Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Chapter 140: Letter from Lü Guotai to Lü Bingxin in 1948

Cui Juan asked, "Zhu Zi, if you get married, will your father come back?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "My father said my stepmother is pregnant and he can't leave. So he didn't come."

"This He Daqing! He is such a piece of shit! I thought he was unreliable and didn't want your mother to be with him." When he got excited, Lu Shunyi started to cough. Lu Guoliang hurriedly ran behind Lu Shunyi and said to his father while helping him calm down: "Dad, it's all over. Don't say anything! If you want to blame someone, blame me for not keeping an eye on my little sister."

Lu Shunyi glared at Lu Guoliang and said, "What does this have to do with you? If Lu Bingxue hadn't caused trouble, your sister wouldn't have been so determined to elope with He Daqing."

He Yuzhu asked, "Grandpa, when I entered the village, I was stopped by a woman at the entrance. She said she was my mother's sister." Then He Yuzhu told him what Lu Bingxue had said.

Lu Shunyi said angrily, "Really? People from the same family are alike. Zhuzi, if you meet that woman next time, ignore her."

Lu Guoliang said, "Zhu Zi, the day after I came back from dinner at your house, I was going to visit you in Sijiu City. But it snowed and I couldn't go. I wanted to take advantage of the good weather to visit you in Sijiu City these two days. Now that you are here, I can save myself the trip. The person you met at the entrance of the village is indeed your mother's sister. But she has had evil intentions since she was a child. She heard from somewhere that you made a lot of money in Sijiu City. She wanted to get something out of you. She will not give up until she achieves her goal. If you give her a benefit once, she will ask you for a second and third time! Anyway, she is a greedy person. Her in-laws are even more shameless. If her husband was not the most educated person in our generation, he would never have been the village accountant."

He Yuzhu said, "Uncle, don't worry. Sijiu City is not Sanjiadian Village. If she dares to cause trouble to me, she won't be able to come back. I promise to send her to jail for a few years in one piece."

At this time, Lu Guoliang thought of He Yuzhu's target being a police officer, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. He said, "Zhuzi, we are all relieved with your words."

Lu Shunyi nodded in agreement and asked, "Zhu Zi, how many tables are you going to set up for your wedding this time?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "For now, we will book five tables. We will know the exact number of tables on the wedding day. Anyway, I have prepared all the dishes."

He Yuzhu stayed at Lu Shunyi's house for about an hour before saying goodbye and leaving. When passing by the village entrance, He Yuzhu glanced at Lu Bingxue who was chatting in the crowd, chuckled, and left the village humming a song.

Lv Bingxue thought that no matter what, she was He Yuzhu's elder, and He Yuzhu should say hello to her when he saw her. But unexpectedly, He Yuzhu ignored her. Lv Bingxue was so angry that she cursed all the ancestors of He Yuzhu in her heart.

Around 2 o'clock in the afternoon, He Yuzhu appeared in Nanluoguxiang on his bicycle. He Yuzhu saw Huang Ying and the patrol team walking towards him. He Yuzhu stopped and asked, "Wife, aren't you taking a break today?!"

Huang Ying replied, "I want to rest too! It's not very safe recently. I'll rest after my patrol and I'll come find you at home later."

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded, watched Huang Ying leave, muttered, and said, "It's not easy for military families, and it's even harder for public security families!" After that, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle straight to the courtyard.

After He Yuzhu left, two short middle-aged men came out from the corner. They looked at the patrol team and then at He Yuzhu, then they looked at each other and turned away.

He Yuzhu returned home, cleaned up briefly, went into the kitchen and cooked a bowl of noodles, and ate a simple meal. He returned to the living room, sat down beside Luohan's bed, and took out the recipe he brought back from He Daqing and started reading it.

He Yuzhu had just turned two pages when his hand slipped and the recipe book fell to the ground. He Yuzhu sighed and when he bent down to pick up the recipe book, an envelope fell out of it. He Yuzhu put the recipe book aside and looked at the envelope carefully. This letter had never been opened before, and out of curiosity, He Yuzhu opened the envelope and took out the letter to read it.

This letter was sent by He Yuzhu's fourth uncle Lu Guotai to He Yuzhu's mother Lu Bingxin. The letter was sent in May 1948. Lu Bingxin had died at that time, so He Daqing never opened the letter after receiving it. He casually put it in the recipe, and then forgot about the letter after a long time. In addition to greeting Lu Bingxin, the content of the letter also told Lu Bingxin about his current situation. And in the letter, he persuaded Lu Bingxin to go home and have a look. However, when He Yuzhu saw the signature, his face changed instantly. Because the signature was not Lu Guotai's name, but the three words "Lu Hanqing". He Yuzhu exhaled and muttered: "Isn't this a simple courtyard?! There are other plots mixed?!" Then He Yuzhu picked up the envelope again and looked at the address on the envelope. He Yuzhu was more certain that this was a fusion world.

Since crossing over, He Yuzhu has been to Zhengyangmen. There is a tavern there, but the owner's surname is not He, nor Xu, nor Cai. There is no such person as Cai Quanwu. Later, he went to the repair shop directly under the steel rolling mill, and there was no one named Liang Ladi there. He did not expect that this letter would overturn all of He Yuzhu's previous cognition.

He Yuzhu muttered, "Did my fourth uncle send this letter to my mother just to persuade her to go home?!" He Yuzhu picked up the letter again and smelled the smell of the letter paper. He looked at the content of the letter carefully and suddenly found that there was a small dot every few words on the letter. At first, He Yuzhu thought it was ink splashed when writing, but now it seems that this is not ink, but intentional.

The word "password" came to He Yuzhu's mind. He Yuzhu pondered for a few seconds and decided to wait for Huang Ying to come, give her the letter, and let her solve the mystery.

"Zhuzi!" After about an hour, Huang Ying pushed the door open and walked in. He Yuzhu asked, "Are you tired? Sit down for a while, I'll make you a cup of milk powder. Wait a minute, I'll cook." After that, He Yuzhu walked to the cabinet, opened the cabinet, unscrewed the cap of the glass bottle, and scooped two tablespoons of milk powder into the medium-sized enamel pot. He made a cup of milk powder and handed it to the coffee table.

Huang Ying picked up the enamel pot, blew on it, took a sip, and asked, "Did you have a smooth visit to your grandpa today?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "It went smoothly. They were all very happy when they heard that I was getting married." Then He Yuzhu took out a letter and placed it in front of Huang Ying. Huang Ying picked up the envelope and asked, "What is this?!"

He Yuzhu said: "This is a letter my fourth uncle sent to my mother in 1948. At that time, my mother had already died. My father received the letter and put it in the recipe. Today, when I was looking at the recipe, I accidentally found this letter. When I went to pick up my grandfather's family last time, did you see the two signs on his door? The sign for military martyrs' relatives belongs to my fifth uncle. Logically, the war should have been over. If my fourth uncle is not dead, there should be news, but there is no news about him until now, and we don't even know whether he is dead or alive."

Huang Ying asked, "What does this have to do with this letter?!"