Courtyard House: She got anxious when He Yushui wasn't licked.

On the way here, Tangtang felt that this small town was more prosperous than a city, especially the farmers who passed by, all of whom had rosy cheeks, and the children were chasing and playing innocently.

This must be what the utopia and paradise described in fairy tales look like.

The woman led them to the spacious and bright place where they had sat before, and invited the neighboring women to cook a welcome meal for Wang Lin and his group.

Tang Tang sat on the sofa, which was in line with the style of the era, and exclaimed in shock, "Brother Wang, you've been hiding this really well! The mayor of this town is probably not your relative."

Wang Lin didn't say anything explicitly, but just smiled and gave Tang Tang a "guess what" look.

When Li Tang came for the second time, he looked at the bright living room and couldn't help but say enviously, "If I could live in such a bright living room in my life, I would laugh in my sleep."

The security personnel from the other factories were somewhat reserved.

The woman brought a plate of melon seeds, fruit, and tea into the living room. She personally poured tea for everyone and said with a smile, "Have some tea first, and we'll start making dinner. We'll make sure you all have a good meal."

Wang Lin politely replied, "Thank you, Auntie."

After entertaining them, the women rushed off to prepare a meal.

Li Tang smelled the tea, a fragrance he had longed for in his dreams, and said, "This tea is so fragrant, it's in a completely different league from the tea we usually drink."

Zhang Long, who was standing to the side, nodded in agreement. He had drunk a lot of tea, but the tea here was the most special and he couldn't forget it.

Tangtang doesn't like drinking tea, but to take care of her, Mayor Wang's wife thoughtfully brewed her a cup of flower tea.

Flower tea has a unique aroma. Even Tangtang, who doesn't like tea, smiled broadly after taking a sip and said, "This tea is a little sweet, and it's especially delicious."

After waiting for about an hour, Mayor Wang returned.

As soon as Wang Yuan got home, he saw Wang Lin and others, and he warmly welcomed and chatted with them.

Wang Lin told Wang Yuan that he was going to take a few pigs back with him. Wang Yuan said it was no problem. Their town had pig farms, and more than one. They were all jointly operated by the town government and the villagers. They could sell the pigs and give the villagers money to have a good New Year.

When the security personnel who accompanied Wang Lin on this trip heard that Wang Lin was asking to take away several pigs, they couldn't help but admire how daring Wang Lin was to ask for such a large sum of money! However, the town mayor, Wang Yuan, said it was no big deal, just a piece of cake, and that he would load the pigs onto the truck for them the next day.

The entire chat went very smoothly, making everyone feel like it was unreal. Wang Lin said whatever price Wang Yuan wanted without even haggling, which made people even more curious about their relationship.

Dinner was very lavish, with a table full of various meat dishes.

Even Li Tang, Zhang Long, Zhang Hu, and others who had eaten there before couldn't help but swallow their saliva when they saw such a sumptuous meal.

At the dinner table, Wang Yuan used official-sounding language to make everyone feel very comfortable.

Wang Yuan didn't need to worry about accommodation at all, as there were plenty of empty rooms in the neighborhood.

After they had eaten and drunk their fill, Wang Yuan arranged for them to stay in their accommodations. He would take care of the supplies the next day, so they didn't need to worry about it.

Under the moonlight, Wang Lin turned on the projector on his watch in the room arranged by Wang Yuan and watched the activity in the courtyard.

Wang Lin was somewhat worried about his family when he went on his long trip.

In the projected image, He Yushui just returned. After locking her bicycle, she went to He Yuzhu's house to look for a boxed lunch.

He Yuzhu brought back two lunchboxes today. One lunchbox contained some minced meat, and the other contained cabbage.

As soon as He Yushui entered the room, she took away the two lunch boxes.

Seeing this, He Yuzhu stood up and quickly stopped him, asking, "Yushui, what are you doing?"

Holding her lunchbox, He Yushui said matter-of-factly, "Of course it's for eating!"

He Yuzhu frowned and said, "Doesn't your company have a cafeteria? This is a lunchbox I saved for Sister Qin."

Sure enough, He Yuzhu had left those two lunchboxes for Qin Huairu. She immediately said unhappily, "Silly brother, I'm not planning to eat in the cafeteria. Anyway, you don't bring food every day, so it's enough for me."

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu immediately retorted, "If you eat, what will Sister Qin's family eat? How can you be so disrespectful and ignorant?"

He Yushui, however, wouldn't let He Yuzhu have his way, saying, "Is she your biological sister or am I your biological sister? Are you going to give me this lunchbox or give it to her? Give me a straight answer."

"Is that even a question? Of course it's Sister Qin." He Yuzhu blurted out without even thinking.

"Silly brother! What about me? I'm hungry, what am I going to eat?" He Yushui felt a pang of sadness. It was clear that in He Yuzhu's heart, Qin Huairu was more important than her, his own sister.

"Your company has a cafeteria, so you can just eat there from now on." He Yuzhu was completely unaware of the seriousness of the problem.

"I won't!" He Yushui said, then left with her lunchbox in a defiant manner.

"You silly girl..." He Yuzhu stepped forward to stop He Yushui, but before he could take two steps, Qin Huairu pushed the door open and came in. She opened her mouth and asked, "Silly Zhu, where's the lunchbox?"

When He Yushui saw Qin Huairu arrive, she instinctively hugged her lunchbox tightly and said to Qin Huairu, "Sister Qin, there's no lunchbox today."

Qin Huairu was immediately unhappy when she heard this. Upon closer inspection, she realized that He Yushui was holding Shazhu's lunchbox. She looked at He Yuzhu with a pitiful expression.

Upon seeing Qin Huairu's pitiful expression, He Yuzhu immediately stepped forward and said to He Yushui, "Yushui, give the lunchbox to Sister Qin, and I'll cook you a bowl of noodles."

Cook the noodles!

"Why? I didn't eat tonight either." He Yushui no longer believed He Yuzhu's words. Last time he said he would cook noodles, but the noodles were all taken by Banggeng.

“You child, Sister Qin’s family has had a tough time. We should be helpful. An old man often taught us to help poor families.” He Yuzhu said earnestly.

"I'm going to eat this lunchbox today." He Yushui refused to back down. In Wang Lin's words, the weaker you are, the more they will take advantage of you.

Qin Huairu stepped forward and suggested, "Yushui, you can't finish these two lunchboxes by yourself. Why don't you give me one of them, and I'll go back and get you two steamed buns?"

He Yushui didn't care for the two steamed buns from Qin Huairu's family. The buns were small and hard, and they weren't as good as stir-fried cabbage. She shook her head and said, "No need, you can keep the buns for yourself, Sister Qin."

Seeing that He Yushui was unmoved by reason, Qin Huairu immediately started wiping away tears and said, "I was hoping that Shazhu's lunchbox would be enough for the children to eat their fill today, but it's all my fault for being such a useless mother."

Upon seeing Qin Huairu cry, He Yuzhu instantly transformed into a sycophant, stepping forward to glare at He Yushui and saying, "How dare you bully Sister Qin like that? Do you know how hard it is for her to raise three children alone? Yushui, can you bear to see Banggeng go hungry and complain of being starving?"

In the past, He Yushui would probably have felt guilty and given up her lunchbox, but now, after what Wang Lin said to her, her attitude changed. She retorted to He Yuzhu, "Your own sister has no food to eat, and you're still thinking about a widow? Are you even human?"

Sure enough, these words made He Yuzhu feel ashamed and indignant. Looking at Qin Huairu's pitiful appearance, his mind went blank, and only one voice was saying in his heart, "Take the lunchbox back! We can't let Sister Qin go home empty-handed."

Qin Huairu pretended to be hesitant and stopped He Yuzhu, saying, "Forget it, silly Zhu, let Yushui eat the lunchbox. It's Banggeng's fate to not have enough to eat!"

Upon hearing this, He Yuzhu immediately stepped forward and snatched the food, saying, "He Yushui, you're such a grown-up, how can you fight with a child for food? Aren't you ashamed? How can you face Banggeng, who keeps calling me Aunt Yushui?"

It seems that in He Yushui's memory, that ingrate Banggeng never called her aunt; he always referred to her as He Yushui and called her by her first name.

He Yushui was unwilling to let He Yuzhu take back the lunchbox, so she used all her strength to fight for it, saying, "Silly brother! You really do want the widow instead of your sister!"

He Yuzhu was strong. He snatched a lunchbox from He Yushui's hand. He couldn't listen to anything else now, he only knew that the lunchbox couldn't be given to He Yushui.

"You siblings, stop fighting. I don't want the lunchbox anymore."

Qin Huairu stepped forward, pretending to persuade the brother and sister, but in reality, she was secretly helping Sha Zhu steal He Yushui's lunchbox.

Qin Huairu played this feigned indifference tactic with remarkable skill.

"If you won't give me any, then none of you should eat."

He Yushui was alone, and she couldn't compete with the two of them, so she simply broke free and threw the lunchbox hard on the ground.

The lunchbox was overturned, and the minced meat inside spilled all over the floor.

Qin Huairu looked at the minced meat with heartache. It was meat, so juicy and oily; eating it would surely keep her from going hungry that night. But it was all ruined by that wretched girl, He Yushui.

While He Yuzhu was distracted, He Yushui stepped forward, snatched the lunchbox that He Yuzhu had grabbed, and threw it on the ground.

Now, the stir-fried cabbage is gone too.

He Yushui glared at He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu and said, "Nobody's getting any food." Then she kicked two lunchboxes, spilling the food all over the floor.

Chapter 88 He Yushui Wants to Divide the Family

"He Yushui!"

He Yuzhu was furious; he clenched his fists!

If the woman in front of him wasn't his own sister, he would have already punched her.

He Yushui never expected that He Yuzhu would yell at her over two lunch boxes!

This made He Yushui increasingly believe what Wang Lin said. Seeing Qin Huairu staring intently at the lunchbox made her feel sorry for her. As for Qin Huairu and He Yuzhu, she didn't care at all. So what if they fought? So what if the siblings became enemies? Did they care about her lunchbox?

He Yuzhu pointed at the door and roared at He Yushui, "He Yushui, go back to your room and reflect on your actions!"

He Yushui's eyes reddened, but she held back her tears. The heartless He Yuzhu had actually yelled at her for the sake of a widow, which made her very sad and upset.

Qin Huairu, feigning weakness, stepped forward to persuade him, "Forget it, silly Zhu, the rain probably didn't mean to, it might just have been an accident."

"Sister Qin, it wasn't an accident! I just didn't want you to eat it!" He Yushui laughed when she heard this. Qin Huairu's words were just as Wang Lin had said. She seemed to be doing a good deed, but in fact she was adding fuel to the fire.

Seeing He Yushui's arrogance, He Yuzhu pointed at her nose and said, "He Yushui! You've gone too far! Even Sister Qin didn't hold it against you, yet you still dare to insult people. How did I raise you?"

He Yushui's smile became even more heartbreaking as she retorted, "Silly brother! Wang Lin is right! You're deeply poisoned. What has this old man ever done for us besides moral blackmail?"

"Why didn't that old man help us? He..." He Yuzhu thought for a moment after finishing his sentence and realized that Yi Zhonghai had indeed not provided any real help to He Yushui. For a moment, the words stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them.

Indeed, it seems that Yi Zhonghai has never done anything for He Yushui over the years. I remember one year when He Yushui couldn't raise enough tuition fees, and it was He Yuzhu who had to borrow the money. Yi Zhonghai has never cared about He Yushui at all.

Qin Huairu grasped a crucial piece of information: Wang Lin!

Wang Lin must have said something to He Yushui that caused him to change his personality. Now he looks at her like she's a thief. This makes Qin Huairu hate Wang Lin even more. If possible, she wants to kick Wang Lin out of the yard!

He Yuzhu knew he was in the wrong, but who was he? He was the simp god of the courtyard, the silly Zhu. If he couldn't teach his sister a lesson, how could he show his true manhood in front of Qin Huairu? So he pointed at He Yushui and said with a pained expression, "Yushui, I have some responsibility for how you've become like this. I won't blame you this time, but there will definitely be no next time."

"Yes! Rain, I don't know what misunderstanding exists between us. Please don't believe other people's one-sided stories and misunderstand me." Qin Huairu quickly spoke up to help, showing that she was doing it for your own good.

Wang Lin, who was monitoring everything in the courtyard, felt uneasy. After all, He Yuzhu was He Yushui's older brother, and Qin Huairu was a skilled actress. He was afraid that He Yushui might soften her heart and go back to square one.

Looking at the two people in front of her, a brother and a widow, He Yushui recalled the events of the past years and suddenly noticed many details she hadn't noticed before. Considering the current situation, He Yushui looked at He Yuzhu and asked, "Your own sister is starving, are you going to take care of the widow or me?"

This is a problem that has been around for a century!

He Yuzhu never expected that He Yushui was going to put him on the spot and roast him! Especially since she was giving him a difficult task in front of Qin Huairu.

Family or love, how do you choose?

Qin Huairu couldn't continue to be so passive. She tearfully said to He Yuzhu, "It's all my fault. If the children hadn't been starving, I, as their mother, wouldn't have been so incompetent as to let you two siblings fight. I don't want this lunch anymore. Please stop arguing. You are a family."

He Yuzhu felt sorry for her and stepped forward to hand Qin Huairu a handkerchief, saying, "Sister Qin, don't blame yourself. I don't know what got into He Yushui today. She tried to snatch the lunchbox I brought for you as soon as she came in."

Seeing how much her silly brother cared about Qin Huairu, He Yushui knew He Yuzhu's answer and immediately said, "He Yuzhu! Since you feel so sorry for this widow, let's separate the family."

It's impossible to rely on He Yuzhu to bring back lunchboxes every day, so we have to find other ways to make do.

The siblings are dividing the family property!

He Yuzhu's eyes widened. He had worked so hard to send He Yushui to university, and this was how He Yushui repaid him?

"We can't split up!"

Upon hearing about the family division, Qin Huairu stopped crying. She couldn't let He Yushui divide the family. If they did, how would she plan for the side room where He Yushui was currently living? After all, she had three children. He Yuzhu's house would be used for Banggeng to get married in the future, while He Yushui's side room could be given to her two daughters!