Siheyuan: Revenge of the Stupid Pillar

Lu Dahai patted He Yuzhu's arm and sighed, "Zhuzi, you have really grown up. You are open-minded and optimistic. This is very good."

He Yuzhu forced a smile: "When you meet such an unreliable father, you can only think positively!"

"Zhu Zi, Master is very sorry that he couldn't find your father's whereabouts."

"Master, if you hadn't mentioned this, I would have almost forgotten that I have already found out where my father is!"

Lu Tiezhu half-believed and half-doubted: "I asked so many people but couldn't find out any news about your father. How did you find out?"

He Yuzhu explained: "I helped the police catch a group of spies some time ago and got to know a section chief named Luo. He helped me find out about this."

Hearing this, Lu Dahai's face suddenly changed, and he asked anxiously: "How did you get involved with such a ruthless spy? You are not injured, are you?"

He Yuzhu's eyes flashed with emotion, and he chuckled, "Don't worry, Master. I just saw a suspicious person, so I went to the police station to explain. I didn't have any contact with the secret agents. How could I be injured?"

Lu Dahai breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "That's good... That's good. Now that you know your father's whereabouts, when are you going to meet him?"

He Yuzhu pondered for a moment and said slowly: "Master, I plan to go to Baoding to see my father after proposing the marriage tomorrow. After all, marriage is a major event in life, and I still hope that my father can be by my side."

Lu Dahai nodded slightly and said, "Zhu Zi, what you said makes sense. Do you want the master to go with you?"

He Yuzhu waved his hand and said calmly: "No need, Master, I can handle it myself!"

Lu Dahai did not insist and smiled: "Zhu Zi, you have had ideas since you were young, I believe you can solve it!"

"Okay, stop chatting, go wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

At this time, the voice of Master Mei Xiu'e came from the kitchen.

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu hurried to the kitchen to serve the dishes.

Seeing this, Mei Xiu'e said lovingly, "Zhu Zi, I'll take it. Go wash your hands."

He Yuzhu smiled gently: "It's okay, I'm fast!"

"Master's wife, I am really sorry to trouble you to cook..."

Mei Xiu'e pretended to be angry and said, "Why are you being so polite to Master's wife? Even if you don't come to my house, I still have to cook. When you come, I just add a set of bowls and chopsticks."

Mei Xiu'e came to the living room and saw Lu Dahai opening the bottle and pouring wine. She said angrily:

"Lu Dahai, what are you doing? The doctor told you not to drink, why don't you listen?"

Lu Dahai said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing, old woman? The doctor said to drink as little as possible, not not to drink at all?"

He Yuzhu heard this and asked with concern: "Master, are you sick?"

Lu Dahai said lightly: "Don't listen to your master's wife's nonsense, I'm in good health, but my blood pressure is a little high."

He Yuzhu said sternly: "Master, old people with high blood pressure really need to drink less, otherwise we won't drink tonight!"

Lu Dahai said firmly: "No, your lifelong event has been settled. I am happy. I must drink tonight."

He Yuzhu said helplessly: "Master, we have agreed that you can only drink three cups at most!"

Lu Dahai readily agreed: "No problem!"

Mei Xiu'e heard this and said with joy: "Zhu Zi, are you getting married?"

He Yuzhu raised his lips and said, "Not so fast, I'm going to propose marriage tomorrow!"

Mei Xiu'e's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she said excitedly, "Zhu Zi, are you here today to entrust me and your master to go to the girl's family to propose marriage?"

Lu Dahai pouted and said, "What are you thinking? Zhuzi only invited me and didn't plan to invite you."

Mei Xiu'e said with a sad face: "Zhu Zi, is what your master said true? Are you really planning to invite only your master and not me?"

He Yuzhu's mouth twitched, and he muttered to himself, "Why is this old lady pretending to be pitiful?"

Seeing the old lady's sad face, He Yuzhu could not refuse. He said firmly: "How is it possible? It must be Master and his wife who invited us together!"

The old lady's expression changed faster than turning the pages of a book, and then she put on a smiling face and said proudly:

"Old man, did you hear me? I'm talking about Zhuzi. It's impossible that you are the only one invited and not me!"

Lu Dahai rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "You are everywhere!"

Mei Xiu'e was immediately unhappy and said dissatisfiedly: "Old man, what do you mean? What do you mean I am everywhere?"

"I have always treated Zhuzi as my own son. Shouldn't I be involved in Zhuzi's marriage?"

Lu Dahai said impatiently: "You are right, let's eat!"

Mei Xiu'e glared at her husband, then turned her head to He Yuzhu and said, "Zhuzi, what do the girl's parents do for a living?"

"I remember you mentioned it before, but I'm old and useless now, so I forgot about it the next day."

He Yuzhu said in a peaceful tone: "Qiu Ye's family is a returned overseas Chinese. His father is a university professor and his mother is a newspaper editor."

Mei Xiu'e murmured, "University professors, newspaper editors, these are all high-level intellectuals."

"Zhu Zi, I, an old lady who can barely read, would rather not go, so as not to embarrass you."

He Yuzhu saw the timidity and inferiority of Master's Wife, and said gently: "Master's Wife, don't worry, Qiu Ye's parents are very easy-going people, and they don't have any prejudice against each other."

"Besides, Qiuye's parents both like delicious food, and you are also a good cook, so you will definitely have something in common with them."

Mei Xiu'e said modestly: "Zhu Zi, you think too highly of me. How can I have any cooking skills?"

He Yuzhu grinned and said, "Master's wife, don't be so modest. Although your cooking skills are not as good as Master's, they have definitely reached the level of a seventh-level cook."

He Yuzhu was not exaggerating. Mei Xiu'e's father was also a chef. In addition, she had been influenced by Lu Dahai for so many years, so her cooking skills were really good.

Mei Xiu'e said with a smile: "Hearing you say that, I feel relieved!"

He Yuzhu returned from his master's house and went straight to the deaf old lady's house.

He Yuzhu opened the aluminum lunch box and placed it in front of the deaf old lady, and said apologetically: "Old lady, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long. Are you hungry?"

The old lady ate the delicious meal with an expression of enjoyment on her wrinkled face, and said vaguely:

"No...no, you have prepared snacks for me. Even if you don't bring food tonight, I won't starve."

"By the way, you came back so late, where have you been?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "I went to my master's place. I plan to go to Qiu Ye's house to propose marriage tomorrow, and I want to ask my master and his wife to go with me."

The deaf old lady pretended to be displeased and said, "Zhu Zi, why did you go to such great lengths to invite your master and his wife? Why didn't you invite me? Do you think I'm an outsider?"