The Dog King of Siheyuan Tears and Rebirth

In Yi Zhonghai's family, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Although Yi Zhonghai can't make any money now, he still has some savings. The couple also bought two taels of meat to make dumplings.

Looking at Yi Zhonghai who was in a daze and looked unhappy, Li Xuelian said, "Old Yi, eat. We are not bad either. Except that we cannot compare to the three families in the backyard, the other families are almost the same. Some families can't even afford dumplings!"

"I know, but I just feel uncomfortable. When will this end? I work for the street office every day, but I don't get paid. What should I do in the future? And I want to sell this house, but no one wants it. Isn't it infuriating?" Yi Zhonghai said.

"Take your time. Life is hard for everyone right now. How can we afford to buy a house?"

"I know, but we are not young anymore. Alas! We haven't calculated anything. I'm so anxious! We can't go on like this. How can we live when we are old and have nothing?" Yi Zhonghai said distressedly.

"Don't worry, just live one day at a time! Some people can't even afford to eat! Take your time, life will get better slowly." Li Xuelian consoled, "Eat quickly, the dumplings will get cold soon."

After hearing his wife's comfort, Yi Zhonghai could only lower his head and start eating.

The Yan family was even poorer than the Jia family. The Jia family had fried cabbage, but the Yan family only had a plate of pickles and a plate of pickled radishes, and then a steamed bun for each person.

"Come on, each of you take one steamed bread, take it first, and I'll share the vegetables with you."

As he spoke, Yan Fugui picked up his chopsticks and started digging into everyone's bowls.

"Dad, it's New Year's Day and you don't prepare anything better. It's fine if there's no meat, but why don't you make some vegetarian dumplings? Is it still New Year's Day if we don't eat dumplings?" Yan Jiecheng said.

"I still want to have delicious food! That has to be given to me. Don't you know how much money you paid this month? If you don't know, let me remind you. One dollar and fifty cents, one dollar and fifty cents, okay?" Yan Fugui said.

"You can't blame me for that! I just went to look for work in the afternoon when I had nothing to do. It's only two cents for an afternoon, and I get this every day. What can I do?" Yan Jiecheng muttered.

"You're talking nonsense. Look how the two younger ones have no objections? Let me tell you, our family is in such a condition now. There are people out there who can't even get enough to eat. Be content! Things will be better when you're relieved of your duties and get a job next year." Yan Fugui said.

Yan Jiekuang, who was standing nearby, heard this and immediately agreed, "Yes, I will start working in a few months, and I will treat my family to a meal then."

But in my heart, I complained, "When I graduate, I will learn from my second brother. Two grown men, one by one, are plotting against me."

"You're ambitious. Well done. Here, I'll give you some more radish strips today." Yan Fugui said with a smile, and as he spoke, he actually scratched and put some more radish strips into Yan Jiekuang's bowl.

"Eat quickly, and go to bed early after you're full. Sleeping will keep you from feeling hungry! Also, drink less water. Going to the toilet frequently will make you feel hungry." Yang Ruihua said.

On the other side, the Liu family, unlike the Jia, Yi and Yan families, had three meat dishes and one vegetable dish on the table, as well as an egg drop soup, and no one had a full bowl of dumplings.

"Dad, we had a great New Year. Apart from Brother Zhuzi's family, our family was the first in the compound." Liu Guangtian said with a smile.

"That's right, what kind of family are we?" Liu Haizhong said proudly, "I am the team leader, and with the three of you, there are four employees in our family now, how can it be bad?"

"That's right, Dad. Next year I will find a wife who has a job like my sister-in-law. Then our family will have five employees, don't you think?" Liu Guangfu said with a smile.

"Well, that's good. Keep working hard. Now I'm a well-known figure in the steel mill. It shouldn't be difficult for you to find a wife. Hurry up." Liu Haizhong said.

"Oh, I feel happy just thinking about it. I'm going to be a 50-year-old employee soon. It's great. I couldn't even think about it before." Auntie Chen said with a smile.

"Are you happy? I'm just afraid that people will say that I can't afford to support a wife, otherwise even you and I can get into the factory." Liu Haizhong boasted.

"I know how powerful the boss is." The aunt complimented.

"That's right. There is one more thing. When you see Zhuzi kids tomorrow, you have to give them some New Year's money. Don't be stingy. Give two yuan to each of them. You should do the same thing during the day. You have to know how to curry favor with people, okay?" Liu Haizhong said.

He has now tasted the sweetness of having a good relationship with He Yuzhu. If he hadn't sent him off, would he have been able to become the team leader? Now, all the directors, big and small, have to give him face when they see him.

The scene returns to the He family. Because there were so many people, there was not a single drop of the sumptuous food left on the table, and everyone was almost bursting with food.

After the meal, Master's wife said, "Zhu Zi, Xi'er is sleepy. Look at her eyelids, they are drooping. I will take her to bed first and I won't help to clean up."

"Master's wife, you go ahead. We have a lot of people here!" He Yuzhu said.

"Okay then, Lao Peng, you can go too. Let's go back and rest."

"Okay, Zhuzi, I'll leave first. I have to go to work tomorrow!" Peng Wangkun also said.

After Master and his wife left, everyone helped to clean up, and soon, everything was cleaned up.

After cleaning up, Xu Damao said, "He Yuzhu, I'm leaving first! I'm going to bring food to Qiu Ye and the others. It's New Year's Day, and I don't think they have much to eat."

"Okay, go ahead. I'll take the bottle to Master's wife. I forgot to take it when I left." After saying that, he looked at the old lady and said, "Grandma, let's go. I'll take you there."

"Okay, okay, old lady, I'm sleepy too."

Soon, the three of them arrived at the middle courtyard. After arriving at the middle courtyard, they saw in the darkness that the master's wife was talking to two small black shadows at the door!

So He Yuzhu hurried over and asked, "Master's wife, what's going on? Who are you talking to?"

"Hey, the two kids from the house opposite are staying here and refusing to leave. They keep saying they are hungry and asking me for food." The master's wife said helplessly.

After hearing what the mistress said, He Yuzhu looked over carefully. They were the two ungrateful people from the Jia family! Seeing the two ungrateful people, even though they were children, He Yuzhu showed no mercy. He knew that the people of the Jia family were corrupt from the root, so he shouted, "Get out! It's New Year's Day, what are you doing? Go outside to beg for food? If you are really hungry, go to the toilet outside to find food. Anyway, the whole family has the surname Shi, so it doesn't matter if there are two more. Get out now."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, the two little ones were so scared that they trembled. They immediately turned around and ran away, crying as they ran.

"Hehe, Master's Wife, you must have provoked them, otherwise this wouldn't have happened." Xu Damao said with a smile.

"No?" Master's wife asked in confusion, "How did I offend them? I just felt sorry for them, so I gave them some leftover steamed buns every day a few days ago."

"Hahaha, Master's Wife, you are asking for trouble. You are stuck with two mangy dogs. You can give to others, but how can you give to those two mangy dogs?" Xu Damao said with a smile.

"Master's wife, what's going on?" He Yuzhu asked.

"This... A few days ago, after dinner, I went out to the toilet, and saw two children standing in the middle of the yard. They were pale and thin, and they looked at me pitifully. They looked so pitiful, and I thought that even if we adults have conflicts, the children should not be involved! So I softened my heart and gave them half a steamed bun left over from lunch. As a result, they came to me every day, and I gave them some. Today they came to me again, but there was no food in my room! So, they refused to leave." The master's wife explained.