Chapter 98 Son inherits father’s legacy
I trotted back to the courtyard.
As soon as I arrived, I saw Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi, the three brothers, lying on the roof of the back house and looking out.

At the same time, the three of them also saw He Yuzhu returning home.

"Zhu Zi, why are you back at this time? Where's my Uncle He? He's still selling buns!"

"My dad is behind me.

The streets are in chaos, not a single customer.

By the way, why are you three just standing here watching the fun? Where are Uncle He and Uncle Yan? Is everything alright in the yard? "

"It's alright.
When the streets started to get chaotic, my father and Uncle Yan went out to join in the fun. Before leaving, they asked us to close the gate, as there was nothing happening in the courtyard.

By the way, Zhuzi, would you like to come in? I'll open the door for you."

Seeing that nothing happened in the courtyard, He Yuzhu naturally didn't want to go back, and prepared to go out for a rest.
"Forget it, I won't go back. I'll go out and look around to see if I can find any bargains."

But just as he finished speaking, He Daqing also ran to the gate of the courtyard. After knowing that Xu Fugui and the others had also gone to join in the fun, he turned around and instructed He Yuzhu,

"Zhu Zi, you stay at home with Damao and the others. I'll go outside and take a look.

See if you can find any leaks."

Seeing that He Daqing didn't let him go out, He Yuzhu didn't force him. He let Xu Damao come down to open the door, and then he climbed onto the roof.

"How long have you three been lying there? Aren't you cold?"

Xu Damao patted the dog-skin hat on his head and said with a smile,

"What's so cold about it? Haven't you seen how lively it is outside? Those neighbors who are looking for bargains are almost fighting to get what they want.
This is much more fun than staying in the yard making snowmen and having snowball fights."

"That's right, look at that place, it's so noisy, it's almost like people's brains are being beaten into dog brains."

He Yuzhu looked at the three people who were very interested, and then he looked over.

Then he started to comment.

Just as several people were watching the show on the roof with great interest, the voices of Yan Bugui and Xu Fugui suddenly came from below.
"Da Mao, Jie Cheng, hurry down and open the door, and take the things back."

The excited few looked down and saw Yan Bugui and Xu Fugui at the entrance of the alley, each carrying a bag of grain and talking as they walked towards the gate of the courtyard.

But the image is a bit miserable.

Not only were both of them bruised and battered, but Yan Bugui's glasses were even half broken and sat crookedly on the bridge of his nose.
This made Yan Jiecheng exclaim in surprise.

"Dad! What happened to you? Who beat you up like this?"

Seeing Yan Jiecheng's look of surprise after noticing his miserable appearance,
Yan Bugui felt ashamed.

Obviously becoming a little unhappy, he angrily rebuked,
"Why do you care so much, you bastard?
We have to fight with the neighbors when we go out to rob! Otherwise, how do you think I got this bag of food on my shoulder?

Open the door quickly and take the food back home, we still have to go out."

"But there's no need to work so hard.

The legs of your glasses are broken. It will cost a lot of money to repair them."

Seeing that Yan Jiecheng's words clearly meant that he was worried about the money, Xu Fugui, who was standing next to him and also looked embarrassed, laughed and teased,
"Old Yan, Jie Cheng really is worthy of being your offspring!"

"Go! Go! Go,

It makes it seem like your Xu Damao is any better than he actually is."

After turning around and retorting to Xu Fugui, Yan Bugui once again looked at the roof.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense, you little bastard? You know it will cost a lot of money to repair the legs of my glasses, so why don't you come down and open the door quickly?
I'll go out and get some more stuff to make up for it.

If I go too late, I will lose a lot!
Hurry up and stop wasting time."

At this time, Xu Fugui also looked at Xu Damao on the roof and shouted,
"Hurry up, Damao,

Look at how badly your father has been beaten. I have to hurry and get some more things back, or else this fight today will be in vain!"

"Come on daddy!"

Seeing Xu Damao and Yan Jiecheng climbing down the stairs to the roof, he ran to open the door for them.
He Yuzhu looked at Yan Bugui's glasses and said,

"Uncle Yan, your glasses are imported, right? They don't look cheap, and it's not easy to get them back.

You just have to work hard.”

When Yan Bugui heard He Yuzhu mention glasses, his heart was bleeding. He could tell from the tone of his voice that he was in great pain.
"Of course not.

I bought this when I just started working three or four years ago.
At that time, I had a high salary and high ambition, so I bought a pair of imported ones.

It cost me half a month's salary.

Anyway, if you ask me to buy another pair of glasses like this now, I can’t afford it.”

He told me that this was an imported product made of rice grains that he spent more than half a month's salary on. He also compared it with the domestically produced glasses made in the past few decades that looked like the bottom of a glass bottle.
He Yuzhu thought to himself that it was no wonder that the old man was reluctant to replace his broken glasses.

I guess besides being stingy,

There is also the reason that the gap between the two is indeed too large.

The two had just put the food back home and were about to go out again when He Daqing came back carrying the buns on his shoulder.

Seeing the two men with bruised faces and noses, he couldn't help but laugh and said,

"Haha, you two are really hardworking. What fun stuff did you get?"

Seeing He Daqing coming back, Yan Bugui and the others also hurriedly greeted him,

"Old He, you came back just in time. We found a lot of food in the cellar in the courtyard of Qianbanchang Hutong.

You quickly ask Zhuzi to bring the pole back, and we will go pick up the leftovers.
If it’s any later, there might be nothing left.”

After hearing the two of them say that there was food, He Daqing didn't even go back home. He put the buns stall on the ground, gave some instructions to He Yuzhu, and hurriedly followed Yan Bugui and the others.

Seeing that He Daqing had already left,
He Yuzhu came down from the roof and carried the load back to his predecessor's front yard.
After sitting on the warm kang and drinking a sip of water, he decided not to go to the roof to enjoy the fresh air.

While sitting on the kang and writing,
While using the stone mill that was put into the space last night, he started grinding wheat.

The trend of picking up lost items, which was initiated by He Yuzhu and then spread to the entire city of Beiping within a day,
In just three or four days,
Most of the people in the city had panda eyes, and the abandoned houses were also emptied by them.

He didn't stop until there was nothing left to pluck, feeling unsatisfied.

At noon on June 1949, 1,
He Yuzhu was selling buns with He Daqing in the Drum Tower as usual.
Not long after, I heard Uncle Gui ask with a puzzled look on his face,

"Master He, why do I feel like something is missing today? Do you have this feeling?"

It would have been better if he hadn't said anything. When He Daqing heard Uncle Gui's question, he also felt something was a bit strange.
He said very doubtfully,

"Master, if you hadn't said it, I wouldn't have thought so. Now that you've said it, it's really like that. It seems like something is really missing today.
But I couldn’t remember what it was for a while.”

(End of this chapter)