Chapter 115 "Filial" Jia Dongxu

In the following days,
In the morning, He Yuzhu went to the vegetable market with He Daqing to slaughter pigs. In the afternoon, he would write at home or go out to watch the army leave the city.

The handover and reorganization of Beiping City was also proceeding in an orderly manner.

If it weren't for the loud explosions heard from the city from time to time, most of the people in Peiping would have almost forgotten that the entire city was shrouded in the shadow of war a few days ago.

This afternoon,

When He Yuzhu hurriedly returned to the courtyard, he saw Xu Damao waiting for him at the door.

"Zhu Zi, you are finally back.
Did you know that Aunt Zhang failed to quit smoking and was discovered by Uncle Yi and Aunt Yi that she started smoking again? "

Seeing Xu Damao's gloating expression, He Yuzhu asked in surprise,
"Didn't Jia Dongxu say that he would look after his mother?
What, you didn't watch it?"

As soon as he asked, he saw Xu Damao's face full of sarcasm.
"Isn't Jia Dongxu filial?
Aunt Zhang was tied up several times, and she couldn't stand it anymore. Jia Dongxu felt sorry for her and secretly gave her opium.

If Aunt Yi hadn't come to visit us today, we wouldn't have known about it until now!"

From the fact that Jia Zhang had been taking painkillers all her life, we can see that she was actually a person with extremely weak willpower.

And judging from the effective ingredients of painkillers,
I knew that it was very likely that she never really quit smoking.

The key question is what Jia Dongxu thinks.

It's impossible that he doesn't know the harm of this thing. How dare he allow his mother to smoke? Is this how he is filial to his mother?
But this matter has nothing to do with He Yuzhu.
Even an honest judge cannot settle family disputes.
He was not bored enough to meddle in the Jia family's affairs.

I just asked casually about the subsequent developments, and then I saw Xu Damao shook his head.

"What can I do?
The last time I meddled in other people's business, it was Jia Dongxu who came to ask for it.

But this is still the Jia family's family affair after all, and everyone has done their best by taking care of it once. Their own lives are already a mess, so why would they care about it again now? "

"Uncle Yi didn't care?"

"He can manage it once, twice, and for the rest of his life. He can't just live in the Jia family!"

After saying that, Xu Damao looked at the door opposite and saw that the door of Yan's house was closed. Then he said mysteriously,

"I just asked my dad the same question. He said Uncle Yi hopes Aunt Zhang will die sooner. Do you think he cares?"

Hearing Xu Fugui's speculation about Yi Zhonghai, He Yuzhu didn't know whether he was right or not.

Because he himself didn't know whether Yi Zhonghai and his wife had such an idea.
Maybe sometimes there is!
However, even if the couple had such an idea, it was doomed to be impossible to realize, so he was too lazy to think about it.
Looking at Xu Damao, he asked back,

"Then why did you come to me? You don't want me to take care of it, do you?
You, Xu Damao, are not that kind of person."

"Tsk, I'm just bored so I'll go help Aunt Zhang, the old cook.
I told you just to have fun with you.
You'll see, my dad said that for someone like Aunt Zhang, it's lucky that she can live for more than five years. Sooner or later, she'll die from smoking."

Seeing that Xu Damao's purpose of coming was to let him join in the countdown for Jia Zhang,
He Yuzhu is not interested in this.
Although what Xu Fugui said is correct, it is generally the case.

But who can blame Jia Zhang for being in such a good time? She will have to quit smoking next year, and she won't have to pay for medicine for the next 40 years. Otherwise, she would have had a hard time living into her 90s.

"Then you just watch carefully, I don't have time to play with you,
With this leisure time,
Can't I go outside and get two more pieces of wood?"

Hearing He Yuzhu suddenly mention something about wood, Xu Damao was a little confused and asked in great surprise,
"Wood, what wood, what are you doing with this thing?
Are you bringing it back to use as firewood?"

"When I was playing outside today, I accidentally saw a grape trellis and several grape plants planted in an abandoned courtyard.
I was thinking about taking down the grapes and the racks.

When the weather is hot, we can not only stay cool under the shelf, but also eat fruits.
I'm back to get my tools."

When Xu Damao heard He Yuzhu say that he wanted to grow grapes, he didn't quite understand.

"It's not a pillar. We have a few pomegranate and walnut trees in our courtyard. They're not enough for you to eat. You have to grow your own grapes." As the saying goes, the canopy, the fish tank, the pomegranate tree; the grandfather, the fat dog, the fat girl,

There are actually more than just a few fruit trees in the courtyard.

There are also vine racks and large fish tanks.

The bare trees in TV dramas cannot show its true charm at all.

Looking at Xu Damao's puzzled face, He Yuzhu smiled.

"The pomegranates and walnuts we harvest every year are not enough for everyone to share. Now I'm planting some grapes. When the grapes are ripe, we can at least have enough to eat.
Besides, the stuff is there. If I don't take it back, it will be given to someone else in the future.

Am I right!"

Seeing that what He Yuzhu said made sense, Xu Damao was also moved.
"Zhu Zi, I have nothing to do right now, so I'll go with you, in case someone else gets there first."

Seeing that he wanted to participate, He Yuzhu did not refuse.
"Okay, I'll go to Uncle Yan's house to borrow a small hoe, and you go to Uncle Yi to borrow a hammer. Let's dig up the grapes first."

"Then wait for me for a moment, I'll be there soon."

Seeing Xu Damao trotting all the way to the middle courtyard, He Yuzhu turned around and went to the Yan family opposite.

"Uncle Yan, where is your hoe for growing flowers? Lend it to me."

Seeing He Yuzhu sticking his head in through the door curtain, Yan Bugui, who was reading at home, instinctively asked,

"Zhu Zi, do you want to plant flowers too?

But I remember you never learned this before, how come you are suddenly interested in it?"

"I'm going to go out and dig something up. I'll get back to you later."

In fact, Yan Bugui regretted it so much as soon as he finished asking, and felt that he was being nosy. If He Yuzhu wanted to borrow money, he could just borrow it. Why did he ask so many questions?
What if he does something dangerous again and gets himself involved?
Now seeing that He Yuzhu was not going to say what the matter was,
He immediately said,
"Okay, I'll get it for you right away!"

When He Yuzhu came out of Yan's house with a small hoe, Xu Damao also came over from the middle courtyard with a hammer.

"Zhu Zi, Liu Guangqi's grandson originally wanted to go with you, but when he heard that you were going with him, he didn't dare to go.

What a fucking coward. "

Seeing that he still remembered to put eye drops on Liu Guangqi, He Yuzhu smiled indifferently.

"Come on, if you don't want to come, then don't come. I don't want to be here. Let me go home and get a bucket, and then we can get the things back first."

"Yes, yes, hurry up and leave."

Arriving at the destination, Xu Damao was dismantling the grape trellis with a hammer while looking at He Yuzhu who was digging the soil and asked,

"Zhu Zi, it's so cold, will it survive if we dig it up?"

"It's possible. Spring ploughing will start soon after the Chinese New Year. Now is a good time to transplant grapes.
If it was two months later, it would have been hard to survive!"

After a while, He Yuzhu dug out several grape plants along with the soil and put them into a bucket. Then he and Xu Damao dismantled the grape racks.
After going back and forth many times, I finally got the grapes and racks back to the courtyard.

When the two began to dig a hole in front of the door to prepare to build the scaffolding,
Then I saw Yan Bugui coming out,
"Zhu Zi, lend me your hoe to dig these grapes!"

"Yeah, otherwise why would I take it?"

(End of this chapter)