Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

When she had nothing to do, Xu Huizhen would take care of Hu Yingzi and beat the children on rainy days. "Yingzi, what did you have for lunch?"

Hu Yingzi said without hesitation: "Rice and scrambled eggs with leeks." Xu Huizhen picked up the fire poker at hand and threw it over without saying a word.

Hu Yingzi dodged reflexively, then suddenly realized and said, "I was wrong, Sister Huizhen, the steamed bread we had for lunch was only served with pickles."

Xu Huizhen deliberately said with a stern face: "Don't show off your wealth, do you understand? Other families eat steamed bread, but you eat rice. Isn't this going to make people hate you?"

Hu Yingzi quickly admitted her mistake: "I know, sister, you said it before, I just spoke too quickly and forgot. I will never do it again next time."

Xu Huizhen: "If you say something wrong again next time, I will make you eat cornmeal porridge every day. Have you finished the homework I assigned to you today?"

Hu Yingzi: "I'm done, Sister Huizhen, I'll show it to you." Isn't it just learning? That's not a big deal, it's much easier than doing farm work in the countryside.

Looking at Yingzi's back, Xu Huizhen smiled insincerely. She was just teasing Yingzi on purpose to avenge her preference for boys over girls in her previous life.

In fact, from what she has observed now, Yingzi has a good personality, is diligent and capable, has a lively personality, and is full of hope for a better life. If she is properly taken care of, she will be a good helper.

In her previous life, Hu Yingzi's moody and irritable personality was probably caused by the hardships of life.

Lijiazhuang, Fangshan County. He Yongqiang has been exhausted recently. His father is in poor health and cannot do heavy work. His wife Xu Huizhi is pregnant and cannot do heavy work with a big belly.

He was basically the only one doing the spring ploughing and sowing. Although he grew up here, he was taken to the capital by Mr. He when he was twelve years old. In the tavern, he didn't do any heavy work, just pickling pickles and working the counter.

He never did farm work again. When he first returned to Lijiazhuang, it was winter and every household was staying at home for the winter, but he didn't feel anything. When spring came and flowers bloomed, and farming began, he realized the feeling of hoeing the field in the middle of the day, with sweat dripping down to the ground.

In the 1950s, there were no mechanized farm tools in rural areas, and almost everything was done by hand, pushing, pulling and carrying on shoulders.

He Yongqiang has been the young master for so many years, but he is not as strong as a farmer. The key is that he does not have enough food. Spring is the season of shortage of food, and every day he eats nothing but pickles.

After the spring sowing, he felt like he had lost half his life. At night, he dragged his tired body to the kang and recalled every detail of his life in the tavern. It would be a lie to say that he had no regrets. Who wants to live a hard life when there are good days to live?

At that time, he was blinded by love and broke up with Mr. He on impulse. Thinking about it now, he regretted it. The old man handed over all his assets to Xu Huizhen. He thought about it carefully and realized that the He family still had a lot of assets.

The most important thing is that, as the name suggests, most of the people in Lijiazhuang are surnamed Li, and if you trace back several generations, they are all related. Only He Yongqiang's family is a single household, and He Yongqiang has a stubborn temper. He doesn't get along well with the villagers and is often bullied. His life is so frustrating.

On this day, He Yongqiang came to the vegetable garden, wanting to plant vegetables after the rain. Standing at the edge of the field, he saw that the vegetables of his neighbors had been planted in their own fields.

The land of Li Dazhuang and the land of He were next to each other, with boundary stones at both ends, and the boundary was very clear. However, the vegetables planted by Li Dazhuang did not grow in a straight line, but in an arc shape, planted along the boundary stones at both ends, and the middle part encroached on the land of He Yongqiang. It was obvious from a distance.

He Yongqiang was furious when he saw this. He had no place to vent his anger these days, so he picked up a pickaxe and dug up the vegetables planted by Li Dazhuang's family.

After Li Dazhuang's family came over, the two families started arguing. He Yongqiang was a stubborn person and thought he was right. He stuck his neck out and argued with reason. In the end, no one knew who started the fight first, and they started fighting.

He Yongqiang was alone, and Li Dazhuang was a family. You can imagine the result. He Yongqiang was beaten up like a dead dog, lying on the ground, being kicked and punched by the Li family, without any ability to fight back. Who would bother with you about something that can be solved physically?

In the end, He Yongqiang returned home with a bruised face.

Seeing this, Xu Huizhi quickly asked him to sit down. While cleaning his wound, she cried and said, "These people are so cruel. How could they beat someone like this? Isn't this bullying?"

He Yongqiang was furious. He used to think Xu Huizhi was gentle and lovely, but now he didn't like her so much. He wondered how his ex-wife Xu Huizhen would handle this situation. Xu Huizhen was not someone who would swallow her anger. She would probably go to Li Dazhuang's house and scold him.

Thinking of this, He Yongqiang smiled bitterly. Xu Huizhi didn't understand why, so she rolled her eyes at him and said, "Laughing? You're still laughing after being beaten like this?"

After recovering from his injury, He Yongqiang went on a spontaneous trip. He wanted to go to Sijiucheng to see how Xu Huizhen was doing after the divorce.

He also knew that his reputation in Daqianmen had been ruined, so in order to avoid being recognized, he disguised himself, did not shave, put on ragged clothes, and put on a straw hat. He was really a country bumpkin coming to the city, with a hemp rope tied around his waist, a mouth full of green onions, and a red face. He wore a straw hat and corduroy.

This image entered the city, and it was estimated that no one in the neighborhood would recognize him. After entering the city, he did not plan to go to the tavern. He just squatted in a corner opposite the tavern, wanting to see Xu Huizhen from a distance.

It didn't matter at a glance, the tavern had changed its sign, and the new sign read: Public-private partnership Daqianmen Tavern.

The previously vacant house next door is now open, with a sign that reads: Public-Private Partnership Daqianmen Canteen.

The world is changing so fast that He Yongqiang is a little confused. He randomly asked a passerby and found out that now the public and private sectors have been jointly operated, the big canteen next door has also belonged to the tavern, and Xu Huizhen is the private manager.

He Yongqiang squatted in a corner in a trance. He now regretted his foolish behavior of loving beauty instead of the country. If he didn't go to the countryside, this private manager would be his, He Yongqiang, and how could it be the turn of Xu Huizhen, a woman?

At this time, a passer-by passed by and threw him two cents. He Yongqiang came to his senses and realized that the passer-by mistook him for a beggar.

He smiled bitterly, picked up the money, found a little boy passing by, gave him two cents, and asked him to go to the tavern to call Xu Huizhen out and say that someone across the street was looking for her.

The little boy was very clever, and soon he brought Xu Huizhen out of the cafeteria. From a distance, He Yongqiang saw Xu Huizhen, who was wearing a duck egg blue Chinese-style jacket, black pants, and black leather shoes. She had neat bangs on her forehead and two big braids on the back of her head.

She stood there, looking around, her every move was indescribably capable and calm. Looking at her current image, it was simply not on the same level.