A chaotic house, a perfect couple

In 1966, on a late autumn morning, just as the sky was getting light, the sounds of people getting up could be heard from the courtyard of No. Xiaohuaihua Hutong.

Everyone put on their clothes quickly, thinking about lining up quickly.

If there is anything bad about their compound, it is the inconvenience of using water.

There's only one faucet in the entire compound, and over a dozen households rely on it for water and washing. This tiny faucet bears the unbearable weight of its life. Most of the residents in their compound are workers, and when they get stuck using the faucet during rush hour, it's incredibly frustrating, not to mention the unscrupulous individuals who deliberately use their clothes to occupy the sink!

Soon, a house opened the door, and a skinny old lady rushed out. She moved very fast, holding a basin and rushing towards the faucet in the middle of the yard. With her speed, you really couldn't tell that she was in her fifties or sixties.

The skinny old lady, Chang Dafen, is small in stature but has a bad heart. She likes to watch the people behind her. No matter how anxious they are, they can't do anything to her and can only wait and see according to their own feelings.

I was almost there and was feeling very proud, but suddenly a tall and long-legged young man jumped out from the opposite side. With one step of his long legs, he took two steps at a time and passed me in a flash. He ran to the front and was the first to grab the faucet.

Chang Dafen: “…@￥%!”

The young man glanced at the clothes in Aunt Chang's basin, raised his eyebrows, and said with a playful smile, "Aunt Chang, thank you for letting me take them!"

The young man has white skin, almond-shaped eyes, a pointed chin, and a smiling face that is so annoying no matter how you look at it!

Chang Dafen looked at the young man from the Yu family who had taken the lead, and slammed the basin on the edge of the pool in an unpleasant manner, saying sarcastically, "After all, he is a young and strong man. I wonder what kind of girl Aunt Hao can introduce to you. You are really lucky!"

Yu Junsheng pretended not to hear and deliberately said, "That's right, being able to marry me is a blessing earned in three lifetimes!"

Bah, you must be blind to marry a poor guy like you who has no parents!

Chang Dafen sneered in her heart and was about to say that Yu Junsheng was flattering himself when she heard him say in surprise,

"Hey, Aunt Chang, another early morning of laundry?"

In an instant, the people queuing behind started cursing.

"Damn it! Don't you have any sense of public morality? You always take advantage of everyone else's rush to work to do the laundry!"

"That's right, Aunt Chang, you do this every day, don't tell me you're doing it on purpose, right?"

"You old lady have such a dark heart..."

This time, without waiting for Yu Junsheng to say anything, Chang Dafen was drowned in the accusations of the neighbors.

Chang Dafen was embarrassed for a moment when her thoughts were exposed, but she was embarrassed by the back-and-forth. She put her hands on her hips and cursed, "Bah, you little bastard! I stole the faucet with my own ability, why can't I use it? If you have the ability, you should get up and stand in front of me! If you can't get up, then don't talk nonsense here!"

Everyone was suddenly speechless. They couldn't scold him any more. They really couldn't scold him any more!

Swearing and swearing is the least of her worries. If this old shrew is unhappy, she will just lie on the ground and roll around!

When it comes to shamelessness and throwing tantrums, they are no match for this old lady!

But everyone was secretly cursing the old lady in their hearts. Everyone washed clothes when the faucet was not busy, but Aunt Chang always washed clothes early in the morning when there were many people around. Isn't this deliberately delaying everyone's work?

For a moment, all the young and old men waiting to go to work envied Yu Junsheng. It was Junsheng who was so smart. He ran fast and got ahead of Chang Dafen. Otherwise, he would have waited a long time.

Looking again, he found that he had already finished washing while they were arguing. The washbasin fell over, leaving only a pool of hot water with white steam in the sink.

Looking at the rising white mist, everyone had different thoughts.

It's not snowing now, so everyone uses cold water to wash in order to save water. A gentleman like Yu Junsheng is the first one in the courtyard to wash his face with hot water in the morning.

The long-faced woman in a blue cotton-padded jacket thought for a moment and then joked, "Oh, Junsheng, you use hot water to wash your face?"

Chang Dafen looked at his red, frozen fingers, feeling incredibly sour. He curled his lips and said, "A grown man still uses hot water. How effeminate. Not manly at all!"

"You don't know how to respect the elderly and love the young. I, as an elder, don't even have hot water to wash myself."

Yu Junsheng paused as he was leaving, grinned, and said to Chang Dafen with a smile, "Aunt Chang, you see, I have a thin skin, I have to take good care of it. Unlike you, your skin won't get chapped no matter how much you wash in this cold weather." After that, he turned around and went back to the east wing.

Chang Dafen sneered, "Don't be ridiculous, you're the only one who's thin-skinned. In our compound, there's no one who's... Oh, you little bastard, are you calling me thick-skinned?!" When Chang Dafen realized what was happening, he jumped up to his feet.

The long-faced old lady, Guan Ailian, rolled her eyes and cursed him in her heart. But she would not say it out loud. She was the most respectable old lady in the courtyard and had to maintain her image at all times. She was not a shrew like Chang Dafen, who cursed at every turn.

Hearing Chang Dafen cursing and complaining about Yu Junsheng again, Aunt Guan silently moved her basin to the side. She had to stay away from this shrew. She was losing face!

Someone around laughed out loud, "Aunt Chang, if you want hot water, go home and ask your son Haiyang to boil it!" The implication was that Yu Junsheng had no relationship with you at all, so how could you be considered an elder? You were nagging and still asking him to give you the hot water. You have such a big nerve.

But Chang Dafen didn't hear it. She looked disdainful and said, "It's just some hot water, as if no one can afford it." After that, she said proudly, "My son Haiyang got a salary increase of one level last month, 35 yuan, and Kaixiang gave it all to me, saying that he was filial to me as a mother. As for me, I will save it all for him to use when he gets married. He can't be like some people who spend lavishly without anyone to supervise them. They spend all the little salary they get every month, and then they will starve in the future!" Her words imply that Yu Junsheng would not know how to live without his parents.

"Junsheng is a bit of a spendthrift. He just paid off the famine his mother caused not long ago, and he's already squandered the little money he has. Oh, he should just get married in the future."

Aunt Guan's eyes moved around the two rooms in the east wing of Yu Junsheng.

What the old man said makes sense. If we introduce Junsheng to his niece, then the two families will be relatives. How can this young couple live in two such big rooms? They are not frugal at all. As relatives, they help them live in the rooms to prevent them from making mistakes. What do you call this? This is called mutual help!

Aunt Guan made up her mind, borrowed some water from the washbasin, and ran home happily.

When Mr. Guo came back from the toilet, he saw the hot water still steaming in the sink and said with a look of regret, "Oh, oh! That water can be used to wash my face. It's such a pity to throw it away like this!"

Chang Dafen spat fiercely, bah, you stingy guy!

She would never admit that she also coveted Yu Junsheng's half basin of hot water, and was very jealous of Yu Junsheng for having coal.

*

In the east wing, Yu Junsheng turned around and walked into the house. His smiling face suddenly fell. It was not because of anything else, but because of the blind date that Aunt Hao had just introduced.

Strangely enough, ever since he asked Aunt Hao to help him find a partner, he has had the same dream every night.

At first I thought that I dreamed about what I thought about during the day, and that I had such an absurd dream only when I was old enough to get married.

But he had the same dream for two days, three days in a row... every day. The scenes in the dream were so clear, as if they were really happening around him. This was a bit mysterious. Although Yu Junsheng didn't believe in ghosts and gods, he was also uneasy.

In his dream, he was satisfied with the person introduced by Aunt Hao and they got married soon. However, not long after the marriage, the other party started having an affair with Zheng Haiyang, a woman from Aunt Chang's family in the courtyard. Just when he discovered the affair and wanted to settle the score with the couple, he accidentally died.

Zheng Haiyang's ex-wife died of illness, and he himself passed away due to an "accident". The two dogs and bitches, without any obstacles, finally got together legitimately.

The marriage of a widower and a widow not only received the blessing of their neighbors, but also enjoyed a very good relationship. Zheng Haiyang treated his stepson as his own, and everyone in the compound praised him as "generous, kind, and generous."

What the hell is a stepson? Zheng Haiyang, that bastard, raised him as his own son. How could he treat that kid badly?

That's right, the couple became more and more daring and accidentally gave birth to a child, so the two of them worked together to stage a play to make him think the child was his.

Because of his shallow kinship, he was extremely demanding of the little brat. As soon as he died, the ungrateful little bastard ran into Zheng Haiyang's arms and laughed, "Dad, that annoying guy is finally gone. Our family of three can be together forever!"

In the dream, I discovered something was wrong because my son looked more and more like that bastard Zheng Haiyang. Unexpectedly, I died suddenly in an "accident", and the matter had to be left unresolved.

The annoying person "happened" to be gone, and Zheng Haiyang took over his job openly, moved into his house, and "by chance" got a large sum of money in the house.

This "coincidence" made Yu Junsheng's fists clenched, but he could only watch this family having fun.

He also watched as, after the reform and opening up, Zheng Haiyang, using the money he had received from his family as a foundation, seized opportunities, and expanded his business empire, eventually becoming the richest man in the area. The couple was a loving couple, their children were successful, and they lived a happy old age and a long life.

What's even more outrageous is that when he mentioned himself during the reminiscence of the past, that bastard Zheng Haiyang actually said, "He was lucky to have known what was best for him and died early!"

Yu Junsheng was almost amused by his anger. This bastard was so shameless! He cursed and cursed, saying that God was really blind. Such black-hearted dogs and bitches could live a hundred years after doing so many immoral things!

What the hell is this?!

He had always refused to believe that the fool in his dream was himself, but when Aunt Chang mentioned the person introduced by Aunt Hao just now, Yu Junsheng inexplicably remembered the scene in his dream.

The wife who cheated on him in the dream seemed to be introduced by Aunt Hao.

He now had only one thought: were the things that were about to happen in the dream real?

*

Soon, the dream was confirmed.

Yu Junsheng sat in the scrap recycling station all day in a nervous mood. When he came back from get off work, he was stopped before he even entered the yard.

The long-faced auntie, Auntie Guan, stopped him with a beaming look on her face. "Wenzi, I heard that you asked Auntie Hao to help introduce you to a girl? It's been a few days and there's still no news. I guess she doesn't have anyone suitable. Well, I have a good girl right here. Oh my, she's a perfect match for you!"

Yu Junsheng's eyes flickered, and he said with a smile, "Really? It's a pity that I have already entrusted this matter to Aunt Hao. I dare not trouble you again, otherwise I will have to save Aunt Hao's face openly. How will you and Aunt Hao get along then? I can't harm you!" Aunt Hao's husband is the manager of the courtyard. Aunt Hao is also respected by the courtyard because of her warm heart. No one would offend others openly without thinking.

Aunt Guan's face froze for a moment, then she smiled and complained, "You're too honest, kid! Let's just say you two are attracted to each other. What can Hao Jingui say?"

"What's the matter? Junsheng has entrusted this matter to me, and you still want to intercept me? Lao Guan, you are so unkind!" A round-faced auntie came over with a bad look on her face. It was Auntie Hao.

Being caught stealing someone's girlfriend was a bit embarrassing. What's more, Aunt Hao's husband, Uncle Zou, was a rare eighth-level fitter in the factory, and Aunt Guan's husband was still working under someone else, so he didn't dare to offend her.

Aunt Guan smiled awkwardly, "How could that be, Old Hao? Am I such a rude person? I saw that there had been no movement from your side for so many days, and I thought there was no follow-up. I thought Junsheng's matter couldn't be delayed, and I happened to have a niece on my mother's side, so I thought of mediating. I also had good intentions, but look at what a fuss this has caused..."

Aunt Hao replied perfunctorily, "Oh, thank you so much! But you don't have to worry about it. Junsheng's matter has been resolved. It's just right, so I don't have to look for you again." Aunt Hao hated people like Aunt Guan who were so roundabout. She was too lazy to pay attention to her little thoughts and directly introduced her to Yu Junsheng.

"That girl's parents both work in the food factory, and she also works there. She's the eldest of four siblings. As soon as I mentioned your conditions, her parents agreed. I've met the girl, and she's incredibly pretty. If you're satisfied, why don't we meet some other time?"

With everyone in her family working and herself employed, Aunt Guan felt a little embarrassed when she thought of her niece, who lived in the suburbs and had only a few years of education. With these conditions, even a fool would know what to choose, let alone Yu Junsheng, that cunning little brat. Seeing no one paying attention, Aunt Guan left in disgrace, still thinking about returning to make a long-term plan.

The person involved, Yu Junsheng, was not very happy.

Food factory, four siblings, the eldest in the family, these were too familiar elements. Every time he heard one, his heart skipped a beat.

However, with the last glimmer of hope, he still nervously asked, "Aunt Hao, what's the girl's name?" Maybe it was just a coincidence.

"Oh, look at my memory! The girl's name is Jiang... Jiang something," Aunt Hao slapped her forehead, "Oh! It seems her name is Bai Qiu! You know what, this name is quite nice! I have an appointment with someone to meet at the state-owned restaurant in two days, so don't be late!" After saying that, Aunt Hao ran away. She still had to go back to cook for the old man!

With a "crash", this familiar name shattered all the hope in Yu Junsheng's heart.

The idiot in the dream who was cheated on and raised a child for someone else, and who gave the adulterer a job, a house, and money after his death, was actually him?!

No way, he will definitely ruin this blind date!