Siheyuan: Liu Guangtian's happy life

When Liu Haizhong and his son pushed their bicycles back to the backyard, the whole family was very happy to see this and were proud of Liu Guangtian.

Liu Haizhong handed the meat to the second aunt and told her to cook a big meal tonight. He also asked Liu Guangtian to ask his master, Old Man Zhang, to come over for a couple of drinks to celebrate!

Liu Guangtian had no objection. He ran to Old Man Zhang's house, greeted him, asked him to come over for dinner in the evening, and then returned to the compound.

In the evening, Liu Haizhong's family and Old Man Zhang sat together and ate dinner. The aroma of the food wafted out and made the children in the yard drool.

Especially the Jia family in the central courtyard, the little guy kept crying and clamoring for meat. Looking at the Jia family's dinner, there were white flour buns, fried shredded potatoes, and pickles.

Wow, the food is very good, except that there is no meat. As the head of the family, Jia Dongxu is now a second-level fitter in the factory, with a monthly salary of 37 yuan.

It is not a problem to feed a family, and it is no problem to eat more fine grains on a regular basis, but it is not so easy to eat meat.

He was the only one in the family with a city hukou. The monthly meat ration was less than one kilogram, which he had already eaten up long ago. In addition, his master Yi Zhonghai occasionally gave him some help every month, so it could be said that their family lived a very good life.

He also knew what kind of person his mother was. She was lazy and liked to hide money. Once the money was in her pocket, it would be a waste of time to think of taking it out.

He used to think that he was the most outstanding young man in the entire hospital. Now with Liu Guangtian's rise, his monthly salary is equivalent to his two-month salary, which really makes him jealous.

The key point is that there are six people in their family now, half of them are formal workers, and their total monthly salary is almost two hundred. Who wouldn’t be jealous after hearing this!

Jia Dongxu sighed and said:

"This second uncle's family is really blessed. Now there are two bicycles in the family."

Qin Huairu saw that her husband was a little depressed, so she comforted him:

"Dongxu, his second uncle's family is doing well, and we can't control it. They won't spend their money on us. The factory will be assessing grades again soon, so let your first uncle train you well during this period. When you become a third-level worker, you will get 47 yuan a month, and our family can live a better life."

"And I'll take on some work at home doing sewing and mending, plus my mom will sew some soles for shoes, so by then our family's combined income will be more than 50 yuan."

"We don't care how well his uncle's family lives. We just need to live our own lives behind closed doors."

After listening to what Qin Huairu said, Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhangshi also felt that it made sense. After being promised a bright future by Qin Huairu, they felt that good days were about to come to their family.

Jia Zhang said quickly: "Son, Huairu is right. The most important thing for you now is to learn the skills well. You must be promoted to a third-level worker in the assessment in a while!"

"Don't worry about the things at home. I and your wife are here for you. Let Huairu go cut some meat tomorrow. Look how greedy my grandson is!"

At the home of Yi Zhonghai, an old man in the Central Courtyard, for dinner, he had two large bowls of noodles with mixed sauce and a plate of peanuts. Yi Zhonghai was drinking a little wine, looking very comfortable.

The aunt looked towards the backyard, but she was not envious at all, because her husband Yi was a seventh-level fitter in the steel rolling mill, earning 86 yuan a month. When it came to food and drink, she and her husband were well-equipped.

The only regret is not having children. This is the only pain. In this era, it is a great pity not to have offspring. There will be no one to take care of you in your old age and see you to the end of your life. After you die, there won’t even be anyone to cry and smash bowls. How can you not be sad?

Otherwise, why would his father Yi try so hard to find a reliable person to take care of them in their old age!

Yi Zhonghai seemed to be able to see what his wife was thinking, so he said:

"My dear! We don't care about other people's affairs. Don't worry about how powerful the second uncle is today. Who knows when he will get into trouble."

"We just need to take good care of Dongxu. He is a good kid and filial. He will definitely take care of us when we are old."

The aunt also smiled: "Yes! Dongxu is indeed a good boy, Lao Yi, I will listen to you."

"That's right, let's cut some meat tomorrow and have a get-together. Dongxu and I will have a drink together," Yi Zhonghai said with a smile!

Let’s take a look at our third uncle’s home. He eats cornmeal steamed buns with pickles. He replaces all the fine grains with coarse grains every month. Don’t be too picky about whether it tastes good or not.

Anyway, there are six people in the family, so they are well fed! Meat is only eaten during the Chinese New Year and other festivals. There is nothing he can do about it, because his salary is low.

The kids at home are all big eaters, and Yan Bugui feels that he is doing pretty well as long as he can keep them from going hungry.

Doesn't he want to feed his family with meat? He does want to, too. The eldest son, Yan Jiecheng, still doesn't have a decent job, while Liu Guangqi, who is the same age, has already married. He gets anxious every day when he looks at his eldest son!

Everyone in the yard called him Old West Yan, and even the children in the family couldn't stand his calculating mind, and he had his own grievances.

Yes! He can make it happen if the family wants to eat meat and fine grains, but he spends all his money on living expenses. Won't it cost money for his son to get married in the future? He will also need money if he encounters an emergency! Besides, he has three sons at home. If he doesn't live frugally, he won't be able to get by!

He sighed and said:

"Boss! Dad knows you are upset. After dinner, I will go ask Uncle if he can arrange a work quota for you."

"Yan Jiecheng was a little happy to hear his father say that! He was so tired of doing odd jobs. He felt suffocated to think that he was a high school student carrying sandbags every day. He had long wanted to find an easy job."

He nodded quickly and said, "Dad, I'll listen to you."

Seeing him like this, Yan Bugui said, "Don't be too proud. Even if I assign you a job, it will cost money. Otherwise, why would I give it to you for free?"

"I'm telling you, if this thing works, I'll pay you the money. It's a loan from me. You have to pay me back a certain amount every month until I've paid it back!"

Yan Jiecheng smiled bitterly in his heart, it has to be you! You are really my biological father! But he did not refute and agreed.

He had no choice! He was not able to outsmart his father now, so he could only accept his fate!

Yan Bugui added:

"Big brother! Don't feel it's unfair. Just set an example today, and your two younger brothers and sister will be the same in the future."

"Although our family is not as good as the other two uncles' families, your father and I have never let you go hungry. Your mother and I have never been partial to you brothers and sisters. The main goal is fairness!"

Yan Jiecheng was silent, knowing that his father was not lying. It was like this since he was a child! Peanuts and melon seeds were divided individually, and a candy could be cut into 6 portions with a kitchen knife!

There is no way, I can only accept my fate of being born into such a family.

At Sha Zhu's house, the brother and sister were enjoying their meal when Sha Zhu said, "Sister, when you go to high school, I will buy you a bicycle too!"

He Yushui has just entered junior high school and doesn’t even know if he can go to high school, so he just replied to him.

"Brother, why did you buy it for me? Don't you want it yourself?"

"I don't want it now! I'll buy it for you first. Besides, I'm the chef in the factory, so I can buy it anytime!"

He Yushui was very happy, and felt that her own silly brother was really good to her! Now Shazhu has not been sucked of blood, but you will cry in the future.