Siheyuan: Smiling at the Birds

Li Tianyou came to his office in the morning. He sat on the chair and drank some tea. He was still frightened.

I thought of the meal Gao Meiyu cooked last night and the confident words she said before cooking.

This reminded Li Tianyou of a saying: You can learn something once you see it, but you will lose it once you learn it.

Li Tianyou was a little curious as to how a simple meal could be turned into a dark dish with sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty flavors.

It shouldn't be like this. Gao Meiyu is not the daughter of a capitalist family and she has never been involved in women's affairs.

Li Tianyou sighed and decided that he really had to teach Gao Meiyu how to cook in the future. He couldn’t always cook three meals a day at home.

At this time, Qin Huairu pushed the door into the office, saw Li Tianyou shaking his head and sighing, and closed the door, then asked with a smile: "Chief Li, what happened?"

Li Tianyou looked at Qin Huairu who had entered his office and smiled helplessly: "Sister Qin, do you think there are really women in this world who are born not good at cooking?"

Qin Huairu thought for a moment and said, "It's impossible. Women are born with maternal instincts. Cooking shouldn't be something that can be learned just by being told. But there can't be a woman who can't cook."

Li Tianyou smiled, but his smile was helpless.

Qin Huairu looked at Li Tianyou and smiled: "Did your wife do this to you on purpose?"

Li Tianyou nodded and smiled helplessly: "Isn't this obvious? The food I made last night was really sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty. It tasted like a mixture of all five flavors."

Li Tianyou understood that it was not that Gao Meiyu could not cook, but because of Qin Huairu, Gao Meiyu found various ways to discipline him.

Qin Huairu smiled softly and said, "Has Section Chief Li finished eating?"

Li Tianyou nodded and said: "After eating... ahem, what do you mean after eating? I didn't eat at all." Feeling that he had let the cat out of the bag, Li Tianyou hurried to make amends.

Qin Huairu didn't expose him and said bluntly: "Chief Li, your wife also has the mentality of a little girl!"

Li Tianyou rolled his eyes at Qin Huairu and changed the subject: "Sister Qin, what's the matter?"

Qin Huairu cast a seductive glance at Li Tianyou and said in a seductive tone: "I just came here to ask Chief Li if he wants a snack."

Li Tianyou rolled his eyes at Qin Huairu and said, "Sister Qin, learn more and see more. I will arrange a job you like and adjust your salary. Don't focus on this all the time."

After hearing what Li Tianyou said, Qin Huairu sat directly in his arms and said in a tender voice: "Since I was a child, I have learned to wash clothes, cook and serve people. When I grew up, I went to the fields to help, and then I got married. You are asking me to learn these things now, and I really can't get used to it for a while."

Li Tianyou sighed and said, "Sister Qin, the times are changing, and people must learn to progress. You must learn to adapt to the environment, rather than letting the environment adapt to you. You are very smart. As long as you focus on your work, Fang Xinlan, who graduated from high school, can't compare to you."

Qin Huairu felt very happy when she heard Li Tianyou praising her like this.

Qin Huairu thought for a moment and said, "Isn't it good for me to be like this? Being your assistant to the section chief is easy and comfortable. You are not in the factory all day, so I can leave whenever I want."

Li Tianyou... I feel like I've been implied.

Qin Huairu looked at the stunned Li Tianyou, hugged Li Tianyou's neck and said with a smile: "I have enough food and money at home now, and I have also found the money hidden by Jia Zhang. Although I don't need this money, I will save it for Banggeng, Xiaodang and Huaihua in the future. It will be easier to arrange for them. They are very obedient, so you can arrange jobs for them in the future. As for Banggeng, it's just like what you said. If he is obedient in the future, you can arrange a job for him. If he is not obedient, I will find a way to introduce him to a job, so I will not be a burden to you."

Li Tianyou sighed in his heart, a white lotus is still a white lotus after all, it sounds like you do everything for me, but how could I not know your little thoughts.

Li Tianyou said: "It's up to you, but you'd better learn a little, after all, your ability is your own."

Qin Huairu knew that Li Tianyou must know her little thoughts, but it did not stop her from showing her loyalty.

Li Tianyou smiled and kissed Li Tianyou on the cheek, and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

Li Tianyou patted Qin Huairu gently and said, "Get out! If you stay like this for too long, Fang Xinlan will get suspicious."

Qin Huairu kissed Li Tianyou again and left Li Tianyou's office with a smile.

After watching Qin Huairu leave, Li Tianyou shook his head and smiled, thinking to himself, other bosses' secretaries are all young and beautiful, but he is indeed an old woman. It's really hard to predict what's going on in this world!

Li Tianyou picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hello, who is looking for Minister Zhang?" came the voice from the phone.

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "It's Secretary Liu, right? I'm Tianyou."

Secretary Liu laughed and said, "Haha, God bless you! Wait a moment, I'll call Minister Zhang."

Li Tianyou thanked him with a smile.

"Hey, Tianyou, why don't you bring Meiyu to see your Uncle Zhang recently?" Zhang Fuwang said with a smile.

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "I'll take Yu'er to see you at noon, uncle. I also plan to see grandpa in the evening."

Hearing that Li Tianyou wanted to see his grandfather, Zhang Fuwang paused and said, "Tianyou, I went to see your grandfather a few days ago and gave him the tea. Your grandfather misses you very much."

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Well, so I plan to take Yu'er to see grandpa."

Zhang Fuwang smiled and said, "Okay, come to my place first. I'll go with you to see your grandfather in the evening."

Li Tianyou said: "I'd better go over now! I can cook a meal for you at noon."

Zhang Fuwang smiled when he heard this, a happy smile, and said quickly: "You are still in the steel mill now, right? Go home quickly, I will ask Secretary Liu to pick you up at the courtyard."

Li Tianyou also laughed and said: "That's great, let you taste Yu'er's sour, sweet, bitter, spicy and salty dark cuisine."

Zhang Fuwang laughed and scolded: "Little bastard, stop being so funny and go back quickly. I will let Secretary Liu leave now."

Li Tianyou exchanged a few more pleasantries, hung up the phone, and left the office directly.

When Qin Huairu saw Li Tianyou was about to leave the steel mill, she hurriedly followed him and said, "Chief Li, can I sneak out with you today?" As she spoke, she winked at Li Tianyou.

Li Tianyou turned his head and looked at Qin Huairu and said, "Do you have anything to do today?"

Qin Huairu nodded and said: "Did you forget? Jingru came to the courtyard to meet Shazhu today!"

Li Tianyou and Qin Huairu said as they walked: "Oh, is Xu Damao at home today?"

Qin Huairu thought for a moment and said, "He should be at home."

Li Tianyou smiled. That’s great. Xu Damao’s plan to intercept her is about to begin.

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Sister Qin, don't do anything deliberately. Just treat them as blind date partners normally. The rest is up to Xu Damao."

Qin Huairu looked at Li Tianyou and said thoughtfully: "Are you so sure that Xu Damao will mess things up?"

Li Tianyou looked at Qin Huairu and said with a smile: "Sister Qin, just wait and see Sha Zhu's good show tonight!" After that, Li Tianyou laughed and left pushing his bicycle.

Qin Huairu also looked at Li Tianyou with a smile, thinking to herself, it turns out that you also have childish tempers sometimes!

When Li Tianyou returned home, Gao Meiyu was delighted to see him, but soon frowned and said, "Brother Tianyou, don't be like this. I can't handle it."

Li Tianyou was also confused when he heard this.

Gao Meiyu has tried her best these days to prevent Li Tianyou from eating wild game. Thinking about last night, she still feels a little scared.

Li Tianyou smiled bitterly and said, "What are you thinking about? Pack up, let's go to Uncle Zhang first, and I'll take you to see Grandpa in the evening."

Gao Meiyu was delighted when she heard what Li Tianyou said. She jumped to Li Tianyou's side, hugged Li Tianyou's arm and said in surprise: "Brother Tianyou, do you think we should go see grandpa tonight?"

Li Tianyou looked at Gao Meiyu who was happy and surprised and rubbed her head lovingly and said with a smile: "Well, I have already told Uncle Zhang. I believe Uncle Zhang has called Grandpa now."

Gao Meiyu jumped up happily when she received Li Tianyou's affirmation.

Looking at the happy and excited Gao Meiyu, Li Tianyou was also extremely excited. You know, no matter what time and space it was, Li Tianyou was extremely in awe of this grandfather surnamed Zhou. This was the leader who led the Chinese people to rise up and the serfs to sing!

It would be abnormal to say that Li Tianyou was not excited.

Li Tianyou was also influenced by later generations. He liked to bring some things wherever he went. He could not go empty-handed. Li Tianyou took out a corn cob that could be boiled or roasted whole from the space. (Real corn cobs, not the ones from some small country.)

Gao Meiyu was also shocked when she saw the big bag of corn cobs that Li Tianyou brought out from the kitchen: "Brother Tianyou, how can there be such tender corn cobs in this season?"

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "It's grown in the greenhouse. Okay, let's go to the front yard and wait. It should be here soon."

Li Tianyou passed by Xu Damao's house and ran into Xu Damao. Seeing that Xu Damao was really at home, Li Tianyou was completely relieved.

When Xu Damao saw Li Tianyou, he smiled and said, "Hey, Chief Li, are you going out with your wife?"

Li Tianyou looked at Xu Damao and said, "Well, why didn't Damao go to work today?"

Xu Damao smiled awkwardly and said, "I went to the commune to show a movie yesterday and only got home this morning. The projector has been handed over to the factory. I just came back to rest."

Li Tianyou nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. It's freezing outside and you still have to show movies to the commune. Damao, go back and have a rest!"

Xu Damao chuckled and said, "Chief Li, you're working harder. The food has improved since you came to the factory. Everyone is very grateful to you now."

Li Tianyou shook his head and laughed: "Okay, I won't chat with you anymore. The car should be here. You take a rest. I'll leave first."

Xu Damao said quickly: "Okay, Chief Li, take care."

Looking at Xu Damao who seemed particularly attentive, Li Tianyou thought to himself, this guy used to be hypocritical to him, but he said one thing on the surface and another behind the scenes, why has he been so attentive recently, and his favorability has reached 70 points.

Could it be that he saw me supporting him at these several school meetings? In fact, I was not supporting him, but using him!

Li Tianyou thought about it for a moment and then understood. He was using him and Xu Damao didn't know about it.

(Today there are three updates, the first one is here, Zidong thanks everyone for the small gifts.)