Siheyuan: Happy Life of Jia Zhang Family

There was a happy event in the Liu family in the backyard, and the neighbors in the yard also came to help. No matter how good Liu Haizhong was, he was still a part of the yard. Besides, since he went to the health team, he never pretended to be cool in the yard and stayed at home after work.

For the sake of Liu Guangqi's marriage, Liu Haizhong took out his own savings and gave Liu Guangqi money to buy four major items. If he had tickets, he would buy them for his son. Unfortunately, he had money but not a single ticket.

Liu Guangqi was not polite and accepted the money, saying that he was still collecting the tickets and would buy them as soon as they were available. His wife had no requirements on when to buy these things.

Liu Haizhong asked someone to buy meat from the black market and asked He Yuzhu to process it quickly. He also bought a few chickens. In 1960, having chicken and meat on the table was definitely a great honor.

On Sunday morning, Zhang Dabao drove Liu Guangqi's car to take his new wife to Yard 95. Xu Damao, Jia Dongxu, Liu Guangtian and others rode bicycles and brought their dowries to Yard 95.

The wedding was simple. To be honest, Liu Guangqi's partner was average looking, not as good looking as Liu Guangqi. Zhang Dabiao had always had a question in his mind, why was Liu Haizhong so ugly, while the three Liu brothers were all good looking, and they were all handsome guys, which made people have to doubt that the key was that the second aunt was not good looking either. Could it be that there was a handsome person in their ancestor, and the three brothers did not take after their parents and went back to their ancestry? It couldn't be that they were picked up, no one could pick up three sons?

I gave one dollar and had a feast at Liu's house. To be honest, Liu Haizhong was really good to his eldest son. The feast was really good, and not everyone can afford it.

None of Liu Hai's relatives were present, because Liu Haizhong and his younger brother had severed their relationship and had no further contact, whether in life or death. However, many of Liu Haizhong's colleagues and apprentices were present, especially the apprentices who were quite respectful to Liu Haizhong.

After lunch and cleaning up, everyone went home. It was so hot, wouldn’t it be better to make ice to cool down?

Only He Yuzhu, Xu Damao and Yan Jiekuang went to eavesdrop. Jia Dongxu did not go either. As a result, the three of them had mosquito bites all over their heads and heard nothing. He Yuzhu secretly swore that he would never eavesdrop again.

At five o'clock in the morning, Zhang Dabao was awakened by his second aunt crying.

When they opened the door, they saw Liu Haizhong sitting on the ground without saying a word, while the second aunt was crying and shouting. Guo's daughter-in-law and Zhang Cuihua went to persuade the second aunt, and everyone realized that Liu Guangqi and his wife had passed away, leaving behind a note that said "I don't want my children to live in such an environment" and no one knew where they went.

Zhang Dabao knew that Liu Guangqi was going to run away, but he didn't expect him to be so determined. He ran away on the wedding night and took away Liu Haizhong's hard-earned money.

"Seventh uncle, Guangqi wasn't beaten, so why did he run away?" Jia Dongxu didn't quite understand and wanted to get an explanation from Zhang Dabao.

"Dongxu, let me ask you, if we kill a chicken in front of a monkey every day, do you think the monkey will be afraid?" Zhang Dabao was afraid that Jia Dongxu didn't understand the idiom of killing a chicken to scare the monkey, so he explained it to him in plain language.

"Who wouldn't be afraid? What if we have to kill the monkey one day? Seventh uncle, I understand. Guangtian and Guangfu are chickens, and Liu Guangqi is the monkey. He is afraid, right?" Jia Dongxu asked.

"Dongxu, you are so smart. You understood it right away. Mr. and Mrs. Liu gave birth to three sons, but they couldn't keep any of them. They deserved it," said Zhang Dabao.

"Isn't it? The second uncle beat his son like he was an enemy, beating him to death. I really don't know what he was thinking." Jia Dongxu couldn't figure it out either.

"Who knows? Let's go back and take a nap." Zhang Dabao took another look, went back to the room and lay down on the bed again.

Liu Guangqi's departure was like throwing a stone into a calm pond, causing ripples, and then disappearing without a trace, leaving only Liu Haikou and his wife licking their wounds.

By the end of June, He Yuzhu's house had been painted, and partitions had been made in his big house, which was planned to be for his children to live in. Jia Jingshu also changed her name to He Jingshu, and now she also started calling He Yuzhu "Dad". Every time Jingshu called him, he got so excited that he didn't know what to do.

No. 95 Courtyard welcomed another good news: Lou Xiao'e was pregnant. On the day when Lou Xiao'e was found out to be pregnant, Xu Damao burst into tears at the door and thanked all the ancestors of the Xu family. Xu Fugui and his wife also rushed to No. 95 Courtyard. The Xu family held a meeting and decided that Xu's mother would come over during the day to take care of Lou Xiao'e. Now Lou Xiao'e's status in the Xu family has been further improved.

Deputy Director Liu from the canteen of the steel mill submitted his retirement application. On the day he submitted his application, rumors spread in the steel mill. There were three rumors. The most serious one was that the deputy director of the small canteen was internally appointed to He Yuzhu, because He Yuzhu was a relative of the director in charge, Li Huaide, and He Yuzhu was the second cousin of Zhang Dabao, the nephew of Li Huaide. The second rumor was that Yang Yongbo from the second canteen entrusted his cousin, Liu De, the head of the technical department, to give a heavy gift to Chief Engineer Wang Cheng, vowing not to give up until the deputy director was taken down. The third rumor was that Xiao Linsheng from the second canteen, although he was old, he and the director Yang Weihua were comrades-in-arms. Director Yang Weihua hoped that his comrade-in-arms could become the deputy director, and after he retired, Director Yang would arrange a confidant.

The reason why rumors are called rumors is that their biggest feature is that they spread quickly. In just two days, it became the hottest topic in the entire steel mill. From the factory director to Liu Haizhong, the toilet cleaner, everyone knew about it.

"Huaide, a deputy director of the canteen, a small deputy section-level cadre, caused such a big fuss. Do you think it's normal?" Yang Weihua called Li Huaide to his office, along with chief engineer Wang Cheng and another deputy factory director Liu Le.

"Director, I need to avoid this matter because He Yuzhu is really my relative, even though we are thousands of miles apart," said Li Huaide.

"Go to hell, everyone knows that Lao Xiao is my comrade-in-arms, do I need to avoid him? Lao Xiao is not only my comrade-in-arms, but also my senior. When I was in the army, he was in the kitchen squad. We were in the same company. When I was the company commander, he was still in the kitchen squad. When I was the regimental staff officer, he was still in the kitchen squad. He cooks well, but he has never even been the squad leader. How could I let him be the deputy director? Someone is deliberately spreading rumors in order to profit from it," said Yang Weihua.

"The factory director is right. Liu De is a good technician, but he has trouble managing. How could he possibly ask me for a valuable gift? If he had this intention, he would have been the chief engineer long ago. Would he need to give me a gift? I'm so angry," said Wang Cheng.

"Director, someone must have leaked the news on purpose. Let's get someone to investigate," said Deputy Director Liu Le.

"What's the point of checking? Just look at the total number of conditions and you'll see it at a glance," Wang Cheng said angrily.

"Huaide, how many candidates are there?" Yang Weihua asked Li Huaide.

"Director, the Personnel Department has preliminarily selected four candidates. Those in the factory who are interested in the matter have always known them well. The one with the best qualifications is Peng Yong from the third canteen, a level seven chef who has been a team leader for quite a long time. The second choice is Yang Yongbo, the third is He Yuzhu, who is my relative, and the fourth is your comrade-in-arms Lao Xiao," said Li Huaide.