Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

The one in the front yard has been demolished by Zhongshan.

"Sister Lou, how about I take you around for a while? I haven't been back for so many years."

Lou Xiao'e nodded.

"Excuse me, I really want to take a look. You don't know how many times I have dreamed of this courtyard. I always want to come back and take a look."

As the eldest daughter of the Lou Bancheng family, Lou Xiao'e had always had smooth sailing since she was born. The most unlucky years of her life were after she married Xu Damao in the Siheyuan.

Everything else was fine, but the reputation of being a hen that couldn't lay eggs made her unable to hold her head up in the yard for a time.

This must have become Lou Xiao'e's nightmare. Now that she has a child, doesn't she have to come back and show off?

"Sister Lou, there are not many elderly people left in our courtyard now. The Yan family in the front courtyard has passed away. The third uncle's family went into speculation a few years ago. Yan Jiecheng opened a restaurant outside and later sold the house to me."

Lou Xiao'e looked around.

"I was wondering why I didn't see anyone else, Zhongshan. Look at you, you're living a good life. But that's right. After all, you work in the neighborhood office, and you have a solid foundation, so your life must be good."

Others may not know anything, but when her family left, they exchanged a lot of large and small yellow croakers from Zhongshan. And not only her family, but also her father's friends exchanged a lot, so Lou Xiao'e knew that Zhongshan was not as simple as it seemed.

Outside, Zhong Shan did not explain anything and continued to take her to the central courtyard.

"There hasn't been much change in the Central Courtyard. It's still the same three families, except that Zhuzi's father He Daqing is back and he comes back to live with us occasionally."

Lou Xiao'e nodded but didn't say anything. She left before the deaf old lady tried to match her with He Yuzhu, so naturally there was no affection between the two of them.

An old lady who was packing things outside the middle courtyard saw Zhongshan bringing a woman over and looked at her curiously.

"Lou, Lou Xiao'e, Xiao'e, you're finally back. Have you been doing well these years? Come and let auntie take a look. You haven't changed much in these years."

Lou Xiao'e looked at the aunt, who was one of the few people in the hospital who was kind to her.

Both of them were in the yard, and when they had nothing to do, they would stay at the deaf old lady's house.

Moreover, neither of them had children yet. Auntie was a good-tempered person and often spoke up for Lou Xiao'e.

"Auntie, I came back to see you. You are old now and your hair is all white."

An old lady held Lou Xiao'e's hand.

"Oh, you haven't changed much. You are even more beautiful than before. That's great, that's great."

Lou Xiao'e was also a little dazed, and then pulled her daughter over.

"Auntie, this is my daughter, Huiyi. Come here, Huiyi, call me grandma."

Little Huiyi was staring at Jiali, but when she heard her mother calling her, she immediately put on a good expression, walked forward and called "Grandma" sweetly.

When the aunt saw that Lou Xiao'e was pregnant, she was also stunned. Her eyes became moist and no one knew what she was thinking about.

"You have a child? Great, great, Xiao'e, come in and sit down!"

Lou Xiao'e shook her head.

"Auntie, I won't go into the house today. I'll take a look around. I'll stay a little longer this time. I have plenty of time."

Lou Xiao'e chatted with an old lady for a while.

"Auntie, please go ahead and do your work. I'll go to the backyard and take a look."

"Yeah, go ahead and take a look. You haven't been back for a few years, so it's time to take a good look."

After arriving at the backyard, Lou Xiao'e frowned as she looked at the two houses in front of Liu Haizhong's house.

Zhong Shan looked at him and smiled.

"The only elderly people left in the backyard are the second uncle Liu Haizhong's family. This is the earthquake shelter that the second and third uncles took the opportunity to build after the earthquake a few years ago. I bought the one in the front yard and then demolished it, leaving only the two in the backyard."

While the two were talking, Second Aunt was stunned for a moment when she saw Lou Xiao'e, but she did not come out. Instead, she stayed in the house listening to what they had to say.

Zhong Shan brought Lou Xiao'e to the middle of the backyard.

"After the deaf old lady passed away, she left the house to Zhuzi. My eldest brother just came to Sijiu City, so I sold the house to him. As for your house, someone else bought it in the meantime, but that family had the same personality as Xu Damao, and they left after a few years. My eldest sister's family bought it. Sister Lou, shall we go in and take a look?"

Lou Xiao'e shook her head.

"I won't go in. Even if I go in, it won't be the same as before. Just look at it from the outside."

After watching for a while, Zhong Shan took Lou Xiao'e back to the front yard and entered Zhong Shan's house.

"Sister Lou, you look like you've had a good life these years."

Lou Xiao'e sighed.

"It's not that easy out there. Besides, people from the mainland are looked down upon when they go to Hong Kong Island. And there's chaos there. It took my family many years to recover."

Zhong Shan was not surprised when he heard this. He had seen a lot of movies, TV shows and gossip in his previous life. The Hong Kong underworld was rampant and chaotic during this period. The Lou family was a wealthy family from the mainland but had no deep traces of the family. They were completely a piece of fat meat in their eyes.

The fact that he has been able to persist for so many years can only be attributed to the fact that Lou Bancheng has extraordinary means.

"How is your Uncle Lou? Is he still in good health?"

"It's been a few years since I left. Before I left, I was still talking about coming back. It's a pity that I didn't make it to the day I came back."

They both fell silent and said nothing.

In fact, Zhong Shan and Lou Xiao'e were not very familiar with each other. Even when Lou Xiao'e lived in the courtyard, the two did not have much contact. Only when the Lou family was about to leave did they have some contact.

So the atmosphere became dull for a while, and there wasn't really much to say. After all, they were just a man and a woman, and they weren't that familiar with each other, so it wouldn't be appropriate to talk about anything too deep or too shallow.

But the two little ones adapted quickly and were playing together after a while.

The two of them watched the children playing there, and it wasn't too awkward.

"I came back this time for one thing, to deal with the house that was taken away. Now it's all returned, so I'll go take a look. Another thing is to go back to our courtyard. Although there are many trivial matters in the courtyard, you don't know until you go out. After going out, I found that compared to the methods used by people outside, the courtyard is still better."

After hearing what Lou Xiao'e said, Zhong Shan didn't know what she was thinking.

In the original drama, a big reason why Lou Xiao'e stayed in Sijiu City was because she had a child with Zhuzi.

And now, she has nothing to do with He Yuzhu, so who knows what she is thinking?

However, we can introduce Lao Li to Lou Xiao'e. Although the two had grievances in the original drama, and it was Lao Li who harmed this family, but that is not the case now. Before Lao Li could react and take action, the Lou family had already left.