Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

When they heard that there would be extra meals, the children were overjoyed. That was canned fruit. They had never even seen it before, let alone eaten it. Now, they can eat meat every day, and occasionally get some candy. Now they even have canned fruit. This is the life they could not even dream of before.

"Thank you, Brother Zheng."

Led by Liu Xiaolong, the children shouted in unison.

"Hahaha."

"As long as you study hard, there will be more and more delicious food in the future."

The children’s smiles are innocent, and that’s what Liu Guozheng would like to see more.

"Liu Guozheng, come here quickly."

Lou Xiao'e suddenly pulled at her trimmed sleeves.

"Xiao'e, what's wrong?"

Beside Lou Xiao'e, there are two little girls, who are also the first children to come to Hope Village, Da Ni and Er Ni, who look completely different now than when they first started. Their clothes are clean and fit, their faces are chubby, and they have grown a lot taller.

"Liu Guozheng, come and give them two names. Make sure they sound nice."

Lou Xiao'e pulled Dani and Erni to her side and said.

"Why do you suddenly want to come up with a name?"

I'm used to calling them Da Ni and Er Ni, and besides, I don't even know their last names.

"This name is fine as a nickname, but now that you're in school, you must have a formal name."

Liu Guozheng thought about it and realized that it was true. He had always called her Da Ni and Er Ni and had never felt that there was anything wrong with it. After hearing what Lou Xiao'e said, he really wanted to give her a big name. It seems that women are more attentive!

"Dani, what's your last name?"

This still needs to be clarified. You can't just change someone's surname casually. Liu Guozheng was also sure that the two little girls must know their surnames. Because when he first came, he asked them who else was in their family, but at that time, the two of them were unwilling to say, and later they didn't mention it again.

"Brother Zheng, our last name is Zhou."

Dani said in a low voice, and neither of them dared to look at Liu Guozheng.

"Surname Zhou? Let me think about it."

Since he knew their last names, Liu Guozheng did not ask them again whether they were willing to go back to their hometown. There was no need to ask, they definitely did not want to.

"There is."

After thinking for a while, Liu Guozheng said, "From now on, the first one will be called Zhou Meili, and the second one will be called Zhou Yali."

"My name is Zhou Meili"

"My name is Zhou Yali."

The two little girls happily went to find their friends and introduced their new names to them.

Seeing the two little girls showing their innocent smiles again, Lou Xiao'e smiled, and her smile was very beautiful.

"Xiao'e, you are so beautiful."

While no one was paying attention, Liu Guo was whispering praises in Lou Xiaoe's ear.

"Silly."

Lou Xiao'e smiled as beautiful as a flower, and Liu Guozheng was fascinated by her.

"hiss.."

Liu Guozheng came back to his senses when he felt the pain in his waist.

"Hahaha..."

Laughter came from all around, and Liu Guozheng and Lou Xiaoe both blushed.

"Okay, okay, stop laughing, let's eat, let's eat."

Liu Guozheng hurriedly diverted everyone's attention.

"It's time to eat."

Before the meal, Liu Xiaolong always shouts this out of habit. It seems that this little guy will most likely become a chef in the future. What's more, when he has nothing to do now, he follows Master Yuan to learn. Maybe this is Hope New Village's next chef.

At the same time, after finishing a day's work, Xu Fugui also returned to his courtyard home.

"Dad, you're back."

Xu Damao hurried forward and took the bag from Xu Fugui's hand.

"Da Mao, tell me, what trouble have you caused again?"

Xu Fugui sat down, took the cup of water handed over by Xu Damao, took a sip and asked.

"Dad, can't you expect me to order something good?"

"I hope you'll have good times. Have you ever had good times since you were little?"

"Forehead..."

After hearing what his father said, Xu Damao couldn't help but wonder, is he really that bad?

"Boss, you are back. Please take care of your big son."

When Xu's mother came out of the kitchen, she saw Xu Fugui sitting there drinking water.

"puff.."

Xu Fugui spat out a mouthful of hot water. As expected, he had guessed right again. This kid Xu Damao was causing trouble again.

"Boss, look at you. Alas, neither the father nor the son is worry-free."

Xu's mother complained while wiping the table.

"Mother, tell me, how big of a mess did Damao get into this time?"

Putting down the cup of water, Xu Fugui calmed himself down and prepared himself for the "shock".

Xu's mother said, "No trouble this time."

"call..."

Xu Fugui let out a long sigh, and his heart was finally at ease.

Xu's mother took out the half pig's head from the cupboard and said, "Take a look at it."

Xu Fugui: "It's just half a pig's head, what's the big deal?"

"Yes."

Xu Damao curled his lips and didn't care.

"Half? Let the damn kid tell me for himself."

Mother Xu got angry when she mentioned this. Her son was so generous that he just gave away half a pig's head for free.

"What's the big deal to me?"

Xu Fugui picked up his teacup again, blew on the tea leaves floating on it, took a sip, tasted it carefully, and said, "If you ask me, Damao did a good job. He used half a pig's head to build closer relationships with his colleagues. This business is worth doing."

"Let alone half a pig's head, I wouldn't feel bad even if I divided up the whole pig's head. It's only worth a few bucks."

"Old woman, you only care about the immediate benefits and keep making a fuss all day long, huh."

Old Xu looked at his eldest son with great satisfaction, nodded, and thought: There has been progress.

"Mother, prepare another plate of pig's head meat as a side dish. I still have two ounces of sesame oil in my bag."

Xu Fugui ordered.

Xu's mother took out a bottle from her bag. It was an empty soda bottle, made of glass. No one knew whether Xu Fugui got it from someone else, or if he drank the soda and didn't return the bottle, and kept it for himself.

"Lao Xu, where did you get this sesame oil? It smells so good!"

When Xu's mother smelled it, her face was full of intoxication. This sesame oil was fragrant and very authentic.

"It was given by our leader."

Xu Fugui said lightly.

It’s fine as long as it’s a gift from the leader, as long as I don’t spend my own money. Then he quickly cut half of the meat and put the other half in the cabinet.

"It smells so good."

Just simply drop a few drops of fragrant oil, and the fragrance will immediately fill the entire house and drift outside.

"sesame oil?"

"Damn, the projectionist is just great."

Smelling the aroma of sesame oil coming from outside, Liu Haizhong stuffed a fried egg directly into his mouth, then wiped the oil off his mouth, and got up and walked outside.

"Lao Liu, what are you doing?"

"Go out for a walk and help digest the food."

With a big belly sticking out of his bangs, he put his hands behind his back and walked out.

Seeing his father leaving, a young boy quickly snatched the plate of fried eggs to himself and wiped it clean with a steamed bun.

"Second brother, go slower, let me get some oil on me."

The other little hand was slower and watched the plate being wiped clean.

Mother Liu didn't even raise her head, concentrating on the steamed bun in her hand. She was used to such things.