Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

After dinner, Yi Jianping ordered the guards to send Yi Zhonghai and his daughter back home. It was around 7 o'clock in the evening when they returned to the compound.

The two knocked on the gate, and Yan Bugui came out to open the door, wearing his coat. When he saw that it was Yi Zhonghai, he said, "Old Yi, why are you back so late?"

Yi Zhonghai gave a bowl of egg noodles he took from Yi Jianping's house to Yan Bugui and said, "Old Yan, we are going to have dinner at our relatives' house. Thank you for troubling you."

Yan Bugui took the egg cheerfully and said, "No trouble, no trouble. By the way, Xu Wude came to the yard this afternoon to inform us that Xu Damao will hold a wedding banquet the day after tomorrow, Sunday. Since you were not at home, he asked me to tell you." Yi Zhonghai nodded to show that he understood, and took Yi Suwan home.

The next day, Yi Zhonghai got up early and cooked a pot of millet porridge, which he and Yi Suwan ate with pickles. After the meal, they went to school or work.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai arrived at the office, Guo Dapiezi came over and said, "Old Yi, look at this workpiece, it doesn't look right."

Yi Zhonghai took the workpiece and took a look at it, and found that the processing order was indeed wrong and there were obvious signs of wear.

Then Yi Zhonghai came to the workshop, walked up to the worker who was processing parts and asked, "Is your workpiece like this yesterday? Or is it like this when you first started working today?"

The worker said, "Director Guo saw what we produced when we first started working today."

Yi Zhonghai looked at the machine carefully again and found that the position of the machine was not fixed properly. Then Yi Zhonghai twisted the processing position and asked the worker to try it. After finding that there was no problem, Yi Zhonghai left.

Just after inspecting the workshop, Yi Zhonghai was called to the technical department. The reason was that the drawings of yesterday had been drawn but there were still many places that were not clearly marked, so he also took back the drawings to be drawn today.

Yi Zhonghai made some more markings and started working after taking the things back to the office. There were no problems until the end of the get off work day, so Yi Zhonghai followed the main group back to the yard after get off work.

After returning home and drinking a sip of water, Yi Zhonghai heard Xu Damao calling him outside the door. He opened the door and saw Xu Damao saying, "Uncle Yi, I'm getting married tomorrow and I would like to ask you to lend me your bicycle to pick up my bride. Can you please?" Then he took out a red envelope and gave it to Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai took the red envelope and said, "Of course, you can use it, just remember not to damage it."

Xu Damao happily pushed his bicycle back to the backyard. Yi Zhonghai returned home and began to think about what to eat in the evening.

Xu Damao was pushing Yi Zhonghai's bicycle and passed by Sha Zhu's house. He saw Sha Zhu smiling happily.

It turned out that today Sha Zhu asked Yan Bugui and the matchmaker to go to Liu Fangfang's house to propose marriage, and it was finally successful. The two discussed getting the marriage certificate next week.

Seeing Sha Zhu smiling, Xu Damao walked over and said sarcastically, "Hey, isn't this our little Zhu Zhu? What's wrong? Are you smiling because you're thinking about Qin Huairu?"

When Sha Zhu heard Xu Damao's mockery, his smiling face immediately turned cold and he said, "Tsk tsk, Sun thief, you haven't found a chef for tomorrow's banquet yet, right? Why are you still showing off to me?"

Xu Damao: "Brother Shanren has his own ingenious plan. You just wait and see tomorrow! Brother Shazhu said he would get married earlier than you, so let him get married earlier than you! Fight with me?"

Sha Zhu: "If you have the ability, let's see who can give birth to a child first."

Xu Damao: "Let's compete. When the time comes, I'll give birth to three or four big fat boys and see what you say."

Sha Zhu looked at Xu Damao's lower body and then looked at Xu Damao, which made Xu Damao a little scared and said, "What's the matter? Let me tell you buddy, this thing is very easy to use."

Sha Zhu looked at Xu Damao with contempt, as if saying that Xu Damao was a earthworm. Xu Damao was so angry that his good mood disappeared and he pushed his bicycle to the backyard.

When Sha Zhu saw Xu Damao leaving, he muttered, "That thing of yours only weighs one or two ounces on the scale."

Soon it was the next day, and the yard became lively at around 6 o'clock in the morning. The bowls and chopsticks borrowed from each household yesterday were laid out in the central courtyard. Mr. and Mrs. Xu Wood got up early in the morning and were busy with work with a smile on their faces.

Yi Zhonghai couldn't sleep in any longer, so he got up and walked to the sink to wash up. At this time, Xu Wude came over and said, "Old Yi, you're up so early? Thank you for lending me your bicycle yesterday. Today I'm going to need the help of us old neighbors." Then he handed him a big front door.

Yi Zhonghai took the cigarette handed to him by Xu Wude and said with foam in his mouth, "We neighbors should help each other. Besides, Damao grew up under the care of us neighbors."

Xu Wude chatted for a few more words and then went to the backyard to busy himself. After Yi Zhonghai washed up, he prepared to cook something. He cooked a pot of millet porridge and started breakfast with Yi Suwan with some pickles.

After breakfast, Yi Zhonghai was quite curious about the wedding banquets of that period, so he went out of the house and went to the backyard to take a look. He saw the women in the yard were busy washing vegetables, while Xu Damao, Yan Jiefang, Liu Guangqi and others went to pick up the bride.

Soon, the chef invited by Xu Wude also arrived. He was the head chef of Hongbinlou. As soon as this chef arrived, Sha Zhu's original intention of watching the fun faded. Originally, Sha Zhu wanted to come today to see the level of the chef invited by Xu Damao so as to mock Xu Damao.

As a result, Master Chen from Hongbinlou came, and Sha Zhu thought in his heart, "Who is this Lao Xu? He even invited Master Chen."

Sha Zhu retreated back to the room silently. When Xu Wude saw Master Chen coming, he hurriedly greeted him warmly. He saw that Master Chen brought four people with him, and they all brought their own weapons!

Xu Wude prepared to set up 6 tables in the courtyard and invited Yan Bugui to be the accountant and be responsible for recording the gift book.

While Yi Zhonghai was watching the excitement, Xu Wude came over and said, "Old Yi, please help me welcome the guests later! Here, take this." Then he gave Yi Zhonghai two packs of Daqianmen. Yi Zhonghai nodded and went to the front yard.

When it was almost 9 o'clock, seeing Xu Damao and his friends were coming back, Yi Zhonghai lit the firecrackers.

Sitting behind Xu Damao's bicycle was Wang Xiaojuan, who was wearing a Zhongshan suit with a red flower on her chest and holding a red umbrella in her right hand.

Yi Zhonghai stepped forward to greet the bride's family who were following behind Xu Damao. After bringing everyone in and making arrangements, Yi Zhonghai also received several of Xu Wood's colleagues and friends from the cinema and steel rolling mill.

As the guests came in, they started to give gifts. The neighbors in the courtyard all gave 1 cents or cents. Liu Haizhong and Wang Xinhua each gave one dollar, and Yi Zhonghai followed them and gave one dollar.

After they sat down, these aunties came to greet them with peanuts and melon seeds. Liu Haizhong and Wang Xinhua were sitting at Yi Zhonghai's table. Liu Haizhong was cunning enough to sit at the same table with Yi Zhonghai so that he could get to know these leaders from the steel rolling mill.

Just after Yi Zhonghai sat down for a while, the head of the publicity department of the steel rolling mill came over and said, "Old Yi, why don't you come and sit at the same table with us?"

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll just sit here and you guys eat."

I saw Liu Haizhong next to me stand up and said, "Isn't this Chief Liu from the Propaganda Department? I want to sit down and chat with you guys." Then he walked towards that table, but the other person ignored Liu Haizhong, just greeted him and continued chatting with him.

Liu Haizhong stood there awkwardly, not knowing whether to go or stay. Finally, Xu Wude came to rescue Liu Haizhong and pulled him back to his original position.