Siheyuan: All the incense in the family is counting on you

I finally returned to Nanluoguxiang.

He Yushui skipped into the yard and went home happily. Fearing that he would be seen, Li Bowen waited for a while before entering the yard.

Yu Li, Auntie, and Li Mei were chatting while working. When they saw Li Bowen come in, they looked up and asked, "Why are you back so late? Have you eaten?"

Li Bowen picked up the thermos and poured a glass of water. He held it in his palms to warm his hands and sat down next to Yu Li: "I've eaten. I ate outside with friends! What are you guys busy with?"

"The New Year is coming soon. We should take advantage of the good weather these two days to take apart and wash everything that needs to be washed!" the old lady replied.

"Don't wash the things you don't need. It's freezing cold out here, don't you mind your hands being cold?"

The old lady glanced at him and said, "Just boil some hot water to wash them. Why are you afraid that your wife will get cold? You have to wash clothes no matter how cold the weather is. Otherwise, what will you men wear every day?"

Li Bowen hadn't done anything yet, but Yu Li felt embarrassed. She secretly glared at Li Bowen and whispered, "If you can't talk, don't say anything. Who wants you to feel bad? I'm happy to wash!"

Li Bowen quickly tried to smooth things over, saying with a smile, "No, I mean there's no need to rush to wash some clothes that you won't be wearing for the time being. And the weather is so cold now, what if you catch a cold? Let's wait until it gets warmer."

"Don't worry about it. Just do what you need to do. If you have nothing to do, go back and poke the stove open. I'll be done in a moment!" Yu Li started to chase people away.

"Okay, I'll go back first!"

After Li Bowen returned to the back room, he first picked up the fire and poked the stove, then added some coal balls into it to ensure that the fire could continue to burn.

Then he picked up the basin and thermos and walked to the sink to start washing.

After he finished washing up and Yu Li hadn't come back yet, he lay on the bed and picked up a book to read. However, he didn't read for long before his eyelids felt heavy and he fell asleep unknowingly.

After an unknown amount of time, Li Bowen felt someone taking off his clothes. He struggled to open his eyes and saw that Yu Li had returned and was sitting in front of him.

He asked dazedly, "You're back! Are you done?"

Yu Li smiled and replied, "Well, it's all done. I'll wash it tomorrow at noon when the weather is warmer!"

Li Bowen asked doubtfully: "Then you don't have to go to work tomorrow?"

Yu Li was amused and said, "Are you confused about your life? Tomorrow is Sunday!"

Li Bowen turned around and took a look at the calendar. As she said, tomorrow is indeed Sunday. He smiled sheepishly, "It's true. My life is so chaotic these days. By the way, have you prepared all the New Year's goods? I asked someone to help me get some and put them in the tricycle. You can take them back home tomorrow when you have time!"

"Okay, then I'll go back tomorrow afternoon!"

Yu Li nodded, then lowered her voice and asked, "Did you go out with He Yushui today?"

She knew all this. Li Bowen looked at her with surprise: "Why do you say that?"

Yu Li smiled bitterly: "I didn't want to see it either, but He Yushui came into the yard jumping and skipping, and you came in right after, and your state, I couldn't help but think too much!"

"Are you angry?" Li Bowen asked, holding Yu Li's hand.

"If you're always angry, I'll be pissed to death! But I still told you, don't mess around in the yard or under my nose, I'll pretend I don't know anything." Yu Li has been persuading herself that what else can she do now that things have come to this? When she married Li Bowen, she knew this would be the situation, so she should just accept it if she is willing.

"Well, I know. After the New Year, Yu Shui will move out of the Siheyuan!"

"Where is she going to live?" Yu Li asked.

"Rent a house outside to live in first, and we'll talk about it after she gets a permanent job and gets a house!" Li Bowen didn't dare tell Yu Li that he bought the yard, for fear that she would think he was biased.

"That's good, out of sight, out of mind! It won't cause any trouble in the future!" Yu Li sighed after saying that.

"I'm glad you're not angry. Let's go to bed!" Li Bowen gently put his arms around Yu Li's waist.

Yu Li was not polite and directly reached out to grab Li Bowen: "It's time to pay the public grain today!"

"what!"

"What? I'm a licensed worker! Don't even think about running away!"

Two minutes of silence for Li Bowen's kidney.

……

Time flies, and several days have passed in the blink of an eye. Now, it is really the end of the year.

Today is the last working day of the factory. Starting tomorrow, the factory will have a New Year holiday. The workers have lost their minds to work since early in the morning, and are absent-mindedly waiting for the notice of salary and New Year's goods.

After all, before this, the factory had already announced this year's New Year's goods: thanks to the efforts of the purchasing department, this year's New Year's goods are much richer than the previous two years.

In addition to the traditional melon seeds, peanuts, and candies, each worker was also given two kilograms of pork. In those days, this was really a big benefit, so everyone was eagerly looking forward to it.

In fact, two days ago, He Yuzhu and others in the cafeteria had already started to focus on slaughtering pigs. After a period of careful feeding, the pigs that originally weighed 150 to 60 kilograms have now grown to about 200 kilograms.

All of this was thanks to a batch of distiller's grains and bean cakes that Li Huaide got from the winery.

These pigs are full of treasures and not a single bit of them can be wasted.

The offal can be used to make delicious braised dishes, and the pig blood can be made into fresh and delicious blood tofu, both of which can be used as snacks for the workers; and the pork is distributed to everyone during the New Year. As for the pig's heads and feet, the workers have no share of them as they are all bought by the leaders.

After a whole morning of suffering, it was finally time for lunch. The blood tofu that had been stored for the past two days had made the workers envious. It was the last meal in the canteen before the New Year, and He Yuzhu and his colleagues made braised pork, pig blood tofu soup and cornmeal pancakes.

Everyone could get a portion of braised pork with a meal coupon, and they could get an extra portion of soup, which was just a matter of adding more water. Everyone in the factory was very happy about this. Many people were reluctant to eat the braised pork and wanted to take it back to their families. They got themselves a portion of pig's blood soup to soak with pancakes, and then got another portion to take home.

At noon, all I see are people rushing home after getting their meals.

After delivering the food to his home, he ran back to wait for his salary in the afternoon.

Following a broadcast over the loudspeaker, everyone swarmed towards the accounting office. Li Bowen was no exception and followed the team.

However, he was now a cadre and did not need to queue up with the workers. Instead, he had to go to another window, where the line was obviously much shorter, with only a dozen or so people.