Siheyuan: Learning to be the sixth

The high rate of people turning their heads to look at him along the way caused He Yuzhu, who thought he was very thick-skinned, to pedal his bike faster and drive quickly towards the courtyard.

The third uncle who was watering the flowers at the gate of the courtyard saw He Yuzhu riding back with a large item on the handlebars, and hurriedly said to He Yuzhu: "Zhuzi, did you buy all this?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said: "Yeah, I just happened to have two tickets, so I bought them together."

The third uncle touched this and that with envy in his eyes, and said seriously: "Pillar, how can you place such a valuable thing so casually? What if it gets bumped?"

He Yuzhu explained: "Uncle, I know how to ride my bike. I won't bump into anything."

The third uncle asked again: "These two items are quite expensive, right? Now that you have added two big items, shouldn't you treat everyone to a meal and have fun together?"

When He Yuzhu heard this, the Third Uncle's habit of taking advantage of small opportunities came back, and he said, "Third Uncle, these two big items have drained my family's savings. How can I have money to treat you? Let's talk about it later."

When the third uncle heard this, he probably thought that he really had no money, so he said, "It will be the same in the future."

He Yuzhu thought that there would be no future, so he made an excuse and said, "Uncle, I should go home to cook for Xiao Yushui, so I'll be back first."

While responding to his neighbors' congratulations, He Yuzhu carefully pushed his bicycle towards the central courtyard.

Only a pair of gloomy eyes stared at He Yuzhu and said viciously: "The ticket must have come from an illegal source. I have to expose him. Maybe I can get a reward."

Looking at He Yuzhu walking towards the middle courtyard, the third uncle smacked his lips and said, "Zhuzi, you are no longer the silly Zhu you used to be. With such conditions, you are the best in the whole alley."

Many onlookers came over and asked: "Uncle, besides the radio, what is that round iron lump on the handlebar?"

The third uncle looked at everyone's puzzled eyes, coughed, and said slowly: "The round thing, I just heard the principal call it an electric fan. It turns when you plug it in, and it's very cool in the summer."

When everyone heard that the round thing actually made Xia Tian no longer suffer, they thought that they must go to Zhuzi's house to see what was going on if they had the chance.

The third uncle looked at everyone who left and roughly understood what was going on. Thinking about the praise of his profound knowledge just now, he walked home humming a little tune in a happy mood.

After returning home, He Yuzhu put the batteries in the radio and listened to the music he didn't quite understand. He felt quite content. At least there was some noise in the house and it wasn't so quiet anymore.

When he just wanted to turn on the fan, He Yuzhu discovered a very embarrassing problem, that is, nowadays few households use electric lights, let alone sockets.

He Yuzhu could only put the fan aside helplessly. After thinking about it, he could only hope that when he arranged a banquet for Director Zhao at the weekend, he would see if he could find any connections.

When He Yushui heard that others had bought a radio, he hurried home and looked at the radio playing music at home.

He Yushui said happily: "This is the radio, it sounds so nice."

He Yuzhu said: "Yushui, don't just listen to it by yourself, go to the backyard and invite the old lady over so that we can listen together."

Xiao Yushui said: "Okay brother, I will promise to complete the task." Then he ran to the backyard.

When the old lady heard Xiao Yushui say that He Yuzhu bought a radio, she was also very curious, so she took Xiao Yushui's hand and walked towards the central courtyard.

In the evening, the old lady listened to music on the radio. She was so happy that she even ate half a bowl of rice more.

Xiao Yushui and the old lady looked at the round iron lump and asked curiously: "Brother Zhuzi, what did you buy?"

He Yuzhu explained: "This is a fan. When you plug it in, it will turn and it will keep you cool in the summer."

When Xiao Yushui heard that it could cool people down, he hurriedly shouted: "Brother, can you please turn it now? I'm so hot."

He Yuzhu sighed and said, "We don't have an outlet at home, so we can't use it for now."

When I heard that it couldn't be used for the time being, Xiao Yushui felt a little disappointed.

The three of them listened to the radio for a while and felt a little full, so they decided to take a walk in the yard to digest the food and send the old lady home at the same time.

The next day, He Yuzhu had just got home from get off work and had not had time to cook when he saw Uncle Zhou and two policemen coming to his door and asked, "He Yuzhu has received a report that the radio and electric fan tickets you bought were not from a legitimate source. Please explain."

As soon as they saw the police coming, all the neighbors at home gathered in the middle yard and looked at Uncle Zhou who winked at them.

He Yuzhu nodded slightly, gave a reassuring look, and said, "Director Zhou, the tickets for the radio and electric fan were given to me by Director Yang of the steel mill."

At this time, a small car stopped at the gate of the courtyard, and the person who got out of the car was Director Yang's secretary, Secretary Song.

At this time, He Yuzhu, who was still unaware of Secretary Song's arrival, deliberately said loudly: "Regarding the authenticity of what I said, I believe Director Zhou will go to the steel mill tomorrow to verify it and find out whether it is true or not."

Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted, "No need to investigate, I can testify."

After that, Secretary Song walked up the steps and said, "I believe that the workers in the steel mill should know me. I am Director Yang's secretary. I just asked the crowd about the reason. I can testify to Master He."

He Yuzhu hurriedly introduced Secretary Song and Director Zhou to each other. Director Zhou said, "Since all the workers in the steel mill know Comrade Song, I declare that the report against Comrade He Yuzhu is unfounded."