Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Yi Zhonghai, who was waiting outside the door for a call, saw that no one came for a long time, so he put out the cigarette in his hand and walked into the middle courtyard. He saw Sha Zhu and Yan Jiecheng coming out with dark faces, followed by Liu Guixiang, who apologized to them.

Yi Zhonghai: "Mr. Liu, why hasn't Liu Haizhong come out yet? It will be inconvenient to go there later."

Liu Guixiang: "Uncle Yi, my husband is fine now. Thank you."

Yi Zhonghai said, “Okay, remember to return the cart at the door to the Li family in the next yard.” After saying that, Yi Zhonghai went back home.

Huang Yulan: "You're back so soon? What's going on with your bangs?"

Yi Zhonghai said, "Wife, he was just anxious for a moment, it's nothing! Now that you're awake, there's no need to go to the hospital. It's getting late, so go to bed early." Yi Zhonghai thought it would be better to go to bed and massage his wife early.

Nothing happened that night. The next day, Yi Zhonghai saw that Liu Haizhong always looked like someone owed him eight million yuan when he went out, so he stopped teasing him.

In the engineering department of the steel rolling mill, a new colleague named Xu Wu came today. He graduated from Yenching University. He is thin and wears a pair of glasses and looks gentle. Yi Zhonghai first asked Xu Wu to introduce himself to everyone.

After Xu Wu shyly introduced himself, Yi Zhonghai walked over and asked, "Has the factory arranged accommodation for you?"

Xu Wu: "Chief Yi, the factory has arranged to take me there after get off work."

Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "You should get familiar with the environment here first. I saw in your file that you studied mechanical design, right? It's amazing that you passed the engineer exam at such a young age!"

Xu Wu nodded embarrassedly, and Yi Zhonghai stopped looking at Xu Wu.

Yi Zhonghai walked over and said to Zhao Jianguo, "Don't go to the forging workshop today. Let's study the new machine first."

Zhao Jianguo nodded, naturally understanding what Yi Zhonghai meant.

The bell for getting off work rang, and Yi Zhonghai was about to ride his bike back to the compound. On the way, he looked at the people coming and going after get off work, and remembered that he had no status in his previous life when he worked 996 every day! He sighed helplessly and returned to the compound.

As soon as Yi Zhonghai entered the compound, Yan Bugui stepped forward and said, "Old Yi, you're back so soon?"

Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "Old Yan, you get off work faster than I do."

Yan Bugui smiled embarrassedly. Yi Zhonghai threw him a cigarette. Yan Bugui immediately caught it, put it between his ears and said, "Old Yi, you are still generous."

Yi Zhonghai smiled without saying anything and was about to push the cart into the yard when he heard Director Wang's voice behind him.

Wang Aihua: "Xiao Xu, this is the courtyard assigned to you. I will introduce you to some masters later."

The young man named Xiao Xu nodded, looked up and saw Yi Zhonghai, and shouted excitedly, "Chief Yi, you live here too!"

Yi Zhonghai looked at him and said, "Xu Wu, why are you assigned to our courtyard?"

Wang Aihua: "Old Yi, you all know him, right? That's even easier. He was assigned to the house in your backyard near Xu Wood."

Yan Bugui looked at Xu Wu with a bit of jealousy, because when his son was getting a job and getting married and getting his share of the house, he wanted to be allocated the house next to Xu's in the backyard, but now it seemed that this was no longer possible.

Wang Aihua looked at Yan Bugui and said, "Xiao Xu, this is the manager of the compound, Uncle Yan Bugui, who is a teacher at the Red Star Courtyard."

Xu Wu "Hello, uncle. My name is Xu Wu and I work in the Engineering Department just like Chief Yi."

When Yan Bugui saw that he was an engineer, he immediately said enthusiastically, "Xiao Xu, you are really young and promising. You are an engineer at such a young age."

Wang Aihua said to Yan Bugui, "Since Xiao Xu and Lao Yi know each other, please wait for the neighbors in the yard to come back and get to know each other. I will take Comrade Xiao Xu to see the house first." With that, Wang Aihua led Xu Wu to the backyard.

After Yi Zhonghai pushed the cart home and parked it, he went to the backyard to take a look. Seeing a musty smell in the room, Yi Zhonghai fanned his hands.

At the Xu family next door, Wang Xiaojuan also poked her head out to look at Director Wang, Uncle Yi and a young man.

Wang Aihua: "Xiao Xu, you can live here. I may need to trouble you to clean up. All the tables, chairs, benches, beds and so on are still there."

After that, Wang Aihua said to Yi Zhonghai, "Old Yi, since you are his boss, please take care of him in the future."

Yi Zhonghai nodded, and Director Wang left the yard.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Xu Wu preparing to clean up the bedroom and said, "You just arrived and haven't prepared the pots and pans yet. Come to my house for dinner after you've cleaned up."

Xu Wu said embarrassedly, "Chief Yi, how can I trouble you with this?"

Yi Zhonghai waved his hand and said, "It's okay. There will be plenty of food. Just call me Uncle Yi in the yard, and call me by my title when I'm working."

Xu Wu nodded and called him "Uncle Yi", and Yi Zhonghai went back to prepare dinner for tonight.

Soon, everyone who had gotten off work in the yard came back. When they heard that a young engineer had moved into the yard, they all gathered in the backyard to see what was going on.

Xu Damao: "Oh, new neighbor. My name is Xu Damao. I work as a projectionist at the steel mill. This is my wife, Wang Xiaojuan. Please take good care of her in the future."

Xu Wu looked at the horse-faced man who was older than him and said, "Hello, I see you are older than me, so I will call you Brother Damao. Thank you."

Xu Damao: "Why thank you? We are all brothers. I have to tell you that there is a famous fool in the steel mill named Sha Zhu living in the main house of our middle courtyard. Don't say hello to him if you have nothing to do in the future."

As soon as Xu Damao finished speaking, he felt a chill on his back. Sha Zhu said angrily, "Xu Damao, will you die if you don't say bad things about me all day long? Brother Xu Wu, don't listen to Xu Damao. I'll call He Yuzhu to be the monitor of the third canteen in the steel rolling mill. From now on, the buddies in the third canteen will protect you."

Xu Wu nodded and called him Brother Yuzhu, and Wang Xinhua next to him also introduced himself.

As he got to know everyone, Xu Wu felt that this courtyard was not simple. Fortunately, there was a familiar person in the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai. He had to ask for advice in the evening. Soon everyone dispersed, leaving Xu Wu to sort out his things.

Yi Zhonghai returned home and told Huang Yulan that a colleague of his lived in the backyard, next door to Xu Damao, and would come over for dinner soon.

Huang Yulan was about to prepare the dishes when she was stopped by Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai said, "Yulan, don't get up so early when I cook next time."

Huang Yulan: "I'm not that fragile. Pregnant women can also cook."

Yi Zhonghai insisted again and again, so Huang Yulan let Yi Zhonghai do it, but she still helped out.

Yi Zhonghai cooked a dish of braised pork, a fried egg with chives, and fried bacon with garlic sprouts. As Yi Zhonghai's dishes came out of the pot, the whole courtyard was filled with a strong aroma of meat.

He's family, Sha Zhu sniffed and said, "Whose family is frying meat?" He sniffed carefully and said, "This person's cooking skills are not inferior to mine. Damn, who's frying meat is really delicious. Oh, I forgot to buy meat for the old lady today. Forget it, I'll do the same tomorrow."

At the Jia family, Banggeng rolled on the ground and said he wanted to eat meat. This time, no matter how Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu played doubles, Banggeng wanted to eat meat.

Helpless, Jia Dongxu could only say to Qin Huairu, "Go see who's frying meat outside and go over and get some."

Qin Huairu felt embarrassed, but then she thought about it and realized that her family hadn't eaten meat for a while, so it was no wonder that Bang Geng still wanted to eat meat no matter how much he beat her.

On the other side, as the dishes were out of the pot, Yi Zhonghai went out and called Xu Wu to come and eat together.

Xu Wu felt embarrassed to show up empty-handed, so he took out a pen awarded by the school and gave it to Yi Zhonghai. Yi Zhonghai saw that Xu Wu was embarrassed and took the pen.

The two were eating when Xu Wu said, "Uncle Yi, your cooking skills are really amazing. I could smell it when I was sorting things just now."

Yi Zhonghai said, "It's just a desire for food." Huang Yulan next to him said, "If it tastes good, eat more."

While eating, Xu Wu said again, "Uncle Yi, why do I feel like our yard is weird?"

Yi Zhonghai glanced at Huang Yulan and said, "The people in our courtyard are not easy to deal with. You have to be more careful in the future."

Xu Wu was shocked and asked, "Uncle Yi, what do you say?" So Yi Zhonghai told Xu Wu everything about the courtyard. Xu Wu was quite shocked, especially about the Liu family beating children and favoring the eldest child, the Yan family being stingy, the Jia family pretending to be poor and taking advantage of others and stealing things, the Sha Zhu family's tradition of greedy widows, the scheming of the deaf old lady in the backyard, and Xu Damao's insidiousness and cunning.

Yi Zhonghai saw Xu Wu was thinking about something, knocked on the table, raised his glass and said, "Come and have a drink! They have already moved in, just live here well and don't mess with them and everything will be fine."

Xu Wu quickly raised his glass and clinked it with Yi Zhonghai. Just as he was about to drink, there was a knock on the door.

Yi Zhonghai put down his wine glass, opened the door and saw Qin Huairu holding a large flower-shaped bowl in her hand. It was almost as big as a washbasin.

Yi Zhonghai asked knowingly, "Qin Huairu, what's the matter?"

Qin Huairu burst into tears when she heard Yi Zhonghai's question. "Uncle Yi, you know our family's situation. Our Bang Geng hasn't eaten meat for a long time, so he's been making a fuss at home asking for meat."

Yi Zhonghai: "He wants to eat meat? What did he do to deserve it? Besides, what do you mean by coming here when we are having dinner?"

Qin Huairu: "Uncle Yi, I'm sorry, our Banggeng is so greedy that he keeps rolling on the ground. It's no use for Dongxu and I to teach him a lesson."

Yi Zhonghai said, "I won't give the meat from my family to your Jia family. Think about what your mother-in-law did!" Yi Zhonghai closed the door!

Are you kidding! You want me to be given to the Jia family? If there is one, there will be two!