Rebirth He Yuzhu I am a family man

Chapter 38 Recovering the Rainwater

Normally, when the aroma of food wafted from the courtyard, He Yushui, who loved to roam around, would have returned to the west wing in the backyard to wait by the dining table. Today, everyone was sitting at the table, but He Yushui was nowhere to be seen.

He Daqing is a self-centered person. Ever since He Yushui said "She is the daughter of the Jia family", He Daqing regretted why he doted on He Yushui so much.

Since then, He Daqing has made up his mind: no matter whether He Yushui is his own child or not, he will just feed her and raise her, and send her away when she grows up. In addition, he went out to work at the steel mill early in the morning, and after a tiring day, he had no energy to pay too much attention to He Yushui. When he saw the food was on the table, he casually said, "Let's eat! He Yushui is heartless, it's not worth wasting time and energy on her."

The deaf old lady's two sons never came back after they went to play with the little book. She now eats with the old He family and has long regarded He Yuzhu and He Yushui as her own descendants. Because she has a weak leg, she usually sits in the pavilion in the backyard to get some fresh air. Old people love their children and usually nag and gossip. Sometimes, when she sees He Yushui playing too crazy or going out for too long, she will lecture him.

He Yushui was spoiled by He Daqing since she was a child, and He Yuzhu used to be around her all the time, so she developed a self-centered personality. How could she stand the lecture of the deaf old lady? If she was not afraid of He Daqing's "fatherly love", she would have talked back to the deaf old lady. He Yushui did not dare to talk back to the deaf old lady, but it did not affect her glaring at the deaf old lady, or completely ignoring the deaf old lady. The deaf old lady knew that even if she cared about He Yushui, it would be boring. So, as soon as He Daqing said to start eating, she slowly moved her chopsticks.

Since Li Cuilan started living with He Daqing, their work has become smoother and smoother, and her heart has long been in the He family. She has never given birth in her life, and she thinks of He Yuzhu and He Yushui as her own children. When she saw that He Daqing and the deaf old lady were eating, she couldn't help but feel anxious.

"You guys eat first, I'm going to go take a look in the yard." Li Cuilan greeted He Daqing and the deaf old lady at the dining table, then got up and went out to look for He Yushui.

Li Cuilan looked around but couldn't find He Yushui, so she asked the neighbors with children in the yard, but unfortunately, none of the children knew where He Yushui was. Li Cuilan worked hard for a long time but couldn't find He Yushui, so she got a little angry and complained to He Daqing: "Daqing, Yushui is not a child anymore, and it's time for her to go to school. When you have time, please contact the school for her. This child will be more quiet when she goes to school, so she won't go crazy outside and disappear."

"As the old saying goes, 'A woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent.' Why should a girl go to school? You might as well teach her some needlework and let her learn things a girl should know, otherwise she won't be able to do any housework and will be looked down upon by her in-laws when she gets married. If she dares to disobey you, you'll beat her to death." He Daqing said casually with his dead eyes.

He Daqing was a man from the old society. Even his only son, He Yuzhu, had only attended school for a few years and had to follow him to set up a steamed bun stall on the street at an early age. It would be strange for him to think of letting He Yushui receive modern education.

The adults in the He family who were at home thought that He Yushui had played too much outside and forgot to go home for dinner, so they ate dinner without paying much attention.

When He Yuzhu got home from get off work and took the two lunch boxes of food he brought back from Fengze Garden to the kitchen in the west wing, Li Cuilan said to He Yuzhu anxiously, "Zhuzi, Yushui has been gone since the afternoon, and he hasn't come home yet at this time!"

He Yuzhu and He Yushui have been dealing with each other for a lifetime. He is probably the only one in the He family who knows He Yushui's personality best. He thought, "To put it nicely, He Yushui has been smart since he was a child. To put it bluntly, he is selfish. He Yushui likes to eat more and take more, and thinks about snacks all day long. How can he not go home for dinner?"

He Yuzhu was suspicious. He walked to He Daqing who was lying on the bed and said impatiently, "He Daqing, are you so careless? Your daughter is missing, why don't you hurry up and ask the uncles in the courtyard to arrange someone to look for her?"

"Zhu Zi, just ignore the child who likes to play. If he is hungry or cold, just go home..." He Daqing stared with dead fish eyes and replied as if nothing had happened.

"He Daqing, is there any father like you? Are you going or not? If you don't get up, I will run away from home tomorrow and become someone's son-in-law..." He Yuzhu threatened He Daqing.

"Hey, you are my little ancestor, can't I go? You are always restless all day long..." He Daqing muttered and reluctantly went to call people to find He Yushui.

When Yi Zhonghai saw that so many people in the yard had gone out to look for He Yushui, he knew that his plan had succeeded, so he pretended to put on his coat and joined the crowd in the yard looking for He Yushui.

He Yuzhu saw that everyone had searched several streets surrounding the courtyard but couldn't find He Yushui. He became anxious and said, "Could something have happened to He Yushui?" So, he went to the "Security Management Committee" with concern.

Because of Xiao Tete, He Yuzhu had dealt with the "Security Management Committee" several times, and the leaders of the "Security Management Committee" had visited him several times, so he was familiar with the "Security Management Committee". He found the relevant person in charge on duty and recounted the disappearance of He Yuzhu. After listening to the person in charge on duty, he immediately paid great attention to it. He was worried that Xiao Tete was causing trouble again, so he made the arranged phone call on the spot.

After He Yushui was knocked unconscious by the two men, she was carried along by them on the bumpy road, and with the wind blowing, she had actually woken up a long time ago. But who was she? She didn't even dare to mess with other children in the courtyard, and she would only play tricks on He Yuzhu. Because she was timid, she used her little tricks, either pretending to be unconscious or pretending to be asleep.

When the two strong men were discussing their decision, she eavesdropped on them and heard everything clearly. However, her sister Qin had never mentioned her pregnancy to her, so after eavesdropping on what the two strong men said, she thought they had mistaken the person, which made her feel relieved.

He Yushui cooperated very well and let the two of them sell her to a farmer's home in the suburbs. This family had only a 20-year-old stupid son and several daughters. Because their son was like this, they couldn't say he was related to them when he was old. As people from the old society, they thought of looking for a matchmaker to find a child bride for their son. They had been asking for a matchmaker for a while, but there was no sign of success. Suddenly, a little girl from the city was sent to them. How could they not be surprised?

The family considered that He Yushui was the one who carried on the family line for their stupid son, so when He Yushui came, they did not deliberately treat her badly. He Yushui ate whatever the family ate. The only difference was that He Yushui could not leave the yard. He Yushui was very well-behaved in a strange place. She basically did whatever they said, which made the old couple very happy with her.

After the incident with Xiao Tete, the "Security Management Committee" slowly established a complete system to prevent Xiao Tete. Although communications were not well developed at that time, as the "Security Management Committee" near Nanluoguxiang released information within the system, after a few days of notification, the village that bought He Yushui also received relevant information.

The village cadres started to check every household. He Yushui was already of school age, and as a girl she was sensible at an early age, so when the village cadres saw her and asked her questions, she answered them promptly.

The old society had just passed, and since everyone was from the same village, they were basically related. The village cadres did some ideological work with the family, "telling them that this was not a family with many children, but that they could not afford to support the child and were forced to send the girl out to be a child bride. The little girl was kidnapped, and her brother was the hero who caught little Tete."

The people of Sijiucheng all love heroes, and the family asked the village cadres to take He Yushui away on the spot without saying a word. The village was not far from Sijiucheng, and that day the village cadres took a villager and sent He Yushui to the "Security Management Committee" near Nanluoguxiang.

When the "Security Management Committee" staff saw the little hero's sister coming back, everyone's tense hearts relaxed. The "Security Management Committee" arranged for a young female staff member to chat with He Yushui. He Yushui didn't know anything about the question. She just said "I fell asleep when I was walking in the alley, and then I arrived at the village."

In her previous life, after He Daqing went to defend the city, the He family’s valuable items such as rice, flour, grain, and oil were taken away. He Yushui was clearly in the courtyard, but she told He Yuzhu, "She was playing outside and didn't know what happened at home." It can be imagined that He Yushui has been a very independent person since she was a child.

Seeing that He Yushui could not provide any clues, the "Security Management Committee" staff arranged for several female staff members to send He Yushui back to the courtyard. Li Cuilan and the deaf old lady were relieved to see that He Yushui was sent back and that she was not damaged except for being a little dirty.

Li Cuilan helped He Yushui take a bath, wash her hair, and change her into clean clothes before she told her: "From now on, you can only play in the courtyard and are not allowed to leave." After all, Li Cuilan was not He Yushui's biological mother, so she could only stop there and it was not convenient for her to say more.

Today, Li Cuilan said this to He Yushui. If it were in the past, she would have rolled her eyes and ran away. But although she had not suffered much in the past few days, the things she had experienced and the strange places she had been to still made her feel scared, so she nodded gently.

When He Daqing walked into the courtyard after get off work, some aunts came up to him and told him that He Yushui had returned home. He ran to the backyard with his lunch box in hand. When he got home, he put down the lunch box and dragged He Yushui, who had been staying in the small room at the back house, out.

While letting He Yushui enjoy his father's love, He Daqing kept asking, "You are the scourge of your mother and father. Why are you so troublesome? Will you dare to run around again in the future..."

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