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

"Zhu Zi, you're back. I haven't seen you for a day. Where have you been hanging out?"

"Who is this……?"

The third uncle was about to chat with He Yuzhu, but he saw Li Qin behind He Yuzhu.

"This is the person who rented my house, her name is Li Qin, and this is her daughter, her name is Meng Meng."

He Yuzhu introduced Li Qin and her son to the third uncle, then walked towards Li Qin and introduced the third uncle.

"Li Qin, this is the third uncle in the courtyard. He manages the trivial matters of the courtyard. If you have any problems in the future, come to the third uncle."

"Don't look at Uncle San as he is. He is an excellent teacher at Red Star Primary School."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, the third uncle also laughed.

"No, no, he is just an ordinary teacher, not an outstanding one."

After chatting with the third uncle for a while, He Yuzhu took Li Qin and her son into the central courtyard.

"That third uncle is not a bad person, he just likes to take advantage of others. He just needs to be more careful in the future."

He Yuzhu kindly reminded Li Qin to be careful not to be taken advantage of by the third uncle.

Li Qin also nodded.

On the right hand side when you enter the central courtyard is Yi Zhonghai’s former house. The one near the moon gate entrance to the central courtyard is where Li Qin and her son will live in the future.

He Yuzhu pushed open the door of the empty house and turned on the light inside.

Although the light is not very bright, it still illuminates the room.

The house is very big, more than 20 square meters, not to mention living in it, it's enough for doing a backflip.

"Wow! What a big house, just as big as the old one!"

Mengmeng didn’t have a specific idea of ​​the size of the house, she only knew that it was much bigger than the one they lived in before.

Seeing the house, Li Qin turned to He Yuzhu and said.

"Zhu Zi, thank you for helping me despite how I treated you. I...!"

He Yuzhu laughed and interrupted Li Qin.

"We have known each other for a while, so we can be considered friends. Please clean up the room first. I have new sheets and pillows. I will bring them to you later."

After He Yuzhu finished speaking to Li Qin, he turned around and went back to the He family, but the neighbors in the yard all gathered around him at this time.

"Who is that person? She's pretty and came back with Zhuzi. Could she be Zhuzi's new girlfriend?"

"Who knows? She has a child, so she can't be a widow again. How come the He family only recruits widows?"

"Who knows? Maybe this is the tradition of the He family. Before it was Widow Qin, and now it's this little widow!"

The neighbors whispered and started gossiping about the He family again.

Jia Zhang had never met Li Qin. In the entire courtyard, the only people who had met Li Qin were the Qin sisters.

So Jia Zhang also squeezed into the crowd.

"Make way, make way, I want to see what this idiot Zhu's new mistress looks like!"

While He Yuzhu was away, Jia Zhang acted a little arrogant.

Jia Zhang is now an unwelcome presence in the courtyard. Her household registration is not in the courtyard, and no one pays attention to her.

So Jia Zhang also squeezed into the crowd.

When she saw Li Qin, Jia Zhang secretly sighed in her heart, "What a pretty girl."

Li Qin is really beautiful and has a stubborn personality, so she maintains a neither humble nor arrogant temperament.

This adds a touch of heroism to her beauty.

However, seeing that she was in the empty room, Jia Zhang became anxious.

She originally wanted Qin Huairu or Yi Zhonghai to talk to Sha Zhu and ask him to give the house to her Jia family.

Banggeng is ten years old now and still lives with a group of women, which is somewhat inconvenient.

For a ten-year-old child, some things have already become unclear and we have to pay attention.

But now this woman of unknown origin came here and is still in the empty house.

Then my plan to occupy this house would be ruined!

"Where did this woman come from? She came to our courtyard for no apparent reason. Our courtyard is a civilized courtyard. She lost something, but she can't just save face!"

Jia Zhang's words caused the neighbors in the courtyard to take two steps back and stay away from this old hag.

You say someone else is stealing things, but your grandson is the thief.

Seeing that everyone was like this, Jia Zhang was not at all shy.

This is nothing. Let me show you what it means to be shameless. Even God is afraid of you.

"This house is for my grandson Banggeng. Where did you come from? Why did you come to our courtyard? Take your things and get out of our courtyard."

Li Qin looked at the ferocious Jia Zhang and didn't understand what this person was doing for a moment, so she didn't move.

Seeing that Li Qin didn't say anything, Jia Zhang suddenly became confident, thinking that she had scared Li Qin.

"We see that you are an orphan and a widow, so we won't make things difficult for you. Compensate my Jia family with five dollars, and then give up this room..."

'Snapped'

A crisp slap sounded.

Jia Zhang staggered and fell to the ground, with a red slap mark appearing on her face.

"Who is so bold as to hit me?"

Before she even uttered the word "mother", Jia Zhang saw He Yuzhu's tall figure standing in front of her.

Jia Zhang covered her face and was about to get up and go home, but she heard He Yuzhu say.

"If you dare to take another step, I'll break one of your legs. Try it if you don't believe me!"

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he ignored Jia Zhangshi and went straight into Li Qin's current home, carrying the bedding and pillow.

"These are all new. Make the bed first. I'll bring the meal to you next time I'm done cooking."

Li Qin took the bedding and pillow and shook her head.

"You don't have to send me food. I still have food here. You've helped us a lot. I don't want to be a burden to you."

The two were chatting in the house, while Jia Zhang outside was standing there, not daring to move.

He Yuzhu always did what he said, and she had no doubt that this silly Zhu would show mercy to an old woman like her.

"Jia Zhang, why don't you leave? What are you doing standing here?"

"Yes, old hag, didn't you just say something outrageous? Didn't you want to kick me out? Why are you silent now?"

Faced with the ridicule of the neighbors, although Jia Zhang also cursed back, she still stood there and dared not move.

"You have no conscience. You would rather help outsiders than help our family. God will strike you with lightning, you have no conscience."

However, the neighbors ignored Jia Zhang's curses. This old hag had nothing left to do except to keep her stubbornness.

Seeing that he couldn't convince Li Qin, He Yuzhu had no choice but to compromise.

"You can cook for yourself, I'll bring you some food later!"

"I can only give you the money for the food after I get paid."

Li Qin insisted on giving money to buy food, and He Yuzhu had no choice but to say.

"Li Qin, you are being so formal. Didn't I send food to you and your mother before, and you didn't refuse it?"

Li Qin shook his head.

"It's different now than it was then. Back then, you and I weren't married yet. It's different now. We still have to make some things clear to avoid gossip."

After saying that, Li Qin looked at the neighbors who were watching outside.

He Yuzhu had no way of refutation, so he could only nod and say.

"It's up to you. Since you want to live such a hard life, that's your business. I'm not pitying you. I'm just trying my best to help you."

He Yuzhu didn't want to say much to this stubborn donkey, he was so stubborn.

You are the one with backbone, you are the one with noble character.

He Yuzhu walked out of the door and saw Jia Zhang standing there. He then stepped back and handed a bramble behind the door to Li Qin.

Li Qin took the twig and looked at He Yuzhu in confusion, wondering why he handed it to her.

He Yuzhu pointed at Jia Zhang outside the door and said to Li Qin.

"That old hag is Jia Zhang. She is the scoundrel of this courtyard. If you don't want to be harassed by her in the future, pick up that thorn stick and beat her up."

After saying that, she pulled Li Qin out of the room and ordered her to beat Jia Zhang with a whip.

When the neighbors saw He Yuzhu and the whip in Li Qin's hand, they all took a few steps back tacitly, fearing that blood would splash on them.

When Jia Zhang saw the more than one-meter-long whip in Li Qin's hand, she was so scared that her whole body was shaking.

"Hey, new guy, if you dare to hit me, I will never let you go. I am the old man of this courtyard. Why don't you try to hit me?"

Li Qin looked at Jia Zhang, then looked at the bramble in her hand.

To be honest, she had no grudge against this old hag, and as long as she didn't cause trouble, she didn't want to conflict with her.

At this time, Qin Huairu came back from outside the courtyard with a bag of flour in her hand.

When I entered the central courtyard, I saw a group of people gathered at the entrance, and I didn't know what they were doing.

Qin Huairu was curious and squeezed in to watch the fun.

When I entered, I saw Jia Zhang standing there, shaking all over.

"Mom, what are you doing here? Let's go home and cook."

Li Qin recognized Qin Huairu at a glance, the woman who indirectly broke up her marriage with He Yuzhu.

"It's you!!"

Qin Huairu and Li Qin said this at the same time, which surprised the neighbors in the courtyard.

How do these two people know each other?

"You are Qin Huairu, and this person is your mother-in-law... mother-in-law?"

Li Qin sneered and walked towards Qin Huairu holding the whip.

Although she didn't know Jia Zhang, she had heard from her mother that there was a fat old woman in the courtyard who was also involved in the affair between her and He Yuzhu.

It seemed like she was the mother-in-law of a pretty widow in the courtyard.

After thinking it over, Li Qin immediately knew who this Jia Zhang was.

Qin Huairu never expected that this girl would appear in the courtyard.

If she told Sha Zhu about how she gossiped in front of He Yuzhu in order to break up his blind date, she couldn't say whether she would be beaten to death.

This Sha Zhu is definitely capable of driving the whole family out of the courtyard.

Qin Huairu didn't dare to answer and could only nod.

Li Qin said to Qin Huairu with anger in her eyes.

"We will slowly settle the matter between us later. As for this old hag, I will collect some interest today."

After saying this, he hit the old woman on the shoulder with a whip. Jia Zhang fell to the ground in pain, wailing continuously.

"Someone, someone is beaten to death. This woman who came from nowhere actually beat an old man. Someone, someone, please help!"

Li Qin heard Jia Zhang crying there, and did not tolerate her, but hit her on the back with a whip again.

"Ouch, it hurts so much, someone come, beat him to death!"

'Snapped'

Another whip hit Jia Zhang's back.

Jia Zhang now knows.

As long as I curse that woman, I will be beaten.

So she covered her mouth and could only wail, but she didn't dare to curse Li Qin anymore.

Jia Zhang stopped scolding, and Li Qin put away the whip, then leaned over and spoke into Qin Huairu's ear.

"That's it for today. Tell this old hag not to bother with me for no reason. Otherwise, today will be both the end and the beginning."

"As for our account, we'll settle it slowly. Did you buy white flour?"

Li Qin saw the flour on the flour bag in Qin Huairu's hand and asked Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu didn't know what Li Qin was going to do, but when she saw He Yuzhu standing behind her, she could only nod.

"Send it to my home. We are out of food!"

Li Qin pointed to her room with the twig.

Qin Huairu looked at the flour she had bought with great effort, and reluctantly took the flour bag and entered Li Qin's house.

When Qin Huairu came out, the bag of noodles in her hand was gone.

"Such a big bag of flour should cost at least two dollars, right? Are you giving it away now?"

"Why did the Jia family change their ways and take the initiative to give white flour to others?"

"Who knows? Jia Zhang was beaten, and Qin Huairu didn't stop it. Something must have happened."

Qin Huairu didn't want to stay here any longer and be gossiped by the neighbors, so she helped the still wailing Jia Zhang up and walked home.

"Qin Huairu, why did we give our flour to her family? Go and get it back for me!"

Jia Zhang spoke vaguely while rubbing the wounds on her body.

The slap He Yuzhui had just given her had caused her face to become swollen and she could barely speak clearly.

"Mom, let's talk about this when we get home. Do you know who this woman is? She is Sha Zhu's ex-girlfriend..."

Qin Huairu whispered in Jia Zhang's ear.

After hearing this, Jia Zhang's face changed drastically.

"Then...will she tell Sha Zhu...if Sha Zhu knows...won't we be in trouble?"

Thinking of He Yuzhu's violent temper, Jia Zhang shuddered.

If Sha Zhu really knew about this, the Jia family might no longer have a place to stand after buying the courtyard house.

Qin Huairu said confidently after taking Jia Zhang back home.

"Don't worry. Up to now, Shazhu doesn't know anything. This woman probably hasn't told Shazhu anything yet."

Jia Zhang asked in confusion.

"Why... didn't she tell Shazhu...?"

Qin Huairu said worriedly.

"It is precisely because she doesn't say anything that makes people most worried. I don't know what she is planning. Forget it, let's take it one step at a time."

"We still have some grains at home. Just eat them. I'll think of a way to buy some more food tomorrow."

Li Qin's home.

"Li Qin, I hope you won't tell anyone about my wife and child!"

He Yuzhu said to Li Qin before leaving.

Li Qin was puzzled as to why she couldn't tell her own wife and children.

"As you know, a lot of big things happened during this period. Some people wanted to harm me, so in order to protect them, I sent them away temporarily."

Li Qin listened and nodded. In this chaotic world where demons are rampant, Zhuzi's actions were also a way of protecting his family.

"By the way, have you thought about what you will do in the future? You can't be pulling a cart again, right?"

He Yuzhu said helplessly when he saw the thin Li Qin.

Li Qin's eyes were also blank. She really didn't know what to do in the future.

She was not afraid of the tiredness of pulling the cart, but she felt it would make the children suffer.

You can't make much money from making matchboxes, and after paying rent to Zhuzi, there won't be anything left.

Seeing Li Qin who looked a little confused, He Yuzhu said to her.

"Well, there is a deaf old lady in the backyard. Although she is called a deaf old lady, she is not deaf at all. She is also a lonely old woman. I have been taking care of her, but I have to go to work during the day, so..."

When Li Qin heard what He Yuzhu said, she also looked at him curiously.

An old widower, what do you want to tell me?

"Okay, I'll help you keep an eye on her during the day. It'll be troublesome if you don't stop an old woman!"

Li Qin thought He Yuzhu wanted her to help keep an eye on things, so she agreed immediately.

"What I mean is, if you want to take care of Meng Meng, you don't have to go out and look for a job. You can help me take care of the deaf old lady. I'll give you 25 yuan a month, and I'll pay for meals and stuff. You can live with the deaf old lady. How about that?"

He Yuzhu gave Li Qin an offer she couldn't refuse. For Mengmeng's sake, Li Qin nodded and agreed.

"Okay, I'll take you to see the deaf old lady later. Let's get familiar with her first. I'll go back and get some things and call you later."