Siheyuan: From Being Called Shazhu

Just like that, the matter should have been made a big deal because of He Yushui's fracture, but it ended in a farce when He Yuzhu was discharged from the hospital and went to school.

Now that He Yushui has been discharged from the hospital and has gone back to school, it is time for He Yuzhu to go back to work.

"According to the decision of our superiors, Comrade He Yuzhu is promoted to the rank of quartermaster captain."

Originally, the first thing He Yuzhu did when he returned to work was to be promoted. He was the kind of captain who skipped level 19 and was directly promoted to level 18 captain. His basic salary also became 89 yuan per month, and he was quite happy.

However, seeing that everyone in the office, including Master Sun, had been promoted, why did He Yuzhu feel that he, a captain, was a little worthless?

Now, in the office.

Master Sun is a major general with a salary of 24 cents.

This is the highest promotion I have ever received in the military supply department.

(Note that this refers to the cap for officers in the quartermaster category when the ranks were awarded in 55, not the cap for logistics officers after the second award in 88.)

And those three brothers also became lieutenant colonels with a salary of 22 cents.

Well, a lieutenant like He Yuzhu is definitely worthless.

But no matter how worthless he is, He Yuzhu is still a treasure in their group.

After all, there is only one young man, He Yuzhu.

Mopping the floor, fetching water, delivering documents, running errands, etc., isn't it He Yuzhu who has to do it?

Moreover, this time when he came back, He Yuzhu had one more job.

That is preparing for decoration.

Because He Yuzhu is getting married.

Yes, you read that right. He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona had only been in a relationship for over a week when they started considering getting married.

Originally, He Yuzhu also knew that in this era, dating and establishing relationships were fast.

However, he felt that no matter how fast the speed was, it would take at least a month.

But who would have known that from the first day he came back to work, everyone from Master Sun to the three old brothers started urging him to get married.

Even after get off work in the evening, when He Yushui came back from school, the first thing he did when he saw He Yuzhu was to urge him to get married.

Sometimes, even when He Yuzhu went to see Shi Xiaona and met Aunt Shi, he was still urged to get married.

Later, He Yuzhu thought about it and decided to get married after finally meeting the right person.

After discussing with Shi Xiaona, we decided to get married.

Anyway, neither family is short of money.

Moreover, even He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona themselves were short of money.

No one mentioned the bride price and dowry.

Master Sun and Aunt Shi just said that if you need anything for getting married, just come to them.

As for where to live after marriage.

He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona unanimously decided to move back to the courtyard house in Nanluoguxiang.

To be honest, He Yuzhu doesn’t care where he lives after marriage.

Of course.

He Yuzhu would be very happy if he could continue living in Master Sun's house.

After all, at Master Sun's house, although I have to cook sometimes, I have to cook for quite a few people.

But at least there is a nanny here.

He Yuzhu doesn't have to do any cleaning.

Master Sun even hoped that He Yuzhu could continue to live with him after they got married.

Even the little girl He Yushui hopes so.

However, Shi Xiaona has been used to living in a bungalow since she was a child.

Now, after moving to Beijing for more than a year, I’m starting to miss a bungalow.

He Yuzhu thought about it and decided that after marriage, they should focus on treating each other equally.

At worst, if you don’t want to live in the courtyard anymore, you can just go back to Master Sun’s place for a few days, or go back to Shi Xiaona’s parents’ home for a few days.

Anyway, no one will say anything about where they want to live.

So what are you still worried about?

Decoration, must be decorated.

After all, He Yuzhu can only get married after Nanluoguxiang is renovated, right?

This is just great.

When Master Sun heard that He Yuzhu planned to get married once the house was renovated, he not only started to contribute money, effort and connections.

Even Lao Qiantou and Lao Wangtou started to contribute money, effort and connections.

Even Aunt Shi from the Shi family and Xiaona's uncle, who was a crooked uncle, helped.

Not to mention the young people headed by Chu Zi and others that He Yuzhu met in the compound.

However, He Yuzhu didn't use them either.

No one is useful.

After all, in a few years, luxury, or even not luxury at all, even being wealthy, will be considered a sin.

Then how could He Yuzhu go to Haozhuang with such fanfare now?

It's just a simple matter of clearing out the old, unusable furniture.

If it is still usable, continue to repair and use it.

Re-route the electrical wiring in the house and replace the light bulb.

Finally, paint it white.

Phew, just paint it and the house will be renovated.

As for the rest, He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona would go shopping and buy some daily necessities during their breaks.

This is just great.

It turns out that He Yuzhu has always believed that "going shopping with a woman is a pitfall" is an exaggeration in short videos or novels.

But now it seems.

This is not "exaggeration".

It is simply "realistic" or even "modest".

Let’s not talk about anything else.

Just say buy a pair of curtains.

In this day and age, curtains are already sold ready-made.

It's the kind where you just pick out the fabric, give the store your measurements, and they charge you a little for the labor, and that's it.

But, no.

As for Shi Xiaona, after choosing the fabrics, she also has to choose the craftsman to do the work.

She insisted that there was an auntie in her compound who had great cooking skills, and asked that auntie to help her with the cooking.

Okay, no matter whether she is really picky about the craft or Shi Xiaona does it to make the "aunties in the compound" as she calls them earn this money, He Yuzhu will agree.

But what the hell is this, choosing fabrics, patterns, and even materials?

You know, in this era, patterns and fabrics are pretty much the same.

After all, it was a planned economy, so whether it was textile or printing, the craftsmanship was pretty much the same.

However, Shi Xiaona went from Wangfujing Department Store to Dong'an Market.

Then I went from Dong'an Market to Qianmen Street.

Shi Xiaona even picked the supply and marketing cooperatives in the military compound and the railway compound.

Not to mention the Jiaodaokou Supply and Marketing Cooperative next to He Yuzhu's home in Nanluoguxiang and the Di'anmen Department Store on the west side of the alley.

This whole process lasted for several Sundays.

Fortunately.

Shi Xiaona didn't just pick this one.

After going through this long circle, I bought everything I needed.

In the end, unexpectedly, there was a disagreement on buying a watch.

After all, He Yuzhu in later generations was a martial artist and a cook in a snack bar.

In the past ten years since he traveled through time, although cooking has become an occasional thing, practicing martial arts has become He Yuzhu's daily compulsory homework.

This resulted in He Yuzhu not being used to wearing a watch at all.

In addition, a few years ago, Master Sun’s “old comrade-in-arms” gave He Yuzhu a pocket watch.

He Yuzhu decided not to buy it for himself and just buy one for Shi Xiaona.

After all, I got married once.

I wouldn't dare say that according to the rules in the Northeast, all three or five items of gold must be prepared, but at least you have to come up with something decent.

You can't just get married without giving the woman any explanation. That would be embarrassing.

But Shi Xiaona didn't agree at all.

She thought that as long as she had a clock at home and a clock at work, it was enough for her to have a way to tell time.

There is no need for something like a "watch" which is a "threshold" to increase one's status.

Wouldn't it be nice to save that money for future living?

Well, since Shi Xiaona said so, He Yuzhu just let it go.

However, He Yuzhu still took advantage of his work time to secretly buy Shi Xiaona a "Five Star" watch, which was said to be the first homemade watch in my country and handmade by the Tianjin Watch Factory.

It is not the "May 1st" brand that was mass-produced later, but the "Seagull" brand that was produced after the technology was finalized.

Five Star brand is good.

Although, compared with "Plum Blossom", or "Shanghai", even "May Day" and "Seagull", it may be a little worse.

But, isn't it nice to have this thing as a memory for the future?

As long as it can last for 10 years, that's enough.

The watch is finished.

That one, definitely, is a bicycle.

Don’t be fooled by the fact that bicycles don’t require tickets nowadays.

Moreover, due to the production issue, it can be considered as "dumping".

The price is also cheap, just over 100 yuan is enough.

But He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona don’t need to buy it.

It’s really not necessary.

As for Shi Xiaona, her mother has already found a partner for her.

Otherwise, how would Shi Xiaona get from the westernmost end of Fuxing Road to the train station near Qianmen to work, right?

And He Yuzhu is even more cruel.

He is eligible for a car.

Of course, the vehicle that comes with this is a bicycle.

He just needs to go to the logistics department of the agency to pick it up.

Besides, He Yuzhu now has a car that was discarded by Master Sun.

Although, He Yuzhu couldn't get the car, it was in He Yushui's hands all day long.

Finally, He Yuzhu discussed it with Shi Xiaona.

He Yuzhu took out a new ladies' bicycle from the logistics department and gave it to Shi Xiaona, and Shi Xiaona's ladies' bicycle, which she had been riding for more than a year, was given to He Yushui.

The old Erba that He Yushui is riding now was discarded by Master Sun, and it was returned to He Yuzhu.

have to.

In this way, He Yuzhu bought a new car, but rode the old car.

Well, it's good enough to have a car to ride, why do I need a bicycle... Uh... I already have a bicycle.

As for the "three turns and one ring" that has just shown some signs of success on the market, He Yuzhu still lacks a radio and a sewing machine.

However, He Yuzhu didn't plan to do it.

Radios are really not practical nowadays.

There was no storytelling or crosstalk, and what was available every day was just news or opera.

For young people like He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona, the most they can do is buy a novelty.

Well, considering Shi Xiaona's "homely" personality, she would definitely not buy it.

As for a sewing machine, it is even more impossible to buy one.

After all, no one knows how to do it, and He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona are both working, so they have no time to tinker with that stuff.

Since it's just a decoration, I might as well not buy it.

Before I knew it, everything was prepared and the house was decorated.

It's already mid-November.

The two "parents", Master Sun and Aunt Shi, sat down to discuss the matter.

Why not, it’s better to do it sooner rather than later. On November 11, Sunday, when the snow is light, we will register for marriage.