Siheyuan: With a system in place, you don’t need to worry in times of famine

With an idea in mind, Sha Zhu fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, it was already dawn.

After putting on his clothes and shoes, Sha Zhu walked out. Seeing He Daqing busying around, Sha Zhu said nothing.

He has gotten to know He Daqing's appetite over time.

If you think about it carefully, even if He Daqing eats as much as he can, there wouldn't be that few dishes in the cellar.

Moreover, he also found that the amount of bean flour at home had dropped much less than before.

He definitely wouldn't believe that there was nothing fishy about this.

"Shazhu, get up, the food is almost ready, you can send some to Yushui and the others later."

When He Daqing looked up, he saw Sha Zhu staring at him. His heart skipped a beat and he immediately put on a smile and started talking.

"Well, I'll go wash up first."

Sha Zhu nodded and went out.

Upon seeing this, He Daqing breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at Sha Zhu's expression, it was clear that he was watching him even more closely. It seemed that he had to be more careful in the future.

After dinner, Sha Zhu left and walked to the front yard. Seeing the three aunts busying around, he came up with a plan:

"Third Auntie, she's busy."

"Yeah, that's right, Silly Zhu, are you going to work?"

The third aunt just looked up at Sha Zhu and continued to work on her things.

"Third Auntie, let me ask you something. Have you seen any unusual behavior from He Daqing during this period?!"

Sha Zhu came up to the three aunts and asked in a low voice.

"He Daqing?"

The third aunt stopped what she was doing, glanced at Sha Zhu, and said:

"Isn't he your father?

Why are you calling me by my full name?!"

“You can call him whatever you want. He abandoned me and Yu Shui, and the pain he brought to us is not something that can be easily erased.

I am letting him stay here now only because of our blood relationship. As for whether I forgive him or not, that depends on his performance."

After Sha Zhu said this, Auntie understood, thought hard for a while, and continued to explain:

"There's nothing different. Apart from going out occasionally, He Daqing rarely walks around the yard."

"That's fine, Auntie. Thank you."

After hearing what the third aunt said, Sha Zhu smiled:

"I would also like to ask Third Aunt for a favor. Just keep an eye on He Daqing's movements for me.

You see, I'm usually very busy at work, so I can't take care of everything at home.

To be honest, I was actually quite worried that He Daqing would leave without warning like he did before, and take away all the money in the family, leaving no chance for me and Yu Shui to survive.

If it weren't for the old man, I think Yu Shui and I would have been dead by now..."

"Okay, it's nothing, I'll just watch over it for you."

When the three aunts heard this, they immediately agreed.

She could understand Sha Zhu's worries. In the past, she might have just said it lip service.

But now Sha Zhu is Ye Fei's brother-in-law, and their family has received so many benefits because of Ye Fei, so naturally she has to be more attentive.

"Thank you very much, Auntie."

Sha Zhu thanked him sincerely and then strode away.

The three aunts continued to work on their things. What neither of them noticed was that He Daqing had been hiding not far away, listening to their conversation.

Looking at Sha Zhu's disappearing back, He Daqing's face darkened.

He had made so many efforts, but he didn't expect that Sha Zhu was still worried about him.

This wolf cub is such an ungrateful person!

Time passed day by day, and in the blink of an eye, it was the day when He Daqing and Widow Bai had an appointment.

Because he lived in a courtyard house with many people around, he couldn't move around casually, so he made an appointment with the White Widow to meet every three days.

Today is exactly the three-day appointment, but he has just been suspected by Sha Zhu, so it is a little unrealistic for him to go to the cellar to get something now.

Fortunately, he had been more careful in the past two days and saved some of his own lunch. Together with today's lunch, it should be enough to satisfy the two children's cravings.

After packing everything, He Daqing took his things and went to the mountain.

The third aunt watched He Daqing's every move in the room and took note of it quietly in her heart.

......

On the mountain.

The two children of the White Widow had already become impatient waiting. They were not well fed or clothed in this mountain area, and basically relied on the things sent by He Daqing.

As the agreed time was approaching, they were full of anticipation.

"Brother, why hasn't He Daqing come yet?

I’m starving.”

"Wait a little longer, maybe he'll be here soon."

"Is He Daqing not coming?!

Usually at this time, he would have gone up the mountain."

"Here it comes, here it comes..."

Just as the White Widow's youngest son was muttering to himself, He Daqing finally appeared, and the two children immediately surrounded him excitedly.

But when they saw that He Daqing had nothing in his hands, their faces frowned together:

"Where's the food you brought us?"

"Why is there no food?

Are you planning to starve us to death?"

"Don't worry, let's go in first."

He Daqing didn't explain much and entered the cave first.

When he saw the White Widow, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes:

"Look what I brought you."

As he said this, he took out two potatoes, two eggs, a handful of peanuts, and some bean flour from his arms.

But there was very little bean flour, less than half a pound.

Widow Bai took a look at what He Daqing took out and frowned:

"Why did you only bring so little this time?"

“I brought too much before, and Sha Zhu has become suspicious.

Even this time when I came out, I did it secretly.

These things are all the food I saved these days, hurry up and make some for the child."

"What? There's not even any meat. We want to eat meat."

"Who can eat this little bit of food?!"

Before the White Widow could say anything, the two children had already started to express their dissatisfaction.

They waited so hard for He Daqing to show up, just to eat these? !

"Take your brother and go cook first. Your Uncle He and I have something to talk about."

As soon as the White Widow opened her mouth, her two sons curled their lips at the same time, then took their things and went out.

"What's going on?

I was doing fine before, why am I being suspected now?"

Widow Bai asked worriedly, if He Daqing was really discovered, how would the three of them live? !

"I guess I took too much. I thought they didn't have a limit on the amount of food in the cellar, but who knew there was a limit..."

After listening to Sha Zhu's explanation, Bai Guafu fell silent for a long time before she spoke:

"This is not a solution, Daqing, do you have any other ideas?"