Siheyuan: The happy life of a little chef

After Liu Lan finished cleaning up, she packed the remaining vegetables into two large boxes, enough for their family to eat for two days.

Li Jianjun helped Xu Damao to the back seat. Xu Damao drank too much, but he was not completely drunk. He held Li Jianjun's waist all the way home. He vomited as soon as he got out of the car at the gate of the courtyard. It was so miserable.

The gates of the courtyards are all closed. It's eight o'clock now and everyone who needs to sleep has gone to bed.

After knocking on the door, the third uncle came out with his clothes on: "I know you haven't come back, I've been waiting for you. Damao is drunk, come, let me hold you up."

After closing the door, the third uncle and Li Jianjun helped Xu Damao back to the backyard. As soon as he entered the backyard, Liu Haizhong came up to him and said, "Wow, how much did you drink?"

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui helped Xu Damao back to the house. Li Jianjun parked his bicycle at the door and came over.

He greeted Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui: "Thank you, Uncle Second and Uncle Third. It would be inconvenient for me to do it alone." Then he took out a cigarette from his pocket. It was given to him by Li Huaide at the table. A man may not smoke, but he must have cigarettes in his pocket.

Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui were both surprised when they took the cigarettes. When they saw the words "special supply", they couldn't bear to smoke it and put it on their ears.

Li Huaide got the cigarettes from his father-in-law, so he gave two packs to Li Jianjun.

"Second uncle, third uncle, why don't we go back? I also drank some wine, and now I'm feeling sleepy." Li Jianjun rubbed his eyes. He would feel sleepy as soon as he drank. A little bit was fine, but a lot would make his eyelids droop.

The second uncle spoke first, "You are sleepy, go back first, and the third uncle should go back as well. This is the backyard, and it should be my responsibility as the second uncle. I will give Damao some water and then go back to sleep."

Li Jianjun didn't think much about it. He was so sleepy that he went back directly. The third uncle glanced at the second uncle and went back without saying anything. The third uncle knew that things were not that simple. He knew very well who Liu Haizhong was. How could he take care of Xu Damao? But he didn't care about his own business.

After the two men left, the second uncle closed the door, walked over to Xu Damao and shook him: "Da Mao, who did you drink with tonight? Why did you drink so much?"

Xu Damao was not completely drunk. He felt as if he was floating in the air. He wanted to speak, but found that he could not because his throat was too dry.

Liu Haizhong also noticed it, so he walked to the table, poured a bowl of water for Xu Damao, and made Xu Damao drink it regardless of whether it was cold or not.

Xu Damao choked him and kept coughing, but he was able to speak. "I'm telling you, Uncle, I went to drink with other leaders with Deputy Director Li." Xu Damao spoke weakly, tremblingly and intermittently, and Liu Haizhong understood.

But he couldn’t figure out how he got in touch with Deputy Director Li. Was it because of Li Jianjun?

Liu Haizhong patted Xu Damao on the shoulder and said, "Da Mao, who took you to drink with Deputy Director Li? Deputy Director Li doesn't seem to know you either."

Xu Damao closed his eyes and seemed to be talking to himself: "My brother is the nephew of Director Li. He recommended me to go there."

Liu Haizhong understood. It turned out that Li Jianjun was Li Huaide's nephew. No wonder he was given a house as soon as he arrived and could afford a bicycle. This explained it all.

Liu Haizhong wanted to ask something else, but Xu Damao had already started snoring. There was nothing he could do, so Liu Haizhong covered Xu Damao with a quilt, turned off the light, closed the door, and went back.

Liu Haizhong thought a lot while lying on the bed. With Li Jianjun's background, he would definitely not be afraid of Yi Zhonghai and others. He must get close to him. In this way, he would have a backer both in the hospital and in the factory. Maybe he could get an official position with this relationship.

Now thinking back, I realized that I didn't approach him at the first moment, which gave Xu Damao an advantage. Liu Haizhong slapped me in the face, and I regretted it so much.

This slap woke up the sleeping Second Aunt, who thought there was a thief in the house. She found out that it was Second Uncle who slapped himself and said angrily, "You are not sleeping at night and slapping me for fun. It's really scary."

The second uncle was worried: "What do you know, you woman? Just go to sleep."

The second uncle didn't know when he fell asleep, but the first thing he did after waking up was to go to Li Jianjun's house and wait for him to wake up so that he could tell Li Jianjun what he had guessed yesterday. This is called a token of allegiance.

Li Jianjun woke up and checked the time. He signed in and got up. As soon as he opened the door, he saw a burly figure blocking the door. He was startled. After calming down, he realized it was Liu Haizhong: "Uncle, you are standing at my door so early in the morning. I was shocked."

Liu Haizhong smiled awkwardly: "Jianjun, I have something to talk to you about. I found that you haven't woken up yet, but I don't have the heart to disturb your sleep, so I'm waiting here."

Li Jianjun was a little confused as to what Liu Haizhong wanted to talk to him about so early in the morning: "Okay, second uncle, come in and tell me." Li Jianjun let Liu Haizhong in.

Liu Haizhong walked in and looked outside, and found that no one closed the door carefully. People would have thought that Liu Haizhong was meeting with enemy spies.

Liu Haizhong walked up to Li Jianjun and whispered, "Jianjun, you have to be careful recently. I noticed that Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu have been whispering recently. It seems that they are talking about you. I don't think they have any good intentions. I'm afraid they will deal with you."

Li Jianjun was speechless. There was no conflict. Why did he always want to go with me? "Thank you for your reminder, Uncle Er. But I haven't done anything illegal, so I'm not afraid of anything."

Liu Haizhong was anxious: "Jianjun, you can't say that. Isn't there an old saying? You can't be without a heart."

Li Jianjun smiled: "Second uncle, you should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others."

Liu Haizhong suddenly realized: "Yes, yes, that's right. You should be more careful and don't let others plot against you."

Li Jianjun was quite touched. He had been waiting this early in the morning to remind himself to be careful of Yi Zhonghai and the others. "I understand, Uncle. I feel relieved now. Thank you."

Liu Haizhong waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm the boss of the backyard, and this is what I should do. If you have any good things in the future, think of me. Hehe, I'm leaving."

As Liu Haizhong walked out, Li Jianjun was confused. Did he know about helping the third uncle sell fish? It was nothing to know, it was just a normal purchase.

He ignored it and went out to wash up. When he came back, he happened to meet Xu Damao opening the door. He just greeted Xu Damao and Xu Damao replied. Li Jianjun found that the voice was not right and asked what was going on.

Xu Damao didn't know either: "Maybe I caught a cold and my throat is hoarse. It's okay. I'll go to the infirmary and get two pills. I'll be fine after taking them."

If Xu Damao knew that his throat was sore because of the cold water poured down his throat by the Second Uncle, he would probably have a fight with the Second Uncle.

The weather was cold, so it was normal to catch a cold. Li Jianjun didn't care. He pushed his bicycle and waited for Xu Damao at the door. The two of them went to work together.