Chapter 18 Ten Years Later
24 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China.

The old lady passed away in the middle of the night.

She is still three years away from her 90th birthday.

He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e were dressed in mourning and cried inconsolably.

The only consolation is that the old lady passed away peacefully and did not suffer any pain.

After the old lady passed away, her house was given to He Yuzhu.

The second uncle, the third uncle, and other families were all jealous.

But everyone should think about it honestly. He Yuzhu has been serving the old lady since the founding of the country, for a full twenty years.

The only people in the courtyard who could compete with He Yuzhu for the property were the uncle and his wife.

The problem is that the uncle and his wife are still thinking of leaving their house to He Yuzhu, so they naturally won't compete with He Yuzhu for the old lady's house.

When the old lady was buried, He Yushui came with Zhang Haiyang and two children.

He Yushui and Zhang Haiyang were married for eight years and had two children, then they had a sterilization.

Having too many children is not good either.

Lou Xiao'e gave birth to four sons in succession and no daughter.

He Yuzhu also accepted his fate and asked her to get a sterilization.

After the old lady was buried, the situation has stabilized.

He Yushui accompanied Zhang Haiyang to visit his parents-in-law who were sent down to the countryside. Because the journey was too far, they did not bring their children with them, so they left both children in the care of their sister-in-law.

There were already four children in He Yuzhu's family, and now there are two more, and they are quarreling all day long.

He Xiao is the oldest, he is eleven years old and in the fifth grade of primary school. He thinks of himself as a little adult and is not willing to play with little kids.

He Yong is nine years old and in the third grade of primary school. He is very clever and likes to play with his younger siblings, but he has learned to ask for money.

Whenever He Yuzhu asked He Yong to take his four younger brothers and sisters out to play, this kid would definitely ask for money.

The third son of the He family is called He Zheng, and the fourth son is called He Xiu.

He Zheng is six years old and He Xiu is four years old, and both are in kindergarten.

He Yushui has two children. The older one is a girl, five years old, named Zhang Mengmeng, and the younger one is a boy, three years old, named Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu is the youngest. He can hardly walk steadily, but he likes to run behind his older brothers and sisters.

Lou Xiao'e couldn't take care of so many little ones and could only follow slowly behind them as a bodyguard.

These children made a fuss in the He family for more than half a month.

He Yushui and Zhang Haiyang just rushed back from the countryside.

When they came back, they also got good news.

Zhang Haiyang's father's case is under investigation and he will probably be able to resume work in one or two years.

Spring, 28th year after the founding of the People's Republic of China.

He Yuzhu took Lou Xiao'e to send a telegram to Hong Kong, asking about the situation of the Lou family and Lou Zhendong's health.

Two days later, Lou Zhendong called back.

"everything is fine."

"As long as everything is alright."

At this time, Lou Zhendong was almost seventy years old.

Lou Zhendong suffered a lot when he was young. Now his hidden illness has recurred. He is afraid that he doesn’t have much time left, so he wants to return to his hometown.

He Yuzhu's brother-in-law Lou Minghe now controls a group company with assets of over 10 million.

The Lou family is still not short of money.

Like Lou Zhendong, Lou Tan also wants to return to his roots.

As the couple gets older, their obsession becomes deeper.

He Yuzhu told Lou Zhendong that if he really wanted to come back, he should contact the Xinhua News Agency in Hong Kong.

A month later, He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e came to the airport to welcome back Lou Zhendong and his wife.

"Dad, Mom!"

Lou Xiao'e looked at her parents whom she hadn't seen for twelve years. Her emotions suddenly burst out and she rushed over with tears in her eyes.

"Ezi," Mrs. Lou Tan had lived up to her youth, her hair had turned largely white, and she hugged her daughter and looked at her again and again.

My old girl has not changed much since I left, and she is still fair and clean.

"Ezi, you haven't suffered any hardship these years, have you?"

"No, I have been staying in the courtyard all these years and have not been anywhere. How can I endure any hardship?"

While Lou Xiao'e was talking to Lou Tan, Lou Zhendong was looking at his four grandchildren happily.

My son-in-law is really awesome. He gave birth to four sons.

Lou Minghe married six wives in Hong Kong and had five daughters and two sons.

"Why did Big Brother marry so many women?" Lou Xiao'e and He Yuzhu have been married for more than ten years and have always had a good relationship. They could not imagine what it would be like to have six women in one family.

"That's how it is in Hong Kong. It's popular to marry that many people."

Lou Zhendong was embarrassed to say that before the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also had several wives and concubines.

As a man, it's normal to have a few women.

"Dad, Mom, let's go home first."

The Lou family’s villa was once reclaimed.

However, after Lou Zhendong decided to come back, He Yuzhu applied to his superiors and was allowed to return.

Lou Xiao'e went to clean the house several times in the past few days, and when Lou Zhendong and his wife returned, they could move in directly.

When they arrived at the Lou family villa, before the family had even had time to rest, someone handed them a visiting card.

Guardian Zheng brought it in, and Lou Zhendong opened it and found out that it was from his old relationship.

Hearing that Lou Zhendong had returned, she wanted to continue to maintain the relationship.

There is no rush for this matter.

He Yuzhu and Lou Xiao'e, with their four children, did not return to the courtyard tonight, but stayed at the Lou family villa.

The next day, Lou Xiao'e accompanied her parents and wandered around the city.

He Yuzhu ran to the steel rolling mill and submitted his resignation to Director Yang, who had returned to the position of factory director.

The identity of a worker no longer means much to He Yuzhu.

Director Yang was a little reluctant.

After all, He Yuzhu's cooking skills became more and more sophisticated. At banquets on several special occasions, several "special second-level chefs" expressed their admiration and respect for He Yuzhu.

After all, there are only a few chefs in the country who are proficient in the eight major cuisines.

From this we can see that if He Yuzhu is willing, he can get the certificate of "Special Level 2 Chef".

Don’t even think about becoming a first-class chef.

There are only a few of them in the country, and each of them is a highly respected master.

Director Yang was not happy to lose a pillar of the factory and tried his best to retain him: "Zhu Zi, please reconsider. The factory cannot do without you."

He Yuzhu laughed and said, "Director, my father-in-law came back yesterday. He is not in good health. I still want to spend more time with him."

"Is Director Lou back?"

Director Yang was a little surprised, as he and Lou Zhendong were old acquaintances.

He Yuzhu nodded: "I came back by plane yesterday."

Director Yang knew that He Yuzhu used Lou Zhendong as an excuse, so his resignation could not be stopped.

He Yuzhu said goodbye and left.

Two days later, He Yuzhu completed the handover.

He Yuzhu completed the resignation procedures, picked up his lunch box, and left the steel rolling mill.

He probably won't come back here anymore.

Back at the courtyard, Uncle San was repairing his bicycle.

"Uncle, the car broke down again?"

"Hey, Zhuzi is back. Are you off work so early today?"

"I'm not leaving get off work, I'm quitting."

He Yuzhu chuckled, and his smile was particularly cheerful.

After more than 30 years in this world, I feel happy for the first time.

"Resigned?"

The third uncle was stunned. He watched He Yuzhu carrying his bicycle over the threshold and into the yard. He stood up suddenly with his eyes wide open: "Zhuzi, are you kidding me? You have a good job, how could you possibly quit?"

"I just resigned. If you don't believe me, the news will spread in two days."

He Yuzhu chuckled and pushed the cart into the central courtyard.

He opened the door, put down the lunch box, looked at the furnishings in the house, picked up a package, and started packing.

These days, Lou Xiao'e lived in the Lou family villa with her four sons. Because they did not bring any clean clothes, the clothes of the four sons were a little dirty.

He Yuzhu quickly packed a large package, took it out, and tied it to the back seat of the car.

The lady next door heard the noise and came out. Seeing He Yuzhu carrying the package, she was a little surprised: "Zhuzi, you just came back, why are you leaving again?"

"Auntie, Xiao'e's parents are back from Hong Kong. We haven't seen each other for more than ten years. Our family will stay there for a few days."

He Yuzhu explained it, but he didn't say that he didn't plan to come back to live in the future.

Some things still need to be taken slowly.

(End of this chapter)