Siheyuan: Starting with one acre and three fen of land

The moonlight is like silver, sprinkling on the streets and alleys, covering the buildings under the night sky with a silver veil.

He Yuzhu rode his bicycle, hurriedly traveling in the moonlight, feeling the evening breeze.

He finally stopped in front of the gate of the courtyard, climbed up the steps, pushed open the half-open gate and walked into the yard, then walked all the way to the door of the Li family.

He Yuzhu reached out and took the lunch box off the handlebars and shouted into the house, "Aunt Wang, Aunt Wang!"

"Hey, here we come."

As soon as the voice fell, Aunt Wang appeared at the door of the room and looked at He Yuzhu with a smile on her face: "Zhuzi, you're back!"

"Yeah, is Yu Shui doing okay in school today?" He Yuzhu handed over the lunch box.

Aunt Wang glanced at it and took it skillfully, her eyes revealing gratitude: "What can happen to Yu Shui? She is fine. However, Xiao Qin will return to the yard today."

"Oh? Are you talking about Dongxu's wife?" He Yuzhu raised his eyebrows slightly, with a hint of surprise on his face, "Why so soon? I haven't stayed here for the past three days."

Aunt Wang's lips curled slightly downwards, and a look of silence appeared on her face: "Hey, it's because Mrs. Jia wants to hold a third-day bath. She was yelling in the yard for a long time today."

"Ah?! Is there such a custom? Should I give a gift?" When He Yuzhu heard about this, he understood Jia Zhang's intention.

Aunt Wang shook her head: "She sent a wedding egg to each family today, and she will have to bring some gifts to visit the families tomorrow."

"Aunt Wang, I don't quite understand these things. I won't be in the yard tomorrow, so please help me deliver one copy." He Yuzhu said after thinking for a while.

Aunt Wang nodded and agreed, with a comforting smile on her face: "Zhu Zi, don't worry and go about your business! I will arrange this for you."

"Okay, I feel at ease with you around. I'll go now." He Yuzhu said goodbye to Aunt Wang and pushed his bicycle back to the central courtyard.

When passing by the yard, the lights were on in the Jia family's house and laughter could be faintly heard coming from it.

He Yuzhu turned his head and looked towards the west wing, with no intention of going in to join in the fun.

He walked through the quiet corridor and came to the backyard.

Before he even entered the house, he called out to the inside: "Old man, I'm here to sort out your books."

"Come in!" Zhang Baishu's voice came from inside the house.

He Yuzhu walked into the room and saw Zhang Baishu lying on a recliner with his eyes closed.

Hearing the footsteps, Zhang Baishu opened his eyes and looked at him: "Zhu Zi, you are here."

"Grandpa, are you okay?" He Yuzhu asked with concern.

Zhang Baishu waved the palm-leaf fan in his hand, with a kind smile on his face: "I have sorted the books, please don't mess them up."

"Okay, don't worry." He Yuzhu responded readily.

He turned his head to look at the desk and chair on one side, and saw that the books were neatly arranged according to categories.

There are two wooden boxes stacked in front of the desk to store books.

He Yuzhu walked to the desk and glanced over the piles of books.

He turned around, moved a wooden box to his feet, and began to put books into the box in an orderly manner.

"Zhu Zi, these books will be left to you from now on. You must review them often." Zhang Baishu looked at He Yuzhu's busy figure, and a look of satisfaction flashed across his face.

He recalled the time when he studied late into the night and worked hard to master medical skills, and he couldn't help feeling a surge of emotion and nostalgia.

These books were carefully collected and compiled by him over the years, and each one embodies his countless days and nights of hard work and sweat.

"Okay, don't worry. I will check on you often." He Yuzhu nodded to Zhang Baishu.

He Yuzhu moved quickly and put the books on the desk into the box.

Soon, He Yuzhu neatly put all the books in the room into boxes.

He looked at the locked box on the ground, clapped his hands in satisfaction, and looked up at Zhang Baishu: "Old man, I'll move out first."

"Go! Keep it safe and don't let it get bitten by rats." Zhang Baishu nodded and waved at him.

Today is a day off due to rain, so He Yuzhu took a day off and went to Qianmen in the morning to get the ticket from his senior brother.

After having lunch together at the master’s house at noon, we hurried back to Nanluoguxiang to pick up Yu Shui and take him home.

It was just past noon and it was very hot. Yu Shui was sitting on the back seat of the bicycle with a schoolbag on his back and a popsicle in his hand, looking very happy.

"Yushui is almost here. Get ready to get off the bus." He Yuzhu shouted loudly.

Yu Shui held the popsicle in her mouth and held the iron bar tightly with both hands. As soon as the bicycle stopped, she jumped off impatiently, took out the popsicle from her mouth, and blew a breath of cool air.

He Yuzhu turned around and saw her like this, smiled and patted her: "Look at you like this! Come on, let's go in."

The rain snorted softly and ran towards the yard first.

Walking into the living room, He Yuzhu saw that Yu Shui had put down his schoolbag and was sitting on a chair, fanning himself leisurely.

"Yushui, I went to get our train tickets today. We will leave for Suzhou in two days."

Yu Shui looked at him, blinked, and when she reacted, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes: "Ah! Brother, are you serious?"

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, take a look." He Yuzhu took out the ticket from his pocket and handed it to her.

Yu Shui excitedly took the ticket and carefully checked the information on it, with a happy smile on her face: "That's great, I haven't seen Sister Xueru for a long time."

"Give me the ticket first, don't lose it." He Yuzhu saw her gesticulating and quickly reminded her.

Yu Shui had already seen the ticket and knew that it was true, so she handed him the ticket with a smile.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door.

He Yuzhu and his sister turned their heads and saw Jia Dongxu standing at the door, looking at them and smiling.

"Hey, Brother Dongxu, is there anything wrong with you?" He Yuzhu asked first.

Jia Dongxu stepped over the threshold, walked into the house, and nodded to them: "Zhu Zi, my family's Bang Geng is one month old tomorrow, and I invite you to the banquet."

"Oh, then congratulations Brother Dongxu! I'll bring Yu Shui along, is that okay?" He Yuzhu looked at Jia Dongxu and said lightly.

Jia Dongxu's facial expression froze for a moment, then he nodded: "Of course no problem, there are only two of you in your family, brother and sister, just come together."

Normally, a family would only send one person to the banquet, and Jia Dongxu did not expect He Yuzhu to say that.

However, after a little hesitation, he agreed.

Yu Shui is the only maid, so this is not a big deal. After all, when Qin Huairu returned to the yard before, He Yuzhu also asked Aunt Wang to send eggs.

"Okay, we will definitely go." He Yuzhu was a little surprised to see that he agreed.

He Yuzhu sat on the chair, watching Jia Dongxu's back gradually walking away.

He thought that Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi were really different. He was just too filial and was trapped by Jia Zhangshi's feelings.