Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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"You're too kind. We're all friends, so helping each other is only right."

"Could you help me get rid of all the furniture in my room?"

"Those are all rosewood furniture, are you going to get rid of them all?"

“I’m already in this state, and I really don’t want to go into that room. I’m annoyed by all that furniture. Since you like carpentry, I’ll give you all that furniture.”

Come to think of it, on her wedding night, her husband killed her own father and then tried to molest her. She really didn't want to go into that room.

That batch of furniture, in particular, was really annoying to look at.

"Alright, I'll take care of it for you later."

"Thank you so much. I wouldn't have been able to get over this without you."

"Then what are your plans for the future?"

"What can I do? I'll just keep running this shop. And later, help me redesign the storefront. I'll call it Xue Ru Silk Shop."

"sure no problem."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Xueru suddenly added, "Sigh, I'm already a widow. It looks like no one will want me for the rest of my life."

"You should observe the three-year mourning period first, and then we can talk about it after that period is over."

At this time, just like before liberation, there was a three-year mourning period after the death of a close relative, and Chen Xueru also had to observe mourning for her grandfather.

Chen Xueru glared at He Yuzhu, too angry to say anything.

This is a real boon for He Yuzhu. He saw me completely naked, didn't have to take any responsibility, and even had to thank him for saving his life.

"Alright, you should rest now. If you need anything, go find Huizhen."

He Yuzhu got up and walked outside.

Chen Xueru asked, "Where are you going?"

"I'll find someone to move your furniture so it won't be in your way."

"You stinky pillar, what's so good about that furniture?"

He Yuzhu returned to his shop and asked his employees to move all the furniture from next door and stuff it into the side room.

This set of furniture is all top-quality mahogany, but unfortunately Chen Xueru entrusted herself to the wrong person and married a spy, which caused all the furniture in the house to suffer and become disliked by Chen Xueru.

Xu Huizhen followed her in and was quite surprised to see all the furniture in the room: "So Chen Xueru doesn't want all this furniture anymore?"

"Yes, what's the point of keeping the furniture if her husband almost killed her on her wedding day?"

"Thinking about it, it makes sense, it's just a pity about all this furniture."

"It's a real shame."

Seeing the envy in Xu Huizhen's eyes, He Yuzhu smiled and said, "I asked the furniture store owner to collect a batch of top-quality materials for me. I'll personally make a set of mahogany furniture that's even better than this."

Xu Huizhen's pretty face flushed slightly: "Why are you telling me this? What does it have to do with me?"

After saying that, he turned and left.

"What time is it? Still shy?"

He Yuzhu sighed. It was his own fault for not being old enough. Otherwise, he would have confronted Xu Huizhen long ago and wouldn't be stuck together like this.

A few days later, the mahogany furniture in the house gradually disappeared. Xu Huizhen didn't care, assuming that He Yuzhu had sold it all.

He quickly replaced the wood with a new batch, and whenever he had time, he would make furniture. Although he didn't open a furniture store, many acquaintances would come to him to buy furniture.

He Yuzhu's home couldn't hold any nice furniture; they treated the furniture in the house as samples, and if they liked a particular piece, they would just pay and take it away.

Helpless, He Yuzhu sometimes had to use dilapidated furniture to make ends meet.

The weather was fine that day, and He Yuzhu went out to the zoo despite the rain, but he was still sullen when he came back.

"Rain, what's wrong? You're still unhappy after going to the zoo?"

"Brother, the zoo is really fun, but I still miss Dad."

He Yuzhu sighed. He Yushui kept mentioning He Daqing to him every few days, always pestering him to go see him.

He Yuzhu asked, "He's the one who doesn't want us. Your brother takes you to eat and play, and you still miss him?"

"Of course we would think so, that's our father."

"Isn't your brother good to you?"

"It's good, my brother treats me better than my father, but I still miss my father."

Why is this child so stubborn? He Yuzhu said, "But I don't know the way either, so I can't go to him. How about I take you back to my hometown for a day?"

"Okay, I miss my little sister."

"You should call her sister." Xu Damao's sister didn't have a formal name either; she was always called Xu Xiaomei, which was simply written down when registering her household registration.

Xu Wude simply didn't name her and just called her Xu Xiaomei.

After all, she's a girl, so it doesn't matter what her name is.

The two returned to the shop while talking. He Yuzhu took out a few braised dishes wrapped in brown paper and then some meat and vegetables.

Xu Huizhen was surprised and asked, "What are you doing? You just went to the zoo, where are you planning to go tonight?"

“Yushui misses his father, so I’ll take him back to the courtyard house for the night.”

That was the ancestral home. Whenever He Yushui missed He Daqing, He Yuzhu would take him back to spend the night there.

Sleeping in the old house also helped alleviate her longing.

"Oh. Going back again?"

"Yeah, are you going or not? You haven't been to my hometown in so long."

"You want me to go?"

"Of course, I'll share a bed with Yushui at night so she won't have trouble sleeping."

"So you're telling me I'm here to be a nanny?" Xu Huizhen said with a smile.

"So, are you going or not?"

"Go, why wouldn't I go? I'll go see what your doghouse looks like."

Xu Huizhen turned and went into the house, changed her clothes, and came out smiling, asking, "Does it look good?"

"It looks good. Why are you making new clothes again?"

"It was a new batch of fabric that Xue Ru got, so I had her make a set for me."

He Yuzhu tidied up and made arrangements for the workers, then returned to the courtyard house with Xu Huizhen and He Yushui.

Yan Bugui laughed and said, "Zhuzi is back. This girl is really pretty."

"Uncle Yan, you didn't recognize her, did you? This is the proprietress of our liquor store."

Xu Huizhen suddenly stretched out two fingers and pinched He Yuzhu's waist, saying something nonsensical, "boss lady," which sounded awful.

He Yuzhu gasped, quickly dodged, exchanged a few polite words with Yan Bugui, and then entered the Intermediate Court.

Qin Huairu was washing clothes in the yard when she heard someone enter. She turned around to greet them, but when she saw He Yuzhu come in, she immediately snorted angrily.

He turned and went into the west wing.

Granny Zhang frowned and asked, "Are the clothes washed?"

"No, it's that scoundrel Shazhu who's back."

"What? He still has the nerve to come back? That damned idiot Zhu, why doesn't he just die?"

After Jia Dongxu's incident, Granny Zhang was furious and scolded Yi Zhonghai for three days and three nights, making Yi Zhonghai afraid to even enter the hospital.

It was only after Aunt Yi stepped forward and persuaded Zhang Pozi that she finally gave up, as Zhang had frequently helped their family during Jia Dongxu's imprisonment.

Granny Zhang got the money and wanted to settle accounts with He Yuzhu, but she hadn't had a chance to do so yet.

Granny Zhang put down the shoe upper she was holding and said angrily, "I haven't even gone to settle accounts with him yet, and he's already delivered himself to my door?"

Actually, Granny Zhang had hesitated several times before about going to He Yuzhu's shop to yell at him, but she was still a little hesitant. After all, once she left the courtyard, who would recognize her as an old woman?

If I get beaten out, wouldn't all the beating have been for nothing?

Qin Huairu said, "Yushui and the little girl who sells wine also came back together."

Granny Zhang asked, "Has your Uncle Yi returned yet?"

"He's back, he's in his room."

"Alright, I'll go settle the score with Sha Zhu."

With Yi Zhonghai at home, Granny Zhang felt more secure, knowing that if things got out of hand, Yi Zhonghai would step in and protect her.

Granny Zhang got out of bed, went outside, and immediately started cursing.

When He Yuzhu returned home, he opened the door and went inside. The three of them cleaned the house first, and then they heard someone shouting and cursing outside.

He Yuzhu immediately became angry.

Previously, Jia Dongxu had schemed against his own family's formula. Although he had been tricked, he hadn't yet settled accounts with Yi Zhonghai of the Jia family.

This time I stayed for one day, and Granny Zhang started making veiled insults in the yard. Can't she let people have some peace and quiet?