Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Chapter 54 He Yuzhu made a mental note of Yan Bugui

The three aunts standing nearby looked frightened and said, "I never thought that Yi Zhonghai is so evil?! You can never judge a person by his appearance!"

Yan Bugui muttered to himself, "Everyone says that I, Yan Bugui, am stingy and calculating. Compared to Yi Zhonghai, I am far behind!"

He Yuzhu walked to the door of his house and just took out the key when He Yushui poked his head out from the next door and asked, "Brother, you're back?!"

"I'm back! Come here, wash your hands, and eat roast duck!" He Yuzhu opened the door, pushed his bicycle into the room, parked it, and went into the kitchen with the roast duck. Not long after, He Yuzhu took out the plate with the roast duck, side dishes, and dough, put it on the table, and then went to the kitchen to take out chopsticks, Beibingyang soda, and a bowl with dipping sauce.

At this time, He Yushui had already sat down at the table. He Yushui looked at the roast duck on the table, drooling unconsciously, and asked stupidly: "Brother, did you really buy me a roast duck?!"

He Yuzhu said: "I've told you a long time ago that as long as you study hard and get good grades in the exams, I'll buy you whatever you want."

"Brother! You are so nice!" He Yushui gave He Yuzhu a good guy card.

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Eat quickly!"

"Hey!" He Yushui responded, and couldn't wait to pick up a piece of duck meat with chopsticks, dip it in sauce and put it into her mouth. After tasting it carefully, she took a piece of dough and started to wrap the roast duck. Seeing his sister's happy look, He Yuzhu suddenly felt very relieved.

After eating for a while, He Yushui saw that He Yuzhu had not yet started eating, so he took the initiative to wrap a roast duck, put it in front of He Yuzhu, and said, "Brother, you eat too!"

"Hey! Brother, eat it!" He Yuzhu took the burrito from the bowl and put it into his mouth.

After eating roast duck, He Yuzhu had just finished cleaning the table when Master Lei came with his men. Yan Bugui stopped Master Lei and asked, "Who are you looking for?!"

"Looking for He Yuzhu in the middle courtyard." After saying that, Master Lei led his men straight into the courtyard. He Yuzhu, who was washing dishes by the pool in the middle courtyard, saw the person coming and called out, "Master Lei!"

"Zhu Zi!" Master Lei responded and walked to He Yuzhu with his men, saying, "Zhu Zi, let me introduce you to Master Shen. He is the master chef of the Sijiucheng Woodworking Factory."

"Master Shen!" He Yuzhu called out, and quickly rinsed the dishes and chopsticks, put them into the dustpan, and led the two people into the house. He asked them to sit down, poured a glass of water for each of them, took out a pack of cigarettes, walked around, and said straight to the point: "Master Shen, I won't beat around the bush with you. Except for the main house here and the east ear room next to it, as well as the east wing and the small house next to it, they are all mine and my sister's. This time I asked Master Lei to help renovate the houses on both sides. According to my plan, this house needs a lot of furniture. You name a price, and we will take care of the labor and materials. As for the materials, if there is nanmu, then nanmu, if there is no nanmu, sea yellow, red sandalwood, or mahogany will do." Then He Yuzhu reported the quantity of things needed.

Master Shen thought about it and said, "Like Old Lei, I'll call you Zhuzi! My ancestors worked in the Imperial Household Department, and I have some old nanmu wood in my hands. If you use all nanmu wood for all these furniture, I'm afraid it's not enough. We still need some."

He Yuzhu asked: "Master Shen, if we only use nanmu for the house and furniture here, will there be enough material?!"

Master Shen thought about it and nodded, "Enough!"

He Yuzhu said: "If it is enough, the furniture here can be made of nanmu, and the furniture in the house next door can be made of sea yellow or red sandalwood. Do you think it's okay?!"

Master Shen nodded and said, "Zhu Zi, I'll charge you 3,500 yuan for the labor and materials. You give me 500 yuan. After the work is done, you can give me the rest. In addition, I want to make a deal with you. Can you convert 1,000 yuan into food?!"

He Yuzhu asked, "Do you want fine grains or two-grain flour?! I don't have coarse grains here."

When Master Shen heard what He Yuzhu said, his eyes lit up. These old people had experienced the great famine of 42 and were particularly sensitive to the climate. They all realized something was wrong very early and began to store food.

Master Shen said, "I've seen the two he of noodles you gave Lao Lei. Just give me two he of noodles! In Pigeon Market right now, two he of noodles like the one you gave Lao Lei sells for at least 70 cents. And you can't necessarily buy it even if you have money. If you give me 1,500 kilograms of grain, I'll charge you 1,000 yuan less. Is that okay with you?!"

He Yuzhu thought about it and nodded, "No problem." He Yuzhu never let honest people suffer losses, not to mention that he needed Master Lei to help repair the house. He Yuzhu then looked at Master Lei and said, "Master Lei, I will also give you food at Master Shen's price. I will send you another 200 kilograms tomorrow."

Master Lei was delighted and gave He Yuzhu a thumbs up, saying, "Zhuzi, you are very good!"

He Yuzhu said: "Master Lei, Master Shen, when you go out, don't tell anyone that I have food here. To be honest, I don't have much left now. I still have to support my sister."

Master Lei and Master Shen were both well-informed people, and they both understood what He Yuzhu meant. They nodded at the same time. He Yuzhu said, "Master Shen, please leave me your address. I will send the food to you in three batches. Otherwise, it will be bad if someone wants to keep an eye on you!"

"Okay!" Master Shen was not polite and directly gave He Yuzhu his home address. After He Yuzhu sent him out the door, Yan Bugui grabbed He Yuzhu and asked, "Zhuzi, are you planning to repair the house?!"

He Yuzhu nodded and replied, "That's true. Uncle, I'm not young anymore. The rain is heavy. Shouldn't I consider my personal problems?!"

A golden light flashed across Yan Bugui's eyes, and Yan Bugui said with a smile: "Zhu Zi, you need a helper to repair the house, right?! You see, my Jie Cheng is idle at home, so he can help you clean up the house, right?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Third uncle, I'm not trying to save your face. How about this! Jie Cheng doesn't have to come to help. I'll find a time tomorrow to see if there are any furnitures in the east wing that are needed. If you want them, I'll keep them. If you don't want them, please help me deal with them. What do you think?!"

Yan Bugui thought about it for a while, pretended to compromise, and said, "That's fine too!"

He Yuzhu glanced at Yan Bugui and thought to himself, "Don't think you're having fun now, I'll make you list in the future. I'll keep this account for you today. I'll punish you to death in the future!"

After He Yuzhu left, the third aunt came out of the house with a smile on her face and said, "Old Yan, when it comes to scheming, no one here can compare to you."

"That's right!" Yan Bugui agreed with a smile, and said, "If I remember correctly, Yi Zhonghai's family has a lot of good furniture. Did you see those two old men just now? One is in charge of repairing houses in the street office. Others don't know the other one, but I do. He is a master craftsman in the woodworking factory. He must have come to make furniture for He Yuzhu's family. I guess He Yuzhu would not want most of Yi Zhonghai's furniture."

The third aunt said, "I've long had my eyes on Yi Zhonghai's iron bed. Our bed has a broken leg and it's not stable when we sleep at night. We can finally change it this time."

Yan Bugui rolled his eyes at his wife and said, "Iron, how high is the recycling price now?! He Yuzhu is not a fool, he will not give me the iron bed. Yi Zhonghai's family also has a wooden bed, although it is a little small, but it is a good thing."