People in the Siheyuan: I am a Buddhist who is in a mess

Jia Dongxu is dead.

Jia Zhang went to jail.

Yi Zhonghai also went on a mission.

Now, in Yi Zhonghai's family and the old lady's place, Lin Yi is the head of the family.

Therefore, how to celebrate the New Year and who will celebrate it together will all be decided by Lin Yi.

Liu Mei hopes that several families can spend the New Year together in harmony.

After all, He Yuzhu and He Yushui were also raised by Liu Mei.

She doesn't have a child and her husband is not around, so she always hopes that during the Chinese New Year, there will be more and more young people and children eating the New Year's Eve dinner together, so that it will be lively.

However, in recent days, He Yuzhu has been very harsh on Lin Yi.

Liu Mei saw this and was worried.

In her eyes, He Yuzhu and Lin Yi should be two brothers in the same family and there should be no overnight hatred between them.

Of course, she couldn't just decide whether the two families should celebrate the New Year together.

She also has to consider Lin Yi's feelings.

As for Qin Huairu mentioned by Liu Mei, she was just a match. Qin Huairu's family seemed pitiful. There were only four people, one adult and three children, and their New Year's celebration was too lonely.

Why did He Yuzhu give Lin Yi a cold look?

Liu Mei asked He Yuzhu, but He Yuzhu didn't say anything.

She also asked Lin Yi, and Lin Yi told her that he had arranged for a chef to work in the canteen's kitchen.

This matter cannot be blamed on Lin Yi, because the cafeteria was not opened by He Yuzhu himself.

Besides, the chefs make their living by their own skills. We can't stop other good chefs from working in the steel mill just because He Yuzhu is here. There is no such thing in the world.

Fortunately, Liu Mei and the old lady were reasonable people and thought that He Yuzhu was just being petty.

"Let's celebrate the New Year together. Zhuzi's craftsmanship can be put to good use."

Lin Yi is not opposed to spending the New Year together.

He is alone, and the old lady and Liu Mei are the ones who live with him.

It’s also nice to be able to celebrate the New Year together and have a New Year’s Eve dinner with more people and it’s more lively.

But if Lin Yi was asked to rush to stick to someone else's cold butt, then Lin Yi would not do this.

Got Lin Yi's affirmation.

After dinner, Liu Mei went to Qin Huairu's place first.

Qin Huairu naturally had no objection to Liu Mei's proposal and happily agreed.

Being able to have New Year's Eve dinner with Lin Yi and He Yuzhu's family is in itself a sign of the good relationship between the families.

Moreover, other people also knew about their family's situation. Although they were not starving, they were not wealthy either.

If Qin Huairu hadn't been working in the canteen now, and the food in the steel mill canteen hadn't had a lot more oil in it because it was the end of the year, otherwise, there wouldn't be a drop of oil to be seen.

Although Qin Huairu also got the benefit of three pounds of pork.

But Qin Huairu was really reluctant to take it out and eat it during the New Year.

During the first month of the year, Qin Huairu also thought about going back to her parents' home. She is now a worker in a steel rolling mill. She has established her own household and can support herself.

This is nothing new in Siheyuan, but in the countryside, it is definitely worth bragging about and envy.

Qin Huairu was also vain. She couldn't get it in the courtyard, but she could get it in her hometown.

Therefore, even if she doesn’t visit her mother’s family on a regular basis, Qin Huairu always visits her mother’s family during the Chinese New Year and other holidays, and she will bring some good things with her.

Not for anything else, just to enjoy those envious eyes and to cheer myself up.

How does the saying go? Happiness is not about what I have, but what I have that you don’t have.

What that means is that happiness is achieved through comparison.

In the Siheyuan, Qin Huairu is always the one being compared and the source of others' happiness.

But in the countryside, it's the other way around.

Liu Mei had a very smooth time with Qin Huairu and even teased Xiao Huaihua for a while.

However, he encountered setbacks at He Yuzhu's home.

Liu Mei brought up the idea of ​​spending the New Year together, but He Yuzhu didn't know what he thought, as he just hesitated and refused to agree.

Yu Li spoke up from the side.

Originally, Yu Li didn't want to say it, but He Yuzhu was like a quail that had shrank back, so she had to say it herself.

"Auntie, Zhuzi and I have already discussed that we will go back to my parents' house to celebrate the New Year this year."

"You see, I just got married this year. We are both busy with work, so I don't have many opportunities to go back to my parents' home. Zhuzi used to spend the New Year alone, so I wanted to take Zhuzi with me to spend the New Year with my parents."

Yu Li's words made Liu Mei look very lonely.

There is loss and even more disappointment.

Liu Mei really wanted to refute Yu Li's words. What was wrong with He Yuzhu spending the New Year alone? In previous years, didn't He Yuzhu and He Yushui, brother and sister, spend the New Year together with the Yi couple?

Holding back her unhappiness, Liu Mei asked, "Where's Yu Shui? Will she also go back to her parents' home with you to celebrate the New Year?"

Speaking of He Yushui, Yu Li felt a little unhappy and said awkwardly: "Yushui just returned to the room before you came. How about I call her over?"

Sighing in her heart, Liu Mei stood up and said, "You two should go to bed early. I'll go next door to ask Yu Shui."

As soon as Liu Mei left He Yuzhu's house, she vaguely heard Yu Li complaining to He Yuzhu from inside his house: "You dead man, why don't you say that it's you who don't want to celebrate the New Year together? This will make Auntie resent me."

When Liu Mei returned to the courtyard, Lin Yi was still asleep, and the old lady was also still asleep.

The old lady has been going to bed very late recently. Perhaps it is because she has been eating and drinking well, so her nutrition is good and she is more energetic, so she needs less sleep.

"Let's celebrate the New Year with Yu Shui. How about we stop calling Qin Huairu?"

Liu Mei was not very happy. She always felt that He Yuzhu's wife Yu Li was not very sensible.

Lin Yi didn't care too much.

It was just a matter of a table of food. He hadn't cooked for a long time and wanted to cook a table of food himself.

As for if Qin Huairu doesn't come, that would be even better.

Ever since the gauze on Qin Huairu's face was removed, Lin Yi rarely looked at her face when he met Qin Huairu.

Those two scars are really ugly.

In fact, Qin Huairu took good care of her scars. There were no big, hideous scars, just two dark red lines.

But it does ruin the beauty of the whole face.

In the eyes of ordinary people, Qin Huairu's beauty is reduced from eight points to six points just because of these two scars.

But for Lin Yi, the attraction he had when he first met Qin Huairu was no longer there.

It seemed that Qin Huairu also sensed this and stopped pestering Lin Yi in private.

It felt strange, though.

Lin Yi looked down on Qin Huairu, but at the same time, he hoped that Qin Huairu could launch a surprise attack on him like the time when she just came out of the hospital.

"Aunt, I will prepare the dishes for New Year's Eve. You can handle the portion of meat from the steel mill. If there is any extra, pickle it with salt and make it into bacon to hang."

Lin Yi's benefits, plus Yi Zhonghai's benefits, add up to thirteen kilograms. In addition, the old lady and the street office also sent two kilograms, a total of fifteen kilograms of pork.

In the past, Yi Zhonghai and his wife, along with the old lady, could have finished eating all the pork in just four or five days.

But now I can’t finish it, mainly because it’s too oily.

On weekdays, Lin Yi prepares a lot of meat dishes for his family.

Moreover, these days, rapeseed oil is mainly used. Rapeseed oil becomes particularly fragrant once it is put into the frying pan.

Lin Yi didn't like it very much and changed it to soybean oil.

It is also used quite frequently when cooking.

With more oil and water, people naturally start to eat less.

Now Liu Mei and the old lady can't help but frown when they see fat.

But this time, the pork that Lin Yi and Yi Zhonghai got was the fattest part.

There is very little lean meat on it.

This was specially prepared by the person in charge of distributing the meat for Lin Yi's sake.

It's well-intentioned, but it's just flattery that hits the horse's hoof.

According to the current tastes of Lin Yi's family, bones with meat would be more popular with them.

When Liu Mei heard Lin Yi talking about pork, she calmed down.

"I'll use four or five pounds of pork to make a can of lard. The lard residue can also be used as a snack."

"As for the rest, I'll see if I can exchange them with other families in the yard to make bacon. It's not good if it's too fatty."

Liu Mei thought about it and came up with a plan.

"Well, Auntie, it's up to you."

Although the factory had stopped working and was closed for the holiday, Lin Yi did not take a holiday.

The Public Security Department has to cooperate with the Public Security Office and be responsible for street security work throughout the Spring Festival, so they don't have that much free time.

Moreover, Lin Yi had a lot of people he needed to visit, so he had to follow some etiquette.

After all, he has been in Sijiu City for more than half a year and is usually taken care of by many people. If he uses people forward and does not use people backward, no one will think of him, Lin Yi, in the future.

Knowing that Lin Yi would be very busy, Liu Mei had little experience, but the old lady was a shrewd person and could see through things.

The old lady said, "Don't worry about the family affairs. Your aunt and I will take care of it."

Although the old lady was a little unhappy that He Yuzhu refused to celebrate the New Year together, she was more open-minded than Liu Mei.

The children have grown up and are no longer under the control of their parents, let alone He Yuzhu, a grandson who doesn't even have a name.

The affection between people can only be maintained by interacting with each other more often.

The old lady was very disappointed with He Yuzhu's attitude today.

If it were in the past, the old lady would still have the intention to persuade He Yuzhu, but now, this intention has faded.

There is no love without reason in this world.

The reason why the old lady paid special attention to the He brothers and sisters, especially He Yuzhu...

There are many reasons.

Back then, when He Yuzhu's mother was still alive, she was quite nice to the old lady. But when she passed away, she knew that He Daqing was unreliable, so she asked the old lady to take care of him more.

The old lady always remembered this favor.

Later, He Daqing abandoned the orphans and widows and ran to Baoding to chase the widow.

The old lady contacted Yi Zhonghai and began to take the initiative to look after the He brothers and sisters.

In addition, the old lady is a lonely widower. Even though she is a martyr's relative and a five-guarantee household confirmed by the street office, she does not have to worry about food, but she is still worried about the issue of retirement.

For various reasons, the old lady particularly values ​​He Yuzhu. After all, He Yuzhu is her inner support.

This reliance was broken after Lin Yi came to the courtyard.

Just like this affection, it will slowly fade over time.

The little bit of kindness that He Yuzhu's mother left behind had long been used up.

After Lin Yi appeared, he had been taking good care of the old lady, and the old lady gradually gave Lin Yi the place of He Yuzhu in her heart.