Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

After Shazhu and Yushui finished cleaning up, He Daqing couldn't wait to send them to rest.

Yu Shui was still reluctant to leave her new mother and wanted to talk to her.

But she couldn't stand He Daqing's resentful look, so she went back to sleep angrily.

Seeing this, Chen Xueru complained, "Look at you, how come you are so grown up, but still acting like a child? Are you fighting with the rain?"

He Daqing said: "Don't you know? A man's death is caused by his youth! I am also a child of three years and five hundred months old, okay."

Chen Xueru was now immune to He Daqing's shamelessness and gave him a coquettish roll of the eyes.

If you use this to test the cadres, which cadre can bear it!

So, Chen Xueru, who was unaware of the danger that was coming, was carried into the bedroom by He Daqing like a princess.

As the saying goes: If you beat the wife, you will get the dough.

After being beaten by He Daqing using the family's traditional punishment method all night, Chen Xueru stayed in bed beautifully the next morning.

He Daqing, who was full of energy, got up and made breakfast.

Even when Yu Shui wanted to call her new mother during breakfast, she was stopped by He Daqing. She probably couldn't get out of bed at this time.

It was almost noon when Chen Xueru slowly woke up.

I slept so well that my back, waist and legs ached.

Seeing Chen Xueru wake up, He Daqing hurried over to show his courtesy. Otherwise, he probably wouldn't be able to get into bed tonight.

Sure enough, Chen Xueru chose to ignore He Daqing's flattering look.

This animal is not a human being, and he doesn't treat her as a human being either. She didn't get much rest last night. Now she feels sore all over.

At noon, He Daqing made a delicious meal for Chen Xueru, which finally coaxed her into submission.

The two of them spent the afternoon doing housework at home and spent their time happily.

When Yushui and Shazhu came back, a delicious meal was ready.

A plate of braised venison, accompanied by a smashed cucumber and pickles, and a hot and sour soup. Simple and delicious.

Shazhu and Yushui were also very happy. Now they could have meals right after returning home. This was all thanks to their mother. So the family got along very well.

After dinner, Shazhu washed the dishes and cleaned the kitchen. Chen Xueru took over He Daqing's task of helping Yushui with his homework.

He Daqing was like a big boss, sitting there drinking tea and listening to the radio. He really came back to enjoy life.

The next day, Chen Xueru took He Daqing to the store.

She will pack up the shop in the next few days and prepare for closing.

I went to the street office near Zhengyangmen and discussed with them for a long time. Because the silk shop's business is very bad now, the street office is unwilling to send someone to take over. So I had to close it.

As for the backyard, you can entrust it to the street office to rent it out, or you can find someone to rent it out yourself, but you have to go through the formalities at the street office.

After returning to the shop, He Daqing and Chen Xueru moved all the things in the house into the shop. Then they would rent out the house.

Although I don't care about the few dollars, it is troublesome if the house is not occupied for a long time. If someone reports it, it may be reclaimed. Because now there are certain regulations on how many rooms each person can have. (This is what the author heard, don't take it seriously!)

It was already mid-afternoon when all this was done, and both of them were very tired.

When he got home, He Daqing didn't want to cook anymore, so he waited for Sha Zhu to come back and cook. He sat outside with a radio and listened to opera.

After a while, Xiao Zhang, who worked at the recycling station next door, came back.

Xiao Zhang is only 19 years old this year. He and his mother live in the annex next to He Daqing. His mother is often sick and in poor health. Xiao Zhang also took over his father's job at the recycling station. The family is also in a difficult situation.

This child has been taciturn since childhood and not good at interacting with others, so his presence in the compound is very low.

He Daqing suddenly thought of something.

He called Xiao Zhang and said, "Xiao Zhang is off work."

When Xiao Zhang saw that it was He Daqing calling him, he quickly said, "Yes, Uncle He."

"Xiao Zhang, which recycling station do you work at?"

"It's just to the east, a little far from here. Is there anything I can do for you, Uncle He?"

He Daqing thought for a moment and said, "Is your mother home? I want to discuss something with your family."

"You should be at home, Uncle He."

"Okay, let's go."

He Daqing followed Xiao Zhang into the ear room of his house.

Although this side room is next to He Daqing's main room, it is lower than the main room and not as spacious as the main room. Although there are two rooms, it looks very crowded when the furniture is placed.

Xiao Zhang's mother was cooking for her son. When she saw her son and He Daqing coming in, she put down her work and came over to say, "Brother Daqing, why are you here? Please sit down."

He Daqing waved his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, I won't sit down. We are neighbors next door, there is no need to be polite. I came to discuss something with you today."

Xiao Zhang's mother asked in confusion, "Daqing, what's going on?"

He Daqing organized his words and said, "Sister-in-law, I see that your family is quite short of housing here. In a year or two, Xiao Zhang will be looking for a wife. Then there will be even less space. Isn't it?"

Xiao Zhang's mother nodded and said, "Yes, let alone two years later, now that I live inside, he can only live in the living room. It's really not enough. Daqing, what do you mean?"

He Daqing continued, "Sister-in-law, this is what happened. My wife used to have a separate small courtyard near Zhengyang Gate. There were three main rooms there, and two side rooms on both sides. Now we have entrusted the street office to rent out the house."

"I was thinking that your house is also rented from the street office, why don't we exchange houses? I'll move you over there and give you three main rooms to live in. This way, Xiao Zhang will have a place to live when he gets married, and it's also close to where he works. What do you think?"

Xiao Zhang's mother thought for a long time, then looked at her son and saw him nodding vigorously.

She also said, "Daqing, of course I'm willing to change. I just don't know if I need to tell the street office if I want to move there? Besides, you have more houses there, how much does it cost per month? The street office only charges one yuan per month for my house. It's expensive, you know, and my son is the only one working. We can't afford it."

"Sister-in-law won't ask you for more money, so just one dollar. Let's go to the street office and explain the situation, there shouldn't be any problem."

After hearing this, Xiao Zhang's mother happily agreed. Who would want to live in a corner when they can live in a spacious house?

He Daqing went back after agreeing to take Xiao Zhang to the street office to handle the formalities tomorrow.

Shazhu and Yushui are both back home.

Sha Zhu was cooking, and Chen Xueru was making new clothes for Yu Shui and Sha Zhu.

Soon, the meal was ready. He Daqing said as he ate, "Xue Ru, I just went to the Zhang family next door. His son works at the recycling station not far from your house. I want them to move into your three main rooms and exchange their two side rooms for yours. Anyway, they are renting the house. It doesn't matter where they live."

Chen Xueru said, "Of course you can, Daqing. Why are you planning to change the ear room?"

Shazhu and Yushui also looked at He Daqing curiously.

He Daqing said, "I want to clean up the two side rooms. I'll make the one near us into a kitchen, and the one near the wall into a toilet and a shower room. This way we can have more convenience in the future. We don't have to queue up outside every day to use the stinky toilet."

"And we can renovate it and connect it to the stove in the kitchen next door. That way we can have hot water for bathing at any time. What do you think?"

Yu Shui no longer has to get up early in the morning to queue up for the toilet, and can take a shower at home. He immediately agreed happily: "That's great, Dad. From now on, I don't have to get up early in the morning to queue up, and I can take a shower at home. How great!"

Sha Zhu also nodded in agreement.

Chen Xueru said: "What did her family say? Did they agree? Are the procedures easy to handle?"

"How could I not agree? Her two side rooms would become three main rooms. Besides, the rent here is one dollar, and we don't need that. So I didn't ask for more. It was one dollar before. But I still have to pay it to the street office. Just consider it as the rent for the two side rooms."

Chen Xueru was also happy to hear this, because this way she could move the kitchen to the side room, which would give her an extra room in the house and make it more spacious.

He Daqing continued, "After we move the kitchen over, I want to renovate the rooms we live in. After all, it's been so many years. We should repair what needs repairing. Then we can feel more at ease living here in the future, right?"

"When the time comes, we can turn our three main rooms into a second-floor loft. Even if we don't live there, it would be nice to store some things."

"Let's build heated kangs in all our rooms, that is, put a coal stove inside. This way, we won't be cold in winter. Do you have any other ideas?"

Chen Xueru said, "Then let me use the attic to make clothes. I'll bring back all the remaining cloth from there and move those sewing machines to the second floor. When I have free time, I can make a few more new clothes for everyone in our family."

Yu Shui also said actively: "Dad, please make me a desk and a dressing table in my house. I want one like my mom's. It's so beautiful!"

He Daqing smiled and nodded and said, "Okay, Dad will make you the most beautiful one."

Seeing his father happy, Sha Zhu took the opportunity to say, "Dad, can you also buy the thirty-six legs, three turns and one ring for me? I won't have to buy them when I get married."

Before he finished speaking, he saw He Daqing staring at him with an unfriendly look. He immediately shrank his head and dared not say anything more.

He Daqing asked angrily: "How much have you been paid in the past few years? How much money have you saved?"

He Yuzhu said with some trepidation: "I still have more than 300 yuan."

"How much? Over 300? You've been working for seven or eight years, and this is only over 300? What did you do with the rest?"

Sha Zhu was a little nervous and didn't dare to speak.

Yu Shui added, "I know. I saw my brother lend money to Qin Huairu last time. And he also donated a lot of money to the Jia family."

Sha Zhu's true colors were exposed and he glared at Yu Shui angrily.

He Daqing angrily cursed: "Are you a pig? You haven't made your own arrangements, and you're still lending money to others. Tell me, how much did you lend? Do you have an IOU?"

Chen Xueru looked at the angry He Daqing and hurriedly advised: "Daqing, don't be angry. You scared Zhuzi. Let him talk slowly. Then we can get the money back. Why are you so angry?"

Sha Zhu secretly glanced at his father and saw that his new mother had persuaded him to stop. He didn't need to be beaten. Then he said weakly: "I felt sorry for her family at that time, and Yi Zhonghai said he would help the Jia family more. So I lent them some money."

"How much did you borrow?"

"I don't remember exactly, maybe three or four hundred? I borrowed it here and there from time to time. I don't remember it."

"So you don't even have the IOU? You just gave it to them for nothing?"

Shazhu nodded, not daring to even look at his father.

He Daqing stood up, picked up the feather duster behind him and started hitting Sha Zhu on the side.

While beating him, he cursed: "I'll beat you to death, you bastard!"

"It's said that if you borrow and repay, it's not difficult to borrow again. You keep borrowing from me even though I haven't paid back the previous one!"

"Are you feeling sorry for the Jia family? You are possessed by a ghost!"

"There are so many poor people in the hospital, why don't you lend them money?"

"You are just so obsessed with that little widow that you have lost your way."

"If you still want to get married, you'd better be single for the rest of your life! Who would want to marry a bastard who has an affair with a widow?"

He Daqing lost his temper so quickly that before Chen Xueru and Yu Shui could react, Sha Zhu was beaten and fell to the ground.

So the two of them hurried over and pulled He Daqing away.