Siheyuan: Breaking up with Shazhu at the beginning

"It's just a few blocks away. Why spend that much money?" After saying that, Yang Anguo pulled the girl next to him aside and introduced her with a grin, "This is my wife, Xiangxiu."

"Xiangxiu, call someone."

The girl named Xiangxiu was shy and a little nervous, and called out in a low voice:

"Auntie."

"elder brother."

"elder sister."

Afterwards, Xiangxiu briefly greeted everyone else.

Yang Jun was shocked when he saw a girl in front of him who was almost the same age as Yang Liu and was already married.

Are they married so early? Are they over 18 years old?

As far as Yang Jun could remember, Yang Anguo came alone last time, but now, a few days later, he already had a partner.

This made Wang Yuying also feel surprised by Yang Anguo's sudden wife, but she quickly recovered, stepped forward, held the girl's hand and said:

"Xiu Xiu, come here and warm up in my room. Look how red your face is from the cold."

Yang Jun raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Wang Yuying helplessly: Aren’t girls from the plateau supposed to have rosy faces?

Everyone entered the house, and Wang Yuying used tongs to adjust the heater and added some charcoal to make it burn more vigorously.

Yangmei enthusiastically brought the brown sugar water that she was reluctant to keep for herself.

Yang Anguo shared what happened in his hometown in the past few days.

It turned out that when Yang Anguo returned to the village with his work badge from the steel plant, the whole village was boiling.

After Yang Gui left, there was finally someone in the village who could enjoy the city's food rations. For a while, the steps in front of Second Uncle Yang Dong's house were almost trampled apart, and the aunties in the village brought their daughters to the house and begged to become members of the Yang family.

Although the villagers are farmers, they are full of awe for life. They understand the significance of working in the city - no longer have to toil in the loess every day and no longer have to endure the sweat on their backs.

This means they can enjoy city food and everything else that city life has to offer.

This means no more hunger in the future.

As a result, the villagers nearby sent their unmarried daughters to be the candidates for kinship marriage.

The village secretary convened a meeting of all villagers for this matter and firmly requested Yang Dong to choose a bride in the village.

The village party secretary’s mind is very clear. Good opportunities should not be leaked elsewhere. Yang Anguo must find his bride in his village.

Yang Dong was at a loss as to what to do and finally decided to let Yang Anguo make his own decision.

As a result, Yang Anguo fell in love with his childhood sweetheart, Ma Xiangxiu, at first sight.

Ma Xiangxiu's parents were afraid that things would get more complicated if the time went on, so they insisted on marrying her before Yang Anguo came to the city.

So they hurriedly held a simple wedding in their hometown.

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(After hearing the story, Yang Jun couldn't help but feel a little envious. Yang Anguo's luck was not bad. He was able to choose a bride from four villages and eight townships in the surrounding area.

oops.

This is the demeanor that our Yang family should have.

Ma Xiangxiu, who was sitting next to her, blushed, lowered her head and remained silent.

She was thinking that becoming a member of the Yang family in this way made her feel a little ashamed and worried that she would be looked down upon by other members of the Yang family.

"Congratulations, the two lovers have finally become a couple." Yang Jun took the lead in expressing congratulations.

"That's right, there's no need to be sneaky anymore." Yuying said jokingly.

These conversations made everyone speculate about their story: they were childhood sweethearts and happened to take advantage of the opportunity to work in the city to get together, which was a natural thing to do.

Ma Xiangxiu looked at them with a shy and guilty look, her gratitude was beyond words.

At this time, Yang Anguo reached into his pocket, took out a crumpled piece of paper and handed it to Yang Jun.

"Brother, this work certificate is not needed. Dad asked me to pass it to you."

Hearing this, Yang Jun was stunned for a moment. He took the paper that was still warm from his brother's hand and asked in confusion:

"How come it's useless? Is it your brother who doesn't want to work in the city?"

“He wanted to go, but his father wouldn’t let him.

He said that bringing his family here would only cause trouble for you, so it didn’t happen.”

Hearing this, Yang Jun felt a pang in his heart. His second uncle was just like that. He would rather stay in the countryside and suffer than trouble his eldest brother's family.

Yes, this is the principle of farmers. Yang Jun has already arranged a job for one person, and if another family comes, it will indeed be an additional burden.

Therefore, he did not even allow his eldest brother's son Yang Anbang to enter the city.

Yang Jun understood that even if his second uncle wanted to keep the work certificate, he would not let his second son go because he had too many concerns.

"Since you can't use it, you can just sell the quota to supplement your household income."

Yang Anguo smiled innocently, "Brother, let me tell you, our village leader Wang Dayan offered fifty yuan to buy it, but my father refused."

"That's a whole year's salary, a full fifty yuan! Enough work points for my family for a year."

When talking about the fifty yuan, Yang Anguo looked regretful, as if he had missed out on millions of wealth.

Yang Jun stared at the crumpled certificate.

He knew very well that the letter recorded his second uncle Yang Dong's entanglement, hesitation and struggle: he was eager to give his eldest son a chance to go to the city, but at the same time he was worried about adding trouble to his sister-in-law's family; he wanted to exchange his position for material security, but was afraid of being looked down upon by others. Under this contradiction, he finally returned the quota.

Yang Jun can understand what this job qualification certificate means to a small village.

It is not just an ordinary task of finding a job, but also a symbol of status, marking the difference between the city and the countryside. It is not just a matter of face, but a basic element of life related to food and clothing.

He could feel the villagers' eager and crazy desire for work permits. Maybe his uncle had to endure many invitations to drinking parties during this period of time.

Ugh.

He doesn't want this piece of evidence to cause a serious dispute."

After getting in the car, Yang Jun observed their reactions from the rearview mirror. The two men were both nervous and full of anticipation.

Ma Xiangxiu, in particular, seemed at a loss as it was her first time riding in a car.

She touched here and there, and her little eyes looked around curiously. Through the street lights, she greedily looked at this big city full of flowers.

For a rural girl like her, everything in this city was completely new. She was limited in knowledge and wanted to ask Yang Anguo several times, but was afraid of being laughed at.

Although Yang Anguo had been to the city by train before and had taken a car more than once, he was just as excited at this moment.

From the moment he got off the bus, he knew that he would become a formal city dweller and this city would be the stage for his future life.

Seeing them holding hands and filled with anticipation and tension, Yang Jun deeply felt that all the efforts were worth it.

At least, he could repay some of the emotional debt his father owed to his second uncle's family.

If it weren't for my second uncle's family taking care of my elderly grandparents in my hometown, my father Yang Gui wouldn't have been able to get a peaceful job opportunity in Beijing, a city like ours. It's only natural that he should repay their family.

At the same time, Yang Jun decided in his heart that he must find time to go back to his hometown in Shanxi.

He wanted to see with his own eyes the place where his father grew up and the grandparents he had never met.

Walking through the courtyard, the night was quiet and silent.

Yi Qiu Shui had fallen into a deep sleep. Yang Jun did not wake him up, but directly arranged the two of them into the bedroom in the east wing and thoughtfully brought two quilts.

After confirming that it was getting late, Yang Jun asked the two to go to bed early and then returned to his room to rest.

Yang Jun woke up at night to urinate and vaguely heard two people whispering when he passed by the east wing.

He shook his head. The two people who were about to get married were in such high spirits.

He knew that anyone might have trouble sleeping when happiness was about to arrive.

After dealing with the matter, Yang Jun returned to the room again and fell into a deep sleep.

Yang Jun smiled bitterly and shook his head. This traditional concept - men go out to explore the world while women stay at home to take care of household chores - has long been deeply rooted in their hearts and it is impossible to change it in a short period of time.

He was too lazy to beat around the bush and directly asked Ma Xiangxiu:

“From now on, the two of you will live here. Brother Guo will be my driver and help me drive every day.

And you... just help with housework, washing and cooking, what do you think about it?"

"Oh, don't worry about that. I will definitely not let you do this for nothing. I will pay you twenty yuan a month."

Upon hearing this, Ma Xiangxiu immediately waved her hands and refused, "Brother, you really don't have to pay me. We have accommodation and food here, so it's only natural for us to do some small things. If I pay you again, I'm afraid people will point at my back and call me greedy."

Deep down, they think that if they accept help from others, they should fulfill their obligation and do what they can. Asking for a salary would be considered ungrateful.

However, Yang Jun and Yi Qiu Shui do not hold the same view. They believe that people should be paid for helping others, even if they are family members.

After all, doesn’t hiring a nanny also require providing food and accommodation?

Even without Ma Xiangxiu, they would still need to find a nanny.

The two of them were not good at housework and did not know how to cook or do laundry, so they had long planned to hire someone to do it.

When they were in their hometown in the past, they had accumulated a lot of dirty clothes. Finally, Yangmei couldn't stand it anymore and helped them get rid of them.

Although Yang Jun knew how to do laundry before, he had someone special to take care of it in the army, so after more than ten years, he had completely forgotten how to do it.

People always have this mentality: when the conditions are met, they are unwilling to do it themselves.

Both of them need to go to work, and their salaries are more than enough to spend, so the daily chores of life will naturally be taken care of by others.

"You said before that you would follow my arrangements when you come here. Now the decision is: you will be responsible for housework, and your salary will be 20 yuan per month."

Faced with this difficult-to-change fact, he knew that negotiation alone would not work, so he had to finalize the deal directly.

Hearing this, Ma Xiangxiu and Yang Anguo hesitated a little, but in the end Yang Jun waved his hand to signal them to eat, and the matter was settled.

After the meal, Yang Jun gave Ma Xiangxiu some money and shopping coupons, and she would be responsible for taking care of the family's food and daily life from now on.

But he set a hard rule: at least four dishes a day, at least two of which must be meat.

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Yang Jun was unwilling to suffer any injustice, and he could not tolerate making do in life.

The two of them had high salaries and system support. If they were still too frugal, they might as well eliminate themselves directly. So he made a resolute decision:

"You drive."

Yang Jun and Yi Qiu Shui got into the car and threw the car keys to Yang Anguo, hoping that he would quickly master driving skills.

Because we plan to let Yang Anguo be the driver, we must enable him to get started quickly.

After taking the key, Yang Anguo was stunned, his face showing both nervousness and excitement.

After a brief hesitation, he got into the driver's seat excitedly.

He did not rush to start the vehicle, but looked at the condition of the vehicle in circles, touched the steering wheel to feel the feel, and tried to find the feeling of shifting gears.

About ten seconds later, he started the engine, carefully shifted into gear, released the brake, and the car gradually started moving.

After driving a few hundred meters, he tried to change gears and lightly stepped on the accelerator, and the speed of the car gradually increased.

"Hahaha, I thought a car was difficult to drive, but it turns out it's not much different from a tractor."

While driving, Yang Anguo was speaking excitedly, and was obviously proud of himself for mastering car driving so quickly.

Yang Jun knew that he used to be a tractor driver in the village, but he never expected that he had learned to drive a car in such a short time. It seemed that he was really talented in driving.

"Which do you think is easier to drive, a car or a tractor?"

"Hey, of course I'd choose a sedan.

Wow, this car handles really well and goes really fast.”

When Yang Jun was fighting for a position before, he had revealed Yang Anguo's background, so when he learned the real name of the honest-looking man in front of him, his guard immediately relaxed.

Wang Dezhu walked out from behind the desk and sat next to Yang Jun.

Yang Jun glanced at his yellow rubber shoes and indeed noticed that the heels were sagging a little. He thought to himself: This guy still hasn't changed this bad habit.

Wang Dezhu took Yang Jun's cigarette, lit it, and then gave it back to him.

He looked up at Yang Anguo and asked, "Why are you here alone?"

"I'll arrange for you to come here first. The other person will take some time to arrive."

Yang Jun introduced Yang Anguo, "This is the security chief, Wang Dezhu. He will be in charge of your work from now on."

"Hello, Section Chief Wang." Yang Anguo greeted humbly.

"Hello, we are family, no need to be polite." Then, Wang Dezhu called a colleague, briefly explained the situation, and asked him to help Yang Anguo complete the entry procedures.

After leaving, only Yang Jun and Wang Dezhu were left in the office.

"His identity must be kept secret, and no one can know about our relationship."

"Do I need you to tell me that?" Wang Dezhu glared at Yang Jun. The interaction between the two was always full of bickering. They seemed to enjoy teasing each other. They obviously cared about each other, but they chose to show their intimacy in this way.

Yang Jun raised his lips and said, "You lead him for a while first, get rid of his rusticity, and teach him the rules.

I want him to drive me from now on."

Yang Jun needs a trustworthy driver, but this driver must be trained.

Taking into account that Yang Jun was a high-ranking official and that all his affairs needed to be kept highly confidential, he arranged for Yang Anguo to work for Wang Dezhui. In name, he was a member of the security department, but in fact he was Yang Jun's exclusive driver.