Siheyuan: Father Yi Zhonghai and Sister-in-law Lou Xiaoe

"Tell me about my mother sometime."

Yi Bufan was silent for a while, then took a few sips of water and said.

"Good, good, good!"

Yi Zhonghai said hello three times.

Hearing Yi Bufan say this, it means that Yi Bufan did not reject them.

"Actually, Xiao Ran and I both earn a salary now, so we don't need any money. This money..."

Yi Bufan took a look and saw that a stack of reunion notes was worth at least 500 yuan, which was a huge amount of money.

I haven't come into contact with so much money since I came here.

On the day of the banquet, all the gifts were collected, which amounted to less than three hundred yuan.

"Take this money. I am now a seventh-level fitter. With the salary of the workshop team leader and some other subsidies, I get 82 yuan a month."

"Apart from medical treatment, I haven't had any other big expenses over the years. I've saved all the money. Come and get it whenever you need anything."

"You can make whatever you want to eat on weekdays. If you're busy, come over and eat."

"If you don't have enough meat coupons or vegetable coupons, tell me. I'll buy you rice and flour. The grain store is quite far away."

Yi Zhonghai plans to take over Yi Bufan's life.

"Don't bother. We are still young. There is no need to rely on you."

"I'll just take this money."

"Life, just maintain the status quo for now."

"You can take the Level 8 exam when you have time. It should be easier now."

Yi Bufan knew that in the early 1960s, many senior technicians in Sijiu City went to support border construction and to open up heavy industry, which resulted in the generally low technical level of the workers in Sijiu City.

It was at this time that the number of promotion exams was increased, and the difficulty of promotion was reduced, which led to the improvement of the grades of a large number of technical workers in a short period of time.

The reason for accepting the money was also to make Yi Zhonghai feel at ease.

Of course, giving money is a good thing.

"Okay, let's do as you say."

Yi Zhonghai felt that he was already very satisfied.

After Yi Bufan left, Yi Zhonghai and the aunt couldn't wait to open the paper package.

"Eat it quickly, it's still hot."

The aunt quickly handed it to Yi Zhonghai.

"Eat it all, eat it all. This was bought with my son's first salary."

"It seems to be more delicious than anything we have eaten before."

Yi Zhonghai was still shedding tears without realizing it.

"It smells good. Everything my son buys smells good!"

The same thing happened to an older lady, tears welled up in her eyes. She had been under a lot of pressure over the years because she couldn't have children.

Now, she is finally free. Aren’t her sister’s children the same as hers?

They finally have a child.

......

"Is there anything you want to tell me?"

Xu Xiaoran watched Yi Bufan walk in, picked up an apple and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Yes, count how much it is."

Yi Bufan took out the stack of money and put it on the table.

After seeing this, Xu Xiaoran's apple that she had just put in her mouth fell out, her eyes widened, and her hands unconsciously grabbed it.

"Did you rob? Where did you get so much money?"

As Xu Xiaoran said this, she had already started counting.

"Don't talk nonsense. You'll get caught if you rob. Besides, with such a large sum of money, you'll probably shoot me to death."

This is a serious crime in this era.

"Six hundred yuan, you didn't rob, you...Yi Zhonghai gave it to you?"

Xu Xiaoran was halfway through her speech when she remembered that she had just returned from Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Yeah! I don't want it, just force it on me."

Yi Bufan nodded, picked up another piece of apple and put it in his mouth.

"Tell me the truth, how could he force you to give him 600 yuan? Giving him 50 yuan for a wedding is already unusual. Do you think he is your father?"

Xu Xiaoran knew that Yi Zhonghai was rich, but she would never believe that he would give Yi Bufan 600 yuan for nothing.

"Congratulations, you got it!"

"He really is my father!"

Yi Bufan remained calm and took another piece of apple and put it in his mouth.

"Come on, what's going on?"

Xu Xiaoran naturally didn't believe it. Looking at Yi Bufan's nonchalant look, it seemed unreal.

"I'm serious, he really is my dad!"

Yi Bufan stood up and walked over to open the big cabinet. He then took out the letter left by his adoptive parents from his personal space, closed the cabinet, and threw the letter to Xu Xiaoran.

Xu Xiaoran glanced at Yi Bufan in confusion, opened the envelope and took out the letter.

After watching for about twenty seconds, Xu Xiaoran exclaimed: "Yi Zhonghai, is he really your father!?"

"That's your father-in-law. It's not appropriate to call him by his name."

Yi Bufan curled his lips.

"He's my dad too, alright!"

"You already know Yi, he's your dad!"

"Then why didn't you say so earlier!"

Xu Xiaoran felt that all this was too unreal.

I grew up in this courtyard, so I am naturally very familiar with Yi Zhonghai.

Ever since I can remember, I know that the nickname people in the courtyard called Yi Zhonghai was a lost family, a man with a lot of money but no place to spend it.

Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu were the people that Yi Zhonghai prepared for his retirement. Now, everything seemed to have changed.

I actually became the daughter-in-law of Yi Zhonghai.