defended her greed with convincing words.

Ever since Jia Dongxu died, his filial grandson Sha Zhu gave her significantly fewer gifts.

Both of them have been in the hospital for more than half a month. Shazhu can't bring back vegetables, and the deaf old lady is almost speechless.

Some people become greedier as they get older.

That's what the deaf old lady is like.

After returning yesterday, the deaf old lady smelled the aroma of meat coming from Cao Yue’s house and was so greedy that she couldn’t sleep the whole night.

Of course, it is also because the night owls have been calling out all night long.

Cao Yue thought about it, felt it made sense, and agreed, but emphasized that it would only be delivered for today and tomorrow.

The deaf old lady sighed inexplicably: "Alas, two days... It's enough time, old lady, I am content."

"old lady."

Just now.

Sha Zhu walked into the backyard with a gloomy face.

Cao Yue glanced at Sha Zhu, nodded to the deaf old lady, turned around and rode his bicycle back home.

Sha Zhu watched Cao Yue enter the house and said gloomily:

"Why did that boy come to you? He must have bad intentions."

The deaf old lady said, "Silly Zhuzi, I have already made an agreement with Cao Yue that he will not embarrass you anymore and you should not provoke him again."

Sha Zhu gnashed his teeth and said, "He actually stabbed me in the back. I will definitely find a chance to get my revenge!"

If Cao Yue had not injured him, he would not have been beaten all over by Xu Damao who took advantage of the opportunity.

"You asked for it."

The deaf old lady scolded him bluntly: "If you didn't follow him with bad intentions, why would he hit you?"

"Humph!"

Sha Zhu still had a stubborn expression on his face, and was obviously not convinced.

The deaf old lady shook her head helplessly: "My silly Zhuzi, Cao Yue has shown mercy to you, otherwise he would have taken the opportunity to cripple your hand. How would you be a chef in the future?"

Hearing this, Sha Zhu's body trembled violently.

He knew in his heart that if his hands were really disabled, then the cooking skills he had worked so hard to learn for many years would be completely wasted, and that kind of life would be even more painful than death.

The reason why Director Yang and Deputy Director Li treated him differently was because of his cooking skills.

Without skills, how can you survive in the factory in the future?

Sha Zhu knew that he had offended too many people in the past, now that he had lost his cooking skills and his hands were disabled, how could people not retaliate against him?

When Sha Zhu thought of this possibility, a hint of fear flashed in his eyes, and the anger on his face gradually disappeared.

"So, he beat me up, so I should be grateful to him?"

Sha Zhu was afraid in his heart, but he refused to admit defeat.

The deaf old lady was about to persuade him again when suddenly a cold wind blew and she couldn't help but shiver.

"Old lady, you just got out of the hospital, why do you have to go out to bask in the sun?"

Sha Zhu bent down and picked up the deaf old lady.

The deaf old lady had been ill and had lost a lot of weight, so Sha Zhu could easily pick her up.

"Zhu Zi, carry me to the street office tomorrow."

"What are you doing at the street office?"

"Alas, I suddenly want to talk to Director Wang, otherwise I won't have the chance in the future."

"Pooh, pooh, pooh! May you live a hundred years."

……

When Cao Yue returned home, Master Yang and his three apprentices were doing the finishing work.

At noon, Cao Yue stewed fish and wild boar meat and specially invited them to have dinner. Master Yang and his three apprentices praised the meal highly.

The next night.

Cao Yue brought two plates of dishes and entered the deaf old lady's house. He went straight to the kitchen and poured the dishes into two plates.

Then it was brought to the deaf old lady's bed.

The deaf old lady looks much better than yesterday.

She raised her hand and pointed to the north wall. "There's a wooden box hidden there. Take it out."

Cao Yue walked over in the direction of the deaf old woman's finger, reached out and knocked, and sure enough, it was empty.

"How to open it?" Cao Yue turned around and asked.

The deaf old lady shook her head: "Go find a hammer and break the wall down."

Cao Yue was too lazy to bother, so he just clenched his fist and punched him.

With a loud "bang", a hole was smashed in the wall.

Cao Yue looked inside and saw that there was indeed a wooden box inside.

He punched a few more times to expand the hole, and then moved the wooden box out.

Cao Yue swept off the dust and placed the wooden box next to the deaf old woman's bed.

The deaf old lady said, "You can open it and have a look. There are several gold and silver ingots, some dollars, and the most valuable are a dozen or so pearls. They are rare treasures! In addition, there is an ancient inkstone, which is very old and valuable. There are also some jewelry. Although they are not very eye-catching, they are all top-quality goods.

Cao Yue reached out his hand carefully and gently opened the lid.

There was no trap triggered like in the TV series, and the treasures inside were just as the deaf old lady said.

The deaf old lady looked at Cao Yue's nervous expression and smiled slightly.

He took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to Cao Yue, saying:

"This is the will and the house deed with my fingerprints. Director Wang from the Street Office also has a will. You can take them all. People live a lifetime, and they can't bring anything with them when they are born, and they can't take anything with them when they die. What's the point of having these things?"

Cao Yue took the title deed and will without further ado.

The deaf old lady seemed to have let go of a heavy burden. She waved her hand and signaled Cao Yue to leave:

"Cao family boy, go away now. You don't have to come back tomorrow. I've eaten your good food for two days, and now we're even."

"But don't forget what you promised me."

Cao Yue remained silent and just nodded.

Before leaving, I found a piece of cloth to temporarily cover the hole in the wall.

"I'll have someone fix the wall tomorrow." Cao Yue said to the deaf old lady.

"Whatever, this is your house from now on." The deaf old lady said indifferently.

Cao Yue walked to the door with the things, then stopped, turned around and glanced at the deaf old lady who was eating.

For some reason, he suddenly had a premonition that this would be the last time he would see the deaf old lady.

……

Three o'clock in the morning.

Bang bang bang!

The door of Cao Yue's house was banged hard.

"Chief Cao, please come out quickly, Chief Cao, something...something big has happened..."

Yan Bugui shouted in panic.

Cao Yue put on his clothes and opened the door.

"What are you so worried about?"

"It's bad, it's bad, the deaf old lady died in front of Old Yi's house..."

Cao Yue was stunned when he heard this.