The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

Yan Bugui saw He Yuzhu return and then said:

"Zhu Zi is back too?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"Yes, an old man contacted me the day before yesterday to inform me. I thought we were all from the same compound."

Dongxu is getting married, I have to come back and see him!

Yan Bugui gave He Yuzhu a thumbs up:

“Exquisite!”

At this moment, a voice rang out:

"Hey, isn't this Sha Zhu? What brings you back?"

He Yuzhu looked back and was surprised to see his former enemy from his past life appear: Xu Damao.

Having heard his own memories, He Yuzhu knew that Xu Damao and He Yuzhu didn't get along. That was because He Daqing and Xu Damao's father, Xu Fugui, didn't get along.

He Yuzhu didn't know the specific reason, but ever since he met Xu Damao, the two of them had been fighting, even when they were children.

He Yuzhu held He Yu in his arms, not making a move, but still retorted sarcastically:

"Hey, isn't this Sha Mao? What's wrong? You're skipping school for Dongxu's wedding?"

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao shouted excitedly:

"Silly Zhu, why are you swearing?"

Upon hearing Xu Damao's words, Yan Bugui said:

"Xu Damao, as the old man said before, Zhuzi is now the head of the household, so he can't be called 'Silly Zhu' anymore."

"If you're not happy, you can call me by my name. But if Zhu Zi hits you again, you deserve it!"

Xu Damao jumped up and down and said:

"That doesn't mean you can call me 'Silly Mao'!"

He Yuzhu asked with a sneer:

"Hehe, I'm telling you, you can call me Sha Zhu, but I can't call you Sha Mao, right?"

There's no such logic in the world!

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao said:

"Okay, it was a slip of the tongue. I won't call you Sha Zhu anymore, and you can't call me Sha Mao either."

I called you He Yuzhu. Why aren't you studying properly? What are you doing back here?

"How come you've completed your apprenticeship?"

Seeing Xu Damao's smug look, Yan Bugui wanted to go up and give Xu Damao a good beating.

However, Yan Bugui was the third uncle and also a teacher, so he endured it.

He Yuzhu looked at Xu Damao and then said:

"And you're talking about me? I may be an apprentice, but once I'm done, I'll be able to work. Instead of studying properly at school, you've come back here."

Xu Damao is now a junior high school graduate, just like He Yuzhu. However, He Yuzhu did not have a junior high school diploma and went to work as an apprentice after studying for a year and a half.

As for Xu Damao, he only finished junior high school, so he always mocked He Yuzhu for being uneducated. In fact, the two were about the same.

However, upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao still retorted...

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Chapter Thirty-Two: Xu Damao's Taunt

"Hmph, you'd better mind your own business. I'm learning projection from my dad right now."

Once I learn how, I'll be a projectionist, much better than a lousy cook like you.

And you don't even know when you'll graduate!

It's important to know that the current school system is still the old one: four years of primary school, two years of upper primary school, three years of junior high school, and three years of senior high school.

It wasn't until the 1960s that primary school consisted of five years, junior high school two years, and senior high school two years.

At this time, the school system from the Republic of China era was still in use.

So Xu Damao is still very proud. Although he didn't get into high school, He Yuzhu dropped out of junior high school to learn cooking.

Xu Damao believed he was better than He Yuzhu because he had a junior high school diploma.

He Yuzhu smiled slightly at Xu Damao's expression and ignored him.

If it were the previous He Yuzhu, he would have been provoked into a fit of anger by Xu Damao.

But the current He Yuzhu is not the same He Yuzhu as before, so how could he be angry?

He Yuzhu smiled contemptuously at Xu Damao, then said to Xu Damao:

"Then that has nothing to do with you. You should focus on learning how to project movies. By the way, are you back today for Dongxu's wedding too?"

Xu Damao said smugly:

"This is a joyous occasion for our compound, how could I, Xu Damao, be absent?"

He Yuzhu remained silent, but Xu Damao spoke loudly:

"By the way, Jia Dongxu is getting married, how much are you planning to give as a gift?"

He Yuzhu wasn't going to put on a brave face now; he said calmly:

"You know my situation. My father passed away, taking all the money from the house with him, leaving only two hundred yuan for me and Yu."

I've spent almost all my money these past few months, so I can't afford to give more as gifts anymore. After all, I don't have much money left to give as gifts now.

"I'll give five hundred! Xu Damao, you're much better than me, how much are you planning to give?"

Hearing He Yuzhu's words, Xu Damao became even more smug and then said:

"Although I'm just an apprentice now, I still get paid. If you give five hundred, I'll give ten times that amount, five thousand!"

It should be noted that 5,000 is the proper amount for a wedding gift.

He Yuzhu gave Xu Damao a thumbs-up:

"Man, but I don't have any money either. I'd like to give more, but we don't even have money to buy clothes for myself right now."

I can only come up with five hundred yuan, that's all!

Hearing what He Yuzhu and Xu Damao said, Jia Zhangshi was very unhappy, but Jia Dongxu had just gotten married and Jia Zhangshi did not want to ruin her son's wedding.

That's why Jia Zhangshi hated Xu Damao and He Yuzhu.

After all, the two of them had a heated argument, so they only gave a small gift.

You should know that your family just spent 10,000 yuan to buy a sewing machine a few days ago.

I was originally planning to take more money back when I got married.

But to everyone's surprise, He Yuzhu and Xu Damao only contributed a small amount.

Jia Zhangshi never even considered how much money He Yuzhu could come up with; it was precisely because it was too little that Jia Zhangshi harbored resentment towards He Yuzhu.

However, He Yuzhu knew that he would only be safe if he was poor in the courtyard.

He Yuzhu, who had read the original novel, knew that the worse you were doing, the happier the people in the courtyard were; if you were doing well, you would become the target of their resentment.

The current Xu Damao is not as hated by the entire courtyard as he was in later generations.

It was because after Xu Damao became a full-fledged official, when he went to the countryside to show movies, there were always all sorts of things going on.

This made everyone in the compound jealous. Although Xu Damao later realized this problem, he would share some mountain produce with others whenever he had free time.

But people still didn't appreciate it, thinking Xu Damao was a bad seed.

Yi Zhonghai knew about this, and even after his salary increased, he didn't indulge in lavish meals; instead, he bought cooked food and ate it at home.

The people in the compound won't know.

After hearing He Yuzhu's words, not a single person in the entire compound stood up to offer help to him.

He Yuzhu was aware of the situation, but given the current circumstances, he didn't blame the people in the courtyard.

After all, helping me is a favor, not helping me is their right, and He Yuzhu doesn't need anyone's help right now.

However, no one showed this attitude, which led to He Yuzhu becoming successful later on, but he did not help anyone in the entire courtyard.

Of course, that's a story for later. At this moment, Yi Zhonghai also overheard Xu Damao and He Yuzhu's conversation.

He addressed everyone:

"Everyone knows about Zhu Zi's situation. Zhu Zi is indeed in a difficult situation now. As for the matter of giving a gift, it's up to Zhu Zi himself."

Everyone, stop discussing it. Xu Damao, you shouldn't discuss it either. Let's just let this matter rest!

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Xu Damao knew that if he said anything more, he would offend others. Xu Damao smiled and said:

"Alright, I'll give this old man some face today!"