Siheyuan: Since 1962

Chapter 171 Frustrated
"How can that be possible? The street office said that the two houses have been allocated to other families. There is no point in me worrying about them."

Yan Bugui waved his hand, and saw the fine wine hanging on the hood of Zhou Weimin's car in the light, and his eyes suddenly widened.

Just these few bottles of wine are enough for his monthly salary. It’s good to be a leader, as you can bring some good things home from time to time.

"That's right. I don't know what kind of people will move in. I hope they're easy to get along with."

Zhou Weimin handed the wine to Jiang Qiuna, and then continued: "Let's not talk about this. Teacher Yan, Xie Cheng came back quite early these two days?"

Yan Bugui walked up to Zhou Weimin and casually replied, "It's just like usual. You can leave early."

His eldest son never works overtime and comes home at the same time every day. There is no need to ask.

"It's quite early. Didn't they transfer an eighth-level worker from Shougang to their workshop? His skills are beyond comparison with Yi Zhonghai. The seventh-level workers in the workshop are trying their best to learn from their masters. Others are taking this opportunity to observe and ask more questions. This is a good opportunity to upgrade their work level and become a regular employee. You asked me about my position last time. With such a rare opportunity, why don't you let Jie Cheng make use of it?"

Zhou Weimin lowered his voice, his eyes full of smiles.

When Yan Bugui heard the news, he was both happy and angry.

What made him happy was that he had tried everywhere to get his boss a permanent position, but failed. Unexpectedly, the opportunity to get a permanent position suddenly appeared in front of him.

What made him angry was that his boss never mentioned such a good opportunity to him, and he just ate and drank as if nothing had happened, with no intention of seizing the chance to become a regular employee.

"If you hadn't told me about this, I wouldn't have known about it until now. Jie Cheng, that bastard, never mentioned this to anyone at home. If I had known about this earlier, I wouldn't have let him go home from get off work so early every day."

"Teacher Yan, calm down. It's not too late to know now. The masters of Shougang will have to stay in the factory for two or three months at least. It's not a big deal to delay them for a few days."

"Wei Min, thanks to you for reminding me of this matter, otherwise I would have missed this opportunity."

"We are all neighbors in the same courtyard. There is no need to thank or not. Auntie has always helped my Jiang Qiuna. I'm going into the house first. It's quite cold out there."

"Hey, come back to the house, I should go back too."

Zhou Weimin looked at Yan Bugui's angry expression, smiled and went back to the room. Yan Jiecheng would not be able to sleep well tonight.

He was not trying to make trouble for Yan Jiecheng, but was doing Yan Bugui a favor so that the courtyard could be more peaceful in the future.

Jiang Qiuna handed the towel to Zhou Weimin as usual and said angrily, "What were you talking about with Teacher Yan? Why did you chat outside for so long? Aren't you cold?"

"Teacher Yan held me to talk, so I couldn't just turn around and leave. It was so cold."

Zhou Weimin wiped his face, then pretended to reach into his arms and put the cigarettes and tea leaves given by Li Huaide on the table.

"This is given by Deputy Factory Director Li. You can't buy this cigarette outside. Bring a few packs of it when you go back to your parents' place. If there's any tea left, bring it all to Dad. I'm so busy that I don't have time to visit them. Qiu Na, please help me put in some good words for my parents. Don't let them think I don't want to go."

Jiang Qiuna rolled her eyes at Zhou Weimin and said coquettishly, "How can you ask me to say something nice? Every time I go back home, my parents ask about you. If you don't know, they would think you are their biological child."

Zhou Weimin pulled Jiang Qiuna into his arms and kissed her, then said jokingly, "Why are you jealous of me?"

"You just know how to kiss me, and that's not enough."

"Don't you like it?"

"I like it, bad guy." After Jiang Qiuna finished speaking, she took the initiative to kiss him.

Young couples always have endless sweet words to say to each other, and are easily moved by each other.

Soon the lights in the room were turned off.

……

Backyard, Xu Damao's house.

"After Yi Zhonghai was kicked out, you went to the deaf old lady's house every day. I've never seen you go so often to my parents' house. Look at who in this yard wants to have anything to do with this old woman. Everyone is trying to avoid her, but you're the one rushing to be someone's granddaughter."

Xu Damao was peeling peanuts and sipping wine. When he saw Lou Xiao'e come back, he immediately started speaking in a sarcastic tone.

Before, Lou Xiao'e and the deaf old lady didn't visit each other as often, and she treated him much better. He was happy for several days.

Unexpectedly, after Yi Zhonghai left, Lou Xiao'e came more frequently than before. He felt aggrieved no matter how he thought about it.

"Xu Damao, you're fine, I'm just going to take care of the old lady. Aunt Yi has passed away and moved out, how am I going to live if I don't take care of the old lady, don't make trouble for no reason."

Lou Xiao'e was so angry seeing him like this. What would happen if she didn't go to take care of her? Would she just watch the deaf old lady starve to death at home?
The deaf old lady can't speak now, and she's in pain all the time, so she can't get out of bed by herself.

Doesn't Xu Damao have any sympathy for such a poor person?

"Hey, why am I looking for trouble? Are all the people in this yard dead? You have to take care of it all by yourself. You keep quarreling over this dead old woman. Lou Xiaoe, do you still want to live a good life?"

Xu Damao drank a lot of wine today, and he couldn't help but rush a little when he spoke.

He was really depressed. He just raised a dog and fed all the food to the dog, which was more comfortable than giving it to the deaf old woman.

Even a pet dog would wag its tail at him, but this deaf old woman eats and uses his things and still gives him the cold shoulder. Who gave her the face?
"You and I always quarreled. Our family doesn't need these things, so why do you insist on holding on to them? My dad is right. You have a petty peasant mentality and you will never amount to anything in your life!"

Lou Xiao'e was also very annoyed by Xu Damao and blurted out hurtful words.

Xu Damao staggered to his feet and shouted at Lou Xiao'e, "Okay, Lou Xiao'e, you finally spoke your mind. It must be unfair for you to marry me, right? You never thought highly of me from the beginning! I'm telling you, I'm Xu Damao, a projectionist at the steel mill, and there are plenty of girls who like me, not just you!"

In other words, he was not completely drunk and still had some rationality, otherwise Xu Damao would have slapped him in the face.

"Xu Damao, are you thinking of finding a woman outside? If you have the guts, go ahead!"

Lou Xiao'e's eyes were red. She threw the empty plate in her hand to the ground and looked at Xu Damao with red eyes.

"Lou Xiao'e, what's wrong with you? I can't stop saying a few words to you! What did I say wrong? Every time you come back from the deaf old woman, you give me a cold face. I owed you this in my last life!"

Xu Damao was so angry that he smashed the wine cup to the ground, his eyes red and he overturned the table.

"You want to smash things, then smash them all! Tell me every single thing I, Xu Damao, have done to you, Lou Xiao'e, after we got married!"

(End of this chapter)