Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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He Yuzhu came out and said fiercely, "Old woman Zhang, are you looking for death?"

"I...I didn't insult you." Granny Zhang was still a little intimidated by He Yuzhu, after all, the other party didn't play by the rules, and if he turned on her, he really would hit her.

He Yuzhu said, "I haven't been settling accounts with you yet. Now that you've come out, let's settle things properly."

"What are you trying to calculate? You idiot Zhu, are you even human? You reported my Dongxu, so hurry up and pay me back the 500 yuan."

"I haven't even made you pay me back yet, and you're already inciting our guys to try and steal the formula?"

Granny Zhang shouted, "I don't care, give us back that 500 yuan right now. Otherwise, I'll kill myself!"

"You might as well die; that way we can save on food."

"you...."

Yi Zhonghai came out of the house at this moment and said, "Zhu Zi, how can you talk to an old man like that? Don't you know how to respect the elderly and care for the young?"

"Respect the elderly and care for the young? You dare to say that?"

He Yuzhu asked, "Old Yi, I haven't even come to you yet, but Jia Dongxu asked one of my shop assistants to buy a recipe. Did you know that?"

"How would I know? Dongxu bought the formulas themselves. I didn't even know there was opium in them."

Yi Zhonghai, of course, did not want to admit it, and even denied that opium was used in the ingredients.

"You don't know? Who are you kidding? Where did Jia Dongxu get the money?"

He Yuzhu knew perfectly well how much money the two families had. The Jia family had a large sum of money, but it was all guarded by Granny Zhang, and they were unwilling to take it out.

Yi Zhonghai's family has lost a large sum of money again. It's easy to guess that the money for the formula came from Yi Zhonghai.

"He borrowed the money from me, but I don't know what he wanted it for. He just told me he wanted to buy goods for his business."

"You're kidding me, how could you not know?"

"I simply don't know," Yi Zhonghai denied.

He Yuzhu was too lazy to argue with them about these things, and said, "Look at this old woman, if she curses again, I'll slap her across the face."

"You dare? I did curse, but I didn't curse you!"

Granny Zhang didn't back down and immediately started yelling, but after she finished speaking, she didn't dare to continue cursing.

Yi Zhonghai offered a few words of advice, and Granny Zhang turned and went back.

He Yushui ran to the backyard to play with Xu Xiaomei, leaving He Yuzhu and Xu Huizhen to clean up and then cook together.

"It's such a shame that this house is empty."

"Yes, there are too many houses now, and we can't live in them all. I don't want to rent out this old house yet, so that it won't be ruined by others."

He Yuzhu didn't care about that little bit of rent; he figured it was better to leave it empty.

Xu Huizhen thought for a moment and then tentatively said, "Why don't you want to go and invite Grandpa He back? If he could come back, Yushui wouldn't have to dream about calling him 'Dad' every day."

He Yuzhu was taken aback and asked, "Is that so?"

"Yes, I heard it from Jinling. Yushui often dreams about your father at night."

He Yuzhu immediately fell into thought. When he first came here, he was afraid that He Daqing would discover something was wrong and then kick him out.

Later, Yu Shui talked a lot, saying that she wanted to go to Baocheng to find He Daqing, but she herself was very resistant and didn't want to go.

I always acted with my own perspective in mind, never considering the rainwater.

Although he was given a godparent and his teacher's wife to take care of him, He Yushui still missed He Daqing.

He Yuzhu's heart skipped a beat. Should he take the rainwater with him to Baocheng?

"Let me think about it."

"Well, he is your father after all. It's better to let the elders handle some things."

After that, Xu Huizhen didn't try to persuade her anymore. The two of them cooked dinner together and then went to call He Yushui over to eat.

Xu Huizhen and Yushui slept together in the inner room, while He Yuzhu stayed in the outer room, to avoid any accidents.

After washing up, He Yuzhu casually took out a book from his spatial storage and started reading. Before he had turned a few pages, Xu Huizhen came out from the inner room.

He Yuzhu looked up and asked, "Why aren't you asleep?"

"I can fall asleep during the rain, but I can't sleep after I changed to a new bed."

Xu Huizhen explained briefly, then asked, "What are you looking at?"

"The Collection of Jokes is full of little jokes."

"Does it look good?"

"It's really good. Come over here and let's look at it together."

Xu Huizhen hesitated for a moment, then came to the bedside, sat on the headboard, and leaned her head close to look at the book in He Yuzhu's hand.

After glancing at it twice, I realized it was all written in classical Chinese and asked, "Didn't you drop out of junior high? Why are you reading books written in classical Chinese?"

"Who said I haven't graduated?"

"Do you have a graduation certificate?" Xu Huizhen asked.

"I don't have a diploma, but I graduated."

"What you're saying is ridiculous. I could say I graduated from university, but I don't have a diploma."

He Yuzhu was speechless, as he hadn't actually finished junior high school.

Even when I was in school, it was always chaotic and I didn't learn any academic knowledge.

My usual accumulation of knowledge comes from reading leisure books.

Xu Huizhen didn't dwell on the topic. Instead, she said, "After Yushui fell asleep, she called for her father again. Do you think you should go to Baocheng?"

"this......"

Chapter 106 He Yuzhu angrily beats the White Widow; He Daqing is a lecherous man.

"Let me think about it before I say anything."

"What's there to think about? Just take Yushui there and fulfill one of her wishes."

Are you still going to read books or not?

"See, you fall asleep very quickly when you try to read classical Chinese."

As expected, classical Chinese has a hypnotic effect. The two of them huddled together and read for a while. Although the jokes were very funny, their eyelids started to droop when they looked at the classical Chinese text.

Xu Huizhen remained silent for a while, then leaned her head on He Yuzhu's shoulder.

He Yuzhu turned around and saw that Xu Huizhen was already asleep.

The next morning, just as dawn broke, Xu Huizhen woke up and then felt someone in her arms. Startled, she woke up instantly and opened her eyes to find that the person lying in her arms was Yushui.

He breathed a sigh of relief and quickly got up.

Two days later, unable to bear He Yushui's constant pestering, He Yuzhu finally made up his mind to take her to Baocheng, so that she wouldn't keep bringing it up every day.

"Alright, stop talking. I'll take you there on Sunday."

"Really? Bro, you can't lie to me. Anyone who lies is a little dog."

"Okay, brother would never lie to you."

"Great, I can finally see Dad."

He Yushui happily hugged He Yuzhu and kissed him, successfully smearing her saliva all over his face.

He Yushui skipped happily outside, while He Yuzhu got up to wash his face.

"Have you really figured it out?" Xu Huizhen asked.

"Yes, anyway, there are plenty of houses now. If he wants to come back, he can go back to the courtyard house to save on electricity and water bills every day."

Electricity usage in the courtyard houses is shared among all residents, and the electricity bill is calculated based on the number of lights used.

Whether you use it or not, you should calculate the average at the end of the month.

The water bill is the same; there are only two taps, and everyone uses them.

All the residents share the water bill. He Yuzhu only goes back home once or twice a month at most, and he still has to pay the water and electricity bills according to the average price.

That's a huge loss for them.

"You still care about that little bit of money?" Xu Huizhen said with a smile.

"I wouldn't care if it were anyone else, but I'm essentially supporting them!"

He Yuzhu was just joking, but in reality, he did suffer a loss.

If He Daqing is willing to come back, let him stay in his hometown, so he can go and fight against Yi Zhonghai and the others.

He Daqing himself was no pushover, and others couldn't gain any advantage over him.

After agreeing to He Yushui's request, she started counting on her fingers how many days were left until Sunday.

Before they knew it, it was Saturday. In order to save time, He Yuzhu asked Yushui for the afternoon off and then rode his bicycle to the train station.

The bicycle was locked directly to the outside railing, which meant it would only be there overnight. People were coming and going, so it couldn't be stored away in the space.