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

"Zhu Zi, I'm working now. Do you think I can give my monthly salary to my parents? My sister is still young. My father has a job, but his salary is not high. My mother doesn't have a job either. We don't have any brothers. If my sister gets married in the future, life will be hard for these two people."

In He Yuzhu's room, Yu Li and He Yuzhu lay on the kang and spoke softly.

He Yuzhu didn't say anything. He wanted to save some money for his marriage. Although Yi Zhonghai paid for the sewing machine, Yu Li also gave him some gifts as a gift because of her work. In total, he spent almost a hundred yuan.

He Yushui didn't know whether she could be admitted to high school in the second half of the year. In a few years, she would have to prepare her dowry. At this time, He Yuzhu still cared about his sister.

Lin Yi next door has a bicycle, and He Yuzhu also wants one, but he doesn't have a ticket and doesn't have enough money.

Seeing that He Yuzhu was not very willing, Yu Li turned around and ignored He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu had never seen this before. He hated to see a woman crying in front of him. In this plot, Qin Huairu pretended to be weak in front of him and forgot everything.

"Okay, okay, your parents are naturally my parents, how can I let them suffer?" He Yuzhu agreed.

He Yuzhu's statement made Yu Li laugh from tears. It must be said that these women are used to acting, and Yu Li can be said to have learned it by herself.

Her marriage to He Yuzhu was quite sudden. It was because of her uncle's words and He Yuzhu's conditions were indeed outstanding, so she was willing.

But after getting married, she found many unsatisfactory aspects. First of all, He Yuzhu looked a little anxious, and there was no comparison with the young people outside. Although He Yuzhu was only four years older than Yu Li, to outsiders, he was at least a generation older. If he met someone who was difficult to talk to, he would say that Yu Li had found a father.

Another issue is He Yuzhu's personal hygiene. He snores when he sleeps because he cooks. The smell of oil fumes and onions, leeks and garlic on his body is very strong.

Especially today, Yu Li went to the cafeteria to work for a day. She could accept the intensity of the work, after all, it was to make money, and it was right to work hard, but the smell was really unpleasant. It was smoky and sad.

The kitchens at that time were far from being as clean and tidy as those in later generations. If we really make a comparison, they might not even be as clean as the pig farms in later generations.

So, these days, Yu Li began to become somewhat dissatisfied.

The idea of ​​donating the salary to her parents in the evening was also something Yu Li came up with on the spur of the moment.

She just wanted to test whether He Yuzhu really cared about her. If he agreed, she, Yu Li, would naturally live a good life. If he disagreed, she would also make preparations for the future.

"Zhu Zi, does Lin Yi really own the new house at the back?" Yu Li asked.

These days, she has also been to the small courtyard at the back many times, and naturally saw the foundation under the circle. That room is about the same size as the two rooms of He Yuzhu and He Yushui. I heard that it will be one or two meters higher than the main room here, and there will be an attic. By then, it will be a two-story house.

Yu Li was quite jealous. It was inevitable that she would want more after getting what she wanted.

He Yuzhu's mind was not here. He groped Yu Li's body and said, "I think so."

"Do you think we can exchange this house for the new house over there?" Yu Li also wanted to live in the new house.

"It's not possible. I haven't heard anyone say that the allocated house can be changed." He Yuzhu was not optimistic. Nowadays, except for the ancestral houses, all other houses are state-owned and allocated by the higher-ups. One only has the right to live in them, not the ownership.

"Don't you want to think of a solution? We can talk to Lin Yi someday and use his connections. We can also give him gifts. It's a new house with a loft. If we have children in the future, they will have plenty of space to live in."

Yu Li was very dissatisfied with He Yuzhu's perfunctory attitude and complained.

When He Yuzhu heard Yu Li mention Lin Yi, he suddenly got angry and grabbed his hands hard.

Yu Li felt pain and knocked He Yuzhu's hand away with a "snap" sound, saying, "I'm so tired of doing this every day."

He Yuzhu wanted to get angry, but he didn't dare to. Although they had been married for only half a month, he was indeed being controlled by Yu Li. When Yu Li got angry, his anger subsided and he quickly tried to please her.

"I'll find some time tomorrow and talk to the old lady first. The old lady is very influential. The house hasn't been built yet. If I have time, I can pick a better one."

He Yuzhu's idea was simple. If he could get a new house, he would get one. If not, he would trade with Lin Yi. He would not lose out if he traded two main rooms for Lin Yi's one. He never thought about whether Lin Yi was willing to trade with him.

"Lin Yi, this is Director Chen from Wangfujing, and this is Director Lou from your steel mill. They have something they want to ask you today."

When Lin Yi entered Director Wang's office, he heard Director Wang introducing the two people.

The middle-aged man in a Mao suit and a flat head should be Director Chen. The middle-aged man in a short silk jacket and glasses, who looks plump and gentle, should be Director Lou.

"The Xu Damao you are asking about lives in the same courtyard as Lin Yi. They are neighbors." Director Wang added.

When Lin Yi heard Xu Damao's name and contacted Director Lou, he guessed that it should be the marriage of Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe. He just didn't know whether they had also come to the Hongxing Street Office to inquire in the original plot.

"Young comrade, I'd like to ask, what kind of person is Xu Damao like on a daily basis?" Director Chen spoke before Director Lou.

Lin Yi and Xu Damao didn't have much of a relationship, so he wanted to tell the truth. However, what he said would definitely not be good, and it would be suspected of gossiping behind someone's back. So he looked at Director Wang, hoping that Director Wang would give him a way out.

Lin Yi has been working in the subdistrict office for nearly three months. Director Wang is also very familiar with Lin Yi. Seeing Lin Yi like this, he guessed that Xu Damao's reputation must be bad. If it was good, Lin Yi would definitely say good things about him. Lin Yi would only act like this when he was in trouble.

Director Wang said, "Lin Yi, just speak up. This is not just one person's opinion. Director Chen and Director Lou are just here to understand the situation. They still need to ask other people."

"I'm not very familiar with Xu Damao. Although we live in the same courtyard, we don't interact much. He's a projectionist at the steel mill. I heard he only has a high school education. I've never seen him do this kind of work, but I heard he's pretty good at beating up women. I also heard he got into a fight with someone and got beaten up by some thugs. Some people said his penis was kicked and broken, but I don't know if it's true or not."

Lin Yi's words were somewhat subjective, mainly because he really disliked Xu Damao. In the plot, Lou Xiaoe could be said to be a victim. Of course, Lin Yi had no sympathy or feeling that the Lou family's experience was unfair. Even if Xu Damao did not report it, and Director Li, who was unknown whether he had come to power, did not preside over the house search, naturally someone else would report and search the house.

Director Lou is not innocent after all. In this era, how can the establishment and development of the factory not have the original sin of eating the blood and flesh of workers? Even in the future, unequal exploitation exists, but in this era, it is more naked and bloody. Although the steel mill is now a public-private partnership, Director Lou also supported the liberation cause in the past, but if you really want to be serious, he is also a bettor. Otherwise, how did the Lou family live before liberation?

Therefore, Lin Yi only had some sympathy for Lou Xiaoe's experience after returning from the reform and opening up, but he did not have much sympathy for her experience in the courtyard. The reason was simple. Although Lou Xiaoe's life was not very good after marrying Xu Damao, compared with many people, that life was already very good. Moreover, the Lou family married Lou Xiaoe to Xu Damao because they valued Xu Damao's family background. They wanted to find someone with a good background, some cultural background, and not too bad family conditions, but they wanted someone they were familiar with.

In fact, according to the conditions of the Lou family, it is really a very simple matter to find a husband for Lou Xiaoe. The main reason is that the Lou family's own intentions are not right. The relationship between Lou Xiaoe and Xu Damao is not a love-hate drama between a rich lady and a poor scholar. It is also a matter of mutual willingness.

Moreover, Lou Xiao'e herself is one of the beneficiaries of the Lou family's exploitation of workers as capitalists. The comfortable life she enjoys is original sin.

Although the revenge was inhumane, Lou Xiaoe could not say that he was innocent.

Director Chen didn't feel anything. Lin Yi also said that he was not familiar with Xu Damao, and what he said now was what he heard from others. However, Director Lou thought too much.

There is no smoke without fire. As the director of the steel mill and Xu Damao working in the steel mill, it is naturally easy for him to find out about Xu Damao. The situation he found out is actually not much different from what Lin Yi said. The reputation of matters between men and women is indeed not very good.

But what can I say? Director Lou is a man, a rich man at that. He was rich before the liberation. The idea of ​​having three wives and four concubines is deeply rooted in his mind. If the current policy did not allow it, he might have married a few more concubines.

Lin Yi mentioned that Xu Damao might have problems in that aspect, so Director Lou had to pay attention to it. As a father, he naturally didn't want his daughter to be lonely in the future, so this matter must be thoroughly investigated, and he needed to find a few doctors to take a good look at Xu Damao.

"Comrade Lin, thank you for your help. This is a small gift from me. Please accept it."

Director Lou took out a pile of bills and handed them to Lin Yi.

Director Lou was quite satisfied with Lin Yi, but unfortunately, he was too young, a martyr's relative, and had no elders at home. Although he lived with an old lady, the old lady's background was not bad, as she was also a martyr's relative. If they could get a boy from such a family, the Lou family would naturally be able to rest easy. Unfortunately, Lou Xiaoe was half a generation older than Lin Yi. If they had fought by two or three years, they could still say that a girl three years older than a man is a rich man, and they could still see if the matter could be accomplished. But since she was half a generation older than him, it would be difficult to accomplish the task.

Lin Yi didn't hesitate and took the money note from Director Lou. Then he said hello to the people and left.

Lin Yi didn't walk far before he saw Director Chen and Director Lou coming out of Director Wang's office and leaving the yard of the street office.

Lin Yi turned around and went into Director Wang's office, took out the banknote he had just received, handed it to Director Wang, and said, "Auntie Wang, please keep this for me. It will be used to subsidize the five-guarantee households or military martyrs' families in the street."

Director Wang said, "Why? Do you have a lot of money, or do you have some concerns? People are paying you, not asking you to do anything. Besides, you are a temporary worker in the cafeteria, what can you do? Just take it with confidence."

“Aunt Wang, I really don’t have any concerns. I just feel that it’s not easy for everyone, so it’s better to give it to those who need it most. Besides, I feel at ease spending the money I earned through hard work.” Lin Yi really didn’t want to have anything to do with the Lou family. In the years to come, if you get involved with some things, although it won’t do anything to you, it will really disgust you.

Moreover, who can fully predict what will happen in the future? In the plot, during the turbulent decade, Xu Damao can be said to be full of vigor and vitality. Who knows whether Xu Damao will continue to be full of vigor and vitality in this world he has arrived in.

There is no such thing as a wall that is impenetrable. What Lin Yi said today might be known by Xu Damao. He would be jealous and resentful. It would be troublesome. You can't guard against thieves every day. Besides, Xu Damao didn't do anything to him now. He couldn't think that because you are a bad guy in the plot, I will kill you in reality. If that were the case, what would be the difference between him, Lin Yi, and those people in the courtyard in the plot?

Xu Damao was very happy. He went to the Lou family villa yesterday. His future father-in-law, Director Lou Zhenhua, had already agreed. Today, he asked Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe to go to the hospital for a physical examination, and then they could prepare for the wedding.

Xu Damao didn't understand why he had to do some examinations before getting married, but he attributed it to the habit of this rich family and went to the hospital happily early in the morning.

At the hospital, the Lou family had already used their connections, and Lou Zhenhua's driver had been waiting there for a long time. When he didn't see Lou Xiaoe, Xu Damao asked about it. The driver replied that Lou Xiaoe was seeing a female doctor, who was not on the same page as him, Xu Damao.

Xu Damao didn't doubt it and just followed the procedure, letting the doctor take care of him for the whole morning.

The doctor gave Xu Damao a stack of examination documents, one of which he secretly handed to the driver who was following Xu Damao.

After the driver took it, he put it away. He was illiterate and couldn't understand it. Then he said goodbye to Xu Damao and returned to Lou's house.

“It’s difficult to have children.”

Lou Zhenhua was very disappointed. He was not satisfied with Xu Damao, but he still had expectations for this marriage. He had sent his two sons to Hong Kong Island with their brothers, leaving only the couple and their daughter in this old city.

The reason why he kept his daughter was that he wanted someone to take care of him when he got old, and as for sending his son away, it was also for long-term considerations, betting on both sides. This was not the first time he had done this.

However, Xu Damao's difficulty in having children made this marriage very difficult. Although she didn't like Xu Damao, she couldn't let her own daughter be childless. If she did, who knows how her daughter would blame her parents in the future.

"Let's postpone the marriage with the Xu family and look for another one. If it really doesn't work out, let's go south." Lou Zhenhua gave up on Xu Damao.

These days, it's really hard to find a son-in-law who has a good family background, is of the right age, has decent living conditions, and is good-looking but is willing to look for one like them, who has a bad family background.

Lou Zhenhua had also considered marrying the children of those meritorious officials, even if they were old or widowed, but Nan Fang was unwilling.

There was even a retired military man who was widowed and had three children. After learning about Lou Xiaoe's background, he directly refused. Moreover, he refused very fiercely, which made Lou Zhenhua give up the idea of ​​finding a son-in-law with a party and government background.

It was precisely because of this rejection of marriage that Lou Zhenhua was really nervous and did not have much confidence in the future.

However, his foundation was in this city after all, and he was unwilling to leave it overseas.

Mother Lou was quite surprised, but Lou Zhenhua was the one in charge at home, so even if she disagreed, she would not refute it. She just asked Lou Xiaoe a question.

"Moth, what do you think?"

As a mother, if Lou Xiao'e is willing, Lou's mother still hopes to fight for it. She is Lou Zhenhua's third concubine, and Lou Xiao'e has a child. It is also because the eldest and second young masters of the Lou family went to Hong Kong Island, and the first and second concubines followed them. She, the third concubine, successfully became Mrs. Lou. If she went to Hong Kong Island, she would become the third concubine, and Lou Xiao'e, the eldest daughter of the Lou family, would also become the third daughter.

Lou Xiao'e is a person with a gentle appearance and a strong heart. However, she is really not interested in Xu Damao. After all, there is a huge gap between their cultural level and social experience. It can be said that they are from two different worlds. When they meet, they can't get along. Moreover, Xu Damao's sweet words are very attractive when used on girls in the countryside. They can fool many young girls. Even married girls can be fooled by them. But they don't work on Lou Xiao'e. After all, Lou Xiao'e has seen better people. After listening to Xu Damao's bragging, she only feels it is vulgar.

However, as a daughter, she did not dare to object to Lou Zhenhua's decision. The education of the Three Obediences and Four Virtues was particularly serious in their family.

"I follow my father's arrangements."

Seeing his well-behaved daughter, Lou Zhenhua felt distressed. Although his daughter was not born of a legitimate marriage, she was his only daughter, so naturally he loved her very much.

"There is a good kid, but he is too young."

Lou Zhenhua thought of Lin Yi again. When he went to the street office yesterday, he also learned that Lin Yi would be going to work at the steel rolling mill in two months.

Although it is now a public-private partnership, Lou Zhenhua is not directly in charge of the steel mill, but he also has the power of supervision. His daughter is also beautiful. Although she is six years older, there is still a chance. Maybe he can give it a try.