Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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Yi Zhonghai was very happy, repeatedly saying "good" with a beaming face.

Although Jia Dongxu is dead, he still has a son named Banggeng, and Qin Huairu is currently pregnant with another one.

I am still young and have plenty of time to wait for them to grow up.

If you diligently teach and take care of your family, when you get old, won't they take care of you in your old age?

The news that Qin Huairu was pregnant spread like wildfire throughout the courtyard.

Jia Zhangshi immediately deposited all her money into the bank.

Anyway, she made up her mind that if Qin Huairu came to ask for money, she would not give him a single penny, as it was all her retirement money.

After all, with another child in his belly, he could take another quarter of the money, so there was absolutely no way Jia Zhangshi would give her any more.

Several middle-aged women came over to ask questions, and Qin Huairu was unsure, only saying that it was possible.

I helped her pack her luggage and then saw her out of the courtyard house.

Looking back at the locked west wing in the central courtyard, everyone sighed.

It's unclear what bad luck befell the Jia family, but first, Jia Zhangshi and Xu Damao's affair came to light, forcing them to marry and live together out of necessity.

Just a few days later, Jia Dongxu was injured in an accident and did not survive.

After being sent to the land, Qin Huairu took Banggeng and went out to live a normal life. A once happy home was now empty and locked up in the blink of an eye.

The next day, Qin Huairu was still on leave and stayed home instead of going to work.

After all, although things are not lacking here, we have never eaten, drunk or stayed here before, so there are many things we don't have.

Qin Huairu was making arrangements and figuring out what else to buy when there was a knock on the door.

Curious about who would come looking for him, he saw He Yuzhu push open the door and enter the courtyard.

Qin Huairu turned and left in anger. She was still angry when she thought about being forced that night and didn't want to give He Yuzhu a friendly look.

He Yuzhu carried the things in, went inside, put them on the floor, and locked the door.

He hugged Qin Huairu from behind and asked, "What's wrong? Who made you angry?"

"Besides you, who else?" Qin Huairu said irritably.

He Yuzhu asked with a smile, "Are you still angry?"

"Of course I'm angry! What do you suggest we do next?"

"What do you mean, 'what will happen afterward'?"

"I'm pregnant," Qin Huairu said angrily.

He Yuzhu's heart skipped a beat. He scanned Qin Huairu and found that she had indeed conceived successfully.

He asked, "Is it mine?"

Qin Huairu nodded, and said shyly, "My family has been struggling to get enough to eat, and Jia Dongxu hasn't touched me in a long time."

He Yuzhu nodded. Qin Huairu had mentioned this matter before.

Qin Huairu said, "These past few months, you have been my only man, and the child I'm carrying can only be your bastard."

"What bastard? Why are you using such an offensive term?"

Qin Huairu said irritably, "What else could it be but a bastard? You seduced someone else's wife, and you even wanted to have sex with her in the funeral hall. Luckily, they didn't prick your bastard child."

He Yuzhu chuckled sheepishly and said, "Isn't that easy? I'll take care of you from now on, for the rest of your life."

Qin Huairu was relieved, but she was still worried that He Yuzhu would make her abort the child.

"Okay, I'm yours from now on, so please don't look down on me."

With Jia Dongxu dead, he could only rely on He Yuzhu. If He Yuzhu didn't want to take responsibility, he really didn't know what to do.

"Don't worry, now that you're pregnant, you need to take care of yourself and eat more nutritious food. I'll bring you some more later."

Qin Huairu just went to see what He Yuzhu brought. There was fish, meat, egg whites, milk powder, milk powder, etc., all of which were good things.

Feeling a surge of sweetness in her heart, she thought, "He Yuzhu is so generous; it seems I won't lose out by following him."

Qin Huairu's pregnancy made He Yuzhu very happy. Qin Huairu had been a hanged man for decades in her previous life. Although she got married later, she did not give birth to any children.

It's only been 59 years, and before Xiao Dang and Huai Hua even existed, Qin Huairu was already able to have children.

He talked with Qin Huairu for a while, reassuring her to rest and recuperate, before leaving the courtyard.

Back in the courtyard, it was already after get off work hours. Aunt Jiang was busy preparing dinner, and the old lady was playing with Jiang Yuhe.

He Yuzhu handed a pound of meat to the old lady and exchanged a few words with her.

The old lady said, "Even after how Jia Dongxu treated you before, you still managed to help him get things done. That's truly remarkable."

He Yuzhu said, "In the past, no one was like that. Everyone was only focused on the immediate benefits and fought over every penny. So many years have passed, and I have long since let go of that."

He Yuzhu said this without blushing at all. If he hadn't managed to seduce Qin Huairu, he would have just been there to watch the show.

The deaf old lady was very pleased, praised He Yuzhu a few times, and then asked, "Do you have something to do today?"

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "I do have an idea, and I'd like to discuss it with you."

"If you have something to say, just say it directly. You wouldn't come to us for advice unless it was something really important."

Ever since Aunt Jiang and Yi Zhonghai divorced, she moved in and lived in two rooms with the old lady.

With Jiang Yuhe's birth, the house became a little crowded.

There were only so many rooms in the courtyard, and there was nowhere else to go at the time.

He Yuzhu moved Qin Huairu to that small courtyard. Now that she is pregnant, there are many inconveniences in her life.

If Qin Huairu had no one to take care of her, no one would know if something happened to her.

After all, Bang Geng is still young, just started elementary school, and doesn't understand anything yet.

He Yuzhu said, "The courtyard where Qin Huairu lives is quite spacious. Although it is not a standard courtyard house, it has a large house with six rooms."

He Yuzhu certainly had some standard four-courtyard houses with one entrance and four courtyards, as well as two-courtyard houses with four courtyards.

It's just not good to let Qin Huairu move in.

The courtyard where we live now has three main rooms, three side rooms, and a small room used as a kitchen. There is also a separate toilet in the courtyard.

He Yuzhu thought of having the deaf old lady and Aunt Jiang move there together to take care of each other.

The six rooms were more spacious than the traditional courtyard house for three adults and two children.

Moreover, Yi Zhonghai would frequently harass Aunt Jiang; after all, they lived in the front and back yards, so it was impossible to prevent him from showing up.

The deaf old lady asked, "You want us to move in with you?"

He Yuzhu said, "The houses over there are spacious, with running water and toilets in the yard. Once the gate is closed, the house is quiet. It's more comfortable than this courtyard house."

The deaf old lady nodded. What she said made sense, but she had lived in this backyard her whole life and had never thought about moving.

Aunt Jiang's eyes lit up; she was already tempted.

Currently, two adults and one child live in these two houses, and they cook in the corridor in front of the house.

There are too many inconveniences in life.

Especially Yi Zhonghai and Widow Bai, who lived in the central courtyard, often bumped into each other as they came and went.

Aunt Jiang had thought about renting a place before, but she had only talked about it and hadn't made a final decision.

"I think Zhu Zi has a point. It's too cramped living here."

The deaf old lady hesitated for a moment, then thought for a moment and said, "Is it better than this place?"

He Yuzhu said, "If you don't believe me, I can drive you to see it. If you like it, you can stay there. If you don't like it, you can come back and stay here."

"Okay, I'll ride in your car too."

He Yuzhu and Aunt Jiang helped the old lady out and into the jeep, taking the mother and her two children to Qin Huairu's courtyard.

The six large rooms are indeed much more spacious than before, and the furniture inside is also relatively new.

Tap water has been piped into the kitchen, and there's a toilet in the corner of the yard. The environment is much better than in the old-fashioned courtyard.

After Aunt Jiang came in, she was quite satisfied and discussed with Qin Huairu about living together.

After being persuaded by Aunt Jiang, the old lady agreed to stay for a while and said that if she didn't get used to it, she could go back to the courtyard house later.

However, it was already late, so He Yuzhu took the three of them back to the courtyard house and arranged to help them move the next day.

The next day, He Yuzhu called the school and had two tricycles brought to take all of Aunt Jiang and the deaf old lady's luggage to the courtyard.

And so, the deaf old lady Jiang and Qin Huairu began to live together.

There was no one else in the courtyard, and as long as He Yuzhu regularly brought some grain and meat, no one was envious.

With the old lady taking the lead, Qin Huairu's life has undergone a complete transformation.

Even so, no one said much, since it was He Yuzhu who was taking care of the old lady and Aunt Jiang.

Qin Huairu only benefited incidentally.

After a few days of relative calm, He Yuzhu thought life was going much smoother. But one day, while he was in his office, Xu Xiaomei rushed in and said:

“My brother got into a fight with Jia Zhangshi.”