The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

After all, He Yuzhu's house has a main house that is large and well-lit, so the price is not a problem. The side house is smaller, but it is also north-south facing and has plenty of light.

Two yuan isn't expensive!

Yan Bugui said:

"That's seven yuan a month, which adds up to 84 yuan a year. Wow, that's quite a lot of money!"

Then Yan Bugui asked:

Are you selling this house?

It's important to know that most people rent houses nowadays, but Yan Bugui's house was bought, and even the house where Yan Jiecheng lived was purchased.

In He Yuzhu's mind, renting a house is like saving money for someone else; only by buying it can you truly own it.

Therefore, Yan Bugui took a liking to He Yuzhu's house.

Selling a house now? How is that possible?

He Yuzhu shook his head:

"We won't sell; if we rent, it'll be for twenty years. After twenty years, we'll have to move out no matter what."

After all, I intended to leave this house to my sister!

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Yan Bugui was taken aback. If he rented the house for 20 years, he could buy two of them.

You should know that the main house is a bit more expensive, 500 is the market price, and the side house is a bit better, 300 is also quite a lot. If you need the money urgently, you can get it for a total of 600.

But 800 isn't high; that's the market price. But if you pay 80 a year, you can buy a house in ten years.

So when Yan Bugui heard He Yuzhu say he wasn't selling, he gave up the idea of ​​renting the house.

He Yuzhu said to Director Wang:

"Aunt Wang, I'm sorry, this old man is just like that. Let's go take a look at the house!"

Director Wang nodded, and then went to look at the house with He Yuzhu.

After viewing the house, Director Wang said:

"This is good, shall we settle on this?"

He Yuzhu said:

"Okay, we'll sign the contract when we get back. There will be three copies, and I'll sign and fingerprint them all."

When the time comes, anyone who wants to rent a house will just need to sign a document, put their fingerprint on it, and fill in the date.

"Will this work, Aunt Wang?"

Director Wang said:

"Sure, why not? You're so busy, you definitely don't have time to stay here and oversee things. We'll take care of it!"

He Yuzhu expressed his gratitude:

"Then I'll trouble Aunt Wang to take good care of it!"

Just then, Jia Zhangshi ran out, saw He Yuzhu, and loudly called out to him to make way:

"He Yuzhu, you must arrange a job for my Qin Huairu!"

The entire courtyard was stunned to see the aggressive Jia Zhangshi; no one had expected her to be so courageous.

However, He Yuzhu didn't realize what was happening yet;

"No, Jia Zhangshi, what kind of job did I introduce him to? We don't have any relationship!"

Jia Zhangshi argued vehemently:

"Director Wang, look at him. He went to university and became an engineer. The leaders of the steel rolling mill respect him greatly."

But in our family, Dongxu is the only able-bodied person and has an urban household registration.

The others are all from rural areas and don't have access to grain rations. If they don't provide us with jobs soon, we'll starve to death.

"Is it wrong for you to ask He Yuzhu to arrange a car for us to work?"

Hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, He Yuzhu's worldview was shattered.

How could someone say such a thing?

He Yuzhu said:

"Mrs. Jia, did I hear that right? You asked me to find a job for your family? I'm not your father, and I don't owe your family anything."

Third, I am not from the steel rolling mill, but Director Wang favors me because of my skills.

Also, what does it matter to me whether your family has an urban household registration?

What does it matter to me whether people starve to death? There are plenty of people in the world who are starving to death. How can I possibly manage to take care of them all?

Besides, you're perfectly healthy, not even fifty, yet you act like an old man every day and don't do any work.

Someone like you deserves to starve to death; you actually thought of asking me to find Qin Huairu a job?!

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Jia Zhangshi shouted loudly:

“We’re all from the same compound, so why don’t you help me out? We’re all neighbors anyway.”

Why won't you help?

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Director Wang was stunned. What was going on? Seeing that Director Wang remained silent, Jia Zhangshi became even more animated.

"Director Wang, am I right? This He Yuzhu is so capable, what's wrong with him helping us?"

Isn't it just a matter of saying a few words? Saying a few words could save our whole family.

Why won't you help us, Director Wang? Isn't that the right thing to do?

Qin Huairu originally wanted to step in and smooth things over, but seeing that Director Wang remained silent, she didn't.

What if Director Wang is also brain-dead and was persuaded by his brain-dead mother-in-law?

Upon hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Director Wang finally realized that Jia Zhangshi had also implicated him.

"No, Jia Zhangshi, are you mentally ill? How could you say such a thing?"

There are many people who are worse off than your Jia family. Your Jia family has a house, jobs, and a daughter-in-law.

What about those who don't own a house or have a job?

Following your logic, wouldn't you also help those poorer than your family?

How could Jia Zhangshi possibly help others? It's a miracle she didn't kick someone when they're down; she's showing a conscience by not doing so.

“How can that be? Our family is better off than theirs because my son is smart and hard-working.”

Why should we help them?

Madam Jia knew that there were many families in this compound who were in worse situations than hers.

If I really told them, and then Director Wang asked my family to help other families, how would my family survive?

The self-proclaimed clever Jia Zhangshi immediately refused. Why should she?

If other people's lives aren't going well, it's just their bad luck!

Hearing Jia Zhangshi's words, Director Wang now wished he could slap her across the face.

"Then why should you expect He Yuzhu to help your family? He Yuzhu's current status and achievements are the result of his hard work and learning."

Why should you expect someone to help you?

When Jia Zhangshi heard Director Wang's words, she was stunned. Wasn't this the script? Wasn't it supposed to condemn He Yuzhu for being rich and heartless?

Shouldn't we say that He Yuzhu doesn't know how to unite his neighbors?

Shouldn't we say that He Yuzhu lacks a sense of the big picture?

That's what the old man said when he was alive?

Why does the script change when it comes to Director Wang?

Jia Zhangshi was stunned. How could she solve this?

He Yuzhu said disdainfully:

“Mrs. Jia, you should have a long-term perspective. My father abandoned me and Yu and left this place back then.”

What did you say?

How did you do it? I still remember it to this day, but I'm too lazy to tell you about it.

After all, you did the right thing back then. As a neighbor, you should just have some pity on them.

There's no need to sacrifice your own family for the sake of outsiders.

If you have that stuff, you might as well eat one more bite yourself!

Right?

Now that I'm doing well, your family isn't doing well—no, I shouldn't say it's not doing well, I should say it's not as good as our family.

So why should we help your family just because your family is not as good as ours?

If we've given you that money and that favor, wouldn't it be better for us to eat something nice ourselves?