Siheyuan: The Ambition of Sanzang

Chapter 108 64. He Daqing's Secret
On Sunday morning, the courtyard of Sanzang’s family was so lively that it almost turned into a primary school playground.

Sanzang's two sons and two daughters, Qin Tiejun's two sons and a daughter, Qin Yuru's one son and two daughters, the older ones went out with his eldest daughter to play, and the younger ones played alone in the yard.

His eldest son Tiance and two boys were playing with a little turtle, which Qin Sanbao caught specially for his grandson.

The girls are jumping rubber bands, and the adults are busy washing and drying the quilt.

With his back to the sun, Sanzang was studying with a copy of "Zeng Hu Zhibing Quotations". The more he studied, the more subtle he felt.

"elder brother!"

"Rain! Why are you here? Come, come! Sit inside!"

"No! I want to ask you one thing!"

"What do you ask for? Tell me!"

"I...I want you to accompany me to see my father!"

"Okay!"

"Huh?! You agreed! Why is it not surprising at all?"

"What's so strange about this!"

"Do you know something?"

"Yeah!" Sanzang nodded, "Does your man know?"

"I didn't dare to tell him! I was afraid he would think too much!"

"In fact, you should tell him that there is nothing wrong with telling others, and it's not your fault that we didn't do anything wrong!

I have met your man a few times, he is not a small-minded person, he really likes you, and he doesn't care about these things.

It's not good for you to hide it from him, he will know about it sooner or later! "

"Well! I'll tell him when the time is right. This time, just the two of us will go and have a look!"

"Alright! Then I'll explain it to your sister-in-law!"

"Well! I'll wait for you at the door!"

Sanzang went back to the house, changed his clothes, and came out with a handbag, "Daughter-in-law! Yushui and I will go to Baocheng!"

"You mean... to meet her biological father!"

"Ok!"

"Then how long are you going to go?"

"We're leaving today, we'll be back tomorrow if there's nothing to worry about!"

"Ok!"

Sanzang and Yushui took the train for more than three hours to Baocheng.

Following the rain, she took a tricycle to a small courtyard with a single door. She came here with Shazhu when she was young, and now she still remembers the way.

Sanzang went to knock on the door, but Yushui hid aside. She was driven out by He Daqing's concubine White Widow when she was young, and she was afraid of being recognized.

"Who are you looking for?" An old lady opened the door and asked Sanzang in a low voice when she saw Sanzang's extraordinary aura and overwhelming wealth.

"Excuse me, is Master He Daqing here?"

"Yes! Yes! You are looking for him for the banquet! In the room please! In the room please!"

He Daqing has already retired, so there is only this value left, and people often come here to invite him to a banquet.

Sanzang frowned on purpose, showing disdain in his eyes, "No! You call me out! I'll talk to him face to face!"

"Okay! Okay! Wait a moment! Old He! Old He! A distinguished guest is looking for you!"

After a while, Sanzang saw an old man with a paralyzed face and gray hair coming out.

"My lord, are you looking for me?"

"Are you Master He Daqing?"

"It's next!"

"That's right! I have something important to discuss with you, is it convenient?"

"You say!"

"That's it! I'm not familiar with this place, let's find a better restaurant and chat while eating!"

"Alright! Let's go!" He Daqing walked forward without saying a word.

Sanzang followed immediately, and at the same time quietly gestured to Yushui.

Followed He Daqing to a relatively upscale public restaurant,
Sanzang immediately stepped forward, "Comrade waiter! Open us a private room!"

"Okay! Follow me please!"

"Master He! Please sit down! Please forgive me! It's not me looking for you! It's her looking for you!"

The rain also came in, and when Sanzang saw this, he went out quietly, closed the door, and stood guard at the door.

After a while, there was the sound of two people crying softly in the room. The waiter wanted to open the door to see what happened, but was stopped by Sanzang.

He gave a general explanation to the waiter. The father and daughter hadn't seen each other for a long time, and the waiter expressed his understanding.

Then he ordered some good dishes and told them to wait for a while.

After a while, the rain opened the door, Sanzang walked in, and closed the door behind him.

"Hmm! Not bad! Yushui has a good eye! The man I found is really good!"

"Cough cough cough!" Sanzang couldn't hold back when he heard it.

"Dad! What are you talking about! This is my brother!"

When the rain heard this, his face turned red all of a sudden.

"Oh! I'm sorry! You are a good young man!"

"Uncle He! I ordered a few dishes just now, why don't we chat while eating!"

"Alright!"

When He Daqing was almost done eating, Sanzang also put down his chopsticks,
"Uncle He! I have a lot of questions I want to ask you? Can you answer them conveniently?"

"Things have passed for so many years, and I am so old, there is nothing I can't say!"

"Okay! Uncle He, your hometown is Baocheng! Or you grew up in Baocheng since you were a child!"

"Young students have good eyesight! That's right!
My family has been working as a cook in Baocheng since my grandparents. My father met a good friend when he was young, and he later made his fortune in Yandu.

Around the 22nd year of the Republic of China, when I was 13 or 14 years old, he wrote to invite my father to develop in Yandu.

My father was very moved when he heard that, and our family of three came to Yandu.

Because of my father's good craftsmanship, he was very popular with dignitaries and dignitaries. He made some money, and soon we bought the annex of Yushui. "

"Then how did you end up living in the main house of the courtyard?"

"There are unpredictable things in the sky, but there are always good and bad times for people!
In the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Eastern Japanese people came, and my father's friend changed himself and worked for them again.

He asked my father to cook for the Eastern Japanese people. My father had a bit of a backbone, and he didn't know what was going on, but he was killed by them.Whoooo! "

"I'm sorry! I brought up your sadness, Uncle He!"

He Daqing shook his head and continued, "My mother got the bad news and soon fell ill, so she went too!
I was 18 years old at the time, and my father was well-known for his culinary skills. Later, his friends came to me again and kept persuading me to work for them.

I was too timid to defy them, so I kept cooking for them.

The tenants in the yard looked down on me, except Yi Zhonghai who regarded me as a friend in private. "

"What's the matter with that silly pillar? He shouldn't be your biological son!"

"Well! You can see that too! One day at 4 or 5 o'clock in the morning, Aunt Tan in the courtyard knocked on the door with a little boy in her arms, begging me to help her raise her!"

"You didn't agree?"

"Of course! I'm a boy of eighteen or nineteen years old, and no girl wants to marry me because I cook for the Eastern Japanese people.

I'm bringing another child, isn't that nonsense! "

"Then Aunt Tan tempted you with the main house she lived in, and she moved to live in the backyard by herself?"

"That's right! When I saw such a big main room, I immediately agreed!"

"Who is this Aunt Tan?"

"I don't know either. I heard that it was the little concubine who helped the righteousness. Her husband died and inherited that big courtyard. She didn't have any children, and she always kept festivals for her husband.

Gradually, she couldn't make ends meet, so she rented out the house and relied on the rent to make ends meet! "

Sanzang listened and nodded, thoughtfully.

"Then how did Aunt Tan survive in that troubled world?"

"Her husband's family is a rich family, her husband is also a KMT veteran, and she herself is from a rich family.

Her wrist is also very powerful, and the underground workers also take advantage of this to use this courtyard as a secret stronghold.

I only found out after the Republic of China that Yi Zhonghai used to be a secret traffic officer. "

"So it is!" Sanzang suddenly realized.

(End of this chapter)