Siheyuan: Rebirth of Shazhu, Many Children and Blessings

Liu Lan looked at these flower buds with a look of heartache.

"I got all of these from an old man in our yard. They're useless. I would have forgotten about them if you hadn't mentioned them."

Looking at these wilted flower buds, He Yuzhu said, "I'll throw them away later."

"Why are you throwing them away? Don't give them to me." Liu Lan snatched the flower buds from He Yuzhu's hands.

"You still like this stuff?" He Yuzhu looked at Liu Lan with some confusion. He didn't realize that Liu Lan would like these things.

"It's not that I like them," Liu Lan replied, "I just feel like they shouldn't be thrown away like this."

"Okay, I'll give it to you if you want it." He Yuzhu didn't care.

It was better for Liu Lan to take it, so that he wouldn't be seen holding it and embarrassed when being questioned.

So Liu Lan happily took the flower bud away and found an empty soy sauce bottle in the kitchen to put it in.

After finishing all the work at hand, He Yuzhu went to Director Li to ask for leave.

Tomorrow is a big event, he must ask for leave, otherwise something unexpected may happen. He Yuzhu doesn't want anything unexpected to happen in the middle of the journey.

Fortunately, Director Li's attitude towards him has improved a lot now, and he agreed to his leave without thinking too much.

If the idiot Zhu in the past wanted to ask for leave, it would be difficult.

It is quite difficult for him to get the three turns and one ring now, so he can only complete the "four one projects" first, which are the hard indicators of this era.

After buying the things, he went to the Silian Barber Shop in Wangfujing to get a haircut and looked much more energetic.

After returning home, he sorted out the money he had saved over the years, about three hundred yuan, and put it all in his pocket.

Looking at this "huge sum of money", He Yuzhu really couldn't understand how the silly Zhu in the play could have ended up in such a situation.

......

At this time, the third uncle also returned home from get off work. He saw at a glance that the roses he had carefully taken care of had been plucked out.

"Yang Ruihua! Yang Ruihua!" The third uncle shouted loudly at the gate, feeling distressed and helpless, which sounded quite heartbreaking.

"What are you doing? You're screaming like a ghost." The third aunt hurried out and looked at the third uncle with a puzzled look on her face.

"Look, my flowers have all been plucked out!" The third uncle said with great sorrow: "You have been at home all day, did you see who did it?"

"I saw it." The third aunt nodded with some pride.

"Who is it? How could he mess up my flowers like this? I have to go talk to him about it." The third uncle had already started making all kinds of calculations in his mind.

"Silly..." The word "silly" was on the tip of Auntie's tongue, but she suddenly remembered what He Yuzhu said in the morning, so she changed her words.

"It's He Yuzhu..."

Before Third Auntie could finish her words, Third Uncle ran towards the central courtyard without noticing that Third Auntie's way of addressing He Yuzhu had changed.

"It's actually Shazhu, I'll go find him!"

"Hey, Old Yan, don't panic! He gave the money!" The third aunt successfully stopped the third uncle with just one sentence.

"How much money did he give?" The third uncle turned around and approached the third aunt and asked in a low voice.

"Thirty cents!" Auntie made the number three.

"Just three cents, and you sold all my flowers?" The third uncle raised his voice instantly.

"What else?" Auntie looked at Uncle in confusion, "Your flowers are useless, and thirty cents is enough for our family to eat for a day!

It doesn’t mean that the flower will stop growing after being picked.”

The third uncle listened to the third aunt's words and felt a little heart-broken for a moment, "No, I have to go find Sha Zhu."

"Silly Zhu, silly Zhu!" The third uncle came to He Yuzhu's door and said, "You plucked all my flowers!"

He Yuzhu sighed. He knew that the old man would definitely come to his place after get off work.

"Uncle, I have already discussed this with Aunt."

"She has no say." The third uncle shook his head, "Thirty cents is too little."

"Three cents is not enough?" He Yuzhu asked, "Is your flower inlaid with gold or jade?"

"It's not inlaid with gold or jade!" The third uncle said confidently, "But I took such good care of these flowers, and you took them all away. How uncomfortable it is to see them now! You, you have to give me some more."

"Uncle, you are a cultured person. You should be reasonable." He Yuzhu looked at Auntie. "When I bought the flowers this morning, I asked Auntie if she could sell them. She said yes, so I bought them."

"Now you come and say that Third Aunt can't make the decision. That's an internal conflict in your family. You can't ask me for more money."

He Yuzhu's words left the third uncle speechless.

He was in the wrong today and he just wanted to take advantage of the situation. Now that Sha Zhu was unwilling to pay more, the third uncle naturally had no choice but to leave in disappointment.

"How come this Shazhu's eloquence is even better than before?" The third uncle said thoughtfully to the third aunt.

"That's right. I don't know what provoked him." Auntie No. 3 said to Uncle No. 3, "When he gave me the money this morning, he told me not to call him Shazhu anymore. I should call him by his full name or Zhuzi."

"Is there such a thing?" The third uncle didn't quite understand why He Yuzhu was like this.

When the two of them returned to the front yard, Xu Damao happened to enter the yard.

He saw the three uncles and aunts at a glance.

"Uncle, where have you been? How did your flowers become like this? They were blooming beautifully when I saw them yesterday."

Xu Damao's words hit the Third Uncle's heart. He snorted coldly and adjusted his glasses.

"It was all Shazhu's fault. He found a third lady and spent thirty cents on her and she spent all my flowers."

"This morning?" Xu Damao asked.

"Yes, this morning." The third uncle replied.

"Fuck, He Yuzhu, this bastard!" Xu Damao cursed and wanted to rush to the central courtyard to find He Yuzhu.

Xu Damao is so smart. When he thought about what happened yesterday, he knew that He Yuzhu must have bought these flowers to give to Lou Xiao'e.

He didn't expect that his blind date was unsuccessful and the thief He Yuzhu actually wanted to steal it!

Originally he wanted to have a fight with He Yuzhu, but fortunately he calmed down when he reached the doorway.

After all, it's useless to confront Sha Zhu head-on about this matter, we have to think of other ways.

So Xu Damao turned back and walked out of the yard. He had to go back to find his mother.

......

He Yuzhu naturally didn't know about these things. He went to bed early at night because he had to get up very early the next day.

He couldn't go to Lou's house empty-handed tomorrow, so he had to go to the Pigeon Market early in the morning, around four o'clock, when it was still dark.