Comfortable life in Siheyuan

The third aunt returned to the house with her head held high. The third uncle Yan Bugui quickly poured her a glass of water and was very happy.

"You were so awesome today. It was so satisfying to hear you cursing at the door just now!" The third uncle laughed so hard that his eyes narrowed into slits.

"This matter is not over yet. I will go out and help these two families spread the word this afternoon. Do they really think that our family is easy to bully?"

Even without the publicity from the three aunties, the neighbors all knew about this quarrel. The news that Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao had made a lot of money together and kicked out their partner Yan Bugui was widely spread.

Everyone is also curious about how much money these two people earned.

The first person to be curious was none other than Liu Guangqi who lived in the next courtyard. In the evening, Liu Guangqi and his wife came back with ready-made braised dishes and fruits.

Liu Haizhong looked at the two of them with a calm expression, with no intention of getting up.

"Guangqi and his wife are back. Wow! They bought some things?" The second aunt said happily without any hesitation.

"Isn't this National Day? I know you had a good meal at noon, so I specially bought some braised dishes for dinner. It will make our house lively too!" Guangqi's wife was smiling from ear to ear, and the meaning of her flattery was self-evident.

"It's rare that you have such a heart! Call the children over to eat together later! It will be more fun with more people!"

Although Liu Haizhong didn't look very happy, he could see what the two people were thinking.

"Okay, Dad! I'll go back and call them in a minute!" Liu Guangqi said, obviously still having something on his mind. Seeing the couple's hesitant expressions, Liu Haizhong was not in a hurry.

The second aunt took the dishes into the kitchen and started to prepare dinner. Guangqi's wife also went into the kitchen with apples in her hand.

When they both walked into the kitchen, Liu Guangqi also sat down, picked up the kettle and poured some tea for Liu Haizhong.

"Dad, I heard that you and Xu Damao started a company and made a lot of money?" Liu Guangqi couldn't help but asked directly.

Liu Haizhong sneered in his heart. He knew very well what kind of person his son was.

"I earned some money and invested it again. My building materials company has just started!" Liu Haizhong said slowly.

"Dad, why are you working with Xu Damao? You should have come to me for this matter. Am I not more capable than him?"

Liu Guangqi was not humble at all, instead he seemed to be blaming Liu Haizhong.

"Why are you meddling in this? You don't want to work like that anymore! You are a leader now after all, you need to consider everything!"

Liu Haizhong didn't want his son to come to this building materials company right now. He wanted to wait until he had got the company in order and could leave Xu Damao without being affected, before he let Liu Guangqi come.

"That job is meaningless. The salary is so little every month that I have no motivation to work!" Liu Guangqi complained.

"You are so arrogant. Your father has worked for so many years, but his salary is not as high as yours? You are not satisfied!"

Seeing that his father was a bit stubborn, Liu Guangqi thought about it and changed his idea.

"Dad, as a cadre who returned from the third line, the factory has given me priority in allocating housing. I was thinking of adding some money to buy a bigger one. But I don't have enough money, so I want to borrow some from you!" Liu Guangqi lowered his eyes, not daring to look at Liu Haizhong.

Guangqi was simply trying to fool his father. The house had already been decided a few days ago, and he came back just to ask for money.

"I was wondering why you were so kind and even bought some vegetables for me. Are you planning to get some money?"

Liu Haizhong's words were very impolite! The main reason was that Liu Guangqi lived very close by, but he hadn't come back to visit for a long time!

At this time, Guangqi's wife came in with two washed apples and placed them in front of Liu Haizhong with a smile.

"Dad, try these new apples. They are so sweet."

Liu Haizhong didn't hesitate to reach out, picked up the apple and took a bite!

After a while, Liu Haizhong said leisurely, "Your family, living next door, don't even come back to visit. Now that you plan to move to a small building, will you not be able to come back once a year in the future?"

Liu Guangqi heard the warning in his words and quickly assured him, "Dad, the incident with Guangtian some time ago made the yard look very ugly. We were too embarrassed to come back. It's been a while, and we will definitely come back often!"

"Yes, Dad, you are wronging us. My husband and I have been busy with the issue of separate rooms these days. Please don't be angry with us!"

The couple were both shrewd people and they tricked Liu Haizhong into a mess.

Liu Haizhong actually forgave these two people.

"Okay, I get it. Go call the kids over and prepare dinner soon!"

"Oh! Okay! I'll go back and call them now!" Guangqi's wife left quickly.

Liu Guangqi didn't move. He just sat there with a smile on his face and said nice things.

During dinner, Liu Haizhong happily drank a few more glasses, and finally gave Liu Guangqi a thousand yuan in a daze. I wonder if he would regret it when he sobered up the next day!

In the middle courtyard of Jia's house, Qin Huairu was sitting in the room counting today's share of money.

Compared to the past, the amount of gifts given now has increased a bit. Qin Huairu was very happy as she counted the money in the cash box.

More than 20 families in the courtyard gave a total of nearly 200 yuan. All the money for today's banquet was returned, and there was still some money left.

Jia Zhang sat on the bed, her eyes also fixed on the money in Qin Huairu's hand.

"I'm right, right? This money is definitely worth it. I can definitely earn back the money for the wine!"

Qin Huairu was happy for a while, and then she took out an IOU from the cash box. After a closer look, she saw that it was her own fingerprint, an IOU for ten yuan from ten years ago. Qin Huairu couldn't even remember who she had borrowed the money from!

"Sophora japonica, Sophora japonica. Come here!" Qin Huairu shouted anxiously!

"What's wrong? What happened? Is the amount of money wrong?" Jia Zhang also realized that something bad might have happened.

After a while, Huaihua put on her clothes and walked over, looking at Qin Huairu with a puzzled look!

"Mom, I'm almost asleep. Is there anything wrong?" Huaihua rubbed her eyes to try to wake herself up.

"Huaihua, Mom has something to ask you. What's the matter with the IOU in the cash box? How could you accept the IOU?" Qin Huairu asked coldly without a smile on her face!

"I didn't collect the IOUs. Many people didn't give me the money. They just threw it into the box. It's hard for me to stop them!"

"Then how do you remember this account? Without seeing the money, how can you just write down how much you want?" Qin Huairu asked.

"I asked when people gave me the money, so it shouldn't be wrong, right?" Huaihua had no experience in this area. Her family rarely did things, and it was never her turn to collect the money in the past. It was always her sister who did it.

"Who is so wicked? How can you give a gift and an IOU at the same time?" Jia Zhang said angrily.

"What can you do with this? You can't even collect money. What's the point!" Qin Huairu tapped Huaihua's forehead with her finger and said with some regret.

In fact, this money was a gift from He Daqing. He alone gave five dollars as a gift, and another five dollars was charged to Zhuzitou.

Originally, he didn't want to come over for this dinner, but when he was cleaning up his house a while ago, he accidentally found an IOU.

Today, he happened to be following Liu Qingshan and his son to pay his share, so he quickly threw the IOU in!