Soul of the Siheyuan: Zhuzi, I can still give birth

The situation is becoming increasingly serious, and He Yuzhu is considering whether to bring his father-in-law and his family to the courtyard.

After all, I'm here, and I can protect them if anything happens.

But he was rejected by the Ran family.

He said the situation is unclear now, so we won’t move here for now and will wait and see.

Just like that, He Yuzhu had to continue living his lonely life.

Qin Huairu was still the same as always, hanging around in front of He Yuzhu and chatting with him from time to time, but what greeted her was He Yuzhu's cold face.

That day, He Yuzhu happened to meet Qin Huairu when he was getting off work.

How could Qin Huairu miss this opportunity to strike up a conversation? She immediately went up to him with a smile.

"Zhu Zi, give Sister Qin a ride. Walking is tiring."

He Yuzhu glanced at Qin Huairu.

He is only thirty years old, but he already has a few white hairs on his temples and obvious crow's feet at the corners of his eyes.

Qin Huairu in the previous life, at this age, still had the charm, which made me stunned.

In this life, it seems that this old white lotus has indeed had a much harder time.

"It's very expensive to ride in my car. Do you have money?"

He Yuzhu did not reject Qin Huairu explicitly.

Rather than rejecting her, it would be better to drain the Jia family dry and make their lives a living hell.

"money?!"

"Zhu Zi, are you kidding me? Don't you know the situation of Sister Qin's family? Where did the money come from?"

"But now, Zhuzi, you are all alone. I can use other things to compensate you."

As she said that, Qin Huairu wanted to move closer to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu shook the bicycle in his hand, separating himself from Qin Huairu, and then said coldly.

"You have no money but still want to ride in my car? Get out of here. I've given you face, but you don't even look at what you look like now. You still want to flirt with me, you old woman."

After saying that, He Yuzhu got on his bike and rode away slowly.

Qin Huairu was so angry that she stomped her feet when she heard He Yuzhu calling her an old woman.

"You silly Zhu, you are just a stinky cook, why are you so proud? You deserved that Teacher Ran ran away with the child. You even dared to scold me."

No matter how much you curse, you still have to take this home back.

At this time, Liu Haizhong was just getting off work with Xu Damao.

They decided to buy some food and wine and have a few drinks tonight.

There was news a few days ago that the higher-ups had already put the Lou family under tight control and were about to arrest someone.

This made the two of them extremely happy.

There is a saying in the previous dynasty that Heshen fell and Jiaqing was full.

If we say now that the Lou family is bankrupt and the capital is prosperous, it would definitely be a bit exaggerated.

However, as the richest man in the city, the Lou family's wealth is unimaginable.

He Yuzhu did not return to the courtyard, nor did he go to the Ran family. Instead, he went to one of the houses where the Lou family hid their wealth.

This house is in an alley.

It looks very dilapidated from the outside.

The yard was even full of weeds and looked very desolate.

In the evening breeze, the weeds in the yard even rustled, giving a feeling like something out of a horror movie.

There are very few people in this alley, and it is even more deserted now that it is evening.

He Yuzhu put the bicycle into the different space, then climbed over the wall and entered the yard.

Looking at the dilapidated yard and the dark house seen through the windowsill, He Yuzhu couldn't help but shrink his neck.

"Damn it, it looks like it's been vacant for a long time, I wonder if there are ghosts!"

He Yuzhu patted his chest, picked up a branch as thick as a child's arm from the yard, took out a bunch of keys, and tried to poke the iron lock.

After poking for a while, he finally poked the iron lock open.

Gently push the door open.

"Gah...squeak...!"

The sound of a door opening was so terrifying that He Yuzhu almost turned around and ran away.

However, after the door was opened, no monsters or demons rushed out.

He Yuzhu also breathed a sigh of relief.

He took out a flashlight from the alien space, turned it on, and the dim light illuminated the room.

After some searching, I actually found a secret door in a small house.

Inside the secret door is another very large room.

It was filled with various jade antiques, as well as many small wooden boxes containing small yellow croakers.

"Fuck, the number of small yellow croakers here is more than the small yellow croakers I have stored over the years."

Seeing these small yellow croakers, He Yuzhu was so happy that he almost jumped up.

"If I find all the things of the Lou family, then I will be the richest man in Sijiu City."

He Yuzhu put all these things into the different space while muttering to himself.

A few minutes later, He Yuzhu took away all the things here.

I looked at the watch on my hand. It was still a little past seven o'clock. It was still early, so I might as well look for the rest of the places.

He Yuzhu took out the address of the treasure trove that Lou Zhenhua gave him as a thank you. He wanted to work overtime tonight to take all the treasure away to avoid any more trouble.

The Jia family's courtyard.

Everyone sat at the table, looking at the plate of pickles, the black coarse grain steamed bread, and the half pot of corn porridge.

Everyone looked embarrassed.

Tonight, Qin Huairu didn't get any leftovers, so she went home and cooked something to get by.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the food on the table with resentment on his face.

"Hey Huairu, I give you 15 yuan a month for food, why do you eat these things every day?"

"When they asked me to come and share the meal, they said we would eat meat once every three days. It's been a week now, and I haven't even seen a single piece of meat or a pig's hair."

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was dissatisfied, Qin Huairu quickly comforted Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle, you know that nowadays, let alone meat, even food is almost impossible to buy."

"These corn paste and whole grain steamed bread were bought by my mother at the black market. If you go too late, there will be nothing left, let alone meat to sell!"

After hearing Qin Huairu's words, Yi Zhonghai did not refute.

Since last year, it seems that the national food supply has been in short supply.

I heard that the Russians want us to repay the money we owe, but we can’t pay it back now, so they said we can use food to offset it.

But they didn't eat the food that was returned to them at all. They dumped all of it into the river, wagonload after wagonload, just to choke us with food.

So we, who have just recovered from three years of natural disasters, now have to tighten our belts again and still owe money to the Russian bear.

"But...but we can't eat porridge and coarse-grain steamed bread every day. We adults are fine, but the children can't stand it!"

Yi Zhonghai wanted to get angry, but after thinking about it, he felt that what Qin Huairu said was true and there was no point in getting angry.

Just move the children out.

Qin Huairu winked at Jia Zhangshi who was standing beside her, and Jia Zhangshi immediately understood.

"Uncle, just bear with it for a while. When food becomes abundant, we can eat meat. This is all we have now. Let's eat first!"

Yi Zhonghai could only nod, picked up a black-faced steamed bread, took a big bite, and then took another big mouthful of corn paste.

After finishing his meal, Yi Zhonghai went home.

After Yi Zhonghai left, Qin Huairu also went to ask the little one to go to bed.

Banggeng said to Jia Zhang at this time.

"Grandma, I want to eat meat. I really want to eat meat."

Xiaodang on the side was also clamoring for meat.

Jia Zhang sighed.

"Eat, eat, eat. I want to eat meat, but where can I get meat now? If I want to eat meat, I have to spend a lot of money to buy it, but where does grandma get the money?"

Jia Zhang now makes matchboxes at home and can earn seven or eight yuan a month.

But she was reluctant to spend the money, as it was her retirement money.

Banggeng looked out the window in the direction of the He family and said.

"Grandma, Shazhu has meat at home. I saw the piece of pork he brought back yesterday. I'm afraid it weighs two or three pounds. Let's go get some to eat."

When Jia Zhang heard that the He family had meat, she also swallowed her saliva.

However, even though she was greedy, Jia Zhang still spoke with a clear mind.

"What if Shazhu suddenly comes back?"

Bang Geng clapped his hands and said to Jia Zhang.

"Grandma, you are so stupid. Why don't you take Xiaodang with you and wait outside the courtyard? If Shazhu comes back, you can just let Xiaodang tell me."

Jia Zhang felt that what Banggeng said was very right, and couldn't help but rubbed Banggeng's head and said.

"As expected of my good grandson, you have been smart since you were young. Let's go, we will set off. When we come back later, we will have meat to eat."

Jia Zhang couldn't wait and went out with Banggeng and Xiaodang.

Banggeng went to the He family, and Jia Zhang took Xiaodang out of the courtyard and waited outside the courtyard.

The doors of a siheyuan are not locked, which is a basic requirement for a civilized courtyard.

A civilized courtyard should ensure that doors are not locked at night and that people do not pick up things on the streets. Otherwise, how can it be called a civilized courtyard?

Now that Shazhu is not at home, the He family is empty, so Banggeng dares to wander around the He family leisurely.

He searched the bedroom first and found more than one dollar in cash.

This made Bang Geng very happy.

Ever since Sha Zhu married Teacher Ran, he has never come to the He family again, let alone steal money.

This meant that Banggeng hadn't had any snacks for a long time.

Now I have found more than one yuan, so I have a source of snacks for this week.

After some further searching, he failed to find anything valuable, so Banggeng quickly went to the kitchen.

In the basket in the cabinet, Bang Geng found a piece of pork.

It was such a big piece, he certainly didn't dare to take it all, so he picked up the kitchen knife, cut off a piece of pork, and put the rest of the meat back into the basket.

She put the basket back into the cupboard, turned off the lights, and then left the He family.

In his opinion, everything was done so perfectly that it would never be discovered.

When I passed by the desk in the living room, I found a few fancy cards under the glass on the desk.

"Hey! What is this?"

Bang Geng's attention was attracted by these cards.

After getting closer, with the help of the light coming through the street lamp in the yard, Banggeng finally saw clearly what this thing was.

"A meal ticket from Lao Mo's Restaurant!"

Banggeng lifted the glass on the table and took out a meal ticket as if he had discovered a treasure.

Only then did he leave the He family with satisfaction.

That night, the Jia family closed the door and stayed at home, where they had a delicious meal of braised pork.

Although the quantity is not much, it is enough to satisfy your craving.

When going to bed, Banggeng lay on the bed and whispered to his grandmother, Jia Zhang.

"Grandma, look, what did I find at Sha Zhu's house?"

After saying that, he took out a meal coupon from Lao Mo Restaurant.

Jia Zhang was illiterate, but she thought the colorful paper was beautiful.

"My dear grandson, what is this? It's colorful and pretty."

Banggeng rolled his eyes at her, cursed her as a "bumpkin" in his heart, and then spoke to Jia Zhang.

"This is a meal voucher for Lao Mo's Restaurant. As long as we have this voucher, we can go to Lao Mo's Restaurant to eat."

"It says here that this meal voucher can be used as five dollars."

Jia Zhang didn't understand what it meant and asked quietly.

"My dear grandson, you mean this piece of paper is five dollars, right? Then we can go shopping."

Bang Geng was almost laughed at by Jia Zhang.

If he wasn't still a child and hadn't taken this coupon to Lao Mo's restaurant, he would definitely be kicked out. That's why he wouldn't have looked for Jia Zhang.

"Take this coupon to Lao Mo's restaurant and you can eat something worth five dollars for free. It's not like you can just use it as money anywhere."

After Banggeng's explanation, Jia Zhang finally understood what the meal voucher meant.

"My dear grandson, what is this Lao Mo Restaurant? Is it a place to eat?"

After figuring out how to use the meal coupons, Jia Zhang asked another extremely stupid question.

Banggeng felt a little regretful at this time and told his grandmother about the meal voucher.

"Lao Mo's Restaurant, I heard it's a restaurant opened by foreigners, it's right on Qianmen Street, there are a lot of big nosed, blue-eyed foreigners there."

When she heard that it was a restaurant opened by foreigners, Jia Zhang immediately thought that this was a restaurant called Lao Mo, which was very high-end.

"My dear grandson, do you think it would be awesome if we went to this Lao Mo's restaurant for a meal?"

Jia Zhang had never felt so proud in her entire life, because she could have a meal in a foreign restaurant, which was something she had never dared to think about in her entire life.

"My dear grandson, where do you think we should go? Should we take Xiao Dang with us?"

Jia Zhang looked at the other end of the bed, where Xiaodang was already fast asleep.

"This meal ticket only allows you to eat for free at a price of five dollars. If there is one more person, it will cost one cent more. I think we should not bring Xiao Dang with us."

Banggeng told Jia Zhangshi his idea, and Jia Zhangshi nodded, agreeing not to take Xiaodang with her.

"Then let's go this Sunday and put on our best clothes. We can't let those foreigners look down on us."

Jia Zhang suddenly uttered these words in a bold and heroic manner, which made me, a Bang Geng standing beside her, stand in awe.

He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard in the late night and knocked on the door for more than ten minutes.

The door god was finally awakened and opened the door for He Yuzhu.

"Zhu Zi... why is it so late? It's almost dawn."

The third uncle yawned and said to He Yuzhu, who also looked tired.

He Yuzhu took out a bottle of wine and handed it to the third uncle.

"Uncle, I'm sorry, this is just a small gift, I hope you will accept it."

The third uncle, who was originally a little unhappy, immediately greeted with a smile when he saw the Niulanshan handed over by He Yuzhu.

"Zhu Zi, look at you, you are too polite. We are all neighbors, we should help each other. I will accept the wine first. Next time when you make something delicious, Third Uncle will bring the wine over and we will have a few drinks together."

He Yuzhu gave this calculating guy a cold look and went back to the Central Courtyard.

As soon as he entered the door, he realized that someone had been to his house, because the positions of his things had changed.

When I walked into the kitchen, I saw that half of the meat left over for the family was missing.

"Damn it, it must be that ungrateful bastard from the Jia family who came to steal again. Just wait and see how I'll deal with you."

He Yuzhu closed the window door and returned to his room. He wanted to take the time to get some sleep as he had to go to work tomorrow.

The next day at work, Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao, who were originally in high spirits, were called to the factory director's office.

There were two men in Zhongshan suits waiting for them.