Silly Zhu's Moving: The Old Neighbor's Nightmare

Chapter 21 made the rainwater cry.

I quickly cleaned the mud off my younger sister and washed her hands and face.

"Rain, look at yourself, aren't you dirty? You look like a little beggar. Here's a towel, wipe yourself clean."

Sha Zhu handed the towel to Yu Shui. Yu Shui took the towel and wiped her face without saying a word.

Sha Zhu thought about it and realized he really didn't want to eat cornbread at home, and taking food out of his spatial storage wasn't realistic either. He'd clearly come back empty-handed.

"Come on, Yushui, put the towel inside, I'll take you out to find Dad." Upon hearing this, Yushui looked up and asked, "Brother, where are we going to find Dad? Wait for me a moment." Then she ran into the house.

"Come on, let's go outside. Who did you play with today?" After Yu Shui came out, Sha Zhu took Yu Shui's hand and walked outside while asking her.

"Yeah, after school today, I played jump rope with Xu Xiaoqin, Wang Erya, and Zhang Sanni. Little ball, kick it with your foot, Malan flowers bloom twenty-one, two eight two five six, two eight two five seven, two eight two nine thirty-one. We had so much fun!" Yu Shui sang and jumped around.

"Really? Then where did the dirt on you come from?"

"Liu Guangtian and Yan Jiefang were causing trouble for us, so we started fighting and threw dirt around."

"So you're the only one who's dirty?" Sha Zhu asked.

“No way, Xu Xiaoqin and Zhang Sanni have more dirt on them than I do. Yan Jiefang even threw dirt into Xu Xiaoqin’s clothes,” Yu Shui said.

Sha Zhu led his sister through the hanging flower gate to the front yard, where a commotion arose.

Xu Damao's mother stood with her hands on her hips, glaring at Yan Bugui.

"Salt isn't expensive, but look what your son has done!" He grabbed his daughter, Xu Xiaoqin.

"Here, salt isn't expensive. Look at you, your clothes are covered in dirt, and your son even threw mud into them! What's he trying to do?"

You're being a pervert! You filthy pervert! Your whole family are filthy perverts! And you call yourself a teacher? Is this how you educate your son?

You shameless bastard, your son is just as shameless. He started acting like a hooligan when he was eight or nine years old.

Yan Bugui wore a pained expression, unsure of what to do. This shrew was yelling in the street; he was a cultured man, and this was just children fighting.

The son bullied someone's younger daughter, and the son was even older than the daughter. What can you say about that? He even called himself an old scoundrel; it's truly disgusting.

"You, you, you, this is an insult to civility." With a flick of his hand, he left Aunt Yan and her son at the door and went back inside.

More and more neighbors gathered at the door to watch.

"Teacher Yan, don't push your luck!"

Sha Zhu, with his younger sister hidden behind the crowd, shouted something in a rhyming tone. Then he led his sister toward the gate of No. 95 courtyard.

The children watching also shouted when they heard this.

"Teacher Yan, don't push your luck!"

"Teacher Yan, don't push your luck!"

"Teacher Yan, don't be shameless!" It seems these children have also suffered greatly under Teacher Yan's influence.

Sha Zhu led his younger sister out the door and heard the children inside shouting in unison, "Teacher Yan, don't be shameless!"

Sha Zhu burst out laughing, thoroughly amused by the shouts coming from inside. Yu Shui stared at her brother in disbelief.

Leaving the No. 95 compound, Sha Zhu, his face wet with rain, walked towards the street corner. He remembered there was a small restaurant there. As he approached...

Sure enough, the door was open, and there weren't many people inside, mostly wearing work clothes. They were probably workers coming home for lunch after their shift.

The owner of the small restaurant is surnamed Ge. He and his wife run the business with their son.

The shop employs a waiter who also caters to weddings and funerals.

Seeing Sha Zhu come in, he quickly stood up. "Zhu Zi, it's been a long time since I've seen you. Did you bring your sister over for dinner?"

He Daqing is the only chef in the area with a good reputation, so he recognized Sha Zhu.

"Yes, Uncle Ge, I didn't see you playing chess at the door today. What kind of food do you have here?" Sha Zhu had never eaten here before.

Boss Ge pointed to the wall panel, "There, it's all up there. See what you want to eat. It's getting late, everyone's gone home to cook."

Sha Zhu glanced at the menu and saw that there were quite a few dishes.

Raindrops tugged at Sha Zhu's sleeve. "Brother, I want to eat shredded pork noodles. Brother, aren't we going to find Dad?"

"Aren't you hungry? Eat your fill before you go find him," Sha Zhu said.

He said to the owner, "Uncle Ge, two large bowls of shredded pork noodles, one braised pork, a plate of pig's head meat, and a plate of smashed cucumber. That's all."

"Okay, just a moment, it'll be ready in a bit," Boss Ge said before going inside to get to work.

Rainy said excitedly from the side, "Brother, we ordered two plates of meat. Do you have any money on you?"

Sha Zhu rolled his eyes. "I gave all my money to Dad. I don't have any money on me."

"If we don't have money, wouldn't that be like dining and dashing? We'd get arrested," Rain said anxiously.

"It's okay, the owner knows our dad. We'll go find him after we finish eating," Sha Zhu teased his sister.

"Brother, aren't you afraid Dad will beat you?" Yu Shui asked even more anxiously.

"It's okay, what's there to be afraid of? I'll just say that Yushui is hungry and wants to eat braised pork. When the time comes, Yushui, you have to help your brother out."

"I don't care," Sha Zhu said nonchalantly.

"Waaah, boohoo, brother, I don't want to eat anymore." Yu Shui cried while wiping away her tears with her little hands.

When Sha Zhu finally managed to make Yu Shui cry, he was at a loss for words. He had never coaxed a child before.

Just then, Boss Ge came over carrying two plates of meat and vegetables. "Zhu Zi, what's wrong? Why is Yu Shui crying?"

"Ah, it's nothing, Uncle Ge. The rain is being naughty and insists on eating roast duck, but there's no roast duck for sale around here." Sha Zhu took one of the plates and put it on the table, lying out of the blue.

After the boss left, Sha Zhu took the chopsticks and handed a pair to Yu Shui. "Don't cry, eat quickly. If I finish eating, there won't be any left for you." "Hmm, it tastes alright, but not as good as your brother's."

“Brother, you’re lying,” Yu Shui said, wiping away her tears.

"How did I lie to you? If you don't believe me, try it. It really isn't as good as your brother's."

"Brother, you're lying. I'm too scared to eat it. You don't have any money on you. I didn't say I wanted to eat roast duck."

As Yu Shui spoke, she kept her eyes glued to the braised pork, unwilling to look away.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, I won't tease you anymore. I have money on me. I apologize. Look, your shredded pork noodles are here too."

As he spoke, Sha Zhu pulled out five yuan from his pocket and handed it to the shopkeeper for change. "Rain Water, look, I've paid all the money."

"You stinky brother, you're lying!" she said, picking up her chopsticks and eating braised pork while crying, adding, "Brother, Rain doesn't like you anymore!"

"Really? Is the braised pork delicious?"

"It's not good, I'm ignoring you," Rain said while eating braised pork.

By the time the brother and sister had finished all the food, it was getting dark. Yu Shui rubbed her stomach, too tired to move.

"I'm full, let's go back, Rainwater." Shazhu stood up and said.

"Brother, you lied to me again." Rainwater remained seated in the chair.

"How did I lie to you? Get up and walk around to digest your food."

"Brother, didn't you say you were looking for Dad?"

"Where are we going to look? It's getting dark. Maybe Dad's already home." With that, Sha Zhu pulled his sister along and headed out of the restaurant.

By the time the brother and sister slowly returned home, it was completely dark, and the crowd that had gathered to watch the Yan family had dispersed.

No one knew what the outcome was. Only Yi Zhonghai's house had its lights on, while the other houses were lit by candlelight. He Daqing was still nowhere to be seen.

Sha Zhu turned on the lights in the room and told his sister to wash her feet.

Rain threw a tantrum, saying, "Brother, you lied to me today. You have to wash my feet, or I won't forgive you."

Hey, you little brat, I can't handle you.

Sha Zhu pulled out several comic books from his clothes, or rather, from his spatial storage.

“Rain, look how much I miss you. I even went to the department store to buy you a comic book, ‘Journey to the West: The Three Battles with the White Bone Demon.’ If you don’t forgive me, then you won’t want the comic book I bought.”

Rainwater's eyes lit up, but she said, "You stinky brother, Rainwater forgives you. I'll wash my feet myself." With that, she ran off to fetch water.

Even after the brother and sister were both in bed, He Daqing still hadn't returned.

"Rain, isn't Dad home at this hour?" Sha Zhu asked.

"No, I'm home every day," Yu Shui said, flipping through her comic book. It seems that now that I'm back, He Daqing has neglected his home and probably gone to see Widow Bai.

"Rain, aren't you going back to your room?"

"Brother, there's no light in my room, I'm not going back. Brother, don't bother me. I'm reading," Yu Shui said impatiently.

Oh dear, what a typical ingrate. While his sister wasn't looking, Sha Zhu took out "Postpartum Care of Sows" from his spatial storage and continued reading.

Neither brother nor sister spoke, and soon Sha Zhu fell asleep.