Siheyuan: Cooking journey

He Yuzhu quickly changed into work clothes.

He glanced at Lou Xiao'e.

I found her sitting quietly on the edge of the bed with her head down, like a shy little quail.

"I have to go to work."

"Ah."

Lou Xiao'e nodded gently, her voice as soft as a mosquito's hum.

"You stay at home and wait for me to get back from get off work."

He Yuzhu thought about it and added another sentence.

"Ah."

Lou Xiao'e lowered her head even lower, as if she was not going to lift it up.

"If you feel bored, go out for a walk. My sister He Yushui should be home soon. Ask her to make lunch or take you out to eat."

He Yuzhu explained in detail, hesitated for a moment, and reminded:

"Most of the neighbors in this yard are not easy to get along with. You should be careful and just nod and say hello when you meet. The only friendly people in the yard are the hard of hearing old lady in the backyard and the old man in our yard. He is a nice person."

"When I get off work, I'll take you to have a meal with them so you can get to know each other."

"I remember."

Lou Xiao'e didn't know where to put her hands, so she had to lower her head and fiddle with her fingers.

"besides……"

He Yuzhu said seriously: "There are three children and an old lady in the house next door. Don't pay attention to them."

"Don't be soft-hearted and give them food just because the children are cute. The old lady is not a simple person either. Don't pay any attention to her."

"Why? You don't even care about the children?"

Lou Xiao'e raised her head, glanced at him, and quickly lowered her head again.

Thinking of what I just said, my face felt hot and I felt embarrassed to face him.

"As the saying goes, a person's childhood makes him a grown-up. That family, no matter the adults or children, are all ungrateful. No matter how good you are to them, they will not remember your kindness, but take it for granted."

He Yuzhu explained patiently and sighed secretly in his heart.

Having just corrected a naive sister, he didn't want Lou Xiao'e to be overly sympathetic and help him blindly.

The key point is that she is my own daughter-in-law. I can’t stay away from her like I do my sister.

The best solution, of course, is to move.

He Yuzhu secretly planned to contact Director Yang after work to ask about the situation of the allocated house.

The Lou family is powerful and may have other properties.

But it's really hard to say it this way.

"An ungrateful wolf that can't be fed?"

Lou Xiao'e chewed on these words, suppressed her shyness, looked up at him, and blinked curiously.

"How do you know they are ungrateful wolves? Is there any inside story?"

"... "

He Yuzhu was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond to this question that went straight to the point.

From the perspective of dark history, I did raise one.

"You don't say anything, does that mean you agree?"

Lou Xiao'e's thoughts condensed, she forgot to be shy, looked at him, and analyzed:

“Three children and an old lady. You didn’t mention the adult, but you said you helped her. That means the adult is not a man, but a woman, right?

“In other words, a widow;

“She’s very pretty, isn’t she?”

Lou Xiao'e really wanted to find a feather duster.

What’s going on? I have to face such a terrible thing just after getting married.

Her husband actually supported a widow.

"... "

How should I say this? Should I deny it?

He Yuzhu was a little distressed.

He didn't expect Lou Xiao'e to be able to draw inferences from one instance and pursue the matter relentlessly.

Even if she didn't say anything, from Lou Xiao'e's tone, she was obviously doubting and misunderstanding something.

Having said that, it is dark history after all.

After a little hesitation, He Yuzhu didn't want to hide it from her. If he let it slip someday in the future, it would cause more trouble. Besides, telling it would also allow Lou Xiao'e to see the true face of that family.

"It can't be called 'raising', it's just mutual help between neighbors. She was pregnant, but her husband died. The family lost their income, and had nothing to eat or drink..."

He Yuzhu slightly modified what he had said to He Yushui and repeated it to Lou Xiaoe.

"... "

Lou Xiao'e pondered for a moment, frowned slightly, and asked with a wrinkled nose:

“You haven’t said whether the widow is really pretty or not.

"... "

He Yuzhu was speechless.

This doesn't seem to be the point.

Why is his focus different from He Yushui's? Shouldn't he be suspicious of whether he is really an ungrateful person?

"You didn't say it, so I agreed."

Lou Xiao'e frowned and said angrily:

"You are helping her because you like her. You are talking about selfless help. How can someone do good deeds without leaving a name? You are working day and night to the point of bankruptcy. Who would believe that? You are a fool. Men are like cats seeing fish when they see temptation. None of them are good."

"... "

He Yuzhu was silent and said nothing.

He was not angry, nor did he blame Lou Xiao'e for her misunderstanding.

Because if you look at it from another perspective, this is indeed easy to be misunderstood, but there are such stupid people in the world.

He also didn't expect that Lou Xiao'e would look at the issue from a different perspective.

"I really didn't have any other thoughts at the time. I just felt sorry for her and wanted to help her."

He Yuzhu looked at her quietly.

“If I can tell you honestly, there’s no need to deceive you;

“I’m telling you this because I don’t want you to have any misunderstandings in the future, and I don’t want you to do something meaningless to help that family;

"Besides, if I liked her, I would have married her long ago instead of choosing to distance myself from her."

Seeing that he looked so calm and didn't seem to be lying, this statement made sense.

Lou Xiao'e's mood improved slightly, but even so, she still felt uncomfortable thinking about how her husband had helped a widow so much.

"What was the widow's name?"

"Qin Huairu."

He Yuzhu told the truth.

"You said she also found a job, in your steel mill?"

Lou Xiao'e thought about it and asked again.

"Correct."

He Yushui nodded, without hiding anything, and said frankly: "She works in the cafeteria, and she was transferred there just a few days ago."

"canteen?"

Lou Xiao'e felt completely upset. "Didn't you say you would distance yourself from her? How can you say that? We work in the cafeteria, and we'll see each other every day."

"Living in this compound, we can see each other everywhere."

He Yuzhu calmly explained: "We will have separate rooms after a while. If you don't like it, we will move out."

"What about the cafeteria? Can she be transferred there?"

Lou Xiao'e asked, wrinkling her nose.

She somehow didn't like the fact that the widow worked in the same cafeteria as her husband.

“Unless she makes a mistake, the factory is not a place where one person has the final say.”

He Yuzhu explained, and seeing her frown, he asked directly:

"Do you mind this?"

"Nonsense, of course."

Lou Xiao'e snorted, waved her fist, and threatened viciously:

"You are mine, stay away from that widow, or I will beat you up. No, you are going to work, right? Take me with you. I want to see how beautiful this little widow is, and how she can be helped selflessly for so long and even make everyone lose everything."

She must be talking about me.

He Yuzhu sighed and explained seriously: "I'm not helping her because she's pretty."

"That means she is really beautiful!"

Lou Xiao'e said faintly.

"... "

He Yuzhu was speechless.

This topic cannot be continued.

Fortunately, there is good news. Since Lou Xiao'e dislikes Qin Huairu so much, there is no need to worry that she will be deceived by Qin Huairu's family.