What if I haven't seen Siheyuan?

Yan Xiaoyao walked to the central courtyard and saw Qin Huairu bending over and scrubbing clothes vigorously under the faucet.

He smiled and joked: "Qin Huairu, you are really diligent. You are washing clothes here so early in the morning. It will be warmer when the sun comes out!"

Qin Huairu raised her head, smiled and rolled her eyes at him, raised her hand to wipe the sweat off her forehead, and greeted him happily: "It's a day off today, so where have you been so early in the morning?"

As soon as she finished speaking, her eyes fell on the roast duck hanging on his bicycle. She smiled and joked, "Haha, I guess you've been craving for it so early in the morning that you even ran so far to buy roast duck."

Yan Xiaoyao shook his head helplessly and said with a smile: "I'm not as greedy as you say. My house has just been renovated, and all the old furniture has been sold to the third uncle's family. I took advantage of the free time these two days to buy some furniture from the commission store."

Qin Huairu also remembered this. Last time, Jia Zhang and Yan Bugui almost had a fight over the old furniture in Yan Xiaoyao's house.

Then she said to him with a smile: "I was planning to go to your house to help you clean after I finished washing the clothes. In this case, I will help you clean after you get your furniture back!"

"Okay, then I'll go back first. Come over again when the furniture arrives." Yan Xiaoyao smiled and waved his hand, then continued walking towards the backyard.

Qin Huairu looked at his back, responded softly, and lowered her head to continue washing clothes.

As a result, as soon as he walked to the backyard, Yan Xiaoyao felt someone staring at him. When he turned around, as expected, he was being stared at by the deaf old lady again.

The deaf old lady came over tremblingly with a cane, staring at the roast duck hanging on his cart, sniffed hard, and greeted him with a smile, "Hey, what good stuff did you buy again? Hurry up and give it to me to try."

Looking at the deaf old lady in front of him with a face full of expectation, Yan Xiaoyao's forehead instantly had a black line. He was speechless and felt that he really didn't check the almanac before going out today.

This time, returning home is like passing a checkpoint, with flies coming one after another.

However, looking at the deaf old lady in front of him, Yan Xiaoyao couldn't help but think of what she said last time. He began to wonder in his heart, thinking that these words did not match the deaf old lady's usual personality.

Yan Xiaoyao pondered secretly and decided to test her to see if she really wanted to repay the favor of her previous life's parents as she said last time, or if she had some other ulterior motive to deceive him.

Then he smiled and said, "That's easy. I'll go home and park the car first, then I'll cut half for you so you can have a taste."

When the deaf old lady heard this, she was so happy that her eyes narrowed into slits, and she kept saying, "Okay, okay, I'll wait for you at home."

Yan Xiaoyao returned home, parked the car steadily, then cut half of the roast duck into two pieces, wrapped them in oil paper and sent them to the deaf old lady's house.

The deaf old lady stared at the roast duck, nodded with satisfaction, and said happily: "You are really filial. You know how to honor me with delicious food."

Listening to the deaf old lady's words, Yan Xiaoyao felt a little nauseous. He secretly complained in his heart: I don't have a shameless elder like you. No matter how familiar you are with others, you want to take advantage of good things for free when you see them. You are really shameless.

But he still suppressed his disgust, forced a smile, and said, "Didn't I tell you last time that as long as you don't get involved in the affairs between me and Yi Zhonghai, I will send you some of the delicious food in the future so that you can have a taste of it too."

After hearing what he said, the deaf old lady finally took her eyes off the roast duck.

She thought about it for a while, thinking that although Yi Zhonghai usually asked the third aunt to help take care of his daily life, he could only eat meat a few times a year, and every day he either had cornmeal porridge or steamed corn bread.

In the past, Sha Zhu would occasionally bring some meat dishes from the factory to satisfy his cravings, but ever since Yi Zhonghai plotted against the Jia family, all of Sha Zhu's food went into the Jia family's stomachs.

Yan Xiaoyao sent me roast duck twice not long ago, so I can’t let this “big fish” go easily.

She wanted to bet on both sides, between him and Yi Zhonghai, without offending anyone.

After thinking for a while, the deaf old lady narrowed her eyes and said, "You have to be careful of Yi Zhonghai during this period. He was punished because of you last time, and he came to tell me that he was going to deal with you. You have to be careful during this period, don't let him catch you."

Yan Xiaoyao had expected Yi Zhonghai to deal with him, but he did not expect the deaf old lady to remind him so directly.

They say old men become more cunning and old horses become more slippery.

The deaf old lady's actions made Yan Xiaoyao a little unsure. He really couldn't guess what the old lady was thinking.

After thinking it over quickly in his head, he decided to do something ruthless and try a big move.

Yan Xiaoyao continued to probe: "Old lady, I am not afraid of Yi Zhonghai causing trouble. As long as he dares to cause trouble to me, I promise to make him pay the price. But I have another matter that I would like you to pay attention to for me."

He paused, and then continued, "Isn't this Qin Huairu from the Jia family? She has been transferred to work in my infirmary. She wants me to take care of her more in the infirmary, so she plans to come to my room to help me wash clothes and cook when she has time. I can't persuade her here."

"I'll have to trouble you to keep an eye on the yard and avoid any messy rumors spreading."

Yan Xiaoyao thought to himself that since Jia Zhang had already been persuaded by Qin Huairu's sugar-coated bullets, he would not be afraid even if the old woman really had some shady tricks at that time.

Anyway, as long as they are not caught in bed, it won't be a big problem because of my status as a martyr's relative. Maybe I can even bite them back if things go wrong.

After hearing what he said, the deaf old lady couldn't help showing a little surprise on her face, and thought to herself: Didn't he just invite Yu Li from the third uncle's family to do housework at his house some time ago? How come Qin Huairu shows up now?

But as an experienced person, she quickly understood the meaning of Yan Xiaoyao's words.

It turned out that he was hooking up with Qin Huairu from the Jia family. No wonder an aunt told her a few days ago that Qin Huairu now rides a bicycle and the living conditions of the Jia family are also improving sharply.

Moreover, a few days ago, when she smelled the aroma of meat wafting from the Jia family, she went to ask for a bowl of meat soup.

But the deaf old lady was still very confused. Yan Xiaoyao's personality had changed drastically since his mother passed away, and his mind had become much more profound. It was impossible for him to trust her just because of what he said last time.

But I really couldn't understand why he told me such an important thing so easily, without worrying at all that I would tell Yi Zhonghai.