Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

When He Daqing finished speaking, the meeting was over.

Li Huaide left with everyone's farewell.

Seeing that it was almost time to get off work, Director Huang announced the end of the meeting and asked everyone to pack up and get ready to leave.

He Daqing returned to his office, tidied up and prepared to go home.

Today is the first day of work, and apart from the meeting, nothing else has been done.

On the way back, He Daqing saw Yi Zhonghai, who was still bruised and battered. He was walking back alone in a hurry. When someone greeted him, he ignored them.

When He Daqing passed by Yi Zhonghai on his bicycle, he said casually: "Old Yi, why are you in such a hurry? Do you want me to give you a ride?"

Yi Zhonghai looked up and saw that it was He Daqing, and his face suddenly darkened. He snorted coldly and ignored him. He just walked forward.

A worker nearby came over and said, "Director He, don't pay attention to him. He doesn't know what's good for him. He ignores everyone. You were kind enough to take him for a while, but look at him. What the hell is he!"

He Daqing smiled, handed the man a cigarette, and said, "It's okay. We adults don't bear grudges. It's not worth getting angry over these people."

The man took the cigarette and said happily, "Yes! Yes! Director He is really generous and unwilling to argue with such a person. Otherwise, you can become the director."

After chatting with this man casually for a few words, He Daqing rode back and soon passed Yi Zhonghai.

Seeing He Daqing showing off on his bicycle in front of him, Yi Zhonghai became more and more angry. Why didn't this bastard fall to death?

When he got home, Sha Zhu had already returned before him and was cooking in the kitchen.

He Daqing touched Chen Xueru's belly and said lovingly, "Are you okay at home today? Is there any movement from the baby?"

Chen Xueru angrily slapped his mischievous hand away.

"It's only been a short time, what weird things can happen? I think you are the one causing trouble!"

He Daqing said with a playful smile: "If I didn't do something weird, would he be here? This is all the result of my hard work."

Chen Xueru was so angry that she wanted to hit him. He Daqing quickly begged for mercy: "Wife, wife, don't be angry. I was just joking. I heard that angry women give birth to children who like to cry. Don't be angry."

Chen Xueru stopped and said, "How can I be angry if you don't provoke me? It's all your fault. Get out now. I still have to do my homework while watching the rain."

"Okay, I'll go out right away. You tutor Yu Shui well. If she really gets into the technical secondary school this time, we'll have a good celebration at home."

He went out and looked outside. He really had nothing to do. So he took out a recliner and lay under the eaves, drinking tea and listening to the radio leisurely.

This kind of life is really good, there are people to clean the house, and the meals are cooked by Shazhu and his wife. When I go home, I am treated like an old man.

Just when he was about to fall asleep comfortably, Yu Li came over with the dishes.

"Dad, it's time to eat."

He Daqing got up and checked the time. Only a little over half an hour had passed.

When he returned to the living room, several people had already set up the table and were waiting for him to start eating.

The food at He Daqing's house has always been delicious, not to mention that it has only been a few days since the Chinese New Year.

One serving of twice-cooked pork, one serving of cold braised pork, two vegetarian dishes and a soup.

With food like this, you can’t tell at all that it’s a year of famine.

As Sha Zhu ate, he said, "I can only have a decent meal when I get home. The food in the steel mill is simply not fit for human consumption. I don't know how those people can eat it and still queue up to eat it."

He Daqing scolded angrily: "You are the one who talks too much, and you can't stop talking even when eating. Do you think everyone can eat like us?"

"Have you seen that many families are running out of food? Some families can't even afford to drink porridge. Go to Yan Laokou's house in the front yard. I guess they can't even bear to eat pickles now."

He Yushui quickly replied, "This is true. I saw his son Yan Jiedi was so hungry that he didn't even want to go out to play. He said he got dizzy and dizzy after a little bit of activity. How pitiful!"

Sha Zhu said disdainfully: "That's because Old Yan is too stingy. There are so many people in his family who have their own rations, so how could they be so hungry that they can't eat."

Chen Xueru said, "Don't mind other people's business. We just need to live our own lives. Don't say anything when you go out."

The family was eating and chatting at the same time. They seemed very harmonious.

Everyone was eating at this time. However, unlike the harmony in He Daqing's family, some families were not so harmonious.

At Yi Zhonghai's home, an aunt saw Yi Zhonghai coming back angrily. She knew at a glance that he had been irritated outside again.

She didn't dare to ask and could only prepare the meal silently.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the plate of stir-fried cabbage and a few steamed buns on the table and had no appetite at all.

Every day at work, he was bullied by those bastards, and after get off work, he was laughed at by He Daqing. He didn't know how he had fallen to this point. He missed the high-spirited days in the past.

Yi Zhonghai took two bites of the food and threw his chopsticks on the table.

"I won't eat anymore. You guys eat it."

After saying that, he went back to the house and lay down.

The deaf old lady and the middle-aged woman looked at each other.

The aunt was still a little worried. The deaf old lady ate without caring. She was completely deaf now. She couldn't take care of other things. She just had to take care of herself.

At Xu Damao's home, Xu Damao, who had been spending the New Year at his parents' house, also returned.

After listening to Qin Huairu's account of what happened on the morning of the first day of the new year, he immediately slapped his thigh in regret.

"Oh, why wasn't I there at the time? If I were there, I would have gone up to help Uncle He. I would have taught Uncle He a lesson for that hypocrite Yi Zhonghai. He has been forcing me to go and pay New Year's greetings to that old deaf man for many years."

"I didn't want to do it at the time. Why? I have no relationship with her family. And that old deaf woman is particularly partial. She always sides with that bastard Sha Zhu no matter what. I have disliked her for a long time."

"Even so, that old bastard Yi Zhonghai still forced me to go and wish the old deaf woman a happy new year. Damn! It makes me sick to death. I curse her to ascend to heaven soon every year!"

While Qin Huairu was feeding Xiaodang, she said, "Okay, Damao, stop talking. I heard that the old lady is completely deaf now."

"You could at least hear some of it before. Now you can't hear anything. You should stop saying those things. If others know about it, they will accuse you of disrespecting the elderly or something."

Xu Damao said indifferently: "Go to hell respecting the elderly. That's what old Yi Zhonghai said. Why should I respect them? Let them continue to be partial? It's good enough that I don't curse them!"

Seeing that Xu Damao was so angry, Qin Huairu didn't dare to say anything more. Xu Damao had punished her a lot during this period. Now she could only endure it for the sake of her child.

After Xu Damao finished his meal, he went outside to the toilet.

On the way back, I saw Yi Zhonghai.

Seeing that he still had a bruised face, he deliberately said, "Hey, uncle, what happened to you? Where did you fall like this? I was shocked when I saw you."

Yi Zhonghai knew that Xu Damao was making fun of him, and he immediately yelled angrily: "Get out of the way! If you don't want to go to the toilet, get out of the way. You have no manners at all!"

After saying that, he went into the bathroom.

The more Yi Zhonghai thought about it, the angrier he got. Who dared to act wildly in front of him now? Did they really think he was easy to bully?

Xu Damao felt very proud when he saw Yi Zhonghai was furious but couldn't do anything to him.

In the past, you had Shazhu as your thug, and you would let Shazhu beat you up at any time. Now you have become a toothless tiger.

As he walked back, he was thinking about how to deal with this old man Yi Zhonghai and vent his anger.

As soon as I entered the gate, I met the old man Yan Bugui strolling at the door.

Xu Damao walked over with a smile and said, "Uncle San, you are living a comfortable life! We are all at work, but you can still rest at home for a while. It's really enviable."

In response to Xu Damao's teasing, Yan Bugui smiled.

"Da Mao, please stop teasing me, your uncle. How much money do you make? What we do is called more work, more pay. How about we switch? Let me go to the countryside to eat and drink a few times?"

Xu Damao gave Yan Bugui a cigarette, and the two of them leaned against the pillars in the corridor and chatted.

"Uncle, don't you see what kind of year it is now? You are still eating and drinking lavishly! Now when I go to the countryside, it's already very good to be able to eat steamed bread."

"Oh! I didn't expect that life in the countryside would be so difficult. I thought at least there was land in the countryside, and I could grow anything and have something to eat."

Xu Damao shook his head.

"Not to mention the crops grown in the fields, even the bark of the trees in some places has been eaten up. The countryside is really miserable now."

As the two were talking, Yi Zhonghai came back from the toilet.

Yan Bugui didn't know what happened between Xu Damao and Yi Zhonghai just now. He said to Yi Zhonghai enthusiastically: "Old Yi, come over and have a cigarette and chat. Damao is a good kid, and he got some good cigarettes today."

Yi Zhonghai gets angry when he sees Xu Damao now, so how could he possibly go over and smoke his cigarette?

He also thought that Yan Bugui was in cahoots with Xu Damao and was deliberately trying to piss him off.

So Yi Zhonghai said "Pooh" to Xu Damao and Yan Bugui, and cursed: "They are in cahoots with each other!"

He turned around and left without looking back.

Yan Bugui looked at Yi Zhonghai in confusion, wondering what was wrong with this old guy?

I greeted him with good intentions, but I was scolded for no reason.

Xu Damao shook his head and said, "Third Uncle, look, the First Uncle doesn't even take you seriously! I feel so aggrieved for you when you say that."

Although he understood that Xu Damao was trying to add fuel to the fire, Yan Bugui was also very angry.

This Yi Zhonghai really looked down on me and didn't give me any face at all.

Yan Bugui kept this in mind. Although he didn't say anything now, it would be okay to cause a little trouble to Yi Zhonghai in the future.

The two chatted there for a while, and then Xu Damao went home happily.

Xu Damao would not miss this opportunity to give his opponent a hard time.