The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Li Yuan rode his bicycle to the dilapidated yard where he met Xiaohua, the civet cat.

A bicycle passed by him, and Li Yuan threw the cloth bag in his hand into the basket of his bicycle.

The two passed by.

Li Yuan got up and rode in the opposite direction.

This place is relatively hidden, and coupled with mind scanning, it can be guaranteed to be foolproof.

The next day, Chen Bing found Li Yuan again.

"Lao Li, the other party wants to get some fruit, do you have any ideas?"

"I don't want gold bars, I want antiques," Li Yuan said softly without stopping his hands.

"Okay, don't worry, it won't be any worse than the ones in the past. My uncle guarantees the quality."

"I'm still worried about you, you're still so verbose every time."

"Haha, I have a bad mind, I always forget to say these words." Chen Bing's words were flawless.

Chen Bing chatted a few more words and stood up to leave.

Turning around, I happened to see the dragon on the bookshelf behind the door.

The domineering appearance immediately attracted his attention. He took a few steps and came to the wood carving.

"Damn it, Lao Li, your wood carving is so beautiful, it seems like it has come alive."

He gently touched the dragon's whiskers, horns, and claws, and a tingling sensation spread to his fingers.

In fact, these are all blunted, and the stinging sensation is just an inner feeling.

"Okay, I didn't expect you to have artistic talent."

"What an artistic person, according to you, I am a bacteria. But, buddy, you are too domineering."

"Like to take it."

"It's really okay!" He stroked the wooden sculpture without looking back.

"The work of practicing is of little value." Li Yuan smiled and shook his head.

"Haha, that's because you are demanding. I took the things away, don't you regret it?"

"Take it!"

Chen Bing left Li Yuan's office happily.

Soon, a group of section chiefs poured into Li Yuan's room.

"Chief Li, you can't favor one over the other. I want a dragon like that too." ,

Other section chiefs also agreed.

"What are you doing? Don't disturb Section Chief Li's work. It's inappropriate to make noise!"

Lu Xingyu separated a few people, walked to the front, looked at the confused Li Yuando:

"Save the best to me. Remember to use sandalwood. It happens to be my old man's birthday and I don't know what to give him. He will definitely like this dragon."

Hearing that the factory director was so shameless, other section chiefs also protested.

Due to the development over the past year, the machinery factory has expanded rapidly, everyone has benefited from it, and they are all people from the head office. They all have a good relationship, so they can talk more casually.

"Director, everything must be done on a first-come, first-served basis, do you think you are right?" Ren Jia said with a smile.

"That's right, the factory manager, please pay attention to maintaining order," Wang Hongxia agreed.

"Okay, now I will maintain order. With me as the leader, everyone lines up to get their numbers." The factory director immediately started acting like a hooligan.

"Director, this is your overlord clause."

"Haha, if you don't line up, there will be no wood carvings."

"You, boss, have the final say. However, we also want sandalwood." This was Cheng Wanbiao's last stubbornness.

"Chief Li, all the ones from now on will be made of sandalwood."

Li Yuan didn't feel unhappy when he saw these people causing trouble here.

Since everyone likes his wood carvings, it is a good way to get closer to each other, so why not do it.

"No problem!" Li Yuan put the walnut wood in his hand under the table with a smile and chose a new piece of sandalwood.

A few people watched for a while, then the excitement wore off and they all left.

From this day on, Li Yuan's main job was to practice carving of three animals.

Due to the improvement of his skills, he became very proficient in modeling the phoenix and unicorn.

At the same time, with more than a dozen dragon-shaped carvings, I also found a sense of how to transform the model in my mind into a real object.

Therefore, only 3 phoenixes and 2 unicorns were carved at the back, and all the carving techniques of the three animals were mastered.

The organizing committee specifically mentioned in the notification letter that samples needed to be brought to the site, so Li Yuan prepared the three best works.

He packed the wooden boxes himself and filled them with sponges and scraps of paper.

All the section chiefs of the machinery factory received one of Li Yuan's works, and the remaining pieces were locked in the safe by Lu Xingyu.

In the Lu family's study, Father Lu and Lu Xingyu sat opposite each other.

"Dad, is there no room left?"

"The other party has urged us many times. There are many people staring at the machine factory. We need allies."

"Why is it so difficult to do something practical! Don't they have any party spirit? Why do they have to focus on that position?" Lu Xingyu roared angrily.

"Confused! Why don't you have any political consciousness? In the future, the Lu family will rely on you to be at the helm. How can you take on such an important task with your temperament!"

With a "squeak", the study door was pushed open, and an old woman stood at the door.

"mom".

"grandmother".

"Don't get excited, communicate well," the old lady said with a smile, then turned around and left, and slowly closed the door.

"I'm sorry, Dad."

"You are 30 years old, and you are still so impulsive. The situation is weird now, and we must learn to stick together to keep warm."

"Dad, I talked with Li Yuan and I think what he said makes sense. Some people can no longer let go of their vested interests.

In such a black and white situation, he actually insisted on speaking for the North.

In particular, some professors who have studied in the north and returned from abroad talk nonsense in class and will be implicated in the future."

“Child, it’s the same in all eras, people live for profit, and there is no good end.

And now the general trend has been set. People want to live a good life, which is difficult for anyone to reverse."

Father Lu's eyes were firm and he stared at Lu Xingyu closely.

Lu Xingyu's eyes flickered, he looked at the teacup, and said leisurely:

"Li Yuan said, since we have taken the first step, why not take the second and third steps?"

Dad Lu felt something in his heart. Thinking of his past experiences, his eyes became less firm.

"No, no, how can you dig your own grave when you are surrounded by powerful enemies? I still insist that only by relying on one side can we have a day of revival."

"Li Yuan said..."

Dad Lu slammed the table hard, "Don't always say Li Yuan, you don't have any opinions of your own."

At this time, there were several knocks on the study door.

Dad Lu agreed and tried to stabilize his mood.

"Okay, just listen to me and don't say these bastard words to me again."

Dad Lu forcibly ended the chat.

"Okay, Dad, I know how to do it!"

Lu Xingyu sighed and walked out of the study with his head lowered.

Dad Lu suddenly felt guilty. In fact, it was not that they had not thought about this, but they just felt that the probability was too small.

My son mentioned it many times today, as if the tarpaulin covering the little devil had been lifted, and he began to doubt and become unsteady.

In the living room, the old lady pulled Lu Xingyu over sadly.

"Xiaoyu, your father is right. Sometimes, transfer is also a kind of protection. Your grandfather agreed to this."

"I know, grandma!" Lu Xingyu completely gave up.

On April 1960, 4, a group of people from the machinery factory entered the guest house arranged with the help of the Canton Fair Organizing Committee.

Cheng Wanbiao, who was standing in front of us, smiled and helped everyone arrange their rooms.