Comfortable life in Siheyuan

Recently, the home of the second uncle Liu Haizhong has become increasingly lively, and the marriage of Liu Guangqi, the eldest son of the Liu family, has been decided.

Unlike last year's Sha Zhu and Liu Qingshan, who didn't hold a wedding, Liu Haizhong was more high-profile this time.

The second uncle held a wedding banquet in such a difficult period for the sake of his reputation and his eldest son. The house was cleaned tidy, with big red wedding characters on the windows and stickers on both sides of the door: "New things, new practices, new fashions, good husbands, good wives, good families. The horizontal banners bring joy to the house."

Today is Liu Guangqi's wedding day. Liu Guangqi wore a brand new Zhongshan suit with a big red flower hanging on his chest. He rode his bicycle to pick up his bride.

Friends and relatives came one after another, with gifts ranging from 10 cents, 30 cents, 50 cents, and 1 yuan, depending on the relative's distance. Yan Bugui sat at the eight-immortal table in the middle courtyard and wrote down the gift list. On the table were peanuts, melon seeds, candies, and Daqianmen cigarettes.

After about an hour, a child was heard shouting, "The bride is here." Suddenly, a burst of firecrackers was heard.

Liu Guangqi came over with the bride and the wedding officially began.

A newlywed couple, both wearing new clothes and a pair of watches of similar style.

The neighbors in the courtyard all put out their own tables and stools, and brought their own bowls and chopsticks, and the backyard of the courtyard was full of people.

Only Liu Qingshan's father went to his home, but no one else went. These days, basically only one person from each family goes.

Qin Huairu from the Jia family did not come out, and Jia Zhangshi sat at the table with Banggeng.

The wedding was much more grand than the one Liu Qingshan and Sha Zhu had held before.

They started by sang red songs, and then everyone in the yard joined in singing "The East is Red".

Then the oath is taken, with the newlyweds holding the marriage certificate in their hands.

Finally, the ceremony was concluded with three bows to the portrait of the great man.

Finally, with the announcement of the start of the meal, the atmosphere reached its climax.

There were six dishes: chicken stewed with mushrooms, braised carp, pork stewed with vermicelli, stir-fried shredded potatoes, fried peanuts, four-happiness meatballs, and steamed buns made from two-grain flour. The wine was Erguotou.

Today, even Xu Damao, who had not been seen for a long time, rushed back.

The children in the yard were as happy as if it were New Year’s Day.

The second uncle sat at the main table, his face flushed with laughter. Among the people who came were his workshop director and Liu Guangqi's office manager.

The second uncle looked at so many people in the yard, and then compared himself with Yi Zhonghai, and suddenly felt very proud.

Yi Zhonghai also sat at the main table. Seeing that Liu Haizhong's eldest son had already gotten married, he felt extremely bitter.

Aunt Jia at the next table was amazing. She ate so fast that her hands left afterimages. Even so, she was able to take care of Bang Geng and not let him sit idle.

Everyone at the table looked at the grandson and his wife and shook their heads, wishing they could send them to another table.

The chef hired by the second uncle's family was Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu didn't hesitate to be polite with him. He charged him 5 yuan and also gave him a lunch box of food.

Everyone in the courtyard praised the second uncle Liu Haizhong for his beautiful wedding, which cost several hundred yuan including furniture, watches and banquets. It was the first of its kind in our courtyard.

Amid the crowd's boasting, the second uncle got drunk and went back to his room to lie down. The second aunt served him from front to back.

After dinner, the men left and the women helped to clear the table, wash the dishes, and chat and laugh.

Several older children, or unmarried young people in the yard, all stayed in the backyard, waiting for the last activity - eavesdropping.

After a while, the yard was finally cleaned up and the crowd dispersed. When it was dark in the yard, a few young people appeared.

Guangqi's wedding room was against the north wall, not far from the deaf old lady's door.

Several people led by Yan Jiecheng were squatting in the corner at this time. The most amazing thing was that Xu Damao was among them.

A group of bachelors waited for a long time before finally hearing the exciting part.

Xu Damao suddenly shouted, "Hey, what are you guys doing?" Then he slipped back to his room and locked the door.

At this moment, a scream came from the bridal chamber: "Oh! There's someone!"

At this time, Liu Guangqi yelled, "Get the hell out of here. I'll skin you alive when I get out."

The second aunt also heard the shouting in the main room and quickly got up and left the room.

Seeing that there was no one outside the house, he moved a small stool and sat at the back gate.

"You bastards here, stop wandering around. You will get married one day too. Behave yourself."

In this way, the second aunt sat for another 2 minutes before returning to the house.

Poor brothers Guangtian and Guangfu, they could only sleep on a small bed in the utility room at the back.

The eldest brother got married in a grand ceremony, but the second and third brothers didn't even have a house. This disparity made the two brothers cry like dogs.

In fact, Liu Guangqi himself knew that Liu Haizhong treated him so well because he was counting on him for his livelihood in the future and wanted to live with them for a long time.

In Liu Haizhong's eyes, there is no happiness in this family at all. After the two sons got married, they had nothing to do with the Liu family anymore.

Nowadays, people have been short of oil and water for a long time, so the wedding banquet held by the Liu family was still quite sumptuous. The grandmother and grandson of the Jia family ate especially much.

In the second half of the night, their stomachs couldn't take it anymore, and several people in the compound went to the toilet, especially the grandmother and grandson of the Jia family, who kept going.

The next morning, as soon as it was light, Jia Zhang blocked the door of Sha Zhu's house in the middle courtyard and cursed: "You wicked Sha Zhu, you will not have a good death. You put drugs in the food, causing us to have diarrhea all night."

The He couple were so angry that they were about to smoke.

Just as Sha Zhu was about to come out, Tian Xiuyun grabbed him, pushed open the door and walked out.

"You old hag, you're yelling so loudly in the early morning! You're calling your soul. Others are fine after eating, but you usually don't have much oil and water, and you can't control your mouth all of a sudden. If you don't have diarrhea, who will?

You are like a wild boar that cannot stomach fine bran. Get away from me." Then he turned around and went back to the house.

Sha Zhu, who was standing by, was completely shocked. He had never seen his wife being so violent. Sha Zhu was quite happy.

"I won't live anymore. How dare you, a little thing, scold an old man in the yard. Come out and take care of things! We can't stay in this yard anymore. They are all so wicked..." Aunt Jia kept scolding.

The veins on the forehead of the old man in the middle courtyard were throbbing. It was this old woman who was asking for trouble. She even dragged him into this.

"Okay, stop swearing in the yard. Everyone has to go to work now. If you have anything to say, wait until you come back to talk about it." The old man turned around and went to work.

Sha Zhu put the lunch box into the net bag, pushed the door open and walked out, staring at Jia Zhang with squinted eyes, without any expression and without saying a word.

Jia Zhang's heart skipped a beat and she opened her mouth but said nothing.

It was Qin Huairu who came out and pulled Aunt Jia back.

This was just a minor incident and no one in the hospital took it seriously.