The Grandmother in the Siheyuan

Chapter 82 Understanding people

"Get lost." Sha Zhu laughed and scolded, "I'm not that greedy, I just want to try a deaf old lady with you."

Liu Hua shook his head in disdain: "If you want to give two to your wife or sister, I will have no objection. But if you give them to the deaf old lady, she is not a child and has nothing to do with me. It would be inappropriate to give them to her. There are more elderly people in our courtyard than just her."

Sha Zhu was a little embarrassed, but Liu Hua still gave him three: "It's just for your sake. I'll give one to her to try, and the other two to your wife and sister. Don't do it again."

Sha Zhu glanced at Liu Hua, but still took the bread, handed two to his wife, and took the other one to the backyard to the deaf old lady.

He didn't say much in front of the deaf old lady, but after returning home he complained to Han Yufeng: "This Huazi doesn't know how to respect the elderly and love the young. Deaf old lady, this is the ancestor of our compound. What's wrong with showing respect to the ancestor with a little food?"

Han Yufeng slapped Sha Zhu with a bad look on her face and said, "You can just say this at home, but don't say it outside. What old ancestor? Do you want to go back to the feudal society?"

Sha Zhu insisted, "Is that true?"

Han Yufeng slapped Sha Zhu directly, then sat down and said to him seriously, "I've been married for a while now. I can't say I can see everything in this yard, but at least I can see that there's something fishy going on."

"What do you mean?"

"Grandpa?" Han Yufeng glanced at Yi Zhonghai's house and sneered, "Yi Zhonghai asked you to call him that. He has no good intentions. Haven't you noticed that he doesn't even care about the deaf old lady now?"

"What?" Sha Zhu stood up suddenly. "What does Yi Zhonghai mean? Wasn't he the most respectful to the old lady in the past? Why did he suddenly become so indifferent?"

Han Yufeng said with contempt, "You are the only fool in the whole hospital who doesn't understand. All his previous words about filial piety were used to control you and Jia Dongxu to prevent you from not providing for him in his old age. Now that he has no hope of providing for his old age, there is no need to be hypocritical and filial to the old lady. It is better to save money for your own old age."

Sha Zhu was so angry that he was shaking: "How could this person be so evil?"

"If he wasn't a bad guy, how could he be a family without a family?" Han Yufeng said sarcastically, "Plus, the two of us are so filial to the old lady now, so he might as well just leave his old lady to us, and others can't find any fault with her."

Sha Zhu looked at his wife and asked tentatively, "Then, wife, we take care of the old lady, do you have any objection?"

Han Yufeng shook her head: "No problem. An old man in the family is like a treasure. We are weak in the courtyard, so it's good to have an old lady to help us. Besides, you help the old lady in her old age, I believe the old lady will not treat you badly."

Sha Zhu smiled and said, "Then explain to me why Huazi is so bothered by the old lady?"

"You're talking nonsense, aren't you?" Han Yufeng stood up and wiped the table while saying, "Hua Zi doesn't have no elders of her own, why does she have to find an ancestor to honor her? You too, if you want to honor your old lady, you can go buy her some bread yourself, why are you looking for Hua Zi?"

Han Yufeng looked at Sha Zhu who seemed to understand and said, "Hua Zi can be considered a friend to us and Yu Shui, but he has nothing to do with the old lady, so you can't force him. Just get along with him and don't involve other people."

Sha Zhu nodded: "Then should I apologize to Hua Zi?"

"That would be great." Han Yufeng nodded. "This is a matter between you men. I don't really understand it. If there is any problem between my brother and the others, there is no need to apologize. Just have a fight and it will be fine."

Sha Zhu stood up and walked out: "We in the capital have to be polite. If we are wrong, we must admit it." "Then you are going empty-handed?"

Sha Zhu thought about it, picked up a jar from the kitchen, went to Liu Hua's house, knocked on the door very politely, and waited for Liu Hua to respond before pushing the door open.

Looking at Sha Zhu holding the jar, Liu Hua asked with a smile: "What do you mean?"

"It's nothing, just apologize." Sha Zhu said very frankly: "I'll let my wife scold me when I get home. I know where I went wrong. You are a big man and don't care about the little man's mistakes. Don't bother with me. Who made me call you Sha Zhu?"

"Interesting." Liu Hua smiled: "Where is that unruly Sha Zhu? Since he got married, it seems that he has disappeared from our courtyard."

"Then who made me marry someone who understands?"

Liu Hua pointed at the jar and asked, "What's in your jar?"

"I made the Sichuan pickles myself." Sha Zhu said with a smile, "The gift is small but the sentiment is great. Please don't despise it."

"Good stuff, what do I dislike?"

After Sha Zhu sat down, he smiled and said, "Didn't you tell me before about taking the chef exam? I've been thinking about it for the past six months. I've also asked my master about it. There will be an exam in two months."

"You can get as high a score as you can in the college entrance examination." Liu Hua said with a smile: "As your rank goes up, your reputation will spread. Who knows, some leaders may invite you to cook at their home in the future."

Sha Zhu rubbed his hands and said, "That's great. I feel pressured after getting married. I want to make more money."

The next day, just as Liu Hua arrived at work, Li Huaide's secretary brought two large boxes to the technical department and greeted everyone with a smile.

"Here, the fruit bread from Yili Factory. Engineer Liu earned it for me. Please don't be polite." The secretary said with a smile, "Thanks to Engineer Liu, everyone in the office can have some foreign food today."

The secretary patted Liu Hua on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Liu, that's great. I heard that you solved seven or eight major problems for them in just three days, and they were all problems that they had never been able to fix. You are now well-known."

The secretary continued, "This morning, within a short period of time, the factory director received several calls, all hoping that you would help him. I heard it all from the side. Those factory directors said all kinds of nice things, and our factory director Li was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling."

"We are like a brick in the organization, we will move wherever we are needed." Liu Hua said modestly: "As long as the factory director gives the order, I will climb mountains of swords and plunge into boiling water without blinking an eye."

The secretary smiled and said, "You will be busy in the future. I heard that the Ministry of Light Industry has sent a letter of thanks to our First Machinery Industry Ministry. The leaders above us will be very proud."

Liu Hua waved his hand: "Don't tell me these nice things. Tell me, where does Director Li want me to go today?"

　Ask for monthly tickets and collection
　　
　
(End of this chapter)