Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

The two policemen returned empty-handed. After they left the courtyard, one of them said, "Do you think the courtyard at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang is evil? This case is so weird. It's really weird."

Another policeman quickly stopped him and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Our party is atheist. How can there be ghosts?"

When Yi Zhonghai got the news, he returned home at noon and saw his wife borrowing a bench from a neighbor and sitting at the door.

Aunt Yi explained the whole story. After listening to it, Yi Zhonghai felt like he was struck by lightning and collapsed to the ground.

Aunt Yi quickly helped him up. Yi Zhonghai was really scared. On the one hand, he felt sorry for the things he had lost, and on the other hand, he was afraid that he had done something wrong and was being punished by God.

He did something shameful, and the deaf old lady found connections for him, and through the back door, he avoided jail. Then both families were emptied of their assets one after another, and disappeared without any warning.

His scalp tingled just thinking about it, so he calmed himself down and went to the backyard.

The deaf old lady has been bedridden since the last blow. She feels much older all of a sudden. She doesn't care much about what happens in the yard anymore. She doesn't have the energy or spirit to do so.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai coming, she sat up from the bed. Yi Zhonghai: "Old lady, my house was also robbed today, and it was in broad daylight. The key is that the matter is too strange, there was no outsider in the yard, and no one carried anything out, just like the situation in your house that day, exactly the same."

The old lady's cloudy eyes rolled around, she sighed and said, "Zhong Hai, don't do things that will damage your virtue in the future. It is said that God sees what you do, and the law of nature will never let anyone off the hook. Maybe this is retribution. Don't get into trouble with the He family in the future, He Yuzhu's young wife is not someone you can control. Just live your life peacefully."

Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "He Daqing is back, and I heard he's not planning to leave."

The old lady said: "Let him be. I am old and I don't have many years left to live. I can't take care of so many trivial matters." After that, she fumbled out 20 yuan from under the pillow, handed it to Yi Zhonghai, and said: "Take this money first, buy some urgent things, life must go on."

There is no way, she will have to rely on Yi Zhonghai for her retirement.

A cunning rabbit has three burrows. Last time when Xu Huizhen raided the house, she didn’t clean out the deaf old lady.

Yi Zhonghai then remembered that his family had nothing now, and eating and sleeping were problems. He took the money and left with a gloomy face.

After returning home, he closed the door, pried open a floor tile that used to be under the bed, and took out an iron box. In the iron box was a stack of banknotes and three small yellow croakers wrapped in cloth.

If Xu Huizhen saw this scene, she would definitely sigh: Cats have their ways, mice have their ways, and when one person hides something, it is difficult for a thousand people to find it.

Yi took Aunt Yi out to buy things.

Xu Huizhen went to the hospital and confirmed that she was really pregnant. The doctor said that her pulse was smooth and flowing, like beads rolling on a jade plate, and she was pregnant. She was healthy and well-nourished, and did not need to take medicine.

After she left, the old Chinese doctor sighed and said to himself, "In this age of hunger, the pregnant woman looks so healthy, which shows that she is from a family that has plenty of food!"

After returning home, I saw Aunt Han crocheting and teaching Xu Jingli to read. Jingli read in a baby voice: "The big sheep is big, the little sheep is small, the big sheep and the little sheep run all over the mountain, running up and down eating green grass."

While reading, she pointed at the book with her little hands. Xu Huizhen was amused by what she read. What kind of book is this? The content is so realistic?

She leaned over to take a look. It was a thread-bound book, written vertically in traditional Chinese characters. It was obviously old, and judging from the plain content, it was probably used to educate children.

Xu Huizhen asked: "Aunt Han, where did this book come from?"

Han Qingqiu said: "I found it in the study at home. I thought it was an enlightenment book, so I gave it to my child to read for fun."

Xu Huizhen thought to herself, it seems that Aunt Han's collection of books is quite large. When the movement comes in a few years, if someone sees it, it will be troublesome. But now is not the time to talk about it. If you bring it up without any basis, your vest will be easily exposed.

Remind her again when you have the chance. There are still a few years to go before the "Destroy the Four Olds and Establish the Four News" movement, so it's not a very urgent matter.

Xu Huizhen left Kun Kun to Li'er's care and went into the bedroom and entered the space to see what useful things she had received at Yi Zhonghai's house.

Pots, pans, and furniture were all common items with little value. Xu Huizhen planned to throw clothes, bedding, and other items into the garbage dump when she had time. She didn't use things that had been used by others, so she gave them to the rag pickers, which was considered making the best use of them.

There was a pair of vases that caught Xu Huizhen's attention. They had simple patterns and elegant colors, and were about 30 centimeters tall. They were obviously very old.

After what she had heard and seen in her previous life, and through continuous learning and practice in this life, Xu Huizhen now has a basic understanding of porcelain appreciation. The bottom of the vase has the words "Made in the Qianlong Period of the Qing Dynasty". If my guess is correct, it should be a Qing Qianlong famille rose flower vase.

Unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai's family still has such old items. A drawer of a three-drawer table was locked, and was violently broken open by Xu Huizhen. Inside were important items such as Yi Zhonghai's family's grain books, household registration books, and some banknotes.

Xu Huizhen counted the money and found 685 yuan and various bills. People in this era were not used to saving money in the bank, so they kept it at home, so Xu Huizhen got a bargain.

Yi Zhonghai used to be an eighth-level fitter in the factory, with the highest salary in the yard. The couple were very frugal in their daily food, clothing and daily expenses, and this money was definitely not all of the Yi family's savings.

Xu Huizhen really guessed it. It was the principle of not putting all eggs in one basket. It was because of this caution that she left some savings for Yi Zhonghai.

It doesn’t matter. If it doesn’t work the first time, I’ll try it again after a while. I still won’t be able to defeat you, old man!

In the evening, He Yuzhu prepared a slightly sumptuous meal, firstly to welcome his father, and secondly to celebrate the arrival of a new member in the He family.

He Daqing looked at the table full of food, with fish, meat, and a combination of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes. This was a good life that he could not enjoy in Baocheng. It seemed that his son's family was living a good life, and it seemed that he was right to come back.

He Yuzhu said, "Dad, if we cook a meal like this in the courtyard, do you believe that a group of children will be able to lie on the windows of our house? I wonder if you can have a leisurely meal?"

The family ate happily. He Yuzhu took out a lunch box, put some pickled vegetables and salted fish he had prepared, and a few steamed buns, and asked He Daqing to take them back to the courtyard as breakfast for the next morning.

Considering this, we need to prepare more food in the courtyard. He Daqing can't come here to eat every day. After all, it's not convenient.