Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Chapter 112: Lao Yi, are you going to give up Sha Zhu? (First update)
"What...you were demoted!" He Yushui immediately widened his eyes, stared at He Yuzhu with a shocked face and asked back!
"Didn't the old man say he was fine a few days ago? Why was he demoted after returning to the steel mill..."

"So now you can only earn twenty-something dollars a month... and you can't bring leftovers home from the cafeteria..."

As he was talking, He Yushui's brows were furrowed into a big "川" shape, and he looked at He Yuzhu with a serious face and said, "Brother..."

"I must warn you very carefully!"

"From now on, you can no longer help the Jia family like you did before!"

"You used to earn more than 30 yuan a month, and you could bring food back from the canteen. It wasn't a big deal to help the Jia family..."

"Now our salary has been reduced, and we can no longer bring leftovers... If we continue to help the Jia family as before, we will all starve..."

"It costs money to marry a wife!"

"If you don't spend frugally and save some money, you won't have the money to marry someone even if they introduce you to a wife!"

He Yuzhu returned home from the steel mill, feeling very angry.

I had hoped that after returning to the courtyard, someone would come and comfort me.

As a result, I ran into the ungrateful Qin Huairu when I entered the door...

Not only does he not comfort himself, he also wants to calculate his own lunch box.

I was already feeling aggrieved and disappointed, but I didn't expect that even my own sister would come to lecture me and tell me to stay away from Qin Huairu in the future.

I get angry subconsciously.

But after hearing He Yushui say the three words "get married", He Yuzhu was no longer angry.

He envied Qin Huairu but she was not as pretty as the wife he had married.

Compared with the group of "ungrateful people" who helped the Jia family, He Yuzhu would definitely prefer to save money to marry a wife.

After all, Qin Huairu is Jia Dongxu's wife. No matter how much he envy her or how much he helps her, she can never become his wife.

But he's not a good guy either.

He Yuzhu definitely couldn't completely cut off his relationship with the Jia family and stop paying attention to Qin Huairu.

He prefers to eat what's in the bowl and look at what's in the pot.

You still have to marry a wife, but you still have to help Qin Huairu.

He waved his hands and said impatiently: "I know my limits, I don't need you to teach me..."

"Do you still want to eat..."

"I'm going to borrow food from the old man now!"

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East Wing of the Central Courtyard...

Seeing He Yuzhu, who looked exhausted, the aunt quickly called him in: "Zhuzi..."

"What are you doing standing at the door?"

"Come in quickly, it's cold outside!"

The idea of ​​the middle-aged lady is similar to that of the deaf old lady.

Compared with Jia Dongxu, she is more optimistic about He Yuzhu, thinking that He Yuzhu is an honest person and is more suitable to take care of her in her old age.

However, Yi Zhonghai regarded Jia Dongxu as the primary caregiver for the elderly couple. Since he had no choice but to accept this fact, he could only accept it.

But he was still as nice to He Yuzhu as ever.

I thought that if Jia Dongxu couldn't be relied upon in the future, I still had He Yuzhu's kindness to thank me.

He Yuzhu said embarrassedly: "Auntie..."

"I won't go in..."

"Yesterday I lent all the grain to the Jia family, and today I forgot to go to the grain station to sell the grain..."

"Can you lend me a few pounds of flour first..."

"I'll return it to you after buying food tomorrow when the rain comes!"

The aunt immediately replied: "Zhu Zi..."

"Given the relationship between our two families... it's not a big deal whether we can lend it to you or not..." "It just so happens that I went to the grain station to buy some food today, you can take it home and eat it first... there's no need to rush..."

Yi Zhonghai interrupted the aunt before she even uttered the word "yet". He glared at her secretly and then continued.

"Pillar……"

"Your mother just forgot something!"

"The Dongxu family only has a Sijiucheng household registration, and the family's food supply is very limited, so they can only buy food at a high price!"

"But his salary is so low. If he spends all of it on expensive food, he won't be able to make ends meet!"

"I promised to lend him some food on the way home from get off work..."

"Leave some for me and your aunt to eat. The most I can lend you is three catties and two ounces of flour..."

"You must eat sparingly..."

"Give it back to me as soon as possible!"

"Maybe in a few days, the Dongxu family will run out of food again. Are they still relying on these three catties and two liters of flour to get by?"

He Yuzhu was confused. He didn't realize that Yi Zhonghai didn't want to lend him food. Instead, he felt that what the old man said made a lot of sense.

The Jia family only had one registered permanent resident in the city, and only one person on the grain list could buy rationed grain. He Yuzhu knew this.

Otherwise, he would not have lent almost one-third of the He family's low-priced grain supply to the Jia family every month.

Because at that time He Yuzhu could bring leftovers home every day, and it didn't matter even if he lent the food out. It gradually became a habit and he didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.

So when He Yuzhu heard that the old man was lending grain to the Jia family, he did not have any doubts. Instead, he showed a grateful expression.

"Thank you, uncle..."

"I will return the food tomorrow..."

"Brother Jia is in a really difficult situation."

Seeing He Yuzhu hurriedly leaving with three catties of noodles, the auntie frowned immediately, looked at her husband with a puzzled look and asked back: "Old Yi..."

"Didn't our family just receive over a hundred kilograms of food? When did you agree to lend it to Dongxu?"

"Zhu Zi is not an outsider either..."

"Isn't it just three pounds and two ounces of flour?"

"Given the relationship between our two families, it doesn't matter if they don't pay it back!"

"If you ask him to return the three catties and two ounces of flour tomorrow, will he be dissatisfied with us?"

Yi Zhonghai sighed and replied: "If you have any opinions, then so be it. Times are different now!"

After hearing this incomprehensible remark, several rumors that had just emerged in the courtyard quickly popped up in the aunt's mind. She widened her eyes and asked back with a look of disbelief.

"Is it true that Zhuzi was punished and demoted at the steel mill?"

"You want to give up on him?"

“But the old lady reminded us a few days ago that we shouldn’t put all our eggs in one basket, and asked us to be nicer to the pillars!”

"If Dongxu is unreliable, I will still have Zhu to rely on in the future!"

"Now that Zhuzi is having some troubles, we are starting to distance ourselves from him. Isn't that a bit too much..."

Yi Zhonghai glared and replied: "Women..."

"Long hair, short knowledge, what do you know!"

"Not only was Zhuzi demoted at the steel mill, he was also banned from taking assessments for three years... and now he can't bring leftovers from the cafeteria home!"

"With that little salary, it's just enough to support myself and Yu Shui..."

"Given his previous habit of spending lavishly, he would have to borrow money and grain from the Jia family from time to time. In the future, his finances will definitely become increasingly tight, and he will often be short of food and money."

"If we are not stingy, and lend Zhuzi a few kilograms of food today, and a few dollars tomorrow... our retirement savings will be squandered."

"Although we still need Zhuzi to help the Jia family, we also need to make him aware of the degree of support. He can't help us a little bit and then end up targeting our retirement funds!"

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