Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Seeing Sha Zhu's funny look, Yu's father patted his arm and said, "It's hard for you, good son-in-law. These two mothers always give me a headache at home. I can't help anyone. Later, I had to help no one. As a result, the two of them and then the three of them squeezed me together. You're lucky because you're a son. If it were a daughter, you probably wouldn't be able to escape the fate of being tormented by the two mothers in the future."

Yu's mother pretended to be angry and glared, saying, "Why, you're complaining to your son-in-law on New Year's Day?"

"No, I'm just passing on my experience so that he can treat you well."

"Hmph, I don't think you dare. How about I live in my son-in-law's house forever and never go back, and see how you, an old man, live?"

Before Yu's father could answer, Yu Haitang said, "Mom, no, there's not only my dad at home, but also me. Mom, how can I live without you? You can't leave me."

"Hey, little girl, I don't think I starved you to death during the time your mother was at your sister's house." Father Yu glared at Yu Haitang.

"How dare you say that? I live on campus and eat and sleep there. When I get home, I have to clean the house and do the laundry for you. I've been in class for a week and thought I'd take a break on Sunday, but I'm even more tired than at school."

Yu's mother suddenly said, "That's enough. There are so many people at the table, but it's always us who are making the most noise. Zhuzi has spoken, Liuyi has spoken, and the men from the He family have all spoken. Let our elders say a few words as well." After saying that, she looked at the deaf old lady.

Seeing that everyone was looking at her and waiting for her to speak, the old lady blinked her eyes, pointed at the dishes on the table and said, "What are you talking about? The food is almost cold. Let's eat quickly."

The old man quickly agreed: "Yes, old lady, you pick up your chopsticks first. If the food gets cold, it will taste bad, and it will be a waste of Zhuzi's hard work. Let's eat and talk at the same time."

The old lady picked up a piece of pork elbow and put it in her mouth. "It smells really good. My Zhuzi's cooking is really good."

Yu Li picked up a chicken leg for the old lady and said, "It's good if you like it. He has been too busy recently and has no time to make delicious food for us. You have to eat more today."

Sha Zhu picked up some pork elbow for Grandpa Guan and said, "I've been cooking for others after get off work lately. I don't know why there are so many rich people and they all like the food I cook."

"You are so ungrateful even though you got the advantage. Look at others who would be so happy if they had your ability and opportunities." An old man spoke from the side.

Yu's father also said, "Indeed, you not only get paid for cooking for others, but you also get to bring back ingredients from time to time. What a great thing. For example, the lamb legs and prawns today are not available to ordinary people. We are all benefiting from you."

"Even after being liberated, these capitalists and the old Eight Banners can still live better than us ordinary people. This shows that our revolution is not thorough yet," Yu Haitang said astonishingly.

Uncle Guan said, "As long as the capitalists have not treated the workers harshly before and are willing to accept reform, we should accept their money. Their money is accumulated over many years. As long as it is not obtained illegally and they have not sold their country for money, then it is what they deserve and they can spend what they deserve."

Sha Zhu didn't expect that an old revolutionary who had fought in wars could say such tolerant words about capitalists: "I didn't expect that an old revolutionary like you would look at capitalists in this way."

"Nothing. When we were fighting, we also received a lot of donations from patriotic capitalists. Although our team advocated farming and weaving to be self-sufficient, these red business capitalists often helped us when we were short of medicine. It proved how wise the teacher's words of 'making more friends and fewer enemies' were. It's the same now. Treat patriotic capitalists well and let them contribute to the construction of our country. They are also part of the people. There is no need to distinguish them so clearly."

Yu Haitang was not convinced by what Grandpa Guan said and was about to speak, but was interrupted by Yu Li: "You are right, we are all people, even if there are conflicts, they are conflicts among the people. Besides, it is now a public-private partnership, and many of them are not involved in management. It's New Year's Day, let's eat and drink happily, and not talk about these things." She picked up some mutton for Yu Haitang with chopsticks and said, "Your brother-in-law's roasted lamb leg is very delicious, you should try it quickly, if you don't eat it, the rain water will eat it all."

Yushui complained: "Sister-in-law, I didn't finish eating. I only took a few bites and you rushed to give it to your sister."

Yu Li picked up a chicken wing for her and said, "You are my sister too. Don't eat so much mutton. It will easily cause you to get angry. Have you forgotten that you always have nosebleeds?"

"Oh." Yu Shui knew that Yu Li was trying to stop Yu Haitang from speaking. She ate chicken wings and tugged at Yu Haitang's collar under the table. Yu Haitang glanced at Yu Li who was staring at her. She didn't know what to say, so she just focused on eating.

The uncle envied the other people at the table. No matter they were praising or criticizing each other, the relationship between them was close and they would tolerate each other. Then he thought that he only had his wife and his wife. If his wife passed away one day, the other would have to face everything alone. He looked at Uncle Guan. This guy was not even as good as himself. He also had a wife, but now he was very close to Zhuzi, closer than himself. After all, he was just a gatekeeper. How could Zhuzi have such a good relationship with him? He couldn't figure it out and decided to get to know more, so he kept holding the cup with Uncle Guan in an attempt to get closer.

Uncle Guan was constantly being urged to drink by the other party, and thought that Uncle Yi wanted to get him drunk, but after drinking for a long time, Uncle Yi was the first to get drunk. He thought of what Sha Zhu had told him before, and he understood that Uncle Yi was trying to build a relationship with him. He changed seats with Aunt Yi, sat next to Uncle Yi, drank a few more glasses with the half-drunk Uncle Yi, and said, "Old Yi, can I call you that?"

"No problem, just call me Lao Yi."

"Lao Yi, Zhuzi is an honest boy. He and I have a connection. He ran into me on the first day he took Yu Li to work and showed off his skills to me. I encouraged him to make me a portion. I thought he wouldn't do it, but he delivered it the next day. I started to pay attention to him. Since Yu Li started working, as long as Yu Li did not ask for leave, he would pick her up and drop her off to get off work every day. He is very persistent. He treats me, an old lonely man, the same way. As long as I say what I want to eat, it will be delivered the next day without any discount.

"I also asked him why. He said he admired me for having fought against the Japanese, but many people in the street knew about my past experience. Some people gave me things at the beginning, but gradually they saw that there was no profit, so they stopped. Only Zhuzi has been the same as at the beginning. I am very glad to meet a good boy like Zhuzi. You are his neighbor. Although there have been some unpleasantness before, after all, you have lived in the same yard for more than 20 years. You understand each other and have feelings for each other. Talk more, and everything will be fine." After saying that, he patted the old man on the shoulder.

After listening to what Uncle Guan said, the old man nodded, raised his glass to toast the other party again, and then drank it all in one gulp.