The Courtyard House: He Yuzhu, Who Defied Fate

He drove home, parked the car in the garage, and then returned.

Chen Xueru saw He Yuzhu return and then asked:

"Why are you back so early today?"

He Yuzhu said:

"It's nothing. There are still two months until Chinese New Year, so I don't want to be at work anymore. I want to give myself a rest!"

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Chen Xueru asked in surprise:

"What? There are still more than two months, almost three months, before the Chinese New Year, and you've already given yourself a holiday?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"That's right, but he only needs to go once a week to give a lecture to the new recruits in our Seventh Bureau!"

Chen Xueru said:

"Your job is so flexible! Neither He Xiao nor He Hua have had a day off!"

He Yuzhu asked:

How are the two little ones doing with their studies?

Chen Xueru nodded:

"She's keeping up with her studies, but He Hua is too naughty, and He Xiao is always protecting her."

Teachers are having a headache these days, but He Hua's pranks were just minor mischief; she hasn't actually punished anyone!

He Yuzhu said:

"It's alright, he's just a kid, it's good for him to be lively!"

Hearing He Yu's words, Chen Xueru rolled her eyes:

"I knew you'd say that when I brought this up!"

He Yu suddenly walked over and asked:

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong with my brother? Tell me, and I'll help you discipline him!"

Chen Xueru knew that He Yu and He Yuzhu were the same kind of people, so she told them about He Hua's situation.

He Yu said:

"Sister-in-law, I think my brother is right. Young girls who are too honest are easily bullied!"

Chen Xueru said helplessly:

I shouldn't have told you!

Seeing Chen Xueru's state, He Yu quickly tried to coax her, and soon she was appeased.

Chen Xueru said:

"By the way, your dad called, but he didn't call either of you?"

He Yuzhu shook his head:

"I don't know, maybe they called? I always keep my phone on silent at work!"

It's important to know that the telephones He Yuzhu is currently researching don't yet have the habit of saving phone numbers.

After all, He Yuzhu doesn't want to push technology forward that fast right now; mobile phones have already been around forty or fifty years ahead of schedule.

Keep in mind that this kind of phone won't be available until the 1990s, and even then, not many people will use it.

He Yuzhu has developed this thing ahead of time, and many people still don't know the principle behind it.

After all, there are too few high-end talents in China now.

Therefore, He Yuzhu did not develop this in depth.

However, it's normal not to hear the caller ID, since He Yuzhu would call his workplace if there was an emergency when he was at work.

If there's no urgent matter and I don't answer the phone, it means I don't have time.

He Yuzhu asked Chen Xueru;

"Honey, did Dad not say what he wanted to say on the phone?"

Chen Xueru looked at He Yu and then said:

"Why don't you call your dad and ask?"

He Yu also had her own phone number, so she dialed He Daqing directly.

He Yuzhu watched as He Yu made a phone call to her father, then asked Chen Xueru:

"What's wrong?"

Chen Xueru said:

"Nothing much, it's just that your old third uncle, Yan Bugui, from the compound, asked someone to find your father and propose marriage for your sister."

It's because his son, Yan Jiefang, wants to marry He Yu and has approached your father several times.

Your father said that now it's a new country and a new society, and he doesn't care about his child's marriage.

He'll do anything your sister likes, but if your sister disagrees, no one can change his mind!

However, that person repeatedly tried to arrange for He Yu and Yan Jiefang to meet!

Upon hearing Chen Xueru's words, He Yuzhu said disdainfully:

"I don't want to see them. Those few pieces of trash from Yan Bugui's family are trying to take advantage of my sister!"

I wonder if I should take a piss and look at myself in the mirror to see if I'm cut out for this.

"You still want my sister? What kind of person are you!"

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Chen Xueru knew that He Yuzhu would have this attitude.

So he said to He Yuzhu:

"That's why I had your sister call and ask herself!"

He Yu quickly hung up the phone, angrily saying:

"What a shameless son! He's a good-for-nothing without a proper job, yet he wants to date me. I don't know who gave him the audacity to go to his father!"

He Yuzhu said:

"Alright, Rain, Daddy didn't agree, did he?"

He Yu said angrily:

"Thank goodness I didn't agree. If I had, I definitely wouldn't have gone!"

He Yuzhu said:

"Only Yan Bugui could do something like this. If it succeeds, great; if it fails, there's no loss."

"They've got their eye on our family's circumstances!"

He Yu said dismissively:

"So I'd be interested in him too?"

He Yuzhu said:

"Okay, I'll ask Dad tomorrow and see what's going on?"

He Yu looked at He Yuzhu and then asked:

"Brother, you didn't give yourself another day off, did you?"

He Yuzhu nodded:

"Hmm, what's wrong? Is it not allowed?"

He Yu said:

"Wow, you're really something! Even students haven't had their winter break yet, and you've already given yourself a break!"

He Yuzhu rolled his eyes:

"What do you know? I'm just observing the people's lives and looking for inspiration!"

Of course, He Yuzhu also replied in the same way: if you don't know what the people need, how can you know what to study?

He Yuzhu believes that what he is doing is what the people need, so it is perfectly legitimate for him to give himself a break.

The people above have a point. Not all inventions are made in isolation. If you don't understand other things, the things you invent will not be practical.

The reason why He Yuzhu's inventions were so practical was because He Yuzhu would go down to the ground to experience the hardships of human life whenever he had free time.

Of course, only He Yuzhu himself knows the truth.

Of course, He Yuzhu's family also knew that He Yu asked He Yuzhu:

"What's wrong? Am I wrong? Staying at home with your wife and kids is considered understanding the hardships of ordinary people?"

He Yuzhu said:

"Yes, your sister-in-law is also one of the people, and so are my son and daughter."