Courtyard House: New Life, New Silly Zhu

Chapter 106

After leaving Uncle Erda's house, the two arrived at the door of the deaf old lady's house.

The deaf old lady was already sitting at the door waiting for them.

"You've arrived." The deaf old lady greeted them with a beaming smile as soon as she saw them coming.

"Grandma, I brought my daughter-in-law to visit you today," He Yuzhu said with a smile.

Yang Lifang smiled and said, "Hello, ma'am. My name is Yang Lifang, and I'm Zhuzi's wife. You can just call me Lifang." As she spoke, she took out a handful of candy from her bag and offered it to the old lady.

The deaf old lady took the hand Yang Lifang offered and said with a smile, "Good girl, please sit down, don't stand. Grandma won't eat the candy. Grandma is too old now, her teeth aren't good, she can't eat it."

When Yang Lifang heard the old lady change her address, her heart stirred. She glanced at He Yuzhu and said to the old lady with a smile, "Grandma, you are in very good health. I think you could live to be a hundred years old without any problem."

He Yuzhu also heard the old lady call him "grandma" and wondered if the old lady still wanted to make him her grandson.

"Grandma, please eat with peace of mind," He Yuzhu said with a smile.

Hearing the young couple calling each other "old lady" so often made people feel distant, but since the young couple helped Zhuzi yesterday, the old lady felt that the relationship between their two families could be restored to what it was before.

To at least avoid further conflict, the old lady smiled and said, "Alright, alright, I'll accept the candy. But since you're newlyweds, I, your grandma, want to give Lifang a little something to say hello."

As she spoke, the old lady took out a red cloth from her pocket, opened it, and took out a bracelet from inside.

The moment the bracelet was taken out, it immediately caught the couple's attention.

Both of them came from poor families and couldn't tell whether the bracelet was good or bad.

But the old lady took it out and, without waiting for Yang Lifang to refuse, put it directly on her hand.

Yang Lifang was startled and quickly refused, "Grandma, no, how can I accept something so valuable?"

The old lady held Yang Lifang's hand and said with a smile, "Silly child, please accept this. It's just a small token of my appreciation. Please don't find it offensive."

"Grandma, this really won't do, it's too expensive," Yang Lifang said.

The old lady smiled slyly: "Take it. I didn't take it out last night when there were so many people around. I'm giving it to you now while no one knows."

Before Yang Lifang could refuse again, the old lady sighed and said, "Child, I am all alone, without any children. If you don't accept this, there's no use for me keeping it. I might as well give it to you."

Standing to the side, He Yuzhu saw the sincerity in the old lady's words and understood her true feelings.

So he looked at Yang Lifang, gesturing for her to accept it, and smiled at the old lady, saying, "Grandma, thank you, we'll accept it."

The old lady nodded in satisfaction and said to the two of them, "That's good. Well then, you've just gotten married, so I won't bother you any longer. You go ahead with your work."

"Alright, Grandma, then Lifang and I will head back now." After saying goodbye to the old lady, He Yuzhu took Yang Lifang back to his home.

Seeing that no one else was around, Yang Lifang immediately asked, "Brother Zhu, I noticed yesterday that the old lady's gaze towards me was strange. And today she gave me such an expensive bracelet. What exactly does this old lady mean?"

He Yuzhu pondered for a while, then, without hiding anything, recounted how the old lady had wanted him to be with Yi Zhonghai's family.

Hearing this, Yang Lifang frowned: "Brother Zhu, although it is said that having an elder in the family is like having a treasure, our family does not need another stranger. If you still mean it that way, let's return this bracelet."

He Yuzhu shook his head. He sat on the stool, poured two glasses of water, took a sip, and then said, "Daughter-in-law, you saw the old lady's attitude today. She clearly just wanted to build a good relationship with us and didn't mean anything else. So, we can accept the bracelet she gave us today."

Touching the bracelet in her hand, Yang Lifang sat in front of He Yuzhu and said to him, "But the problem is, I don't feel at ease about being given such an expensive bracelet for no reason."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu smiled and said, "It's alright, don't worry. This old lady is a bit greedy. We have some good stuff at home that's burnt to a crisp, so we'll send some to her. It's just a token of our appreciation."

Yang Lifang thought for a moment, then nodded and agreed with He Yuzhu's idea.

Upon seeing He Yuzhu and his wife return in the side room, He Yushui immediately put down her book and ran to their room.

"Brother, sister-in-law, you're back. Shall we go take some pictures?" He Yushui asked expectantly.

He Yuzhu smiled at He Yushui: "You silly girl, your sister-in-law and I just got back and haven't even caught our breath yet, and you're already rushing out to take pictures."

He Yushui blushed with embarrassment and immediately picked up the kettle on the table to pour water for her brother: "Brother, have some water."

Seeing He Yushui like this, He Yuzhu smiled, picked up his water glass and took a sip.

Taking advantage of this moment, Yang Lifang poured out the candy from the bag in her hand.

She packed these things into a metal box.

He then returned to the table, smiling, and said, "Alright, Brother Zhu. Now that you've rested, let's go."

"Alright, let's go then." With that, He Yuzhu stood up and prepared to walk out.

Yang Lifang immediately grabbed He Yuzhu and said, "Brother Zhu, are we really going to go out and take pictures like this?"

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu looked down at himself and asked in confusion, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with what I'm wearing?"

"Brother Zhu, taking a family photo is a big deal, you should change your clothes," Yang Lifang said, then turned to He Yushui and said, "Shui, you should also change into a nice outfit, just wear that shirt, let's take the photos as a family."

Upon hearing this, He Yushui immediately nodded and ran back to the side room as if she had just given in to her joy.

Yang Lifang closed the door, returned to the room, and got clothes for He Yuzhu.

Soon, the family appeared at the door, all dressed neatly.

However, there were three people in the family, so He Yuzhu didn't bring out the bicycle. After all, He Yushui had grown up and it was no longer appropriate for her to sit on the front crossbar.

Yang Lifang was also shy and felt embarrassed to sit on the front bar in front of everyone, so they decided to walk.

As soon as they came out, they saw an older woman washing things. Seeing how neatly dressed they were, they asked curiously, "Zhu Zi, what are you all going to do?"

He Yushui, perhaps because she was wearing a pretty dress, seemed to have toned down her usual boisterous nature and spoke with a smile.

"Auntie, my brother took us to take a family photo."

Hearing that they were going to take a family photo, the older woman felt a little sad. Her family could afford to take photos, but since there were only two of them, the photos would only make them sad, so it was better not to take any.

"No wonder Yu Shui is dressed so nicely today, she's going to take a family photo!" an older woman laughed.

He Yushui blushed and awkwardly placed her hands in front of her.

He Yuzhu looked at the girl with amusement. He Yushui had worn the dress after Yang Lifang made it.

But I wasn't as shy back then as I am now.

"Alright, don't be shy, let's go." He Yuzhu said with a smile, then said to the older woman, "Auntie, we're leaving now."

"Go ahead, be careful on the road." The older woman smiled and nodded.

After the three of them left the courtyard, they headed straight for the photo studio in Wangfujing.

By this time, there were already established photo studios, but they were considered luxury venues, so there weren't many. He Yuzhu and his two companions went directly to a photo studio in Wangfujing.

Because it's Sunday, there are many people coming and going on this street.

By the time the three of them arrived at the photo studio, it was already afternoon.

Fortunately, the photo studio wasn't doing well, so the three of them were greeted as soon as they entered.