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

Although Liu Guangqi didn't get into high school, he had reason to despise his father who could only write his own name, so he patiently explained, "Dad, there's nothing else to it. This world was conquered by his family."

Liu Haizhong originally wanted to say something about the workers being the masters of their own affairs, but Liu Guangqi's statement completely put an end to his words. In ancient times, when dynasties changed, meritorious officials would be rewarded. In this new society, although there is no such saying, the due care will definitely be there.

After Liu Guangqi said this, Liu Haizhong had a new understanding of why his position as the second uncle was so easily removed and Jia Zhang was inexplicably sent back to her hometown in the countryside. It seemed that a real dragon had come into this courtyard.

Liu Haizhong thought of Yi Zhonghai's wife, Aunt Liu Mei, who had been running to the old lady's house every day these days, and they were almost living together. It turned out that Yi Zhonghai had known about this for a long time and wanted to worship the real dragon himself.

"Damn Yi Zhonghai, he's always stabbing people." Liu Haizhong cursed.

"Boss, what does this have to do with the uncle?" Li Zhaodi asked.

"Mother Guangqi, please go to the old lady's room more often tomorrow and help her with any work she has. If you can't handle it yourself, ask Guangtian and Guangfu to help. We can't let Yi Zhonghai's wife take all the benefits."

Liu Haizhong gave instructions quickly.

Li Zhaodi was still a little confused. Wasn't she forbidden to go near the old lady before? Otherwise, Liu Mei from the middle courtyard would not have been allowed to come to the backyard to take care of the old lady. Why was she now competing with Aunt Liu Mei for the responsibility of taking care of the old lady?

Li Zhaodi didn't understand, but Liu Guangqi did, and praised: "Dad, you are really thoughtful."

"Mom, listen to Dad. You just need to know that the new guy Lin Yi is very capable." Liu Guangqi advised.

It is not known whether Li Zhaodi understood this or not, but Liu Guangtian understood that Lin Yi was many times more powerful than his father Liu Haizhong.

Liu Guangtian likes Lin Yi very much. Last time when he listened to the radio, Lin Yi gave him tomatoes. Yesterday, he asked him to run errands and gave him money. Although the money was taken away by Li Zhaodi in the end, he really got the money. Now he knows that whether he can escape from Liu Haizhong's control depends on whether Lin Yi is willing or not...

"Dad, Mom, from now on I will go to the old lady's house to help after school." Liu Guangtian quickly expressed his opinion.

Liu Haizhong was very happy. Naturally, he was happy that his second son was obedient.

Liu Guangqi was not very happy. Liu Guangtian’s statement made him have some bad thoughts, but he couldn’t say it out loud, otherwise, Liu Haizhong would have a different opinion.

Front yard, Xu Damao's house.

Xu Damao tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Jia Dongxu, He Yuzhu and Xu Damao were not much different in age. Originally, the one who had the best life was He Yuzhu, the second best was Jia Dongxu, and the one who had the worst life was Xu Damao. He Daqing was the chef of the steel mill, Lao Jia was a senior technician there, and his father, Xu Furao, was a projectionist.

Later, He Daqing ran away with the widow, and Lao Jia was gone. However, Xu Furao got Xu Damao into the propaganda department of the steel rolling mill to work as a projectionist. He then went to a cinema to work as a projectionist and got two more rooms.

The living conditions have changed drastically. Xu Damao has the best life. Jia Dongxu has the worst life because of Yi Zhonghai's care. He Yuzhu is burdened by He Yushui and has not learned cooking well, so he has the worst life.

Later, Jia Dongxu got married. Although he married a country girl, Qin Huairu was so beautiful. Her figure and face were so pretty that Xu Damao could have dreamed of her. Unfortunately, in that era, these things could only be thought about and not really done.

He had been going on a blind date these days. The girl's family was quite wealthy and she had some influence at the steel mill. He thought she would be better than Jia Dongxu and He Yuzhu. Unexpectedly, He Yuzhu got married first. The key point was that his wife was very pretty. Although she was not as pretty as Qin Huairu, she was prettier than Lou Xiaoe, whom Xu Damao had a blind date with. The key point was that this wife had a city hukou.

Although the girl Xu Damao was dating was the eldest daughter of a wealthy family, her background was not good. Her family was a capitalist, which was somewhat offensive to him.

So Xu Damao felt very unbalanced and jealous and couldn't sleep at all.

"Lin Yi, there is a registered letter for you."

the postman outside the cafeteria shouted.

Lin Yi took the letter and said "thank you for your hard work".

A registered letter and a remittance slip.

The letter was sent from my hometown, and so was the remittance slip. There wasn't much money on it, just five dollars.

Lin Yi opened the envelope and started reading.

It turned out that it was sent by the resettlement office in his hometown. They received a remittance slip sent to Lin Yi, but Lin Yi had already moved away, so they took the money out and sent it to Lin Yi again, and the receipt of the original remittance slip was also stuffed in the envelope.

"Zhou Kangri from Hongxing Subdistrict Police Station."

Lin Yi recalled and found the name familiar, but he couldn't remember knowing this person. However, he had the address, so he could find the person who sent the money.

Originally, this registered letter was to be sent to the Siheyuan, but the place of origin did not know Lin Yi's exact address, so it was sent to the street office. Fortunately, Lin Yi was also a celebrity in the street office. Although he had only been there for a short time, everyone knew of such a person.

After holding the letter, I thought for a while and decided not to withdraw the money for the time being. I went to Director Wang's office first. Since he was from the police station and from Hongxing Street, he had a name and a surname, so Director Wang should know him.

"Auntie Wang, do you know a man named Zhou Kangri? He's at the neighborhood police station."

As soon as he entered the office, Lin Yi asked directly without any false courtesy.

"I know him. What's the matter? Did you offend Zhou Kangri? Or did someone ask you to make a connection?" Director Wang asked.

Lin Yi took out the remittance slip and handed it to Director Wang.

Director Wang looked at it and said, "Zhou Kangri is the director of our street police station, but you can go and ask about the remittance slip yourself when you have time."

Director Wang glanced at Lin Yi again and continued, "I guess Director Zhou should be a comrade-in-arms of your brother or other elders. I heard that after Director Zhou was demobilized, he often used money to subsidize his comrades-in-arms. Many people in our agency know about this, and it is also a good story."

After hearing this, Lin Yi quickly said, "Then I have to go there quickly. He is a very kind person, and I am not in a tight spot right now. I can't take the money. I have to give it to someone who needs it more."

"Okay, you decide for yourself. I didn't expect Director Zhou has a connection with your family."

Director Wang was very satisfied with Lin Yi's performance. Five yuan was not a small amount, and it was done in an open and aboveboard manner. Lin Yi had no intention of taking advantage of him, which was a very noble character. Thinking about it now, it was indeed impulsive to transfer Lin Yi's work relationship to the steel rolling mill. It would be great if such a good kid stayed in the street office.

Lin Yi naturally didn't know that Director Wang wanted to keep him in the street office, but even if he knew, he wouldn't be very happy. The street office would have a hard time dealing with the storm in a few years, so it would be more stable to stay in a production unit like a steel rolling mill.

"By the way, take this. Director Zhou is an old smoker. It's not good to meet him empty-handed. It's the first time I meet him."

Director Wang took out a small roll of cigarette coupons and handed it to Lin Yi.

"Then I'm welcome, Aunt Wang."

Lin Yi did not refuse and took it. Director Wang did not smoke, so he saved the cigarette coupons and exchanged them for useful things on weekdays.

These days, Lin Yi often delivered fish to the street office, and actually exchanged a lot of various tickets. He didn't need food tickets and meat tickets, after all, his portable farm was full of meat, but Lin Yi accepted all the daily necessities tickets and industrial tickets.

At noon, Lin Yi had lunch in the cafeteria.

Ever since He Yuzhu married Yu Li, Lin Yi basically had lunch in the street office cafeteria. The old lady was taken care of by two aunts, Liu Mei and Yu Li. The wife of Liu Haizhong in the backyard and the wife of Yan Fugui in the front yard also came over frequently to help, so Lin Yi didn't need to worry about no one taking care of the old lady.

These days, the courtyard can be said to be peaceful and calm, especially the old lady's house, where several generations live together in harmony, which makes the old lady smile every day.

Therefore, Lin Yi simply did not go back to the courtyard at noon. After eating in the cafeteria, he went to the river to fish. Sometimes he caught four or five fish, sometimes more than ten. He never went empty-handed. His reputation for fishing spread to the surrounding units. They all knew that there was a comrade in the street office who was very good at fishing and could catch fish every day.

Fortunately, Lin Yi is low-key. When others ask him for fish, they push them to the canteen of the street office, leaving Sister Luo and the others to worry about it themselves. Anyway, he is unwilling to get involved in private transactions. There are not many benefits, and if he meets someone who is jealous, he will get into trouble.

After dinner, Lin Yi did not go fishing. Instead, he went to a nearby supply and marketing cooperative to buy cigarettes. He did not choose very good cigarettes, just Daqianmen, but he was not stingy and bought two packs.

This time, Lin Yi first went to register with the guard at the police station, and also took out the remittance receipt and his own registered letter. This was a good thing after all. Publicizing it would also be good for Zhou Kangri. It was not clear whether Zhou Kangri would appreciate it or not, but although Lin Yi did not lack the money, he was grateful for the favor.

"Comrade, Director Zhou's office is on the second floor. Just go up the stairs and turn left at the end." The guard registered Lin Yi and let him go upstairs directly without even calling him. His face was full of respect, of course, this was for Director Zhou Kangri.

After finding Zhou Kangri's office, Lin Yi straightened his clothes outside and knocked on the door solemnly.

"Come in." A hoarse but loud voice of a middle-aged man came from the office.

Lin Yi pushed the door open and saw Zhou Kangri working and looking at documents. Seeing him, Lin Yi remembered that this was the list of police station personnel he saw when he was wandering around the police station last time. No wonder he felt that the name was so familiar.

"Comrade, is there anything I can help you with?" Zhou Kangri looked up and saw Lin Yi. He thought Lin Yi looked familiar, but he couldn't think of where he had seen Lin Yi before. And judging from Lin Yi's attire, he wasn't from their institute, so he asked in surprise.

"Uncle Zhou, my name is Lin Yi, and I'm Lin Jiefang's younger brother." After estimating Zhou Kangri's age, Lin Yi guessed that Zhou Kangri should be his brother's leader or comrade-in-arms, because from the perspective of Lin Yi's father's generation, Zhou Kangri was not old enough. Moreover, Lin Yi had no impression of Zhou Kangri's remittance slip before.

"You are Lin Jiefang's younger brother. Aren't you in northern Anhui? Why did you come to Sijiucheng? Did you encounter any difficulties?" Zhou Kangri stood up, feeling surprised, excited and worried.

"No, Uncle Zhou. After my brother died, the local leaders took good care of me and gave me a letter of introduction. I am now settled in Hongxing Street. Due to work reasons, I have also been transferred to the steel mill." Lin Yi quickly explained.

"Good, good, good, you are worthy of being the younger brother of Jiefang. After the meritorious service, you are responsible."

Zhou Kangri listened to Lin Yi's experience after coming to Sijiu City, especially when he heard that Lin Yi took the initiative to ask to live with the old lady in the courtyard and take on the task of taking care of the old lady, he praised him continuously.

"Lin Yi, if you have any problems in the future, just come to the police station to find me." Zhou Kangri promised.

Lin Yi was not polite and agreed, "Uncle, if I encounter any difficulties, I will definitely come to you."