Chapter 29 Silly Zhu is not stupid

Chapter 29 Silly Zhu is not stupid

Zhang Shan once again accepted the man's task without any resistance. The man's name was He Yuzhu, nicknamed "Silly Zhu" by the people in the courtyard. He looked very smart, but was often fooled.

She is a good cook and works as the chef in the canteen of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. She would bring back the leftover food to help Qin Huairu and her son next door, while her sister He Yushui had to eat only coarse food, which was so pitiful.

He is stupid. An old man could easily deceive him into letting He Yuzhu take care of him in his old age, embezzle He Daqing's child support, and make He Yuzhu grateful by giving him small favors. When he was old, he could even trick He Yuzhu into using his meager savings to buy a courtyard house, which would become a "nursing home".

Qin Huairu treated him like an ATM, sending him money and food to support the five members of the Jia family. He treated Qin Huairu's three children sincerely, helped her find jobs and connections, and even gave her his own restaurant. However, when he was old, he was driven out of the courtyard and froze to death in a bridge hole on a snowy day.

He Yuzhu's body was cleaned up by Xu Damao, who was his worst enemy.

Now that Zhang Shan has become He Yuzhu, all the evildoers in this courtyard should forget about taking advantage of his life.

"Uncle Yang, do you have any letter from He Yuzhu?"

"He Yuzhu? Wasn't it taken away by Yi Zhonghai? Why didn't Yi Zhonghai give you the letter?"

"No, I guess he forgot. By the way, Uncle Yang, that's the letter from my father. What else was sent with the letter?"

"Nothing else, but the letter is very thick, probably with a lot of money. Didn't your father elope with the widow?"

"Look at what you said. He is my father. How can he abandon me? Who will take care of him when he gets old?"

"Too."

"I'll come get it myself next time. Uncle Yang, please remember it for me. I'm going to get the rain water after school."

"Okay."

"This kid is on guard against Yi Zhonghai."

Zhang Shan picked up He Yushui and found Yi Zhonghai's home. Uncle Yi Zhonghai, the second uncle and the third uncle were all there, and Aunt Yi was washing clothes in the yard.

"Zhu Zi, why are you here? Is there anything wrong?"

"Auntie, I'm looking for an uncle."

"An uncle is inside, please come in quickly." An aunt was very enthusiastic towards He Yuzhu.

"Uncle, I went out today and met Uncle Yang who was delivering mail. He said that my father sent living expenses to me and Yu Shui. It was in Uncle's hand. I didn't see you bring it to me. Maybe you forgot, so I came to get it myself."

Yi Zhonghai's face froze, and under the gaze of his second and third uncles, he gave He Daqing's letter to Zhang Shan.

"Uncle, why did you open it?" Zhang Shan was a little angry, looking at the opened envelope, which contained a letter and a ten thousand yuan note (the first set of currency).

"Uncle, why is there only one? Did you drop it somewhere on the road? If not, I'll write to my father and tell him that this ten thousand yuan is not enough for Yu Shui and I to live on. I'll ask him to send more in the future."

"Oh, maybe it fell somewhere. Don't worry, I'll go look for it." Yi Zhonghai said with a stiff smile. He had lost face in front of the second and third uncles today.

After a while, Yi Zhonghai "found" another bill with a face value of 10,000 yuan, which had a consecutive number to the one in the envelope, and handed it to Zhang Shan.

"Old Yi, look again, maybe one of the envelopes is missing? The envelopes from the post office are becoming less and less reliable. Next time I see Old Yang, I will definitely give him a suggestion." The second uncle said gloatingly.

Ignoring the three uncles' lawsuit, Zhang Shan took He Yushui home. Her house had three rooms. She lived in one, He Yushui lived in one, and the other was used as a kitchen. Zhang Shan didn't have to cook at the door like everyone else.

When I got home, I took out the food I packed from the cafeteria, heated it up and put it on the table.

Before He Daqing eloped with the widow, he left the job to the fifteen-year-old original owner. This letter was only sent after He Daqing settled down outside.

The original owner was an apprentice in the cafeteria. He could become a regular employee when he turned 18. It would take years of hard work to learn good cooking skills, but Zhang Shan was not prepared to endure this hardship.

Hard work and perseverance are good qualities, but enduring hardship is not. Why would you endure hardship when you can live a comfortable and happy life?

After eating, Zhang Shan left the dishes for her seven-year-old sister to wash. She returned to her room and took out the original owner's books. The original owner graduated from junior high school, but did not get into high school, so she did not have high school textbooks.

After reviewing her junior high school textbooks and understanding the approximate difficulty, she decided to go to high school. Nowadays, students are of varying quality, and as long as they pass the exams, there will be no problem. That's how some people get a bad academic record.

While Zhang Shan was learning cooking and busy with her studies, Jia Dongxu married Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu was from the countryside. Jia Dongxu saw that she was beautiful and married her despite Jia Zhang's objection.

Qin Huairu has bright eyes, white teeth and lively gaze. She is indeed a rare beauty.

"Is this a pillar?" Qin Huairu's eyes were fixed on Zhang Shan's lunch box, unable to move away.

"Hello, Sister Jia. I am the pillar." Zhang Shan replied indifferently. Flirting with her was more useless than winking at a blind man. At least the blind man was a man.

Qin Huairu relied on her beauty to get ahead among men, so she was a little unhappy when she was rejected for the first time.

"You bitch, why don't you go home and cook for me?" Qin Huairu was scolded by Jia Zhang and had to go home reluctantly.

When Zhang Shan was promoted to a regular employee, Qin Huairu had a "thief" scandal. Zhang Shan used the excuse of repairing the house to fix all the doors and windows, and installed anti-theft windows outside the windows with steel bars, and also installed a few more padlocks on the door.

"Zhu Zi, are you trying to prevent thieves?" Jia Zhang looked at the sturdy house with envy and discomfort.

"No, auntie, Yu Shui is almost grown up. I'm usually in the factory and can't take care of her. This is for her own good."

He Yushui, a girl who was just ten years old: "..."

My shoulders are a little sore.

A year later, Zhang Shan got her high school diploma and was admitted to university. She found a reliable person to work in the cafeteria for her. The monthly salary was 15 yuan, and she only needed to pay her 5 yuan.

During this period, Qin Huairu had thought about this job, but it would be difficult to get it back once it was given to her. Zhang Shan, despite the pressure from everyone in the Siheyuan, left the job to He Yushui, waiting for He Yushui to take over after graduation.

Three years later, Zhang Shan graduated and was assigned to work as a technician in a steel rolling mill. She was already 22 years old at that time. Xu Damao, who was about the same age as her, had married a capitalist lady named Lou Xiao'e next door, but they still had no children.

"Zhu Zi, I have a beautiful cousin from my mother's family. Sister Qin will introduce her to you." Qin Huairu's eyes turned, and Zhang Shan knew what she was planning.

"No need, sister-in-law..."

"You don't look down on us country folk, do you? The leader said..."

"Workers and peasants are one family. Whose ancestors for three generations were not poor peasants? Sister-in-law, you shouldn't say that." Zhang Shan looked unhappy, but Qin Huairu didn't care. The next day, she brought her cousin to hang around in front of Zhang Shan.

Zhang Shan also had a calm expression, but she sent the man to Xu Damao's bed that night. The two were caught in bed by Lou Xiao'e. Lou's parents asked Lou Xiao'e to divorce and took her to Hong Kong.

In the previous life, Lou Xiao'e and the original owner were plotted against by a deaf old lady, who gave birth to a son for the original owner. This son was quite filial to the original owner, and Lou Xiao'e never got married because of the child.

Zhang Shan felt that Lou Xiao'e should have a better life, so she gave her a push.

Qin Jingru married a city worker as she wished, which was considered to be what she got. However, Qin Huairu was not very satisfied. Xu Damao had a bad reputation in the courtyard. He was a projectionist and had ambiguous relationships with those young girls and wives in the countryside. He had no money to spend on her.

Zhang Shan stayed in the steel rolling mill for a year and then went to the research institute for "further studies". Although she avoided the trouble of going to many courtyards, she also ate less melons.

He Yushui had average grades and failed to get into university. After graduation, she took over the job in the steel mill canteen. She started helping Zhang Shan at the age of eight and became a chef at the age of ten. She learned all of Zhang Shan's cooking skills and found this job to be very suitable for her.

In the blink of an eye, it was 1962, and Zhang Shan received the news that Jia Dongxu had passed away. At that time, all the weddings and funerals were arranged by neighbors, and Zhang Shan's research had just come to an end.

Because of fatigue, Jia Dongxu fell headfirst into a machine and was strangled to death. Since it was his own mistake, the factory gave him a pension of 50 yuan, but left the job to Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu went to the factory to screw screws while pregnant. She looked very thin and tired.

The eldest uncle was Jia Dongxu's master. He also felt sorry for Jia Dongxu and called on everyone to donate to the Jia family. "However much you donate is out of your heart. Zhuzi, your two brothers and sisters are all employees. Your brother Dongxu has been good to you, right? They are an orphan and a widow. If you also help them, he will rest in peace in the grave."

"We will definitely try our best, but we haven't saved enough money for my wife's money, Yu Shui's dowry, or my father's retirement. We can't donate much for the tuition fees over the years. You have no children or burdens, so you should have a lot of money in your savings, right?"

The old man glared at me and said, "What are you talking about? If you don't want to donate, then don't donate. Dongxu is so good to you. You really have no conscience."

"You are joking, Uncle. Brother Dongxu was very friendly to me. Although he bullied me and my sister, we grew up together and there is still some affection. Don't get me wrong, I am not bringing up the past. I just feel sorry for him who died at such a young age. Fortunately, I have a master like you who can help him take care of his wife, children and mother. I am not as lucky as him."

Zhang Shan put one dollar in the donation box, and He Yushui put in fifty cents, which was more than the Third Uncle's family. "We are young, and we don't have the rich capital accumulated by the uncles. Please don't mind, Auntie."

What can Jia Zhang say?

Although she was not satisfied, she had to take it step by step. If she did it once, she would have two. Jia Zhang showed a greedy look.

After donating the money, Zhang Shan took her sister back home. "The matter with the Jia family is not over yet. There will be trouble in the future. The eldest uncle is afraid of being blackmailed by Jia Zhang, so he dragged us all into it. This will not be the last donation."

"What should I do? Can I move out?" He Yushui didn't like the atmosphere of the courtyard house and had wanted to move out for a long time.

"The steel mill has allocated welfare housing. You can live in my room. Find someone to rent out this house. Don't worry about the Siheyuan from now on."

"it is good."

Zhang Shan found a family of three who were more calculating and stingy than the third uncle to live with her. They were all from the steel rolling mill and everyone knew each other. Because this family did not have a very good reputation, the first uncle was very dissatisfied with Zhang Shan's behavior. When he couldn't find her, he went to He Yushui to ask for an explanation. He Yushui didn't know anything about anything he asked, so the first uncle returned empty-handed.

But the family finally settled down in the courtyard.

After the eldest uncle organized the courtyard to donate money to the Jia family two or three times, no one was interested, so Jia Zhang started to blackmail the eldest uncle's family. Anyway, the eldest uncle had no children, so the family property was his.

Not long after Jia Zhang taught Bang Geng to call Yidaye Grandpa, Yidaye came to the rescue and asked for a divorce from Yidaye because Qin Huairu was pregnant and the child was Yidaye's.

She could still tolerate it at first, but she couldn't accept that Jia Zhang brought her family of four to her home to eat and live there.

The eldest aunt got divorced, and it happened that there was social unrest. Zhang Shan helped her report the eldest uncle and Qin Huairu. The two were paraded through the streets with broken shoes hung on them and then sent to a farm. Jia Zhang was forced to take her children back to the countryside.

It's not easy to get that dollar from Zhang Shan. Isn't this a price to pay?

Xu Damao was frightened by the affair between Qin Huairu and the old man, and from then on he lived a peaceful life with Qin Jingru.

The Jia Zhang family's house was taken away and redistributed, and a new family of the highest class moved in. The third uncle, who claimed to be a cultured man, was almost forced to move out of the courtyard.

The old man and Qin Huairu were sent to the farm. They had to get up before dawn every day to work and the food they ate was the worst. Qin Huairu had a miscarriage and before she had recovered, she had to dig a canal. Their life was miserable.

She thought about seducing the farm director and succeeded, but not long after, the director was reported for having an affair and was dismissed. For this, Qin Huairu was beaten up by his wife and her men.

"Huai Ru, this is how our life will end." The old man leaned against the stone wall, his eyes lonely, thinking about how he used to be full of vigor and vitality, and how he and his wife loved each other, how did he end up like this?

"I won't accept my fate. I still have a son and a daughter. They won't ignore me."

Qin Huairu knew that Jia Zhang loved Banggeng and would take good care of him. Xiaodang and Huaihua were Jia Dongxu's children after all, so she would not ignore them.

This was indeed the case. Jia Zhang doted on Banggeng and treated Xiaodang and Huaihua as maids. Huaihua followed her sister Xiaodang to the fields to earn work points when she was three years old, and she had to cook for Jia Zhang and Banggeng when she returned home.

There were people in the village who blamed Jia Zhang and spoke up for the two girls, but after being morally blackmailed by Jia Zhang several times, no one spoke up for them anymore.

When Xiaodang and Huaihua reached school age, the village chief went to Jia Zhang's house to persuade her, but obviously he failed to convince Jia Zhang, and Xiaodang and Huaihua had no chance to go to school.

Seven years later, Banggeng became a loafing thief in the village. Every time he was caught stealing and made a scene, Jia Zhang would lie on the ground crying and wailing that her husband and son had died, and that’s why she was bullied. In the end, the matter was left unresolved.

Jia Zhang sold her two granddaughters so that Banggeng could find a wife, but Banggeng had a tendency to violence, and his wife ran away with someone. Later, she was executed for stealing state secrets.

Bang Geng died, and Jia Zhang cried until she went blind. After his death, no one helped to collect his body.

Xiaodang and Huaihua were in poor health, and were married to men who had beaten several wives to death through domestic violence. They were then beaten to death by the men.

An old man and Qin Huairu who lived far away on the farm died in front of Banggeng, crushed to death by the accumulated snow.

Zhang Shan never got married in her entire life and devoted her life to the construction of the motherland. He Yushui got married and had children and lived a happy life.

He Daqing returned to the Siheyuan in his later years, but after the Siheyuan was taken away, he had to live in a nursing home and received pension money from Zhang Shan and He Yushui every month. He never saw his children until his death.