I am He Yuzhu in Siheyuan

Time has passed, this year's economic situation is better than last year, and everyone seems to be richer.

Damao still got together with Liu Haizhong and traded rebar.

Liu Haizhong's college student apprentice became a factory manager and following his path, the two of them made a small fortune.

Xu Damao started to put on a gold chain, a leather jacket, a white shirt with bangs, and a suit.

Qin Jingru has now become a rich lady at home and has even had her hair permed. Liu Guangfu has also come back to curry favor with his biological father, but Liu Guangtian has not come back.

Liu Haizhong has been thinking about Liu Guangqi, who has not returned for more than ten years.

After they became rich, they started making big purchases, even arranging for washing machines and other things. When they went out, they would call each other Mr. Xu and Mr. Liu.

He Yuzhu continued to stay alive and accumulate capital, but now is not the right time.

At the end of May, a young man came to the compound. He was wearing a brand new military uniform, had a crew cut, dark skin and two scars on his face. He was 5cm tall, wearing sunglasses, and came into the compound carrying a package.

Walk straight towards the He family.

Seeing the locked door, he turned and went to Yi's house.

"Uncle Yi, I'm back."

The young man walked to the door of Yi's house, took off his sunglasses, found that the door was also locked, and turned around and walked out.

After he left, the women in the compound began to talk about

"Who was that just now? He looks so familiar."

"He was wearing sunglasses, so I didn't recognize him. He looked like the second son of the He family, the devil in the courtyard!"

"Indeed, I've grown taller and my voice has changed."

. . . . . . . .

"Comrade, give me a bowl of noodles, two pounds of braised meat, and two bottles of beer."

Xingzhi looked up and saw a young soldier in front of her. His dark face looked a bit childish, his voice was rough and a bit hoarse, and sounded a bit familiar. His face was hidden by sunglasses, and there were two scars on his face. He was carrying a bag.

"Okay comrade, take a seat inside, it'll be ready in a minute! Next is a bowl of noodles and two bottles of cold beer."

The young waiter took out two bottles of cold beer and greeted,

"Comrade, sit here!"

The young man put down his bag, flicked his thumb, opened the beer cap, took a sip, exhaled deeply, and then said,

"Mom! Add more chili!"

Xingzhi responded instinctively

"okay!"

Then he stopped and looked back at the young man. The young man grinned at him with a mouthful of white teeth, slowly took off his sunglasses, revealing a face that was both familiar and unfamiliar.

"Mom! I'm back!"

The young man stood up, opened his arms and hugged Xingzhi.

Xingzhi choked with tears and said

"You're back and you're still teasing your mother. You're still a comrade. I call you a comrade!"

Xingzhi hit the bullet head a few times.

He Yuzhu finished cooking and then came out. Dantou saw his father and walked over.

"The Chinese People's Liberation Army, ... the platoon leader of the guard company, He Jianli reports to you!"

Then he saluted his dad.

"Good boy, you've grown up!"

He Yuzhu patted Dantou's shoulder and said

"of course!"

Bullet said with a grin

He Yuzhu scooped out the noodles and put them on the table for his son. Xingzhi also cut the meat and put it over.

Bullet wolfed down his food, drank his beer in one gulp, burped, and said:

"Mom, I just came home and saw the door was locked. I went to Uncle Yi's house and the door was also locked. You are here, where is Uncle Yi?"

"The old couple went out for a walk. They were here to help in the morning. I guess they went out for a walk."

Xingzhi gave the two waiters a day off and packed two portions of braised meat for them. She then began to pack up the remaining things. She hadn't started braising the meat in the afternoon and there wasn't much, so she closed the stall directly.

"Boss, you go buy some groceries. I'll go home and clean up. We'll be closed this afternoon."

"okay."

Xingzhi and Dantou went home, and then they cleaned the house together. Dantou was a soldier as expected, as he cleaned the house quickly and well.

"Fangfang and Yueliang are in high school. They will be back today. You can go pick them up. You don't have to go directly to the store."

Xingzhi had already seen through her son's thoughts, so she spoke up.

Bullet chuckled and rode out on his bike.

At the entrance of the high school, Dantou, wearing a military uniform and sunglasses, began to guard.

After half an hour, students started to come out. Today is Sunday.

Fangfang and Yueliang pushed their bicycles and followed the group out of the school gate. Seeing that their classmates were all looking in one direction, they turned around to take a look.

It was a young soldier wearing sunglasses, walking towards them.

The man took off his sunglasses, revealing the face that Fangfang had been thinking about day and night, and smiled at her.

Fangfang was stunned for a moment, then dropped her bicycle and threw herself into the young man's arms and cried, ignoring the surprised looks of other classmates.

Dantou put his arm around Fangfang and held the bicycle with the other hand, then said

"Don't cry, I'm back, right?"

Fangfang calmed herself down, then looked up at him and smiled.

The three of them pushed the cart towards the courtyard.

"You've grown taller, darker, and stronger. You must have suffered a lot on the front line. It must be very dangerous, right?"

"It's not hard, and it's not that dangerous. We beat those kids like a father beating his son. And it's not illegal to dismantle things inside. We can blow them up if we want, and carry them away if we can. No one will stop us. It's really interesting."

"Yeah! I'm glad you can come back safely."

Fangfang was amused by him.

At this time, there was a light bulb chirping, but the two of them tacitly ignored her, which made Yueyue very depressed.

The three returned to the courtyard, and Bullet spoke,

"I have a gift for you. I'll get it to you later."

The three of them parked their bicycles at the door and went to the He family in the middle courtyard. Dantou took out the bag and said

"The monkey is so poor, this is all he has."

Bullet gave one person a pair of sunglasses and another person a ladies' watch, both of which were foreign products.

Yueliang and Fangfang couldn't put down these two items. They both had watches, but none of them were as exquisite as these.

Finally, Dantou gave his second-class military medal to Fangfang, which made Fangfang feel very sweet. Under Yueyue's expectant eyes, he took out the collective second-class military medal and gave it to her.

Then he took out the lychees from the ice cubes from the store and let the two of them taste them.

In the evening, the He and Yi families gathered together to celebrate the triumphant return of Dantou.

"Warhead, how long will you be back this time?"

"Given a month's leave, then go back to military school."

"Well, fine. You're an adult, and a soldier, so I won't care about you. Just ask if you need anything. You can do whatever you want in this month. I won't interfere."

He Yuzhu continued to let the warheads run free.

"I plan to go see my brother tomorrow, and then meet up with my comrades in a couple of days."

"Your brother is studying abroad at the University of Hong Kong and is not in Beijing."

"Ah, when?"

"Last summer!"

"Oh fine."

Master He and his wife were very happy to see Dantou return home, but of course, their happiness didn’t last long.

No matter which era, it is always fragrant from afar but smelly from near.

When Dantou first came back, he was very nice and well behaved for two days. But things were different after Fangfang went to school.

Originally, Xingzhi didn't mind it, but who knew that this kid would get so drunk every day at his comrades' gatherings that his face turned red and his neck became thick.

As a man, it’s okay to drink a little, but if you can’t stop drinking every day, parents will naturally be dissatisfied.

The child will not learn his lesson after being beaten or scolded. He always says he will do well but he cannot do it.

Now I can only out of sight and out of mind.

A month later, under Xingzhi's reluctant gaze, Dantou set out on his way back.

Maybe all mothers in the world are like this.

Summer vacation came in a blink of an eye, and Lou Xiao'e brought Xu Xiao to visit Damao again.

In Xingzhi's expectant eyes, Brick did not come back.

"Xingzhi, you really gave birth to a genius! Jianguo was valued by his teacher and followed his teacher to the UK for academic exchange!"

After Zhuantou arrived in Hong Kong, he followed Lou Xiao'e all the time. Lou Xiao'e used her connections to send him to the University of Hong Kong, where he studied English, because Zhuantou could not understand Hakka.

Brick entered school and began to study English hard. The library was full of English books, but a genius is a genius no matter where he goes. Brick quickly mastered English through his hard work and he even memorized a dictionary.

Brick had already started learning English when he was in the mainland, but he didn't have a good teacher to teach him, so he relied on listening for pronunciation and other things. When he arrived at the University of Hong Kong, he couldn't understand some of what the teachers said, so he worked hard to take notes and ask for help from his tutor.

Brick had no friends at HKU. Under the traditional education in China, he chose to seek help from teachers. During that time, he showed his expertise and talent in science and engineering.

After all, he was taught by seven top domestic engineers for many years. Although our country was backward at that time, our talents were not backward. His mentor was very impressed by his talent and professionalism.

Brick met a good teacher who was dedicated to academic research. The teacher saw in Brick a height that he would never be able to reach in the future, so he began to devote all his efforts to cultivating Brick, hoping that when Brick appears in textbooks in the future, his name would also be included.

Brick worked very hard like a dry sponge to absorb new knowledge that he had never been exposed to in China.

Due to the limitations of the times at the steel mill, he had no way of displaying what his teachers taught him. However, there was soil suitable for bricks, which allowed this little sapling to grow quickly.

This made his teacher even more excited, and he planned to take Brick to see the world again this summer vacation. Hong Kong is too small and he cannot be confined here.

Of course, the path of genius does not end here. Top talents cannot hide their brilliance no matter in which field.

Every Sunday, Lou Xiao'e would take Brick home, eat with him, do laundry and relax.

During the Chinese New Year last year, he showed the qualities of a mathematician when he helped Lou Xiao'e with the accounting.

Then he learned from Lou Xiao'e about something called the stock market, and his career began to take off.

The calligraphy was bought by Lou Xiao'e's current husband for $5 and used to celebrate the birthday of a big shot. The big shot was very happy and planned to donate the calligraphy back to the mainland next time he sent supplies. The big shot's surname was Huo.

Zhuantou followed Lou Xiaoe's current husband, Chen Sheng, to learn about stocks. (Chen Sheng is not a name, but means Mr. Chen)

And use mathematics to calculate the ups and downs of business cycles.

Mr. Chen told him that this was useless, as the stock market was a game where the top players were taking advantage of the bottom players, and it was something that could be controlled by humans.

Brick said something that shocked Chen Sheng

"I know. Although I don't understand this very well, I understand other things. I use data to calculate what I want, and then put myself in the role of a capitalist. If I were him, I would know what to do next, and then follow him to earn some tuition fees. As long as I'm not greedy for other things, that's fine!"