Siheyuan: Pushing Huairu, the Prime Minister admits defeat

Yan Bugui, who has lived frugally, worked hard, and raised three sons and one daughter over the years, deeply understands how difficult it is.

Therefore, for the lonely and helpless Li Weijun, there is more sympathy and pity rather than calculation.

When he had a little more money, he would invite Li Weijun to his home for lunch or dinner.

Although they ate coarse grains such as dried sweet potatoes, two-grain noodles, and steamed corn bread, the only meat was the crucian carp that Yan Bugui caught in the wild river.

But just based on the fact that Yan Bugui sold the fish he caught in the moat to Sha Zhu and treated him to wild river fish, Li Weijun had to admire his thoughtfulness.

You have to know that after so many years of war, the fish in the moat are no different from those raised in a cesspool.

In other words, Sha Zhu went against his conscience and bought the fish from the moat from Yan Bugui. He covered the fishy smell with heavy oil and salt, and then brought it to the dining table and put it into Li Huaide's stomach.

In fact, in an era of material scarcity, as long as you don't steal or rob, and use your own abilities to earn money to support your family, there is nothing shameful about that.

The only thing that the third uncle Yan Bugui did wrong was that he was too stingy. He treated family members and outsiders equally. He even charged a child by the hour for using a flashlight. Family affection became weak.

As a result, the three sons and one daughter of the Yan family learned this stingy and calculative character from the influence of their environment. They had nothing but hatred for their old father and did not have the slightest filial piety in their hearts.

As for the central courtyard, in addition to the Shazhu brothers and sisters who occupied the main house, the east and west wing rooms were occupied by the families of Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai respectively.

This central courtyard is the most comfortable paradise.

In addition to the corridor for cooling off, there is a century-old deep well shared by the entire courtyard, which is dug in the central courtyard. Even if it is connected to the tap water pipe, people in the front, middle and back yards who want to wash or do laundry need to line up in the central courtyard in advance.

In addition, the deepest and largest cellar in the entire courtyard is located in a remote corner of the central courtyard.

Initially, the original owner dug it out to use as an air-raid shelter in order to avoid being affected by the war. In addition to accommodating more than a dozen people, it can also store a lot of food and fresh water, which is equivalent to a small warehouse.

Later, after the courtyard house became the residential quarters for the steel rolling mill's employees, Yi Zhonghai, as the eldest uncle, locked the cellar, and he was the only one who had the key.

Even if the others wanted to open the pile to store some miscellaneous items, they would be severely rejected by the eldest uncle in the whole hospital meeting.

The reason is simple: dangerous!

As for how dangerous it is or where the danger is, I have no way of telling you.

Maybe they were afraid that a bastard like Bang Geng would accidentally fall into the cellar while stealing, and accidentally be unable to climb out, and coincidentally no one would hear it, and coincidentally the air would be thin...

As for the backyard, there live the deaf old lady, the second uncle Liu Haizhong and Xu Fugui's family.

If Jia Zhang, who has a hot temper, likes to make trouble, is thick-skinned and black-hearted, is firmly in the second position of difficult old ladies, then the first position must belong to the deaf old lady.

This old lady is just like a toad on the sole of your feet, biting and annoying.

When Sha Zhu beats others, no matter whether they are right or wrong, she remains silent and calm.

When someone caught Sha Zhu by the pigtail and put him in solitary confinement, she cried and kicked, and even dared to smash your glass with a stone.

He was very good at playing deaf and dumb, and relying on his age and the fabricated story that he had made shoes for our army, he became the living ancestor of the Siheyuan.

But she never thought about where our army was operating when it was first formed, and where was this illiterate old lady with bound feet?

Regardless of whether the shoe-making business was true or not, the deaf old lady, as a person with no money, no relatives or no friends in the city, lived a fulfilling life relying on the relief provided by the street every month.

Needless to say, Sha Zhu and Yi Zhonghai's filial piety is outstanding. The rest of the residents in the courtyard also have to show respect to them. They are the elders who must be present at all courtyard meetings.

Sometimes, the old lady's words even carry more weight than Yi Zhonghai's.

Li Weijun had no feelings towards the old lady. It was Sha Zhu who was supposed to respect the old lady and be her grandson with a humble attitude.

From an emotional point of view, it would be strange if the deaf old lady didn't take care of Sha Zhu.

Living opposite the deaf old lady is the second uncle Liu Haizhong, a rare seventh-level blacksmith in the steel rolling mill. Since he does heavy work, the chickens, fish, meat and eggs for the family are basically all his responsibility.

The weird thing about this guy is that he is really good at attracting hatred.

Apart from being particularly partial to his eldest son Liu Guangqi, he made things difficult for his second and third sons, beating them with sticks and punching and kicking them whenever he was not satisfied.

What’s more important is that it would have been fine for Liu Haizhong to eat scrambled eggs with leeks by himself, but he had to do it in front of his second and third sons.

He showed off in front of his own son, who could only eat coarse food and drool.

Being a father to this extent, it would be strange if he didn't provoke revenge and hatred from his son.

Besides being a poor parent, the second uncle Liu Haizhong is also obsessed with being an official. Although he does not hold any official position, he speaks in a pretentious tone and likes to act like an official.

As the saying goes, where there is a sleeping dragon, there must be a phoenix chick. However, Xu Fugui's family, who lived next door to Liu Haizhong, were not good people either.

The current head of the family, Xu Fugui, is relatively normal. He worked as a projectionist in a steel rolling mill. When he was about to retire, he chose to transfer to the factory's cinema.

Having shown movies to officials of all ranks for so many years, he has a lot of connections.

She is a cautious and shrewd person, with a deep mind. She rarely causes trouble in the courtyard. But if she really provokes Xu Fugui, she will resort to all kinds of despicable and shady revenge.

Unlike his unreliable son Xu Damao, who inherited his father's insidiousness but not his cunning and scheming.

He played some conspiracies and tricks in the courtyard, but was beaten by Sha Zhu and had no temper.

The eldest daughter married a cadre of medium status in the food factory, and the only child, Xu Damao, is now having an affair with Lou Xiao'e.

It won't be long before Xu Fugui separates from his son Xu Damao and leaves the courtyard house to Xu Damao. He will take advantage of the excuse of the separation to ask the cinema for a house for the old couple.

After roughly recalling the layout and situation of the residents in the courtyard, Li Weijun took the opportunity to fetch water and wash up to glance at Qin Huairu's house.

It was such a coincidence that Jia Dongxu was at home tonight, leaning against the window and smoking a cigarette with a sad look on his face.

After seeing Li Weijun, he retreated back into the room feeling guilty.

Apparently, the "dog meat eating" battle did not go well last night, so much so that even he, the debtor, had to hide from Li Weijun.

He was afraid that Li Weijun would show the IOU and ask when the money could be repaid. If so, Jia Dongxu would lose all face in Siheyuan.

Li Weijun naturally understood Jia Dongxu's thoughts. He smiled but was not in a hurry to collect the debt. Instead, he wanted to play the long game and catch a big fish.