Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

After the beginning of the New Year, Sha Zhu went to the workshop to claim his sick leave. When the director heard that Sha Zhu fell and became blind because he missed lunch while working on a workpiece on the day of the accident, he felt a little guilty and asked him if he wanted to rest for a few more days.

Sha Zhu decisively refused. He hadn't made any money for several months and needed to work hard to earn money so that he could marry a wife. Now that supplies were in short supply and there were few private jobs outside, he could only earn a fixed salary honestly.

Thinking of getting married, Sha Zhu thought: Qin Huairu really can't be married, in her heart her own children are always the first, whether in dreams or now. In the dream, because of Banggeng, he was delayed for 8 years, and the Anti-Japanese War was over (we now know that it was 14 years, but Sha Zhu's mind is still the 8-year Anti-Japanese War). Later, Banggeng agreed, and he was old. Moreover, Qin Huairu even had an IUD. There was no family planning in those days. When did she have the IUD and why did she have the IUD? It's chilling to think about it. After getting married, he became a cow pulling the harness, first earning the bride price for Banggeng, and then earning the dowry for Xiaodang Huaihua. He was not satisfied with the arrangement of a few less people. He was plundered and had no money in his pocket. Otherwise, he would end up freezing to death in the wilderness and being eaten by wild dogs. It's better to decline Qin Huairu.

Lou Xiao'e can't wait any longer. It will take a long time for her to see Xu Damao's true face. By that time, when a strong wind blows and she flies south, she might fall into Qin Huairu's hands again. Forget it and find someone else. At most, she can help her at the critical moment and prevent her from being too miserable.

Who should I look for? In my dream, there is a female teacher named Ran Qiuye. She has just graduated from college and is full of vigor and vitality. She will definitely look down on my cook who smells of oil smoke. Yes, in my dream, she was punished to sweep the floor and lost her status before she calmed down and discovered my goodness. Once the situation of such a person improves again, can she still have a common language with a cook who has little education?

Who to look for?

After get off work, Sha Zhu came to the moat to relax and think about his future life. He didn't want to go back to the courtyard. Now that he had seen through it, he might as well stay away from it.

When he came to a stone table, he saw several old men playing Go. Since he had nothing to do, Sha Zhu just stood aside and watched the game.

Just watch the game. When Shazhu saw that the black chess piece was about to lose, he offered some advice from the side. Originally, the old man with the white chess piece had trapped the opponent's dragon and was about to win, but in the end, the black chess piece escaped and the two sides ended in a draw.

The old man who played white chess was unhappy, and said frankly that a true gentleman watches chess without saying a word.

Sha Zhu also knew that he was talking too much, which made the old man a little unhappy, but he was always tough and didn't like to say soft words, so he said: "In fact, it's your chess skill that's not good, not me who said too much."

The old man was indignant: "I can't do it. I have been playing chess here for many years and have rarely found an opponent. It was only because you were talking so much that disrupted my train of thought that I didn't win the game."

"Look how awesome you sound. How about we play a game together?" Sha Zhu didn't believe that the old man was so awesome. He had just made a few moves and forced him into a tie.

The old man saw the contempt in Sha Zhu's eyes and planned to set a trap for him: "You can do it, but I can't do it for nothing."

"Do you want to gamble?" asked Sha Zhu.

"That's not possible. We won't accept the evils of the old society." The old man denied it and then asked Sha Zhu, "Well, what are you good at?"

"I'm a cook, and I think my cooking is pretty good."

"Okay then. If you lose, you just have to cook me a delicious meal. I don't need you to pay for it. You just have to show your cooking skills."

"What if you lose?" Sha Zhu asked back.

"If I lose, I'll treat you to a meal."

"Okay, then you have to let me choose the restaurant. I haven't had Huifengtang's Nine-Turn Large Intestine for a long time."

"Hey, you also know about Huifengtang's Nine-Turn Large Intestine." Looking at Sha Zhu with a longing look on his face, the old man was a little surprised, "You are quite good at eating, but you have to beat me first."

Sha Zhu said confidently: "I'm a cook, of course I can eat. Don't worry, I will definitely beat you and let you treat me to a meal."

The two men sat down and each collected the black and white chess pieces. Sha Zhu, out of respect for the old man, let the old man play black.

The old man started by occupying the corner star on his left hand, and Sha Zhu pointed at Tianyuan.

I looked at Shazhu and said, "Hey, are you letting me do what I want or are you trying to scare me?"

"Haha." Sha Zhu said nothing.

The old man ignored Sha Zhu and took the corner star on his right hand as well. Sha Zhu's second move was on the corner star on his left hand.

The old man then pointed at a piece next to Tianyuan, and Shazhu controlled the right corner star.

The two of them fought fiercely, you took my piece, I had to go back and take your piece. Neither of them could form a big dragon on the chessboard to gain an advantage, so they just fought over every little bit in the corners, you were in me, I was in you.

The older the better. Seeing that the game was almost over, the old man used a hook, and Sha Zhu was caught off guard and ate it. The fool vomited after eating it, and finally lost by three pieces.

This game of chess made Sha Zhu realize how powerful the old man was.

Admitting defeat, Sha Zhu introduced himself: "My name is He Yuzhu, you can call me Shazhu or Zhuzi, I work at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, you can cook for me today or call me after you prepare the food, I'm always here for you."

The old man said, "Okay, I'll call you Zhuzi. My last name is Ren. Forget about today. My wife should have prepared the meal. I'll call you later when I've prepared the food. You should come here often in the future."

"Of course I'll come here more often. First, I want to repay you for the meal, and second, there's chess to play here."

After watching the game of chess, the people nearby saw that Sha Zhu did not cheat and even discussed with Uncle Ren about fulfilling the bet, so they all had a good impression of Sha Zhu.

After playing chess and saying goodbye to the old man, I just arrived at the yard and saw an old lady coming out of Yan's house. The third uncle and the third aunt saw her out and asked me to take care of everything.

Sha Zhu walked around in the yard, then left and followed the old lady, saying, "Aunt, our uncle asked me to catch up with you and ask you to do something. You must do it well. He will definitely benefit from you."

"Third uncle? Who are you talking about, young man?"

"It's the courtyard you just came out of, Yan Bugui, the third uncle of our courtyard."

"Oh, he, Mr. Yan, is stingy. He only gives three yuan for matchmaking. I dare not even think about getting any benefits. It's good enough if I can get the three yuan safely."

"Haha, that's true. Auntie, I haven't asked your last name yet?" Sha Zhu changed the subject.

"My name is You, young man, do you have anything else to do?"

"Aunt You, my last name is He, and I really have something to do. If it's convenient for you now, I'll treat you to a meal and we can talk in detail." When Sha Zhu heard that this person was a matchmaker, he was just what he wanted. He remembered the method Xu Damao used in his dream to poach people, pretending to be generous and treating them to a meal, spending little money to do big things, so he took the initiative to treat Aunt You to a meal.

Aunt You was embarrassed to let Sha Zhu treat her to hotpot or roast duck, and she was not familiar with the place, so she found a small restaurant on the street and ordered two stir-fried dishes and two bowls of noodles with soybean paste.

Nowadays, there are signs on the walls of restaurants saying "No hitting of customers", so please don't demand service attitude or methods. It is already commendable if you can put the ordered food on the table intact, and you have to pay before you can eat.

After paying 1.12 yuan and half a pound of food coupons, while the two were waiting for their meal, Sha Zhu told Aunt You that he wanted to ask her to be a matchmaker.