Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

He Yushui saw his silly brother slap him hard, so he softened his heart and sighed, "Okay, I won't bother with you! After all, you are my brother. But we don't have much to eat now. When you were taken away by the police, there was no surplus food at home. I can't find the food certificate. I have money but no place to buy food!"

Sha Zhu was dumbfounded when he heard this. He thought, isn't that right? Before he was arrested, he bought 20 kilograms of corn flour and several kilograms of white flour, but when he came back, it was as if he had given them to Qin Huairu. He vaguely remembered that on the day he bought the flour, Qin Huairu came to his house right after he got home.

Qin Huairu complained to him, saying that the Jia family was having a hard time, that Banggeng needed to grow up, that her mother-in-law scolded her again, and that their food was gone and they had no food to eat. As she spoke, tears began to flow.

In a fit of impulsiveness, he gave all the white flour and corn flour he had just bought to Qin Huairu. However, there was not much food left at home, and it seemed that there were only a few sweet potatoes left.

So he slapped his head, but it was hit by a big bump. This bump should be caused by Xu Damao just now. He gasped in pain. Enduring the pain, he asked He Yushui a little embarrassedly: "By the way, Yushui, during the days I was locked up, there was no food or vegetables at home. Did you eat at Auntie's house these days?"

He Yushui almost rolled his eyes back when he heard this, and snorted coldly, "What are you thinking? After you were arrested by the police, Aunt Yi ignored me! You told me where I hid the money, and there was only fifty yuan! I gave it to Brother Xiaolin and I had no money left!

The first day, I used some leftover corn flour to cook some porridge and put some sweet potatoes in it to make do with a meal. The next day, Brother Xiaolin saw that I was hiding at home and was embarrassed to show up. He was afraid that I would starve to death, so he came to my house and took me over. He fried me a plate of stir-fried meat and cabbage and a big plate of chopped green onions and eggs so that I could have a full meal!

I tell you, just because Brother Xiao Lin felt sorry for me and asked me to have dinner, Aunt Yi, Aunt Liu, and Qin Huairu were still in the yard, secretly saying bad things about Brother Xiao Lin and me, saying that Brother Xiao Lin took advantage of you not being at home to bully me! They wanted to ruin Brother Xiao Lin and my reputation!

I hate them so much! Xiaolin has been taking care of me these past few days. He lets me go to his house for dinner after school and even saves breakfast for me! He also gives me money so that I can have lunch at school!

If it weren't for Brother Xiao Lin, I would have starved to death! I guess I'm even hungrier than you!" As He Yushui said this, her eyes turned red again, tears began to well up in her eyes, and then flowed down her face from the corners of her eyes.

When Sha Zhu heard this, he first found it a little unbelievable. He treated Lin Geng like this, but Lin Geng still took care of Yu Shui. Compared with him, Yu Shui's biological brother, Lin Geng was really not a human being! This made Sha Zhu feel even more guilty.

Then he heard Yu Shui say that after he was captured, the first aunt, the second aunt and Qin Huairu not only did not help him take care of Yu Shui, but when Lin Geng was taking care of Yu Shui, they were also making sabotaging sounds in the yard, which made Sha Zhu very angry.

All along, he almost regarded Yi Zhonghai and his wife as his own parents, but Yi Zhonghai deceived him. He knew that the Jia family was not short of money, but still deceived him into supporting the Jia family. He even neglected his own sister. But in the end, he realized that he was being played for a fool.

Auntie has always seemed like a good person and was very nice to him, but he didn't expect that when he was captured for helping Yi Zhonghai, Auntie not only did not help take care of Yu Shui, but she even said bad things about Lin Geng and Yu Shui in a sarcastic way while Lin Geng was taking care of Yu Shui.

And Qin Huairu, he was so good to her. No matter when, as long as Qin Huairu found him, he could almost be said to be able to respond to her requests. As soon as he got into trouble, Qin Huairu not only did not help him take care of Yu Shui, but also followed Auntie One and Auntie Two to ruin Yu Shui's reputation. How could she do this? Isn't this too ungrateful? It's a pity that he was so good to her before! He was really blind!

Yu Shui is already a 15- or 16-year-old girl, and she will get married in the future. If her reputation is ruined, how can she get married in the future? Even if Sha Zhu doesn't care enough about his sister, he still understands this truth.

When Sha Zhu thought of this, he still couldn't believe what Yu Shui said was true, so he looked at Yu Shui with some suspicion and asked, "Yu Shui, you can't lie to me, your brother! Didn't Auntie treat you well before? And Sister Qin... oh no, it's the sister-in-law of the Jia family, wasn't she also good to you? After I was arrested, did they really ignore you? Did they really ruin your reputation?"

Yu Shui glared at Sha Zhu with tears in her eyes and said unhappily, "That night, the neighbors in the yard were watching! If you don't believe me, just go and ask around! You can also ask the old couple, Uncle Three and Aunt Three, to see if I'm lying to you!"

What do you mean Auntie and Qin Huairu are nice to me? That's just how they act in front of you!

I remember when I was little, you went out very late and didn’t come back. I couldn’t stand being hungry at home. I was so hungry that I went to an uncle’s house to ask for something to eat!

But as soon as I entered the uncle's house, the aunt quickly cleared the food on the table, saying that they had finished their meal and only gave me half a steamed bun!

But when I clearly went in, I saw them eating a plate of pork head and scrambled eggs. When they saw me coming over, they quickly hid themselves and only gave me half a steamed bun and sent me away!

As for Qin Huairu, do you think she treats me well? If she was good to me, she would have taken everything away without caring whether I was hungry or not, even though she knew that the lunch box you brought was for me!

Another time, you were out drinking at night and didn't come back. When I came home from school, there was nothing at home and I was so hungry, so I went to the Jia family across the street, thinking that you usually gave them so much food from the cafeteria, and they would give me something to eat.

But Jia Zhang scolded me for being a money loser. What should I eat? Qin Huairu ate her meal on the side without saying a word, just watching me being scolded by Jia Zhang! She didn't even give me a bite to eat!

Is this what you mean by them being nice to me? Ugh!

Also, I'm not afraid of you getting angry. There's also the deaf old lady in the backyard. I knew Yi Zhonghai and his wife didn't like me, so when I was hungry, I went to the backyard to ask for food. The deaf old lady was clearly eating noodles, but when she saw me, she quickly hid the bowl and said she had already eaten and had nothing to eat! She drove me away!

From then on, when you were not at home, if I had nothing to eat, I would rather drink cold water at home and never beg them again! Even if I was hungry, even if I starved to death, I would never beg them again!"

As she spoke, Yu Shui's eyes began to turn red again, and tears welled up in her eyes and flowed down.

After hearing what Yu Shui said, Sha Zhu's face was full of astonishment. He then remembered that Yu Shui seemed to have told him the same thing before, but he did not believe it and scolded Yu Shui. He felt that the old man and his wife, Qin Huairu, and the deaf old lady would never treat Yu Shui like that. He thought Yu Shui was lying on purpose, so he did not take it to heart.

Now he finally believed it a little, because not to mention what happened in the past, everyone in the yard was watching this time, and Yu Shui could not lie. This also indirectly proved that what Yu Shui told him before should be true.

Those people whom he thought were very nice to him, actually did not like Yu Shui. They said one thing to his face, but did another thing to Yu Shui behind his back.

Sha Zhu was in a very complicated mood at this time. After experiencing this incident, he suddenly realized that what he thought was right before, seemed to be completely different. The people he thought were good to him before seemed to be treating him like a fool.