Siheyuan: The Newborn of Silly Pillars

Chapter 9

Early mornings in old Peking were noisy. In the courtyard, couples bickered, children cried, toilets were poured, and people greeted each other. The noisy voices outlined the unique atmosphere of life in this era.

He Yuzhu, who was awakened by the sound of pouring water hitting the pool outside the door, opened his eyes suddenly, staring at the roof with the wooden keel exposed.He Yuzhu slowly came back to his senses.He got up and reached out to take off the tuxedo hanging on the wall, quickly put it on and pressed it with his right hand, and it changed into a work clothes lined with a cotton jacket.

Came to the outhouse which also served as the kitchen, pulled the latch, pushed the door open, stepped out of the room and stretched.

Looking down, Qin Huairu was washing the children's clothes.

"Silly got up, you got up later than me recently, now you don't need to start the breakfast in the factory." Qin Huairu turned her head and smiled.

"Morning, Miss Qin." He Yuzhu didn't answer Widow Qin's words either.

Now he has as little contact with her as he can, and often pretends not to hear her, and outsiders can't find him out if they hear her.

"Crack~~"

The door of the west wing opened suddenly.The fat body of the second uncle Liu Haizhong came out from inside.

"The pillar is up, today is a good day." Liu Haizhong looked up at the sky and said.

"Yes, Second Uncle. You are busy first, and I will make it easier for you first."

"Hey~ Hurry up. I'll tell you something when I come back."

"Hey, okay, I have something to tell you."

After finishing speaking, he went back to the house, took the paper, walked down the steps at the door, and ran to the front yard.

"Second uncle, what you want to tell Shazhu is about repairing the deaf old lady's house." Qin Huairu answered.

"Well, when I came back yesterday, I saw that the cement in the door opening was ready. Last week, Sha Zhu said that he would repair the house for his grandma. Isn't this the chimney leak on the west wall of my house? When it's windy, it will go smoothly. Smoke was coming out of the cracks. It happened to use the cement of the pillars to wipe down the west wall of my house." Liu Haizhong threw a hot towel from the washbasin at the door of the back room, and continued to speak while wiping his face.

"I don't take advantage of the pillars either. I used the sand left over from last year's kang for the pillars." Liu Haizhong squinted his eyes and told Widow Qin a word.

When Qin Huairu heard what Liu Haizhong said, he also put an end to his plan of asking Shazhu to help him repair the roof of his house.

Ever since He Yuzhu crossed over to this world, he split up and wooed each other, and complimented a few of the uncles for a little sweetness.No one will pick up on Qin Huairu's calculations that usually come and go.

Qin Huairu is unwilling to give up, and he is hooking up the fool in his mouth in every way, and continues to serve their family of five.

It's convenient for He Yuzhu to finish here.Then we left the alley and lined up at the entrance of the state-run hotel for a while.Bought a few big fritters.

"Lighted a fire in the furnace, glowing red,
The same chores are different.

On weekdays, I only cook rough tea and light rice, but today I cook chicken soup for my relatives. "

Humming the Peking Opera jokes from "Red Cloud Hill", she walked unsteadily towards the house.None of the neighbors passing by in the alley could see any change in Shazhu.It's still the chef who doesn't have any plans all day long and puts everything on his face.

Just arrived at the gate, looked down, good guy.The tattered quilt in the doorway was cut into two pieces by Yan Bugui, and they were folded, covering the whole ramp in a daze.

"It's really fucking meticulous. If you have this heart in future generations, you can be a construction worker in a construction unit, and the house will not leak." He Yuzhu complained in his heart.

Going back to the house, I lit the stove that had been extinguished.Warm up last night's leftovers.Went to the door of the rain and patted the door.

"Sister, get up and eat. The fritters won't taste good any later."

"I heard you, don't call you. It's hard to go home and want to sleep in. It always wakes me up." He Yushui's angry voice came from the room.

He Yuzhu smiled, and glanced in the direction of Qin Huairu's house.A figure disappeared through the window.

"If you want to eat fritters, buy them yourself. You won't be greedy to death. A nest of white-eyed wolves." He Yuzhu thought.

"Zhuzi, come to my room after dinner, I have something to tell you!" Liu Haizhong's voice came from the west wing.

"Come on, the second uncle must catch up with you before you go to work." He knew what Liu Haizhong wanted from him.

That day He Yuzhu said he was going to repair the house for the old lady, and he produced the cement himself. When Liu Haizhong mentioned the sand, He Yuzhu knew that he was planning something.

After washing his face and setting the table, He Yushui rubbed his eyes and entered the house as soon as the leftovers came out of the pan.

Reach out to grab the fritters.

"Crack~"

He Yushui retracted his hand in a jerk.stared at her brother.

"Why hit me?"

"It's such a big girl, what kind of habit is she eating without washing her hands?"

"It's hard for me to take a day off, and I'll go back to sleep after eating. I won't wash it, it's so cold. Let's talk when I get up."

As he spoke, he pulled out the stool and sat down and began to gobble it up.

He Yuzhu shook his head slightly and didn't say anything about her.

He also sat down and grabbed the remaining braised pork with his sister.

The two brothers and sisters fought with chopsticks and quarreled and finished their breakfast.Yu Shui dropped his chopsticks and ran away, turning around and saying:
"Brother, you come to wash the dishes, I'm going back to catch up on sleep."

"Go, go. It's time for you to put on some fat, too. Look at how skinny you are."

(End of this chapter)