Siheyuan: Smiling at the Birds

Although the Spring Festival in 60 was not as grand as those in later generations, every household in Beijing was decorated with lights and colors.

The Spring Festival today is different from that in later generations. The earliest happiness in later generations was for the whole family to watch the Spring Festival Gala together.

However, people are now the happiest and simplest during the Spring Festival. Every household uses the money they have saved for a whole year to buy new clothes and new hats for their children.

And on New Year’s Eve, we will also eat the meat and egg dumplings that we have been missing for a long time.

Families with better financial conditions will also cook some meat.

At Li Tianyou's house, today is New Year's Eve. Li Tianyou specially prepared a whole table of food. This table of food would be extremely luxurious even in later generations.

Seafood, river fish, livestock, all kinds of food were brought to the table by Li Tianyou.

As the daughter of the Zheng family in Hong Kong, Zheng Yanran opened her mouth in shock when she saw the food prepared by Li Tianyou.

Zheng Yanran is like this, let alone Gao Meiyu.

This time, Li Tianyou boldly took out a portion of each ingredient in the space. This was Li Tianyou's first Spring Festival here, and Li Tianyou was very serious.

Gao Meiyu looked at the meal and said, "Brother Tianyou, isn't this too extravagant?" You know, it's a disaster year now, how much does a meal like this cost? The key is that you can't buy it even if you have money.

Although Zheng Yanran was a little surprised, she was not as surprised as Gao Meiyu. She also asked: "Brother Tianyou, how did you get these seafood?"

Li Tianyou looked at the two girls and smiled: "This is the first New Year I've spent with you guys, so the preparations are a bit rich. Don't make it public, we'll just eat ours."

Hearing this, Zheng Yanran nodded and said, "Thank you, Brother Tianyou." Although she didn't care much about food and drink, Zheng Yanran was still very happy to be treated so seriously by Li Tianyou.

Gao Meiyu couldn't eat much, because until today, she still remembered the little girl that Li Tianyou mentioned. There was nothing she could do about it; it was a woman's natural maternal instinct that she couldn't control.

Perhaps sensing Gao Meiyu's mood, Li Tianyou looked at Gao Meiyu and said, "Yu'er, save yourself before saving others. If you can't even eat enough, how can you save others?"

Gao Meiyu sighed and said, "Brother Tianyou, Yu'er understands."

Zheng Yanran didn't think too much about it, but directly picked up a crab and started eating.

Li Tianyou picked up an abalone for Gao Meiyu and put it on the plate, saying, "Yu'er, today is New Year's Day, don't think about such unhappy things, otherwise you will waste all the delicious food on the table, right?"

Gao Meiyu also calmed down, looked at Li Tianyou with a smile and said: "Well, thank you, Brother Tianyou."

Zheng Yanran looked at the two of them with a smile and said, "Should we call Qin Huairu over to eat with us? There are so many that the three of us can't finish them all."

Li Tianyou shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't call her. She should be with Gao now."

Gao Meiyu heard this and said, "Brother Tianyou, are you very confused?"

Li Tianyou was stunned after hearing Gao Meiyu's words, then looked at Gao Meiyu and said: "Yu'er, why do you say that?"

Zheng Yanran smiled and said, "Sister Yu'er means that you obviously don't want to take care of Qin Huairu's child, but you still want Qin Huairu to go to Hong Kong with you."

Gao Meiyu nodded and said, "I can see, Brother Tianyou, you don't want to take care of Qin Huairu's child at all."

Li Tianyou sighed and said, "You are right. I really don't want to take care of it. No man is willing to raise someone else's child. I am also a human being, and there is no exception."

What Li Tianyou said was right. Moreover, the whole family was ungrateful. How could Li Tianyou be willing? If the children of the Jia family were the same as Liang Ladi's children, Li Tianyou might raise them.

But the good guy Li Tianyou really doesn't want to support him. The favorability will not deceive Li Tianyou. The negative 30 favorability has not changed.

Zheng Yanran shook her head and sighed: "People are like this. No matter how high your status is or how much wealth you have, there will always be times when you are powerless. This is life."

Gao Meiyu nodded and said, "Yes, this is life."

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "You are wrong. The stick will be given to Gao. Xiaodang and Huaihua, the two girls, can eat as much as they want and use as much as they want. When they get married in the future, I will pay some dowry for Qin Huairu. This is already my biggest concession."

Zheng Yanran smiled and said, “Brother Tianyou, are you afraid of raising two little girls with your future wealth?”

Li Tianyou shook his head and said, "Forget it. Why are you talking about this on New Year's Day?"

Gao Meiyu picked up the goblet and said with a smile: "It's all my fault. I won't talk about these unhappy things anymore. Let's have a drink."

Hearing this, Li Tianyou and Zheng Yanran smiled at each other and raised the wine glasses in front of them.

At Gao's house, Qin Huairu said, "Aunt Gao, you should eat too. Don't keep picking up food for them."

Gao looked at Qin Huairu's three children with a happy smile on her face. After hearing what Qin Huairu said, she said, "It's okay. I like watching them eat. Huairu, you eat too. Don't worry about me."

Seeing how much Gao loved them, Qin Huairu put aside her last worry.

After all, she was going to Hong Kong with Li Tianyou in the future. Li Tianyou asked her to bring Xiaodang and Huaihua with her. Qin Huairu knew that it was already good enough. Banggeng said that Li Tianyou was unwilling to go with her.

So seeing that Gao likes jokes so much, how could Qin Huairu not be happy?

At Sha Zhu's house, Sha Zhu was grinning the whole time, and He Yushui also said, "Teacher Ran, don't just look at it! Eat it, and try my brother's cooking."

That’s right, the reason why Sha Zhu was grinning was that Ran Qiuye was invited by He Yushui to his home to celebrate the New Year with them.

Ran Qiuye said shyly: "Well, Yushui, you don't have to keep picking food for me. I can't finish all this."

He Yushui smiled and said, "Teacher Ran, you're welcome. My brother is not very good at speaking, but his cooking skills are pretty good. You can try them all."

Sha Zhu smiled innocently and said, "Yes, Teacher Ran, you can try them all and see which dish you like. I will cook it for you often in the future."

Ran Qiuye sighed and said, "Thank you, thank you two, brother and sister. You two have been the best to me over the past few years. Others have been pointing fingers at me behind my back because of their background."

As she spoke, her eyes turned red. He Yushui took Ran Qiuye's hand and said, "Teacher Ran, today is New Year's Day. Let's not talk about or think about those unhappy things. Let's have a good New Year's Eve dinner."

Sha Zhu nodded quickly and said, "Teacher Ran, Yu Shui is right. Those unhappy things have made you unhappy for a year. Today is the New Year, the last day of the year. Let's talk about some happy things and not mention or think about those unhappy things."

Ran Qiuye also nodded and said: "Well, I will listen to you brothers and sisters."

He Yushui thought for a moment and said, "Teacher Ran, don't leave after dinner. Come to my room tonight and we can chat about family matters."

After hearing what He Yushui said, Ran Qiuye was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yushui, OK."

He Yushui smiled when she heard this, and she was really happy. Ran Qiuye agreed to let her stay, so her brother and her, Ran Qiuye, were basically together.

Sha Zhu laughed and said, "I will go to Yu Shui's room in a moment and light up the stove so you won't feel cold at night."

When someone is happy, someone else must be sad. At Liu Haizhong's house, Zhao looked at Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangqi and said, "I don't know if your father has eaten yet?"

Liu Guangtian rolled his eyes and said, "Mom, my dad's case hasn't come out yet, has it? Besides, how can I not care about my dad's meal during the New Year?"

Zhao sobbed a little and said, "How can it be the same as at home? What do they eat there?"

Liu Guangqi said: "Mom, didn't you go to see my dad a few days ago? How is my dad now?"

Zhao sighed and said, "Your father has lost weight."

Liu Guangtian heard this and said, "Mom, my dad's situation has been finalized, so we have to move on with our lives! We can't go on like this every day."

Liu Guangqi also said: "Mom, my brother is right. My dad has become like this now, but we still have to live."

Zhao sighed and said, "You guys eat. I can't eat anymore. I'm going to lie down for a while."

In the detention center, Yi Zhonghai looked at the steamed bread made of two grains of flour and some pickled vegetables in front of him.

He sighed in his heart, wondering how he had ended up in this situation. He was an eighth-level fitter in the steel rolling mill and the manager of the yard.

How could he have ended up like this when he had no worries about food and clothing and was respected by others?

Yi Zhonghai picked up the steamed bread, took a bite, and swallowed it with difficulty.

The person next to him said, "Hurry up and eat. This steamed bread made of two-grain flour is not available normally."

Yi Zhonghai looked at the person who was speaking but did not respond.

Yi Zhonghai knew that he was completely finished this time. After falsely accusing a state official and the things he had done, he would never have a chance to get out.

At Xu Damao's house, Xu Damao was very upset today because he knew that there was a woman in Sha Zhu's house, and she was a beautiful woman.

Xu Damao was also very anxious at home. Looking at Xu Damao walking back and forth, Lou Xiaoe frowned and said, "Damo, what are you doing? Walking back and forth."

Xu Damao looked at Lou Xiao'e and said, "Ezi, there is a teacher named Ran at Shazhu's house."

Lou Xiao'e smiled and said, "Who is in Shazhu's family? What does it have to do with you? Why are you walking around here in a hurry?"

Xu Damao rolled his eyes at Lou Xiao'e and said, "Ezi, Shazhu might be getting married."

Lou Xiao'e said: "Shazhu wants to get married, so let him get married. Can you stop him?"

Xu Damao looked at Lou Xiao'e and sighed, "Ezi, you don't understand. Forget it. I won't talk to you anymore."

Xu Damao is upset now and doesn't know how to destroy Sha Zhu and Ran Qiuye.

Lou Xiao'e felt that Xu Damao was a sick person. What did Sha Zhu's marriage have to do with you? Look how anxious you were.

There was peace in Yan Bugui's home. Unlike the original drama where they shared peanuts, a bowl of peanuts and melon seeds were placed on the table, and the family was chatting and laughing.

Yan Jiecheng said: "Dad, Section Chief Li assigned me to the Security Department."

Yan Bugui said with a smile: "Tianyou told me that it is thirty-two and a half dollars a month."

Yu Li also smiled and said: "The security department is good, it's not tiring. The work in the workshop is too tiring."

Yan Jiefang said: "Dad, how much living expenses does my brother give you every month?"

The originally happy atmosphere suddenly became quiet after Yan Jiefang's words.