Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

After sending He Yuzhu out, Fan Tian couldn't wait to peel a candy and put it in his mouth, chewing and saying, "It would be great if our dear elder brother could be half as good as Brother Zhuzi."

When Fan Changming heard what his two daughters said, his heart ached. His eldest son, whom he valued the most, had now become a loser. Fan Changming sighed, went home, looked at his wife and asked, "How many things did Zhuzi bring today?!"

Qian Cuihua replied: "One hundred catties of cornmeal, fifty catties of standard flour, a piece of bacon, two cured chickens, and twenty salted duck eggs."

Fan Changming frowned and muttered, "Why bring so many things?!" Then Fan Changming reminded, "Tomorrow, take ten kilograms of cornmeal and five kilograms of standard flour to Yun. The rest will be locked in our room."

"Hey!" Qian Cuihua responded, and said, "I'll take all the things into the house right now.

Fan Tian walked up to Fan Changming and asked, "Dad, where is my little brother?!"

Fan Changming said, "I'm reading in the room!" Then he asked, "Why are you two back today?!"

Fan Li said: "We were originally supposed to go to the countryside to experience life. But the activity was cancelled at the last minute. So the school gave us a few days off."

Fan Changming said, "It's just right that you guys are back. Take advantage of your break and find some time to help Yongting with his lessons."

Fan Li said, "Dad, my grades are good. You don't have to worry."

After leaving the alley, He Yuzhu put the backpack into the supermarket space, put his hands behind his back, and walked slowly towards the courtyard. Not long after, He Yuzhu passed by a pub. Looking at the scattered guests in the pub, He Yuzhu suddenly wanted to drink. He Yuzhu stood at the door of the pub, but in the end he did not go in, but instead accelerated his speed back to the courtyard.

At about eight o'clock in the evening, He Yuzhu returned home. As soon as he entered the house, He Yuzhu saw Lu Shunyi sitting by the radio listening to it, and asked with a smile: "Grandpa, why don't you go to bed?!"

Lu Shunyi replied, "I'm old and don't sleep much. I can't sleep now. If you're tired, go to sleep first! Don't worry about me."

He Yuzhu said: "Grandpa, since you can't sleep, how about I prepare two dishes and we drink two glasses of wine, what do you think?!"

Lu Shunyi's eyes lit up, and he asked with a smile: "Drink something?!"

"Have a drink!" He Yuzhu echoed.

Lu Shunyi smiled and said, "Then I'll drink with you."

"Okay! I'll go prepare the dishes right away!" After saying that, He Yuzhu walked towards the kitchen.

More than ten minutes later, He Yuzhu came out of the kitchen with a tray and placed it on the coffee table on the bed. After putting away the bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses, He Yuzhu took out a bottle of Moutai from the cabinet, walked to the opposite side of Lu Shunyi and sat down, pouring wine while saying: "Grandpa, the factory has given me two more job quotas. I originally planned to buy the quotas, but I thought that Hu Tou would reach working age in two or three years. I want to keep one quota for him, and the other for the second son of my uncle's family."

Lu Shunyi knew that his grandson was quite capable and had a good relationship with the factory leaders. But he didn't expect that the relationship would be so good. Lu Shunyi picked up the wine glass, took a sip of the wine, and said, "Zhu Zi, it's easy to arrange a job, but it's not easy to find a place to live."

He Yuzhu said, "I'll go to the street office in a couple of days to ask if there are any abandoned yards around. At that time, we can rent the yard and repair it ourselves. Anyway, there are always more solutions than problems."

He Yuzhu seems to have paid a lot now, but he has a plan in mind. His goal is not now, but reform and opening up. After the reform and opening up, no matter what he does, he needs people. He Yuzhu is worried about outsiders. He can only rely on his own people. And his two uncles and their children just happened to be He Yuzhu's target. As for the place to live. If the street office doesn't have one, He Yuzhu can still find Li Huaide. Anyway, He Yuzhu is planning everything for the future.

He Yuzhu and Lu Shunyi listened to the radio, drank and chatted, and they drank for two hours before they finished and went back to their rooms.

Huang Ying, who was lying on the bed reading a book, saw He Yuzhu coming back and asked with a smile: "Why did you think of drinking with grandpa today?!"

He Yuzhu lay down next to Huang Ying and said, "On the way back from delivering food to Master's house, I happened to pass by a tavern. I wanted to go in and have a drink, but I was afraid that you would be waiting anxiously, so I didn't go in. When I came back and saw Grandpa sitting alone in the hall, I suddenly thought of drinking."

Huang Ying knew that her man had a lot of things on his mind. If he didn't vent them, something bad would happen sooner or later. Huang Ying put down the book in her hand, snuggled into He Yuzhu's arms, and said, "Zhuzi, how long do you think this situation will last?!"

He Yuzhu rubbed Huang Ying and replied, "I don't know exactly how long it will take. Anyway, I think the situation will get better in a year or two." Then he asked, "What's the situation in your institute now?!"

Huang Ying replied: "What else can we do? Uncle Zhang and Uncle He were supposed to be transferred, but they both reported to their superiors and decided not to be transferred."

He Yuzhu said: "I guess your leader won't agree."

Huang Ying said, "Whether you agree or not has nothing to do with me." Huang Ying whispered something in He Yuzhu's ear. He Yuzhu's eyes widened and he asked, "Really?!"

Huang Ying replied: "Why would I lie to you? I've seen it happen several times."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Taishan is really good at keeping secrets! He actually hid it from us all."

Huang Ying said: "If he doesn't want to say it, we will just pretend we don't know. When the time comes, we will know it naturally."

He Yuzhu said, "If he doesn't say anything, it's his business. Now that I know, it would be my fault if I didn't ask about it. I'll find a chance tomorrow to test the waters with this guy. If he wants to get married, housing will be a big problem. I'll go to the street office and ask Aunt Wang if there's any abandoned yard. We can rent it and repair it ourselves."

Huang Ying said: "There are still some abandoned yards under the name of the street office. The street office originally planned to repair them. But due to funding issues, the matter was delayed."

"Okay! Let's not delay any longer. I'll go and find out tomorrow." After that, He Yuzhu asked, "Will you work overtime tomorrow?!"

Huang Ying replied, "We can't even get enough food now. Why work overtime? All the duties in the station are now assigned to those singles."

"That's good too!" He Yuzhu echoed, "It's getting late, go to bed early! You still have to go to work tomorrow!"

"Yeah!" Huang Ying responded and reached out to turn off the bedside lamp.

The next morning, He Yuzhu went to work on time as usual. Yan Bugui, who had no classes in the morning and was resting at home, saw that his eldest son had not gone to work yet, and couldn't help asking: "Jiecheng, it's getting late. Why haven't you gone to work yet?!"

Yan Jiecheng said, "Dad, I'm dating someone."

"What?!" Yan Bugui was immediately surprised when he heard that his eldest son was dating someone, and asked, "Whose girl?!"

Yan Jiecheng replied, "Yu Li, the eldest daughter of the Yu family in Suoyi Hutong."

Yan Bugui asked tentatively: "Boss, isn't it too early for you to find a partner now?!"

Yan Jiecheng said, "It's not too early?! At my age now, Jia Dongxu is already a father."

Yan Bugui looked at Yan Jiecheng with a smile, as if he had mastered the matter, and asked, "Okay! Even if you are old enough, where will you live after you get married? Do you have enough money to support a wife?!"