Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

But at this moment, the deaf old lady in the backyard who had not been seen for a long time came out from the backyard, trembling with a broken wooden stick, and walked towards Sha Zhu's house with her small feet.

After Sha Zhu scolded Qin Huairu and sent her away, he went back to the kitchen to continue working. Just as he took a pot of steamed buns made from two-grain flour out of the pot, he heard the trembling voice of the deaf old lady:

"Zhu Zi, it's me! Grandma is here to see you!"

After hearing the deaf old lady's voice, Sha Zhu's mood suddenly became very complicated, so he turned his head and looked towards the kitchen door.

The deaf old lady was holding the door frame of the kitchen door with one hand. Her waist was much more hunched than before. Her originally rosy skin had now turned sallow. Her figure and face had become much thinner. Even her eyes seemed to have become cloudy. Her whole spirit seemed to be not as good as before.

Sha Zhu had complicated feelings towards this deaf old lady. From Lin Geng, he learned some information about the plot between this deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai against him.

In fact, the deaf old lady was very clear about Yi Zhonghai's calculations against her, because Sha Zhu also knew that the deaf old lady was a very shrewd old woman who had always been very accurate in judging people and things, and knew how to grasp people's hearts. So even Sha Zhu, a fool, thought it was impossible for her to be unaware of Yi Zhonghai's calculations against her.

So ever since he knew about Yi Zhonghai's various plots against him and broke up with Yi Zhonghai, he couldn't face the deaf old lady and hasn't visited her during this period of time.

But on the other hand, the deaf old lady was really good to him. Unlike Yi Zhonghai, she was not calculating against him in every way. It could basically be said that she was really good to him. Yi Zhonghai had been trying to sabotage Sha Zhu's marriage and trying every means to trick Sha Zhu into helping him support the Jia family.

However, the deaf old lady repeatedly and secretly warned Sha Zhu to stay away from the Jia family, especially not to hang around Qin Huairu. She also told Sha Zhu many times that Qin Huairu was not a good woman, and if he did not obey, he would be deceived by this woman.

In addition, the deaf old lady had secretly asked a matchmaker to introduce two candidates to Sha Zhu. Everything was fine at first, but later they were inexplicably rejected by the other party. Now Sha Zhu realized that it must be Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family who were secretly doing bad things about him, saying bad things about him behind his back and scaring the other party away.

So relatively speaking, the deaf old lady was pretty nice to him except for not telling him that Yi Zhonghai was plotting against him. And because of this, Sha Zhu had complicated feelings towards the deaf old lady. He was angry that she knew Yi Zhonghai was plotting against him but didn't remind him, but he was also a little grateful that she treated him pretty well.

When he saw the deaf old lady who seemed to be 10 to 20 years older, Sha Zhu's eyes were complicated. After sighing, he stepped forward to support the deaf old lady and said, "Old lady, why did you think of coming to see me today?"

Seeing Sha Zhu's attitude, the deaf old lady's eyes flashed with joy, so she let Sha Zhu support her and walked into the house. After sitting down in Sha Zhu's house, she said to Sha Zhu dissatisfiedly: "Zhu Zi, why don't you visit grandma in all these days? Grandma is having a hard time now, so she wanted you to go over and talk to her, but you didn't visit her in all these days. Now grandma misses you, so I have to come to see you by myself!"

Sha Zhu was in a complicated mood. He sat aside and looked at the deaf old lady. After a while, he said, "Old lady, it's not that I don't want to see you, it's that I don't know what to say to you. I won't tell you the reason, but you should know it very well. You shouldn't have cooperated with Yi Zhonghai to lie to me all the time!"

The deaf old lady's face froze, and she immediately realized what Sha Zhu meant by these words. She immediately showed embarrassment on her face, and both of them fell silent. After a long time, the deaf old lady sighed and said, "You and Xiao Yi are like this now, is it because of that little beast from the Lin family who instigated you?

Zhuzi, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you should not be ungrateful. Although some things your uncle Yi did were indeed not right, he was really good to you. You should not be ungrateful!

Think about how much your uncle Yi helped you after your father ran off with the widow. You always cause trouble in the yard, but it's because your uncle Yi and I always speak up for you that you're fine, right?

As a human being, you should not be ungrateful. You have beaten your uncle Yi twice in a row. Even if your uncle Yi was a little wrong, you should calm down!

You can't listen to the provocation of the little bastard from the Lin family. In this courtyard, only your uncle Yi and I are really good to you! That little bastard from the Lin family is not a good guy at first glance! Look at what he has done these days? You can't associate with him anymore!"

Sha Zhu's expression froze, but he immediately showed displeasure on his face and shook his head, "Old lady, you shouldn't say that! Although I am not smart enough and sometimes my brain is not very sharp, it doesn't mean that I am really stupid! You can't even tell who is really good to me and who is lying to me, right?

In the past, I was a gangster and was played as a fool by Yi Zhonghai, so I made mistakes and even did a lot of ungrateful things!

I still remember how Aunt Yu treated me and Yu Shui in the past! But later, Yi Zhonghai told me bad things about Aunt Yu every day, saying that Aunt Yu had ulterior motives towards me and Yu Shui. At first, I didn't believe it, but later, when he said more, I began to doubt it!

But now think about it, Aunt Yu's kindness to my brother and me is really good! She never thought about us, but Yi Zhonghai has been cheating me behind my back! I don't want to say more about what he did to me, you know better than me!

Isn't he just afraid that I won't provide for him in his old age if I live a good life? Why can't he just tell me directly? Why does he have to scheme against me? You knew he was scheming against me, but you didn't remind me, and let me be used as a gun by him. You are wrong!

What is ungrateful? I'm not really stupid, I know what ungrateful is!

I didn't remember how good Aunt Yu was to us siblings. After Aunt Yu left, I didn't do any help to Xiaolin. Instead, as soon as Aunt Yu left, I helped outsiders bully Xiaolin. That was truly ungrateful of me!

If you are here to persuade me to reconcile with Yi Zhonghai, then you don't have to say anything more today. I can still tell who is good and who is bad!

Xiaolin is my brother from now on, I will never do the brainless and ungrateful things I did before!"

After hearing what Sha Zhu said, the deaf old lady froze. She looked at Sha Zhu in disbelief and said with trembling lips, "Sha Zhu! You... you... you don't even recognize me as your grandma? You don't even listen to your grandma's words?"

Sha Zhu thought for a while, stood up with a complicated look and said: "Old lady, I also understand why you want to help Yi Zhonghai. Why do you help him hide it from me even though you know that Yi Zhonghai is plotting against me! Isn't it because you are counting on Yi Zhonghai to take care of you in your old age?

If you want to help Yi Zhonghai deceive me for his sake, then there is nothing to say! Please go back! I still have to cook for Yu Shui and Lin Zi here!

Also, don't say bad things about Xiao Lin to me anymore. I know exactly what kind of person Xiao Lin is. Now I finally understand that he is the only person in this yard who has no bad intentions towards me!

If I continue to listen to you, I will probably end up like Yi Zhonghai, with no family left! I won't be able to marry a wife that suits me and have children of my own in this life!

From now on, let’s have less contact with each other! I’ll take you back right now!”