Siheyuan: Sizhu starts blindly and takes a new path

"By the way, you just said that it was Mr. Ren who secretly helped you get promoted, and your director came to take credit for it. Are you really prepared to do nothing?" After Sha Zhu mentioned the small stone next to her, Yu Li thought of Sha Zhu's immediate superior.

"In fact, he didn't do anything excessive, nor did he want to gain any benefit from me. He just wanted me to remember his favor and repay him in the future when I need it, or to treat him to a meal. A meal is still in our sight? So I just pretended I didn't know, and let it go in the future. As long as he is still the same as before, doing what he should do and letting go of things he shouldn't be involved in, I will have no conflict with him. More friends mean more paths, fewer enemies mean fewer walls, who knows who will need who in the future, don't you think?"

"What you said is true. He is just taking advantage of us and he doesn't want to harm us. There is really no need to offend him." Yu Li said, "The old lady said that she will not go to Master's house with us to celebrate the New Year tomorrow. She said it is too far and she can't walk. She has already made an agreement with the first uncle that the three of them will celebrate the New Year together. The first uncle asked you to cook a few of the old lady's favorite dishes tomorrow morning, and then they will eat together in the evening."

After hearing this, Sha Zhu readily agreed: "Okay, no problem, the old lady wants to eat. I will prepare it for them tomorrow morning and mix the dumpling stuffing for them. I guess we will have to stay up all night at Master's house tomorrow."

On the morning of the 30th, as soon as Sha Zhu got up, the third uncle came over.

The third uncle said, "Shazhu, does your family still need Spring Festival couplets?" The third uncle wanted to talk to Shazhu about this last night, but was interrupted by Shazhu and forgot about it. After recovering from a night of stress, the third uncle remembered it early in the morning.

"Yes, of course. Have you finished writing it?"

"Look." The third uncle and aunt each held a pair of couplets and opened them in front of Sha Zhu. On one couplet was written "Thousands of willows are swaying in the spring breeze, and the six hundred million people in China are all like Shun and Yao", and on the other was read "Spring is back and the earth is full of beautiful mountains and hills, and the sun warms the land of China and brings spring to all the trees".

I don't really care about the words. I put up Spring Festival couplets for good luck. They are almost the same in this era. There is no writing about getting rich. The idea of ​​people being the masters of the country is not advocated. What matters in this era is serving the people, contributing to the country, and striving for the goals of socialism and communism. Money is nothing but a thing. It is a stumbling block that affects progress and friendship.

However, there are still people who care about it, such as Uncle San. When Shazhu was receiving the Spring Festival couplets, Uncle San said, "Shazhu, have you forgotten the rules?"

"Don't worry, Third Uncle. You won't be left without me. I'll take the Spring Festival couplets in first and then get the money for you. I can't run away, right? You think it's all Xu Damao who likes to cheat." Sha Zhu turned around, put the Spring Festival couplets in, took out three cents and gave them to the Third Uncle.

The third uncle took the money and said, "Speaking of Xu Damao, it seems like I haven't seen him in the past few days."

"Maybe he went to his father's place with Qin Jingru." Sha Zhu knew where Xu Damao was, but he didn't say anything.

"Impossible, Qin Jingru is here. I saw her going to the toilet this morning." The third aunt interrupted.

The third uncle guessed: "Did he get arrested for flirting with other girls again?"

"Hey, Third Uncle, you can't talk nonsense. What if it's not true and Xu Damao finds out, he will accuse you of slandering him and cause trouble for you." Sha Zhu reminded the Third Uncle.

The third uncle said disdainfully, "I'm afraid of him." Then he continued, "Besides, we are just the three of us talking here, how could he know about it? If he knows, it's what you said."

"Hey, uncle, you can't blackmail me like this." Sha Zhu pretended to be scared.

As the three were talking, they saw Qin Jingru coming out from the corridor and walking towards them quickly. The third uncle was startled and quickly retreated behind his wife. However, when Qin Jingru walked between the main house and the west wing, she turned around and went to the Jia family in the west wing.

The third uncle patted his chest and gasped for a long time.

Sha Zhu was amused that a little girl could scare him like this, and she was not afraid of Xu Damao. He shook his head and said, "Uncle, I will put up the Spring Festival couplets in a moment. I have other things to do, so I won't keep you here. If you have other families who want to send Spring Festival couplets to, go ahead."

Uncle Sanye knew that it was Shazhu who urged him to leave. Other families in the courtyard had already bought or exchanged Spring Festival couplets from him, and Shazhu's family was the last one to leave. But it was New Year's Eve, and he had a lot of things to do at home, so he went home with Aunt Sanye. When they passed by Jia's house, they heard Qin Jingru crying inside. His family didn't get along with Xu's family and Jia's family, and he didn't want to eavesdrop on them during the New Year. He said that he deserved it and left.

Qin Jingru entered the Jia family, hugged Qin Huairu and started crying, "Sister, Damao said he would come back yesterday, but he hasn't come back today. Did something happen to him?"

"Pooh, pooh, pooh, what nonsense are you talking about? Why are you cursing your man for no reason? Don't say unlucky things on New Year's Day." Qin Huairu scolded Qin Jingru. She didn't want anything to happen to Xu Damao now. The Jia family was also counting on Xu Damao to some extent.

"Then why do you think he doesn't go home? Could he have been seduced away by some vixen?" Qin Jingru proposed a new possibility.

"Hiss..." Qin Huairu thought it was possible. She turned her head and looked out the window. Just then, the third uncle and his wife passed by the door, supporting each other. "What are you thinking about? Look at the situation outside. It snowed heavily the night before yesterday. The snow on the ground was so thick that it was inconvenient to walk with nothing. Besides, Xu Damao had to carry so many things to show the movie."

"Oh, that means Damao is fine. Otherwise, everyone would say that he is happy. After hearing what you said, I immediately felt relieved." Qin Jingru happily wiped the tears from her face and continued, "Sister, I am going back."

"Since you're here, how can I let you go?" Qin Huairu thought to herself, and hurriedly tried to stop him, saying, "Looking at the situation, Xu Damao won't be able to come back tonight. Are you going to spend your 30s alone? Aren't you lonely?"

Qin Jingru looked at her cousin, then at Mrs. Jia and the children on the kang. She really didn't want to celebrate the New Year with them. There were too many people in the Jia family, and there wasn't much food at home. Wouldn't it be delicious to eat alone? The little food at home was something Xu Damao had managed to scrape out when he went out to show movies recently. Xu Damao now went to extremely poor places, and the village couldn't afford any good things. If it were someone else, it would be fine, but Xu Damao was a man who could get two taels of oil from dry land. He worked hard to save 15 eggs, 10 catties of peanuts, 5 catties of millet, and 2 catties of white flour. If it were ten months ago, Xu Damao would have blinked when he saw these things, and he would have slapped himself in the face. But now it's no longer possible. Lou Xiao'e was driven away, and Xu Damao was targeted again and couldn't get any good things.

Seeing that her sister didn't say anything, Qin Huairu added, "If Uncle and Aunt knew that you spent the New Year alone, I don't know what they would say about me in the future."

Qin Jingru heard what she meant. They were all relatives, and her cousin kept asking her to stay. If she refused, it would be a bit unreasonable. She pretended not to understand what Qin Huairu meant and said, "Thank you, sister. You still love me the most. I will spend the New Year with you." Then she rolled up her sleeves and said, "Sister, is there anything else I can do for you?"

Qin Huairu was stunned when she saw this and said, "Everything has been done. It's just about making a few dumplings. You are not needed." Qin Huairu pointed to Qin Jingru again.

Qin Jingru, who was pretending to be stupid, clapped her hands and said, "Okay, I'll wait for the food."

Qin Huairu thought to herself: "Just play dumb. If you can eat it later, I'll take your last name!"