Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

There are rat droppings in every era, including now.

Li Huaide from the steel rolling mill can be counted as one, and Liu Haizhong’s distant relative Liu Dehou can definitely be counted as one.

In fact, although they are distant relatives, they are not related at all. Not to mention the fifth or eighth degree of mourning, they have no contact with Liu Haizhong on a normal basis.

Because they were not in the same place, Liu Haizhong had never thought of going to Liu Dehou's house to get close to him.

This time it was because not long ago, one of Liu Haizhong's relatives had a funeral at home, and he heard about the Xishan Machinery Factory and became interested.

Xishan Machinery Factory, a long-established military factory, is known as one of the eight major factories in the city.

The last bombing didn't actually cause much damage, because the Xishan Machinery Factory has another name, called the Cannon Factory.

(Those who think wrongly should go and face the wall...)

It is really a cannon factory, and its main business is repairing cannons.

The bombing actually brought good times to the machinery factory. The management decided to take advantage of this opportunity to increase the gun production business for the machinery factory.

In a sense, it was God's will that Zeng Wangcai gave Liu Haizhong and Yi Zhonghai the opportunity to give gifts, because the artillery factory's increased business was the production of new guns.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong carried the gifts and walked around until they came to a large compound. This compound was different from the one where the senior leaders lived, as there was no one standing guard at the gate.

However, even so, the houses in the compound look much more imposing than the courtyard houses, as they are all buildings.

Liu Haizhong took Yi Zhonghai to a corner outside the yard and took out a stack of banknotes in front of Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yi, you know the situation of our family. It's great that you can take out so much money. We will each take half of this money. If the matter is successful, you will give me the money. If it is not successful, the things and money will be returned to us, and we will not suffer any loss."

Yi Zhonghai took the money without hesitation and counted it. They were all large ten-yuan bills, a total of twenty black bills.

Giving a gift of two hundred dollars is definitely a heavy gift.

"Okay, let's do it!" Yi Zhonghai gritted his teeth and agreed.

If it works, he won't have to clean the toilet anymore.

"How do we send this money out?" Yi Zhonghai asked after thinking for a while.

"Giving gifts is a science." Liu Haizhong smiled proudly, "If it was before, I wouldn't have understood it very well. Now you watch me!"

After saying that, Liu Haizhong took out an old newspaper, wrapped it in a square, and then inserted it into the tea leaves.

From the outside, money looks like tea.

Yi Zhonghai suddenly realized: "No wonder you made the tea like this!"

"We are here in the name of relatives, so it's not okay if the gifts we send are too good or too eye-catching..." Liu Haizhong smiled proudly, "Anyway, don't talk nonsense when you get there, I'll take care of it."

Yi Zhonghai nodded. He wished he could take the lead, but he also knew that he couldn't say those words now.

After discussing it, the two of them brought ordinary-looking gifts and went to the house in the name of relatives.

They stayed inside for several hours and had lunch there. It was almost five o'clock before the two of them came out of the compound.

When they went in, they were carrying things in their hands, and when they came out, their hands were not empty. One person was carrying half a hang of golden bananas and a net bag of snacks.

"Oh, your Director Liu is really particular!" Yi Zhonghai said as he held up the return gift.

"That's right, he has a wide network of contacts." Liu Haizhong was very happy that the matter was done. "But this is also thanks to our skills. You are an eighth-level fitter, and I am a seventh-level fitter. Without this skill, it would be difficult for him to handle it."

This is the truth.

The reason why Liu Dehou dared to agree was closely related to their craftsmanship. As for how to solve Yi Zhonghai's problem, that was Liu Dehou's problem.

The two of them carried the return gifts and took the bus back to the courtyard.

When I got back, it was past six o'clock and the weather was still very hot. The three aunts were pouring water at the door with basins.

"Hey, what are these... bananas!" Seeing the bananas in Yi Zhonghai's hands, Auntie Three asked with envy, "Where did you get these rare things?"

Traditional fruits such as watermelon, apple, peach and pear are more common in old city. However, tropical fruits such as banana are not easily seen by ordinary people in old city.

Moreover, nowadays, no one is willing to eat fruit. They are lucky enough to eat radishes.

In the early years, there were peddlers carrying loads on their shoulders walking through the streets, and they would drink: Radishes are better than pears!

From this we can see that it is good enough for ordinary people nowadays to be able to eat radishes instead of fruits, let alone other things.

"Someone else gave it to me!" Liu Haizhong said perfunctorily, then took Yi Zhonghai and left.

"Bah, what's so great about that?" The three aunts at the back spat and went in.

But unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong's journey home was not smooth. As soon as they arrived at the Central Courtyard, they ran into Sha Zhu who was cooking outside.

"Hey, Uncle Er, Master Yi, bananas, good stuff!" Sha Zhu said with a sweat on his face, "Where did you come back from? I didn't see you two eating lunch at noon."

"A relative has visited!" Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong agreed not to reveal the details of the artillery factory, but he would not neglect his godson Sha Zhu. "By the way, take some of the bananas and cakes and send them to the deaf old lady in the backyard."

Yi Zhonghai is constantly managing his new persona, slowly brainwashing Shazhu.

Of course Sha Zhu was happy to hear that. He scooped the vegetables from the pot, put the pot on the ground, and took half of the pastries.

When it was time to take bananas, Yi Zhonghai was more decisive. He pulled off two bananas and gave the rest to Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu didn't think about anything else. He happily went to the backyard with bananas and pastries. However, in less than a minute, he came back.

"What's the matter?" Yi Zhonghai asked.

"Hi, the old lady went out for a walk, she's not here!" Sha Zhu replied.

"Then let's leave the food with you. You can make some more food. The old lady will definitely not have eaten when she comes back. Let her eat with you, and then give her the food afterward."

"Okay, an old lady can't eat much." Sha Zhu agreed without hesitation.

Then they went back to their rooms. After a while, Qin Huairu went to Sha Zhu's house. When she left, she was holding a cloth bag containing bananas and pastries.

The vampire widow came online, and Yi Zhonghai took everything that was given to his godmother as a gift.

Fortunately, Sha Zhu insisted and left some for the deaf old lady, otherwise Yi Zhonghai’s efforts would have been in vain.

In the evening, brothers Xiaoqiang and Laifu took their two brothers to play under the street lights in the alley.

Since Zhang Xiuzhi was not around, the two of them could finally have some fun for a while.

At this time, Liu Guangfu, the third son of the Liu family, and Geng, the thief of the stick, appeared in front of Xiaoqiang and Lai Fu, each holding a banana.

Banggeng peeled the banana a little bit exaggeratedly, and looked at the four children squatting on the ground with his small eyes: "Hey, country bumpkins, are you playing in the mud?"

"Besides peeing and playing in the mud, what else can they do?" Liu Guangfu said contemptuously, "They have nothing to play with. Look at what this is. Have you seen a banana? Even if you have seen one, have you ever eaten it?"

After saying that, they both opened their mouths at the same time, scraped a little banana with their teeth, and tasted it slowly.