Siheyuan: I Raised Ten Thousand Wild Boars

The heavy snow fell like goose feathers.

The surrounding roofs were covered with thick snow, the trees on both sides of the road were covered in silver, and the pedestrians on the road were walking in a hurry.

Today is the 29th day of the twelfth lunar month, and tomorrow is New Year’s Eve.

Li Guohua walked downstairs to a tube-shaped building, found a place to stop, took out a small notebook he carried with him, and began to look through it.

"Well, is this Li Huaide giving it away or not?"

That’s right, he was paying New Year’s greetings. Taking advantage of the two days before the New Year, he visited all the leaders and friends he was close to.

Leaders also have their own leaders. If we want to wish each other a happy new year, it’s best to do so a few days in advance.

You certainly can’t visit someone empty-handed when paying New Year’s greetings, so I gave each family some small specialties and gifts.

Giving gifts is not flattery or asking someone to do you a favor. Giving gifts is a transfer of value and energy.

Giving gifts is an expression of emotion, a maintenance of relationships, an expansion of resources, and an accumulation of connections. Of course, many people have psychological barriers and feel that giving gifts is particularly embarrassing or unethical, so there is nothing we can do about it.

Wang Shaosheng's family, Zheng Aimin's family, Liang Xingguo's family, Zhang Jie's family, and Wang Li's family were all given gifts.

There are also people in the factory who are close to the factory, such as Liu Laoshi in the cafeteria, who also provide a lot of wild rabbit meat at prices lower than the market price.

Now I have basically contacted everyone at the textile factory, except for a few people I know.

I am hanging out with Zheng Aimin, so I don't need to give gifts to people like Qian Xinmin and Cai Guotao. If you do, they will look down on you.

The only one who was quite conflicted was Li Huaide. Finally, he thought about it and decided to go there. After all, his relationship with him was different from that with others. He also accepted his eldest brother into the factory, so he would have to deal with him in the future.

At least in the next ten years or so, this person will still be very "stable". You won't suffer any loss if you make friends with him.

Courtyard house

Chinese New Year is tomorrow, and everyone in the courtyard is looking forward to the New Year with joy, but today something bad happened.

"Old Hu, your meat is really good, how about giving me half?"

Jia Zhang carried a small waist basket on her left hand and a notebook in her right hand. Her chin was slightly raised, and her expression was extremely arrogant.

"Oh, Aunt Jia, look at the people in and outside the yard. If you want to eat meat, just tell me. We are not short of food at home, so you don't need half of it. I will give it all to you!" Butcher Hu said, and he picked up the piece of fat weighing about two pounds and put it in Jia Zhang's waist basket.

"Oh, I don't want to live any longer. I can't live like this anymore! Wuuuuu! ..."

When the wife of the Hu family saw that her husband gave the meat to someone else, she immediately sat on the ground and burst into tears!

"Hmph, Lao Hu, you are great. If you have any troubles in the future, just let me know. I will definitely help you if I can!"

Jia Zhang looked at the big piece of fat meat in the basket and her whole face lit up with smiles. Her eyes were small to begin with, and when she smiled like that, they became even smaller.

She was different. When she left, she did not forget to make big promises to Hu the Butcher.

As for the Hu family's daughter-in-law who was crying and making a fuss on the ground, she was simply ignored by her, what a useless old woman.

"Old Hu, the child has been clamoring for meat for a long time. If we give it to this old hag, what will we eat tomorrow?" said the Hu family's daughter-in-law while crying.

Seeing Jia Zhang walk out in a swagger, the Hu family's wife felt so wronged. She was bullied at home.

"Oh, women are just shortsighted. If I don't give it to her, and he goes to the unit to make a scene, will I still be able to keep this job? Don't worry, Old Wang has made a lot this year. I will go to his relief point tomorrow. There will be meat tomorrow night!" Butcher Hu comforted his wife, and at the same time looked at Jia Zhang's back with a fierce look in his eyes.

However, when he saw the notebook in her hand, he felt deflated. He blamed himself for not being careful with his words and letting others find fault with him.

After leaving the Hu family, Jia Zhang carried a basket and came to the third uncle's house to hang out.

"Hey! Hey! Aunt Jia, what's the matter?" The third aunt saw Jia Zhang walking around in her house, looking for something everywhere, and she immediately became dissatisfied.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, how dare you run around in other people's homes like this?" Yan Bugui also ran out when he heard the voice of the third aunt.

"Hmph, you only bought such a small piece of meat during the New Year. It's not even as much as what my family has. Let's go!" When Jia Zhang saw the small piece of meat, tofu, vermicelli and other things prepared by the Yan family, she immediately lost interest.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, you haven't told me your problem yet. Do you believe that I can convene a meeting of the entire institute to criticize your behavior?" Yan Bugui stretched out his right hand, pointed at Jia Zhang and said angrily.

"Old Yan, just talk about it and don't make a big deal out of it. I haven't even told you about the gift-giving from your students. Otherwise, if your school leaders find out, you will be in trouble!" Jia Zhang didn't take him seriously at all and was ready to go out with her hips twisted.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, stop right there. What nonsense are you talking about? When did I accept any gift from anyone?" Yan Bugui couldn't stand it anymore when he heard this. Isn't this ruining his reputation?

"Yan Laokou, half a month ago, at the entrance of the alley, someone who claimed to be Xiao Ming's parents gave you a bunch of vegetables. Is that true?" Jia Zhang took out her little notebook, flipped through a few pages, and said with a smile.

"you you!"

Yan Bugui was stunned. She was tutoring her child after school. The other parent had just returned from the countryside and brought back a lot of vegetables, so she gave her a bunch. She didn't expect that she would see it.

But this matter cannot be made public. It is not good to say it, but it sounds bad. How will other teachers in the school look at me? How will the old neighbors in the alley point fingers at me behind my back?

"Okay, Old Yan, I'm not an unkind person. Please write a couplet for our family and send it to them later. I won't tell anyone else!"

Jia Zhang thought she had a good idea, but then she remembered that she had not yet put down the couplets on her door, so she said without turning her head.

"you……"

"Old Yan, Old Yan, don't scare me, Jie Cheng, come out quickly, your father has fainted!"

As soon as Jia Zhang left, Yan Bugui became so angry that he fainted. The third aunt screamed in fear.

When Li Guohua returned home in the evening, he was stunned to hear that Jia Zhang had swept the entire courtyard. Was she cheating? How could she be so powerful?

"No way, if Jia Zhang is so strong in asking for it, will others give it?"

"Who said it wasn't true? In the entire courtyard, except for our family, Sha Zhu's family, and the deaf old lady's family, the rest of the people even spared the uncle's family. The aunt cried so sadly, and I don't know what's going on!" Chen Lan said with a sigh.

What is going on? I can understand why he doesn’t look for the old lady, but why doesn’t he look for his own family? Does he know that we won’t give it to him?

Didn't Jia Zhang correct herself before? When he got married, she washed the vegetables and dishes, and even brought him a big bowl of leftovers. Why is she making even more trouble now?