Chapter 91: Honor

It was under such circumstances that the entire city of Beijing was about to welcome the Spring Festival of 1952.

This is He Yuzhu's first Spring Festival since returning to this year.

Now, because Ding Shumiao goes to school with Yu Shui, she also rides He Yuzhu's bicycle to school every day.

As time went by, I started calling He Yuzhu brother.

He Yuzhu didn't think much about it. Little girls are actually quite cute as long as they don't cry.

Guo Lei has written three letters to He Yuzhu since he went to Peninsula. The first one was during the DB training camp, and the letter was full of passion.

The words are full of urgency.

The second letter was written before entering the peninsula. At that time, there was a hint of panic in the letter to He Yuzhu.

He asked He Yuzhu to do a lot of things, including telling him how to make arrangements for his parents and Ding Shumiao's problem in case of any accidents.

According to Guo Lei, if he cannot come back, he should ask He Yuzhu to persuade his parents to find his eldest brother, and his pension will be counted as Ding Shumiao's support.

The third time was before Guo Lei went to the front line. From the sloppy handwriting, one could tell Guo Lei was in a panic and hurry.

In this letter, Guo Lei did not say anything else, but asked He Yuzhu to wait for the news of his victorious return.

This made He Yuzhu confused, as he had watched TV dramas in his previous life.

Generally speaking, the results of explanations like this are not very good.

The Guo family was also worried about Guo Lei's safety and didn't have the slightest mood to celebrate the New Year.

Although He Yuzhu also felt uneasy, he had to hold on and buy New Year's goods for the two families.

At this time, the street provided great help.

Things like coal briquettes for the winter and winter storage are all arranged by the street and then delivered to the door by young people.

This thing made the deaf old lady very envious. She stood at the gate of the yard every day, waiting to see when it would be delivered to her door.

There is no way around it. According to the agreement the deaf old lady made with the street office back then, she is also entitled to this treatment.

In fact, it's not just the deaf old lady who is envious. All the neighbors in the yard are envious of the families on the street whose children are in the army.

I’m not sure about other places, but here in Beijing, there are quite a few various consolation activities.

Like Yu Shui and her friends, they followed the school teachers to visit the homes of the heroes. Children couldn't do anything else, but they could still sing a song for the grandparents and salute them.

The various folk art troupes organized by volunteers are all composed of children aged 12 or 13. They used to do propaganda on the streets, and now they also go to these families to express their condolences.

Therefore, during this period in the old city, if you heard the sound of bamboo clappers beating in a yard, it might not be a beggar, but it could be that there was a hero in the family.

Those who are a little older like He Yuzhu are the main force in various busy tasks.

After all, no matter how old you are, you are all exerting your own strength.

After all the heroic families have passed, it will be the turn of families like the deaf old lady.

That is, the lonely elderly people on the street.

In this regard, we just send some daily necessities as a formality.

When He Yuzhu and his companions pulled the cart to the gate of No. 95 Courtyard, they heard someone inside say, "They are coming, they are coming, set off the firecrackers quickly."

The crackling sound of firecrackers scared He Yuzhu and his gang.

The trend in the city during this period was as fierce as a knife, so basically everyone's attire was similar, with grey or black cotton-padded jackets, and some people wore military coats, which were now a rare item.

They either had a scarf wrapped around their face or wore a knitted hat that was covered with a cap, leaving only their eyes exposed.

No matter how healthy He Yuzhu was, he would still dress like this.

So even though He Yuzhu has been delivering gifts for so long, few people in the courtyard know about it. They only know that He Yuzhu is helping out in the street, but they don’t know that He Yuzhu is one of the leaders in delivering New Year’s gifts this time.

He Yuzhu looked up and saw several old guys in the yard standing in the front yard, as if they were welcoming someone.

Not all of them, at least Xu Fugui is not among them.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui both had confused looks on their faces. It was Jia Dongxu who set off the firecrackers, and some women in the yard were standing by to watch the fun.

Yi Zhonghai stepped forward and said, "Is this for the revolutionary families? Is there any for Mrs. Gan from our hospital?

Just leave it here, and our neighbors will come and help move it."

When He Yuzhu heard this, he understood what Yi Zhonghai was thinking. He was trying to bring glory to the deaf old lady.

If other people in other courtyards asked this question, He Yuzhu and the others would definitely agree without hesitation.

Young people are naturally happier to have someone to help them, and they also want to finish the work as soon as possible so that they can take care of their own affairs.

So although Yi Zhonghai's method of taking advantage of others is rather stupid, it does work.

If He Yuzhu was not inside, or if he was not the leader, everyone would be waiting for him to answer, and someone might have already answered it casually.

In the past six months, the three companies of Yi Zhonghai have become the pariahs on the street.

Although not everyone is condemning him, it is certain that everyone looks down on him.

People all have a herd mentality.

In fact, not everyone knows what bad things Yi Zhonghai did, what bad things the deaf old lady did, and what bad things the Jia family did.

The gossip becomes more and more outrageous as it spreads.

In the next alley, a man was sent on a business trip by his unit, and a military canvas jeep came to pick him up.

Later on, it was reported that the man was taken by the team's vehicle to go shooting.

Later, the man came back and almost scared his neighbor to death.

The gossip these days is so weird.

Therefore, the bad things done by the three families in the courtyard that were spread on the streets were also spread in the direction they should go, and turned into love, hate and vengeance.

Not many people know the truth.

A widow, an old bachelor, and Yi Zhonghai. It's a typical drama of two men fighting for one woman.

This gave Yi Zhonghai room to maneuver.

Among the three families who wanted to change their reputation, the easiest one was the deaf old lady.

After all, the affairs of the deaf old lady are basically only known by the people in the yard.

No one on the street likes to spread stories about an old lady.

No matter who came up with this idea, it couldn’t be Jia Dongxu. In fact, Jia Dongxu was the most confused person at that time.

After all, he knew the true identity of the deaf old lady.

But according to Yi Zhonghai, as long as the people who sent New Year's gifts inadvertently said something, then the reputation of the three families in the courtyard would be turned around.

But he really didn't expect that He Yuzhu was in there. According to his inquiries, He Yuzhu should have been working overtime preparing fried noodles during this period.

Seeing this situation, the young man who was pushing the cart with He Yuzhu turned his head to look at He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu lowered his head and did not stand up. Instead, he hugged the young man next to him and whispered in his ear for a while.

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(End of this chapter)