Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

After a few people gathered around and talked for a while, He Yuzhu said, "Ladies, please make way. I can look at the bicycle later. I need to go back and cook for Yushui."

The crowd then stepped aside to make way for He Yuzhu, who pushed his bicycle into the central courtyard.

Aunt Yan's shout also alerted several people in the Intermediate Court, especially Jia Zhangshi, who had already rushed out.

Granny Zhang was furious and filled with jealousy when she saw He Yuzhu pushing the bicycle. In her opinion, after He Daqing left, Sha Zhu should live a life worse than that of pigs and dogs, eating the worst food and wearing the most tattered clothes.

An apprentice in a restaurant riding a bicycle? Isn't that a joke?

Granny Zhang was indignant. She quickly stopped He Yuzhu in front of the bicycle and said with a disdainful look:

"He Yuzhu, where did you steal this bicycle from?"

After the last incident, Madam Jia learned her lesson and knew she could no longer call Sha Zhu by his full name in person; she could only address him by his full name, otherwise she would be beaten again.

"Get out of my way! What business is it of yours where my bicycle came from?" He Yuzhu shouted.

"How is this none of my business? Where did you get the money to buy a bicycle? It must have been stolen. Tell me the truth, or I'll report you to the military control commission."

"I'm being lenient with you, get out of the way or I'll beat you up." As he spoke, He Yuzhu raised his hand as if to hit him.

Granny Zhang raised her fat face, stretched forward, and said, "Come on, dare to hit me? You wouldn't even dare if I hit you."

"You said you were going to slap my face?"

"Yes, go ahead and hit me, I'll let you hit me." Granny Zhang felt more confident, thinking that He Yuzhu wouldn't dare to hit him again, since she was in the right this time and hadn't done anything wrong.

He Yuzhu said to Aunt Yi, who was not far to the side, "Auntie, you have to be my witness that she asked me to make this."

Before Aunt Yi could figure out what was going on, unsure whether to nod or shake her head, she saw He Yuzhu's raised hand fall down quickly.

"Snapped"

Granny Zhang was slapped across the face and was immediately stunned. Then she slumped to the ground and cried out in despair.

"Help! That damn idiot Zhu is going to kill me!"

That shout summoned everyone who was home in both the front and back yards.

When they came over and saw Granny Zhang sitting in front of her bicycle, wailing and howling, everyone knew how formidable she was, so no one took her words seriously and went up to ask her what was wrong.

At this moment, Aunt Yi also realized what was happening and complained, "Zhu Zi, you can't just hit people for no reason."

As he spoke, he stepped forward to try and pull Granny Zhang up, but Granny Zhang simply sat on the ground. Of course, she couldn't just get up like that after being beaten, so she lay on the ground crying and making a scene.

He Yuzhu said, "Aunt Yi, you can't blame me for this. Granny Zhang herself told me to hit her."

Even though I'm telling you this, and I'm telling you to hit her, you can't actually hit her, can you?

He Yuzhu said, "Aunt Yi, look at what you're saying. Uncle Yi has always taught us to respect the elderly and care for the young, and to listen to the elders."

"That's right, what's wrong?" Aunt Yi was confused by the question.

He Yuzhu pointed at Granny Zhang with his right hand: "He just told me to hit her. In order to learn the spirit of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, I had no choice but to listen to her and slap her. Was that wrong?"

He Yuzhu's question made everyone burst out laughing. Was He Yuzhu really stupid or was he pretending to be stupid?

"Zhu Zi, he's really obedient."

"Is he genuinely stupid or just pretending?"

Aunt Yi was quite embarrassed and said, "Zhu Zi, this isn't how you learn to respect the elderly and care for the young!"

"Did I learn it wrong?"

“It was a mistake,” Aunt Yi continued.

He Yuzhu waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I learned it once today and I learned it wrong. I will never learn it again."

As he spoke, he pushed his bicycle, turned around, and planned to leave from the side to go home.

Granny Zhang immediately shouted, "Don't go! Hurry up and give me two pounds of meat, or I'll never forgive you!"

As he spoke, he stared at the piece of meat hanging on the handlebars.

"What are you thinking? You clearly told me to hit you. You want compensation? No way!" He Yuzhu then pushed the bicycle into the house, leaving Granny Zhang there wailing and screaming.

Seeing that He Yuzhu went back and ignored him, he started cursing.

Annoyed by what he heard, He Yuzhu came out, pointed at Jia Zhangshi's nose, and shouted, "Try swearing again, and I'll beat your face into a pig's head."

Seeing He Yuzhu's change of expression, Granny Zhang knew that a wise man doesn't fight a losing battle, so she immediately got up from the ground.

"Idiot... Pillar, there's no way you can do this. You can't just hit me and nothing will happen to you."

While sitting on the ground cursing, Granny Zhang was determined to gain some advantage this time, otherwise, wouldn't this slap have been for nothing?

With a quick glance, she suddenly said, "After you buy the bicycle, you should also take care of our neighbors. This afternoon, Dongxu is going on a blind date, so give the bicycle to our Dongxu to ride."

After the house was renovated, Granny Zhang started arranging another blind date for Jia Dongxu. As luck would have it, Jia Dongxu was going on a blind date this afternoon.

Sha Zhu bought a bicycle, and when he drew the prize, all he could think about was how to get his hands on it.

Just then, Zhang Pozi was slapped by Sha Zhu for no reason, so she thought she could borrow his bicycle so that Jia Dongxu could ride it to his blind date that afternoon. That way, he would save face, and maybe this blind date would work out.

He Yuzhu said, "What kind of wishful thinking are you having? You think you can lend me my brand new bicycle? No way."

Upon hearing this, Granny Zhang was even more furious and immediately cursed, "My son Dongxu is a full-time employee at the steel mill, while you're just an apprentice at a restaurant. It's a favor that we're giving you the right to ride your bicycle; it's an honor for the He family. Hurry up and bring out the bicycle so my son can go on his blind date this afternoon, or I'll make you regret it."

"Pah, shameless! If you're so capable, go buy it yourself! And you call yourself a full-time employee?"

He Yuzhu cursed, "I can lend my bicycle to whoever I want, but if you Jias want to borrow it, no way. Don't even think about lending it to me, I won't even let you touch it."

“Zhu Zi, how can you say such a thing? That’s your elder.”

Yi Zhonghai returned at some point, and upon seeing He Yuzhu speaking so rudely, he immediately stood up and reprimanded He Yuzhu.

"Hurry up and apologize to your Aunt Zhang! If we want to be recognized as a model courtyard house, we must respect the elderly and care for the young. The younger generation cannot talk back to their elders and must be filial..."

Yi Zhonghai is full of grand principles. He was just elected as the senior member of the School of Management, and he feels particularly good talking about these grand principles.

Nowadays, most ordinary people are illiterate. When they hear Yi Zhonghai spouting these inspirational quotes, even though they don't understand them, they feel that they make a lot of sense, like life's philosophy.

Without realizing it, they would fall into Yi Zhonghai's trap, be led by the nose, and be sold out without even knowing it.

He Yuzhu was immediately furious and said directly, "Apologize? What did I do wrong? Why should I apologize?"

"I can lend my bicycle to whomever I want, why should I lend it to her?"

"Lending him a bicycle has become an honor for our He family? What? Is Zhang Po's status higher than mine, a third-generation farm laborer?"

Yi Zhonghai's face immediately turned extremely embarrassed, and he quickly said, "I didn't say that. I just said that you don't respect your elders. How could you hit your elders?"

"Don't bring that up. She made me do it. Aunt Yi heard it too and can testify for me. This is how I learned to respect the elderly and care for the young from you. She asked me to do it, so of course I did it."

"you..."

Yi Zhonghai had already noticed that Granny Zhang's face had been slapped and was somewhat swollen.

He guessed in his heart that it must have been Sha Zhu who did it, but he didn't know what had happened before.

As soon as He Yuzhu said this, he turned his head to look at his wife. Aunt Yi hesitated for a moment but nodded. After all, this was something that couldn't be lied about to her face.

Yi Zhonghai was momentarily speechless. He continued to accuse Sha Zhu of disrespecting the elderly and caring for the young, but the other party had clearly listened to Granny Zhang's words and slapped him.

But this isn't the kind of respect for the elderly and care for the young that I want.

He Yuzhu asked, "Uncle Yi, do you think what I did was right?"

Chapter 70 Granny Zhang wants to borrow a bicycle

"Of course that's wrong. How can it be right to hit someone?"

He Yuzhu suddenly realized and said, "Then I understand. It seems that I can't learn to respect the elderly and care for the young. I will never respect the elderly and care for the young again."

"You...you're just being unreasonable."

"Where did I learn it wrong?" He Yuzhu asked back.

Yi Zhonghai, who was seething with anger, suddenly said, "I'm telling you now, you're disrespecting your elders. How can you yell at your elders like that?"

"What did that old woman Zhang mean by drawing class lines? Did she look down on me, a poor peasant from three generations, and want to be high and mighty like an empress dowager?"

Yi Zhonghai retorted angrily, "Stop spouting nonsense. I'm saying you don't respect your elders."

“An elder? He is your elder, but not mine.”

He Yuzhu said, "Does she, Granny Zhang, count as an elder? Her surname is Zhang, and mine is He. How can we have an elder relationship?"

Yi Zhonghai retorted, "You're not even as old as Jia Dongxu, and Sister-in-law Zhang is more than 20 years older than you. How can she not be considered an elder?"

"That's your elder, not mine. Just because someone is older doesn't make them an elder. There's no such logic in the world."

"At most, our two families are just neighbors, just ordinary neighbors. Don't pretend to be our elders. He Daqing is just gone, he's not dead yet. What elders are you talking about?"

Yi Zhonghai was furious. He quickly took a deep breath to calm himself down and said:

"Okay, let's not talk about the elders. Besides, even if you're just an ordinary neighbor, you should lend your bicycle to Sister Zhang if she asks to borrow it."

"You want to borrow a bicycle? No way! You think I'll just lend it to him because you say so? There's no such thing as a free lunch."

Yi Zhonghai also came to his senses and realized that those words would not be able to pressure He Yuzhu, so he decided to take a step back and try a different approach: to use morality to coerce He Yuzhu.

“He Yuzhu, this is wrong of you. How can you be so selfish? We are all neighbors in the same compound. You bought a bicycle, so you should lend it to all the neighbors to ride. Don’t you all agree with me?”

This made many people interested, since bicycles are so expensive these days, none cost less than 300 yuan.