Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

In an era when the only household electrical appliances at home were flashlights, owning a radio was definitely a cool thing.

When Xiaoqiang and Laifu heard that this big guy was a radio, they immediately turned into proud little peacocks.

The appearance of the radio hindered Zeng Wangcai's subsequent itinerary, and Xu Damao insisted on seeing the effect of the radio.

Zeng Wangcai did not refuse. He asked Xiaoqiang to go in, move out a stool and put the radio on it.

After a while, the radio started playing Peking Opera...

"Oh, this is a radio!" Yan Bugui was there to watch the fun. He came out of the house when he heard the sound and walked around the radio, full of envy. "It's much better to have this thing at night. I can also listen to the news. How much did you buy it for?"

Zeng Wangcai reported the price.

Yan Bugui took a breath and said, "In our hospital, you are the only one who can afford it. Let's take a look."

Zeng Wangcai smiled, turned off the radio, and asked Xiaoqiang to move into the house.

"Wangcai, don't forget to drink tonight!" Xu Damao said.

"I won't forget it, but it will be later." Zeng Wangcai went into the house and took out a pheasant. "I'll join you. I've seen you bring back some mushrooms, which are just right for stewing chicken."

"Are you slapping me in the face? I invited you to drink and asked you to bring some food. Take it back quickly. I have chickens at home, and they are kept in cages." Xu Damao was unhappy.

He did have chickens at home, which were placed at the door. There were two chickens in a round cage. The number of chickens in his family increased frequently, and most of them were donated by the rural commune.

Zeng Wangcai knew that Xu Damao must have something to ask for dinner, so he refused to accept the favor and stuffed the chicken into Xu Damao's hand: "Here, this is a wild chicken. Although it's not as fat as a domestic chicken, it tastes different. Let's go and come back in the evening."

Yan Bugui looked at Zeng Wangcai's back, then turned around and asked, "Xu Damao, why are you treating me to dinner for no reason? Do you need Zeng Wangcai's help?"

"Does it have anything to do with you?" Xu Damao rolled his eyes. He didn't want to be taken advantage of.

"Hehe, there really is one!" Yan Bugui was not annoyed, his eyes flashed and he said, "I dare to guarantee that you can't persuade him by yourself."

Xu Damao really had something to discuss with Zeng Wangcai, and it was no small matter.

To be precise, Lou Bancheng had something to do. Lou Bancheng wanted to invite the bigwigs of the First Ministry of Machine Building to dinner, but he couldn't meet the real big shot, so Xu Fugui wanted his son to test Zeng Wangcai's attitude and see if he could make some connections and meet Old Man Liu.

"Look, what did I say?" Yan Bugui said, "You get drunk when you drink. If you treat us, I'm afraid you'll lose your memory before we even get to the point. How can we chat?"

Xu Damao thought about it and realized that it was true.

"Uncle, please help you. Treat me tonight and I'll mediate between you and remind you not to drink too much. How about that?" Yan Bugui took out the knife with a smile, obviously wanting to rub it on the whetstone of Xu Damao's house.

Xu Damao thought about it for two seconds and agreed. After all, one person would eat, and two people would drink, so the important thing was the important matter.

In the middle courtyard, Shazhu's house.

After Sha Zhu came back from get off work, He Yushui, who had just returned from playing, discovered the meat and fish at home. He was diligently chopping the meat filling, preparing to make dumplings and freeze them to eat during the New Year.

"Hey, why are you back? Aren't you supposed to be back tomorrow?" Sha Zhu walked into the room, took off his hat and scarf and said.

"It's boring, so I'm back!" He Yushui put the chopped meat aside, untied her apron, and said a little tiredly, "Brother, is this the meat distributed by your company? The steel mill got rich this year or something, so much meat, probably four or five pounds? I chopped it all..."

"Ah? You chopped it all up?" Sha Zhu came over and saw a large bowl of meat stuffing. He said with a bitter face, "Not all of it is from our family. There is also some from the uncle's family. Fortunately, you put some vegetables in it, otherwise your brother would have to cut some meat to compensate others..."

As he spoke, Sha Zhu told the origin of the meat.

He Yushui was very surprised when he learned that Zeng Wangcai had returned and became an official, and brought back a lot of fish and meat. "Brother, didn't you say that Zeng Wangcai left the steel mill to join the army and his future was ruined? How did he become an officer?"

"How would I know? It was the uncle and the others who told me." Sha Zhu started to take out some of the minced meat that his sister had chopped, without weighing it, just about right.

Yi Zhonghai had three kilograms of meat out of five kilograms. He gave one kilogram to his own family and two kilograms to his godson's family.

"Two pounds of meat filling, we brothers and sisters ate it all up!" Sha Zhu kept muttering, forgetting about Qin Jingru.

He Yushui was not impressed with Qin Jingru, and he could not help but remind her: "We are siblings, but if you add my future sister-in-law, it will not be enough. I can't tell that Qin Jingru is small, but she is a big eater. I don't understand, brother, what's so good about Qin Jingru that makes you give up my classmate and be with her."

"You mean Yu Haitang?" Sha Zhu thought about the beauty of the factory and said, "Yu Haitang is not my type. I heard that Yu Haitang likes Zeng Wangcai..."

"Brother, are you confused? Zeng Wangcai already has a fiancée." He Yushui said angrily, "If you want to know what Yu Haitang thinks, you can ask me. I'll ask her, isn't that better than asking an old man? Yu Haitang wanted to poach Zeng Wangcai at first, but she said that and she gave up the idea after she learned that Zeng Wangcai was going to join the army."

"Really?"

"What's true or false? If you ask me, Yu Haitang is 10,000 times better than Qin Jingru."

He Yushui was worried sick about her silly brother. She felt that something was wrong with her silly brother recently. He wanted to tie his head to Qin Jingru's belt and do whatever Qin Jingru said.

She didn't think Qin Jingru was a good person from the bottom of her heart. Qin Jingru's rural household registration was one reason, but there was another important reason. She felt that Qin Jingru would not be able to do well in the Jia family.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai shouted outside the door, and He Yushui stopped talking about this topic.

Yi Zhonghai came to get the meat. He had inquired and found out that Zeng Wangcai was not at home, so he took the meat back quietly to avoid Zeng Wangcai knowing.

"Okay, you even chopped it for me!" Yi Zhonghai was very excited when he saw the meat filling. "Okay, I'll take it. What about the fish?"

"Here's the fish!" Sha Zhu took out the eight or nine kilograms of fish, "Uncle, I want to ask you a question. Has Grandma Banggeng gone to the street?"

"I went there and was just about to tell you!" Yi Zhonghai felt even better. "Director Zhang from the Street Office takes this very seriously and wants to conduct a thorough investigation. I think the people in the hospital have benefited from him and may not testify. Remember what to say..."

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu was troubled: "Uncle, isn't it unkind of us to do this? After all, we can eat meat because of Zeng Wangcai's kindness. Did he raise the price like the black market?"

"You are confused. Zeng Wangcai is the black sheep of our hospital. He must be removed." Yi Zhonghai knew that Sha Zhu would sometimes act foolishly, so he reminded him, "I heard from Qin Huairu that Qin Jingru had a good impression of Zeng Wangcai. Don't be soft-hearted."

The old one is still the wisest, and he immediately found the weak spot of Sha Zhu.

The reason why Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi dared to report it was because of Sha Zhu. They did not trust the other neighbors.

After Yi Zhonghai left, He Yushui figured out what they were going to do, and he exploded with anger: "Brother, are you guys immoral? How could you do such a thing?"

Shazhu's face turned red and he didn't dare to look at his sister for a moment.

However, that night, Yi Zhonghai who was expecting, Jia Zhang who was waiting, and Sha Zhu who was hesitant and nervous, were all very surprised, because the people from the street office did not come...

In the evening before this, Zeng Wangcai and Zhang Xiuzhi came back and found that there was a guest at home, Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui gathered around the radio, complimenting Zeng You from time to time.

Although Zeng Youqian and his wife were no longer interested in their neighbors in the yard, they were just ordinary people and couldn't bring themselves to chase them away even if they were being flattered.

"Wangcai, you're finally back. Let's go for a walk. Xu Damao has urged you to come several times." Yan Bugui said anxiously after seeing Zeng Wangcai.

"Haha, it seems that the Third Uncle succeeded in getting a free meal."

"What do you mean by freeloading?" Yan Bugui didn't feel embarrassed at all. "I was openly...freeloading..."