Siheyuan's Silly Pillar has been replaced by someone else

On his second day at work, Miao Jianye brought a woman back to the courtyard house, along with a bag of wedding candy.

An older woman was in high spirits today, handing out wedding candy to everyone she met. Xiao Dang, carrying Xiao Huaihua, cleverly managed to get some twice, but the woman didn't seem to care.

The third aunt and the second aunt looked at each other in disbelief, especially the third aunt, who looked as if she had seen a ghost.

Auntie Er's brain is like her bangs; she doesn't understand many things.

The third aunt was different; she was considered one of the smartest people in the courtyard. Especially since Yan Bugui often talked to her about these things, she understood Yi Zhonghai's thoughts very well.

Yi Zhonghai will absolutely not allow Miao Jianye to get married.

For this reason, he specifically sought out Yan Bugui and asked him for help.

Despite their best efforts to prevent it, they still couldn't stop Miao Jianye from getting married.

"Sister Miao, where is Jianye's wife from?"

An older woman smiled and said, "She's from Tongzhou, her name is Bi Xiufeng."

"Why did you find him someone from the countryside? You two are having a hard time, and there's no rationing for people from the countryside..." The third aunt instinctively started applying eye drops to his eyes.

The older woman had already considered this issue. Being close to the Jia family, she naturally knew how difficult it would be for her family to marry a woman with a rural household registration.

That's why he found someone in Tongzhou County.

“Aunt Yan, you’ve misunderstood. Xiufeng has an urban household registration, not a rural one.”

The three women opened their mouths, but didn't know what to say.

The matter of ruining Miao Jianye's marriage was not something she should be anxious about. She didn't want to offend the older woman either, so she simply kept quiet and waited for Yi Zhonghai to get off work.

The older woman naturally knew what the younger woman was thinking, but she just couldn't be bothered to pay attention.

So what if someone sabotages things? She still found Miao Jianye a suitable partner.

Since her divorce from Yi Zhonghai, she hasn't learned anything else, except how vast the outside world is.

The world outside is much bigger than just the courtyard house and the steel mill. Yi Zhonghai's actions are a joke once they leave the courtyard house.

Zhou Sujuan had a good relationship with the older woman, so she came over to help her.

The older woman started chatting with her, leaving the younger woman aside.

Zhou Sujuan inquired about Bi Xiufeng's situation, while the older woman inquired about Lü Changwei's situation.

Zhou Sujuan said with a smile, "These young people advocate free love, but I don't care about that."

He said that, but he was secretly very pleased with himself.

What she wants is stability; as long as her daughter finds someone who knows how to manage a household, she has no objections.

The candidate was introduced by Lin Jinghan. He had served in the military and came from a well-off family, so Lin Jinghan naturally had no complaints.

The two older women across the street were also chatting, but no one knew what they were talking about.

Hao Min and Yu Li huddled together: "How's your sister-in-law's boyfriend going?"

Yu Li said with a long face, "I don't know."

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, she and Yu Haitang hurriedly returned to the Li family home, only to find that Li Pan and Lü Changwei had gone out shopping.

Li Pan didn't return until almost dinnertime. After returning, she had a fight with Yu Haitang.

Hao Min said, "Are you still angry? If you ask me, the Li family is wrong. If you disagree, just say so."

They're hiding this from you; what kind of behavior is that? Isn't that treating you like an outsider?

Yu Li is smarter than Hao Min.

Back in Sha Zhu's time, Yu Li, born in 66, started trying to arm wrestle with Yan Bugui.

At the same time, Hao Min was not yet qualified to compete with Yan Bugui.

Yu Li saw right through Hao Min's little scheme.

Yu Li did have grievances against her family, but she didn't have the right to break ties with the Li family.

"Your family treats you like an outsider too."

Hao Min looked embarrassed and couldn't continue the conversation.

By the time everyone in the compound got off work, they all knew that Miao Jianye was getting married.

Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu heard the news at the intersection and were shocked.

The two ran back to the courtyard at the same time and sure enough, they saw a young woman busy at the Miao family's house. Yi Zhonghai turned around and went into Yan Bugui's house: "Old Yan, what are you doing?"

Yan Bugui had only recently returned. He was currently being punished by cleaning toilets and couldn't leave early.

"Why are you taking it out on me? They're going back to Tongzhou for blind dates, do you think I'd help you spread rumors in Tongzhou?"
"Do I dare to go to Tongzhou?"

Yi Zhonghai said with a dark face, "No, we can't let this go."

Yan Bugui sighed: "Old Yi, let it go. They've already got their marriage certificate."

They're legally married now. There's nothing we can do about it.

Yi Zhonghai said angrily, "Forget it? They didn't even inform our manager about the blind date. Is that even acceptable?"

Yan Bugui felt sorry for Yi Zhonghai, but he had no intention of standing up for him.

The so-called three old men are only acknowledged by their three families; the other people in the courtyard do not acknowledge them at all.

As for telling his three uncles about the marriage, that makes even less sense.

When they were in control of the courtyard houses, it was perfectly acceptable for them to say that.

But they didn't control the courtyard houses.

"Old Yi, wake up. We're no longer the big shots in charge."

Yi Zhonghai stared at Yan Bugui, suddenly losing all his spirit. Without saying a word, he staggered away from the Yan family home.

Qin Huairu quickly followed, and as they passed through the passageway, she glanced at Miao Jianye's wife twice.

Bi Xiufeng noticed her gaze and turned around to give her a defiant look.

An older woman had already told her beforehand that this was Widow Qin from the courtyard, and that she should stay away from her.

The three women sat down opposite Yan Bugui: "Old Yi has suffered a big blow this time."

Yan Bugui said, "How could it not be big? Miao Jianye has gotten married, so Miao Cuilan's retirement will be guaranteed."

"There's no one else in the nursing home to care for the elderly, so he's the one."

The three women said, "He also has elderly relatives, Qin Huairu."

Yan Bugui scoffed, "Come on. The Jia family is in such a state that they can't even support themselves, how can they take care of Old Yi in his old age?"

The three women thought for a moment and then nodded: "If only Dongxu were alive."

Yan Bugui said, "It's more troublesome if he's alive. Think about it, if he's alive, there's no guarantee of a place for Qin Huairu and the three children."

With Jia Dongxu's meager salary, how can he support a family?

Jia Dongxu is alive, and the Jia family has a head, but the Jia family only has one ration, so they still have to buy expensive grain from all over the place.

In comparison, Jia Dongxu's death was truly a good thing for the Jia family.

If Qin Huairu takes over Jia Dongxu's job, he can change his rural household registration to an urban household registration.

Bang Geng's three children's household registrations were also changed to urban household registrations.

This would significantly increase the Jia family's monthly allowance.

Logically, the Jia family should have been living a better life.

But what can you do when the Jia family has two women born in the year of the Pixiu?

Both Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu were afraid of their mothers-in-law and were extremely stingy.

The two men held onto the money, but neither was willing to hand it over.

They are unwilling to live a hard life and want to compare themselves with others. It would be strange if their lives didn't get worse and worse.

The three women said, "So, we're just going to let this matter go like that?"

Yan Bugui shook his head: "Old Yi won't give up easily. Let's not get involved."

By the way, did Miao Jianye say when he's going to treat us to a meal?
Getting married requires a wedding ceremony. When Lao Yi's wife divorced him, she received over a thousand yuan in her settlement.

Their family is certainly not short of money.

The three women slapped their thighs and exclaimed, "When I heard that Miao Jianye was getting married, I was so flustered. I forgot to ask!"

Yan Bugui said angrily, "What else can you do? How could you forget something like this?"

The third aunt, feeling guilty, explained in a low voice, "Wasn't it because of you that I went to ruin Miao Jianye's wedding?"
At that moment, all I could think about was how to explain things to Lao Yi, and I just… (End of Chapter)