Siheyuan, my new life

Around nine o'clock in the morning, Lin Yu drove a Willys Jeep alone and stopped steadily in front of the gate of Dongxing Street Office. Under the nervous gaze of the guard, he pushed open the door, got out and walked straight over.

Before entering Tianjin, Lin Yu had already instructed Zhou Tian and others to return to the paradise. He was still accompanied by Zhou Hong and Zhou Huang who were hidden in the void.

Lin Yu smiled and handed his work permit to the serious-looking old security guard, then took out a pack of Zhonghua cigarettes and handed one to him, saying with a smile: "I'm here to visit my mother Zhou Xiu."

At this moment, the old security guard was stunned by the series of prominent positions on his work permit. The young man in front of him, who looked less than 30 years old, was actually the deputy secretary and deputy director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau and concurrently the secretary of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill, with an administrative level of a bureau level.

The guard nervously handed the work permit back to Lin Yu with both hands, and said with a stiff smile: "Hello, Deputy Secretary Lin, Director Zhou is in the second office from the left, do you want me to notify him?"

Lin Yu put the cigarette on the table in the guard room and said with a smile: "Thank you, uncle. I've been here once before. I'd better go there by myself." After that, he walked into the compound.

The environment of Dongxing Subdistrict Office has not changed much since he came here a few years ago. Lin Yu walked to the door of the second office on the left and knocked twice. A familiar voice came from inside: "Come in."

Lin Yu pushed open the office door and saw his mother Zhou Xiu sitting behind her desk, writing furiously. He did not say a word, but just stood quietly in front of the desk.

Zhou Xiu had clearly heard the door open, but she didn't hear the person talking, so she put down her pen and raised her head while asking, "What's the matter? Lin Yu! Is that you? Am I seeing things?"

Lin Yu saw that his mother looked much younger than when he visited him at the Shijingshan Sanatorium. Apparently, she had taken a medicinal bath. So he smiled and said, "Mom, I took a special leave to come and see you."

Zhou Xiu then quickly stood up, walked over in two or three steps, and tightly grasped Lin Yu's hand, smiling but she shed tears, muttering to herself: "It's good that you're here, it's good that you're here."

The mother and son sat down on a bench nearby. Zhou Xiu asked with concern: "How is your recovery from your injury? Mom is still waiting to hold her grandson."

Lin Yu didn't expect that he would be urged to get married as soon as he arrived, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Mom, why are you in such a hurry? I'm not even 30 yet, why should I get married so early?"

Zhou Xiu looked her son up and down nervously: "Don't hide it from mom, how is your injury recovering now?"

Lin Yu quickly apologized with a smile and said, "Don't worry, I'm much better now. At this rate, I estimate I'll be completely healed in another three or two years."

Zhou Xiu heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and immediately began to urge marriage again: "Since there is no problem, you must get married as soon as possible. You must know that the marriage of a leading cadre is also an aspect that the superiors attach great importance to when they inspect and promote him. You are now at the deputy department level, and you need to pay special attention to all aspects when you move up. So you still have to get married and start a family as soon as possible. This is also a sign of maturity for a leading cadre."

Lin Yu quickly smiled and waved his hands, saying: "Mom, who told you all this? It's not true at all." While speaking, he handed over his work ID.

Zhou Xiu took the work permit with some doubts, opened it and asked in surprise: "Son, you are now the deputy secretary and deputy director of the Beijing Public Security Bureau and the secretary of the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill? Your administrative level has reached the level of a bureau chief?"

Lin Yu smiled with a hint of smugness and said, "That's why I said that what you just said was untrue."

Zhou Xiu stood up and walked to the desk and picked up the phone: "Switchboard, please put me through to the Municipal Women's Federation Office." After a while, the call was connected and Zhou Xiu said into the microphone: "Hello, comrade, I'm looking for Lin Nan."

Soon, my daughter's voice came from the microphone: "Who is this?"

Zhou Xiu said cheerfully, "Nannan, it's mom. Your brother is back and just came to my place. Do you want to talk to him?" Then she handed the microphone to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu took the microphone and said with a smile: "Little girl, you are only concerned about your own life after getting married, and you don't even think about going to Beijing to see your brother?"

Lin Nan wiped her tears and said, "Brother, you are talking nonsense. I am busy with work every day. By the way, I am now a regular section chief, just like us. How is it? Isn't your sister amazing?"

Lin Yu saw the little girl who had been following him around. He didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the little girl had already married and started a family. He smiled and said, "Okay, it's working time now. I'll treat you at noon today. You decide the place and let your husband come along."

Lin Nan would not be polite to his brother. After all, his brother's status was there, so he said directly: "Brother, let's go to Huibinlou to eat mutton at noon today. The mutton there is simply delicious."

Lin Yu smiled and said, "Okay, then let's go to Huibin Building and arrive before 11:30 noon. By the way, call ahead to book a single room and say you are Lin Yu from the Beijing Public Security Bureau."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yu took out a Zhonghua cigarette, lit one and sat next to his mother.

Zhou Xiu smiled and tapped his forehead: "You, you have always been dependent on that damn girl since you were little. Do you still remember when Nan Nan saw others eating elm seeds and pestered you to get some, you climbed up a tree four or five meters high to pick them for her. In the end, when you were getting down from the tree, you had no strength left and you slipped down from the three or four meter high tree trunk, and your legs and arms were all bruised."

Lin Yu smiled and looked out the window, his mind full of scenes of the original owner and his little sister getting along since childhood. The little girl was almost brought up by the original owner. Every day when he opened his eyes, he would see the little girl lying beside him with her big black eyes staring at him.

Zhou Xiu gently patted her son's arm and said angrily: "Nannan is already a mother, why are you not in a hurry to get married? Mom still wants to help you raise the child while you are still young."

Hearing his mother urging him to get married again, Lin Yu could only nod and agree in order to have some peace and quiet: "Okay, okay, I'll get married as soon as possible in the next two years."

When Zhou Xiu heard that her son had finally agreed, she said with a smile: "If there is no suitable girl in your place, I will help you find one in Tianjin."

Lin Yu waved his hands quickly: "Mom, you'd better not worry about this. At my level, ordinary girls can't even pass the political review. You should think about yourself. If there is a suitable candidate, I will definitely support you to find another partner."