He Yu Zhu quickly put the money back: "Oh my god, I forgot you're going to be a big shot next month. I'm lucky I didn't eat your wealth, how could I possibly give you money back?"
Yang Xuan chuckled.
"Sha Zhu, how do you feel about Teacher Ran?" Yang Xuan asked.
"Good. Just good." Sha Zhu thought for a long time and could only come up with four words.
"Compared to Qin Huairu, is she better?" Yang Xuan asked.
"Why compare her to Qin Huairu? How can Qin Huairu compare? Hey! Yang Xuan, I really don't have anything with Qin Huairu! I was tricked by the elders and others, and I foolishly helped Qin Huairu for years. Jia Dongxu died three or four years ago. I should have stopped helping her." He Yu Zhu said.
Yang Xuan nodded: "If you keep helping, you'll get yourself involved. I'm 30 years old and still don't have a girlfriend, I haven't figured it out, I'm just going to die alone. But, if you want to completely get rid of Qin Huairu, it's not going to be that easy. The elders and Qin Huairu won't let you off that easily."
He Yu Zhu snorted twice: "I'm serious now, if they keep bothering me, I won't be a pushover! We've reached this point, it's a mortal enemy situation!"
Yang Xuan smiled: "That won't work, you have to outsmart them. They're tricking you? You trick them back! How many tricks did you pull on Xu Damao? They're scared of you, they dare not provoke you anymore?"
He Yu Zhu smiled shyly: "I just pulled a few tricks on Xu Damao. If no one provokes me, I won't trick anyone."
"Xu Damao really is a scumbag. But some people are even more hateful than him. Xu Damao is bad, he's bad in the open, everyone knows he's bad. But some people, they are outwardly respectable, but behind their backs, they do things that are even more wicked than Xu Damao." Yang Xuan said.
He Yu Zhu nodded: "That's true. If you hadn't reminded me, I would have been ruined by them in this lifetime."
Yang Xuan waved his hand: "What are you talking about? Without you, I wouldn't have had the chance to remind you. By now, I'd probably already been reincarnated."
In the evening, Yang Xuan suddenly felt something outside, he looked out the window and saw a dark figure standing outside, he was startled.
He turned on the light, put on a coat, and opened the door. He saw that it was Sha Zhu standing outside.
"Are you crazy? It's late at night." Yang Xuan said impatiently.
He Yu Zhu quickly made a gesture to silence him.
Yang Xuan pulled He Yu Zhu into the room: "What's so mysterious?"
"Guess what I saw just now?" He Yu Zhu looked like he had discovered a new world.
"Didn't you see the elder sneaking around Qin's widow's window at night?" Yang Xuan laughed.
"How did you know? Did you already know?" He Yu Zhu was shocked.
Yang Xuan was amused, if I hadn't watched the TV series, I'd know nothing!
"How would I know?" Yang Xuan pretended not to know.
"You really guessed it right. You know, I ate a bit too much today. My stomach was making a lot of noise, so I went to use the bathroom. As soon as I went out, I saw the elder and Qin Huairu whispering outside. They probably saw the lights on in my room and were afraid of being discovered, so they went to hide in the cellar. I quickly ran over and put the millstone on top." He Yu Zhu said.
"They'll definitely know it's you, they'll hate you to death." Yang Xuan said.
"I didn't think of that at the time, I just wanted to teach them a lesson. I can't believe the elder kept tricking me into helping Qin Huairu's family." He Yu Zhu said angrily.
"Sha Zhu, have you ever thought about it? Qin Huairu earns almost 30 yuan a month herself. You're always giving her money, bringing leftovers, and secretly getting help from Yi Zhonghai. Do you think her family is really that poor?" Yang Xuan asked.
He Yu Zhu scratched his head: "I never thought about it that way before. Actually, even if her children don't have ration coupons, they shouldn't be that poor."
"These days, there are a lot of people who are struggling, why don't others go begging? Only her family can't make ends meet. After Qin Huairu became a worker, it shouldn't be difficult to get ration coupons for her children, right?" Yang Xuan said.
"I don't know about that. Logically, the elder, as the head of the courtyard, should go to the neighborhood committee and solve the ration coupon problem for Qin Huairu's family." He Yu Zhu frowned.
Yang Xuan continued: "The elder, as Qin Huairu's master, if he had been strict with Qin Huairu, she wouldn't have been unable to be assessed for her level after three years of apprenticeship, right? It's usually assessed at a third-level fitter. Her monthly salary would almost double."
He Yu Zhu felt the same way: "Yes, I can't understand this."
"Maybe the elder doesn't want Qin Huairu to be able to support herself." Yang Xuan said.
He Yu Zhu felt like he had been struck by lightning: "You mean the elder... the elder did this on purpose?"
"If Qin Huairu could support herself, would she come and sabotage your blind date? If you were to succeed with your blind date, could you be sure that your partner would agree to you taking care of Yi Zhonghai, someone who is neither related by blood nor by marriage?" Yang Xuan said.
He Yu Zhu was extremely shocked, he nodded numbly and mumbled: "If that's the case, everything makes sense. But there's one thing I don't understand, why would the old lady want me to find a partner?"
Yang Xuan said: "Actually, the old lady probably doesn't want Qin Huairu to sabotage your blind date. It's just that she has to be on the same page with Yi Zhonghai, otherwise, would Yi Zhonghai take care of her when she's old?"
"So, all of this is caused by the old age problem?" He Yu Zhu said dejectedly.
Yang Xuan suddenly asked: "Didn't the deaf old woman ask Lou Xia娥 to buy her a pair of cloth shoes?"
He Yu Zhu nodded: "Yes, how did you know?"
He Yu Zhu felt that Yang Xuan was simply omniscient and omnipotent.
"What do you think the deaf old woman's intention was?" Yang Xuan asked He Yu Zhu.
He Yu Zhu couldn't quite figure it out: "It's just a pair of shoes, what could the intention be? It was my birthday that time, and the old lady thought about giving me a pair of shoes. She couldn't walk, so she lied to Lou Xia娥 and said that she wanted to buy shoes for a distant relative. Lou Xia娥 and her husband, Xu Damao, didn't get along, and I also disliked Lou Xia娥. She had a big capitalist lady's air about her and looked down on everyone in our courtyard. If Lou Xia娥 knew that the old lady was buying the shoes for me, she definitely wouldn't have agreed."
"What if the deaf old lady deliberately planned for Lou Xia娥 to buy you shoes?" Yang Xuan smiled.
He Yu Zhu jumped in fright: "Oh my god, what is the old lady up to?"
He Yu Zhu was also almost 30 years old, so he naturally understood the deep meaning of a woman buying shoes for another man.
"They're playing a very big game!" Yang Xuan sighed.