Chapter 561 4 Courtyard Sha Zhu and his cousin (26)
Chapter 561 4 Courtyard Sha Zhu and his cousin (26)
The deaf old lady panicked when she heard this.
Some novels in the past described the deaf old lady as a spy, but she is not really one of them.
She doesn't go out every day, so how can she meet people?
But her background cannot stand up to scrutiny.
When she was young, she was the mistress of a high-ranking Kuomintang official and even gave birth to a daughter for him.
Later, the official fled to Taiwan and took her daughter with him.
From then on, she left the big yard that the official bought for her, disguised as a refugee.
By chance, I bought two rooms in this courtyard.
Originally, she arrived early and had the opportunity to choose the location of the house, but she deliberately chose the two rooms in the backyard.
Since she has money, she doesn't need to go out to work.
So from then on, she stayed in the courtyard, lived in seclusion, rarely went out, and pretended to be deaf and dumb.
Even the most basic necessities of life were bought for her by asking the people in the courtyard.
I'm just worried that if I go out and walk around casually, I'll be recognized by people I know.
It is said that Yi Zhonghai, He Daqing, and Old Man Zheng in the backyard were the first people to live in the courtyard.
Yi Zhonghai saw with his own eyes when the deaf old lady moved in.
She originally carried several heavy cowhide suitcases.
Although those boxes disappeared later, at that time, those boxes represented wealth.
Didn’t Yi Zhonghai ever doubt the origin of this deaf old lady?
Of course there have been, but Yi Zhonghai is the kind of person who will not do anything if he is greedy for profit.
Since he knew that the old lady had a lot of wealth, how could he miss this opportunity to make a fortune?
So he often asked his daughter-in-law to help the old lady and do things within her ability.
Just like before, helping the deaf old lady buy daily necessities.
At the beginning, the deaf old lady would ask other people in the yard to buy it.
Later, I don’t know when it started, but I basically decided to choose Aunt Yi alone.
Gradually, Aunt Yi began to help the deaf old lady with washing and cleaning.
In Yi Zhonghai's opinion, he doesn't have to do it anyway, and it's just his wife who is tired.
But he is the one who gets the benefits and good reputation, so why not do it?
As for the deaf old lady's identity as a martyr's relative, it was all made up by Yi Zhonghai in order to elevate her status in the courtyard.
At that time, military supplies were tight on the front line, so the higher-ups sent a batch of clothes and shoes to the sub-district office, asking the idle staff there to help make them.
In fact, at that time, because it was assigned by the higher authorities, basically only aunts and grandmas who could do manual work, and even some young girls and young wives did it.
Then only Yi Zhonghai later took this matter and publicized it in the courtyard, saying that the deaf old lady had made clothes and made soles for the Red Army.
Then the deaf old lady deliberately said some half-truths and half-false words to fool others.
The deaf old lady also received great convenience because of her identity, so she acquiesced.
The neighbors in the courtyard all believed that it was better to mind their own business, and no one ever verified the matter.
In their view, the relatives of martyrs are just relatives of martyrs. Although they usually respect the deaf old lady as their ancestor, they have never taken any actual action.
In the past, it was Yi Zhonghai’s wife who helped the old lady with cleaning.
Later, after He Daqing ran away, the one who kept hanging around the deaf old lady was Sha Zhuzi.
So they don't care about calling them "ancestors" verbally.
However, Shuangshuang is different. Ever since he knew that he was He Yuzhu's cousin, he asked Xiaojuzi to investigate the background of everyone in the yard and analyzed their personalities with Xiaojuzi.
The purpose of doing this at the time was just to prepare for a rainy day and to catch some people's handles.
In any case, it is absolutely impossible to let these people cling to He Yuzhu and suck his blood again.
To be honest, this deaf old lady is a little better than Yi Zhonghai.
At least when he was alive, he would show some concern for Sha Zhu from time to time.
When he died, he left the house to He Yuzhu.
Others took care of her in her old age and saw her to the end of her life, so at least the price for her property was clearly marked.
So Shuangshuang originally had no intention of causing trouble for the deaf old lady, as long as she didn't come and continue to cling to her cousin.
But I didn't expect that she would come to me with Yi Zhonghai today to take the lead.
She just didn't tell Sha Zhu that he must be filial to her, so she deliberately revealed half a sentence as a warning to her.
The deaf old lady understood what Shuangshuang said, and she immediately pulled Yi Zhonghai's clothes.
“Zhonghai, since Liu Shuangyong has no filial piety and is unwilling to respect the elderly, we will not rely on him in the future and should leave first.
I don't need a younger generation like him to be filial to me."
"Old lady, if you do too much evil, you will eventually perish! You don't have anyone to take care of you in your old age. There's nothing wrong with wanting to find someone to take care of you in your old age.
But you've tried every possible means to morally blackmail my Zhuzi, causing him to remain unmarried even at this age. I cannot tolerate this!"
Seeing Shuangshuang like this, Yi Zhonghai was indeed afraid that Shuangshuang would really go to Director Wang to check the files, so he had to help the deaf old lady leave in disappointment.
After the three siblings finished their meal, Sha Zhu automatically cleaned up the table, and Yu Shui also consciously went back to her room to do her homework.
Shuangshuang felt that if they wanted to get rid of the beasts in the yard, they had to start with Sha Zhu.
He didn't want to spend his heart and soul preparing for Sha Zhu, but Sha Zhu ended up holding himself back.
So he waited until Sha Zhu sat down to smoke, and then asked him softly.
"Zhu Zi, I see you don't obey anyone, so why do you obey Yi Zhonghai's words so well?"
“Cousin, after my father eloped with the White Widow, I had a hard time with Rainwater.
I go to Dexinyuan every day to learn the craft from the master.
But no one cared about the rain. At that time, an old lady, a deaf lady, and Jia Zhang took turns to help me watch over it.
So I'm very grateful to them, and when the uncle asked me to take care of them, I agreed."
These words happened to be heard by He Yushui who came back to get hot water. She immediately pushed open the door angrily.
Unhappily, he said to Shuangshuang, "Cousin, don't listen to my brother's nonsense!
You have no idea how annoying those people are!
At that time, as long as my brother was at home, they would smile and shout to me in front of him, "Xiaoyu, come down to my house for dinner."
"Xiaoyu, wait a minute, Aunt Jia will give you a bath and wash your clothes. It won't look good if a little girl is too dirty."
As a result, after my brother left, they rolled their eyes at me and said, "What's the point of eating a money-losing guy!"
Then I was asked to boil water, take a shower, and wash clothes by myself without worrying about getting burned!
They would even threaten me behind my brother's back, "You better stop bothering your brother in the future! You're a money-loser, but he raised you with just one bowl of rice!"
You even asked your brother to bring you delicious food every day. You're just a money-loser, how can you deserve to eat those good things?"
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