Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 140 The Deaf Old Lady's Advice (Subscription Request)

Xu Damao finally left in depression. Unexpectedly, he asked Yang Ning to persuade Sha Zhu to stop staring at him.

Unexpectedly, he ended up getting himself involved and fell completely into He Yuzhu's hands.

"Brother Ning, I'll go get my daughter and show her to you. She's so beautiful!"

After that annoying guy Xu Damao left, He Yuzhu finally remembered what Yang Ning came for, so he looked at Yang Ning and showed off.

"Aren't you afraid that your wife and the deaf old lady will punish you?"

Yang Ning was also convinced. This boy was so bold that his daughter was only a few days old, yet he wanted to show her off in the cold winter.

"It's okay, just stand at the door and I won't carry you out."

With that, He Yuzhu opened the door and walked towards the backyard.

"Oh! I say let's just forget it!" Yang Ning quickly followed behind him and shouted.

But how could Yang Ning stop He Yuzhu who was eager to show off his girl? When Yang Ning came out, He Yuzhu had already disappeared.

Yang Ning could only shake his head helplessly and walked towards the backyard.

"Oh, Yang Ning is here too. I was just wondering how your mother came here alone?"

As soon as I arrived at the backyard, the second uncle came towards me with his bulging belly.

"Hello, Master Liu!" Yang Ning just greeted him calmly and then walked past him.

Seeing Yang Ning leaving, the second uncle's face immediately turned ugly.

After returning to his home, he spat on the ground and sat on a chair angrily: "He's just a poor college student, why are you so proud? My eldest son is also a technical secondary school student, not much worse than you."

Fortunately, his second and third sons were not at home at that time, otherwise they would inevitably be used as punching bags by him.

"Dad, I tell you to stop getting close to them. Back then, our family joined the uncle and his gang in ostracizing them. It would be strange if they would pay any attention to us! Isn't it better for us to just live our own lives honestly?"

The only person in Second Uncle's family who dared to speak to him like that was Liu Guangqi, the eldest brother and the beloved daughter of Second Uncle and his wife.

If the second and third sons, or even the second aunt dared to talk to him like that, the second uncle would have greeted them long ago.

The eldest brother is different. He has been admitted to a technical secondary school and will be a cadre as soon as he graduates.

As an official-obsessed man, the second uncle dreams of becoming a small leader, so he is particularly tolerant of the boss who can become a cadre in the future.

This is not only because it is face-saving to say it out loud, but also because the second uncle seems to have a natural sense of fear when facing his eldest brother.

"Don't you know how arrogant that kid was just now? When you graduate and become a cadre, you can't be as heartless as him. He's still a neighbor. If such a person can become a cadre, he will definitely not last long in the future."

The second uncle looked at his eldest son angrily and said.

It's a pity that he didn't have foresight. If he knew that Liu Guangqi, whom he had high hopes for, would run away after graduation, I wonder if he would be angry to death.

"How could that be possible!" Liu Guangqi smiled guiltily at the second uncle, and already started thinking about how to escape from this home.

"Humph!" Seeing the eldest brother's obedient appearance, the second uncle nodded with satisfaction, and then said indignantly: "Wait, when you become a cadre in the future, I will strive to become a small leader, and then I will make the Yang family look bad."

"Yes, yes, you are right!"

Although he said this, Liu Guangqi actually became more determined to leave this home. If he didn't leave, he would be killed by his confused father sooner or later.

Yang Ning is always picked up and dropped off by car, and the people he knows are either great scientists or big leaders. How can an ordinary technical secondary school student like him compare with them with a father like him?

"Run away, you must run away, I absolutely cannot stay in this house anymore!"

Yang Ning didn't know about the second uncle's ambition at this time. He stood outside the deaf old lady's door and stretched his neck to take a look at the baby in He Yuzhu's arms. Although he couldn't see it clearly, Yang Ning still pretended to be surprised and said, "Okay, I see it. It's really beautiful!"

It was impossible to enter the delivery room. Even if He Yuzhu didn't mind, the deaf old lady and the group of aunts in the room could drive him out.

"Hehe, right?" He Yuzhu laughed after hearing Yang Ning's praise.

"Okay, Zhuzi, quickly give the child to Liu Lan, don't let the child catch a cold!"

"Oh!" After hearing what the deaf old lady said, He Yuzhu hurriedly sent the child in.

"Brother Ning, when will you go back?"

Following behind Yang Ning, He Yuzhu suddenly asked.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Yang Ning stopped and looked at him with a puzzled look.

"An uncle wanted to treat you to a meal, and he specifically asked me yesterday to ask if you were free."

He Yuzhu said hesitantly.

"I'm busy!" When he heard that it was about the Yi family, or to be more precise, about the Jia family, Yang Ning refused directly.

Yang Ning didn't want to have anything to do with these two families.

"Oh!" He Yuzhu was obviously relieved after hearing Yang Ning's refusal.

Because he knew why the old man invited Yang Ning to dinner, it was because he wanted Yang Ning to find Qin Huairu an easier job.

Qin Huairu gave birth to another son a few months ago with the guarantee of her uncle.

According to the agreement between the Jia family and the Yi family, the child took the eldest uncle's surname.

But after giving birth, Qin Huairu still had to go to work and go home on time to breastfeed her child.

But her workplace is not in this area, and even if an old man bought her a bicycle, it would still take more than an hour to go back and forth.

Qin Huairu was almost unable to bear it, thinking that since the child took the Yi family's surname, this matter should be resolved by the Yi family. The first uncle only had a little influence in the steel mill, and asked him to change Qin Huairu to a job closer to home and not worse than her current job. How could the first uncle do this?

The third uncle was able to guess who found Xu Damao's job, and the first uncle was not stupid either, so he could naturally guess it as well.

For the sake of the Yi family's incense, the uncle, no matter how reluctant he was, finally set his sights on Yang Ning.

But unexpectedly, Yang Ning didn't even want to see them.

After Yang Ning left, the third uncle came to He Yuzhu's house with the prepared things.

"Zhu Zi, what are you busy with?"

He Yuzhu, who was preparing postpartum meals for his wife, said in surprise when he saw the third uncle coming over with something.

"Oh! This is really strange. The sun doesn't even rise from the west. Why would your uncle come to my place with something?"

"Why, you're not going to do it anymore?"

When He Yuzhu opened his mouth, he almost choked the third uncle to death.

"Hey! How can you talk like that? I am the third uncle in the hospital after all. I should care about what happened to the pregnant woman in the hospital."

After the third uncle recovered, although he was heartbroken and bleeding, he still pretended to be calm and spoke.

"Oh! Thank you so much!"

He Yuzhu had prepared the meal by then, and after packing it up, he walked towards the backyard.

The third uncle looked at the full pot of chicken soup, swallowed hard, resisted the urge to take the pot away, and said to He Yuzhu with a smile: "Zhuzi, don't be busy yet, do you want me to talk to you about something?"

"If you have anything to say, tell me now. Liu Lan and the old lady are still waiting in the backyard. If it gets cold later, be careful that the old lady will make you pay for it."

He Yuzhu knew that this old man was acting abnormally today, and that something must be wrong.

But he didn't stop working, his wife was still waiting in the backyard, so how could he have time to chat with her?
"Okay, then you go ahead and I'll come back later."

Yan Jiecheng’s work matters could not be explained in a short time, so he just picked up his things and left.

"Hey, do you want to take the things you brought back with you?"

He Yuzhu smiled and called out to the third uncle.

"I'm afraid you might spill something, so I'll take it back and help you watch it..."

The third uncle's angry voice floated over from the front corridor, but it didn't sound very angry.

"Tsk, this old stingy Yan!" He Yuzhu spat on the ground while holding the chicken soup, and said with disdain as he looked at the front yard.

"Zhu Zi, go to the backyard!"

"Uncle! Wait a minute, I'll go get the chicken soup first. It's hot!"

He Yuzhu saw an old man walking out of the house leading Jia's stick and said quickly.

"Okay, then you go and do your work, I'll come over later." The old man nodded and said to He Yuzhu.

"Okay, then I'll go first!" He Yuzhu responded and hurried to the backyard.

"Grandma, Liu Lan, the chicken soup is here, eat it quickly!" He Yuzhu came to the deaf old lady's room, looked at the child in Liu Lan's arms, and called softly.

"Virtue!" Seeing He Yuzhu staring at her chest, Liu Lan rolled her eyes at him.

"Zhu Zi, your uncle and Yan Lao San were looking for you just now." The deaf old lady first served Liu Lan a bowl of soup and left it to dry. Then she served herself another bowl and ate it in small sips while blowing on it.

"Well, Old Third Yan brought some stuff over, but when he saw I was busy, he took the stuff away. What a stingy old man!"

He then looked at the old lady and asked in confusion: "No, grandma, how did you know?"

"Of course I heard it!" said the deaf old lady slowly.

Well, the deaf old lady's ears are just selectively deaf.

"Your uncle's family affairs have little to do with you. You are only responsible for delivering the message. Don't say anything else. Let the young man from the Yang family make his own decision."

"As for Old Third Yan, I think he came to you this time to ask you to help the young man from the Yang family find a job for his eldest brother."

"Don't promise this blindly. Let them talk to the Yang family themselves. No matter what Yan Lao San says later, don't agree to it!"

"Oh!" He Yuzhu happily agreed.

"Don't take it lightly. If you dare to get involved in the Yan family's affairs this time, believe it or not, you and Brother Ning won't even be friends anymore in the future."

Seeing that the child was full, Liu Lan straightened her clothes and looked at He Yuzhu seriously.

"I know. I'll refuse whatever he says later."

When He Yuzhu heard his wife and grandmother say this, his expression became more serious.

"Well, that's good. Our family can still make a decent living now. Don't bother the Yang family kid if there's nothing to do. That kid has very righteous ideas. It's your blessing that you were able to get along well with him before."

"Don't let these bastards in the courtyard ruin the friendship between you two!"

The old lady put down the bowl and looked at He Yuzhu and gave him instructions.

"I understand." He Yuzhu nodded seriously.

(End of this chapter)