Siheyuan: Started from a blind date and being cut off

At noon, Mrs. Jia and Zhang really asked Banggeng to ask He Yuzhu to come to Jia's house for dinner.

"Brother, you are going to the house next door for dinner, what should I eat?"

He Yuzhu looked at He Yuzhu who looked excited and was speechless.

The old widow asked her to go have a meal, as if she were picking up money.

The most important thing is what will she do if He Yuzhu is not at home to eat? She doesn't know how to cook.

"Didn't there be a lot of leftovers from last night's New Year's Eve? You can just heat it up to satisfy your stomach."

He Yuzhu was very excited at the thought of going to Jia's house to eat at the same table with Qin Huairu. His soul had already drifted to Jia's house, no matter what He Yuzhu ate.

With such a brother at the stall, He Yuyu was speechless, so he had no choice but to heat up the leftovers from last night to solve the problem.

However, she never expected that He Yuzhu would change his mind as soon as he thought about it.

"Wait a minute, you can't eat the leftovers from last night. Aunt Zhang invited me over for dinner. I can't be empty-handed and bring nothing. It would be too shameful.

I brought all the leftovers from last night over to heat them up and eat them together. I’m a grown man and I can’t eat and drink the food of two girls for nothing.”

He Yuzhu packed up all the leftovers from last night, not even leaving any for He Yuzhu.

In addition to last night's leftovers, He Yuzhu also spared none of the dried bacon hanging on the wall, the family's wine, and the family's peanut and melon seed snacks, preparing to pack them all and take them to Jia's house.

He felt that he could not lose face when he went to Jia's house for dinner for the first time. He had to bring gifts. The more gifts he brought, the more face he would gain.

He Yuyu was almost angry to death: "You brought all the things from home to Jia's house. You have gained face. What about me? Do you want to watch my sister starve to death?"

"You're not going to die of hunger. You can go to the uncle's house and have a meal. It's the first day of the new year. It would be shameful for me to go to someone else's house for dinner without bringing something with me."

For the sake of your brother, my face and future happiness, why are you aggrieved?

As my biological sister, you must know how to think about me as your biological brother."

He Yuzhu didn't care about He Yuzhu's protest at all, and ran to Jia's house with the packed things.

He Yuyu was so angry that his lungs hurt. He had never seen such a brother-in-law.

In order to please the widow and for the so-called face, she completely ignored the feelings of her younger sister.

On New Year's Day, he didn't even leave any leftovers for her and asked her to eat at the neighbor's house next door. Is this something that my brother can do?

He Yuyu became increasingly dissatisfied with this brother.

Cheng, you like Widow Qin, right? I will follow your wishes, and from now on I will try my best to bring you and Widow Qin together, sooner or later you will regret it for the rest of your life.

He Yuyu complained for a while, and finally chose to go to Yi Zhonghai's house for dinner.

The mother was a nice person. When she heard what happened to He Yuyu, she immediately grabbed an extra pair of bowls and chopsticks.

When He Daqing ran away with White Widow, He Yuyu was only a few years old. It is no exaggeration to say that he was raised by his aunt.

Auntie has always treated He Yuzhu as her own daughter.

So the aunt helped He Yuyu and said something about He Yuzhu: "This pillar is really true. Is it normal to go to the widow's house for dinner on the first day of the new year?"

He also brought all the edible things at home to the widow’s house and left nothing for his sister. He was really not afraid of outsiders gossiping about him.”

"Old lady, don't you know Zhuzi well? He is kind-hearted and kind. He must have seen that the Jia family was having a hard time after Jia Dongxu died, so he took care of the Jia family when he found an opportunity.

Zhuzi is like me in being enthusiastic about doing good deeds, and I support him in doing so."

Yi Zhonghai chose to speak for He Yuzhu.

He worked hard to bring He Yuzhu and Qin Huairu together.

He Yuzhu is very close to the Jia family, and being able to have dinner at the Jia family on New Year's Day is a symbol of the good relationship between He Yuzhu and the Jia family. Of course, he supports it 100%.

At Jia's house next door, Mrs. Jia Zhang was very happy to see He Yuzhu come to the door with a lot of delicious food.

"Aunt Zhang, Sister Qin, I'm thinking that I can't eat and drink your food for free. Yesterday, my family killed chickens during the Chinese New Year, and a lot of chickens were left unfinished. I brought them all over. You can warm them up and eat them together.

There are also some peanuts and melon seeds here. I bought them from the supply and marketing cooperative two days ago. You can take them and eat them."

He Yuzhu generously dispersed his wealth and earned enough face.

It's just that this face is a figment of his own imagination.

In the eyes of Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang, this was a big mistake.

The more things He Yuzhu brings, the stupider they will think this person is, that's all.

Many people in the courtyard had already started to have lunch, and Li Ye and Lou Xiao'e slowly went out and headed to Lou Xiao'e's parents' house.

When they arrived at Lou's house, Lou Chengye and Lou's mother gave them warm hospitality. The couple were very satisfied with Li Ye as their son-in-law.

After dinner, Lou Chengye made a pot of tea and called Li Ye to the study to discuss some very important matters.

Li Ye and Lou Xiao'e have got married, and they can start their next plan.

"Xiao Li, you have already become a sixth-level clerk in the factory's publicity department. Do you want to take it to the next level?"

Lou Chengye suddenly asked Li Ye such a question.

In Li Ye's current situation, he would be the deputy section chief of the Propaganda Department if he moved up the ladder.

Li Ye is not interested in a position that is too high because it is easy to get involved in some fights.

However, you can be the section chief and deputy section chief of a department in a steel rolling mill.

This kind of position, neither too low nor too high, can not only intimidate the people in the courtyard so that they will not cause trouble for themselves, but it will not attract too much attention.

Being able to climb to the position of section chief and deputy section chief, and with Li Changming's protective umbrella covering him, Li Ye will be able to live a very comfortable and safe life in a few years.

However, Li Ye was a little unsure of Lou Chengye's thoughts, so he asked tentatively: "Dad, what do you mean..."

"To tell you the truth, even though we handed over the shares of the steel rolling mill, we don't want any big houses or shops.

But many people still keep an eye on our family. They think our skinny camel is bigger than a horse and must be hiding a lot of wealth.

There are more than just some minions who have ideas about our family. Director Yang and Deputy Director Li of your factory are all staring at our family.

Factory Director Yang appears to be fair and selfless, but in fact he is a very ruthless and ruthless person.

If he finds any evidence, he will definitely take credit from our family.

I heard that you and Li Changming are very close. Li Changming is a pretty good person. He loves money and talent, and he is very protective of his shortcomings.

I thought that instead of letting him stare at me all day long, it would be better to take a piece of his pie through your hands.

He has received the benefits from me, and I believe he will help you more in the factory."

Lou Chengye told Li Ye his true thoughts.

To put it bluntly, Lou Chengye felt uneasy when being stared at and wanted to spend money to buy peace and find a protective umbrella.

The umbrella he chose was Li Changming.

Facts have proved that he has a good vision.

I don’t know Li Ye very well about Factory Director Yang, and he appears to be fair, but judging from his favoritism for He Yuzhu, it seems that he is just falsely fair and not truly fair.

Later, Director Yang was forced to sweep the floor, and no one except He Yuzhu was willing to associate with him, including his former subordinates, which shows that this person has failed very much in dealing with people.

Lou Chengye's evaluation of Li Changming was even more accurate.

Li Ye is also familiar with Li Changming.

Li Changming is indeed a very protective person, which is recognized in TV dramas.

Li Changming is really cruel to his opponents, and he is really partial to his own people.

Lou Chengye wants to make friends with Li Changming, and Li Ye agrees.

Then, in front of Li Ye, Lou Chengye took out a linen bag that had been prepared in advance from the cabinet next to him and said to Li Ye: "Li Changming is your leader. It is normal to visit the leader to pay New Year's greetings during the New Year.

I believe based on your thinking, you must also plan to pay New Year greetings to Li Changming after the new year, right?

Think of these things as New Year's gifts for him. If you take Xiao'e with you, he will understand.

I don’t need to teach you what to say when the time comes, you are a smart person.”

Lou Chengye had dealt with Li Changming and knew each other.

Li Ye took Lou Xiao'e to pay New Year's greetings to Li Changming and gave him a special gift. A smart person like Li Changming would definitely know who sent the gift.

Li Ye opened the bag and took a look inside. There were twenty large yellow croakers in the golden light.

As expected of the former major shareholder of the steel rolling mill, the move was indeed generous.

One large yellow croaker weighs 312 grams, and 20 large yellow croakers weigh more than 6,000 grams. According to the current international gold price, the value is more than 120,000.

In the 1980s, households worth ten thousand yuan were already quite impressive. Now, in 1963, twelve households worth ten thousand yuan can be said to be inhumane.

No wonder Xu Damao and Liu Haizhong almost evacuated the Lou family in the TV series. Lou Chengye was still able to make a comeback after running to Hong Kong Island. This capital is really strong.

So Xu Damao is really not a thing. Being able to marry a wife like Lou Xiao'e is definitely a blessing that he has earned through ten lifetimes of virtue.

God gave him such a blessing, but he actually wanted to kill Lou Xiao'e's whole family. He was really an out-and-out bastard.

In the TV series, Lou's father didn't use so many big yellow croakers to help Xu Damao climb up, probably because he saw through that Xu Damao was a good-for-nothing person, and using his family's wealth to help him was tantamount to committing suicide.

"You can't trap a wolf if you don't want to give up your children. To deal with a money-loving person like Li Changming, you have to spend a lot of money to knock him out.

With so many large yellow croakers placed in front of him, would he be willing to give up all the large yellow croakers and take credit for my whole family?

He will definitely not be able to part with us. If he is not willing to part with us, he will be tied to us from now on.

When our family is finished, he has to finish playing with us.

During the more than ten years of my free time, I had nothing to do, so I would go to the library to borrow books every half month.

After reading for more than ten years, I have read all the history books of China for five thousand years.

I have discovered a pattern. In the early decades of each dynasty, due to various factors, control would be stricter.

When these complicated factors are gradually resolved and life becomes peaceful, the economy and people's livelihood will develop, and we will be able to make a comeback.

Only those without foresight like your mother persuade me to go to Hong Kong Island all the time. I think that as long as I can survive until the day when the world is at peace, I can easily earn back ten times or a hundred times the things I gave to Li Changming today."

Lou Chengye said with confidence.

These are what he thinks from his heart.

A boss-level figure who came from the war period and was able to escape unscathed from many turbulent times is indeed capable.

Facts have proved that Lou Chengye's judgment was very accurate.

In more than ten years, he will be able to make a comeback.

With Lou Chengye's ability, it is not difficult to easily earn back the large yellow croaker he gave away today and multiply it tenfold or a hundredfold.

"Heroes think alike, and I have the same idea as you. After these ten years of peace and stability, you will have a chance to show off your skills."

Li Ye said.

Li Ye and Lou's father chatted for a long time and stayed at Lou's house until the afternoon. After dinner, they returned to the courtyard.

…

In the front yard of the courtyard, the third uncle Yan Bugui, who had been patient all day, finally wanted to settle the score with He Yuzhu.

This morning He Yuzhu took Banggan and Xiaodang to ask for New Year's money in front of his relatives, which made him very upset.

That's a full two dollars! If He Yuzhu didn't ask for it back, he would be so angry that he wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.

Yan Bugui took the three aunts to the middle courtyard and called out all the residents in the middle courtyard: "Everyone came out to comment. This idiot is really going too far, it is simply lawless.

This morning, my relatives came to visit me. Silly Zhu ordered the two children to kneel down and kowtow in front of my relatives. The new year's money started at one yuan. If they didn't give it, they would kneel down and not get up.

Tell me, isn't this robbery? Many people in the courtyard don't even have a dollar a day's wages.

What's even more outrageous is that they asked for lucky money in front of my relatives. If I didn't give it, what would my relatives think of me?

This idiot Zhu clearly did it on purpose and took advantage of the situation with his two children."

He Yuzhu thought that he had done a good job in this matter. He made more than 40 yuan with Banggan and Xiaodang, and he was very impressive in front of Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu.

Little did he know that what he did was disgusting to lovers.

To put it bluntly, except for Yi Zhonghai and the Jia family, every family in the entire courtyard was offended by him.

These days, the New Year's money is usually only a few cents, and those who are willing to give even ten cents are considered generous.

He Yuzhu, on the other hand, broke the rules and asked for a sky-high New Year's gift of more than one yuan.

Everyone is very unhappy about this matter, but because today is the first day of the Lunar New Year, no one is willing to stand up and challenge it.

Now Yan Bugui took the lead in expressing his dissatisfaction. This morning, people who gave lucky money to others expressed their displeasure one after another.

"What Sha Zhu did today was really too much. As soon as my wife and I got up, Sha Zhu asked the two children to rush into the house and kneel down and kowtow. He said that if he didn't give him more than one yuan of lucky money, he wouldn't be able to hold the baby.

Everyone, tell me, is this shit done by humans? Is there anyone who curses people like this? I have never offended Silly Zhu, and I have no grudge against him at all."

"Si Zhu is interested in Widow Qin, and everyone in the courtyard can see it. Si Zhu takes Widow Qin's two children everywhere to ask for sky-high New Year's money. To put it bluntly, he just wants to please Widow Qin.

Silly Zhu's wishful thinking is really good, he uses our money to make the woman he likes happy, it's a business without capital."

"We can't let Si Zhu break the rules of the courtyard. In previous years, the New Year's money in the courtyard was only a few cents. Si Zhu suddenly raised it to one yuan. Isn't this robbery? We have to let Si Zhu return the New Year's money."

Under Yan Bugui's call, everyone said that He Yuzhu should return the New Year's money that he was leaving this morning.

The Jia family, Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu heard the noise outside and decisively chose to pretend to be dead.

"Hurry and take the children to sleep on the kang. Our whole family is asleep. No matter what happens outside today, it has nothing to do with us.

If these people want money, it doesn’t matter if they ask for it. Anyway, we can’t spit it out before it goes into our pockets.”

Jia Zhang said to Qin Huairu.

Anyway, she was going to pretend to be dead today, and she wouldn't open the door for a while, just to see what those people outside would do.

If they could, they would break in through the door. If they dared to break in, she would call the police.

Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu closed the doors and windows and took their children to sleep on the kang.

Outside the house, He Yuzhu, the man who had offended the public, finally slowly came out of the house.

He heard everything Yan Bugui and others said just now. He didn't care at all and wasn't afraid at all.

Since he dares to do this, he must have a countermeasure.

As for offending everyone in the courtyard, he really doesn't care at all.

As the number one thorn in the courtyard, he has offended a lot of people in the past, and it doesn't matter if he offends a few more.

"Third uncle, it is absolutely correct to say that you are a stinky old man. How can you be so stingy?

What's wrong with your child kneeling down, kowtowing to you three times, and giving you one yuan as a lucky gift?

As a teacher, don’t you understand the principle of doing one good deed every day?

Sister Qin doesn’t have a man in her family, so can you think of it as a good deed and donate two yuan to their family to improve their life?"

He Yuzhu attacked Yan Bugui when he first came up. Without giving him any face, he directly used the word "Smelly Laojiu" to insult scholars.

Yan Bugui was so angry that his face turned green, and He Yuzhu was so angry that he couldn't speak for a while.

Xu Damao stood up. He was petty and unhappy with the fact that his two children cursed him for not being able to marry a wife this morning. After learning that it was He Yuzhu's handiwork, he became even more unhappy.

"Silly Zhu, you're not asking for just two yuan. Two yuan per family. There are so many families in the courtyard. How much do you charge for taking two children?

Let’s start with at least forty yuan together, right? You know this is robbery? You must give me back the New Year’s money, otherwise Master Xu, I won’t be able to spare you today.”

Xu Damao pointed at He Yuzhu and cursed.

He Yuzhu clenched his fists and glared at Xu Damao, who was so frightened that Xu Damao took three or four steps back.

Ever since he was little, he has been frightened by He Yuzhu.

"Grandson, look at your eggless coward. You still dare to say harsh words in front of me.

I didn't even plan to take action, but you were already so scared that you almost wet your pants.

If I really do it, I won't scare you to death."

He Yuzhu said with disdain.

"Silly Zhu, today is the first day of the Lunar New Year. If you dare to try it, I promise to send you to squat on the fence."

Yan Bugui warned.

"Who said I was going to take action? I was just trying to scare this grandson, because he was too timid and couldn't stand being scared.

You all want to get back the New Year's money you gave to Banggan and Xiaodang this morning, right? OK, I promise you, I will give it to you, one by one."

When He Yuzhu returned home, he moved out the bench he usually used for meetings, sat in the middle of the crowd, and waved to Xu Damao and Yan Bugui.

"Come on, Lao Jiu, dear grandson, come and kowtow three times to Master He. Master He is generous and promises to give you lucky money."