Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Seeing Kuihua leave with a bitter face, He Yuzhu immediately showed a bad expression on his face, and looked at Liang Lawei who was still in a daze to explain.

"Comrade Liang Lazhi..."

"I'm sorry to have embarrassed you just now..."

"You just came to the courtyard, you don't know the conflict between me and the Jia family...

"You would never have guessed that the mother of that girl just now is my ex-wife Qin Huairu..."

Liang Lawei was looking at him with a curious expression, without any sarcasm on her face, and even a hint of worry flashed across her face.

He Yuzhu felt that he had finally found someone who listened to him in the courtyard, and he told Qin Huairu all about his experiences.

Liang Layi was shocked when she heard this, and her expression kept changing as He Yuzhu talked. Sometimes she was surprised, sometimes she was worried, and sometimes she showed a mocking expression...

After He Yuzhu had finished speaking, Liang Lazhi finally understood why He Yuzhu had two completely opposite expressions when he first saw her this morning.

It turned out that this man was deeply heartbroken by the widow Qin Huairu, and had developed a fear of ropes for ten years after being bitten by a snake once.

So when she heard Wang Dong introduce herself as a widow, her expression changed instantly.

After talking about his painful experience, He Yuzhu suddenly felt much better and the pressure in his heart was reduced a lot.

Seeing Liang Lati who had not commented on his experience from beginning to end, he said embarrassedly: "Comrade Liang Lati..."

"Do you think I'm stupid..."

"A man this old was fooled by a widow and even cuckolded by her. It's so embarrassing..."

"If her adultery with Yi Zhonghai hadn't been exposed in the courtyard, I might have been cuckolded for the rest of my life."

Liang Lazhi shook her head: "Master He..."

"I don't think you're stupid, I think you just met the wrong person..."

"I have never dealt with Comrade Qin Huairu, so it is not easy for me to comment on him."

"But from what you just said, I can conclude that you are a good person and not stupid. You just haven't met the right person yet."

"Actually, if I really talk about it, my experience is not much different from yours..."

Men and women are matched, so work is not tiring.

Maybe it was because they knew each other's character, or maybe it was because they both had the same experience of being betrayed, the more they talked, the more they got along, and before they knew it, dinner was ready.

The adults gathered around one table, the children gathered around another table, it was very lively, and you could hear it clearly even in the front yard.

Yi Zhonghai sat at the dining table in his home, looking at the fried potatoes on the plate, the steamed buns made of two grains of flour, and the cornmeal porridge in the bowl, and he had no appetite at all.

Especially after hearing the noisy noise coming from the main room in the middle courtyard, he felt even more irritated, and his brows were unconsciously wrinkled into a big "川" shape.

The daughter-in-law glanced at the lively scene in the main room and answered helplessly.

"Lao Yi..."

"Zhu Zi has already mortgaged the main house in the middle courtyard to Wang Dong. No matter how much we think, we can't change this fact. If we don't want to go back to the middle courtyard, then we won't go back."

"As long as he doesn't blame us anymore in the future, even if our two families live separately in the middle yard and the back yard, Zhuzi can still provide for our old age."

"If it doesn't work out, we'll just have to rely on ourselves for retirement."

"Didn't the street say that the higher-ups were building a nursing home?"

"Our family is rich, so if things really don't work out, we can just live in a nursing home?"

Yi Zhonghai said unhappily: "What do you know?"

"No one will take care of us in our old age, and no one will see us off when we die." "I don't want to die at home and have no one notice my body stinking."

"Or maybe they just wrapped him up in a straw mat and buried him in a graveyard outside the city, without even anyone to burn paper money for him."

"I used to be a big boss in a courtyard house. When a new neighbor moved into the courtyard, they would definitely invite me to have a meal..."

"As a result, I have become the object of disdain in the courtyard, and I am not even qualified to eat the neighbor's cooked meal."

After sensing Yi Zhonghai's dejection and frustration, his wife quickly responded, "Old man..."

"Isn't it just an overcooked meal?"

"Please let us go. We don't want to go yet."

"Tomorrow I'll go to the market early to queue up and buy a pound of fatty meat to make a good meal for you and also to nourish your body."

Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai's face seemed to improve a lot, but the worry between his brows did not diminish much.

He sighed and replied, "Buying meat is buying meat, but we should save money on normal days."

"My work level was downgraded, and the factory's subsidies for senior fitters were gone. My salary was also reduced, and I only make 76 yuan a month, which is more than yuan less than before."

"These are our future retirement money... Alas..."

The daughter-in-law nodded: "I know what's going on..."

"As long as there are no big expenses, we can save at least fifty dollars a month."

"I just don't know if this new neighbor is easy to get along with."

"I heard that she is also a widow, raising four children by herself. She is also a fifth-level welder in your steel mill, and her monthly salary is only slightly lower than yours."

"I saw Zhuzi and her cooking together at the door this afternoon. From a distance they looked like a couple."

"Don't let them get mixed up with each other."

"One is a widow, the other just divorced. On the surface, they seem to be a good match."

"No..." Yi Zhonghai objected without hesitation.

"Zhu Zi's future marriage partner must be someone we know well, and definitely not someone we don't know."

The daughter-in-law retorted angrily: "They have parted ways with us now and no longer recognize you as their godfather."

"If I really want to marry this new neighbor, what can you say to oppose me?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head again: "I don't agree with parting ways either."

"Although Shazhu doesn't recognize me as his godfather now."

"But I believe that after a period of time, Shazhu will return to the original Shazhu, continue to be my godson, and help us in our old age."

"As his elders, we should choose a good wife for him, and not let him marry someone he doesn't know much about."

Seeing that his wife still wanted to speak, Yi Zhonghai did not give her a chance to speak and continued, "Don't worry about this matter."

"I am Zhuzi's godfather. Even if he doesn't think so now, I am still his godfather. I will definitely not let him find a wife without telling us."

Seeing her husband so concerned about He Yuzhu's search for a wife, his wife showed a trace of worry on her face. After hesitating for several seconds, she still gritted her teeth and reminded him: "Then you better take it easy."

"Zhu Zi is angry with us right now. If we let him know that you want to interfere in his finding a wife, it might backfire and make him hate us even more."

Yi Zhonghai thought it was easy to deal with He Yuzhu. When faced with his wife's reminder, he unexpectedly showed a long-lost confident smile on his face: "I know what I'm doing." (End of this chapter)