Siheyuan: A Family of Loyal and Brave People

"You little bastard, I'm going to beat you up!"

The deaf old lady fumbled around for a while, but found that she was in a hurry to go out and forgot to bring her crutches. She only had a bowl in her hand and didn't even have a weapon to hit people.

"Deaf old lady, considering that you are old and frail, childless and helpless, I will not bother with you.

Get back here right now, or don’t blame me for being rude! "

He Yuzhu looked coldly at the thief who was spinning in place, his eyes full of contempt and disdain.

"Zhu Zi, how can you say that about the old lady?

Even if she hadn't done those things, she is still the oldest elder in our hospital.

An old person in the family is like a treasure, and we, the younger generation, should respect her well. "

Yi Zhonghai walked between the two of them and advised in a deep voice.

The helpless situation of the deaf old lady deeply irritated Yi Zhonghai. He had no children, and who knew whether he would suffer the same situation when he was old.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai became even more determined to educate He Yuzhu well, so as to prevent the young people in the hospital from following suit and disrespecting their elders.

"Uncle, you are right.

Since you care so much about the deaf old lady, I'll leave her to your care.

I have a wife and sister to take care of, so I won’t waste my time talking to you guys.”

He Yuzhu was worrying about how to get rid of the deaf old lady, and now Yi Zhonghai came to his doorstep and was just the right person to take over.

After saying that, He Yuzhu turned around and went back into the house, leaving the two of them alone in the yard blowing in the cold wind.

"little bastard!"

The deaf old lady was so angry that she raised the bowl and was about to throw it at He Yuzhu, but Yi Zhonghai was quick to stop her.

"Old lady, you can't do that. You can be angry, but don't break the bowl."

In those days, every family was relatively tight on money and were reluctant to waste even a grain of rice, let alone a bowl.

"Humph!"

The deaf old lady snorted coldly and cursed a few words. Her anger gradually subsided, and at the same time, a feeling of hunger began to surge in her heart.

Smelling the aroma of meat wafting from the He family's house, the deaf old lady's stomach growled with hunger. She cursed He Yuzhu in her heart for being untrustworthy and not keeping his word, and for not lending her a single steamed bun.

"Old lady, I will definitely teach him a lesson when I have time.

It's cold outside, you should go back to the house first." Yi Zhonghai said with a smile.

"Zhonghai, my old lady has run out of food at home. You are a good child who respects the elderly. You won't watch me starve, right?"

The old lady who failed to get food from the He family turned around and set her sights on Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai's face froze, then he smiled and said, "If I had known you were coming, I would have asked Auntie to cook more. But I only cooked for two people tonight, it's really shabby, not enough to entertain you."

Yi Zhonghai said all nice and high-sounding words, but when it came down to paying the price he would be absolutely reluctant to do so.

No one in the courtyard has extra food, and it would be troublesome if the deaf old lady took the opportunity to cheat us.

"I, an old woman, have a small appetite and cannot eat much food.

I don't mind your poor food, just take me there."

I'm so hungry, it's good to have something to eat. Now is not the time to be picky.

"well……"

Yi Zhonghai's smile was uglier than crying. He didn't expect that the few words he just said would get him into trouble.

The two men arrived at Yi Zhonghai's house, and as soon as they entered the door, an old lady stood up and greeted them.

"Old lady, why are you here?"

As she spoke, the old lady cast a questioning look at Yi Zhonghai.

Now is dinner time, not a good time to entertain guests.

Yi Zhonghai gave his wife a bitter smile, signaling her not to say anything more, and personally led the deaf old lady to sit down at the dining table.

Yi Zhonghai has a high salary, no child care and little financial burden, and his family has a lot of savings.

However, because he was afraid that no one would help him in his old age, he lived a very frugal life.

For dinner, we had steamed buns made of two-grain flour, and the only dish was a plate of dry pickles, which looked quite shabby indeed.

The deaf old lady looked at the food on the table with a bad expression on her face. The food at Yi Zhonghai's house was really incomparable to that at He Yuzhu's house.

If I had known this would happen, I would have just taken a few white flour buns from He Yuzhu and went home.

At least white flour steamed buns are much softer than two-grain flour steamed buns and don’t hurt your teeth.

"Old lady, the food is simple and the hospitality is poor."

As Yi Zhonghai spoke, he broke off half of a steamed bun and handed it to the deaf old lady.

Since the deaf old lady said that she didn't eat much, Yi Zhonghai didn't give her more food, so that she wouldn't eat too much, which would be bad for her health.

The deaf old lady's face looked even uglier. Half a steamed bun made of 100 grams of flour was like giving alms to a beggar.

Yi Zhonghai speaks nicely, but in fact he is much more stingy than He Yuzhu. He is so hypocritical.

"Don't bother you, I can do it myself."

The deaf old lady did not accept Yi Zhonghai's kindness. She took a steamed bun from the basket and ate it with pickles.

Seeing the deaf old lady being so rude, Yi Zhonghai and his wife looked at each other and could only sigh.

The deaf old lady was concentrating on eating and completely ignored the unusual movements of the two people next to her. She ate two steamed buns made of two grains of flour and half a plate of pickles before stopping.

Before leaving after the meal, the deaf old lady also took two steamed buns made of 100 grams of flour, saying that they would be her breakfast for the next day.

As a result, the steamed buns in the basket were completely empty, but Yi Zhonghai and his wife were still not full.

After the deaf old lady left, the lady slammed her chopsticks on the table and complained, "Old Yi, what on earth is going on?"

An old lady who couldn't give birth to a child was always friendly to everyone in the orphanage and was recognized as a good person in the orphanage.

But even a clay figure has some earthy qualities, and when faced with something like this, she really couldn't help it.

"Hey, I felt sorry for her and wanted to help her, but I didn't expect her to be so...

Forget it, go and do some more.

Our family is not short of this little food."

Yi Zhonghai invited the man back home, but he was unable to express his pain and could only endure it by himself.

“This is not about food, she is going too far.

If they eat all the food in one go, what will we eat?

It doesn't make sense to be a guest at someone else's home."

What the aunt was worried about was not the food, but she couldn't swallow this humiliation.

"Okay, stop talking. We have a whole hospital meeting tonight, so hurry up and cook.

Otherwise you will be late.”

Yi Zhonghai did not explain, but urged the aunt to cook.

……

"Brother, what's going on outside?"

He Yushui picked up the chicken leg with her hands and started to chew it. Her little face was covered with juice and she looked like a little cat.

"It's nothing serious. It's just that the deaf old lady in the backyard wanted to come to our house and ask for a bowl of chicken."

He Yuzhu said calmly.

He Yushui paused and looked at the chicken bowl with a vigilant look.

The family finally got to eat chicken again, and she wasn’t satisfied yet, but she couldn’t bear to give it to others.

"Don't worry, I didn't agree.

The deaf old lady has been invited back home by the old man."

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, Yu Shui breathed a sigh of relief and started to eat the chicken leg even more vigorously, fearing that it would be snatched away if he was a step slower.

"Zhu Zi, why would the deaf old lady think of coming to our house to beg for things?"

Qin Huairu was a little confused. The deaf old lady lived in the backyard. If she wanted to borrow something, she should borrow from the neighbors on the left and right who lived nearby. There was no reason for her to go all the way to the middle yard.

“Who knows?

Maybe they think I’m a good cook.”

He Yuzhu smiled indifferently, picked up a piece of chicken and put it into his mouth.

No matter what happens, let’s talk about it after dinner.