Courtyard House: Purchasing Agents' Comeback from the Great Famine

"Tick-tock".

"Tick-tock".

He Yushui's tears fell onto Sha Zhu's hand. Sha Zhu's eyelids twitched slightly, but the movement was so subtle that He Yushui didn't even notice.

After crying for a while, He Yushui was exhausted and had to accept reality. She went to complete the formalities and prepared to take He Yuzhu back to the hospital to prepare for his funeral.

Just as He Yushui went to complete the formalities, Sha Zhu's finger twitched slightly again.

Sha Zhu had a very, very long dream.

He dreamed that he had been working in the kitchen of a steel mill and had not been fired until he was over forty years old, when he finally married Qin Huairu.

He devoted his entire life to Qin Huairu and her child, working tirelessly and selflessly. In the end, when he was old and no longer of value, he was kicked out of his home by Bang Geng and the others. He was almost torn apart by wild dogs under a bridge, but Xu Damao managed to collect his body and save him from being dismembered by the dogs.

Recalling the past, he suddenly realized what had happened.

In his dream, he shouldn't have fallen for Qin Huairu, the widow, and he shouldn't have poured his heart out to her. Even Dorgon couldn't hold onto a widow with a child, so how could he, Shazhu, be able to hold onto her?

He also made a mistake by hitting Xu Damao so easily. He turned a childhood friend into a childless man by hitting him.

Looking back on his childhood, he and Xu Damao were very good friends. He was strong from a young age. When he got into fights, Xu Damao would cheer him on. When he went to sell steamed buns, Xu Damao would help him hawk his wares.

When he was a child, he and Xu Damao would steal his father's wine and drink it together. The two teenagers would share a plate of pickled mustard greens, taking turns eating, their mouths burning from the spiciness. They would get so drunk that they would lie under the table, but they would still insist that they weren't drunk.

In winter, the two of them would take a stool from home and go ice skating on the slope. They would turn the stool upside down and sit on it, with him in front and Xu Damao in the back.

He was so happy playing with Xu Damao back then.

But when did they become like this? The moment they met, he wanted to hit Xu Damao, and Xu Damao would mock him whenever they met. Eventually, their relationship became more and more strained, leading to them becoming mortal enemies.

After thinking it over carefully, Sha Zhu basically understood.

The reason his relationship with Xu Damao became increasingly strained was because after his father, He Daqing, left Beijing, Yi Zhonghai kept stirring up trouble in his ear, saying that Xu Damao was a bad seed and that he was always talking badly about him behind his back, and that his father had run away with a widow.

He was really stupid back then; he actually believed Yi Zhonghai's nonsense.

Now that their relationship has deteriorated to this point, he wants to kill Xu Damao, and Xu Damao wants to kill him. Their relationship has become one of irreconcilable enmity.

Sha Zhu knew very well that the reason he was attacked one after another must be because Xu Damao paid people to kill him. After all, he had attacked Xu Damao before. However, he had now figured it out and he really didn't blame Xu Damao.

All of this is because he was at fault first; otherwise, the current situation wouldn't have arisen.

A perfectly good young man was kicked into extinction by him. If it were him, he would definitely take revenge. The most important reason why he didn't blame Xu Damao was because of the dream he just had.

In his dream, he also had a very bad relationship with Xu Damao. Whenever they met, they would either fight or curse each other. But when it came to the crucial moment, when he was dismembered by wild dogs under the bridge, no one went to look at him. Unexpectedly, Xu Damao would actually collect his body.

He's getting his comeuppance now; he's become a eunuch, missing a kidney, and has been shot in the lung. He's dying.

What he wants to do most right now is not to see Qin Huairu one last time, nor his father one last time, nor to apologize to Yushui, but to say to Xu Damao in person: I'm sorry!

He just woke up from his dream and could hear what Yu Shui was saying. He learned from Yu Shui that the doctor had declared him beyond saving. He desperately wanted to wake up, but his body wouldn't obey him at all.

Seeing that even the rain was weeping for him, he felt that his life had been worthwhile. At least in the last moments of his life, there were still people who cared about him and were concerned about him. He was not alone.

It's just a pity that he can't say "I'm sorry" to Xu Damao in person. If there is an afterlife, he hopes he will have the chance to make up for his mistakes.

Just as he was lamenting the helplessness of life, the door to the intensive care unit was pushed open, and He Yushui walked in.

He Yushui has completed the formalities and settled the hospital's medical and surgical fees. The money was from He Yuzhu's pocket; it was the 250 yuan she had given him after selling a room.

She only has 19 yuan left, which is not enough to cover medical and surgical expenses, but He Yuzhu doesn't need to spend any money now.

Looking at He Yuzhu lying motionless on the hospital bed, He Yushui's feelings were very complicated.

"Silly brother, this is the last time I'll call you 'silly brother,' can you hear me?"

"Why are you so stupid? Of all the people you could like, why did you have to fall for Qin Huairu, a married woman? Wouldn't it have been better to find a virgin?"

"Look at you, you're almost dead now. Where is Qin Huairu? You used to help the Jia family wholeheartedly for Qin Huairu, bringing them lunchboxes. But now you've lost your job, lost your income, you're useless to Qin Huairu, you can't help the Jia family anymore, and they won't even bother to look at you."

"Why."

"Silly brother, I hope you'll be a smarter person in your next life, and stay away from widows, especially widows with children."

Lying in his hospital bed, Sha Zhu heard He Yushui's words and screamed wildly in his heart:

"Rain, I was wrong. Don't worry, if there is an afterlife, I will definitely change. I will definitely be a good person. Thank you, Rain. I have been confused all my life and have done many foolish things. Only when I see you do I feel that my life has not been in vain. Even if I, Shazhu, die, there will still be someone who cares about me."

Just as Sha Zhu was screaming wildly in his heart, his finger suddenly twitched, a scene that He Yushui saw clearly.

"Doctor, doctor! Come quick!"

He Yushui quickly opened the door and shouted towards the entrance.

Her voice was excited and urgent, and her pronunciation trembled slightly.

Hearing the urgent cries, the doctor rushed over and asked, "Little girl, what happened?"

With a trembling voice, He Yushui pointed at He Yuzhu on the hospital bed and said, "I...I just saw my brother's hand move."

Upon hearing this, the doctor quickly went to the bedside and took Sha Zhu's pulse. When he felt that Sha Zhu's pulse had become much more steady and powerful, his eyes widened immediately.

Seemingly afraid of misdiagnosing, the doctor used an instrument to check Sha Zhu's heartbeat, and then conducted a series of tests on him.

The final result was somewhat unbelievable to the doctors.

"Little girl, congratulations, your brother is saved!"