Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

Sha Zhu took Yu Li to Uncle Ren's house. Uncle Ren had just returned and Aunt Ren was cooking.

Aunt Ren warmly invited Sha Zhu into the house, looked at Yu Li and asked Sha Zhu who he was.

"Auntie, this is my girlfriend. I brought her here to meet her." Sha Zhu handed the meat to Auntie Ren and said, "Auntie, I went hunting with my colleagues yesterday and shared half a piece of meat. I'm the only one in my family and I'm afraid it will go bad if I can't finish it, so I brought some over for you. Don't think it's too little."

"You can't say that. We're grateful that you thought of us when you got the meat. You haven't eaten yet, right? You can't leave this time. You haven't been invited to stay for dinner for several times." Aunt Ren was polite at first, but then she complained.

Grandpa Ren looked at Yu Li and said to Sha Zhu, "Zhu Zi, you haven't played chess for a long time. You've been so sweet all day that you don't even think about us old guys."

"I came to see you and play chess with you. It seems you came back early and didn't play chess with you."

"They didn't go today. They all have something to do today. Let's set up the chess board and play a game before dinner." Uncle Ren put the chessboard on the coffee table.

"Then take your time, old man. I'll go cook two more dishes."

"Let me go." Sha Zhu suggested.

"Just play chess with your uncle. We're just having a simple meal, so there's no need for you, the chef, to come in." Aunt Ren pushed Sha Zhu onto the stool.

Yu Li said to Aunt Ren: "Aunt, I'll go with you."

Uncle Ren and Sha Zhu were playing chess and chatting: "Zhu Zi, are you getting married?"

Sha Zhu smiled and said, "How do you know? Can you tell the future?"

"You and the girl have known each other for more than two months, and you have been together all the time. It's almost time for you to agree that it's time to get married."

"Yes, we're getting married on the 4th of next month. The country is in trouble right now, so we won't have a wedding banquet. We're just going to inform our relatives and friends."

"Congratulations, live a good life and work hard after you get married." Grandpa Ren encouraged Sha Zhu and asked, "Did you read Selected Works of Mao Zedong last time I asked you to read it?"

"I did, but I only read one article." Sha Zhu was a little ashamed, and his voice got lower and lower as he spoke, "I fell asleep while reading."

"How could you fall asleep while reading such an important and good book?" Grandpa Ren's voice suddenly increased, and the neighbors passing by looked into the house.

Seeing that Mr. Ren was anxious, Sha Zhu quickly explained: "I haven't read a book for many years. I get sleepy when I start reading. The next day, I kept pulling my hair and finished reading the first article."

"Pull your hair, be careful not to go bald. Tell me, what did you gain?"

Sha Zhu thought for a moment and replied: "The most useful thing about this article is that I can tell who is close to me and how I should treat them." In fact, he also had another question in mind: who wants to harm me and how should I deal with them. "I should deepen the good impression of me in the hearts of people who have ordinary relationships with me, so that if I make a mistake, they can easily forgive me because of their previous impression of me."

"Why do you just think about getting into trouble every day?" Uncle Ren said in annoyance.

Sha Zhu suddenly said proudly: "I also did something based on what you told me to do to serve the majority of people, and was praised by the factory for it."

"Oh, what did you do?"

Sha Zhu said to Grandpa Ren like a child showing off his achievements in front of an adult: "I used the wild boar meat that others gave me and cooked it for the workers in the factory. The workers were very happy and thanked me in the canteen. Later, our secretary found out and praised me through the factory loudspeaker. The canteen director also recommended me to be the monitor of the second canteen."

Uncle Ren was happy to hear about Sha Zhu's achievements, "Okay, then you can take the ones you gave me later and give them to the workers tomorrow."

"How can I use your portion? You and my aunt need to supplement our nutrition. Besides, we already made it at noon today. We can't make it every day."

"Yes, if you do me a favor and I grudge you a grudge, then I won't be polite."

During the meal, Uncle Ren asked what Yu Li was doing now. When he learned that Yu Li had graduated from high school and had not had a formal job, he nodded and said nothing. After the meal, Uncle Ren took out a red envelope and stuffed it into Sha Zhu's pocket. Sha Zhu refused to accept it and said, "I came to get you meat today because I was afraid that the meat would go bad, so I asked you to help me solve the problem. I told you that I was getting married because I treated you as a relative, not to ask for money."

"You just said that you treat us as relatives and friends. You call us uncle and aunt. We shouldn't share in your joy. Besides, this red envelope is not just for you. There's also Yu Li's." Aunt Ren took the red envelope from Uncle Ren's hand and stuffed it into Yu Li's hand.

Shazhu refused to nod, and Yu Li also refused, so she pushed it back and forth with the aunt.

"Yu Li, stop pushing it back and forth. Zhuzi, you may have heard what those old brothers said about my position. I'm not saying that you can't accept gifts. I treat you as my junior. I think the things you give me are your filial piety. You should accept my gifts promptly. Otherwise, don't come here in the future."

After listening to what Grandpa Ren said, Sha Zhu asked Yu Li to accept the red envelope: "Yu Li, accept it. We will have to come again in the future. Otherwise, there will be two less people loving us."

Aunt Ren held Yu Li's hand and said, "That's right. Come over when you have time. I'm fine at home alone. Everyone else in the hospital is at work, so I'm usually alone."

"I'll come more often tomorrow, just don't bother me."

"Good boy, I'm so happy."

Sha Zhu saw that the mother and daughter were showing signs of recognizing each other as relatives.

Sha Zhu then told Aunt Ren how to remove the fishy and muttony smell of wild boar meat, and then went back with Yu Li.

Back at the courtyard, Yu Li opened the red envelope, which contained 5 yuan and feet of cloth coupons, which were exactly what they needed for their wedding. Yu Li was surprised that Uncle Ren gave so much, and Sha Zhu told Yu Li that Uncle Ren was not that simple, but it was also because Uncle Ren treated him well, otherwise he would not have rushed to do so.

Sha Zhu fished out a large piece of meat weighing nearly 20 pounds. It was too heavy and it was a bit tight to carry in the bag, so he had to put it in a bamboo basket, along with some elm seeds and three chickens.

Yu Li wondered, who should she send it to so late at night?

Sha Zhu pulled Yu Li and said, "Let's go. I'll take you home. Give these to your parents."

"For my family?"

"If not your family, whose family can I give it to? Before this, apart from my sister, my master, and the old lady in the backyard, I didn't have any relatives. Now that I have you, your family is of course my family too, so of course I have to treat them well."

Yu Li was so touched that she hugged Sha Zhu and said, "You are so kind to me."

Sha Zhu hugged Yu Li and stroked her back, "You are my wife, if I don't treat you well, who should I treat well? Should I treat other girls well?"

"You dare." Yu Li put her arm around Sha Zhu's waist and twisted his side.

Sha Zhu quickly raised his hands to beg for mercy: "I was wrong, I won't do it again, please forgive me, dear."

"What do you mean dear? You are so smooth-talking and indecent." Yu Li was shy.

"Humph, sooner or later I'll let you know what is truly indecent." Sha Zhu thought to himself.