Siheyuan: Xu Damao's New Life

Sha Zhu felt a little ashamed after hearing Nan Yi's words. He had only said nice things before, but he had always wanted to beat Nan Yi in his heart. He didn't expect that Nan Yi didn't care about winning or losing at all.

Sha Zhu remembered what his sister Liang had told him, and said cheerfully, "Okay, I admit that I'm not as good as you, but the Sichuan cuisine I cook is no worse than yours. We'll be friends from now on, and you can come and have a drink with me and learn cooking skills when you're free, otherwise my sister Liang will be embarrassed."

Liang Ladi and Nan Yi both came from the machine repair branch. To be honest, the machine repair branch is so small that it is hard to not know everyone. Not to mention that Liang Ladi, Nan Yi and Ding Qiunan can all be regarded as influential figures in the factory, so they are very familiar with each other.

"Okay, just for what you said, I will cook for you when you get married!" Nan Yi also said with a smile.

"Okay, my Zhuzi is a man, so uncle will respect you." Cai Quanwu on the side also learned the reason for the competition from Liu Haizhong, and immediately praised his nephew.

The two drank up the wine in one gulp, and the awkward atmosphere suddenly became relaxed. As they drank and chatted, everyone was very satisfied with the food and praised the two gentlemen for their good work.

Just when the courtyard was bustling with activity, Yi Zhonghai and his wife walked in from the front hall, each holding a three-year-old child. For a moment, the scene was a little quiet, and everyone looked at Yi Zhonghai and his three companions in surprise.

Even though Yi Zhonghai, this hypocrite, had a thick skin, he still felt uncomfortable being stared at by over a hundred people.

"Well, don't worry about us, just continue eating!" Yi Zhonghai said.

Liu Haizhong, as an old man, stood up and said, "Old Yi, although we have been neighbors for many years, I still need to ask about some things. The child you and your wife are holding is..."

Yi Zhonghai held the child tightly in his arms, "These are the children my wife and I adopted today. They are twins, and their parents are all gone. Director Wang from the Street Office took us to the welfare home to adopt them."

It turned out that Yi Zhonghai took an hour off yesterday when everyone was at work on Saturday and went to the street office to see Director Wang.

Director Wang didn't want to pay any attention to him at first. The impact of Yi Zhonghai's previous incident of hiding the child support for He Yushui and his sister had just passed, and then he helped Qin Huairu bribe the examiner in order to get promoted.

Yi Zhonghai could not resist Qin Huairu's repeated crying and pleas, and thought that if Qin Huairu passed the exam to become a first-level worker, he would have to provide less financial support, so he agreed to use his connections to help Qin Huairu pass the exam to become a first-level worker.

Originally, Yi Zhonghai had spent money to buy gifts such as cigarettes, alcohol and tea for the examiners, but who knew that when Qin Huairu was taking the test, she happened to meet Liu Haizhong who was inspecting the examination room.

Liu Haizhong is now the head of the training section under the technical department. To put it loosely, all the low-level workers and apprentices he has arranged to train can be considered half of his apprentices. So it is normal for him, as a teacher, to come over and inspect when the apprentices are taking exams, right?

Qin Huairu's skills were not up to standard to begin with, and she became even more nervous after seeing Liu Haizhong. This nervousness caused her to scrap the workpieces she was testing, and she even scrapped several of them in a row.

As a result, when the test results came out, Qin Huairu actually passed. Liu Haizhong found it incredible and reported Qin Huairu's assessment results to Zhang Tianchi, chief engineer of the technical department, and Deputy Director Wu.

The leaders took this very seriously and ordered a thorough investigation. The investigation revealed Yi Zhonghai and the examiner who was in charge of Qin Huairu's examination. The leaders were furious. It was not only a matter of earning more wages for a higher level of workmanship, but it was also very easy to cause accidents if the skills were not up to standard while processing high-level workpieces. The factory had experienced several similar accidents before.

After a meeting, the leaders decided to impose heavier penalties on the parties involved to serve as a warning to others! Yi Zhonghai was demoted to a fourth-level worker and fined 200 yuan; Qin Huairu was not allowed to take the examination for three years. The examiner was from another factory. We reported the situation to the original factory and let them handle it.

This matter was also a hot topic at the time, and it was soon reported to the street office. Although the factory had already made a punishment, Director Wang still criticized Yi Zhonghai. However, Director Wang remembered that Yi Zhonghai's wife Wang Sufen came to inquire about the adoption of a child some time ago, and she guessed that Yi Zhonghai also came for this matter.

The burden on the welfare home is very heavy now, because there are many orphans due to war, famine, etc. It is good for the welfare home to reduce one child, and Yi Zhonghai and his wife fully meet the adoption requirements.

"Director Wang, I heard from my wife that there are many orphans in the welfare home. My husband and I want to go to the welfare home tomorrow to take a look. If possible, I would like to adopt one." Yi Zhonghai said very honestly.

"This is good news. Your wife told me about it before. Old Yi, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you two should have adopted a child a long time ago. But it's not too late now. How about this, you two come to the street office tomorrow, and I'll go with you. If you really like the child, I can help you with the procedures." Director Wang said.

"Okay, okay, thank you so much, Director Wang. We will come over early tomorrow morning."

The next morning, the old couple went to the street office to meet Director Wang and headed to the welfare home. After arriving at the welfare home, everything went smoothly. Yi Zhonghai and his wife fell in love with the five-year-old twin boy and girl at first sight.

Children around five years old basically don't remember anything and are relatively easy to raise. In addition, twins are a good omen. Yi Zhonghai and his wife were very satisfied and immediately asked about the origin of the twins.

The director of the welfare home said, "Do you know about the capture of enemy spies in Dongcheng District some time ago? The parents of these two children were killed by enemy spies as hostages, and they have no other relatives, so the local street office sent them to the welfare home."

After listening to this, Yi Zhonghai felt very satisfied and looked at his wife. Wang Sufen also nodded and said, "Old Yi, I feel that I have a special affinity with these two children. I think we should adopt them together."

"Okay, old lady, I think so too. Now we have both a son and a daughter. Director Wang, what procedures do you think we need to go through next?"

"Okay, have you brought your household registration book and other things with you, right?" Director Wang asked.

"I have it with me, I have it with me." Wang Sufen said impatiently.

"Okay, Dean Liu, this couple is from a courtyard under our street, and they have had no children since they got married. Mr. Yi is a worker in a steel rolling mill, and he has two houses at home, which meets the conditions for adoption." Director Wang said.

"Director Wang, why shouldn't I trust the people you brought with you? Let's go and handle the adoption procedures now." Dean Liu said.

Next, Yi Zhonghai first went through the adoption procedures for the children at the welfare home, and then took the children to the street office to handle household registration and name change. The boy was named Yi Ping'an and the girl was named Yi Jiahui, both of which were names Yi Zhonghai had given his children before.

After completing the formalities, the Yi Zhonghai couple returned to the courtyard with their two children, just in time for the banquet in the courtyard, which led to the previous incident.