Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

Liu Haizhong couldn't believe what he had just heard. In his eyes, the only people qualified to be leaders in the courtyard were himself and his eldest son, Liu Guangqi. At most, there was Jiang Fan, who had attended technical secondary school.

Liu Haizhong scoffed at the idea that other people could become leaders and didn't believe it at all.

Now, Jiang Daniu was the leader. Although he wasn't his direct supervisor, it didn't matter. The one who managed the blacksmiths was the one in his bangs.

"Does it mean that I will always be inferior to Jiang Daniu from now on?"

The more Liu Haizhong thought about it, the sadder he became. He didn't pay any attention when someone called him.

"Old Liu, what's wrong with you?"

"Ah? Nothing, you called me for something?"

"I'm glad you're okay. I remember that Director Jiang Daniu is from the same courtyard as you."

"Yes, we live in a courtyard."

Although he felt a little uncomfortable, Liu Haizhong still answered his coworker. He was afraid that his coworker would say something bad about him. If it got to Jiang Daniu, who knew if he would be made to suffer. After all, he was the boss!

"Old Liu, I heard that Director Jiang has two sons, and the eldest son is a third-level blacksmith in our factory?"

"Yeah, what's wrong, Lao Wang?"

"It's okay, it's okay, Lao Liu, I have something else to do, so I won't say anymore."

After saying this, Lao Wang went to ask the director for leave. He planned to go home and find a matchmaker to go to the Jiang family to propose marriage to his daughter.

After hearing the news, Yi Zhonghai had a scrapped part in his hand. He scowled and replaced it with another part to reprocess it.

In the past six months, he has been unlucky. He has lost his prestige in the yard and lost his position as the boss. He was also unable to take part in the worker grade assessment in the factory due to illness and is now only a level six worker.

Jiang Daniu, who was also a level six worker, was promoted to level seven and now became the workshop director, which made him a little angry for a while.

"Tonight, I'll go back and discuss with the old lady what to do next. I can't keep a low profile any longer. If I keep a low profile, no one in the courtyard will remember me, Yi Zhonghai."

……

At Quanjude, Jiang Fan and Xu Damao had three rounds of drinks.

"Brother Damao, if you have anything to talk to me about, just tell me."

Jiang Fan couldn't believe Xu Damao would spend twenty yuan on a meal for him for no reason. That's right, their lunch cost twenty yuan. In an era where the average monthly living expenses were around five yuan, a twenty-yuan meal was definitely considered extravagant.

"Brother, what you said is out of place. What other intentions could my brother have in inviting you to dinner?"

"Okay, I'm done eating, let's go."

Jiang Fan said this and was about to get up and leave.

"Don't worry, brother, I was wrong. I do have something small to ask you."

Xu Damao quickly stopped Jiang Fan and asked him to sit down.

"Look, there's something going on. If you have something to say, just tell me. Why are you dithering?"

"Hey, brother, the gift that old Russian gave you today was a pistol, right?"

Xu Damao sat next to Jiang Fan and spoke in a low voice.

"Um, yeah, what's wrong?"

"Just give me some fun."

Xu Damao's face was full of expectation.

"Enjoy it? That's not right, Brother Damao. Don't you projectionists always bring weapons when you show movies in the countryside? Why can't the guns provided by the factory satisfy you?"

Jiang Fan looked at Xu Damao and calmly distanced himself from him.

"Oh, my brother, how could I dare to fire the gun issued by the factory? I went to the countryside a few times and it was useless."

Jiang Fan understood that Xu Damao was just a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, an age full of passion, but Xu Damao was timid.

The factory had given him a gun, but he didn't dare to even move it. Xu Wood probably didn't tell him that it wouldn't matter if he was missing a few bullets. He was torn between wanting to play with the gun but not daring to.

Seeing Jiang Fan receive a gun today, I came up with this idea. I really want to thank Jiang Fan for the meal today, and I really want to play with the gun.

Jiang Fan lowered his head and thought, it was impossible for him to give the gun to Xu Damao to play with for a few days. The most he could do was let Xu Damao go with him to the mountains and shoot a few shots for fun, but he couldn't agree to it just like that.

"Da Mao, you're making it very difficult for me."

Jiang Fan said with embarrassment.

"It's difficult? It's not impossible, right? Brother, tell me how much you want, and I will definitely give it to you."

Xu Damao caught the word and asked quickly.

"This isn't about money. You know, this gun was given to me by Anton. It's a Russian product. If anything goes wrong, it can be easily traced back to me."

Jiang Fan was just talking nonsense. The Makarov pistol has been in service since 51, and many of them have been passed from Russia to our side in recent years. Jiang Fan's bullets have no special markings, so even if something happened, they would not be traced to him.

He was betting that Xu Damao knew nothing about guns. If Xu Damao didn't understand, he wouldn't ask Xu Wude. Young people are very concerned about their reputation.

Only by making Xu Damao feel embarrassed can he make demands.

As expected, after hearing Jiang Fan's words, Xu Damao also looked conflicted.

Seeing Xu Damao's increasingly distorted expression, Jiang Fan stopped trying to hold back. "But what's the matter, Damao, what's the relationship between you and me? We're brothers. As long as you ask, how can I refuse you?"

"Good brother, you are indeed my good brother! Don't worry, brother, I will definitely not need you for anything. I won't say anything more. We will see each other in the future."

Xu Damao's thoughts took a turn for the better. Upon hearing Jiang Fan's words, he was so moved that he almost wanted to kowtow to Jiang Fan and become his sworn brother. The passion of a passionate young man comes so quickly!

"Brother Damao, it's true that I agreed, but I have conditions."

"Brother, you say it, I won't say a word!"

Xu Damao patted his chest and made the promise.

"Okay, first of all, I can't give you this gun. It's not that I don't trust you, I'm afraid you'll use it to find Sha Zhu!

We are not law enforcement officers, and even if we were, we cannot use guns to scare the people! This is a very serious matter!

Xu Damao was stunned for a moment. He actually had this idea and took a gun to scare Sha Zhu.

After he became a projectionist, although he was equipped with a gun, it was only when he was on business trips and he had to hand it in when he came back. Basically, the only time he had a gun and met Sha Zhu was when he was in the factory.

But he didn't dare point a gun at Sha Zhu in the factory. If he really dared to do so, the security department would shoot him a hundred times, as it would be a crime endangering society.

"I see, brother. If you hadn't told me, I would have had this idea. Thank you."

Xu Damao was extremely sincere when he said this.

"Also, I can only let you enjoy it in the mountains, not anywhere else."

"Don't worry, brother, I understand. If you really asked me to point a gun at someone, I really wouldn't dare!"

Xu Damao smiled self-deprecatingly, indicating that this was no big deal.

"Okay, then when you're free, I'll take you for a run in the mountains."

Chapter 34: Declining impression of Yan Bugui

After dinner, Jiang Fan did not go back to the courtyard with Xu Damao, but went to the vegetable market instead.

There are no good vegetables in the vegetable market at this time. Winter vegetables are just radishes and cabbages.

After a walk around the vegetable market, Jiang Fan took out a backpack full of meat and vegetables from the space, covered it with a piece of linen, and put it on his back.

When we got to Nanluoguxiang, we went to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy melon seeds and candy.

Back at the courtyard, Yan Bugui was still guarding there. Seeing Jiang Fan coming back with a backpack, he smiled and walked over with his hands outstretched.

"Jiang Fan is back. You must be exhausted from carrying so many things. Come, Third Uncle will help you carry them."

Jiang Fan dodged Yan Bugui's hand and said, "Thank you, Third Uncle. You've come such a long way. These two steps won't be a big deal."

Continuing to walk forward, Jiang Fan suddenly felt a pulling force coming from behind.

"What? Is Third Master going to rob us openly?"

Jiang Fan sneered and turned to look at Yan Bugui.

"No, that's not the case. I just have a question for you."

Yan Bugui smiled awkwardly and withdrew his hand from holding Jiang Fan's backpack.

"What are you asking?"

"The steel mill has purchased a new batch of machines. Does it need to hire people to open a new workshop?"

"How should I know? I'm not an employee of the steel mill."

"You have a good relationship with the head of the steel mill, can you please ask him when they'll be hiring?"

"Yan Bugui! I remember Yan Jiecheng gave you face that time!"

Jiang Fan stared at Yan Bugui and said bluntly!

"I……"

Without paying any attention to Yan Bugui's expressive face, Jiang Fan turned around and went back to the house.

"This Yan Bugui is really annoying. I used to be more kind to him."

After returning home and putting down the backpack, Jiang Fan said a little angrily.

"What's wrong? I saw Yan Bugui stopping you in the yard just now."

Jiang's mother Shen Yue looked up at Jiang Fan.

"That guy Yan Laoxi asked me if the steel mill was hiring. I said I didn't know, so he asked me to ask for him.

Mom, isn't that ridiculous? He asked if the steel mill was hiring, not Yi Zhonghai or Liu Haizhong, but me? I work at the steel mill!

I have a good relationship with the leader of the steel mill. If I have a good relationship with him, I have to do things for him! Who the hell is he?

Besides Yan Jiecheng, who else in the Yan family could apply for a job at the steel mill? Do you really think I have no memory? When Yan Jiecheng scolded me, I didn't see Yan Bugui say a word!

Jiang Fan grew angrier as he spoke. Originally, he hadn't had a bad impression of Yan Bugui, seeing him as just a neighbor who took advantage of others. But now, it seemed he was a truly shameless person!

There aren't many good people in Siheyuan! The few good ones there are are just a foil to their peers!

Shen Yue frowned. "This Mr. Yan is really going too far. He wants to find a job for his son. Why should he let my son suffer? No, this matter cannot be let go like this!"

"Mom, what are your plans?"

"How can we have a plan in such a short time? Even if we do, we can't do it now. Let's wait until after the New Year." Shen Yue already had a plan in mind.

Jiang Fan was also obedient. If his mother decided to take action against Yan Laoxi, he would not interfere. The old ones were dealt with by the old ones, and the young ones were dealt with by the young ones. Yan Jiecheng, you are unlucky!

It was soon time to get off work at the steel mill.

After Jiang Daniu and Jiang Ping'an came back, they told their families the good news of becoming officials.

Shen Yue also told a piece of news, a bad news.

"What! That bastard Yan Laoxi made my son suffer? Did I give him too much face?

I was wondering why Yan Laoxi didn't say hello to me when I came back tonight? Did he come to bully me this afternoon?

Jiang Daniu was furious! His good mood as an official vanished without a trace at this moment, and a raging rage ignited in his heart. Jiang Ping'an was the same, clenching his fists.

"Okay, today is the holiday, have a good meal at home, I will take care of this matter, I definitely won't let Fanzi get angry."

Shen Yue stopped Jiang Daniu and Jiang Ping'an who wanted to cause trouble. She knew that if she didn't stop them, Jiang Daniu would really smash the Yan family to pieces.

But what happens after the Yan family is destroyed? If the Yan family reports the incident to the police, they'll likely have to pay compensation. Old Man Yan will be thrilled. This is a losing proposition.

She, Shen Yue, never does anything that would hurt both sides.

Yan Bugui learned from his returning neighbor that Jiang Daniu had become the workshop director, and he became extremely anxious.

"It was such a mistake to offend Jiang Fan this afternoon!"

Yan Bugui paced back and forth anxiously, which made Yan Jiecheng's eyes dazzled.

"Dad, what are you doing? You've made me dizzy."

"Why am I doing this? It's all for you!"

Yan Bugui was rarely angry at Yan Jiecheng, "For your job, I'm going to ask Jiang Fan to ask the steel mill leaders.

If you hadn't offended someone, your father and I would have had a falling out with him. Now that Jiang Daniu has become the workshop director, you have even less hope!"