Siheyuan: Qin Huairu is a lucky charm for her husband

Tong Zhi has definitely chickened out! No matter what Da Zhuang says to him now, he won't turn back... It's only this early and he's already looking for a half-open door. If he gets stuck there, he won't be able to leave the toilet until the end of the year!

Tong Zhi still feels heartbroken. He was clearly younger, more capable, and more skilled than Liu Erpang. But Liu Erpang had already become a section chief, while he hadn't even kept his team leader position! Now he's relegated to cleaning toilets!

If I continue to follow Da Zhuang, I'll probably never get ahead in this lifetime.

As a result, the more Tong Zhi acted this way, the more Da Zhuang worried that he and his wife would still have lingering ties.

I haven't been with a woman for over a month! Is this guy going to try and seduce me?

"Hey bro, don't rush off like that! Wait for me... We've finally managed to get out here, can we wait a little longer? It'll be around nine o'clock soon!"

Tong Zhi is not stopping at all...

"You'd better get out of here! Everyone's still awake, and you dare to go looking for a widow. What are you thinking? Hurry up, or we might run into the enemy."

Tong Zhi was also itching to join in, but he wouldn't go with Da Zhuang again. He'd learned his lesson; he felt Da Zhuang was a jinx. Ever since he came to the steel mill, nothing had gone smoothly for him.

At this point, Da Zhuang realized it made sense; it was a bit early. He should have stayed at the hospital a little longer, then he could have gone directly there.

"How about we come back at ten o'clock?"

The more actively Da Zhuang encouraged this matter, the more frightened Tong Zhi became.

Tong Zhi thought this guy clearly had a wife, yet he kept dragging him to Widow Chen's place. If you said there wasn't a trick involved, even a ghost wouldn't believe it.

"No, no, I'm not in the mood. If you want to go, you can go by yourself! I'm leaving now!"

Da Zhuang saw that his good brother was now so wary of everything that had happened before that he decided to think of another way.

This guy will definitely have a hard time getting Widow Chen to marry Tong Zhi. Little does he know that the Lin family was behind everything that happened in the past.

Without Secretary Lin's help, it wouldn't be easy for him to succeed. But with Secretary Lin's help, things would definitely be much easier. After all, Lin Chen is the only one in the entire city with a god-like perspective...

However, Secretary Lin was in no mood to deal with the two brothers right now; Ma Suqin and Xiao Yufang were waiting for him in Zhenxian Hutong.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Lan had already gone to bed with her two little ones... In order not to disturb her daughter, she had prepared milk powder and a thermos! The two grandsons would just have milk powder for a meal in the middle of the night.

"Neither of you are allowed to make a fuss tonight. Just leave your grandma here and behave yourselves."

Madam Lan was incredibly fond of the two little ones as they babbled away. Although Xiao Yufang was only her goddaughter, she treated her like her own daughter…

When Lin Chen arrived, he originally intended to visit Xiao Zhenguo and Xiao Yueliang, but after seeing the scene before him, he turned around and went to the main room.

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Outside the city of Beijing

Several days have passed, and Li Xiangqian has finally received good news.

In the evening, the farm manager informed him that he didn't need to work the next day and could report directly to the main factory. This made the young man incredibly excited!

To celebrate, Li Xiangqian brought out all the food and drinks he had bought in the city a few days earlier and shared them with Liang Qunfeng and the others.

"Xiangxiang, your family has strong connections. It only took a few days to get it done for you!"

"Yes! Driving a car in a steel mill is much better than driving a tractor on a farm."

It was only 1957, and the "Down to the Countryside Movement" was still in its early, nascent stages. So it's not surprising that many capable and skilled people were recalled; for example, Li Xiangqian could drive, which demonstrates his skill.

If it were ten years from now, those educated youth would have no choice but to obediently stay in the countryside!

"If you all work hard, you'll all have a chance! Come on! Try this canned pork I bought... I exchanged all the meat coupons my mom sent me for this! Cheers..."

Li Xiangqian is currently closest to Liang Qunfeng, and he only secretly tells Liang Qunfeng about who he got help from in the entire dormitory.

Liang Qunfeng was now very tempted. He had originally planned to work on the farm for two years and then try to return to his hometown in Handong Province to teach. However, after visiting Beijing a few times, the young man felt that Jingzhou was incomparable to Beijing. Jingzhou was simply too poor!

Now that Li Xiangqian has gotten a job driving a truck at the steel rolling mill through connections, he feels he should also think of a way to get one.

While Li Xiangqian and his group were eating, drinking, and celebrating, Sun Shaoan and his group next door were already exhausted and collapsed on their beds.

"Shao'an, listen to what they're doing next door! What time is it? Why aren't they asleep yet? Aren't they tired?"

These young men had no idea that their neighbors were sharing canned meat and fried broad bean curd; if they were given the food, they wouldn't be so tired.

"Isn't that how they are every day? Lazy and listless at work, but like wolf cubs after work. Can someone go and warn them? They don't sleep, but others need to rest!"

Of the dozen or so young men, only Sun Shaoan was tall, strong, and powerful; the others really didn't dare to warn those children of officials.

Seeing that no one was around, Sun Shaoan suddenly sat up.

"I'd better go! It's almost midnight! Why aren't they asleep yet... If they don't sleep soon, I'll beat them up."

"Yes, yes, Shaoan, you should go! We'll just get rejected if we go."

The farm was not yet electrified. Sun Shaoan groped his way off the bed, lit the oil lamp with a match, and then went outside.

The others dared not sleep anymore, in case Sun Shaoan got into a fight with the people next door. They had to be ready to help at any time, so that their own people wouldn't be bullied.

Just as Li Xiangqian and his group were having a good time drinking and laughing, someone knocked on the window.

The room fell silent, and everyone looked out the window.

"Who?"

"Li Xiangqian, I'm warning you. If you keep chattering away and don't go to sleep, I'm going to report you, you believe me? It's already so late!"

Everyone in the room breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Sun Shaoan's voice. They had thought it was a cadre inspecting the farm... but it turned out to be Sun Shaoan from next door.

"Sun Dachui, don't cause trouble. We're going to sleep now. If you dare to report us, we'll fight you to the death!"

The nickname "Sun Dachui" (Big Hammer) was given to him by Li Xiangqian because Li was always threatening to hit people with a hammer. So they called him "Big Hammer"...

"Li Gulu, you dare come out and see if I don't beat you up."

When Li Xiangqian gave the other person a nickname, Sun Shaoan naturally retaliated. So Li Xiangqian became Li Gulu... You little rascal, you can drive a tractor, right? We'll call you Che Gulu (Tractor Wheel).

Seeing that the two young men were about to start arguing, Liang Qunfeng immediately stopped Li Xiangqian.

"Xiangqian, don't take it to heart. You're going to the city to work and find a partner tomorrow! Why bother getting angry with him?"

Liang Qunfeng was quite the troublemaker. He knew that Li Xiangqian and Sun Shaoan had both come to Beijing for the same girl. So, since he couldn't beat Sun Shaoan, he used this tactic to provoke him.

As expected, Sun Shaoan frowned upon hearing that Li Xiangqian was going to work in the city, even though he had already withdrawn from the marriage. He hadn't expected the other party to act so quickly; it seemed that Uncle Fujun and his wife really agreed to the marriage.

Sun Shaoan stopped arguing with the other party and turned back to his dormitory.

Li Xiangqian's group chuckled and gave Liang Qunfeng a thumbs-up.

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