Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

On the road leading to the courtyard from the steel rolling mill, He Yuzhu was walking forward with his head down.

Although his wedding day is getting closer, he can't be happy at all.

When young men get married, their wives are all virgin girls from the city.

At the very least, she was a virgin girl from the surrounding villages.

If I remember correctly, several apprentices in the kitchen had just married wives who were all virgins and very pretty.

In terms of conditions, not only were their salaries not as high as his, but even their main rooms were smaller than his. They were inferior to him in every way, but they married the virgin girl he had always dreamed of.

Look at himself, he was a level nine chef in the steel mill kitchen, and it was absolutely certain that he would pass the level eight chef exam this year.

If I could take the opportunity to serve as the canteen monitor, my monthly salary would exceed 40 yuan.

Although the main house in the central courtyard of the quadrangle had been sold to Wang Dong, the house of the deaf old lady in the backyard belonged to him.

A hundred years later, the house will be transferred to his name, and it will not be much smaller than the main house he lives in now.

As a result, with such good conditions, he married a widow with three children.

Although this widow was Qin Huairu, whom he had been coveting for a long time, He Yuzhu still felt that he had suffered a great loss.

These days at work I was afraid that my coworkers would laugh at me about this incident.

Seeing his fellow workers chatting with each other on the road, He Yuzhu's first feeling was that these people were laughing at him.

I wish I could fly directly back to Siheyuan. I don’t want to meet anyone I know on the road.

At this moment, the voice that He Yuzhu least wanted to hear suddenly sounded behind him.

"Silly Zhu... why are you running? Wait for me..." Xu Damao, with a smirk on his face, suddenly caught up with him from behind.

Before He Yuzhu could speak, he spoke first: "I heard that you are getting married, but you kept it a secret so well that even I, your neighbor in the same yard, didn't know about it..."

"Tell me who you are going to marry."

"He used to brag in front of me every day, saying that he was an eighth-level chef at a steel mill, and that he was so awesome. He said that he would definitely marry a city girl in the future, and that she must be educated..."

"Tell me quickly, is the wife you are going to marry a virgin? Is she from the city? Is she educated?"

"I remember we bet ten dollars at the beginning."

"Whoever marries a better wife is the winner, and the loser must give the winner ten dollars. Don't forget that."

"My current wife, Qin Jingru, is very beautiful, but she has little education and is not from the city."

"As long as the wife you marry is better than my wife in one aspect, you will win. How about I give you ten dollars as a gift?"

The news that he was going to marry Qin Huairu had spread throughout the Siheyuan. Xu Damao had been staying in the Siheyuan for the past two days, so it was impossible for him not to know about it.

But now he pretended that he didn't know who his wife was, obviously wanting him to say the three words Qin Huairu in front of his coworkers so that he could embarrass himself in front of them.

He simply chose to ignore Xu Damao's question and continued on his way forward, wanting to escape from here as soon as possible.

At this moment, a worker from the courtyard suddenly came over, and whether intentionally or unintentionally, he spoke in a timely manner: "Da Mao..."

"Don't you know who Zhuzi's wife is?"

"I know……"

"This matter has spread throughout the courtyard. His wife is our neighbor in the courtyard..." "She stays with He Yuzhu every day."

"At the time I felt that they had a special relationship, and sure enough, now they are married directly."

"The most amazing one is He Yuzhu. He had three children right after he got married. The oldest one is already eight or nine years old. He didn't even have to raise the children."

"Are you talking about Qin Huairu?" Xu Damao asked back with his eyes wide open on purpose, and spoke in a particularly loud voice, fearing that the workers around him couldn't hear him.

After that, he asked back with a mocking expression: "Pillar..."

"This is your fault."

"When Jia Dongxu passed away, you ignored the other needy families in the courtyard and only helped the Jia family."

"At that time I said you were after Qin Huairu's body."

"In the end, you beat me up for this and said that I slandered you. The only reason I helped the Jia family was because of Jia Dongxu."

"It's only been a short time, and you're going to marry Qin Huairu as your wife."

"If this isn't about taking advantage of someone's body, what is it?"

"You are quite capable, you started planning several years ago to marry Qin Huairu, sending her food and helping her raise her children. I admire you, brother.

"But Qin Huairu is a widow with three children after all. She is definitely not as good as my wife Qin Jingru. You lost our bet."

"You were supposed to compensate me ten dollars."

"But when I think about how you'll have three kids after getting married, and how much faster you'll be than me, Xu Damao, I don't want the ten dollars. Brother, I'm generous."

At this time, all the workers walking nearby knew that He Yuzhu, a grown man, had left his virgin daughter behind and married a widow with three children.

For a moment, everyone was looking at He Yuzhu and pointing fingers. Some even showed a mocking expression, thinking that He Yuzhu was a fool...

Looking at the changing expressions of his co-workers, He Yuzhu was almost going crazy.

It is conceivable that after what happened just now, by tomorrow after get off work at the latest, the news that he is going to marry Qin Huairu will spread throughout the steel mill, and he will become a joke in the eyes of all his colleagues in the steel mill.

He clenched his fists, his face was full of anger, his eyes were red as if he could spit fire, and he subconsciously wanted to beat up Xu Damao who was still sneering at him.

At the last moment of throwing a punch, He Yuzhu held back.

He has been arrested several times for assault.

Now that he had finally gotten rid of the punishment, he could work normally in the steel mill and take the exams normally. No matter what, he could not be arrested for beating people again, and he could not be punished in the steel mill again, otherwise he would lose the ninth-level chef certificate he had just obtained.

He could only stare at Xu Damao with a pair of big red eyes, gritting his teeth and saying, "Xu Damao, you bastard, you must have done this on purpose, I'm not done with you..."

Xu Damao is not afraid of He Yuzhu at all now.

In his eyes, He Yuzhu was inferior to him in every other aspect except that he was strong and better at fighting than himself.

Now it is a new society, everything is subject to law, and fists have very little effect. As long as He Yuzhu doesn't dare to attack me like he did before, two He Yuzhus are no match for me.

Facing He Yuzhu's angry look, he was not afraid. Instead, he met his gaze and asked back, "Silly Zhu..."

"I sincerely wish you the best."

"If you get married, you will have three children. Even though they are Jia Dongxu's, they will definitely call you dad in the future. This is such a good thing. Maybe you won't have to raise children yourself." (End of this chapter)