Siheyuan: Struggle in the Red Era

After cleaning the room, He Yushui and Lin Baoyan said goodbye and left. Before leaving, Zhou Kangzhan stuffed two cans of food into their hands.

Jia Zhang, who had been staring at the neighbors, pinched Qin Huairu several times with jealousy: "Why are you so stupid? Why don't you go earlier? If you go earlier, all the canned food will be ours, and we can eat canned food."

Qin Huairu also regretted it. There were four cans in total, two cans for each person. She had never tasted what canned food tasted like, but these two girls could actually take two each!

Bang Geng heard the words "eat canned food". Although he didn't know what it was, he started crying when he heard his grandmother say he could eat it: "Canned food, I want to eat canned food."

"Banggeng wants to eat canned food, so hurry up and get it for him!" Jia Zhang immediately ordered Qin Huairu.

Qin Huairu said with a bitter face: "Mom, where can I get canned food?"

"That Public Security Zhou next door must have some. He's a public security officer. If you go and borrow it, he will definitely be able to lend it to you. Hurry up and go. Didn't you see how hungry Bang Geng is?"

Qin Huairu had no choice but to go out and walk next door.

He Yushui returned home and as soon as he put the can on the table, He Sanmei made fun of him.

"Yushui, you have set your sights on Zhou Gongan. Why don't you wait for your brother to come back and ask him to go to Zhou Gongan to find out what he wants to say."

He Yushui was unhappy: "Sister-in-law, what nonsense are you talking about? Brother Zhou is a public security officer. I was just helping him. Didn't Baoyan go there too?"

After saying that, he ran to the backyard.

Lin Baoyan was waiting for He Yushui.

In the TV series, He Yushui's marriage partner is a policeman, which shows that He Yushui tends to be emotionally inclined towards masculine and upright men, and Zhou Kangzhan is undoubtedly this type of man.

Of course, He Yushui’s performance today does not mean that she really has feelings for Zhou Kangzhan. This may also be a kind of enthusiasm of girls for their idols, just like the little girls in later generations who, when they see their favorite idols, want to run over to talk, take a photo, etc., and even kiss and hug if there are no security guards to stop them.

"Baoyan, Baoyan, I'm coming in." At the door, He Yushui called out twice symbolically, then pushed the door open and came in.

Lin Baoyan stared at He Yushui, making He Yushui feel uncomfortable.

"Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Look, did the sun rise from the west today? They never drink rain water on their own initiative, but they actually took the initiative to help the new neighbor clean up."

"Hey, isn't Brother Zhou a police officer? It's normal for me to help with cleaning." He Yushui rolled her eyes. How come Lin Baoyan is just like her sister-in-law.

Lin Baoyan nodded. From her expression, she didn't seem to be interested. She was probably just in the mood of chasing a star, so she didn't want to say more about it.

"Well, it's quite normal. Public Security Comrade is here to protect our country and the people, so it's only natural for us to help him. Besides, he gave us such precious canned food. To be honest, we got the best deal. If I didn't know who you are, I would have thought you were taking advantage of us on purpose."

There were two cans of food, one was a can of meat and the other was a can of fruit. They were not only expensive but also very rare. They didn't have any tickets at all, so they couldn't buy them even if they wanted to.

He Yushui glared at Lin Baoyan and said, "You think I'm Qin Huairu. You came here just because you saw an opportunity to take advantage. You saw that both of us were helping, but you still pretended to let her take a break. Hey, whose sister is she? She's obviously Jia's sister, but she insists on calling herself sister. What's the meaning of that?"

Lin Baoyan didn't understand why she called herself sister. She was just an unimportant person anyway, so there was no need to pay too much attention to her.

He pulled He Yushui to sit down, took a plate of melon seeds, opened the textbook, and asked He Yushui for advice.

She originally thought that since she was at least a junior high school graduate in her previous life, she could easily go back to elementary school. However, after actually going to school and studying, she realized that in her previous life, not only did she not graduate from junior high school, her elementary school diploma was probably fake.

She flipped through He Yushui's textbooks for grades four, five and six. The fourth grade was okay, she could handle it by memorizing more, but there was really no one to guide her in the politics, history and geography of grades five and six, so she couldn't learn it by herself.

School is about to start, and He Yushui will be living in the school dormitory. She will have to study on her own. If she doesn't ask more questions now while she is still at home, she will have no one to ask when the time comes.

He Yushui was eating melon seeds while giving Lin Baoyan some advice.

"No, that's not what it means here. You should understand it this way. Look, isn't it all stated in the book?"

"Oh, it's mentioned here, I read it too quickly and didn't pay attention."

"Why are you so anxious? Haven't you already skipped a grade to the fourth grade? Are you planning to skip another grade?"

"If possible, I would definitely like to continue to skip grades. I'm almost 12 years old."

"Oh, when is your birthday?"

"April 1st. Oh, and the day after tomorrow will be the Rain Water Day, which is also your birthday."

"Yes, I was born on the day of Yushui. My family's generation name is Yu, so my father named me Yushui."

"Your dad is really good at naming. If you were born in the Big Snow or Small Snow season, would you be named Yuxue? Weather forecast says there will be rain and snow tomorrow, so please be careful when traveling. Hahaha~"

"I'll make it rainy and snowy. I'll make it rainy and snowy."

"Ah~~Please spare me, I won't dare to do it again."

After the two of them finished playing around, they continued studying.

"Your sister-in-law is home alone, is that okay?"

"What's the problem? She is very diligent. She felt that the house I cleaned for my brother was not clean enough, so she ordered my brother around before the New Year and made him clean the entire main house again." He Yushui's tone was a little sour.

Lin Baoyan deliberately said enviously: "Hey, you are so lucky. You used to have to clean your brother's house, but now your brother has married his sister-in-law, you are finally free and don't have to worry about your brother's hygiene problems anymore. To be honest, your brother's room has such a good location and great lighting, but once you enter the room, it feels so old."

"If you want to say it's dirty, just say it directly. My sister-in-law has already said it. Otherwise, why would she have forced my brother to clean for two whole days before the New Year?" He Yushui rolled her eyes. Although he was her brother, he really didn't pay attention to hygiene.

"So, do you think there are any results?"

"Well, the room is indeed much cleaner and brighter."

The two were studying and chatting in the backyard, unaware that in the middle courtyard, the Jia family was causing trouble again.

After listening to Jia Zhang's words, Qin Huairu went next door to ask Zhou Kangzhan to borrow canned food.

"What? You said you came to borrow a can from me?" Zhou Kangzhan was so shocked that he almost dropped the rag.

Although he had been introduced to the personalities and behaviors of several key residents in this courtyard in advance, Zhou Kangzhan was a soldier who had just returned from the battlefield, and his mind was unable to understand some of their strange behaviors for a while.

So, when he heard Qin Huairu come over and say so directly that her child had not eaten meat for a long time and was lacking nutrition, and that she saw him give two cans of meat to He Yushui and knew that his family had meat, so she came over to borrow some for the child, he was really shocked.

Remembering what a former resident said about Jia Zhang being difficult to deal with, Zhou Kangzhan refused directly: "I don't have any cans left. Sorry, I can't lend them to you."

After saying that, he closed the door.