Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

For three consecutive weekends, the old man and his wife went to 4 or 5 orphanages, but still couldn't find a child who was suitable for adoption. They had to stop the adoption process and wait for a year. During this period, many directors and teachers advised them to find a similar child to adopt. They always thought that they would get nothing in the end. But the old man didn't agree with their opinions, so the old lady had to follow his idea.

Why did the old man insist on adopting a young child who had no memory? It turned out that he accidentally heard a colleague say that his relative had adopted a child of five or six years old. The child was very good when he was young, but later when he was older, the child was a little naughty. The relative tried to educate the child, but the child said back, "Why do you care about me? You are not my biological parents." Not only the child, but even the neighbors sometimes say some strange things. When they take care of the child, they will say that they are too harsh and beat the child too much because they are not their biological parents; if they do not care and cause trouble, some people will say that they do not discipline the child well because it is not their biological child. The relative was in a dilemma and really regretted adopting the child. The old man listened to it and was always worried in his heart, afraid that his family would become like that after adopting the child. What would he do when he was older? So he would rather find a child who is a little bit sick than to adopt one at random.

On October 20th, the weather was fine. The second uncle spent money to borrow the third uncle's bicycle, and also borrowed the bicycle from the factory that Xu Damao rode. The two bicycles went to the girl's house to pick up the bride.

Since Sha Zhu had promised the second uncle, he naturally went to the backyard early to prepare the ingredients for the banquet. He steamed what needed to be steamed, marinated what needed to be fried, adjusted the flavor, and then fried it for later use. When Liu Guangtian and his brothers brought the bride back to the yard, Sha Zhu had already prepared four cold dishes. The female relatives who helped in the yard put the cold dishes and drinks on the table, and Sha Zhu started to stir-fry the hot dishes. The aroma kept drilling into the nostrils of everyone at the wedding scene, and the MC who was shouting the steps of the wedding swallowed his saliva and almost choked. As the ceremony was over, when Liu Guangtian led his wife to toast the guests, the office director who was toasted first patted Liu Guangtian on the shoulder with satisfaction and asked him to continue to work hard in the future, and the future was promising.

When it was Xu Damao's turn, he was asked how much he spent to hire Sha Zhu to cook. Liu Guangtian didn't want to cause trouble, so he just smiled and ignored it. Xu Damao found the second uncle who was drinking happily, and first praised the second uncle for having a good son and congratulated him for marrying a good daughter-in-law. Then he said that today's banquet tasted very good. The second uncle had drunk a little too much at this time, and said: "Of course, Sha Zhu cooked it."

"Shazhu prepares banquets for the leaders in the factory every day. The leaders all say it's good. You are honored to have him here."

"Huh?" The second uncle shook his head. "Do you think I treated him cheaply? A table costs only 2 yuan, and I only spent 3 yuan on the dishes."

"The cost of the dishes is only 3 yuan, which is not a small amount. After all, there is so much meat and fish. Without these, even Sha Zhu's good cooking skills would be useless. It's just that people who don't understand only know how to praise Sha Zhu's cooking skills, and don't know how much you have paid." Xu Damao started to make trouble.

"Someone is praising Sha Zhu and eating at my family's banquet, but instead of praising my family, he praises Sha Zhu?" The second uncle was a little dissatisfied.

An old man standing nearby rebuked him, "Xu Damao, stop talking nonsense. Everyone is praising the Liu family, no one is talking about Zhuzi."

"Uncle No. 1, you didn't go to other tables, and everyone is praising Sha Zhu." He pulled Liu Haizhong up, "Uncle No. 2, I'll accompany you to toast everywhere, let's ask everyone."

As a result, after the second uncle toasted, everyone said that the food and wine were good, and Sha Zhu's cooking skills were good. Everyone meant that the Liu family's banquet was good, but after Xu Damao's instigation, the meaning changed in the second uncle's ears, and it became that it was all thanks to Sha Zhu's family that they were so prestigious. The second uncle who was sent to the house by Xu Damao sat on the bed and smoked, thinking about what he had just said, feeling unhappy. Xu Damao said on the side: "Second uncle, Sha Zhu has a formal job, but he cooks for others and gets paid. Isn't this a bourgeois road? Can we report him?"

The second uncle woke up when he heard this. It seemed that Xu Damao wanted to use this matter to punish Sha Zhu, but he had already promised Sha Zhu. If he didn't keep his promise, his reputation would be ruined. He took over the conversation, "I promised Sha Zhu in front of Lao Yi that I would not report him for charging money for cooking. I can't go back on my word. Don't mention it anymore."

"Uncle, no one asked you to report him. I just wanted you to write a note and I'll send it to the factory. That way, the matter will be taken care of and you won't be involved."

"How can I say I didn't participate? Didn't I write a note?"

"Just say you wrote it when you were drunk and you don't remember it. Who can hold you accountable for something you did when you were drunk, right?" Xu Damao bewitched Liu Haizhong.

The second uncle smoked a cigarette, squinted his eyes, thought for a long time, took out a piece of paper from the drawer, and quickly wrote a sentence: He Yuzhu prepared six tables for Liu Haizhong's wedding banquet, and collected a total of 15 yuan in cash for the cooking fee. After writing, he ignored the paper and wandered out to continue drinking with the guests.

Xu Damao carefully folded the piece of paper and put it into the upper right pocket of his Zhongshan suit. After putting it in, he patted it unconsciously. Then he went outside and got drunk with others with satisfaction. In the end, Qin Jingru came and carried him back.

The next day, Deputy Director Wang had the evidence of Shazhu taking money to cook. So, Deputy Director Wang took the paper to Director Yang and said, "Old Yang, this He Yuzhu actually did private work outside. This is outrageous."

Director Yang took the evidence, looked at it, and said, "Old Wang, there is only one sentence written on it. There is no signature or fingerprint. There is no way to prove who wrote it."

"It is impossible to prove who wrote it, but the fact is that He Yuzhu went out to do private work. He has a public office and is also the canteen monitor. I heard that some leaders proposed to promote him to a deputy section-level cadre like the deputy director of the canteen because someone wanted to poach him to other positions. How can someone who does private work and takes the capitalist road be a people's cadre in our socialist factory? I think he is not only unworthy of being promoted to the position of director, but even working in the canteen is problematic. With his kind of thinking, if he has some bad thoughts when cooking, then the food our workers eat will not be guaranteed. I suggest that He Yuzhu's work in the canteen be stopped immediately."