Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

He Yushui returned to the courtyard in a daze. As soon as she entered the middle courtyard, Sha Zhu saw her and snorted without saying a word. He brought a plate of scrambled eggs to the Jia family. He Yushui didn't have the heart to pay attention to him now, so she went to the backyard to find Zhang Renkang.

Zhang Renkang had just finished cleaning up the dishes and was about to take a nap. He had been busy all morning and wanted to take a good rest. He Yushui knocked on the door and entered the house. She was very envious of the new and bright house, but she had something else to do today. When she saw Zhang Renkang, she asked

"The post office is closed. It's not open today."

Zhang Renkang laughed

"I can't stop you from calling you. If you want to go today, the weekend, go tomorrow morning while Yi Zhonghai and the others are at work. After you find out everything, take a bus directly to Baocheng to find your father. You can't explain this to me, Shazhu. Don't you know how stupid and dumb your brother is?"

He Yushui nodded, and Zhang Renkang handed her half a pack of biscuits and joked

"I'm going to sleep. You'd better go back and don't let anyone know anything. Otherwise, you should be smarter than your brother."

He Yushui rolled her eyes at him and left. Before leaving, she took away half a pack of biscuits. There was no need to be polite to Zhang Renkang, a local tyrant.

In the evening, after dinner, Zhang Renkang found the deaf old lady walking slowly towards the middle courtyard. Zhang Renkang smiled. It seemed that the old lady could no longer sit still. He wanted to see what would happen next.

The deaf old lady walked into Sha Zhu's room. Sha Zhu drank a big bucket of water and was lying on the bed enduring hunger. Sha Zhu was worried that Qin Huairu would have a grudge against him because of He Yushui's incident, so he specially sent half a bag of cornmeal and two eggs to Qin Huairu. Now that he had no food, he was planning to use his wife's money to go shopping in the black market in the area at night.

Seeing the deaf old lady come in, Sha Zhu quickly stood up and went forward to support the old lady and said

"Grandma, why are you out here so late at night?"

"It's dark at night, don't fall"

Sha Zhu really treated the deaf old lady very well. Maybe it was because he lacked maternal love since childhood. Sha Zhu often brought the meat and leftovers brought by He Daqing to the deaf old lady. In addition, the deaf old lady had no children for most of her life, so she treated Sha Zhu as a grandson. The two of them really had some affection for each other. He Yushui's words at noon made the deaf old lady feel uncomfortable for the whole afternoon, so she decided to find Sha Zhu to talk about it.

The deaf old lady sat down and said

"My dear grandson, tell grandma the truth, do you like that girl from the Jia family?"

When Sha Zhu heard this, he looked shy and said

"That's not true, grandma. Who told you that? I just helped Sister Qin a few times because I saw how hard it was for her to take care of three children and a mother-in-law."

"Grandma, why are you saying this?"

The deaf old lady sighed. She had lived for decades and could see that this foolish grandson was being held hostage without even realizing it. She said

"Grandson, you are not young anymore, don't you plan to find a wife to live with?"

"Grandma is still waiting to hug her great-grandson."

Sha Zhu stammered and said

"Grandma, I've been framed by that bad guy Xu Damao and have to clean toilets every day. I've also become an apprentice. How can it be easy to find a job?"

The deaf old lady sighed and said

"Just tell me whether you plan to look for it or not."

Silly Pillar said

"Grandma, seeing what you said, how could I not look for a wife? I will definitely find a daughter-in-law from the city who is better than Xu Damao, the bad guy, and give birth to two sons to make him jealous to death."

The deaf old lady continued

"Okay, if you want to find one, grandma will ask Wang the matchmaker to find one for you first. As for the factory matters, grandma will have her own way to get you back to the kitchen, but you have to promise grandma two things."

Sha Zhu said excitedly

"Grandma, do you have a way to stop me from cleaning the toilet? Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

"That's great, grandma. You tell me what to do, as long as it doesn't involve cleaning the toilet, I'll do it."

The deaf old lady said

"First, you must cut off all ties with Widow Qin. You are not allowed to support her family anymore, and you cannot have any contact with her."

Sha Zhu was stunned and asked in confusion

"Why, grandma?"

The deaf old lady was not satisfied and hit Sha Zhu with a stick (Zhang Renkang broke the stick) and said

"Silly grandson, you and the widow are having an unclear relationship. Who would want to date you? Which good family would want to marry their daughter to you?"

"The only way is to cut off contact with Widow Qin. I will ask Matchmaker Wang to talk to you properly."

Sha Zhu thought about it for a while. He was greedy for Qin Huairu's body, but compared to marrying a wife, a new wife was more attractive. Sha Zhu stomped his feet and said

"Okay, grandma, I'll listen to you. I won't help Sister Qin anymore, and I'll keep my distance from her."

The deaf old lady was relieved when she heard this.

"The second thing is, no more conflicts with Zhang Renkang."

Before Sha Zhu could reply, the deaf old lady continued

"I think you can't beat Zhang Renkang. He's ruthless and now he's in charge of the kitchen. If you want to go back, you have to get past him first, otherwise you won't be able to stay long even if you go back."

"If it weren't for the Jia family, well, no more talking, anyway, you are not allowed to conflict with him again, do you hear me?"

Sha Zhu nodded. He just wanted to get rid of the toilet cleaning job. As for Zhang Renkang, he couldn't beat him, and he didn't care about him. He would watch later.

When the deaf old lady saw that Shazhu had stopped, she smiled and said

"My eldest grandson, originally this relationship was intended to be used when you got married so that you could move up the career ladder. It's okay to use it now. Tomorrow you can go and find Director Yang without telling grandma. Grandma still has some feelings for him, but it will probably end after this time."

Sha Zhu couldn't believe it and looked at the deaf old lady and said

"Grandma, you are related to Director Yang"

The deaf old lady spoke

"It's been more than ten years, and I don't know if this relationship is enough."

Setting: More than a decade ago, Yang Weiguo had just taken over the steel mill. At that time, it was a public-private partnership with Lou Bancheng. As the manager of the public side, Yang Weiguo was drunk and fell on the roadside in winter. It was a deaf old lady who came out to pick up scraps who called the police. Yang Weiguo agreed to help the old lady once.

The deaf old lady continued

"Let Yu Shui talk to Zhang Renkang. This girl can still talk to Zhang Renkang."

Sha Zhu asked in confusion

"When did He Yushui and Zhang Renkang become so close? How come I didn't know?"

The deaf old lady was so angry that she hit Shazhu on the leg with a stick, causing him to shiver with pain.

"How dare you say that? Your own sister doesn't know and keeps going to the widow's door every day. You, you, I'm going to make you mad to death."

Sha Zhu then lowered his head and said in a low voice with a displeased look on his face.

"I just slapped the rain this morning. Can she go and help me?"

The deaf old lady said arrogantly this time

"She is your sister. As a brother, you are like a father to me. What's wrong with slapping her? Grandma will go find her later."

Sha Zhu then became happy. He almost jumped up at the thought that he no longer had to sweep the toilet and that he was about to get married. However, the rumbling of his stomach calmed him down. The deaf old lady heard the rumbling of Sha Zhu's stomach and knew that he had given the grain to the Jia family again. She was so angry that she beat Sha Zhu with a stick. Sha Zhu quickly admitted his mistake and promised to keep his distance from the Jia family in the future.

The deaf old lady reminded again

"Grandson, you are not allowed to tell anyone about this. Yi Zhonghai doesn't want to tell anyone about this either. Do you hear me?"

Sha Zhu asked in confusion

"Grandma, why is this?"

The deaf old lady couldn't explain, and she couldn't tell Shazhu Yi Zhonghai about it, so she said

"Just listen to what grandma said and don't tell anyone, or you'll be single for the rest of your life."

Seeing that Sha Zhu had agreed, the deaf old lady leaned on a stick and went down to He Yushui's room with the help of Sha Zhu. He Yushui was lying on the bed, staring at the ceiling in a daze. She thought about what Yi Zhonghai had done to her and Sha Zhu over the years, and how He Daqing had not ignored her and Sha Zhu's crying and laughing over the years. She also thought about what Zhang Renkang's family looked like and how nice it would be if she could marry him. She became shy as she thought about it. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

When He Yushui opened the door and saw Sha Zhu, his face suddenly fell and he said

"What are you doing here? Didn't you disown me?"

Sha Zhu said unhappily

"What's your attitude? I've provided you with food and clothing for so many years, and yet I made a mistake?"

Suddenly the deaf old lady came out from behind and said

"It's my old lady who wants to talk to you about something."

The aunt next door and Yi Zhonghai heard the noise and looked out the window. The aunt asked

"What are the old lady and Zhuzi doing looking for rain water so late at night?"

Yi Zhonghai thought that what happened in the morning was not a big deal and said

"I think the old lady was the one who mediated the conflict between Zhu and Yu Shui this morning."

"It's okay. Since the old lady is gone, we don't have to worry about it."

The two of them lay down and prepared to sleep.

The deaf old lady came into the room, sat on the bed, asked Shazhu to close the door, and said meaningfully

"Yushui, my old lady just talked to Zhuzi and is planning to find him a wife."

"If Zhuzi stays in the toilet now, no good girl will be willing to marry him. If you still want to do good for him, go find Zhang Renkang and ask him to let Zhuzi go."

He Yushui looked at Sha Zhu coldly without saying anything. The deaf old lady continued

"I will go talk to Matchmaker Wang myself. Only the three of us know about this matter. Are you relieved?"

"Zhu Zi has promised me that he will no longer have any contact with the Jia family. Now as long as Zhang Renkang agrees, I, an old lady, will naturally find a way to get Zhu Zi to work in the kitchen."

"Yushui, you won't refuse to help your brother, will you?"

He Yushui thought about it and was about to tell her about the post office, but she stopped herself. She thought that the deaf old lady Zhang Renkang mentioned probably knew about it. Since she had kept it a secret from them for so many years, if she told her about it and something unexpected happened, she would...

"How can Zhang Renkang and I have such a good relationship that he can talk to me?"

"When my brother did this, it was a relief that they didn't kill him. How could they possibly help him?"

The deaf old lady said

"That was Zhuzi's fault. First, he was deceived by the Jia family's sweet words. Zhuzi will also be punished. Besides, so much time has passed, so he should have calmed down, right? Old lady, I know that you two are in contact and can talk to each other. Can you really watch your brother live like this for the rest of his life?"

He Yushui felt sorry for Sha Zhu, after all, he was her own brother. She nodded and said

"Okay, I'll go find him, but I can't guarantee whether he will agree or not."

The deaf old lady was happy to hear this and said

"That's right, you are siblings, there is nothing you can't talk about, go ahead, Zhuzi and I will be waiting for you here"