Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

Yan Jiecheng took a bite of cabbage and put some meat in it before putting it into his mouth.

"OK"

"It means we need a house for both of us, but it doesn't mention any dowry."

Yan Bugui's wife drank a mouthful of porridge

Yesterday, Zhang Renkang just got a few dozen kilograms of rice, and every household in the courtyard took a gourd and ladled to share more than half a kilogram. Tonight, in order to celebrate, the Yan family cooked a pot of slightly thicker rice porridge.

Yan Bugui's wife said

"What's the situation at the woman's home?"

"Who else is in the family? What do they do? Are there any conditions?"

Yan Jiecheng blew slowly into the rice porridge in his bowl and said:

"Her father works as a carpenter in a furniture factory, but I don't know what level he is at."

"I have two younger brothers and a younger sister at home."

"It seems that the second child has gone to Chengde to work in the countryside, and the third child and her sister are still in school."

Yan Bugui thought about it and said

"That's fine. So their family has a salary. If you marry her, we can just see what they think."

"But if she has to give this job back, that won't work."

"If she loses her job, wouldn't she become a burden if we marry her?"

Yan Bugui still schemes, although not as deliberately as before, but the habit in his bones cannot be changed.

He was mainly worried that if Yan Jiecheng married this woman, she would have to keep her job at their home and let her brother take over.

We can't let Yan Jiecheng marry someone to feed him, right?

Yan Bugui's wife was also thinking and said

"Jie Cheng, didn't you two discuss this in detail?"

"I have discussed the house matter with your father. There is a vacant room in the front flip house. If you two are interested, we can go to the street office. If not, we can find Zhang Renkang."

"It can't be that it's difficult for you to get a wedding house."

Yan Bugui shook his head and said

"You can't say that"

"I'll go ask Ren Kang about this matter first."

"It's so difficult to get housing in the city now. If our courtyard wasn't special and we hadn't arranged any more residents, there would have been no vacancies long ago."

What Yan Bugui said was special was that the residents of No. 95 compound were all controlled by Zhang Renkang. He did not allow the street office to arrange

Director Wang of the Street Office also conceded that the courtyard was full of people, and even the steel mill had allocated housing for the No. 95 courtyard in Nanluoguxiang and transferred it to the Xinxing Automobile Manufacturing Plant.

The Yan family was eating, and then Yan Bugui's wife suddenly started talking again.

"Old Yan, you said Shazhu wanted to move back this afternoon?"

Yan Bugui said softly

“I guess so.”

"I don't know what kind of magic potion Yi Zhonghai has poured into this idiot Zhu."

"Now that you're back from serving your sentence, why don't you just find something to do?"

"Hey, I went to find Qin Huairu."

"What is this?"

Yan Bugui's wife smiled and said

"People like Shazhu are sloppy and have been to jail before"

"Which girl from a good family would be willing to be with him in this life?"

"Only Qin Huairu had no choice, otherwise Shazhu would never find someone to warm his bed in his life."

Yan Jiecheng suddenly asked

"Dad, what do you think if this idiot Zhu comes back?"

"Would Secretary Zhang be willing?"

"He was the one who offended Secretary Zhang. Especially since Qin Huairu and her family want to move back, isn't that a provocation to Secretary Zhang?"

Sha Zhu had just returned from Zhangjiakou Farm half a month ago. He brought with him only a set of ragged clothes and the two yuan the farm gave him.

Sha Zhu was also very ruthless. He relied on the seven or eight steamed breads he brought from the farm kitchen and walked back from Zhangjiakou along the main road through Changping County in three days without spending a penny.

When I first entered the compound, I was almost chased out by Yan Bugui. If he hadn't spoken, no one would have believed that this monkey-like skinny guy with a messy hair was Shazhu.

Yi Zhonghai's wife gave him a bath ticket, soap and towel, and packed a set of Yi Zhonghai's clothes for Sha Zhu to go to the bathhouse to tidy himself up.

When he came back from the shower, everyone recognized him from his thin outline and lamented that he had suffered a lot in the past few years.

It's a pity that there is no place for him in the current courtyard.

Last year, when the deaf old lady died, Xu Fugui came back specially and called the street office to come together. In the presence of the whole hospital, he asked Yi Zhonghai to clean up the house and lock the door.

It was agreed with He Daqing that the deaf old lady would temporarily live in this house by the Yizhong Sea, and after she died, it would belong to the Xu family. They could consider letting Sha Zhu live there temporarily, but now Sha Zhu is still serving his sentence, so it is only right for Xu Fugui to take it back.

After Yi Zhonghai came back at night, he went to Xu Fugui to discuss the matter. Unfortunately, Xu Fugui denied the matter and even refused to let Yi Zhonghai in. He also threatened that Sha Zhu should pay him 20 yuan every month, otherwise he would never forgive Sha Zhu.

After Yi Zhonghai came back angrily, Sha Zhu also became worried.

"Uncle, I have no place to stay."

"Give the Xu family 20 yuan. I don't have these two yuan. What can I give him?"

Yi Zhonghai was also worried. He was now considering how to support himself in his old age. Although Xu Damao had troubled him a lot in the past few years and even left him with a lame leg, Yi Zhonghai's skills were still there.

After recognizing the reality, I got the salary of a Level 6 worker and lived a comfortable life in the hospital. I rarely went out to work and did not get involved in other things.

But Yi Zhonghai is already 57 years old this year, and he will soon be . If he is not sure who to find to take care of him in his later years, he will have no choice.

After all, with his current age and reputation, he probably doesn't have the time to train a direct disciple, and no one would be willing to learn from him.

Looking at the silly pillar, Yi Zhonghai hesitated again and again and said

"Zhu Zi, you have to follow what the master says."

"If it really doesn't work, why don't you just make do with Qin Huairu?"

"Qin Huairu's life is not easy now. Although the factory doesn't make things difficult for her, she is a woman and doesn't have any ability."

"How can I survive on the 22 yuan I earn in the cleaning department?"

"Especially Banggeng's leg now. I heard it hurts a lot. He has to spend a lot of money on painkillers just for a month."

"You two can team up, and ask Qin Huairu to give you the job. At least you still have the skills you need."

Sha Zhu was somewhat tempted when he heard Yi Zhonghai's idea, but now he couldn't tell how he felt about Qin Huairu.

Sha Zhu just felt that in his current state, he would never be able to find a wife in this lifetime. If Qin Huairu was willing, he could have another companion to accompany him. Besides, at most he could raise her three children as his own. After all, he would have someone to burn incense for him when he died.

Yi Zhonghai's wife suddenly said quietly

"Lao Yi, Zhuzi, you two think it's easy, but you don't even think about whether this can be done."

"It doesn't matter whether Qin Huairu is willing to give her job to Zhuzi or not, even if she is willing."

"What about the factory?"

"Can Zhuzi go to the cafeteria?"

"Don't you forget there's another one behind?"

Yi Zhonghai's wife didn't dare to say Zhang Renkang directly, but just pointed to the backyard. Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu both understood what she meant.

The most difficult thing is not Qin Huairu, but whether Zhang Renkang can show mercy.