Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Yi Zhonghai shook his head helplessly. He had a nightmare about old-age care. In the compound at No. 96 Qianmen Street, which was the compound next door to where they lived, there was an old man named Zheng who had no children in his life. When he was about 50 years old, he adopted a son.

He worked hard to raise his son, but he never expected that when the adopted son grew up, he would beat and kick his adoptive father who had worked so hard to raise him. Especially after he found out that he was not the biological son of old man Zheng, he just took away the family business that the old man had worked so hard to save and ran away.

At that time, Old Man Zheng was already over 70 years old, and no one cared about him at all. I remember that one winter, people in the yard found Old Man Zheng dead at home. The old man was starved to death at home, and his body was accidentally discovered by someone two or three days later. After the discovery, the body had been torn into pieces by the two dogs raised by Old Man Zheng. Yi Zhonghai also went to watch the excitement that time, and was stunned at once.

The miserable appearance of old man Zheng has become an indelible nightmare for Yi Zhonghai. In fact, neighbors, relatives and friends have introduced children to the couple before, some of whom are orphans without parents. But when he thought of these children, Yi Zhonghai remembered the miserable appearance of old man Zheng before his death. He said he didn't want to adopt a child at all, thinking that he would never be able to raise an adopted child well. It would be better to find someone who knows the child well in the yard, and make plans with him so that he can take care of him when he is old.

Yi Zhonghai shook his head, sighed and said, "Xiuying, if we adopt someone else's child, can we really raise him well? How good was Old Zheng to his adopted son at the beginning? He bought him whatever he wanted. But what happened to Old Zheng in the end? Not a single bone was left of his body, and his corpse was eaten by those two dogs. Alas, I don't dare. I don't dare to adopt someone else's child."

Bai Xiuying nodded helplessly. She could understand her husband's worries. She thought for a while and said, "If one doesn't work, we can raise two. If two doesn't work, we can raise three. There will always be one who is grateful and can take care of us in our old age." Yi Zhonghai thought about it and felt that his husband's method was a little interesting.

But when he thought about raising two or three children who were not his own, he shook his head. He was not even 50 years old yet. He thought it was his wife who was not pregnant, so he secretly looked for a widow to try if he could have a child. She would definitely not raise children for others, let alone two or three. Yi Zhonghai thought he was crazy to agree to such an unreasonable request.

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and said, "Xiuying, don't you think raising children is expensive? Raising children does cost money. I'm old now, and it's easy to raise two or three children, but if the children don't take care of us in our old age when they grow up, wouldn't that be a waste of time? If we don't have enough money for our retirement, we two will have to go out and beg for food. As for adopting other people's children, you don't have to talk about it again. I don't agree."

Bai Xiuying sighed. After so many years, she knew her husband's temper better. Yi Zhonghai had a bad temper. As long as he was serious about something, he would never change. Bai Xiuying had just asked tentatively. If Yi Zhonghai agreed, that would be the best. If Yi Zhonghai disagreed, Bai Xiuying would just think of it as a waste of saliva.

As expected, her husband is particularly stubborn. She shook her head helplessly and sat by the window in a daze. Suddenly she thought of He Yuzhu, and after thinking for a while she said, "Zhonghai, I think you should return the living expenses of He Yuzhu and his sister! He Daqing is not dead, and if he returns to Siheyuan, it will be the end of us."

Regarding this matter, Yi Zhonghai snorted coldly and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter. This idiot Zhu has not given face to me, a master, so many times, and he still wants living expenses. How could he be so flattered! As for He Daqing, he has someone like Bai Guafu on his side, so it is impossible for him to let He Daqing come back. If He Daqing comes back, who will help Bai Guafu? I warn you, Bai Xiuying, you can't tell this to anyone, do you understand?"

Seeing her husband's fierce look, Bai Xiuying nodded quickly. Yi Zhonghai snorted coldly. He was still hesitant in his heart. He was still hesitant about whether to list He Yuzhu as a candidate for retirement. He Yuzhu was really a promising guy. If he could provide for them and their husbands in their old age, then they would have no worries for the rest of their lives.

When she got old, He Yuzhu's wife Qin Huairu would serve them during the day, and when He Yuzhu got off work, He Yuzhu would cook for them. Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai felt as if he had lightened up. But thinking about He Yuzhu's attitude towards him, Yi Zhonghai felt annoyed again. He didn't know how he had offended He Yuzhu to make him reject him so much.

Yi Zhonghai said, "I'll go find old lady Long and ask her to give us some advice," and then he walked out of his house and headed for old lady Long's house in the backyard. The moonlight tonight was quite beautiful, but Yi Zhonghai felt it was special. He didn't have the leisure to appreciate the moonlight. He didn't think anything of He Yuzhu before, but now he is getting more and more successful, and Yi Zhonghai is getting annoyed.

I even wondered in my heart, what do you, He Yuzhu, have such a great ability for? If you, He Yuzhu, don't come more often, how can I take the opportunity to help you? If I don't help you, how can the friendship between our two families be established?

When they were about to pass by the door of Liu Haizhong's house, they heard the crying of Liu Guangtian and his brother. Liu Haizhong yelled at the top of his voice, "You two are useless people who only know how to eat, drink and have fun all day long. I must beat you to death today." Then they heard Liu Guangtian's retort, "It was Shazhu who offended you tonight. We brothers didn't offend you. Why did you beat us?"

When Liu Haizhong heard that his son dared to refute him, his dark face turned red with anger. "Okay, okay, you are really my good son. Now you have learned to talk back to me. I let you two talk back, I let you two talk back. I will beat you two bastards to death today." Liu Haizhong swung his belt vigorously, and the Liu Guangtian brothers shed tears in the house.