Siheyuan: Smiling at the Birds

Li Tianyou was speechless when he saw the naive Su Shiyu. Gao Meiyu also covered her forehead with her hands and sighed, thinking that this girl was hopeless.

Qin Huairu sat alone in the main hall of the east courtyard, drinking spiritual tea and looking at the cup in her hand, which was the water cup that Li Tianyou often used.

I kept thinking to myself that Li Tianyou would be back tomorrow.

Qin Huairu had been feeling very uneasy this week. She had gotten used to having Li Tianyou around, and suddenly he was gone. Qin Huairu always felt empty inside.

Sha Zhu smiles all day long and looks happy whenever he sees anyone.

Ever since Jia Zhang, Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old lady, and Liu Haizhong disappeared from the courtyard, life in the courtyard has been very dull.

No more, those so-called messes. Ever since Sha Zhu married Ran Qiuye, the person he is most grateful to is Li Tianyou. If it weren't for Li Tianyou, he would still be schemed by Yi Zhonghai and couldn't even find a wife.

Ever since Li Tianyou came to the yard, Sha Zhu felt that his three views had become more positive than before.

The neighbors in the courtyard have become more harmonious. Sha Zhu has always been the kind of person who likes to show off. Since he had Ran Qiuye, Sha Zhu has become much more easy-going in this living environment.

Steel rolling mill, Director Yang’s office.

"Director Yang, you have to help me this time no matter what! Our machine repair factory is having trouble making ends meet after the New Year, and the workers are all in a bad mood. I really have no other choice.

I also went to many pigeon markets, but they were really expensive and I couldn’t buy any at all.” A middle-aged man with glasses cried to Director Yang.

Director Yang sighed and said, "Old Liu, I understand how you feel now, but Section Chief Li is really not at the steel mill. Section Chief Li has been sent on a business trip by his superiors. I really don't know when he will be back."

The person who came to cry to Director Yang was the director of the machine repair factory in our other drama, Liu Feng.

Liu Feng was also forced into a desperate situation. The machine repair factory had more than 3,000 employees, and their purchasing department did not have someone like Li Tianyou.

So, life in their factory was very hard, very hard. Because of the general environment, the original machine repair factory still had two meals a day in the morning and noon.

Now there is only one meal at noon, and many workers do not have enough to eat. If the factory workers are in this situation, you can imagine the situation for the workers' families, who are even more hungry.

Many workers took their lunch rations home to feed their families. This vicious cycle resulted in the workers not having enough to eat, and some even fainted from hunger.

In particular, a safety accident occurred, which made Liu Feng, the factory director, extremely anxious.

Finally, he made up his mind and risked his reputation by running to the Third Steel Rolling Mill early this morning, not for anything else, just to see Li Tianyou.

He hoped to buy unplanned supplies from Li Tianyou, but when Liu Feng arrived at the steel rolling mill, he was told by the security department that Section Chief Li was not there and had been on a business trip for almost a week.

At first Liu Feng didn't believe it, fearing that it was just an excuse made by Li Tianyou to avoid trouble, so he ran to Director Yang's office. Unexpectedly, Li Tianyou was really on a business trip.

Liu Feng felt helpless, but even more anxious. He was worried that the workers would not have enough to eat again. He felt useless in his heart. He couldn't even feed the workers. He, as a factory director, was really a waste.

Looking at the decadent Liu Feng, Director Yang also felt a little sympathy. If it weren't for Li Tianyou, he would probably be like Liu Feng, begging for supplies everywhere.

Director Yang looked at Liu Feng and said, "Old Liu, Tianyou should be back tomorrow, but he won't come to the factory right away. He should report his work to the higher-ups, and then come back to work the day after tomorrow. If you really want to see Tianyou, come over the day after tomorrow."

Liu Feng originally wanted to ask if he could lend some of the existing materials in the steel rolling mill to their machine repair factory, but in the end he did not open his mouth.

After all, in this day and age, if Director Yang just lent the supplies to him, not to mention whether Li Tianyou was willing or not, the workers in the factory would not be willing.

Although Li Tianyou brought supplies back to them once a week, it was still not enough for a factory with tens of thousands of workers. How could they possibly lend them out?

Seeing that there was no result, Liu Feng closed his eyes, sighed and said, "Director Yang, I will come back the day after tomorrow, and please help me put in a good word with Section Chief Li."

Director Yang nodded and said: "Old Liu, I can't guarantee it to you. If Tianyou sends it to your factory, then those No. 2 National Cotton Mill and others will come to Tianyou. What should we do?

So, Lao Liu, this matter still depends on you, whether you can impress Tianyou. "

Liu Feng understood that Director Yang didn't want to help at all! But think about it, there are so many factories, even if Director Yang helps, Li Tianyou can't help everywhere.

Liu Feng nodded and said, "As long as Director Yang can tell Section Chief Li in advance, I will ask Section Chief Li for the rest."

After talking with Director Yang, Liu Feng left the steel mill with a pale face.

However, Liu Feng quickly cheered up. Although he came at an unfortunate time and did not see Li Tianyou, knowing the specific time of Li Tianyou's return was also a gain.

Next time I come, I will definitely impress Li Tianyou and ask him to bring some supplies to our machine repair factory.

After the Chinese New Year, Ding Qiunan, who had just arrived at the machine repair factory, sat in his consulting room, looking at the boiled cabbage leaves and a steamed bun in his lunch box.

I sighed in my heart, with only a few leaves and a steamed bun, how long will it take to endure this?

Ding Qiunan is now full of regret. If she had not made those requests to Li Tianyou at that time, but married Li Tianyou directly, she would be working in the steel rolling mill's medical room now.

Ever since Ding Qiunan came to the machine repair factory and felt his own working environment, he felt extremely regretful. It turned out that what his parents said was true.

It was all my fault that I was too willful at that time and missed the perfect marriage partner, Li Tianyou.

But it was useless to regret now, because Li Tianyou was already married. Ding Qiunan made inquiries from various sources and found out that Li Tianyou married the daughter of the Public Security Bureau Chief of Sijiu City.

What could I compare with Gao Meiyu? It was said that Gao Meiyu was very beautiful, even more beautiful than me. I couldn't compare with her in appearance, and my family was even more inferior.

Whenever he thought of this, Ding Qiunan would smile bitterly.

Ding Qiunan wanted to slap herself now. What did she do at that time? She actually missed Li Tianyou.

Just when Ding Qiunan was stunned, someone knocked on the door of the infirmary.

When Ding Qiunan heard the knock on the door, she quickly wiped the tears from her face and said, "Come in."

When I saw the person coming, I saw that he had a slightly bald head and a strange appearance. In short, I had the feeling that I should not talk to strangers.

The visitor also laughed when he saw Ding Qiunan and said, "Doctor Ding, are you eating?"

Ding Qiunan looked at the visitor and asked helplessly: "Master Nan Yi, are you feeling unwell?"

Nan Yi smiled and took out a lunch box from his arms and said: "Doctor Ding, this is the soup I made specially for you, please have some! Eating these useless foods all day long." As he spoke, he pointed to the food on Ding Qiunan's table.

Ding Qiunan frowned and said, "Master Nan Yi, you should take the soup back! I can eat this."

Upon hearing this, Nan Yi hurriedly said: "Doctor Ding, drink it while it's hot! I have worked so hard to collect these ingredients, don't waste them." After saying that, he ran out of the infirmary without waiting for Ding Qiunan to speak.

Ding Qiunan felt helpless as he watched Nan Yi running away. Not only was he ugly, but he was also so timid.

Ding Qiunan opened the lunch box that Nan Yi brought over, and took a smell. It was indeed very fragrant.

I just drank the soup and ate the steamed bread.

At this time, Liang Ladi was in the workshop of the machine repair factory, looking at the lunch box in her hand and the four hungry children at home.

Just these few vegetable leaves and a steamed bun made me feel bitter.

At this time, Liang Ladi really wanted to find a man to rely on who could provide her with food and clothing.

But with four burdens to carry with him, who would be willing to be the scapegoat?

Don't be impatient, Nan Yi will soon become the scapegoat.

Time soon came to night.

Qin Huairu brought her child and Gao to eat in the middle courtyard. Gao looked at Qin Huairu and asked, "Huairu, do you go to Section Chief Li's house to clean for him every day?"

Qin Huairu put down her chopsticks and said, "Aunt Gao, when Xiaoyu went to Xiangjiang, she gave me the key to the East Courtyard and told me that if I had time, I could help open the windows to ventilate the room and water the flowers planted by Section Chief Li.

I go there occasionally, so it’s not too tiring. After all, Section Chief Li and Xiaoyu help me a lot.”

Gao nodded and said, "Section Chief Li and his wife are indeed good people."

Qin Huairu saw that Gao was thinking about Yi Zhonghai, and comforted her: "Aunt Gao, Section Chief Li and Xiaoyu are good people. They are always right about the matter, not the person. So, don't be sad because of what happened to Master Zhonghai."

After hearing what Qin Huairu said, Gao wiped the tears from her eyes and said with a forced smile: "It's okay, let's not talk about him, let's eat, eat."

Banggeng took a sip of porridge and said, "Mom, Grandma Gao, why is Section Chief Li always running outside? Is he not going to live in our courtyard anymore?"

Qin Huairu looked at Bang Geng and said, "Eat your meal well. That's Section Chief Li's business. It has nothing to do with us. Don't say anything nonsense. Got it?"

Banggeng curled his lips, but Xiaodang said, "Mom, when will Aunt Gao come back? Xiaodang misses her."

Qin Huairu looked at Xiaodang and smiled: "Xiaodang, are you missing your Aunt Gao's candy?"

When Xiao Huaihua heard about the milk candy, she quickly said, "Huaihua also wants to eat milk candy."

Qin Huairu looked at her two daughters and smiled: "Okay, Chief Li and your Aunt Gao should be back tomorrow, then you can go to your Aunt Gao to ask for candy, got it?"

Upon hearing this, Xiaodang and Huaihua put down their chopsticks and clapped excitedly.

Qin Huairu smiled with relief as she watched this scene.

Only Bang Geng was frowning in his heart.

(Zidong explained earlier that the book was written around film and television dramas, but this is actually incorrect. The book borrowed the plots and characters of film and television dramas.

Zidong rewrote the characters and plot based on his own understanding of the film. Although many of the timelines don't match, Zidong wanted to describe the plots of many movies and TV series, so I hope everyone understands.)