Siheyuan: Starting from a Truck Driver

Her arrogant attitude made Yan Bugui so angry that he gritted his teeth. However, when he saw Jia Zhang's lion's mouth, his guard was slightly relaxed.

It’s just two dollars. I really can’t bear to spend it!

Finally, the third aunt felt sorry for the child, so she took out two dollars of her own savings from the house and stuffed it into Jia Zhang's hand: "Aunt, we are neighbors, and you also watched Xie Cheng grow up. I leave the child's marriage to you."

"You are still my sister-in-law. Don't worry, with my help, I, Jia Zhang, will definitely help you marry Cuihua."

Jia Zhang left Yan's house happily with two dollars in her pocket.

Hey, another two bucks made.

After Jia Zhang left, Yan Bugui began to lecture Third Aunt: "That's two dollars! It can buy more than 200 kilograms of corn flour, enough for our family to eat for a month."

"Hey, Jia Zhang said Cuihua doesn't need a dowry, and she is a worker in a textile factory, where the salary is higher than that of a steel mill. I guess she must have some private money, and then we can..."

After hearing what the third aunt said, Yan Bugui immediately understood her hint, narrowed his eyes and gave a thumbs up.

"Hey, you're much smarter than me now."

"..."

Seeing Yan Bugui walk into the house with a smug look on his face, the third aunt sighed deeply and said, "What a sin! Yu Li was such a good daughter-in-law, but she was taken away by someone like that! Otherwise, I wouldn't have done this."

……

On the other side, Li Xiaodong brought Yu Li back home, only to find that the house was in a mess, with underwear, smelly socks and dirty clothes everywhere.

He smiled awkwardly: "I'm used to living alone."

Just as he was about to start tidying up, Yu Li stopped him.

"Brother Xiaodong, you've been busy all day and must be very tired. Sit down and take a rest. I'll take care of these."

Yu Haitang once told her that Li Xiaodong had lunch with a little girl in the cafeteria at noon. Although the girl was a little green, she was Li Xiaodong's apprentice and also a driver.

But she is unemployed at home, and if Li Xiaodong is attracted to the little girl, she will be in trouble.

……

Yu Li was very quick and nimble, sweeping the floor, wiping the table, and folding the quilt, and soon the house was clean. Then, she picked up a pile of dirty clothes and prepared to go outside to wash them.

Li Xiaodong didn't understand her thoughts. He held the idea of ​​marrying a woman and loving her, and he couldn't bear to let her work hard. Besides, it was freezing cold outside.

He quickly stopped her and said, "Put the dirty clothes here. I'll take them to the factory tomorrow and ask my apprentice to help wash them."

Hearing this, Yu Li thought to herself: That little girl even lets Xiaodong wash her clothes, how can this be tolerated! So she became more determined.

"It's okay. I'm just sitting around doing nothing anyway. I'd feel uncomfortable if I didn't do anything." As she said that, she picked up another dirty sheet and threw it into the basin.

I carried the basin to the faucet in the middle yard, just in time to hear the neighbors starting to cook, and there was a lot of noise around the faucet.

Everyone was surprised to see a little girl carrying a large basin of dirty clothes.

"She's still washing clothes in such a cold day. This girl is really desperate. Where is she from?"

"It seems to be Li Xiaodong's new daughter-in-law. I saw her in the front yard just now."

……

Yu Li smiled at them in a friendly way, rolled up her sleeves, turned on the tap, poured in a little detergent, and began to scrub the clothes. The aunties who were washing vegetables nearby were stunned and whispered:

"Li Xiaodong is really too much. Yu Li was ordered to work by him before she even entered the house."

"I think Yu Li was probably deceived. Even if Li Xiaodong becomes a driver, he won't have an easy life without help from his family."

"It's such a pity for such a good girl to marry Li Xiaodong."

Xu Damao nodded repeatedly, wishing that Lou Xiao'e could be half as hardworking as Yu Li. Sha Zhu squatted beside Yu Li and began to ask about Yu Haitang. After all, there were many people in the courtyard and they all had a lot of gossip.

The scene of a future bride washing clothes for her husband in the cold quickly spread through people's gossip in the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai's home is located in the middle courtyard.

After hearing the news from an old lady, Yi Zhonghai frowned and thought: "What is this guy Li Xiaodong planning? First he pretends to be poor, then he asks the bride to wash clothes in the severe winter. It's really puzzling."

"It's because of Jia Zhang and the others. They're worried that it might cause jealousy." The aunt said with a curled lip, "But it's really unreasonable for the bride to wash clothes so early."

She thought about it but still couldn't figure it out, so she got up and prepared to cook. She made an extra bowl of noodles with two grams of flour to give to the deaf old lady.

Yan Bugui's house is in the front yard.

Yan Bugui was about to marry Cuihua, so he specially added an extra dish of pickles to the dinner.

Yan Jiedi hurried over from the backyard and picked up the pickles with chopsticks without even washing her hands, but was stopped by Yan Bugui.

"You're grabbing pickles before you even eat. Aren't you afraid of choking yourself?"

Yan Jiedi rolled her eyes and said, "You are so stingy. It is because of you that Sister Yu Li was taken away by Li Xiaodong. She is helping Li Xiaodong with his laundry right now!"

"Yu Li still wants to do laundry in such a cold day?" Yan Bugui asked in surprise.

"Yes, everyone feels sorry for Sister Yu Li." Yan Jiedi said with dissatisfaction.

In the past, Yu Li often took her out to play and treated her like a real sister.

"What a good daughter-in-law, and you just lost her like that!" the third aunt interrupted.

Yan Bugui felt uncomfortable in his throat and put down his chopsticks. "What's a pity? When Cuihua gets married, she will also do the laundry, and she can't use detergent."

Jia family.

After Jia Zhang got two dollars from Yan Bugui, she immediately went to the vegetable market and bought half a pound of meat.

Qin Huairu took care of the housework and made a bowl of meat noodles.

Xiaodang and Xiaohuaihua had already been sitting at the table, looking up and waiting expectantly for the noodles.

However, Qin Huairu did not serve them food immediately because Banggeng had not returned yet.

While looking for a good joke, Qin Huairu happened to see Yu Li washing clothes and felt mixed emotions.

After returning home, he wanted to tell Jia Zhang, but found that Jia Zhang was not in the main room.

When the curtain of the inner room was lifted, Jia Zhang was seen holding the bowl and enjoying the food with big mouthfuls of meat.

Jia Zhang calmly faced the situation of being caught: "I was afraid that the children would get upset, so I tasted it first to see if it was cooked."

"..."

Qin Huairu pretended to agree and said with a smile: "You still care about them."

"Of course, especially Banggeng. He is the only male in our Jia family and he is already thin. We can't let him suffer any more." Jia Zhang said firmly but felt a little uneasy in her heart. She awkwardly poured the meat slices back into the pot.

Qin Huairu stirred the soup pot with a spoon and served rice while telling Jia Zhang what she had just seen.

Jia Zhang's face suddenly changed when she heard this: "This is the worst time of the year for washing clothes. She's washing clothes now? I think Yu Li is a thoughtful girl. Maybe it was her plan that the Li family didn't hold the wedding."

"Didn't they say that Li Xiaodong didn't hold a banquet because his family was poor?"

"Hey, you actually believe this kind of thing. Aren't you afraid that we will steal something at the party?"

Qin Huairu remained silent. Every time Jia Zhang attended a banquet, she would bring a large enamel basin.

She would take away the dishes as soon as they were served. Who could stand that?

——She wanted to advise him, but considering that there were many children in the family and life was not easy, it was understandable that he occasionally poured out some food.

Jia Zhang sneered, "Don't worry, we can't eat Li Xiaodong's food, Yan Bugui's food will do. I'll be the matchmaker, so I'll naturally sit in the main seat. Let's see who dares to stop me from taking the food. The whole family will be out this time, so you should also prepare a basin. Vegetables don't spoil easily in winter, so we can use two enamel basins to pick meat and vegetables, which will be enough for our family to eat for half a month."

Qin Huairu: "..."

Xu Damao’s house in the backyard.

When Xu Damao returned to the backyard, he happened to see Li Xiaodong sitting in the warm house, sipping tea and reading a book with an enamel mug in his hand, looking very leisurely.

I am so jealous. How could such a good girl like Yu Li marry you?

In the past, Damao thought he was the most capable man in the compound in getting married.

My father-in-law's family is very wealthy.

However, compared with Li Xiaodong, he felt that he was several levels inferior.

When he married Lou Xiao'e, he paid a full 60 yuan as a betrothal gift.

Money is secondary. The key is that he must be submissive and behave like a grandson at home.

It was not until the situation changed in recent years and Mr. Lou stopped being so ostentatious that he had the courage to stand up straight in front of Lou Xiao'e.

Look at Li Xiaodong. The Yu family is also a respectable family, and they don’t ask for a dowry.

Yu Li is a beautiful girl like a lotus emerging from the water, but Li Xiaodong, a grown man, hides in the house and enjoys the laundry and cooking. What kind of man is he?

Xu Damao felt that Li Xiaodong's position should belong to him.

When he entered the room and saw Lou Xiao'e still sleeping soundly on the bed, he immediately became furious.

He shouted to Lou Xiao'e who was lying on the bed, "Look at Li Xiaodong's wife, she's washing clothes outside in the cold weather."

Lou Xiao'e looked confused.

They secretly brought the dirty clothes back to their mother's house and asked Aunt Zhang to help wash them.

Besides, what does Yu Li's laundry have to do with Lou Xiao'e?

"It's totally inexplicable and unreasonable!"

"Incomprehensible? Unreasonable?" Xu Damao widened his eyes.

Lou Xiao'e knew very well that Xu Damao was narrow-minded, so she didn't bother to pay attention to him and turned around to continue sleeping.

This completely annoyed Xu Damao, and he pinched Lou Xiao'e's waist hard.

"You only know how to come home and bully women!" The pain made Lou Xiao'e jump up from the bed, and the two of them wrestled with each other.

In fact, Lou Xiao'e was just a little tiger with a hot temper and was naturally no match for Xu Damao.

Every time Xu Damao went to the countryside to show movies, he had to move equipment weighing more than 200 kilograms, which naturally took a lot of strength.

However, considering the possible trouble it might bring to the Lou family, he did not dare to go too far, and soon his face had several scratches.

……

The instigator, Li Xiaodong, was holding Yu Li's cold hand at this moment.

"It's so cold, let me warm you up."

"Yes." Yu Li felt warm in her heart. She raised her fair little chin and said softly, "I will come to help you wash clothes every day in the future. How about that?"

"How can I bear it when the weather is so cold? How about this, I'll fold the clothes neatly and put them by the bed, and you can come over at noon to wash them, and you'll be warmer."

"..."

During the conversation, the two walked hand in hand to the bed and sat down side by side.

In this cozy little house, the air is filled with a sweet scent and time seems to be particularly beautiful.

Yu Li seemed to have thought of something, and said softly: "I have recently learned a new needlework skill. I will embroider a pair of insoles for you in two days. In addition, Yu Haitang seems to have some friction with Yang Weimin..."

Li Xiaodong held Yu Li's hand, played with it carefully, and occasionally agreed and nodded in approval.

Gradually, the unrestrained big hand began to become restless, trying to explore the unknown beautiful world.

Yu Li shyly stopped him and said, "No, no~"

Li Xiaodong tried very hard, but in the end he could only hug her slender waist, while keeping a distance from other parts of her body.

However, he was already satisfied feeling the wonderful curves and elasticity.

Enjoying delicious food requires slow savoring, and the road of life needs to be expanded step by step, without being impatient for success.

...

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The capital city is brightly lit at night.

Yu Li was exhausted after being busy for a while, so Li Xiaodong naturally took on the task of cooking.

He took out a hot coal ball from Sha Zhu's coal stove and placed the black iron pot on the fire.

Of course, closing doors and windows is an essential step.

Looking at Li Xiaodong's busy figure, Yu Li was a little confused at first.

Then she understood and joined in closing the windows.

After making sure that the doors and windows were tight without any gaps, the two smiled at each other, like two naughty children who had successfully hidden the truth from their adults.

Uncle Liu happened to bring half a bag of bamboo shoots, so Li Xiaodong decided to stew meat with dried bamboo shoots.

The bamboo shoots have already been soaked, and the hard branches have now become soft like sponges.

Slice the dried bamboo shoots, slice the pork belly, and slice the onion, ginger, and garlic into thin slices...

Add two tablespoons of peanut oil.

It’s not that Li Xiaodong is stingy with oil, but because the room is closed, too much oil will produce a strong smell of oil smoke.

Fortunately, there was a small vent on the back wall that could exhaust the smoke, otherwise the two of them would inevitably be dizzy from the smoke.

After the oil is hot, he pours in white sugar to make sugar color, then adds an appropriate amount of boiling water, covers the pot and simmers for a while.

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