Chapter 19: Each Household's Calculation

After He Daqing finished writing the draft contract and Yi Zhonghai and the others stamped their handprints, they dispersed and went home.
As they walked, they laughed and said,

"Zhuzi is such a filial child that he is willing to let Lao He remarry."

"Zhu Zi is indeed filial. If our Damao could be as filial as Zhu Zi, I would wake up laughing in my dreams."

"It's the same with Guangqi in our family.
Don’t even mention that Youzhuzi is so filial. If our Guangqi can be half as filial as Zhuzi in the future, I will wake up laughing in my dreams. "

The men were all praising He Yuzhu, but the women in the courtyard didn't like him.
I feel like Shazhu's mother really raised this son in vain.
However, they didn't dare to say it in front of their husband, but He Yuzhu's expression was obviously unfriendly.

As for Xu Damao, Liu Guangqi and other children, they were just background characters for no reason.
At this time, he was looking at He Yuzhu with a depressed look on his face.

However, He Yuzhu was in no mood to pay attention to them at this moment, because he was following the deaf old lady and He Daqing back home.

As soon as I entered the house, I heard the deaf old lady ask,
"Zhu Zi, the house and other things are nothing, I will give it to you sooner or later anyway.
But have you really decided to let your father remarry?"

Before He Yuzhu could say anything, he heard He Daqing thanking the deaf old lady beside him, "Speaking of which, I have to thank the old lady for what happened today.
Zhuzi is young and inexperienced.

I was confused by this guy again and didn't think too much about it.
If you hadn't reminded me to say it was my own idea, I would have ruined Zhuzi's reputation today."

"Okay, okay,
In the end, it's all your fault as a father for not being able to figure things out.

If Xiaoyi and the others knew that it was Zhuzi who took the initiative to propose the separation of the family, they would definitely poke Zhuzi in the back!
Zhuzi is too young to think of it, so why can’t you, as his father, think of it?
I think you have lost your mind."

At this point, He Yuzhu finally understood why He Daqing said that the separation was his own idea. It turned out that it was the old lady's reminder.

The purpose is to protect He Yuzhu's reputation.

In fact, no matter how I felt about the deaf old lady before I traveled through time,
Just because it was her adopted father He Daqing who would take care of her in her old age, she wanted to keep the courtyard house for herself.

He Yuzhu would never say bad things to her.

Moreover, from Shazhu's point of view, the deaf old lady who left him a house, a wife and offspring did nothing wrong to him.
The only complaint is that Shazhu didn't get married when he was 30 years old.
But this can't be blamed on the deaf old lady.
I haven’t seen He Yushui and Yi Zhonghai introduce a date to Sha Zhu, but Sha Zhu himself has high standards.

For what happened today, he also had to thank the deaf old lady.
Although few people in later generations valued reputation, He Yuzhu also subconsciously ignored it.
But in the next 30 years, having a bad reputation is a very troublesome thing. It is not easy to make a person unable to move forward.

So after the deaf old lady and He Daqing finished talking, He Yuzhu smiled and said,

"Yes, ma'am, I do think so."

Seeing that He Yuzhu was still saying this, the deaf old lady didn't say any more nonsense.

"Speaking of which, your father is indeed a bit of a nobody. It would be a good thing if he could be better after you get married.

Well, if that’s the case, I won’t say any more.”

The deaf old lady returned to the backyard, while He Yuzhu and his son called Xu Damao and others to come to the front yard to clean up the house.

The other people in the courtyard were discussing this matter behind closed doors.
For example, the Yan family, the Liu family, and the Xu family were all very interested in what He Daqing said about having a son.

In the backyard of the Xu family, Xu Fugui and his wife usually spend less time together than together, but at this moment, they have some disagreements.

"Wife, although we have one more daughter than He Daqing, we have only raised one son, Damao, for so many years. I say, should we have another child?"

"That won't work. If I get pregnant now, I won't be able to do my job at the Lou family.
It’s more than ten dollars every month, are you willing to spend it?
Besides, this thing can't be done overnight. If I often take leave, it will not only affect my wages, but also make my employer unhappy.

If Mr. Lou has any opinion about us,

Not only will my job be lost, but yours will be lost too, and our family will be devastated!"

Thinking that my whole family is living under the Lou family, if Mr. Lou doesn't like me and my wife, it will be a disaster.

What's more, the infant mortality rate is very high these days.
Xu Fugui naturally knew what to choose.
"Forget about taking a leave or anything like that. Just go with the flow! What if I get pregnant today?"

After saying this, Xu Fugui also felt that his idea was more reliable. Seeing that his three children were not at home, he quickly closed the door.

After a while, a vague sound came from the kang in Xu's family.

Although the Yan family in the front yard was not as good as the Xu family, the couple had only raised one son, Yan Jiecheng, for so many years.
But Yan Bugui is at least a respectable intellectual.
Not like Xu Fugui who started doing it in broad daylight.

As for the Liu family, Liu Haizhong has three sons. The youngest son, Liu Guangfu, is just one year old, but his family also has plans, but they are less anxious.

On the other side, the Jia family

Jia and Zhang were not talking about giving birth to a son. They were busy with the evening's apprenticeship banquet.

Jia Zhang took money from the cabinet at home and told her son,
"Dongxu,

Now that your father is gone, there will be no one to protect you anymore.

After you become my disciple today, you should listen to Lao Yi and take the initiative in everything you do. Don't act like you are under your father's command and do whatever he tells you to do.
Lao Yi won't spoil you.
If you let him expel you from the sect, your reputation will be ruined and no one will accept you in the future."

Jia Dongxu had seen what life was like for the apprentices at the steel mill.
He used to learn from his own father and had always looked down on those apprentices. He never expected that he would become the same as them now.

But the matter was done, and there was nothing he could do.
"Mom, I know what to do. I will definitely not let Uncle Yi kick me out."

"It's good that you know it, study hard, and wait until you become a master.

If Lao Yi doesn't let you take care of him until the end of his life, then we can just live our own lives. If he lets you take care of him until the end of his life, then we can have a few more rooms in our house in the future."

At this point, thinking about what had just happened, Jia Zhang couldn't help but curse.
"Damn He Daqing, I don't know what kind of shit luck he had, to run into such a greedy old lady.
From now on, this huge courtyard will belong to him.”

Although the old Jia family now has something to ask the deaf old lady for help, Jia Dongxu just saw that she had returned to the backyard.
The He family next door also took Xu Damao and the others to the front yard.
So Jia Zhang was not stopped.

However, he was determined to make Yi Zhonghai recognize him, so that he could have two large tiled houses after inheriting Yi Zhonghai's property.

He might even be able to fight for the remaining houses in the courtyard.

(End of this chapter)