Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

He Yuzhu carried two lunch boxes, humming a little tune, and walked home swayingly.

The neighbors are used to it. Shazhu has always been like that. If you argue with him, you will be mad at him.

Besides, ever since He Daqing ran away, the He family is probably going to get through this. He Yushui has excellent grades, and she and the second girl from the Chang family are both recognized in the alley as people who can get into university.

There's no telling how many people in the alley are secretly envious and jealous of He Yushui. He Yushui is a girl who has no father and no mother, but she has such good grades. Isn't it all because the eldest brother of the Chang family taught her well?

In Nanluoguxiang, there are countless people who want to send their children to the Chang family for tutoring, and some even use connections to send their children to Chang Baichuan and Guo Huiying.

But Chang Zhengyang replied directly, I’m busy!

Some people who thought they were capable held a grudge against the Chang family and wanted to find an opportunity to take advantage of them.

However, Boss Chang rose too fast. In less than a year, he became a leading figure in the academic world. In the next two years, he made a triple jump and is now the head of a confidential unit. He enjoys the treatment of a full colonel. He is a senior cadre of the same level as Director Yang of the steel mill and the district mayor.

With such status, who in Nanluoguxiang, except the leaders of a few large compounds, dares to provoke the Chang family?

If the girl from the old He family gets admitted to university next year, she will definitely be able to find a college student partner after graduation. By then, both of them will be cadres, and He Yuzhu will probably be very proud of himself.

Several workers from the steel rolling mill looked at He Yuzhu's back, with envy, jealousy, and contempt in their eyes.

Worker A: "Bah! What a joke! It's just my luck that I have a great childhood friend."

Worker B at the side agreed: "That's right, if I had a childhood friend as capable as this, I would marry my sister to him."

Worker C sneered and said, "Come on, the boss of the Chang family has high standards. Besides, there is still the girl from the Wang family. Hey, what do you think? The girl from the Wang family and the boss of the Chang family go to get off work together all day. Will they..."

The three of them looked at each other and laughed. Worker A lowered his voice and said, "It's hard to say. The girl from the Wang family has a figure and a pretty face. Even the top girls in the Eight Great Hutongs can't compare to her. I can guarantee that the boss of the Chang family must have used coercion or bribery."

The other two agreed very much, because if they were in his place, they would definitely do the same.

Worker B was full of envy and jealousy and said, "Damn it, the good cabbages are eaten by pigs, why don't we have such a good life?"

The three of them fell silent, and Worker C suddenly spoke up: "How many years has Shazhu worked here? Almost eight years, right? How come he's still an eighth-level cook?"

Worker A looked at He Yuzhu, who was almost invisible, and said disdainfully: "With his foul mouth, it's lucky that the leaders didn't fire him. This is the new society, and we workers are in charge. If it was before liberation, he would have been beaten out with sticks long ago."

He Yuzhu returned home and put down his lunch box. He found that the corn paste for tonight was not cooked on the coal stove. When he was about to ask He Yushui, the other party heard him coming home and came out of the ear room and said, "Brother, Xiaoyue came over and said that we should go to their house for crabs for dinner."

He Yuzhu suddenly realized, "I thought so. Okay, you go over first, I'll go get a bottle of wine..."

He Yushui closed the door and said after hearing what He Yuzhu said, "Brother Zhengyang said that we should drink Huadiao instead of Baijiu tonight."

He Yuzhu is a chef himself, so he knew that Huadiao wine is more suitable for eating crabs, so he did not insist. The brother and sister went out together under the indifferent looks of their neighbors.

Jia Zhang was half lying on the bed. She saw the He brothers and sisters going out through the window. She said with sourness, "These two must have gone to the East Cross Courtyard to eat good food again. They are so shameless and only know how to eat and drink for free..."

Jia Zhang muttered a few words, then glanced at Yi Zhonghai's family next to the He family, and felt even more unhappy.

You, Yi Zhonghai, have no children anyway, so you will rely on my Dongxu to take care of you in your old age. Why are you still holding on to the money?

Didn’t you see that my dog ​​has become thin and hungry?

As the rich aroma of crabs wafted in, Jia Zhang's resentment grew even greater, until she saw Jia Dongxu coming back with a lunch box, then she slowly got up and went downstairs.

The He brothers and sisters naturally had no idea about the affairs of the Jia family. After they entered the Chang family's yard, they smelled the increasingly strong aroma of crabs and their saliva kept secreting.

There are big crabs steaming in the pot and shredded ginger Huadiao tea warming in the copper pot, which brings spiritual comfort to people on this early winter night.

For those who have worked hard all day, a sip of warm Huadiao tea and a bite of plump crab roe will leave you with a lingering fragrance and an endless aftertaste.

Many people have a misunderstanding that the best time to eat crabs is during the Mid-Autumn Festival. In fact, the best time to eat crabs is after the Double Ninth Festival, when the crabs are the fattest.

Huadiao is a low-alcohol beverage, so both women and children can drink it. After eating a crab, everyone's faces looked very rosy.

However, considering that crabs are cold in nature, Chang Zhengyang only gave two to Zhuzhu, which made the little girl very dissatisfied. She thought that her brother was treating her differently.

Chang Zhengyang had no choice but to promise to make her a roast duck the next day, and only then did the little girl give up.

He Yuzhu took a big sip of Huadiao and felt a little dizzy.

This Huadiao is different from white wine. Huangjiu has a low alcohol content and if you are not careful you will drink too much and it is famous for making people drunk at the slightest touch.

Although He Yuzhu didn't fall down, he was already six points drunk.

There’s an old saying that a good drink can dispel all worries, but when you’re not drunk to the point of passing out, it’s easier for worries to well up in your mind.

Just then, He Yuzhu put down the cup and sighed for some reason.

Chang Zhengyang was sitting next to him. Hearing the sigh, he glanced at him and asked, "What's wrong? Are you troubled?"

He Yuzhu smacked his lips, hesitated for a moment and then said, "Xu Damao is on a blind date recently, and it seems he's going to get married at the end of the year..."

Chang Zhengyang laughed and said, "So you're thinking about women?"

"this and that……"

He Yuzhu was a little overwhelmed, so he picked up the wine glass and drank the remaining rice wine in one gulp to cover up his embarrassment.

Finally, he managed to say, "Ever since Xu Damao became a regular employee, he's always been showing off in front of me. Now he wants to get married. Damn it, his tail is so high up in the sky. I'm just so mad..."

Guo Huiying interrupted at the right time and said, "You stupid kid, why are you so angry about this? If I were you, it's time for you to find a wife. You've been putting it off for several years. After the New Year, you'll be 25. If you keep putting it off, you'll be a bachelor."