The Beginning of a Courtyard House: Sixty Years of Internal Strength

Li Cuilan fell to the ground, and now no one cared. He Daqing went all out and beat her for a while longer.

After hesitating for a long time, Jia Dongxu finally stepped out of the crowd.

"Uncle He, my master really can't take your punches anymore, let's stop here."

He Daqing completely ignored Jia Dongxu, and Jia Dongxu didn't dare to come up and pull him away. He continued to beat He Daqing until he was really tired before stopping.

He said to Yi Zhonghai, who was curled up in a ball with his head in his hands, "Yi Zhonghai, let me tell you, if you try to harm my children again, I'll come back and beat you every time I see you, hmph!"

After He Daqing finished speaking, he went back into the house. Seeing that He Daqing had stopped, Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu went up to help the two of them up and took them back into the house.

Jia Dongxu quickly tried to sound the chord, "Master, are you alright? Should we go to the hospital to get checked out?"

"Dongxu, no need. Go and buy some safflower oil. We're not seriously injured."

Jia Dongxu's eyes lit up with desire for money, but Qin Huairu interrupted him at that moment.

"Okay, Master, we'll go right away. You rest for a bit, and I'll cook your meal while I'm at it."

After saying that, she pulled Jia Dongxu out.

Once back at the Jia family home, Jia Dongxu began to complain.

"Huai Ru, why are you in such a hurry? You haven't asked your master for the money yet!"

"Dongxu, we're after big money, we can't be stingy with this little bit. If we're stingy, will the old man feel comfortable letting you take care of him in your old age?"

Don't worry, I'll give the safflower oil to the old man later. He'll definitely feel bad taking it for free. He'll definitely give me extra money.

Hearing this, Jia Dongxu nodded in satisfaction, "Okay, then hurry up and go to the hospital to buy safflower oil. You can just deliver it there later."

Qin Huairu took the money, went to the hospital to buy two bottles of safflower oil, and went straight to the Yi family's house, knocking on the door.

"Grandpa, I'm coming in."

As she spoke, Qin Huairu went inside and greeted the elderly couple warmly.

"I was afraid one bottle wouldn't be enough, so I bought an extra one."

Yi Zhonghai was still looking at Qin Huairu, whose face was flushed and who was beautiful and charming, and he felt a little itchy inside.

He quickly gave instructions to the older woman.

"Cuilan, quickly get some money for Huairu, 3 yuan. The Jia family isn't having an easy time right now."

"Oh, thank you so much, sir."

While Li Cuilan was getting the money, Qin Huairu playfully winked at Yi Zhonghai.

Seeing Qin Huairu's alluring appearance, Yi Zhonghai's heart skipped a beat, but before he could speak...

An older woman took the money, and Qin Huairu thanked her repeatedly after receiving it.

"Thank you so much, sir and madam. If you ever need anything, just ask Dongxu." After saying that, Qin Huairu went home.

After returning home, Qin Huairu took out 1 yuan, which Jia Zhangshi snatched away.

"Hmm, this Yi Juehu is really stingy."

Jia Zhangshi counted the money with great enthusiasm. "They only gave 1 yuan."

"Mom, that's quite a lot. We only bought two bottles of safflower."

Jia Dongxu nodded in satisfaction. "Hmm, that's quite a lot. There's plenty of time in the future."

At this moment, Li Cuilan complained, "This is terrible! We can't count on rain anymore. What are we going to do when it comes down? Should we send Qin Huairu?"

Li Cuilan deliberately provoked Yi Zhonghai. Of course, she knew that Yi Zhonghai was reluctant to let Qin Huairu go, but she was still angry. Even though she was still in the room, the two of them were already making small moves.

Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment, "Let Lao Yan's wife go. Just give her some money. Huai Ru has been taking care of Jia Zhangshi at home, so I guess the Jia family won't let her go to take care of the old lady."

Moreover, given Yan Bugui's personality, we can negotiate the price with him later; it shouldn't cost much.

"Why are you being so protective of your little sweetheart? You two were exchanging glances just now, what were you doing?"

Yi Zhonghai was taken aback; they had all noticed, but he still changed the subject without changing his expression.

"Cuilan, I knew I was wrong a long time ago. Let's talk about the old lady's matter. Do you want to go and take care of her?"

"Since that's the case, you should go and tell her tomorrow. I don't want to clean up after her. She's soiled with poop and pee, it's disgusting." Li Cuilan didn't want to keep arguing with Qin Huairu, since it wouldn't make any difference.

A little while later, Qin Huairu came over with two cornbread buns and two bowls of cornmeal porridge, and then returned to the Jia family.

Li Cuilan then remembered the old lady, "Grandma, you haven't eaten yet."

Yi Zhonghai curled his lip. "Let her go hungry for a while. She'll eat less and poop less. Besides, how long has it been since we gave her those two small yellow croakers? That old hag isn't giving us a single penny."

As Yi Zhonghai spoke, he took a vicious bite of his steamed bun.

"Okay, I've noticed that ever since the old lady became paralyzed, her temper has actually gotten worse. She's always complaining about this and that. It's time to teach her a lesson."

Li Cuiran nodded in agreement. She had been accompanying the old lady for a while and had suffered a lot of grievances.

At the He family home, He Daqing was disciplining Sha Zhu.

"Shazhu, let me tell you, from now on, your sister can't do any chores except for going to school and cleaning her own room. Do you understand?"

And what are you thinking? You've forgotten about Yi Zhonghai stealing your job and money back then, yet you still dare to get so close to him now.

Sha Zhu kept his head down and didn't say a word. "The old lady is different from Yi Zhonghai."

"What's the difference? They're all in cahoots. Yi Zhonghai is taking care of the old lady, and Jia Dongxu is taking care of Yi Zhonghai. What business is it of yours?"

He Yushui, standing next to her, pointed out the key point.

"He has taken a liking to Qin Huairu, the daughter-in-law of the Jia family, which is why he listened to Yi Zhonghai."

He Daqing was stunned when he heard what Yu Shui said. He had taken a fancy to someone else's wife?

It's no wonder they're my own offspring; they even share the same hobbies.

Upon hearing Yu Shui's words, Sha Zhu's face immediately turned red.

"Rain, don't talk nonsense. Who has taken a liking to Sister Qin? I just saw that her family was in trouble and was helping her out."

At this moment, He Daqing directly interrupted Sha Zhu's sophistry.

"Alright, alright, stop spouting nonsense. You've already called her Sister Qin, and you still say you don't like her."

"Well then, I see you're not young anymore. In a couple of years, when you're an adult, I'll introduce you to a wife. I'll find you someone even prettier than Qin Huairu. Is that alright?"

Sha Zhu looked up in surprise, "Really? Even prettier than Sister Qin? How about someone like Wang Yao?"

He Daqing was taken aback by Sha Zhu's request. "Wang Yao? Who is Wang Yao?"

Raindrops curled her lip and glanced at the delusional fool.

"That's Jianguo's wife, she's even prettier than Qin Huairu."

He Daqing sighed helplessly.

"Okay, no problem. I'll definitely find you someone prettier than Wang Yao. You just need to take good care of Yushui for the next two years, understand?"

When Sha Zhu heard that a beautiful wife would be found for him, he was immediately delighted and quickly nodded in agreement.