Comfortable life in Siheyuan

It was early December, the winter in the old city, and the wind was biting cold, but the He family was exceptionally lively today.

Wenwen, the eldest grandson of Sha Zhu and grandson of Liu Qingshan, held a full-month banquet today.

In the morning, I received relatives and friends in the courtyard. However, those who came to my house were close relatives and friends, and the rest of the people went directly to the restaurant at noon.

Sha Zhu has been grinning since this morning, with his teeth bared all the time.

Liu Qingshan and his family got up early today and came together to receive the guests.

The third uncle walked into the house and went straight towards He Daqing and Liu Yaohui.

"Old Yan, come and sit down!" He Daqing greeted him warmly.

"Old He, Old Liu, look at those two men, they don't look like grandfathers at all. Especially Qingshan, if you don't know him, you would think he is a young man!" Yan Bugui teased with a smile.

"Look at my daughter-in-law, Xiaoyu, she looks so young! She looks like a little girl." Liu's mother was standing nearby and heard the conversation. She also interrupted with a smile.

"Indeed, being a cadre is indeed different. They look young." He Daqing carefully compared Liu Qingshan and Sha Zhu, and sighed silently in his heart.

"Zhuzi is a little old, but Xiuyun doesn't look old. Who would believe that she is a grandmother?" Liu's mother began to praise Tian Xiuyun.

Liu Qingshan didn't know what was going on here. He was chatting with Yu Shui's husband Li Weidong.

"Weidong has changed a lot! I remember when he first married Yu Shui, he was still a fair-skinned young man. Now his skin is much darker!" Liu Qingshan was trying to find a topic to talk about.

"Brother Liu, what are you talking about? I'm already so old and have been working at the grassroots level for so many years that I should have been tanned a long time ago." Li Weidong joked with a smile.

"Brother, please stop making fun of him. I bought him so many lotions, but he just didn't know how to use them. All the bottles eventually expired." Yu Shui glanced at her husband and gritted her teeth.

"Qingshan, let's go to the restaurant first! There will be guests arriving soon and we have to go and receive them." Sha Zhu stood up, looked at the time, and prepared to go over first.

"Okay, let's go first."

Liu Qingshan and Sha Zhu greeted everyone and walked towards He's Restaurant together.

After leaving the yard and walking a few steps, he unexpectedly ran into Xu Damao. Sha Zhu glanced at him but didn't intend to pay attention to him.

It was Xu Damao who spoke first, "Qingshan, what are you busy with? Where are you going?"

Liu Qingshan didn't expect it for a moment, but he still responded with a smile: "Let's go to the restaurant. My grandson is one month old today. Let's go celebrate."

"Qingshan, this is not very considerate of you. After all, we have lived in the same courtyard for so many years. You didn't even invite me to have a drink on your family's happy occasion." Xu Damao said with some blame, and glanced at Sha Zhu at the end.

Sha Zhu held it in for a long time and finally couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Why should I bring you to my grandson's full moon party? Do you have the nerve to do that?" Sha Zhu's face was full of disdain and he didn't want to talk to him at all.

"Today's banquet was not organized by me, and I was not the one treating the guests." Liu Qingshan explained to Xu Damao while blocking Sha Zhu.

"I don't even want to go, you grandson!" Xu Damao said and slipped away. He knew that he would not be invited to this event today, and he just wanted to satisfy himself.

"Who are you talking about, you bastard!" Sha Zhu pretended to kick him twice, but he slipped away.

As they continued walking, Sha Zhu complained to Liu Qingshan, "Why would you bother with someone like Xu Damao? Do you really want to invite such trash to our grandson's full moon party?"

"I didn't invite you? Isn't this the banquet hosted by you? What does it have to do with me? I just came here to eat today, and I have to be your seat of honor." Liu Qingshan joked with a smile.

"That's not what I meant!" Sha Zhu rolled his eyes at him and said again.

"Like you, I don't despise his character. But he hasn't offended me either. I can't just fight with him as soon as we meet. Don't worry, we are not in the same courtyard now, so it's not reasonable for me to include him in the dinner!" Liu Qingshan explained with a smile.

"Is that the way to behave? I'd be so annoyed if he sat at the dinner table in my house." Sha Zhu was a very stubborn person. Considering Xu Damao's character, it was considered polite of Sha Zhu not to take action.

When they arrived at the restaurant, the guests had not arrived yet. Sha Zhu first went to the kitchen to check on the preparations, and then went to see how the private rooms were being cleaned up.

After finishing the work, the two of them sat in the living room waiting for the guests to come.

The first people to come were Sha Zhu’s former colleagues from the factory. A group of them came directly from home, and it was obvious that they had made an appointment.

"Master Xu, Master Wu, welcome, welcome, please come in!" Sha Zhu smiled and invited them in.

"Congratulations. Look at what Master He is wearing. It's obvious that he has no intention of going to the kitchen today." Master Xu joked with a smile.

"Ma Hua has already graduated, so I can take some time off." Sha Zhu explained with a smile.

"In the blink of an eye, Zhuzi has become a grandfather. When he first came to the factory, he was still a little kid who hadn't even grown all his hair." Master Wu also joked.

Sha Zhu smiled and arranged for everyone to sit down. Another group of people came in. They were all old neighbors in the courtyard. Qin Huairu even brought Sophora japonica over.

"Everyone, please come in, please come in!" Liu Qingshan entertained you and Sha Zhu together.

"You go and do your thing, we can go there by ourselves. We are familiar with this restaurant." Liu Haizhong said with a smile.

"Row!"

Guests arrived quickly, and soon the hall was full. Relatives from the family also came from the courtyard. Xixi was holding a child, walking in the middle of the crowd, and both she and the child were wrapped up tightly.

As soon as the banquet started, everyone clamored for Sha Zhu to go up and say a few words. Sha Zhu was not stage-frightened and went up directly.

"Welcome everyone. Today is my eldest grandson's full moon banquet. Please come and have some fun. Let's all have a few drinks later. I've only prepared a small amount of wine as a token of respect. Thank you!" Sha Zhu's words were concise, but no one cared.

Not long after the banquet started, Sha Zhu and Liu Qingshan were spotted by someone, who took turns toasting them with wine glasses. After a few rounds of toasts, Sha Zhu felt a little dizzy. After two rounds, Liu Qingshan completely collapsed on the table.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Sha Zhu found a lame excuse to urge the food to be prepared and slipped into the kitchen to hide.

"Where is Zhuzi? He just had a few drinks and he ran away?" Everyone realized later that the silly Zhuzi was missing.

Tian Xiuyun couldn't help laughing when she heard everyone's voices. But when she saw Liu Qingshan lying on the table, she didn't think there was anything wrong with Sha Zhu's behavior. Should he admit his defeat?