Some things are best kept secret. It's early in the morning, everyone is having breakfast, and the courtyard is empty.
Yi Zhong Hai directly let He Yu Shui into the house, then sighed, "Yu Shui, it's not that Yi Da Ye doesn't want to lend you money, it's just that Yi Da Ye is also in a difficult position~"
Yi Zhong Hai organized his words and continued, "Yu Shui, you and Yu Cheng are both sixteen years old, you're not children anymore. Your brother is already twenty-four, and he doesn't have a girlfriend. All his money goes to you two for school. He's thinking of you, and you should also think of him. You can't let your brother stay single for the rest of his life, can you?"
He Yu Cheng heard Yi Zhong Hai's hypocritical words and sneered in his heart. It was truly sickening, his words made him want to vomit!
He directly went to Yi Zhong Hai's house and pulled He Yu Shui back, not even looking at Yi Zhong Hai!
This behavior made Yi Zhong Hai feel even more uncomfortable! Ever since He Da Qing left, He Yu Cheng had become a different person. He didn't even greet anyone in the courtyard. Before meeting Qin Huai Ru, Yi Zhong Hai treated He Yu Cheng well. After all, they lived in the same courtyard. He didn't have children, and He Da Qing had two sons and a daughter. He even thought about making He Yu Cheng his adopted son!
With this relationship, it wouldn't be impossible for him to give everything to He Yu Cheng in the future!
However, He Da Qing directly refused. Later, he met Qin Huai Ru. In his heart, Bang Geng was his own son, and all his belongings would belong to him. Naturally, he didn't pay much attention to He Yu Cheng anymore.
He had just spoken a lot of nonsense, and in the end, he simply didn't want to lend money!
He Yu Cheng already had a plan. Didn't the old scoundrel care about his reputation? Then he would make his reputation tarnished and see how he could still morally blackmail others.
Yu Shui returned to the room and thought about the deaf old lady in the backyard, saying to He Yu Cheng, "Second Brother, let's go ask the old lady in the backyard again. Otherwise, you can go to school, and I'll make matchboxes to earn money for your tuition. Your grades are so good, you can't give up."
Looking at He Yu Shui, who was constantly shedding tears, He Yu Cheng smiled. His little sister wasn't the same as she would be in a few years, wholeheartedly supporting He Yu Zhu and Qin Huai Ru. Now, thinking about it, there was no way around it. A young girl, with no job, had only one relative in the courtyard, and that person was someone else's lackey. She couldn't fight back, so she joined in!
In the original novel, He Yu Cheng never understood why He Yu Shui later had such a good relationship with Qin Huai Ru. Now he finally understood. Logically, the two siblings had been dependent on each other since childhood, and their relationship should have been very good.
But why would she insist on bringing her brother and a widow together?
It was because of hatred!
Their father ran away with the widow, Sha Zhu was involved with the widow, and one person had to support at least six people. Moreover, Qin Huai Ru already had three children, and she could have more with He Yu Zhu?
With such a large family, they could wear him down. In the drama, it could be seen how thin Yu Shui was. Sha Zhu couldn't even bring leftover food home, and he supported Qin Huai Ru's family, making them plump and healthy. Yu Shui sometimes couldn't even find food when she got home. He tied Sha Zhu and Qin Huai Ru together, making him support Qin Huai Ru's whole family, as well as Yi Da Ye and his wife, to cut off the He family's lineage, so that they wouldn't have another child who would be concerned about someone else's wife!
He Yu Cheng looked at his little sister and smiled, "Yu Shui, listen to your brother, study hard, don't worry about things at home. Second Brother will take care of it!"
Seeing Yu Shui's angry expression, He Yu Cheng quickly comforted her.
"Alright, Yu Shui, the street office is also recruiting clerks these days. If all else fails, you can earn a few cents every day. Your brother's handwriting is beautiful, and you can earn enough to pay for your tuition with that."
Hearing He Yu Cheng's words, He Yu Shui started crying again!
"Second Brother, can we go find Dad? Let's go find him!"
He Yu Cheng had no memory of He Da Qing. When he transmigrated, it was because He Da Qing had left Si Jiu Cheng, and then He Yu Zhu took him and He Yu Shui to Bao Cheng to find him. He got a cold and didn't survive, and then he fell down a well and transmigrated.
Hearing about finding He Da Qing, He Yu Cheng also smiled, "We won't look for anyone. Second Brother said he can support you. Besides, I don't want to go to school anymore, really!"
He Yu Cheng wasn't lying. Before he transmigrated, he had a university degree. He had spent quite some time in school. After transmigrating, a junior high school diploma was enough for him to live in this world. He didn't want to make any progress in academics. With his foresight, he wouldn't be wronged in life, no matter what.
As for the beasts in the courtyard, He Yu Zhu planned to deal with them in a couple of years. As the saying goes, "Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will win a hundred battles." He was well aware of the nature of the beasts in the courtyard. He would play with them slowly.
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In Yi Zhong Hai's house, Yi Da Ma saw her husband's smug expression and said, "Lao Yi, it's just a few bucks, just give it to them. Besides, didn't He Da Qing send money back? Why not give it to them?"
Looking at his old and haggard wife, Yi Zhong Hai felt disgusted. He directly said, "You don't understand anything! I do all this for our future!"
In any era, whoever has money has the power. The same was true in the Yi family. Yi Da Ma relied on Yi Zhong Hai's money to support the family. She was always submissive in the house, and didn't even dare to speak loudly!
But if you think Yi Da Ma is a good person, you're wrong. Birds of a feather flock together. They had been together for so many years, and Yi Da Ma didn't give birth to a son or daughter for Yi Zhong Hai. He hadn't divorced her yet, which shows how cunning she was.
Yi Zhong Hai knew very well that he couldn't expose his relationship with Qin Huai Ru. But he didn't want to use his money to support the Jia family either. He just wanted to wait until Bang Geng grew up and became sensible, and then tell him that he was his real father. Then he would make Bang Geng support him in his old age!
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For the whole day, Yi Zhong Hai felt very happy. When he got home from the steel mill, he was still fantasizing about having many grandchildren and how happy he would be in the future, when a knock on the door rang out.
He opened the door and saw Jia Dong Xu walking into the house with a stooped back!
"Master!"
Seeing Jia Dong Xu, Yi Zhong Hai's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness! Qin Huai Ru was originally his woman, and Bang Geng was his son. If it had been before the founding of the country, he wouldn't have cared about reputation. He could have taken Qin Huai Ru as a concubine. It wouldn't have mattered that he was twenty years older. But now it was after the founding of the country. Those capitalists, landlords, and those who had concubines in their homes were all sent away. Yi Zhong Hai had no choice but to let Qin Huai Ru marry Jia Dong Xu. But he couldn't feel comfortable knowing that his woman slept with another man every night!
"Dong Xu, it's so late, why aren't you resting? Is there something you need?"