The Wizard's Journey Begins in a Courtyard House

Chapter 40 The Secret of Yi Zhonghai's Infertility

Although Li Qin knew about He Yuzhu's early experiences, he did not sympathize with him because of that.

The most Li Qin could do was to avoid provoking He Yuzhu.

While he was deep in thought, He Yuzhu had already stepped into the courtyard.

Seeing this, Li Qin slowly walked towards the courtyard at No. 95.

As he walked, Li Qin couldn't help but mutter something under his breath;

"Yi Zhonghai is truly a scoundrel. Perhaps his death without an heir is his retribution."

Li Qin, who knew the plot, knew a lot of things;

For example, when He Daqing left Beijing, he entrusted He Yuzhu and He Yushui to Yi Zhonghai.

Furthermore, He Daqing would send ten yuan to He Yuzhu and He Yushui every month.

However, because He Yuzhu and He Yushui were young at the time, the money was mailed to Yi Zhonghai for him to pass on.

Ten yuan may not seem like much, but it's actually quite a lot.

Keep in mind that in this day and age, an adult can live on five yuan a month.

Ten yuan is more than enough to support two children, one big and one small.

If Yi Zhonghai were to transfer this money to He Yuzhu, the brother and sister would not suffer, even if they did not live a very good life.

Unfortunately, He Daqing made one mistake: Yi Zhonghai was not as upright and honest as he appeared.

After Yi Zhonghai received the money mailed by He Daqing, he did not pass it on to He Yuzhu and his sister.

On the contrary, he would occasionally mention to He Yuzhu and his sister that He Daqing had heartlessly abandoned them.

This caused He Yuzhu and his sister to gradually come to hate He Daqing.

He Daqing is a descendant of the Tan family cuisine, and Lou Qingyun's wife also has the surname Tan.

So there is some kind of relationship between them.

In addition, He Daqing's cooking skills were indeed very good, so he became the head chef at the Lou's Steel Rolling Mill canteen at the beginning.

Before leaving, He Daqing did one more thing.

That was to use connections to find He Yuzhu a job in the steel rolling mill kitchen.

Moreover, it has already been agreed that as long as He Yuzhu reports to the steel rolling mill, he can be directly transferred to a permanent position.

He Daqing also entrusted this matter to Yi Zhonghai.

However, Yi Zhonghai immediately suppressed the matter and never mentioned it to He Yuzhu.

It can be said that the hardships that He Yuzhu and He Yushui endured in their early years were basically caused by Yi Zhonghai.

Otherwise, with the salary of a regular worker in the steel mill kitchen, plus the ten yuan that He Daqing mailed back every month, they could live a very comfortable life.

Things would never be like this.

Thinking of this, a question suddenly arose in Li Qin's mind;

Logically speaking, when He Daqing left, Yi Zhonghai should still be very young, at most around thirty years old.

There is still a chance to have children.

There was absolutely no need for Yi Zhonghai to plan for retirement so early, let alone scheme against He Yuzhu.

But Yi Zhonghai did just that.

This is clearly not right.

"Unless Yi Zhonghai already knew at that time that he could not have his own children!"

Suddenly, a glint of light flashed in Li Qin's eyes.

He came up with an explanation.

Only if Yi Zhonghai had decided on this matter several years ago would he have started planning for his retirement so early.

Following this line of thought, Li Qin gradually came up with more ideas;

"In that case, the rumor that an older woman in the courtyard has a health problem and cannot get pregnant seems worth considering."

If the reason why Yi Zhonghai and his wife have no children lies with an older woman, then Yi Zhonghai still has a chance, whether he remarries and has children again or resorts to the darker path of surrogacy.

Having your own children naturally eliminates the need to worry about retirement.

However, Yi Zhonghai not only plotted against He Yuzhu from the very beginning, but also took Jia Dongxu as his apprentice a long time ago.

Moreover, they have been consistently trained to care for the elderly.

This is contradictory;

So the only explanation is that Yi Zhonghai knew that the reason he had never had children was not because of the older woman, but because of himself.

Only when he is certain that he has a problem that is incurable will Yi Zhonghai start planning for his retirement early on.

Thinking about this, Li Qin finally connected all these things.

Many things that didn't make sense before can now be explained.

"As expected of the renowned Moral Celestial Venerable, he is truly hypocritical and ruthless."

Yi Zhonghai's actions, however, once again shattered Li Qin's expectations.

In this incident, the most pitiful person is Yi Zhonghai's wife, an older woman.

She was unfairly blamed for Yi Zhonghai's infertility, and was also incredibly grateful to him for his refusal to divorce or give up on her.

It's quite pathetic to think about.

However, there's nothing we can do about it; it's a limitation of our times.

In this era, infertility is often attributed to the woman, but few realize that the man could also be the cause of infertility.

Thinking of this, Li Qin couldn't help but shake his head, but he didn't intend to expose these things.

Li Qin didn't want to do this until Yi Zhonghai made his move against him.

While pondering, Li Qin quickly returned to the courtyard house and finally made it home without any problems.

He originally thought he would run into Uncle Yan Bugui again, but to his surprise, the other party was not guarding the door.

Li Qin glanced curiously in the direction of the Yan family's residence;

It turned out to be a family having dinner.

After Li Qin returned yesterday, he didn't cook. Today, although there are plenty of ready-made foods in his ring.

But she planned to cook to cover it up.

After all, not cooking for a day is too tiring, and you won't have the energy to cook. Just bear with it and it will pass.

However, it would be unreasonable to not cook for several days in a row.

Li Qin rented a small, back-facing room, so there was naturally no extra space inside to cook.

Therefore, they could only set up a simple stove outside the room.

The original owner used to eat corn porridge with pickled vegetables for breakfast and dinner, and only when things were good would she add a cornbread.

Since it was just a formality, Li Qin naturally had to maintain the original owner's image.

He pretended to light the stove and then cooked a pot of corn porridge in it.

While the corn porridge was cooking, Li Qin went to the Central Courtyard to wash up quickly.

At this time, most people are eating at home, so there is no one else around the pool.

However, it reduces the opportunity to acquire emotional power.

Li Qin took it all in stride.

Anyway, he will continue to live in the courtyard house in the future, and there will be plenty of opportunities to collect emotional power, so missing one time won't make a difference.

When Li Qin finished washing up and returned to the front yard, the corn porridge cooking outside his room was almost ready.

Li Qin quickly extinguished the fire on the stove, then carried the corn porridge, pot and bowl, into the house.

Then close the door.

Next, Li Qin ladled a large bowl of corn porridge from the pot and placed it on the table.

The processing of corn in this era was quite crude.

It is completely incomparable to modern cornmeal.

Even when cooked into corn porridge, it still makes your throat feel rough when you eat it.

Li Qin, who has no penchant for self-harm, naturally wouldn't eat the large bowl of corn porridge in front of the noodles.