Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 814: The Storm in the Central Courtyard
After passing through the hanging flower gate, He Yushui looked at the familiar courtyard in a daze.

An old lady walked out from the south room of the west wing. It was none other than Old Lady Qi. She was about to shovel some coal into the house with her shovel. As she walked out the door, she saw a person standing at the hanging flower door. She looked carefully and found that it was the maid from the He family. She hadn't seen her for such a long time. She didn't expect that the child would come back during the New Year.

"Is it rain?" asked Old Mrs. Qi.

"Yes, it's me, Grandma Qi. How are you? I came back to see my silly brother."

"Okay, I'm fine. Your brother is at home. Come in quickly. It's so cold today. Come to my room and sit down when you have time." Old Mrs. Qi said with a smile.

He Yushui responded and picked up his things and ran towards Shazhu's house. He passed by his own house and took a look. The door of the house was now locked. It seemed that the person who rented the house had gone back to his hometown to celebrate the New Year, as the couplets were already posted on the front door.

He Yushui lifted the door curtain and knocked on the door. A familiar voice came from inside, "Who is it? The door is not locked. Come in."

He Yushui pushed the door open and went in. As soon as she entered the room, she was almost suffocated by the strange smell. The smell was sour and stinky, and also smelled like feet. It was so unpleasant.

He Yushui said, "Silly brother, this room is smelly, how can you live here alone?" As he said that, He Yushui opened a window to let the smell out.

When Sha Zhu saw that it was He Yu Shui and the things He Yu Shui placed on the square table, his heart was filled with joy.

He Yushui turned around and saw Sha Zhu taking something out of the net bag. As he was taking something out, he said, "Hey, my dear sister, why are you buying such good wine for your brother? Where did you get the wine ticket?"

"It's the New Year now, so I have to give you something good to eat and drink. You can cook the dishes yourself. So I bought some New Year's goods to prevent people from saying that my sister has no conscience." He Yushui said as she made the bed for Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu was grinning foolishly at the side. This sister was really nice. She remembered to look after him, bought him so many things, and helped to clean the house. Sha Zhu felt a little guilty that he might have gone too far in the past.

In the north room of the west wing, Jia Zhang saw He Yushui carrying things into Sha Zhu's door, so she turned around and muttered, "Why is this money-losing guy here, and he brings so many things."

Jia Dongxu, who was drinking, heard what she said, but didn't understand, so he asked, "Mom, what money-losing stuff? Who are you talking about?"

"Who else could it be? It must be He Yushui, the money-losing guy from the He family. He was carrying a lot of stuff, including cigarettes, alcohol, meat and fish, two big bags." Jia Zhang said.

Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said, "Mom, are you serious?"

Jia Zhang looked at her excited son and asked, "Why, do you have an idea?"

Jia Dongxu took a sip of wine and said, "That idiot is so easy to fool. Just wait, I will get the things to our house tomorrow. If I can't do it, I will let Huairu go, and it will definitely work."

Jia Zhang's eyes lit up, and it was really a good idea. Only Qin Huairu, who was sewing clothes, rolled her eyes and thought, "You just know how to trick fools, and you always ask me to come forward."

East Wing, Yi Family
Li Cuilan was making the bed while Yi Zhonghai was drinking at the table. Hearing some noise in the yard, he went to the window to take a look. When he saw He Yushui carrying two bags of things to Sha Zhu's room, he went back to the table.

Li Cuilan asked, "Who is it?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "He Yushui is back, and it seems he is here to bring New Year's goods to his brother."

Li Cuilan said: "That's good. He still thinks about his brother. He has a conscience. I thought they would never have any contact with each other again." "How could that be? After all, they are related by blood. Even if the bones are broken, the tendons are still connected." Yi Zhonghai said.

Li Cuilan said, "Oh, right? Didn't you say that our family, the Jia family, the deaf old lady and Sha Zhu celebrate the New Year together? Then Sha Zhu must have eaten all these things in the past two days, right?"

Yi Zhonghai's eyes rolled around. Yes, with these things, I can buy less, at least I don't have to buy the meat and fish. No, I have to go early tomorrow morning to get the things back, so that I don't have to let Sha Zhuzi mess around.

Yi Zhonghai asked, "How is the New Year shopping going at home?"

Li Cuilan said, "Except for the meat, which you said you would buy, everything else is almost there. By the way, the supply and marketing cooperative will supply broiler chickens and live chickens tomorrow. Should I go buy two?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "No, just buy one for the New Year, and don't worry about the rest."

West Wing, Qi Family
Boss Qi looked at Old Lady Qi who came in with coal and asked, "Mom, who are you talking to?"

"Oh, He Yushui, isn't it New Year's Day? That girl who is still in elementary school bought a lot of things. It seems that they are for her brother. She is a child with conscience." said Old Mrs. Qi.

Boss Qi sneered and said, "This little girl's conscience can't buy two days of goodness from Sha Zhu. I guess that thing is also fed to the dogs."

Old Madam Qi said doubtfully, "No way, Sha Zhu can't be so heartless, right? This little girl doesn't even have a source of income. It looks like she bought these things by saving money from daily frugality. How can this Sha Zhu forget his sister's kindness after eating them?"

Boss Qi took a puff of his cigarette and said, "Then take a look. If you don't believe me, I'll make a bold guess. Within three days, all the things will be swindled away."

Old Madam Qi seemed to have thought of something and said, "Don't you think it's those two families?"

Boss Qi nodded and said, "With those two families around, I guess Sha Zhu won't have anything left. If you don't believe me, just wait and see tomorrow."

Old Madam Qi said, "These two families are too cruel. But Sha Zhu is the only one causing trouble. He cheated He Yushui out of money during the Chinese New Year last year. It was the Jia family who gave Sha Zhu a bad idea. Are they doing it again this year?"

Boss Qi said, "Have you ever seen a dog change its ways? Those two families are evil-minded. By hiring Shazhu, they can save money and eat and drink for free. Shazhu is also stupid. Just watch, he even tried to prepare the food for them and put it on the table."

Old Lady Qi said, "This fool Zhu is hopeless. He is so stupid. What is he trying to achieve?"

The Qi family's wife laughed and said, "What's the point? I just want to make the Jia family's wife happy."

Old Mrs. Qi glared and said, "Don't talk nonsense about this matter."

Boss Qi said, "Oh my god, what have you been watching at home all day? You don't know anything. Didn't you see that when Sha Zhu saw Jia's wife, his eyes went straight? Where did his money go? Except for eating and drinking with Jia Dongxu, most of it was cheated away by this young wife."

Old Mrs. Qi was dumbfounded. Thinking about it carefully, she really saw Sha Zhu staring at Jia's daughter-in-law in a daze. Old Mrs. Qi began to believe what her son said.

(End of this chapter)