Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

Xu Huizhen walked out of the neighborhood committee in a cool manner. Xu Huizhi stood at the door, lowered her head awkwardly, and called out, "Sister...Sister..."

"Sister? Who is your sister? I don't know these two people from now on." Xu Huizhen thought to herself and walked away without looking back. At this time, He Yongqiang also came out. He looked at Xu Huizhen's back as she left, without a trace of joy in his heart. He Yongqiang was just being controlled by a woman, and he was holding back a fire in his heart, with nowhere to vent.

It was one thing for him not to want the He family's property, and it was another thing for Xu Huizhen to take it away forcefully. At this time, he did not feel relieved after the divorce, but was very confused, not knowing whether his choice was right or wrong.

There was usually not much business in the tavern in the morning, so Xu Huizhen went to the bank to exchange 20 yuan and got 30 yuan. She didn't dare to spend too much at once, as she was new here, so she had to be careful.

After returning home in a hurry, she silently said to herself: "Justice Infinite System, have I completed the mission? When will the reward arrive?"

The system did not respond, so Xu Huizhen had to give up. She called Cai Quanwu to the backyard and said to him, "Cai Quanwu, look at the top of the wall. I want to raise it a little higher and then put glass fragments or broken porcelain pieces on it."

Cai Quanwu is actually a smart man. His family was quite wealthy when he was young. He was educated and graduated from junior high school. Later, his parents died one after another. During those turbulent years, his family property was taken away by someone who had been eyeing him for a long time, so he fell into this situation.

He understood what Xu Huizhen said, knowing that it was unsafe for a woman to live in such a large courtyard. So he said, "Boss, the weather is too cold now. If we use cement, it will not solidify easily. Once it freezes, it will not be solid. How about this? We can first use yellow mud to build it up, and then use cement again when the weather warms up next spring. Cement is strong and durable."

Xu Huizhen said, "Just do as you say. I have bricks at home. You see, they are right there. But there are some more in the cellar. I will move them out later. You can find time to do this job."

After saying that, she went down to the cellar. She remembered that there was a pile of bricks in the cellar, and she was curious why the old man put bricks in the cellar.

Xu Huizhen piled four bricks together and moved them to the entrance of the cellar. Because she had to climb the stairs, she didn't dare to move too many bricks, lest she accidentally fall. When she picked up the bricks, she felt that the weight of the bricks was different. After a closer look, she found that they were all the same size, but some felt heavy and some felt light.

She didn't understand and didn't bother about it anymore, just continued to move bricks.

Cai Quanwu wanted to help in the cellar, but he was worried that there might be something in the cellar that he didn't want to show to others, so he just went to do his own thing.

Cai Quanwu was very quick and finished the preparations in a short while. Xu Huizhen came into the room and brought him a bowl of hot tea: "Cai Quanwu, drink some hot tea to warm yourself up. The weather is too cold."

Cai Quanwu took the bowl and drank a sip of the steaming hot tea, which warmed his body and mind. As a person living at the bottom of society, it was normal for him to be looked down upon. Only Xu Huizhen treated him as a human being. Thinking of this, he felt warm.

He was laying bricks on the wall on a ladder, and Xu Huizhen was passing him bricks from below, so that he could work faster. As the saying goes: men and women work together, and work is not tiring. The two chatted while working, and Cai Quanwu made no mistake. He failed to catch the brick, and it fell to the ground with a clang, almost hitting Xu Huizhen's foot.

Cai Quanwu was startled, and quickly jumped down and asked, "Boss, are you okay? It's all my fault that I didn't catch it firmly."

Xu Huizhen didn't respond. Cai Quanwu looked up and saw Xu Huizhen staring at the broken brick on the ground. He also turned his eyes to the ground and saw that the brick broke into two pieces, and two rectangular objects fell out of it.

Cai Quanwu reached out to pick it up. It felt heavy, a bit like a gold bar, but the color was wrong. Gold bars should be yellow, but this thing was black.

Xu Huizhen then spoke: "Hurry, take it and wash it with water." Cai Quanwu understood what she meant and ran off to find water.

Xu Huizhen picked up another piece of tile from the ground and looked at it carefully. She picked up a tile and scraped it hard on the rectangular object. As expected, a little yellow appeared. She felt her heart pounding again. This was the rhythm of getting rich again!

At this time, Cai Quanwu came running over, holding a golden bar in his hand. The two looked at each other and smiled in tacit understanding. Cai Quanwu whispered, "This should be a small yellow croaker, weighing one or two taels. It should be coated with a layer of ink, and its true shape will be revealed after being washed with water."

Xu Huizhen: "You are quite knowledgeable, aren't you?"

Cai Quanwu: "When I was a kid, I had this thing at home. I've seen it."

Xu Huizhen suddenly remembered that when she was moving bricks, several of them felt heavy. She immediately picked up the bricks on the ground and weighed them in her hands. She threw the heavy ones on the ground with a clang. Guess what? Two more gold bars fell out.

Cai Quanwu's eyes widened, and when he realized what was happening, he quickly climbed up the ladder, took down the bricks he had just put up, and threw them to the ground without thinking twice. Guess what happened? There was no gold bar.

Xu Huizhen said: "Weigh it first, the heavier one will be the better."

Cai Quanwu said confidently: "It doesn't matter if these few bricks are used up. It's better to kill someone by mistake than to let him go by mistake."

The two worked hard, breaking bricks all over the ground, and found 30 small yellow croakers. The two happily covered their mouths and laughed quietly, not daring to laugh out loud for fear that the wall might have ears. In this era, individuals were not allowed to privately store large amounts of gold.

Xu Huizhen gestured, and the two of them moved the gold bars back into the house. Cai Quanwu said, "This old man He is really good at hiding things! I almost got him into the wall. He made two grooves in the bricks, put the gold bars in, and sealed them with cement. It took a lot of effort!"

Xu Huizhen thought to herself, "My old man is born in the Year of the Rat. He hides things everywhere. One day when I have time, I will dig deep into the ground and search the house again. Maybe I can find something new."

Cai Quanwu filled a basin with water and tried to wash the gold bars, but Xu Huizhen stopped him and said, "Just leave it alone. If someone finds it in the dark, they won't recognize it."

After a moment of silence, Xu Huizhen looked up at Cai Quanwu and asked seriously, "Cai Quanwu, can I trust you?"

Cai Quanwu patted his chest and said, "I didn't see anything!"

Xu Huizhen handed him a small yellow croaker and said, "This is hush money. This matter is known to you, me, and the heavens and the earth. If you reveal the secret, I will say that this gold bar is yours. You are afraid that your own home is not safe, so you put it in my house. The two of us are grasshoppers on the same rope, we can't run away or jump to the other side!"