Siheyuan: Starting with one acre and three fen of land

Fortunately, today is a rare cloudy day.

He Yuzhu stood in front of the Zhang family's gate, looking up at the gloomy sky, thinking about the sudden change in the weather and wondering if a typhoon was coming.

"Brother, can we see Sister Xueru later?"

The sound of rain broke He Yuzhu's thoughts. She looked up at him and tugged at his clothes.

He Yuzhu retracted his gaze, lowered his head, and looked at the rain with a smile on his face: "Yes, we will see each other later."

"Hehe, you didn't even take me with you the day before yesterday." Yu Shui pouted, crossed her arms over her chest, and looked a little grumpy.

He Yuzhu reached out and rubbed her little head, deliberately ruffling her hair: "Hey, it wasn't convenient that day. Look, didn't Big Brother take you with him today?"

"Ouch, don't mess up my hair." Yu Shui trotted to keep a distance from He Yuzhu and reached out to tidy up her messy hair.

Zhang Xingbang stood aside, watching the interaction between the two siblings of the He family, with a fatherly smile on his face.

Although He Yuzhu is Zhang Baishu's apprentice, and one generation older than him in terms of seniority, his child is about the same age as Yushui, so emotionally he is considered a junior.

After all, there are younger generations in the eldest house who are older than him, so he is used to addressing them.

"Master Junior, when will the person you said would come to pick you up arrive?"

He Yuzhu turned around, looked at Zhang Xingbang, and smiled: "Xingbang, I'm really sorry for bothering you these past two days. It should be almost done."

"Haha, Junior Master, you're being polite. Yesterday's banquet was really great. I think your cooking skills are no worse than those of the chefs in the city. Not to mention that you know so many cuisines."

Zhang Xingbang praised the food he had eaten yesterday, and felt the aftertaste in his mouth. "If you think it's troublesome, why not trouble you to help us and have another feast when you have time?"

"Haha, no problem. I still have to stay in Suzhou for a while."

He Yuzhu readily agreed. For him, cooking itself is a kind of enjoyment.

While the two were talking, a jeep drove over from a distance.

Zhang Xingbang was facing that direction and saw a distinctive jeep, then pointed into the distance.

"Master Junior, do you think that's the car that's coming to pick you up?"

Hearing this, He Yuzhu turned around, looked up, and nodded slightly: "That should be it."

After a while, a jeep came speeding over and stopped steadily in front of the gate, stirring up a cloud of dust.

As soon as the car stopped, the rear door opened and a sturdy man in military uniform got out of the car.

He looked at the people in front of the gate and walked over. With a smile on his face, he stretched out his hand and said, "Hello! Comrade He. The commander sent me here. My last name is Bai."

He Yuzhu hurried forward, shook his hand tightly, and thanked him warmly: "Comrade Bai, hello! I am really sorry to bother you today."

"Comrade He, we will definitely do what the leader tells us to do." Bai Chao responded politely.

When Zhang Xingbang saw the person coming, he looked a little excited.

When Bai Chao came over to say hello and shake hands, his tone was somewhat excited: "Director Bai, I didn't expect you to come in person today!"

Bai Chao looked at Zhang Xingbang, seeming a little surprised by his excitement: "Oh, hello! Have we met before?"

Zhang Xingbang quickly explained with a proper smile on his face: "At the previous mobilization meeting, I was with my father and met you once."

"Haha, so it seems that we are indeed destined to meet each other." Bai Chao responded politely with a formal smile on his face.

Zhang Xingbang keenly caught the change, with a smile on his face, and turned his gaze to He Yuzhu: "Uncle Junior, since Director Bai is here, I will help you load your things into the car."

"Hey, I can do it myself." He Yuzhu stretched out his hand to stop him, but saw that Zhang Xingbang had already turned around to move things.

He turned around and bowed to Bai Chao: "Director Bai, please wait a moment."

"Comrade He, we are all family, just call me comrade." Seeing him addressing him by his position, Bai Chao corrected him gently.

When Zhang Xingbang called him by his position just now, Bai Chao agreed as a matter of course, after all, he was an outsider.

However, today's matter was arranged by Chief Li himself. In addition, He Yuzhu himself has a medal, how can this be the same?

He Yuzhu heard some information from his words, and understood it in his heart. He smiled and responded: "Okay! We are all family, it's fine to call each other comrades."

The two smiled at each other, and the distance between them was shortened a lot.

After all the gifts were properly loaded into the car, He Yuzhu expressed his gratitude to Zhang Xingbang again.

He then got into the jeep with Bai Chao and drove towards Chen's house.

The jeep stopped steadily in front of the Chen family's gate. He Yuzhu got out first and walked to the door with Bai Chao, carrying gifts.

Yu Shui also got out of the car happily, holding a small box in her hand, and followed closely behind the two of them.

"Hello, everyone. What can I do for you?" When the Chen family's doorman saw them, he immediately came forward to greet them warmly.

Bai Chao nodded slightly to He Yuzhu, indicating that he should take the lead.

He Yuzhu understood and took a step forward: "I am He Yuzhu, and I came here to meet Uncle Chen today."

When the doorman heard that it was He Yuzhu, the smile on his face became even brighter.

Chen Xueru mentioned it to him every day these past two days, so how could he not understand that this was his future son-in-law?

"Mr. He, and this leader, please wait a moment. I will go and report immediately." The doorman said, bowed and saluted, then ran inside to report.

Bai Chao looked at the doorman's hurried back and couldn't help but teasing, "Xiao He, it seems that your son-in-law is a done deal!"

He Yuzhu heard his teasing, turned around, and smiled faintly: "Brother Bai, since you are here, it is stable."

Bai Chao suddenly burst into laughter, and the atmosphere became more harmonious.

Sure enough, not long after, the doorman ran out of the yard. Before he even got to us, he was already shouting, "Three distinguished guests, please come in!"

He Yuzhu bowed his hands to express his gratitude, and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed it to the doorman: "Thank you very much."

"You're welcome. Thank you for the cigarette." There was a more sincere smile on Menzi's face. He took the cigarette, bowed to thank him, and led the way.

Seeing this, He Yuzhu turned around, smiled at the two people behind him, and followed them.

"Yeah, I can see Sister Xueru again!" Yu Shui cheered and followed on his short legs.

Bai Chao looked at the cheerful backs of He Yuzhu and his sister, and his favorable impression of them increased a little more.

Before he came, he thought He Yuzhu was some kind of playboy, and since the leader arranged for him to come, he had no choice but to obey orders.

From this brief time together, he felt that He Yuzhu was a person worth making friends with, and today's trip was not in vain.