Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

Lin Baoyan went home to prepare for dinner and saw the Liu family next door. She suddenly thought that it would be too lonely to have only an old man at this blind date event, so she quickly took a glass and went out, walking towards the back wall of the He family. Liu Guangtian from next door saw her and ran over curiously.

"Lin Baoyan, what are you doing?"

Lin Baoyan pressed the glass against the wall and said, "I just saw a matchmaker bring someone to the He family. The old man saw it and went to the He family as well. I've never seen a blind date, so I want to hear what people say about blind dates."

Liu Guangtian said excitedly, "Then I'll listen to it too." Then he ran home to get a glass.

Liu Guangqi, who was standing at the door of Liu's house, stopped Liu Guangtian, asked a few questions, and quickly returned to the house. Soon, Liu Haizhong went out with a teacup. Seeing Lin Baoyan's eavesdropping posture, he didn't scold her, but hurried to the central courtyard.

After a while, Liu Guangqi and his brother also came over. The three of them each took a glass and leaned against the wall to eavesdrop.

The deaf old lady stood at the window and watched for a while, but when she saw that no one came out, she turned back.

Lin Baoyan saw her movements out of the corner of her eye and the corners of her mouth twitched.

Thanks to the popular science of Lin Baoyan and He Yushui, few people believe the rumor that the deaf old lady was a military martyr's relative and gave shoes to the Red Army. She is just a lonely old woman now, so there may be some connection, but that's all.

Precisely because she has no halo, few people in the compound pay attention to her, her words carry no weight, and she seldom comes out to get involved. It is normal for her not to come out when she sees them making trouble.

He family.

As soon as He Yushui saw Yi Zhonghai coming in, before anyone could say anything, she urged her silly brother to go cook: "Brother, it's getting late, you should hurry up and cook the meal so that Sister He can taste your cooking skills."

He Yuzhu stood up reluctantly and said proudly: "Okay, my cooking skills are not exaggerated. Those who have tasted it will say it's good. Well, you just wait."

He pushed the plate of snacks toward He Sanmei and said, "I asked someone to buy these for me. They are all fresh and taste good. You can try some too." Afraid that people would think too much, he hurriedly explained, "It's not that I don't allow you to eat. It's just that we're going to have dinner soon. There's fish and meat. If you eat too much now, you won't be able to eat later."

He Sanmei looked up, her eyes moved, she nodded and smiled at him, and immediately He Yuzhu laughed so hard that he fainted and stood there stupidly, forgetting to cook.

When Yi Zhonghai saw Sha Zhu's appearance, his heart skipped a beat and he shouted angrily out of reflex: "Sha Zhu!"

He Yuzhu wiped his mouth and said unhappily: "Uncle, why are you yelling? It's so scary. Are you trying to show off your loud voice?"

"You" Yi Zhonghai was even more unhappy after being contradicted. He turned around and saw He Yushui sitting still, and scolded: "Yushui, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you are such a grown-up girl, how can you only know how to ask your brother to do things while you sit back and enjoy yourself?"

Matchmaker Liu asked sarcastically, "Yushui, who is this? Is he your father? He's nosy."

All of a sudden, He Yuzhu and He Yushui's faces turned pale, and Yi Zhonghai was also embarrassed.

He Yuzhu said angrily, "Uncle, this is my house. Yushui can sit wherever he wants. What's your business? I didn't invite you here. What do you want to do by running over here and pointing fingers?"

Yi Zhonghai's chest ached with anger, but it was impossible to ask him to admit his mistake, so he could only snort: "I saw someone coming to your place, so I wanted to see what was going on, but I didn't expect you to not appreciate it. I'm just meddling, so I'm leaving now."

Having said that, he opened the curtain and went out.

Matchmaker Liu continued to speak in a lewd way: "What kind of person is this? He has no manners at all. He enters and leaves someone else's house without even knocking on the door or saying hello?"

He Yushui said: "This is an old man in our courtyard. He likes to talk about getting along with neighbors and respecting the elderly and loving the young. He never knocks on anyone's door when he visits them."

Matchmaker Liu shouted exaggeratedly: "What if a woman in someone's house changes clothes? It's useless for him to see her? Or is it that he just thought so, so he deliberately walked into everyone's house without saying hello?"

He Yuzhui explained awkwardly: "Not really, not really. The old man only goes to a few houses and this kind of thing has never happened before." Then he thought that after he got married, his fairy-like wife would change clothes at home. If the old man suddenly came in and saw her, then... his face suddenly became gloomy.

He Yushui thought about how Lin Baoyan usually spoke, and deliberately helped Yi Zhonghai explain: "Don't worry, the uncle has never made such a joke, otherwise, the yard would have been out of it long ago."

Matchmaker Liu was such a person that she could see through He Yushui's tricks: "Oh, how pitiful! Even if we women are wronged, we can't cry out. We have to swallow our anger and bear the consequences."

He Sanmei exclaimed at the right time: "If this is really the case, then how can we live our lives?"

"Pa~" He Yuzhu slapped the table, his face was so dark that water seemed to be dripping out.

All three women in the room looked at him.

He Yuzhu forced an ugly smile: "I think it's getting late, I'll go cook, you guys sit down and chat."

As he said that, he went to cook.

I had just cooked a dish and was serving it when I heard someone outside the door shouting, "Shazhu, Shazhu."

Matchmaker Liu chuckled and said, "Who is this? If you're looking for someone, just shout outside the door. That's pretty good."

He Yuzhu felt very upset, and he leaned his head towards the window glass and shouted, "Second uncle, is there something wrong?"

Liu Haizhong held up the teacup and said, "I heard someone was visiting your house, so I came to see you. I'm coming in."

"Okay, Second Uncle, come in and have a seat."

Liu Haizhong opened the curtain and walked in. He glanced at Liu the matchmaker and the other person, then said to He Yuzhu, "Where's the first master? Didn't you say that the first master came to see us? Why did he leave?"

He Yuzhu said angrily: "The legs are on him, and I tied him up and wouldn't let him leave."

"You, you" Liu Haizhong was holding his breath.

He Yushui quickly came to the rescue: "Second Uncle, my brother is going on a blind date today, it's great that you can come. We don't have any elders in our family, so if you come, you can just help my brother sit with them."

Liu Haizhong was flattered and said happily with his belly bulging, "Okay, Second Master may not have any other skills, but he can still make up the numbers."

Hehe, Old Yi was kicked out, but he was left behind to entertain the guests. Doesn’t this mean that he is better than Old Yi?

In the backyard, Lin Baoyan put away the glass and said in annoyance: "The teacher said that you can use the glass to hear the sound. Why can't I hear anything when I use it as the teacher said?"

Liu Guangqi didn't say anything, put away the cup and went straight home. Liu Guangtian said nonchalantly: "Just ask the teacher later." Then he ran away.

Lin Baoyan laughed secretly in her heart. This kind of outer wall, in order to keep warm, is much thicker than the inner wall. The layout of the He family's house is that the tables and chairs are placed near the gate, far away from the back wall. Adding the two together, they want to hear the He family's voices with a glass, but it is impossible unless they shout at the top of their lungs.

However, her purpose was not to eavesdrop. Since her target had already gone to the He family, she could go home and rest.

It’s very cold outside in the twelfth lunar month.