Chapter 137: Stirring up internal strife in the Yan family

If He Yuzhu knew what Qin Huairu was thinking, he would definitely sneer: "Qin Huairu, you're dreaming."

He Yuzhu doing this was to make Qin Huairu's family restless. He Yuzhu knew Bang Geng too well. Bang Geng perfectly inherited all of Jia Zhangshi's shortcomings and stupidity. Hearing that he was going to Donglaishun, Bang Geng would definitely make a scene.

Sure enough, Bang Geng made a scene. Just as Qin Huairu was feeling annoyed, He Yuzhu took He Yushui and walked out of the middle courtyard triumphantly. Just as he entered the front courtyard, He Yuzhu was pulled by Yan Bugui.

"Teacher Yan, what's the matter?" He Yuzhu asked.

"Zhuzi, you're going to Donglaishun to eat instant-boiled mutton, right? Don't misunderstand, I don't want you to take me, I want to say, can you bring the remaining soup base back for me?" After Yan Bugui finished speaking, he took out a bowl from behind him.

This bowl was no smaller than the ancestral sea bowl of Qin Huairu's family.

"Wait until you bring the soup base back, Zhuzi, I'll dilute it with some water, and then boil some cabbage and potatoes to eat. Although there is no meat, there is a meaty taste. Zhuzi, just look at my old age and help me," Yan Bugui said with a flattering face.

He Yuzhu couldn't help but roll his eyes. Only Yan Bugui could calculate to this extent. However, Yan Bugui wasn't as greedy as Qin Huairu. Yan Bugui just wanted to drink some soup, while Qin Huairu not only wanted to eat meat but also wanted to take the pot away, and after eating and drinking, she would scold the cook.

Although Yan Bugui wasn't greedy, this bad habit of taking advantage of everything was quite annoying. I can give, but you can't ask.

He Yuzhu glanced at the Yan siblings peeking at the window and said: "No problem, but I don't know what time I'll be back. Let Jiecheng guard the door."

He Yuzhu felt that Yan Bugui's family wasn't noisy enough and decided to let Yan Bugui's family be noisy again.

Hearing this, Yan Jiecheng immediately ran out of the house, patted his chest, and guaranteed: "Brother Zhuzi, go with peace of mind, I'll guard the door for you."

Yan Jiecheng thought very simply. When He Yuzhu brought the soup base back, he would drink two mouthfuls first, so as not to dilute it with water after taking it home, and the taste would become light.

"Jiefang and Jiecheng, you two guard the door for your Brother Zhuzi." Yan Bugui saw Yan Jiecheng's plan at a glance, so he let Yan Jiefang watch Yan Jiecheng, so as not to let Yan Jiecheng take advantage of it.

He Yuzhu didn't care how Yan Bugui arranged it, as long as it wasn't Yan Bugui and his wife guarding the door. He Yuzhu picked up the basin in Yan Bugui's hand and set off.

After the two arrived at Donglaishun, He Yushui couldn't wait to eat and drink. It was clear that she had been hungry for a long time. He Yuzhu ate unhurriedly.

It must be said that in this period, there was no such thing as food safety, let alone technology and harsh work. Everything was pure natural, pure green, and pollution-free.

Until He Yushui's stomach was round and she was hiccuping, He Yuzhu stopped. After He Yuzhu finished paying the bill, he packed it up with Yan Bugui's sea bowl and put all the leftovers into the bowl. Anyway, the Yan family didn't care.

"Brother, are you really bringing it to Old Miser Yan? Isn't it bad to bring it home? We can eat another meal tomorrow," He Yushui said with heartache.

"Want to eat? Brother will take you here again tomorrow. Tell you a secret, Brother has plenty of money, can't spend it all, really can't spend it all," He Yuzhu said indifferently.

If he didn't give these leftovers and soup to the Yan family, how would the Yan family make a scene?

"What about the coupons?" He Yushui asked.

He Yushui already knew that her brother had knocked a large sum of money from Yi Zhonghai, so she naturally didn't care about the money, but cared about the coupons.

"There are plenty of coupons too." He Yuzhu casually took out a few meat coupons and stuffed them into He Yushui's hands.

He Yushui took them and counted them. There were ten coupons, and the face value of each coupon was one catty.

"Brother, where did you get so many coupons? You didn't get them from the black market, did you? You should go to that kind of place less," He Yushui said worriedly.

"What are you thinking? It was given to me by Deputy Factory Director Li Huaide. I cooked a meal for his father-in-law a few days ago, and he gave it to me," He Yuzhu said indifferently.

"How does he have so many coupons?" He Yushui asked.

"Heh, Yushui, you're going to high school anyway, why do you ask such a childish question? I ask you, who printed these coupons?" He Yuzhu asked.

"Of course, the relevant departments," He Yushui said.

"You should just say the higher-ups. Li Huaide's father-in-law is a member of the higher-ups. With his ability, let alone ten catties of meat coupons, he could easily get one hundred catties of meat coupons. You can't imagine the happiness and joy of the people above," He Yuzhu said.

"But... but, the book says that everyone is the same, as long as the division of labor is different, there is no distinction between high and low," He Yushui said hesitantly.

"It is true that people are not high or low, but there are three, six, and nine grades. Let's not talk about anything else, can you compare with Li Huaide?" He Yuzhu asked.

"Uh... no," He Yushui said.

"Then there's nothing else to say. Just know some things, don't talk about them outside, otherwise, it will be a disaster. Let's go, let's go home in a while and watch Yan Bugui beat his children," He Yuzhu laughed.

"How could Old Miser Yan beat his children? The one who beats children is Second Uncle Liu Haizhong. Unfortunately, Liu Haizhong went to the Third Front. Otherwise, we could still hear the miserable screams of Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu," He Yushui said gloatingly.

"Old Miser Yan will also beat his children. You'll see in a while," He Yuzhu said.

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, he took He Yushui and returned to the Siheyuan leisurely. Just as they arrived at the Siheyuan gate, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang rushed out, their eyes staring straight at the sea bowl in He Yuzhu's hand, their noses sniffing, and their throats constantly bulging. It seemed they were quite greedy.

"Brother Zhuzi..." Yan Jiecheng said excitedly, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by He Yuzhu's shushing sound.

"Shh~ keep your voice down, smell it, is it fragrant?" He Yuzhu said.

"Fragrant, too fragrant," Yan Jiecheng couldn't help but say, and then reached out to take it.

"Jiecheng, such a fragrant soup base, are you going to dilute it with water, or just eat it with boiled cabbage, potatoes, etc.? This soup base is enough. Before I came, I specifically asked the waiter to fill it up."

"According to my guess, your father definitely won't be willing to finish it at once. According to this weather, it will take at least three days to eat, and it has to be diluted with water each time. If it were winter, it would probably take a week to eat."

"Eating it so many times, and adding so much water, is there any taste? What's the difference between this and boiled cabbage and boiled potatoes?"

"According to me, you two brothers go to my place, eat 80% of these first, and then add some water to take home to deal with your old man. Anyway, he has to add water to eat," He Yuzhu said unhurriedly.

Hearing this, Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang looked at each other and nodded tacitly.

Afterward, the four of them tiptoed toward He Yuzhu's house. The night at this time was pitch black, and the courtyard couldn't afford to turn on the lights.

Yan Bugui was even more frugal. Let alone turning on the lights at home, he didn't even want to turn on the kerosene lamp. He lay in the pitch-black house waiting for He Yuzhu's return, not knowing at all that the two brothers Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang had already made up their minds to fill their stomachs first.

After arriving at He Yuzhu's house, He Yuzhu lit the stove, poured the soup base and other things from the sea bowl into the pot, and cut a cabbage and a few potatoes for the Yan brothers. The two brothers started to eat hot pot around the stove.

Although there was no base material or meat, He Yuzhu brought back enough soup base, and the two ate happily. They didn't notice at all that He Yuzhu not only opened the door but also opened the window.

For a time, the smell of hot pot began to spread. The first to smell it was Bang Geng of Qin Huairu's family.

"It must be Shazhu who is back. I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!" Bang Geng howled directly.

At this time, it was the dead of night. Bang Geng's howling made Yan Bugui in the front courtyard vaguely hear Bang Geng's howling. At first, Yan Bugui didn't care, thinking Bang Geng was crying to eat meat again. Yan Bugui lay on the bed without moving.

Yan Bugui's family didn't eat dinner at all, just waiting for this meal at night.

A moment later, Yan Bugui also vaguely smelled the smell of hot pot, thinking He Yuzhu was back, so he shouted for Yan Jiecheng. Seeing that Yan Jiecheng didn't respond, Yan Bugui shouted for Yan Jiefang again, but neither of them responded. Yan Bugui suddenly reacted and jumped off the bed, running out of the house.

As soon as he ran out of the house, the smell of hot pot was even heavier. Yan Bugui ran to the gate and saw that there was no sign of Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, so he slapped his thigh and reacted.

"You two little rabbits dare to eat alone." Yan Bugui was furious and ran quickly to He Yuzhu's house in the middle courtyard.

As soon as he arrived at the door of He Yuzhu's house, he saw Qin Huairu with Bang Geng and Xiao Dang around He Yuzhu's stove.

Qin Huairu was tearful and was talking about how difficult her family was, asking Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang to leave some for them; Xiao Dang was drooling while watching Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang eating and drinking;

Bang Geng directly reached out to grab it, but was pushed to the ground by Yan Jiecheng. Bang Geng immediately rolled on the ground, a perfect copy of Jia Zhangshi.

Not only that, Bang Geng also learned from Jia Zhangshi and performed the Undead Summoning Technique.

"Old Jia, Dongxu, hurry up and come up to see. I'm almost bullied to death by Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang. Hurry up and come up to take them away," Bang Geng cried while rolling on the ground.

Qin Huairu's face turned black, and she said in a deep voice: "Bang Geng, what nonsense are you talking about? Get up quickly!"

"I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat. Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang, these two dead people, won't give me meat to eat, so I won't get up," Bang Geng cried.

He Yuzhu and He Yushui were watching the excitement on the side.

Seeing He Yuzhu unmoved, Qin Huairu quickly cried misery: "Zhuzi, Stick is still a child, growing his body. I, the mother, have no ability and can't buy meat for the child. You pity your sister and give Stick some meat to eat."

"Qin Huairu, there is no meat in this pot at all. It's just some soup base, medicine, and leftovers. There is no meat, how can you ask me to conjure meat for you? Besides, this is not my thing. I gave it to Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang. This is their thing. They are just using my house to eat some food. You should ask them for it," He Yuzhu spread his hands and said helplessly.

"Yushui, help your sister persuade your brother." Seeing that she couldn't move He Yuzhu, Qin Huairu looked at He Yushui.

"Sister Qin, it's not that I won't help you, but my brother has indeed promised to give the soup base and medicine to the Yan family. For this, my brother also added a cabbage and six potatoes. Besides, look at Jiecheng and Jiefang, they are like dogs guarding food. Do I dare to speak?" He Yushui said helplessly.

At this time, Yan Bugui had just arrived. Hearing He Yuzhu describe Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang as dogs guarding food, his face turned black. Seeing Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang eating cabbage and drinking soup in big mouthfuls, his face turned even blacker.

"Stop! You two wasteful things, how did I tell you? Come home after getting the soup base and materials. Good, you actually started eating alone." After Yan Bugui finished speaking, he looked around, grabbed the rolling pin from He Yuzhu's house, and knocked on the heads of Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang.

The two brothers Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang were also ruthless people. Even if they were knocked, they remained unmoved, like starving ghosts reincarnated, seizing this limited time to stuff food into their mouths infinitely.

Yan Bugui was almost fainted with anger and couldn't help but increase his strength. Yan Bugui was like knocking a groundhog, knocking the heads of the two brothers hard until they couldn't take it anymore and stopped.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu wanted to take the pot and leave during the chaos, but was pushed away by Third Dama who came later. Then, Third Dama took the pot and ran home.

Qin Huairu wanted to chase, but was stopped by Yan Bugui; Stick wanted to chase, but was stopped by Yan Jiekua.

Bang Geng was so angry that he screamed.

Yan Jiekua let Stick scream, unmoved at all, quite having the meaning of "let him be strong, the breeze blows on the hills."

Until Third Aunt shouted for the Yan family to go home, Yan Jiekua made a mocking remark full of contempt for Stick, and then jumped home.

"You two little rabbits, come home with me too!" Yan Bugui said fiercely, then turned to leave.

"Third Uncle, my rolling pin and my pot," He Yuzhu laughed.

"Oh, forgot." Yan Bugui put down the rolling pin and said: "Zhuzi, I will let Jiedi wash your pot clean and send it to you."

After Yan Bugui finished speaking, he took Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang home, leaving Bang Geng crying and rolling on the ground, Qin Huairu crying without tears, and the crowd watching the excitement.

"Scatter, scatter~" He Yuzhu waved his hand, and the crowd dispersed.

"Zhuzi, can't you help your sister?" Qin Huairu stomped her feet and said pitifully.

"Sister Qin~ my family is also having a hard time. I have to support my sister. Your Bang Geng is hungry, and my Yushui is also hungry. I have to save the good food for our Yushui. Your Bang Geng is a child, and our Yushui is also a child."

"How about this, you go find Street Director Wang and let Director Wang find you some work like pasting matchboxes. You can take it home and let Bang Geng do it. This way, you can earn money and exercise Bang Geng's ability to support himself, so Bang Geng doesn't steal things everywhere."

"If Bang Geng earns money, he can eat whatever he wants. At that time, will he still need to beg me? Perhaps, I will have to beg you to help me. After all, your brother's family is having a hard time~" He Yuzhu spread his hands and said.

Qin Huairu was so angry that she rolled her eyes. Bang Geng, who was rolling on the ground, heard it and stood up from the ground immediately.

"Shazhu, is what you said true? Can I earn money too?" Bang Geng widened his eyes and said seriously.

"That's right. I forgot how much it costs to paste a matchbox, but this work is not difficult. You are so smart, you will learn it after watching it twice. It's just that I don't know if your mother will let you do it," He Yuzhu said meaningfully.

Many people did subsidize their families by taking this kind of work. However, those who did this kind of work were all difficult families living below the poverty line.

Qin Huairu was not among the difficult families, so whether she could get this work was an unknown.

If she could get it, it was naturally a good thing, so Bang Geng wouldn't be idle and steal things. Never underestimate a child's persistence. They could do anything to earn money.

If she couldn't get this work, that was Qin Huairu's problem. At that time, Bang Geng would definitely make a scene with Qin Huairu. No matter how big the scene was, as long as it started, it was what He Yuzhu loved to see.

Hearing this, Bang Geng turned to look at Qin Huairu. Qin Huairu thought about it and felt it was a good thing, so she nodded and said: "This is true. Tomorrow is the weekend. Tomorrow Mom will go to Director Wang's house and ask."

After Qin Huairu finished speaking, she glared at He Yuzhu and took Bang Geng home.

"Brother, are you still thinking about Qin Huairu?" He Yushui asked suddenly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 138 =====