Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

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After Sha Zhu's family had a son and two daughters, the son was named He Xiao and the two daughters were named He Hua and He Ye. Sha Zhu could only make money like crazy to support the family, because he found that not only Yang Yuhuan was a big eater, but even the three bastards were also big eaters. Fortunately, several people in the family were city people. As the famine years passed, Sha Zhu's family's rations also increased. After Yang Yuhuan gave birth to the children, she seemed to have broken free from her shackles and ate a lot every day.

The deaf old lady had to bear the heavy burden of food for the He family. She didn't eat anything nutritious and it was impossible for her to live as long as in the TV series! She died in her sleep around 1964. As a five-guarantee household, the street office handled her funeral and gave the house in the backyard to Yi Zhonghai. The people in the courtyard argued about this until the street office stepped in.

The deaf old lady's house was to let Yi Zhonghai introduce a wife to Sha Zhu, and the house would belong to Yi Zhonghai after the marriage was successful. This was agreed upon before Yi Zhonghai took the deaf old lady to the street office to transfer the ownership before Yang Yuhuan and Sha Zhu got their marriage certificate, and the deaf old lady also told Sha Zhu about it.

The few rascals from Xu Damao's family in the backyard are already 6 years old. They now surround their father Xu Damao every day and make him miserable. Later, Wang Xiaojuan gave birth to two sons named Xu Sicong and Xu Siming in 1961. The two children are about 5 years old now. Now Xu Damao's family has the most sons in the courtyard. Every Spring Festival, the six horse faces of Xu Damao can be seen in the courtyard at the reunion party. Xu Damao also nicknamed his sons the Five Tigers of the Backyard. Now Xu Wude and Xu Damao go to the countryside to show movies every day when they are free to earn money to buy houses for their sons. Now the Xu family can no longer accommodate them, so Xu Damao naturally cannot have an affair outside, and he is even extra careful when having sex with Wang Xiaojuan.

In recent years, Yi Zhonghai's family has a daughter named Yi Xuanling, who was born in 1963 and is now 3 years old. She is very clever and quirky. Yi Suwan has returned to the courtyard less frequently in recent years because Yi Zhonghai asked her to choose to study advanced grade content on the basis of solid academic performance so that she could skip grades. In the end, Yi Suwan was already in junior high school when she was 9 years old.

Liu Haizhong's family is still the same. After the two children dropped out of school, they became street hawkers in the alleys of the Siheyuan. Liu Haizhong didn't take care of his two younger sons but devoted himself to being an official. Over the past few years, Liu Haizhong and Li Huaide have become friends and he looks like a big boss when he walks around the Siheyuan.

In the Yan family, Yan Jiecheng, the eldest son of Yan Bugui, took Yu Li out to rent a house and live separately after paying back the money Yan Bugui gave him for selling his job. The old couple Yan Bugui were so angry that they beat their chests and stamped their feet for a long time before they calmed down. Although the Yan family's food was now improved with the help of Yi Zhonghai's secret fish bait, Yan Bugui's stinginess was deeply rooted in his mind, and Yi Zhonghai didn't want to interfere in it.

In the Jia family, the two widows Qin Huairu and Jia Zhang were as shameless as ever. Jia Zhang even competed with Yan Bugui for business and blocked the neighbors' way in the yard as a door god. Later, the neighbors couldn't stand it anymore, because Jia Zhang was too shameless. Yan Bugui didn't even dare to touch the valuables even if he said a few good words to her. But Jia Zhang would grab a handful of the neighbors' money no matter whether they bought meat or anything else. Finally, the neighbors couldn't stand it anymore and went to the street office to report Jia Zhang and Yan Bugui. In the end, the two stopped after being criticized by the street office, especially Jia Zhang, who was warned by the street office that if she did it again, she would be sent back to the countryside.

Banggeng, Xiaodang and Huaihua were shorter and thinner than their peers because they didn't have Shazhu and Yi Zhonghai, the two suckers, to suck blood for the Jia family. Although Qin Huairu could get some food in the kitchen, she was reported to the factory by the people in the kitchen. Deputy Director Li didn't dare to cover up for Qin Huairu and had to let everyone in the kitchen share the leftovers. They were no longer Qin Huairu's exclusive property.

Of course, Bang Geng still steals petty things, but he dares not steal in Siheyuan, because basically every household in Siheyuan has children and women at home! He used to steal from Sha Zhu's house because Sha Zhu didn't marry a wife. Now Yang Yuhuan weighs nearly 140 pounds and he doesn't want to challenge the tiger tank. So Bang Geng set his eyes on the neighboring Siheyuans and stole the sausages and bacon that were drying outside. He was caught by the neighboring Siheyuans several times, and every time Jia Zhang started to throw a tantrum! Qin Huairu was crying beside her, thinking that she could solve the problem just like in her own courtyard. Unexpectedly, the neighboring Siheyuan said, "Qin Huairu, either you pay for the things or I chop off one of your son's hands! He deserves to be beaten to death if he is caught stealing things!" The neighboring Siheyuan is not like Siheyuan No. 95, where there is nothing they can do to Jia Zhang. They don't care about your throwing a tantrum at all.

Qin Huairu had no choice but to pay the money obediently. After Qin Huairu paid the money, Jia Zhang began to say endlessly that Qin Huairu was an unlucky star. Every time Qin Huairu wanted to teach Banggeng a lesson, she would be stopped by Jia Zhang, and even use Jia Zhang's own twisted logic to educate Banggeng, such as "Why are you so stupid? You refused to admit it after being caught." or "You should be more careful next time", which made Banggeng think that if he was caught stealing, he should just pay some money. If he was not found, he could become rich. Qin Huairu felt headache and helpless when she heard these twisted logics of Jia Zhang.

Qin Huairu fought with Liu Lan in the factory, but she failed in the end because of her age.

On this day, Yi Zhonghai was busy with his work in the Engineering Department. Secretary Li Huaide knocked on the door and said, "Chief Yi, Deputy Director Li invites you to the canteen for dinner."

Yi Zhonghai knew what Li Huaide was up to. He just wanted to win over a group of people to check and balance Yang Aimin. However, Li Huaide did win over a group of people. Now, Li Huaide's people have a lot of say in the general meeting of the steel mill, which makes Yang Aimin very passive.

Yi Zhonghai replied to the secretary, "Okay, I'll come over after I finish get off work." Yi Zhonghai thought to himself that since they were treating him, he might as well go and take a look, talk less and listen more, eat when they asked questions, and drink when they answered.

Li Huaide is going to invite several staff members from the Propaganda Department today, and of course Xu Damao is among them.

Several people who worked in the steel rolling mill's kitchen have returned to their positions. Ma Hua and Fatty entered the steel rolling mill in 60 and became apprentices of He Yuzhu.

Today, Liu Lan came over to Sha Zhu and told him that Deputy Director Li wanted to treat them to a meal. Sha Zhu naturally agreed with a grin. This also meant that he had food to take back. As for why Deputy Director Li had found a chef from the canteen before, it was because Qin Huairu was there.