The night is hazy, with lights from thousands of homes shining against the moonlight, bringing peace and tranquility to the city.

After get off work, Yan Bugui returned to the courtyard.

"Teacher Yan is back."

The neighbors greeted him warmly.

Yan Bugui is an elementary school teacher and is very respected in the compound.

Everyone has children. When they encounter something they don’t understand, they will ask Yan Bugui for advice.

Although Yan Bugui is a bit smart, he never hesitates when teaching students.

As long as a child asks him, he will teach patiently.

In his words, "As a teacher, how can I not teach my students?"

When I got home, the meal was ready.

Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang sat down early, waiting for the adults to come to the table.

"Old Yan, it's time to eat."

Bai Caiying greeted.

After Yan Bugui sat down, he noticed that the table was covered with cooking oil, so he frowned and said, "Too much cooking oil was used today."

"One or two meals, no problem!"

"If you have one or two meals, you will have three or four meals. What will happen if the days go on like this?"

Yan Bugui patted the table and said, "In short, waste is unacceptable!"

"You, you can talk a lot of nonsense just over a meal!"

Bai Caiying rolled her eyes and placed the steamed egg cake on the table.

"How many eggs are there?!"

Yan Bugui was startled, "Why are there so many?"

"Three, what's wrong?"

"Three?!"

Yan Bugui's voice suddenly became louder, "There are so many, what should we do if we can't finish them?"

"There are four people in our family, how can we not finish three eggs?!"

Bai Xiuying said angrily: "I saw that you were too tired from work, so I wanted to give you some nourishment, didn't I?"

"I just teach students. Why should I be tired?"

Yan Bugui waved his hand and said, "Don't put so much in next time."

Suddenly, he remembered something, "Don't we have no eggs at home?"

"It was given to me by Changyi's wife, who said you've been working hard to teach Yushui these days."

Yan Bugui shook his head. "It's a good thing that Yushui is willing to learn knowledge. It's my duty to teach her. Don't collect it next time."

"They gave it to you, but you didn't want it!"

Bai Xiuying didn't understand, "Didn't you often collect Xiangyang's things before?"

"That's different."

Yan Bugui smiled and said, "Xiangyang is a very smart kid. If he doesn't want to, no one can take his things. He is willing to give them to us, which shows that we have a good relationship!"

As he was speaking, he caught a glimpse of the white wine beside him and couldn't help but sigh.

"Dad, why are you sighing?"

Yan Jiefang asked doubtfully.

"This bottle of wine was given to me by your brother Xiangyang. He left for several months and there has been no news from him."

Yan Bugui sighed: "I don't know when the next time we two will drink together will be!"

"You also said that Xiangyang is a smart kid. He will be fine!"

Bai Xiuying said: "What's more, Xiulan and Changyi are both kind people. God sees everything and will definitely bless Xiangyang!"

Yan Bugui shook his head and muttered, "It's fine for Xiangyang to join the army, but why did that silly boy, Shazhu, get involved?"

"He's so stupid. What if he doesn't know how to dodge when a bullet comes?"

"Look at what you said, Shazhu isn't really stupid!"

Bai Xiuying rolled her eyes at him, "What's more, Xiangyang is watching him!"

"Right!"

Yan Bugui thought about it and felt that this was the case.

The family was having dinner when suddenly someone knocked on the door.

Yan Jiecheng ran over to open the door and found it was Yi Zhonghai.

"Uncle Yi, why are you here?"

When Yan Bugui heard that it was Yi Zhonghai, he put down his chopsticks and stood up, "Old Yi, what's the matter?"

Yi Zhonghai said with a smile: "Old Yan, I plan to treat everyone to a meal tomorrow, you have to come!"

When Yan Bugui heard this, he was immediately happy, "No problem, I will definitely go to my house!"

Yi Zhonghai had nothing else to say, so he left after saying this.

After he left, Bai Xiuying was puzzled, "Why would Yi Zhonghai invite everyone in the compound to dinner when it's not a festival?"

Yan Bugui saw it clearly and said immediately: "The neighborhood committee said a few days ago that each compound should nominate a few managers. Yi Zhonghai should be thinking about this!"

"I never knew Yi Zhonghai wanted to be an official!"

Bai Xiuying said in surprise.

"What's the use of being an official or not? It's just an empty title!"

Yan Bugui waved his hand and said, "With no funding and no job, what's the point?"

"Let's just eat the feast!"

When they heard that there was a feast to be had, Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiecheng immediately became excited.

Bai Xiuying, on the other hand, was very interested in this matter. "Tell me, who will be the head of our courtyard?"

"Chang Yi definitely didn't run away!"

Yan Bugui said confidently: "Changyi has served in the military and is also the deputy chief of the supply and marketing department. His status is sufficient!"

"Also, Yi Zhonghai is a possibility."

He poured himself a glass of wine and took a sip happily, "He is a seventh-level fitter and old enough."

"What about the sea?"

Bai Xiuying said: "He usually cares about this kind of thing."

“Logically speaking, Haizhong is also a level 6 fitter, and he has many apprentices, so maybe he can become one too!”

Yan Bugui waved his hand, "Whoever wants to be the boss can be the boss, it has nothing to do with us!"

As he said this, he placed the egg cake in front of the two children, "Eat it, one by one, your eyes are about to pop out!"

Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiecheng couldn't wait to pick up a piece of egg cake with chopsticks, put it into their mouths tremblingly, and exclaimed that it was delicious.

"This is made for your father, why are you trying to grab it?"

Bai Xiuying scolded.

"Let them eat, this is all I have!"

Yan Bugui pointed to the white wine and peanuts in front of him.

......

The next day, the news that Yi Zhonghai was going to treat everyone spread throughout the compound.

That night, several tables were set up in the central courtyard, and they were filled with residents of the quadrangle.

Li Changyi, He Daqing, Liu Haizhong and others sat at the same table. In the past, everyone would let Li Changyi sit in the main seat, but this time it became Yi Zhonghai.

Seeing that everyone was there, Yi Zhonghai stood up with a glass of wine.

"The reason why I invited everyone to dinner today is for three reasons."

"Firstly, we haven't had a wedding in our courtyard for a long time. The New Year is coming soon, so it would be fun for everyone to get together."

"Secondly, my apprentice Jia Dongxu has become a first-class fitter, so he has officially become my apprentice! And my apprentice's wife is pregnant, so I should treat everyone to a meal!"

“Here, I offer a toast to everyone!”

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

Everyone raised their glasses and congratulated him.

"I'm not afraid of being laughed at when I say this. I, Yi Zhonghai, am almost 40 years old and have no children. Now that I have a good disciple like Dongxu, I really treat him as my son!"

As Yi Zhonghai spoke, he poured another glass of wine and drank it all.

"From now on, I will teach him everything I know without holding back anything. I believe that Dongxu will not let me and his master's wife down with his character!"

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