Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

"Guozheng, Xiao'e, you haven't been here for half a year."

Seeing Liu Guozheng and Lou Xiaoe coming, Huang Qiuxia hurried over to greet them.

"Brother Zheng, Sister Xiao'e, you are here."

Yu Li also came out holding the child.

"Big brother, hug me."

Seeing Lou Xiao'e, Li Xinxin, the little baby in Yu Li's arms, stretched out her two chubby hands and asked Lou Xiao'e to hold her. Like the boy from Erlang's family, Li Xinxin's first two words when she learned to speak were "dada", which made Li Dabao depressed for several days.

"Hehe, little Xinxin baby, come and hug me. Do you miss me?"

Lou Xiao'e took Li Xinxin in her arms, hugged her and kissed her sweetly.

Although Li Xinxin could only clearly call out the word "dada", her mouth was not idle. In Lou Xiao'e's arms, she kept talking in words that even adults could not understand.

The white little hands kept shaking, as if expressing words of longing, which made Lou Xiao'e laugh heartily.

"Xiao'e, everyone else likes sons, but you like girls."

"Sister Huang, sons are too noisy, daughters are better."

"What about Guozheng? Does he have any objections?"

"Dare he have any opinion?"

"Hey, Xiao'e, it has to be you."

Lou Xiao'e, Huang Qiuxia, and Yu Li were sitting in the yard in the sun chatting, but Liu Guozheng did not join them. Instead, he lay on the sofa in the living room to rest.

At noon, Li Dabao and Xu Damao also returned from the factory.

Liu Guozheng smiled and said, "You two are great. You picked the right time for dinner."

"Hey, Brother Zheng, why are you willing to come to the office?"

"That's right, Brother Zheng, it's been more than half a year, right?"

Xu Damao and Li Dabao each took an apple and started to eat it. Only when Liu Guozheng and Lou Xiaoe came to the office would they bring some fruits, mainly apples and pears, which are common fruits in the north and are grown in their own village. Unless they went to the village at other times, they basically could not eat fruits.

Besides, fruit can be said to be a luxury in this era, and most people only eat fruit a few times a year.

While preparing the ingredients, Liu Guozheng said, "I have to cook for you at noon when I come here. It's not as comfortable as staying in the village."

"Brother Zheng, if you don't mind our cooking being unpalatable, Damao and I can help."

"Just forget it, you two."

"Hehe, Brother Zheng, there's nothing we can do about it. Those who are capable should do more work."

After eating an apple, Li Dabao smacked his lips, then went to the living room and got a pear to eat.

"Dabao, aren't you going to eat?"

"Brother Zheng, this is what you said about eating two fruits before and after meals being good for your health."

"Okay, Dabao, I understand. You've also learned to be cunning from Damao."

It’s true, this sentence was actually said casually by Liu Guozheng before. He didn’t expect that Li Dabao actually remembered it.

"Brother Zheng, I'm suing you for defamation."

After Xu Damao finished eating the apple, he went to get a pear.

"Hey, I haven't seen you for half a year. Damao, you have become more capable. Let's practice after dinner."

"Brother Zheng, brother, I was wrong, I was wrong, you are right, Dabao learned it from me."

When Xu Damao heard that Liu Guozheng wanted to practice with him, he got scared on the spot.

"Haha, Damao, you can't do this anymore, show some courage."

Li Dabao just wants to watch the fun and doesn't mind the trouble, as long as he is not asked to practice.

"Dabao, how about we go together?"

"Da Mao, if you want to be punished, don't take me with you. I don't want to."

"Then you still talk about me."

"Okay, our eldest brother won't talk about the second brother."

Who in the village dares to compete with Liu Guozheng? Chen Huwei is powerful, and he is invincible in Hope Village, but when he meets the serious Liu Guozheng, he is no match for him.

"Stop being so joking, both of you. Pack up and get ready to eat."

Now the office serves meals at lunchtime, but Huang Qiuxia does not eat in the office because she has three children at home. At that time, Liu Guozheng also said that the children at home could also come to the office for meals, but Huang Qiuxia refused, saying that this was against the rules and insisted on going home at noon every day to cook for her three children.

After several fruitless attempts at persuasion, Liu Guozheng would prepare two lunch boxes for her every time he cooked. After all, it was agreed when he recruited her that she would be provided with two meals a day.

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After dinner, several people sat in the living room and chatted.

"Da Mao, are the people in your courtyard still honest?"

"Honest, very honest."

Once the conversation started, Xu Damao began to talk.

The small groups that used to exist in the courtyard have now completely fallen apart.

During this period of time, Yi Zhonghai has been trying to restore his relationship with Sha Zhu, but after being deceived several times, Sha Zhu no longer believed Yi Zhonghai's words. Now the two of them are like strangers. Even if they meet on the road, if they are happy, they will say a few words, and if they are unhappy, they will ignore each other.

After several attempts, seeing that there was no hope of repairing the relationship, Yi Zhonghai gave up.

The official-loving Liu Haizhong has also become much quieter. Ever since he became estranged from Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui, Liu Haizhong has focused on improving his work grade. He has signed up for this year's annual eighth-grade worker assessment because he wants to give it a try.

It is worth mentioning that Yi Zhonghai also wanted to sign up, but was directly rejected by the workshop director. Yi Zhonghai was not convinced and it was of no use even when he found the factory director. It was because he had wasted three assessment opportunities for three consecutive years.

As for Sha Zhu, he lives a life of going to and from work every day. Without the Jia family sucking his blood away, Sha Zhu's life is pretty good. However, what puzzles many people is that Sha Zhu has to go on a long journey every two or three months, and no one knows what he does.

Yan Bugui, whose son had died, became increasingly old. Most of his hair turned white. He kept his head down and bent over every day, like a hunchback. He had completely lost his energy and spirit.

However, the work position left by Yan Jiecheng was taken over by Yang Ruihua. However, the waste warehouse was a heavy job and the factory leaders were very humane. In the end, they transferred her to the canteen to help in the kitchen.

It’s true, after Yan Jiecheng’s death, the Yan family’s living conditions actually improved.

Although Yan Bugui still couldn't change his calculating bad habits, it was much better than before, and his relationship with the remaining three children became harmonious, at least on the surface. As for what everyone in the family was thinking, no one knew.

As for the Jia family, which is the source of the chaos in the courtyard house in many fan fictions, a major event also happened.

It was an event that would last for a long time in Nanluoguxiang, or even in the entire old city.

That is, Qin Huairu gave birth to a son, but lost two sons.

"Da Mao, what does it mean to give birth to one son and lose two sons?"

Liu Guozheng and Lou Xiaoe were completely confused by what he said. It was so mysterious.

"Hey, Brother Zheng, don't be impatient. Let me drink some water first and then I will tell you slowly."