Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Liu Haizhong calmed down, slowly opened his eyes, and said weakly: "I'm fine! I'll go back first!"

"Hey! Be careful!" Yan Bugui watched Liu Haizhong's back as he entered the middle courtyard. He couldn't help but sigh and muttered, "Liu Haizhong has doted on her for so many years, but he didn't expect to raise such an ungrateful person."

"Uncle, what do you mean by ungrateful?!" Xu Damao came in from outside and heard what Yan Bugui said, and couldn't help asking.

"Da Mao is back?!" Yan Bugui greeted him and said, "Who else could it be? Liu Guangqi, the eldest son of the Liu family. He published a statement in the newspaper severing ties with his father and family." After that, Yan Bugui handed the newspaper to Xu Damao.

"Really?!" Xu Damao took a look at the statement published in the newspaper and said, "I didn't expect Liu Guangqi to be such a person. Liu Haizhong was very nice to him. I didn't expect him to stab him in the back." Xu Damao thought he was bad enough, but he couldn't do such a thing. Liu Guangqi was usually quiet and looked very filial. I didn't expect him to do such a thing.

Yan Bugui said: "It really is like when it rains it pours! I don't know if Liu Haizhong can make it this time?!"

Xu Damao watched Yan Bugui walk away, couldn't help but chuckle and muttered: "With Liu Haizhong's character, it would be better if he died!"

As Yan Bugui's news spread, within half an hour, the entire Nanluoguxiang knew that Liu Guangqi had severed ties with Liu Haizhong and drawn a clear line. Everyone started to laugh at Liu Haizhong's joke. It really fits the saying: "How crazy you are in normal times, how miserable you are today."

Liu Haizhong returned home and found a bottle of wine and a small dish of boiled peanuts in salt water from the cupboard. He unscrewed the bottle cap and blew half of the wine directly into his mouth. Putting down the bottle, Liu Haizhong muttered to himself: "Not only Liu Guangtian deserves to die! Liu Guangqi deserves to die too! One caused my true identity to be exposed, and the other caused me to lose face! What sin did I commit? How could I give birth to two such sons!" Then Liu Haizhong drank again.

When Xu Zhaodi came back, she saw the drunk Liu Haizhong and felt an indescribable pain. After Xu Zhaodi helped Liu Haizhong to bed and helped him fall asleep, she saw her youngest son Liu Guangfu curled up in the corner, not daring to say a word.

Xu Zhaodi walked up to Liu Guangfu and asked, "Have you eaten?!"

Liu Guangfu shook his head and replied: "No!"

Xu Zhaodi said, "Go back to your room first. Mom will go cook. I'll call you when the meal is ready."

"Oh!" Liu Guangfu got up from the ground, ran to the door, stopped, and looked towards the room of Liu Haizhong and his wife with some embarrassment. Xu Zhaodi said, "Your father is fine."

"Oh!" Liu Guangfu smiled at Xu Zhaodi and walked out. Xu Zhaodi looked at Liu Guangfu's back and muttered, "The two older ones are unreliable. I hope Guangfu won't be like his two brothers."

At the same time, Huang Ying came back. As soon as she entered the door, she smelled the aroma of food. Huang Ying greeted Lu Shunyi and his wife, walked into the kitchen, and asked, "Zhu Zi, what delicious food are you cooking today? Why does it smell so good?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Today I got a 10-jin silver carp. I stewed the fish head in soup and braised the fish tail. I made half of the middle of the fish into smoked fish and the other half into fish balls. I also made a dish of sweet and sour pork. I'll stir-fry two vegetarian dishes later. Go and rest for a while, the food will be ready soon."

"I'm not tired!" Huang Ying replied, walked to He Yuzhu's side, and asked, "Is there anything I can do?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "If you really don't want to rest, just stand by and talk to me."

Huang Ying said, "When I just came in, I heard that Liu Guangqi published an announcement in the newspaper to sever ties with his father."

He Yuzhu said, "What's so strange about this?! Things that would never happen in other people's homes are very normal in Liu Haizhong's home. Can Liu Haizhong's way of education produce a good person?! Liu Haizhong himself has no ability, but he wants to learn from others to run a big family. Isn't he just courting death?! Now the two older ones are alienated from him. If he doesn't change, the younger one will probably find a way to leave this family soon."

Huang Ying said, "Zhu Zi, it's almost the end of the year, and the Chinese New Year is not far away. The higher-ups let us purchase the New Year's goods on our own at a rate of 10 yuan per person. Do you have any connections?!"

He Yuzhu glanced at his wife and said, "What are you going to buy?! There must be a goal, right?! Besides, it's not easy to get things now. If you ask me, I can't promise you. You have to give me some time to ask, right?!"

Huang Ying said: "It's good enough to get something now. What else can I ask for?!"

He Yuzhu said, "The most scarce things on the market right now are food and non-staple food. You should know the current prices of these things. To be honest, with a standard of ten yuan per person, you really can't get anything. You should discuss it with your director and instructor. If you can purchase something, that would be great. If you really can't, you can come to me. I will find a way then."

Huang Ying thought about it and realized that what He Yuzhu said was right. Besides, as the deputy director, she was not in charge of logistics. She was now in charge of household registration. He Ping was in charge of logistics. Let He Ping worry about it!

There was no conversation that night. The next morning, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to send his wife to work and went to Beixin Hutong again. After putting the pork in Beixin Hutong, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to the steel rolling mill.

Arriving at the steel mill, He Yuzhu parked his bicycle and was about to go find Li Huaide when he saw Li Huaide getting off the jeep. He Yuzhu walked over and called out, "Director!"

Li Huaide looked around and asked with a smile: "What's the matter with He Yuzhu?!"

He Yuzhu said, "I just want to ask when the pork promised to us by the meat processing factory will arrive?!" He Yuzhu quietly took out the key to Beixin Hutong and shook it in front of Li Huaide. Li Huaide reacted instantly and asked in a low voice, "How many pounds?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "Three thousand."

Li Huaide nodded and said, "There is no news from the meat processing factory yet. But I got a batch of meat from other channels. I'll have someone bring it over in a while. As for when to eat this batch of meat, you can wait for notification!"

"Well! Then I'll go back to the kitchen first!" After saying that, He Yuzhu turned and left.

Looking at He Yuzhu's back, Li Huaide thought to himself, "This He Yuzhu is good. Find a chance to promote him." But Li Huaide thought of He Yuzhu's cooking skills again, and suddenly felt a headache. Now it is easy to find a chef with similar skills to He Yuzhu in Sijiu City, but if you invite them to the factory, basically no one is willing to come.

After entering the office, Li Huaide took a break, called the Security Department and the Transportation Department, and then handed the key to his secretary, asking the secretary to run a trip to bring the meat back. After arranging everything, Li Huaide left the office. Not long after, Li Huaide walked into the meeting room and saw that everyone was already there. He quickly apologized, "I'm sorry! I'm late! I just got a batch of meat, and I notified the comrades in the Security Department and the Transportation Department to bring it back."