Siheyuan: The opening earthquake of stealing and replacing pillars

Early the next morning, someone shouted "It's snowing~", instantly waking He Yuzhu up from his dream. He looked at Zhu Lin who was still sleeping, quietly put on his clothes and went out.

Sure enough, snowflakes were floating in the sky, but the momentum was not strong, just like the catkins dancing in March, lightly and softly.

He Yuzhu went to the kitchen to change a coal briquette, and then fetched some hot water to wash up. At this time, the neighbors in the yard also came out of their homes and greeted each other. He Yuzhu greeted them with toothpaste foam in his mouth.

"Leaving so early, Xiangzi, you don't want to have breakfast!"

Xiangzi's family lived in the back house, which was in the row behind Xu Damao's house. Originally, there was a small door in the back house leading directly to the back street, but it was sealed off ten years ago. Later, they moved to the front yard, so its presence was very small.

"Hey, I'm used to it!"

"That won't do!" He Yuzhu joked, "As the old saying goes, man is made of iron and rice is made of steel. The body is the capital of revolution, so you have to eat!"

Xiangzi laughed and said, "When we get promoted someday, we'll develop this habit!"

This sounded like a joke, but to He Yuzhu it felt like helplessness, because in the final analysis it was still because of lack of money. If every household was wealthy, who wouldn't want to have a few fried dough sticks and a bowl of soy milk every day?

Although money is not everything, many things cannot be done without money, such as a widow losing her chastity, a father and son becoming enemies, brothers turning against each other, etc. These seem to be grievances and entanglements, but in fact they are all because of money.

Look at the neighbors in this courtyard, like the third uncle's family, if he had money, would he still be so calculating? If Qin Huairu had money, would she still be so mean?

So, no matter what time it is, a person must never be without money, so He Yuzhu became more determined to make money.

At this time, the door of Yi Zhonghai's house opened, and Old Man Yi helped Auntie out of the house. Auntie kept coughing, as if she was sick. In fact, this is not surprising. Since the earthquake, Auntie's health has been poor. It may be because of the fear. In addition, she has heart disease, so she has never stopped taking the medicine and goes to the hospital every few days.

"Hey, old lady, what's wrong with you?" He Yuzhu did not add insult to injury to the old lady.

"Cough cough~"

The old lady looked very uncomfortable. She breathed out a breath of cold air when she opened her mouth, and then she coughed violently.

Yi Zhonghai looked distressed. He sighed and said, "I caught a cold at night and started to have a fever!"

"Uncle, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but look at your house, there are not even two quilts in total, and you always use coats to make do. How can Auntie not have a fever? I'm asking you why you save all that money? You don't feel bad and just bear it, but you have to think about Auntie. She's a woman with poor health, and she doesn't have enough food and drink, but you can't even afford to buy her a quilt. She's been with you for half her life, can you live with your conscience?"

As the saying goes, killing someone cuts into their heart. He Yuzhu's words were like knives stabbing into Yi Zhonghai's heart, making Yi Zhonghai's face turn red with anger.

"Hmph, you don't have to worry about my family's affairs!"

He Yuzhu was not angry either, he smiled and said: "Alas, a dog bites Lu Dongbin and doesn't know the kindness of a good person. Auntie, have you seen that Uncle has no heart for you at all? In the end, you are not important at all. I think you have been with him for nothing all these years!"

As the saying goes, Lu Yao knows Ma Li well, and time reveals a person's true character. As the person involved, the aunt knows very well how her life is going. However, having lived under the tyranny of Yi Zhonghai all her life, she has long lost the will to resist. To put it bluntly, she has just accepted her fate.

"Cough cough cough cough~"

"Silly Zhu, how can you say that about an old man?"

At some point, Qin Huairu came over. She glanced at He Yuzhu, then swiftly helped the old lady up, touched her forehead, and then frowned and said, "Uncle, we can't delay any longer, send her to the hospital!"

Yi Zhonghai snorted coldly at He Yuzhu and thought to himself, I was just going to go, but this guy suddenly jumped out. I thought he could say a few nice words, but who would have thought that he could not spit out ivory from his dog's mouth and actually made things difficult for me.

Seeing the three people about to leave, He Yuzhu suddenly shouted, "Auntie, take good care of yourself. If you really can't get well, just stay in the hospital for a few days. Anyway, I have plenty of money!"

"Puchi~" Yi Zhonghai, who was walking up the stairs, almost stepped on empty air.

Qin Huairu looked at He Yuzhu with a resentful look, as if saying, you are the one who talks too much.

……

After breakfast, He Yuzhu called a cart at the entrance of the alley, and then drove Zhu Lin to the guesthouse of the Institute of Technology. At this time, Zhang Baosheng's family was performing a ghostly howling in the guesthouse.

"Cry, just cry. It was unnecessary for me to give birth to you~" The person who was cursing was Zhang Baosheng.

Although Zhang Baosheng is a cultured person, he also has a bad habit, that is, he loves to drink. Like most people, he likes to act crazy when he drinks too much. At this time, he had just come back from outside and said he was having breakfast, but in fact he went to drink. It is not uncommon for people to drink early in the morning, but it is rare to see cultured people like Zhang Baosheng drinking early in the morning.

As soon as he entered the door, he started to curse. I don't know if he was really drunk or just pretending to be drunk. He walked unsteadily and stumbled to the ground right after he finished cursing. Fangcao was busy coaxing the child, so he shouted at Zhang Xiaohua: "Pull your father up!"

Zhang Xiaohua looked at the living father in front of her, a trace of disgust flashed in her eyes. To be honest, she really didn't want to care, but this man was her father after all, so she had to reach out to help him. However, the drunk man was like a pig, so heavy that she couldn't pull him at all.

"Useless thing, what's the point of raising you?" Zhang Baosheng was unhappy and slapped his daughter hard.

The drunkard hit Zhang Xiaohua without restraint, causing him to stagger and fall. Fangcao was startled and quickly put down the child to help Zhang Xiaohua.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Baosheng became even angrier after seeing this, and shouted, "Another tactless person, why don't you come over to help your husband first~"

Fangcao was also frightened. After she helped Zhang Xiaohua up, she quickly turned around to help Zhang Baosheng. But she was a step too slow and was immediately slapped in the face. Fangcao was already weak and immediately fell to the side like a leaf.

And Zhang Baosheng suddenly seemed to be possessed again, he fell to the ground and burst into tears. His crying was so earth-shaking that it instantly attracted everyone in the guesthouse, who looked over and asked what had happened.

Seeing such an embarrassing scene, Zhang Xiaohua was overwhelmed with grief. He pulled Fangcao up and held the child and walked out. However, Fangcao was worried about Zhang Baosheng and showed some hesitation on her face.

"Don't worry about him. If you have the energy to curse, you won't die!"

It seemed to make sense. Fangcao no longer hesitated, and followed Zhang Xiaohua out of the guesthouse holding the child.