Chapter 147: He Yuzhu Joins the Corrupt Crowd

After finishing work on the deaf old lady's house, Yang Qing and his wife went back.

They were sent over by the old lady, without any thought of helping others.

They finished the task and went straight home, with no psychological burden.

Yi Zhonghai then grabbed Sha Zhu and rushed straight to Liang Ladi's house.

Upon pushing the door open, they saw Liang Ladi bringing several children around to fetch water.

Although it was raining and windy outside, the indoors remained stifling; Liang Ladi was drenched in sweat, and with the house leaking, she got soaked, her clothes sticking to her body.

The flashlight in Yi Zhonghai's hand directly found her body.

Her delicate figure made He Yuzhu's mouth go dry.

He was no longer the innocent youth; he was already a seasoned hand in the field, and this benefit made people's spirits soar.

Yi Zhonghai's voice timely interrupted He Yuzhu's lecherous stare.

"Liang Ladi, we're here to help."

Sha Zhu's appearance was fully taken in by him, his heart relaxed considerably, and like him he was a man of temperament.

"Thank you, Elder, these Zhuzi brothers."

With Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu joining, they quickly sorted out the household items.

Liang Ladi was busy flying about, carefree, and didn't pay attention to her appearance.

Let Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai feast their eyes.

After leaving Liang Ladi's door, Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu exchanged a glance, reaching a tacit understanding as old lechers.

Yi Zhonghai's matter concerning Liu Shumin was deliberately ignored by him.

Sha Zhu didn't expose it, letting Yi Zhonghai breathe a sigh of relief; such things can't stay hidden, and he still needed to visit other households to win people's hearts and, incidentally, feast his eyes.

If Sha Zhu didn't cooperate, there would be no way to continue.

Afterwards, the two went to other people's houses to gain experience.

As the saying goes, having shouldered guns together, braved the cold together, and gone through that together—these are life's three irons.

Now the two tacitly understood each other and strove to help others.

Arriving at Xu Damao's house, they weren't let in; closing the door was Xu Damao's habit, which allowed him to preserve Lou Xiao'e's purity.

This came from being bullied often, giving him experience.

The two then hurried back to Zhengyuan; after visiting several households, they tacitly entered the Jia Family, only to find Qin Huairu already wrapped herself in a blanket.

"Dong Xu, is everything okay here?"

The two were already soaked, but their spirits were high, eyes blazing, their gazes continually sweeping over Qin Huairu's body.

Dong Xu restrained the urge to beat them, "What are you looking at with those eyes?"

Damn it, before Sha Zhu wouldn't even dare glance at Qin Huairu straight on; now his aggressive gaze made Jia Dongxu feel like he'd encountered a wolf.

"It's fine, everything's done."

"You go about your business."

Afterwards they just chased the people away.

Turning back, he said to Qin Huairu.

"From now on stay away from Sha Zhu; the current Sha Zhu is no longer the former Sha Zhu."

He had shed his naivety and now possessed the makings of a hooligan.

Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai left the Jia Family's door and headed toward the front courtyard; first stop, needless to say, Gu Ning's home.

Upon reaching Gu Ning's home and pushing the door, it wouldn't open, leaving the two feeling disappointed.

"Gu Ning, open the door; Elder, come see your house's leak situation."

Gu Ning didn't open the door; she had just finished her chores, taken off her clothes to clean, and of course couldn't open the door for anyone.

Moreover, as a widow, her defensive awareness is strong; closing the door is normal procedure, especially in summer when she wears light clothing, and her household still has a father-in-law.

"Elder, my household is fine; do you have any other business?"

Since they wouldn't open the door, there was nothing they could do.

"It's fine as long as the household is fine."

At that moment, the door to Gu Ning's father-in-law's room opened.

"Elder, just now our Gu Ning has already finished the inspection."

"Thank you; she's a proper woman, it's not appropriate to open the door for you late at night."

"Sorry."

Yi Zhonghai shouted while getting drenched in the rain.

"It's okay; this is what we should do."

"Nothing much; we're leaving now, still need to check other households."

Afterwards the two went to other households to gain a bit of experience, then returned to Zhengyuan.

He Yuzhu saw his own home's door and suddenly thought that he still hadn't visited his older sister's place.

"It's over; Yu Shui's house is still leaking."

He hurried over, and Yi Zhonghai followed.

Arriving at Yu Shui's doorway, Sha Zhu saw Yi Zhonghai hadn't gone home and still followed; he turned and shouted.

"Get lost."

Yi Zhonghai felt embarrassed.

"I just wanted to see if anyone needed help."

He Yuzhu: "Get lost."

Yi Zhonghai left resentfully.

He Yuzhu pushed open Yu Shui's door.

He saw only that the little girl was already drenched, continually feeling her way in the dark, catching rain, moving things.

On the girl's face were already streaks of tears.

She had no candles, no flashlight; the thunder and lightning were already frightening enough, and when the power went out she was terrified, the house was leaking, she couldn't see, and no one came to help.

It was truly a case of calling to heaven and getting no reply, calling to people and getting no answer.

She could only endure her fear, feeling her way to catch rain and move things.

That fear, helplessness, and despair permeated her soul, making her tears flow uncontrollably.

When He Yuzhu opened the door, He Yushui seemed to have found a savior, rushing over and throwing her arms around him.

"Wow, brother, you've finally come."

"Wuwuwu, I'm scared to death, the house is leaking, I can't see, wuwuwu, what to do, what to do?"

He Yuzhu watched He Yushui cry in terror and anxiety, feeling guilty beyond measure.

Only then did he realize that he had neglected Shui quite a bit recently.

Besides providing her three meals a day, he seemed not to have cared for her at all.

As a result, even after such a great fright, she didn't come to look for him.

He patted Shui's back.

"It's okay, it's okay, brother, I'm here now."

"Brother has a flashlight; find the leak, connect it, move the things away, and it'll be fine."

"In a moment I'll get you two candles; light them and it won't be dark."

He Yushui clung tightly to Sha Zhu's waist, refusing to let go.

"Wuwuwu… brother, I'm scared…"

He Yuzhu let out a sigh.

"First take care of this place, then follow me back and squeeze in with your sister-in-law."

"Tonight we'll sleep together."

He Yushui then gradually stopped crying.

When they had finished their work and returned to the main house, Liu Shumin and her two siblings were still constantly pouring out water.

The leaks were far too many; as one container filled, another would fill.

Liu Shumin saw He Yushui but didn't even have time to attend to her.

"Where have you been? Don't you know what's going on at home?"

"Hurry up and pour out the water."

He Yuzhu looked at the water in the house and sighed.

"What's the point of all this trouble?"

"Put the larger basins on the bed and furniture."

"The floor is already flooded; just let it leak. When the weather clears, we'll properly repair everything."

Liu Shumin looked at the water on the ground and also stopped her futile effort.

The ground is completely soaked; there's no need to try to save it.

"Then use bricks to prop up the legs of the furniture and the bed."

"If the floor is soaked, it's soaked; the furniture can't possibly be soaked too."

The whole family, after another half day of trouble, moved the bed and furniture to a place that didn't leak.

They stopped worrying about anything else, letting the drip-drop continue.

Four people lay on one bed.

Liu Hui said worriedly.

"Sister, you think our family should be okay, right?"

Liu Shumin herself had no confidence, but now she couldn't say discouraging words.

"It's fine; our house is also a brick-and-tile house, nothing will happen, it definitely won't."

He Yuzhu comforted.

"When the rain lets up a bit, I'll go home for a look."

Liu Shumin stopped him.

"With such heavy rain, the roads are all water; how can you go?"

"Besides, some places are full of pits; if you take the wrong road you'll fall in and drown."

"Let's wait until morning to talk about it."

"We've never encountered such heavy rain before."

"Please don't let disaster strike again; only then will life improve a bit."

"This damned heaven."

He Yushui didn't dare speak; she felt safe snuggled beside He Yuzhu and felt content.

Gradually, the thunder lessened, the wind eased a little, and the rain wasn't as heavy.

The exhausted few slowly drifted into dreamland.