Siheyuan: 55 years, starting from a buyer

"I'm not worried at all. The other family must have prepared a generous dowry. After all, they are from a high-class family."

After hearing Xu Damao's words, Chen Sheng was even more surprised.

He had already started thinking about dowry before he got married, which made people suspect that he might have some plans for the Lu family's wealth after marriage.

However, thinking back on it, it was his methods that led to the downfall of the Lu family.

"Then let's do this. Go buy two packs of cigarettes tomorrow, one for our leader and the other for the chef at the pork stall.

Try to ask them to prepare more pork for you."

Mr. Chen suggested, “If it’s really not enough, you can find another way.”

Xu Damao thought this was a good idea.

Anyway, it’s necessary for the wedding, so it doesn’t matter if I spend a little more money.

"Purchasing Li, please excuse me."

Mr. Chen took out two packs of cigarettes from his bag and handed them to the shopper.

"Oh, this is a big deal."

Li Caicai was slightly surprised and then asked, "What's wrong?"

"A brother came to me and asked me to buy some pork as he was getting married.

Look, this is his shopping list."

Mr. Chen handed a list to Purchasing Manager Li.

Fortunately, for now, meat purchase restrictions have not been implemented; until the end of the year, individuals will only have a monthly quota of two kilograms, and each household can only buy one yuan worth of pork per day. At that time, even if you have meat coupons, you will not be able to purchase in large quantities.

"Hey, in this village, they only kill a pig every two days, so we need to store it for a long time."

After reading the order, Purchaser Li was even more surprised, "Your friend is so wealthy?"

"Haha, it's no big deal, just because a neighbor is getting married."

Chen Sheng explained.

"Is it just that the neighbor's wedding is so extravagant?"

Purchasing Manager Li was somewhat puzzled.

“Have you heard of Lu Bancheng?”

Mr. Chen said mysteriously.

"How could I not have heard of this? All forty-nine cities know him."

Purchasing Manager Li replied.

"It's his daughter who is getting married. Now you understand."

Li was so shocked by these words that he almost dropped his jaw. "Really?"

“It’s absolutely true.

How could it be false? After all, they are wealthy businessmen, how can they be a match for us workers? "

Mr. Chen felt a different atmosphere in this society, especially nowadays, where it was too common to see businessmen with far better family backgrounds than workers.

"Okay, this..."

Purchaser Li didn't know how to react, so he had to accept one cigarette and leave with the remaining one. "I'll go talk to Master Li. There shouldn't be any problem. Just prepare according to the time on the list."

“That’s right, when the time comes he will go directly to Master Li and just spend money to solve the problem.

Everything is ready.”

Li Caicai added after a moment.

Nowadays, this is just a small matter for the master chef selling pork. Anyway, the fee is paid by Xu Damao, and the reward of one cigarette per person can offset this favor.

If we really wait until the end of the year, even God won’t be able to do this.

What's more, Xu Damao is afraid of "Silly Zhu"

In order to get things done, they specially invited a chef from outside. It is said that the cost of the meat alone will be quite a lot. This shows how much the Xu family values ​​this marriage.

Xu Damao's house was also simply decorated. Originally, he had thought of renovating it to imitate Chen Sheng's house.

However, due to the conflict between the season and the wedding date, the plan was eventually abandoned.

When the Xu family began to decorate the interior and purchase furniture, the entire compound was no longer as quiet and peaceful as it had been during Chen Sheng's lifetime.

Everyone knows that Mr. Chen renovated the house just to make the living environment better, while Xu Damao's decoration was in preparation for his upcoming marriage.

However, in order to avoid repeating Sha Zhu’s mistake, the Xu family chose to keep a low profile this time and did not disclose any information.

It was not until Xu's father and mother helped to tidy up the room that everyone learned that Xu Damao was going to get married, but he did not mention the identity of the groom.

If there is anyone who is most concerned about this news, it is undoubtedly Sha Zhu.

"Damn it! This brat is an idiot!"

As the wedding date drew closer, Xu Damao had less time to go to the countryside due to his busy schedule, so whenever he had time, he would come to have a drink with Chen Sheng.

Xu Damao noticed that Sha Zhu had been behaving strangely lately, and he was outraged to discover that the guy had been following him.

"Hey, it's a good thing you were careful at that time."

Mr. Chen was secretly delighted, as he had not fully expected Sha Zhu to be so infatuated with him.

Sha Zhu showed his intentions with practical actions. If he couldn't track down the Lou family, there would be more than a 90% chance that he would attack Xu Damao.

For this reason, Chen was afraid that he would suffer, so he gave him some advice at the right time: "You really need to be more careful about Shazhu."

Facing Chen Sheng's warning, Xu Damao didn't care at all, like an angry cat: "Would I be afraid of him?"

However, Mr. Chen did not force it, but just smiled and said nothing. He knew that this was just out of concern, and whether to accept it was not up to him.

In the end, it turned out that Mr. Chen was right.

Just two days before his wedding, Xu Damao got drunk at a party and was beaten on his way home. He returned in a shabby state, with bruises on his face and mud all over his body. He was so disfigured that he was almost unrecognizable.

Although the police conducted an investigation and visited the surrounding area, they could not find the exact culprit and could only tell Xu Damao to be more careful in the future.

Obviously someone is deliberately making things difficult for them.

On the day of marrying the bride, Director Wu, as the main person in charge of the courtyard, helped to prepare for this grand event.

In the morning, Chen Sheng, Yan Jiecheng and a group of unmarried young people and children were organized to ride bicycles together with Xu Damao to the Lou family to marry the bride.

After arriving at the Lou family, Xu Damao paid his respects to the Lou couple, and then successfully took his new bride, Lou Xiao'e, away.

However, although the entire ceremony was held in a small Western-style building, its specifications were even lower than the luxurious style of Liu Guanghui's father-in-law's home.

Not all the onlookers were ignorant.

"Oh, it's Mayor Lou's child getting married."

"Look, who's the groom?"

After the news about this incident spread, it immediately attracted a large group of onlookers.

After finally escaping from the siege of his relatives, Xu Damao rushed to the marriage registration center with his bride.

The onlookers were also surprised to see the dowry that the Lou family brought with them: a radio, a pair of new watches, and family members holding a heavy dowry box.

You know, it wasn't until many years later that the "three big things"

Bicycles, sewing machines, watches, and tape recorders will become the representatives of fashion.

The dowry at that time was expensive and rare, which meant that the owner was already considered a fairly respectable family.

When the newlyweds returned to the hospital, Director Wu presided over a wedding celebration full of the flavor of the times.

Participants included Xu’s relatives, friends, superiors and colleagues from the unit, and residents of the compound.

After the Xu family's wedding banquet was set up, everyone started discussing in surprise: "I heard that the bride is a girl named Lou."

Everyone expressed their understanding of why it was so grand: "No wonder it was such a big event and there were so many participants."

Such lively scenes and discussions continued.

"Which Lou family?"

Zhuzi, who was still having lunch, wanted to secretly curse Xu Damao for being rude, but when he heard that it involved the new daughter-in-law's family, he immediately interrupted, because he had tried many times before to get close to the Lou family but had never succeeded.

"You really don't know? Apart from the Lou family, the wealthy family in half of the city, is there any other Lou family that can be so grand?"

The neighbors talked about this with envy, lamenting that they could not marry the daughter of a wealthy family and could only console themselves by eating more meat.

An uncle passing by said incoherently while chewing his food: "I heard that the Lou family used to be a major shareholder of your steel plant."

After hearing this, Zhuzi suddenly lost his appetite. His mind was completely focused on how to be restrained by Xu Damao forever.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Xu Damao, immersed in the joy of their wedding, saw off the guests.

Afterwards, Mr. and Mrs. Xu and the two aunts collected the remaining dishes and placed them in the kitchen.

"Oh my god, this prodigal son, why did he use so much meat for his wedding?"

Jia Zhang was restricted by Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu because she attended Liu Guangming's wedding, and was unable to attend Xu Damao's banquet, which made her dissatisfied.

You know, dealing with Xu Damao's father is far less complicated than dealing with Liu Haizhong.

At first, Jia Zhang stayed in the room. By the time everyone left, the food had already been cleaned up.

Seeing the rich dishes on the table, her mouth was almost watering.

Jia Zhang said hurriedly: "I will go to help. Anyone who helps should gain something."

She longed for a bite of the dish.

Xu's mother chased Jia Zhang away like a fly, "Go, go, go see your grandson, you don't have to worry about what's going on here."

This sentence made her so angry that her face turned green.

"I'm too lazy to get up."

Although the delicious food in front of her made Jia Zhang's mouth water, she just muttered and walked back home swaying her big body.

"I should have tried Xu's food earlier. I'm missing out."

After returning home, she began to vent her anger on Jia Dongxu and complained that it was Yi Zhonghai who did not let her go.

"Mom, don't blame me. It's all because you almost had a fight with me at Liu Haizhong."

Jia Dongxu reminded.

“You think I don’t know, it’s because our family is poor that I had the idea of ​​​​putting on other people’s tables.

Speaking of which, if our father were still alive..."

Jia Zhang continued to nag, while Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu pretended not to hear.

Qin Huairu's silence made Jia Zhang even more angry: "You stupid girl, didn't I tell you to stay away from Sha Zhu? Why is he bothering me again today?"

Jia Zhang did not respond at all. Qin Huairu still looked aggrieved, but her words were of no use to the old woman.

"You'd better not have any bad ideas, otherwise don't even think I'll be polite. I'll definitely send you back to the countryside!"

She ignored Qin Huairu's grievances and reprimanded her harshly.

Faced with Qin Huairu's pitiful appearance, the extremely angry Jia Zhang simply decided to go to bed and take a nap.

That night, in order to express their gratitude to acquaintances such as Chen Chengsheng, Yan Jiechengfen and several enthusiastic aunts who had helped them during the day, the Xu couple also prepared a warm dinner for Director Wu and the surrounding neighbors.

As night fell, the guests said goodbye one after another, and Mr. and Mrs. Xu, who stayed behind, were preparing to leave.

Before leaving, the mother told her son: "Son, when you marry, you must respect each other and spend your life together."

Xu Damao's thoughts had already flown back to his newlywed wife, and he had no intention of responding to his mother's farewell.

After the young couple settled their parents down, the courtyard was shrouded in tranquility late at night.

Xu Damao gently suggested to his wife Lou Xiao'e: "Xiao'e, it's getting late, let's go back to the house and rest first."

These straightforward words made the unmarried Lou Xiao'e blush slightly. Such straightforward emotions were both novel and sweet to her.

But they did not notice that Brother Zhu, who was not far away, was staring at their every move with wide eyes.

Another person who was still awake, Mr. Chen, was peeking through the window to see what was happening outside.

At this time, Zhu Ge's plan was brewing, but Chen Sheng was in a good mood, looking forward to what was about to happen.

Shortly after Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e entered the house and left, the lights at the door of Xu's house gradually went out. After eight o'clock in the evening, most of the neighbors had fallen into a deep sleep.

But Mr. Chen did not ignore the black shadow moving silently towards the depths of the courtyard. He knew that something interesting was going to happen next.

Sure enough, not long after, a loud noise suddenly sounded, followed by the sound of a window breaking, and then Xu Damao's extremely angry roar: "Who smashed my window in the middle of the night!"

The angry Xu Damao stood barefoot at the door, still furious, and roared accusations.

"How dare you do such a wicked thing!"

But he roared for a long time, and the surroundings were still quiet. Only some faint lights in the neighbors' houses were on, but there was no response.

In the end, Xu Damao had no choice but to hurriedly find cardboard to temporarily cover the broken window, and returned to the room muttering and complaining.

Mr. Chen thought to himself in the room: "This guy is really good at killing me."

He thought that it was not easy for a child who was abandoned by his father at a young age to survive in such a complicated environment and take care of his younger sister.

As the farce came to an end, he slowly fell asleep, wondering how Xu Damao would deal with this difficult problem.

However, Xu Damao seemed to be busy with the matters at hand until one day Chen Sheng discovered medicine residues scattered in the yard.

Picking up a few pieces of medicinal residue and examining them carefully, Chen Sheng chuckled, "Look, Ri Zhuzi must have scared Damao that day. I don't know if these medicinal herbs can still work."

Obviously, the newly married couple needs to recuperate first and may ignore the matter of the pillar for the time being.

However, it is foreseeable that the courtyard will not be so peaceful in the days to come.

One day after get off work, Chen Sheng was stopped by Yan Fugui as he walked out of the door.

Looking at Yan Fugui's expression, Chen Sheng had a premonition that there would be trouble again.

He took out a handful of peanuts from his pocket and handed them to Yan Fugui, who nodded with satisfaction, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes: "You are quite sensible."

Then, Yan Fugui hurriedly said: "Something big happened in the yard! There is big news, Father Yi brought a child home."

When he said this, there was still a hint of surprise in his tone.

Chen Sheng was shocked: "Child? Whose child?"

"Of course it's the one adopted by Brother Yi!"

As he spoke, Yan Fugui still revealed an expression of disbelief.

This sudden news caused waves in Chen Sheng's heart: Is all this related to his arrival?

"Where did this child come from?" he demanded.