From Siheyuan to Hong Kong Island Tycoon

When Yan Bugui arrived at Nan Yi's door, he shouted with a smile on his face: "Is Nan Yi at home? I am the third uncle in the front yard."

Hearing Yan Bugui's shout, Nan Yi and Liang Ladi, who were just about to sit down to eat, looked at each other in confusion.

Nan Yi stood up and opened the door, and saw Yan Bugui holding a bottle of white wine and looking at him with a smile.

"Nan Yi got off work early today. It's been a while since we two last had a drink together."

"I specially took out the good wine that I have collected for many years. You are in for a treat today," Yan Bugui said and shook the wine in his hand.

Nan Yi looked at the white wine in Yan Bugui's hand with embarrassment on his face. Having lived in the courtyard for several years, he naturally knew that Yan Bugui liked to add water to the wine.

"Uncle, thank you for your kindness, but I think we should have a drink another day."

"Our Xiu'er has his birthday today, so it's not very convenient at home."

Nan Yi’s refusal was already very clear, but Yan Bugui did not intend to give up.

Smelling the aroma of meat in the air, Yan Bugui also gave it a go. How could face be more important than stomach? Hadn't he done enough embarrassing things in the hospital?

"It is said that it is better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. It turns out that it is your daughter's birthday. Then we should celebrate it well."

After saying that, Yan Bugui stepped forward and prepared to break into the house. Just when Nan Yi was in a dilemma, Liang Ladi walked out of the house.

"Third uncle, our Nan Yi has already made it very clear. It is not convenient today, so please go back."

"Also, I advise you to put away your little thoughts. Our Nan Yi is honest and doesn't like to talk, but it doesn't mean that I, Liang Ladi, am easy to bully."

"We are all neighbors living in the same yard. I don't want to fall out and embarrass everyone." After saying this, Liang Ladi glanced at several neighbors who were hiding behind and eager to try.

Yan Bugui didn't expect that Liang Ladi would not give him any face at all, so he said angrily: "Nan Yi, you are such a coward. You can't even control your own wife. I really look down on you."

Yan Bugui was so angry that he lost his mind. He would never be so shameless in the past, but today he was determined to come to Nan Yi's house and eat for free.

Liang Ladi was so angry that she laughed: "Yan Laokou, you are so shameless at your age."

"As for our Nan Yi, it's not your turn to point fingers as an outsider."

"You are a cultured person after all. I always thought that you were better than Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, but it turns out you are like this."

"Don't you want to have a drink with our Nan Yi? Today I, Liang Ladi, will give you this opportunity."

After saying that, Liang Ladi turned around and went back to the house. Just when Yan Bugui and the neighbors were puzzled, Liang Ladi came back with a small bowl.

Inside was just half a bowl of aged vinegar and a slightly rusty iron nail.

Liang Ladi said with a smile: "Everyone knows that our Nan Yi has a low alcohol tolerance, so today I will drink a little on his behalf with the third uncle."

"Yan Laokou, hurry up and bring the wine over. What are you standing there for?"

Although Yan Bugui didn't quite understand what Liang Ladi meant, he still said shamelessly: "You can drink it for Nan Yi, but you have to let me come in and sit at the table."

Liang Ladi waved her hand: "Why put it on the table? Let's use this iron nail to dip in vinegar and drink wine today. Let me see how much alcohol you, Mr. Yan, can hold."

After hearing what Liang Ladi said, Yan Bugui's face turned purple with anger. It seems that you have been making a fool of me after talking for so long.

It's thanks to you that you can think of dipping the iron nail in vinegar. You simply don't take me, your uncle, seriously at all.

Yan Bugui snorted coldly, turned around angrily and walked quickly towards the front yard.

Liang Ladi handed the bowl to Nan Yi, and then shouted loudly: "You want to come to our house to eat and drink for free, but you don't even ask who I am, Liang Ladi?"

Nan Yi hurriedly pulled Liang Ladi into the house, then said with a smile: "Wife, it has to be you, otherwise I don’t know what to do today."

Liang Ladi poked Nan Yi's head with her finger and said angrily: "You are too honest. If you had half of my intelligence, you wouldn't be so cowardly."

Nan Yi hurriedly said in a flattering manner: "Yes, yes, let's eat quickly. You see the children can't wait."

When the other neighbors saw that Yan Bugui didn't get any advantage, they could only leave in disappointment.

After Yan Bugui returned home, he sat on a chair and sulked, muttering over and over again: "How ridiculous, how ridiculous!"

The third aunt, Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi also knew that Yan Bugui definitely did not get any advantage, otherwise it would not be like this.

Yan Bugui kept talking to himself for more than ten minutes. Finally, the third aunt said impatiently: "Stop mumbling. It's just these two sentences over and over again. Aren't you annoyed?"

"Do you really think Nan Yi and his wife are fools? I didn't let you go just now, and what happened now?"

Seeing that the third aunt did not speak up for him, Yan Bugui said angrily: "This Nan Yi is a coward and an ungrateful person. He can't even take care of his own wife. What else can he do?"

"I used to think this guy was a good person, but now his conscience has been eaten by a dog."

Third Aunt: "Old Yan, I think you are really confused because of anger. What favors have you done to Nan Yi? At best, we are just neighbors living in the same yard."

Yan Bugui said with confidence: "When we had a good relationship before, we drank together a lot."

The third aunt interrupted and said, "Forget it. It's He Daqing and Sha Zhu who pay for the meals every time. What does this have to do with you?"

"Old Yan, you still think you are the boss of the hospital, but now no one in the hospital cares about these things."

"Let's just live our own lives honestly."

After hearing the rebuttal from the third aunt, Yan Bugui knew that he was in the wrong, but then he had another plan in his mind.

Thinking of this, Yan Bugui stood up and walked quickly to the backyard. The third aunt knew that she couldn't persuade him, so she had to let things take their course.

Yan Bugui came to the backyard and knocked on Liu Haizhong's door.

At this time, Liu Haizhong and the second aunt were sitting on the kang pasting matchboxes. A few days ago, Director Wang from the Street Office saw that their family was really pitiful and found a job for the couple to supplement their family income.

At first Liu Haizhong was reluctant to do it. He used to be a seventh-level blacksmith in the factory. How could he fall to the point of pasting matchboxes for a living?

But after being persuaded by Second Aunt and Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong finally chose to compromise. In fact, he knew in his heart that it was all his own fault that things turned out like this.