Siheyuan: Learning to be the sixth

The father and his two sons found a secluded table and sat down. Xiao Yushui sat next to He Daqing and looked up and asked, "Dad, please come back with us. Tianjin is too far away. It's troublesome for me to come to see you."

He Daqing touched Xiao Yushui's head and said to He Yuzhu: "Silly Zhu, I know you hate me, but Daddy has no choice. Can you forgive Daddy?"

He Yuzhu snorted and replied: "I don't hate you. After all, I am old enough to take care of myself. But the rain is so light, and you have only been gone for a few days, and all the evil spirits in the yard have come out, especially Liu Erxiao, also known as Liu Haizhong, who has already started to plot against our house."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, He Daqing slammed the table and said, "Liu Haizhong, this bastard, used to eat and drink with me a lot, but I didn't expect him to be such a jerk. I was too simple-minded. I thought you would be able to take good care of Yushui when you grow up, but I didn't expect there would be so many beasts in the yard."

He Yuzhu said coldly: "You still think that? Just tell me what to do with Yu Shui. Anyway, I have to go to work. If you offend Li Zhutou and run away, I will have to suffer. Otherwise, just leave Yu Shui in Tianjin."

After listening to what He Daqing said, "Yu Shui definitely cannot stay in Tianjin. Your Aunt Bai has two sons. Yu Shui is not her child. She will not be comfortable staying here."

He Yuzhu said: "Then you can go back to Beijing, and we can put aside the fact that you left my brother and sister behind and ran away without permission, what do you think?"

He Daqing smiled and said, "Son, this is not a good thing. I, your father, will tell you the truth. I ran away for a reason. First, I offended Li Zhutou at the steel mill and had no place to stay. Second, I have some friendship with Lou Bancheng, and he told me that someone is bringing up the old issues regarding the classification of class status."

"After all, my family has been cooking Tan's cuisine for three generations. Although I am just a cook, Tan's cuisine is a dish of the rich after all. I was afraid that someone would cause trouble for my family, so I came to Tianjin with your Aunt Bai. After all, Tianjin is relatively close to Beijing compared to other places, and the transportation is also convenient."

After listening to He Daqing's answer, He Yuzhu also felt that the definition of ingredients was a very serious issue.

After all, I have never experienced it and I don't understand it, so I'd better be careful. However, when I saw Xiao Yushui's unhappy look, He Yuzhu felt inexplicably upset.

Afraid that the air would suddenly become quiet, He Daqing anxiously waited for his son's answer.

He Yuzhu thought for a while and said: "I can bring Yu Shui back to Beijing, but you have to go back at least twice a year to accompany her. Also, I am just an apprentice now, and my salary is not high. You have to send us some living expenses every month."

After hearing his son's answer, He Daqing said happily: "No problem, I can't bear to leave you either. As for your Aunt Bai, we both understand that we are just living together. I will send half of my monthly salary to you, and I will go back at least twice a year to accompany you. After all, I miss Beijing, where I have lived for most of my life."

When He Yuzhu heard that He Daqing sent him and his sister wages every month, he suddenly remembered the plot in a film and television drama where an old man named Yi Zhonghai secretly withheld the money that He Daqing sent to them, and he came up with a plan.

He said to He Daqing: "I hope you can send us two letters every month, one to Siheyuan and one to Street Director Wang, and keep the remittance receipt."

He Daqing asked in confusion: "Why bother?"

He Yuzhu said: "My sister and I are still young, and you are not here, so we have to be careful about everything."

In fact, He Yuzhu was thinking in his heart, "Yi Zhonghai, Yi Zhonghai, I hope you don't plot against me. Don't blame me for being cruel. If you treat me unfairly, the pit I dug today will bury you deeply."

After dinner, the three of us simply stayed in Li’s backyard for the night.

At dawn, He Daqing went to buy some Tianjin specialties. After having breakfast with his son and daughter, he sent the brother and sister to the train station and watched his children enter the station.

He Daqing said sadly: "After experiencing the turbulent times, we finally look forward to peace. How can a parent not love his or her child? It's just that the situation is unstable, so your father had to destroy his or her reputation and leave the country in exchange for your safety."

As for He Daqing, I want to say that his idea was good, leaving the property and family heirlooms to his son, but he never expected that his friends who were close to him when he was alive were all beasts with their own ulterior motives. That's why the wonderful "Birds in the Courtyard" came into being.