Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

A few days later, Liu Haizhong, who had just returned from the hospital, had a drastic change in his temperament. He became increasingly harsh towards his two younger sons. He also discovered that his eldest son had taken away all the money in the family. He was so angry that he almost fainted again. Finally, he had to face the reality. From then on, Liu Haizhong basically kept a low profile in the yard.

That Saturday, after get off work, Yan Bugui was waiting for Yi Zhonghai at the gate. It turned out that the Yan family and the old Yu family had discussed it a few days ago. They gave the Yu family five yuan as a betrothal gift and planned to get the marriage certificate first and then hold the wedding banquet in the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai was humming a tune as he and Xu Wu passed through the courtyard gate when they were stopped by Yan Bugui. Yi Zhonghai said with an unhappy look on his face, "Old Yan, are you going to stop being a teacher and become a highway bandit?"

These words frightened Yan Bugui so much that he quickly said, "Old Yi, don't make random accusations. Our boss is planning a wedding banquet tomorrow, so remember to come to the banquet. Xiao Xu, remember to come too. Also, I want to borrow your bicycle."

Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yan, you can lend me the car if you want. You are not blocking me from entering. How about this! You can move the car away tomorrow morning."

Yan Bugui nodded happily and said a few polite words before going back to guard the gate of the courtyard. Yi Zhonghai ignored him and pushed the cart with Xu Wu towards the central courtyard.

After returning home, Yi Zhonghai found out about the matter he had discussed with Director Yang a few days ago about transferring his wife to the steel rolling mill, and he immediately told Huang Yulan about it.

Huang Yulan was also very happy after hearing this. As for when the transfer order would come down, she would have to wait for about a month.

Now that Secretary Wang is no longer in charge of the factory, the conflict between Li Huaide and Yang Aimin has gradually grown. Director Nie is the key figure in the competition between the two. Yi Zhonghai is moving closer to production technology anyway, and he doesn't want to offend anyone or get close to anyone.

Yan Bugui saw Liu Haizhong coming back at the gate of the courtyard, and Yan Bugui still mentioned that Liu Haizhong should come to the banquet. Liu Haizhong nodded to indicate that he would come.

Yan Bugui didn't spend money to ask Sha Zhu to prepare a banquet like Liu Haizhong did, but asked his wife to cook for him, so he could save another five yuan. In addition, the only dish for tomorrow was the two taels of pork cut into shreds, and the rest was all cabbage.

Xu Damao has been so tired in recent days that his eyelids are fighting. The children are noisy every night and Xu Damao is unable to deal with it. He has been able to get some relief in the past two days by riding his bicycle to the countryside to show movies. Xu Damao is relieved, but his mother and wife at home are suffering. All of a sudden, the sound of children crying in the middle of the night can be heard from the backyard with three children.

As soon as Xu Damao returned to the compound, he was stopped by Yan Bugui, who said, "Damo, remember to come to my eldest brother's wedding tomorrow."

Xu Damao wondered why everyone was getting married and holding a banquet. But he still nodded and said to Yan Bugui, "Uncle, I know, I will be there on time."

Only then did Yan Bugui feel relieved. Of course, Yan Bugui also had a rule that only one person was allowed to come from a family to prevent too many people from coming to the hospital and causing him to lose money.

Jia Dongxu has forgotten the pain recently. He finally stopped gambling but started drinking again. Recently, he found another old master in the forging workshop to teach him and he is gradually getting on with the job.

Yan Bugui saw that Jia Dongxu's steps were unsteady and did not stop him. He just told him that there would be a banquet at the Yan family that day. Jia Dongxu nodded and walked towards home.

Sha Zhu recently heard the deaf old lady say that she wanted to have a good relationship with Yang Aimin, so every time Yang Aimin invited other factory leaders to the canteen for dinner, he would ask Sha Zhu to be the chef. Sha Zhu did not embarrass Yang Aimin and was deeply loved by Yang Aimin. Li Huaide saw that Sha Zhu was so enthusiastic about Yang Aimin, but when it was his turn to treat him, Sha Zhu obviously did not give him much face. So Li Huaide hated Sha Zhu, but there was nothing he could do. The money the steel mill offered could only invite people of Sha Zhu's level.

So even though Sha Zhu occasionally brought a lunch box, the security department turned a blind eye. Just as Sha Zhu was carrying a lunch box back to the courtyard, Yan Bugui came up to Sha Zhu and told him to come to the banquet tomorrow. Sha Zhu responded and said, "Uncle, have you found the chef?"

Yan Bugui: "Well, I've found it. Remember to come to the banquet tomorrow."

When Sha Zhu heard that Yan Bugui didn't want him to be the chef, his face suddenly darkened. He nodded and went back.

The next morning, Yan Jiecheng came over early to borrow the bicycle without even saying hello, which made Huang Yulan feel that the Yan family was not honest.

Yi Zhonghai also felt that he should find Yan Bugui to have a good talk, so Yi Zhonghai went to Yan's house and saw Yan Bugui and Yang Ruihua preparing dishes for the banquet, and several children were setting up the table.

Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yan, is there a thief in our yard? My bicycle is missing."

When Yan Bugui saw Yi Zhonghai coming to his house to say his bicycle was missing, he knew that it was his eldest son who rode away without saying hello, so he said, "Old Yi, this Jie Cheng is really a jerk in the eye. No wonder he is so careless. You are a magnanimous person, so don't bother with him."

Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yan, it's ok for this kid to be careless, but how come you, as an adult, are also careless? Don't you know that your eldest son pushed my bicycle away? Why didn't you say hello to me?"

These words made Yan Bugui blush, so Yan Bugui could only laugh it off with Yi Zhonghai and try to skip over the matter. "Old Yi, I'm sorry first. We're busy right now, waiting for the dinner to start."

Yi Zhonghai ignored Yan Bugui and walked out directly and met Wang Xinhua.

Wang Xinhua: "Old Yi, you got up really early. What brings you to Old Yan's house?"

Yi Zhonghai: "My bicycle is missing. Old Yan's eldest son borrowed my bicycle without even saying hello."

Wang Xinhua: "Oh, this is not a very fair thing to do. I just checked and saw that Old Yan's family didn't prepare many dishes, just some green vegetables."

Just as Wang Xinhua finished speaking, Sha Zhu's loud voice came from behind, "What can you expect this old Yan to prepare? Yesterday I asked him if he wanted to hire a chef and he said he would prepare it himself."

Wang Xinhua: "Let's see what the old Yan family is preparing at noon."

Yi Zhonghai looked at the two of them and didn't plan to stay any longer. When he was about to go home, he ran into Jia Dongxu coming out.

Jia Dongxu: "Uncle Yi, Yan Bugui is really stingy. Which family in the Siheyuan has a limit on the number of people for a banquet? Only Yan Bugui stipulated that only one person from each family can come yesterday..."

Yi Zhonghai: "It's not like you don't know him after all this time."

Soon it was noon and Yan Jiecheng came back to pick up Yu Li on Yi Zhonghai's bicycle.

Yan Jiefang: "Uncle Yi, here's your bicycle."

Yi Zhonghai looked at the mud on the bicycle and said, "Boss Yan, is this how you lend me a bicycle? What was my bicycle like before you lent it to me? Not only did you not help me wash my bicycle after I borrowed it, but now you can't even help me push it back?"

Yan Bugui heard the voices of Yi Zhonghai and Yan Jiefang talking outside and ran out and said, "Jiecheng, how do you do things? I told you this morning to take good care of someone's bicycle when you borrow it. Look at you! Why don't you return the bicycle quickly? Remember to wash your uncle Yi's bicycle after the banquet."

Yan Bugui looked at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Old Yi, this matter was indeed handled unjustly by our eldest brother. I apologize to you on his behalf."

Seeing Yan Bugui's attitude, Yi Zhonghai ignored him.

Finally, it was time to eat. Everyone started complaining when they saw that the table was filled with boiled cabbage and the only dish of shredded pork was just a tiny bit.

Yu Li was also unhappy when she saw everyone complaining about her father-in-law. What was wrong with this old man from the Yan family? He was so stingy with such a small thing!

Yan Bugui said to everyone, "Everyone, you know that meat is hard to get now, so let's just eat it."

Yi Zhonghai stood up and said, "Don't you, Yan Bugui, go fishing often? This meat is hard to get, but you can't fool us like this, right? Why? Did the Liu family and the Xu family hold a banquet like you a few days ago?"

Sha Zhu also stood up and said, "That's right. If you can't afford it, then don't hold a banquet. No one will blame you for anything."

Wang Xinhua also stood up and said, "Old Yan, what you did was not fair."

Yan Bugui felt uncomfortable with what everyone said, but if he didn't say anything, he was afraid that everyone's anger would burn him.

So Yan Bugui said, "How about I add another dish for everyone? Let's add fish."

Yan Bugui hurried back and asked his wife to take out his dried fish and start stewing it.

Everyone was eating with resentment in their hearts, and Yu Li was also aggrieved when she looked at her husband...