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

The noise of this group of people also attracted the attention of the neighbors, and they all came out of their homes to watch the fun.

"Mr. Jia, come out and give the money."

A middle-aged man said to the Jia family.

Qin Huairu knew him. He was the manager of the coffin shop, his surname was Zhang.

Since it is a public-private partnership, the coffin shop cannot escape this fate.

Qin Huairu said with a smile.

"Manager Zhang, today is the day my man is buried. We'll give him the money after the burial. How about that?"

When Manager Zhang saw the beautiful Qin Huairu, he swallowed his saliva first, then pushed her away.

"Don't give me that crap. If Section Chief Li from the steel mill hadn't come and asked to bring a coffin first and then pay, do you think your family would be able to bring the coffin away and use it first?"

"Stop talking nonsense and give me the money. Twenty-seven dollars."

At this time, Jia Zhang rushed out of the house, put her hands on her waist and started cursing.

"How dare you bully us orphans and widows? If you talk nicely, I will give you the money for the coffin, but if you have this attitude today, I won't give you a penny."

Seeing Jia Zhang’s arrogant and tough attitude.

Manager Zhang didn't tolerate her and spoke to the dozen people behind him.

"Since you won't pay, then take the coffin back. As for the person lying inside, throw him away."

A group of people rushed forward, holding tools and trying to pry open the coffin lid.

Qin Huairu hurried over to pull people away.

Jia Zhang also tried to stop them, but was knocked to the ground by someone.

Jia Zhang lay on the ground and started crying and making a fuss.

Yi Zhonghai was disturbed by his third uncle's family until late at night last night.

So I got up a little late this morning.

Before I woke up, I heard a commotion outside.

So he put on his clothes and went out, and saw a group of people trying to pry open the lid of Jia Dongxu's coffin.

"Who are you? Stop it, stop it."

But that group of people didn't care about Yi Zhonghai, the boss of the courtyard house.

The work at hand never stopped.

Seeing that others were not giving him face, the old man shouted at the people in the yard.

"Why don't you try to stop them? You're just standing there motionless."

However, the people in the yard did not dare to step forward when faced with the aggressive people from the coffin shop.

Qin Huairu ran over at this time, grabbed Yi Zhonghai's clothes and said.

"Uncle, stop them quickly. They are going to spread Dongxu's body."

An old man rolled up his sleeves (short sleeves, no sleeves) and rushed forward.

Just when everyone in the courtyard thought that the old man was going to fight with the other party,

Then I saw an old man walk up to Manager Zhang and speak politely.

"What's this person's name?"

Don't say it.

The old man had a sharp eye and could tell at a glance that Manager Zhang was the leading leader.

Manager Zhang saw that Yi Zhonghai had a friendly face, so he didn't want to lose his temper and spoke in a slightly softer tone.

"This family bought a coffin from us a few days ago, but they said they didn't have the money for now, so they took the coffin home first and will pay for it later."

"We agreed to it for the sake of the steel mill, but it's been three or four days and they still haven't paid us."

"We are a public-private partnership, and all money must be paid to the public account. We can't keep owing it."

"So when we came here today, this old hag was throwing a tantrum and didn't want to give us the money, so we decided to carry the coffin back."

Yi Zhonghai finally understood at this time.

If you kill someone, you must pay with your life; if you owe money, you must pay it back; if someone comes to collect the debt, you have nothing to say.

"Don't worry, leader. I will ask their family to pay me right away."

Yi Zhonghai said nice things to Manager Zhang, then his face changed and he spoke to Jia Zhang who was still howling on the ground.

"Sister-in-law Jia, quickly give the man the money for the coffin."

When Jia Zhang heard that she had to pay, she immediately quit.

"Money, what money? Where does my family get the money? My husband is dead, and my son is dead too."

"The main breadwinner of the family is gone, how can we have any money? No money, no money!"

Seeing Jia Zhangshi, who was like a piece of tough meat, Yi Zhonghai wanted to stomp her to death.

"How could it be that there is no money? I donated more than 40 yuan to your family last night. How could it be that there is no money? Give it to your family quickly, or else you can buy a straw mat for your son's burial!"

Jia Zhang's original intention was to bribe Zhonghai to give her the twenty-seven dollars for the coffin.

But the old man wasn't fooled.

Jia Zhang had no choice but to give the money for the coffin.

Manager Zhang took the money and left angrily with his people.

After this incident, those who were originally scheduled to leave for the burial at around 9 o'clock could only leave more than an hour earlier.

The originally bustling courtyard also became quiet.

There is a funeral to be held in the courtyard today. Everyone in the courtyard has asked for leave and is staying at home, waiting for the banquet to start.

He Yuzhu also planned to take a day off, so he asked his fellow workers in the hospital to go to the canteen to ask for leave for him.

Since you have taken someone's money, you have to do the job for them.

He Yuzhu pretended to go out to buy groceries, but actually he just went out for a stroll.

Anyway, the banquet will start in the evening.

In this era, there is actually not much to see in the old city.

Apart from Wangfujing, there is Liulichang or People's Park.

There's really nowhere to go.

He Yuzhu, who had witnessed the prosperity of Sijiu City in later generations, obviously had no interest in Sijiu City of this era.

I grew up in Beijing, from the National Army to the People's Liberation Army, and then to the establishment of the new country.

He has been through it all.

He Yuzhu had nowhere to go, so he could only go to People's Park to sit and enjoy the fresh air of this era.

Today is a working day, so there are not many people in People's Park, mostly elderly people doing morning exercises.

Actually, it’s not really a morning exercise.

How can I have the energy to practice if I can’t even get enough to eat?

Actually, it’s just a walk in the park.

As I was walking, I saw three people coming towards me.

"Zhu Zi, aren't you going to work today?"

"Boss Lou! And Aunt Tan, Xiao'e, hello!"

Although he acknowledged Lou Xiao'e as his godsister, getting involved with the capitalists at this time would be courting death.

The Lou family also knew about this, so they didn't call each other brother or sister when they met.

"Brother Zhuzi, hello."

Lou Xiao'e greeted He Yuzhu with a red face.

He was fiddling with a camera in his hands.

"I had something to do today, so I didn't go to work."

"Boss Lou, you guys are free today, why don't you come out to visit the park as a family?"

He Yuzhu asked without saying anything.

He actually didn't want to have too much dealings with the Lou family.

If it wasn't for the purpose of preventing Lou Xiao'e from falling into the fire pit, he would never have made friends with Lou Bancheng.

"We have nothing to do now. If we don't go around, what else can we do?"

Lou Bancheng said helplessly.

Lou Xiao'e was still fiddling with the camera, and it seemed she hadn't figured out how to use it yet.

"Your camera is a Seagull brand, right? Don't press that button, it's useless. This is the position for changing the paper!"

He Yuzhu had played with this kind of camera in his previous life.

The Shanghai brand camera produced in Shanghai, later renamed Seagull brand, is also the first SLR camera in China and also the most exported camera.

But this is all for later.

Hearing that He Yuzhu seemed to know a lot about this new camera, Lou Xiao'e immediately became interested and asked He Yuzhu how to use it.

Mr. and Mrs. Lou were also happy to see the two young people talking and laughing.

It would be great if they could be a couple, what a pity!!

After some instruction, Lou Xiao'e also learned how to use the camera.

Seeing that it was getting late, He Yuzhu said goodbye to Lou Bancheng and his family and walked towards the courtyard.

Before returning to the courtyard, he found an empty corner, caught five chickens and ducks in the space, caught a few big carps in the creek, and got a lot of vegetables that he grew himself.

It's too much.

There are probably hundreds of poultry in the space.

Vegetables and grains are growing in large areas, and we cannot eat them all. We simply cannot eat them all.

Holding the dishes, He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard.

The three aunts at the door inherited the will of the three uncles. They would stand guard at the door when they had nothing to do to see what each family bought.

Seeing He Yuzhu with his hands full of various dishes, he immediately came over with a smile.

"Hey, Zhuzi, you bought so many vegetables, do you have guests at home?"

He Yuzhu looked at the three aunts in surprise and said in a low voice.

"Third Aunt, I told you last night that Jia Dongxu will be buried today, and everyone in the hospital will be invited to a banquet. Don't you know that these are the dishes for today's banquet!"

After saying that, He Yuzhu picked up his things and went back to the central courtyard.

The three aunts were still standing there in a daze.

"No one said we were going to have a feast today last night. There's chicken and fish here. It looks like we're in for a treat tonight."

After saying that, the third aunt went back to the house happily, waiting for the afternoon head of the household and the children to come back.

When the people in the room saw He Yuzhu coming back with a lot of vegetables, they all came to take them.

Thinking that there would be fish and meat in the evening, the neighbors in the yard all came to help kill chickens and wash vegetables.

Some people even used waste bricks to build a stove so that they could cook.

He Yuzhu was also happy to have some free time, so he went home and lay down on the bed to rest.

Jia Dongxu was buried in the morning.

Those who went to help asked Jia Zhang to pay their wages before the burial, otherwise the burial would not take place.

This forced Jia Zhang to give three dollars to each person with tears in her eyes.

The forty or so yuan I donated last night has basically been spent.

So when Jia Zhang came back at noon, she looked unhappy. She didn't even eat and went to bed.

It was not until He Yuzhu started cooking and the aroma wafted out that Jia Zhang got up.

Ran out of the house and watched He Yuzhu cooking.

Pieces of roast chicken and stewed duck soup.

There is also the fragrant fermented bean curd fish and a variety of delicious dishes.

Each one of them made Jia Zhang and the neighbors in the yard drool.

"Look, the same dish tastes different in Zhuzi's hands."

"You are talking nonsense, Zhuzi is the chef of our steel mill, and he usually cooks for the leaders."

"Yes, if a girl marries Zhuzi in the future, she will live a life like a queen, with white rice and white steamed buns for every meal."

He Yuzhu also greeted the compliments from the neighbors in the yard with a smile.

Who doesn’t like to hear nice words?

Qin Huairu was also helping out and assisting He Yuzhu.

Qin Huairu wanted to take this opportunity to establish a good relationship with Zhuzi.

But He Yuzhu simply ignored her, as if she didn't exist.

This made Qin Huairu extremely depressed.

This kid used to be extremely attentive to me. To use the words of later generations, he was a bootlicker.

Now he is turning a blind eye and a deaf ear to me.

This gave Qin Huairu a bad feeling in her heart.

"No, we must hold on to the pillar tightly. He is the only one we and our children can rely on to survive."

Qin Huairu gritted her teeth and determined that she would never let go of He Yuzhu easily.

He Yuzhu worked quickly and five tables of food were soon placed on the table one after another.

The neighbors in the yard also found tables and sat down, waiting for dinner to start.

The third uncle's family of six also came to the central courtyard reluctantly at this time.

Last night, his third uncle brought his entire family to block the first uncle's house, chattering for more than an hour, and finally took the five dollars away.

Now I come to eat again.

Although the third uncle likes to calculate, he can't be so shameless.

Seeing the delicious food on the table and the neighbors sitting at the table, the uncle and his friends happily prepared to find a place to sit down.

But an old lady came over.

"Isn't this Uncle Sanda's family? Why are you here to eat? I've already returned the five dollars to your family."

The third uncle's face turned red with shame and he was about to speak.

An old man also came over and said with a stern face.

"Old Yan, your family is not qualified to come to eat. I haven't prepared any food for your family. Please go back."

The third uncle opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out.

I could only walk to the front yard with my whole family.

Looking at so many delicious foods, the Jia family members began to drool and prepared to eat a big meal.

Especially Jia Zhang, she had already rolled up her sleeves and glanced at the food on the table.

She had to look carefully to see which were the meat dishes and which were the vegetarian dishes, and then eat the bowls of meat dishes first when she had dinner.

But He Yuzhu would never give them this opportunity.

Call Yi Zhonghai over directly.

"Uncle, why are the Jia family sitting down to eat? Don't they know the rules? I haven't finished my work here yet. As the head of the family, why do you have to sit down and start eating right away? Let the Jia family come and help."

He Yuzhu said unhappily while holding the spatula.

The old man turned around and saw Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu, who were already holding chopsticks and starting to fiddle with the table.

"Qin Huairu, Jia Zhangshi, why are you sitting down? Come and help us, and eat later."

Just as Jia Zhang was about to lose her temper, she saw the cold look on the eldest master's face.

"If it weren't for now, I would still have to rely on you, an old loser. I would kill you with my head. I will tolerate you this time."

Jia Zhang was reluctant and brought Qin Huairu to the stove to help.

He Yuzhu cooked the dishes slowly on purpose just to prevent the Jia family from eating.

The neighbors had a rare feast and they all ate voraciously.

Even though there are a lot of dishes on the table, they can't stop the wolves.

In just over ten minutes, the food on the table was gone as if a tornado had passed through it, not a single hair was left.

The plate was licked cleaner than a dog could lick it.

After He Yuzhu finished frying all the dishes and served the last dish, the stir-fried cabbage, all twelve dishes were served.

When Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu stood in front of the table with the fried cabbage and saw the empty plate, they both wanted to cry.

He Yuzhu also took off his apron and went home.

I took out the leftover chicken stewed with mushrooms from yesterday from the space warehouse, heated it up, and drank it alone at home.

Xu Damao went to his parents' house again.

So, in the whole courtyard, except for the third uncle's family and the two widows of the Jia family, the rest of the neighbors ate very satisfactorily.

The aunt and uncle were particularly satisfied with Zhuzi's cooking skills.

The couple were extremely excited thinking that if they let Zhuzi take care of them in their old age, they would be able to eat such meals every day.

Banggeng and Xiaodang ate so much that their stomachs were as big as balls.

"Xiao Dang, it would be great if we could have such delicious food every day in the future."

Xiaodang nodded and said to Qin Huairu who was eating stir-fried cabbage with her head down.

"Mom, tell Uncle Sha that we have to eat delicious meals like this every day from now on."

Qin Huairu glanced at the He family and sighed.

This is a difficult thing.

Jia Zhang was also cursing. While eating fried cabbage, she cursed all the neighbors in the yard.

Jia Dongxu was buried.

The next day, Yi Zhonghai also had to go to work.

He also wanted to inquire about Jia Dongxu's work position and pension.

Not bad though.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai arrived at the factory, Director Yang called him to his office.

The factory has decided that the application for the pension has been submitted and it will be paid out in a few days.

Now let’s solve the issue of Jia Dongxu’s workstation first.

"Master Yi, when you go back today, tell Jia Dongxu's family that Jia Dongxu's workstation will still be given to his family. Ask who in Jia's family is suitable to take over the job, and bring them to the factory tomorrow to register for employment."

Yi Zhonghai nodded happily.

"Thank you, Director Yang. Thank you, Director Yang. I will definitely notify you."

As soon as he got off work, the old man rushed back to the courtyard.

Seeing Qin Huairu washing clothes by the sink, an old man walked over and said to her.

"Come to the vegetable cellar tonight. I have something to tell you. It's about taking your man's shift."

After saying that, the old man went home.

Although it was not clear, Qin Huairu still understood it.

There is some progress in my plan to take over Jia Dongxu's class.

But why did he go to the vegetable cellar at night? Could it be that this old man?

Tonight, I am afraid my chastity will be at risk.