Siheyuan, the opening gun is aimed at Yi Zhonghai

As soon as He Daqing looked up, he saw He Yuzhu's twitching face and became furious!

How could he not understand He Yuzhu's character? He was clearly feeling proud of himself for beating me down.

This is tolerable, even my uncle can tolerate it, but my aunt can't.

So he didn't care about his old father's image and used his free hand to perform the trick of the monkey stealing peaches.

He also shouted loudly: "Evil beast, take my monkey stealing peach trick."

He Yuzhu was completely unprepared this time and was caught red-handed by He Daqing, with his weakness firmly in his hands.

His voice changed: "Dad, you..."

He Daqing grasped He Yuzhu's weakness tightly and said proudly: "How about it, evil beast, are you convinced?"

He Yuzhu was in so much pain that tears were about to fall, so how could he dare not disobey?

"I give in, I give in, Dad, please let go."

"..."

Yan Fugui happened to pass by and greeted him with a smile: "Hey, Lao He, are you practicing with your son?"

He Daqing suddenly felt embarrassed and quickly let go of He Yuzhu.

"Ha, just to see if Shazhu has improved over the years, what are you doing..."

Yan Fugui: "Oh, I don't have classes in the afternoon, so I'll leave early."

He Yuzhu was released and quickly rubbed it with his hands.

Then he teased Yan Fugui, "Hey, Third Uncle, you're here early."

Yan Fugui: "If you don't have classes, just come back. You can't rely on time at school. Wouldn't it be nice to go fishing in Shichahai during this time?"

He Daqing exclaimed: "You can fish in Shichahai now."

Yan Fugui said proudly, "We can fish a long time ago. There are many fish in Shichahai now. Do you want to join us later, Lao He?"

He Daqing waved his hand: "I won't go. I finally have a day off."

Yan Fugui said with a sigh, "I can't compare with you. My whole family will starve if we don't think about the outside world. Hey, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go early to grab a seat."

He Yuzhu: "Then you are busy."

After Yan Fugui left, He Daqing said, "Zhu Zi, let's not sit idle. Let's go to the street office and see if there are any vacant houses for rent."

"I've thought about it carefully. What you said makes some sense. We can't offend Xiao Zhou because of your Aunt Bai."

"This isn't because I'm afraid of Xiao Zhou. This isn't because I won't hold back Yu Shui."

He Yuzhu gave a thumbs up: "It has to be you, Dad, who said the most cowardly words in the most stubborn tone."

"Actually, you don't have to do this. It's shameful to be afraid of Zhou Zheng in this courtyard."

"You just returned to Sijiu City, there are some things you don't know, let me tell you this, there are four things in Sijiu City that you should not mess with, the night owls in the east, the gossipers in the west, the gunmen in the south, and the lackeys in the north."

"And Zhou Zheng is the night owl in the east city!" He gave a thumbs up as he said this.

He Daqing doesn't quite understand the meaning of "night owl".

"What does this night owl mean?"

He Yuzhu explained, "Well, that's all. Don't call me that in front of those people, or I won't know where to collect your body. This night owl is just a metaphor. You know the pigeon market in the past. Before liberation, you took me there to shop. Now the country doesn't allow pigeon markets to exist, so pigeon markets are only open at night. The largest pigeon market in Dongcheng is Zhou Zheng's. You say, if we ordinary people really offend him, even if he doesn't take action, the people below will be enough to make us drink a pot."

He Daqing frowned: "Then why do you let Yu Shui stay with him?"

He Yuzhu spread his hands and said, "You can't blame me for this. When you left Sijiu City, you left me and Yushui in the compound. Yi Laogou and his gang bullied us because we had no father and schemed against me everywhere. I really couldn't support Yushui. It was at that time that Zhou Yunhai always gave us some food. Later, Zhou Yunhai died, and Yushui has been following Zhou Zheng. There are many things involved, and I can't explain them all at once. I will tell you slowly later."

"Just remember one thing. If it weren't for Zhou Zheng, Yu Shui and I would have died long ago."

As they talked, they walked towards the street office.

The purpose is naturally to ask if there are any vacant houses for rent.

In fact, it is very easy to rent a house.

It is incorrect to say that there was a shortage of houses in Sijiu City at that time. The difficulty in living in Sijiu City was not the housing but the household registration. Without a Sijiu City household registration, there would be no ration of food, and no acceptance for major projects.

Therefore, if you don’t have a local hukou, it’s meaningless even if you live in the city.

There is one more thing to note.

When you start working at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, you will have the opportunity to get a house after being converted to a regular employee. If you are lucky enough to get a house, you will find that the house does not actually belong to you, and you need to pay a rent of 2 yuan per month.

This type of house is called "welfare housing".

In addition, if you are not allocated a house, you can rent one through the street office.

However, the rent for renting a house through the street office is no longer 2 yuan, but ranges from 6 yuan to 15 yuan depending on the specifications of the house.

In other words, if He Daqing rented a house outside for Widow Bai, it would cost at least 6 yuan per month.

This is not something an ordinary working class family can afford.

But He Daqing didn't think there was any problem, it was just the money for a banquet.

Because of this, He Daqing and his son did not waste long at the street office to finalize the house rental issue, and even asked the street office staff to take them to see the house.

The house is near the bus station and is a quadrangle with two entrances.

There are seven families living in the yard. The house that He Daqing rents is the back room in the backyard, which is about 40 square meters and costs 6 yuan per month.

There are two rooms, and the kitchen is a shed at the door of the house. The environment is acceptable.

He Yuzhu was vaguely worried.

"Dad, this... would the White Widow be willing to live here?"

"It's okay, this is good enough. The houses in Baoding are not much bigger than this, so we can still live here."

“But I’m still a little worried.”

"You're just worrying for nothing."

"I hope so, Dad. I hope you don't have anything else to tell me. I'll go find Xiaoman and pick her up after get off work."

"No more. Go ahead and bring me a pound of braised meat when you come back."

"to make."

Three more days passed.

Widow Bai returned to the courtyard with her two sons. Since it was a weekday, there were not many people at home.

The White Widow was also very rude.

After clearing out the room where He Yu lived, the three of them moved into He Yuzhu's house.

He Yuzhu and Yang Xiaoman's things were put into He Yushui's room.

She said to her two sons while cleaning up.

"This is your eldest brother and sister-in-law's house, but there are only two of them, and there are four of us, so we should take turns living there. Liang didn't dare to say anything."

"Besides, your eldest sister-in-law is a cook, and her cooking skills are better than your uncle Daqing. Let's enjoy the good life and eat at their house from now on."

"You have a younger sister, and her boyfriend is very rich. Maybe we can borrow some money from him. It doesn't have to be a lot, just 2000 yuan to spend first."

"You two can't be nice to your Uncle Daqing. He's a pushover. He ran off to Sijiu City without a word. Who knows where he'll go next time."

"There lives a teacher named Yan in the front yard. He has a little daughter who looks very lively. If you have nothing to do, go there more often. Maybe you can bring back a wife from her."

"Oh, talking about it, why do I want to eat dumplings again? When your uncle Daqing comes back, you must ask him to make some dumplings for us."