Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

The Jia family in the middle courtyard.

There were a lot of people watching the fun in front of the Jia family's door today, all because Jia Dongxu, who had beaten Sha Zhu before, came out from the police station, and Jia Zhang also said that she had something to announce.

Before Jia Dongxu entered the house, Jia Zhang placed a brazier in front of the door and asked her son to step over it, saying it was to get rid of bad luck. Jia Dongxu couldn't persuade his mother and stepped over it directly.

Yi Zhonghai and his wife were also watching beside Jia Dongxu. After Jia Dongxu stepped over the fire basin, Yi Zhonghai stood up.

"Ahem, neighbors, I'm sorry to take up a little of your time. I have something to inform you. As you all know, my wife is in poor health and has been taking medicine for a long time. We have never had any children. My apprentice Jia Dongxu wants to recognize us as godparents. In the future, he will take care of us and see us to the end of our lives."

There were bursts of exclamations from the crowd nearby. Yi Zhonghai had no children and had always wanted to find someone to take care of him in his old age. Many people in the hospital knew this. Now Jia Dongxu actually wanted to take care of the old Yi couple as godparents. Would someone like Jia Zhang be willing to let her son be taken care of by others in his old age? Obviously, this matter was not as simple as it seemed.

At this time, someone who had seen Yi Zhonghai paying money for the Jia family in the morning stood up.

"This morning, I saw Yi Zhonghai pay a large sum of money on behalf of the Jia family to compensate He Yushui!"

The crowd watching suddenly realized what was happening!

Yi Zhonghai coughed to interrupt everyone's discussion, "Ahem, there is one more important thing, which is that I plan to have a banquet this Sunday night. We will have one person from each family to come and celebrate our godparents."

Yang Ruihua in the crowd turned his head and spat in disdain when he heard this. Isn't this Old Yi clearly trying to challenge his family? Is he really unaware that his boss is getting married on Sunday? You come here a day in advance just in time to take away everyone's share of money.

Now everyone cheered when they heard there was a good deal, and after a while the crowd gradually dispersed.

As soon as Jia Dongxu entered the door, he simply washed up and fell into a deep sleep. He had not been able to get a good rest in the past few days in the institute.

After Jia Dongxu was released, the police station handled his case as an ordinary fight and reported it to the street office and the factory. The factory, considering his family's financial difficulties, only criticized him and did not impose a heavy punishment. Jia Dongxu only had to go to the police station every other day after get off work for ideological education until a month was up.

That day, Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu went to work together.

"Dongxu, the factory didn't punish you this time because I used up all my favors. Now my situation in the factory is not very good. You can't get into trouble again, otherwise I can't protect you." Yi Zhonghai said seriously.

"I understand, Master...godfather!" Jia Dongxu was not used to calling Yi Zhonghai godfather.

Yi Zhonghai on the side was indeed very happy, "Okay, work hard and strive to get a promotion this year so that your family can live a better life. If you have any difficulties at home, come to me and I will try my best to help."

"I know, godfather."

Although Yi Zhonghai was very happy that Jia Dongxu called him godfather, he still said: "It's fine to call him godfather at home, but in the factory, you should just call him master."

Jia Dongxu didn't say anything, just nodded, and the two continued walking to work.

Seeing that tomorrow was Sunday, the Yan family held a small meeting after dinner.

Yan Bugui, the head of the family, spoke first, "Tomorrow is your eldest brother's wedding day, you should all get up early tomorrow to help decorate the house."

"Old man, everything is ready. I will get up early tomorrow morning to make the paste and lead them to paste it. However, we are still short of some meat for tomorrow's wedding banquet. It is very difficult to buy meat in the market now." Yang Ruihua said.

Yan Bugui pushed his new glasses habitually and said, "There is really no other way. Meat is in short supply right now. I can only try my luck at the black market tonight. Everyone, please report the progress of your respective areas."

Yan Jiecheng spoke first, "Dad, I've sent out the invitations and everything, and we've also discussed the stoves that we won't rent out. They'll deliver them tomorrow morning."

Yan Bugui nodded, "Second brother, how about you?"

"I borrowed bicycles from Brother Damao and Uncle Zhang from the next yard, and I will be able to ride back tomorrow morning. Then Guangtian and I will accompany my brother to pick up the bride."

"Okay, you two did a good job. Does anyone have anything else to say? If not, let's adjourn the meeting!"

Everyone shook their heads and went back to their own rooms.

Yan Bugui went to bed early because he was going to the black market, and didn't wake up until around 11 o'clock in the middle of the night. Yan Bugui took the cloth bag, scarf, mask and other things he had prepared before. He still had to dress up when going to the black market, so as not to be recognized by others and cause trouble.

Yan Bugui had just dressed in the dark and had not yet gone out when he heard some noise at the wall of the courtyard. He was startled. Did he run into someone going to the black market together?

Yan Bugui waited for a while before opening the door, and told Yang Ruihua to close the door, and then walked to the black market. He walked a little fast, wanting to secretly catch up with the person before to see who it was. However, he also had some guesses in his mind. Didn't Lao Yi say that he would hold a family reunion party on Sunday? It was probably Lao Yi.

Unexpectedly, Yan Bugui walked quite fast, but the man in front of him walked even faster. He arrived at the black market without even seeing the other person's shadow.

As soon as Yan Bugui arrived at the entrance of the black market, he was stopped by two big men. "Buy or sell?"

Yan Bugui had also been to the black market several times. He picked up the empty cloth bag and gestured.

"If you buy it, it's one cent."

Yan Bugui honestly paid ten cents and was allowed in.

The black market was still quite lively during the difficult period, but there were fewer people selling grain and meat. Instead, there were more people selling bills, antique calligraphy and paintings, etc.

Yan Bugui looked around the black market and only found one person selling chickens, but the price was so high that he didn't buy any, feeling a little upset.

Yan Bugui hadn't gained anything and was about to leave when he suddenly heard a loud shout coming from the entrance of the alley.

"Run! The police are here to arrest you."

With this shout, people in the black market were in an uproar and ran out to the small alley behind. Some stall owners didn't even care about their goods and just left them there.

Yan Bugui's eyes turned, "If you don't want it, I want it." He quickly came to an antique stall, picked up two jade bracelets and some small ornaments and pendants, stuffed them into his pocket, and then ran towards the exits behind.

The exit was crowded with people. In fact, there were also police officers lying in ambush at the back doors, but there were too many people for them to catch. Yan Bugui relied on his short stature and agility to successfully escape from the black market, and started running in the direction of Nanluoguxiang.

After running for about five minutes, Yan Bugui ran into a familiar long alley. He saw a familiar figure in front of him, half bent over, with his knees raised and breathing heavily, with two chickens next to him.

Yan Bugui took one look and saw that this was Lao Yi. We have lived in the same courtyard for so many years, I can recognize you no matter how tightly you cover yourself!

Yan Bugui looked at the two chickens at Lao Yi's feet with envy, so he rolled his eyes and came up with a dirty trick!