Siheyuan: Smiling at the Birds

Yan Bugui laughed and said, "Tianyou, after class this afternoon, I went directly to the Ding family. Doctor Ding was very happy to hear that we would meet tomorrow. I also met Doctor Ding's daughter this afternoon. She is very beautiful, quiet and elegant."

After hearing this, Li Tianyou took out a cigarette and handed it to Yan Bugui, saying, "Third Uncle, do you mean that the Ding family has agreed?"

As Li Tianyou spoke, he also helped Yan Bugui light his cigarette.

Yan Bugui took a puff of his cigarette and said with a smile: "Of course the Ding family agreed. Tianyou, you didn't see that Doctor Ding was grinning from ear to ear at that time."

Is Li Tianyou looking forward to Ding Qiunan? No, Li Tianyou just wants to open the system mall as soon as possible. After all, it is the system that allows him to find a heroine as soon as possible. He has just come to this world, and for Li Tianyou, whose cognition is still in the 21st century, he is somewhat out of tune with this era.

I cannot understand the era of the big pot. After all, in later generations, people can live next door to each other for more than ten years without even recognizing each other.

Li Tianyou and Yan Bugui confirmed the meeting time for tomorrow at noon. Yan Bugui left with a smile, holding the half pack of Zhonghua cigarettes given by Li Tianyou.

Seeing Yan Bugui leaving Li Tianyou's house, the second aunt said, "Old Liu, Yan Laokou left Section Chief Li's house."

After hearing what the second aunt said, the second uncle Liu Haizhong also walked to the window and looked, and said, "This old man Yan has a very good nose."

The second aunt said, "Old Liu, you said that Section Chief Li has invited Old Yan to dinner for two days in a row. What exactly are they discussing?"

Liu Haizhong frowned: "Anyway, it's not a good thing. Look, Xu Damao is knocking on the door again."

Time goes back to the time when Yan Bugui left Li Tianyou's house.

At Xu Damao's house, Lou Xiao'e said, "Damo, the third uncle is gone."

Xu Damao looked at Yan Bugui who had already walked to the middle courtyard and said, "Come on, Ezi, let's go to Chief Li's house."

As they were talking, Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e arrived at the door of Li Tianyou's house.

Bang, bang, bang

Li Tianyou opened the door and saw that it was Xu Damao and his wife, and he smiled and said, "Da Mao and Xiao'e, come in quickly."

After Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e were welcomed into the house by Li Tianyou, Xu Damao smiled and said, "Chief Li, you did a great job today. You drove away Jia Zhangshi and slapped the face of the great master Yi Zhonghai."

Lou Xiao'e also smiled and said, "Chief Li, has Jia Zhang really been driven away? She can no longer stay in our hospital?"

Before Li Tianyou could say anything, Xu Damao said, "Director Wang from the Subdistrict Office has already said that Jia Zhang's eligibility to stay here has been revoked. How could it be false?"

Li Tianyou also nodded and smiled: "I didn't intend to drive Jia Zhang away, but she is too mean."

Li Tianyou didn't want to listen to Jia Zhang cursing him every time he returned home. He didn't have any masochistic tendencies.

Lou Xiao'e said, "Chief Li, where is Bang Geng? Should we ask Damao and Widow Qin to go to the police station to pick him up tomorrow?"

Li Tianyou nodded and said, "Bring the child back. The child has been corrupted by Jia Zhang. As the saying goes, a child's character can be seen from his age. It is unlikely that he will be well educated now."

Xu Damao frowned and said, "Then I won't go with Widow Qin to pick him up tomorrow, and I won't write any letter of understanding."

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "No need. Although the matter of a chicken may leave a little stain on him, it won't hurt him too much. I asked the police station to take Banggeng away today to let him know that there are still people in this courtyard who can scare him. I don't want my house to be in chaos when I get home from get off work."

Lou Xiao'e understood what Li Tianyou meant and said, "Chief Li, do you mean that Banggeng stealing the chicken is just an excuse to drive Jia Zhang away?"

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Sister-in-law is really smart. I deliberately angered Jia Zhang and ignored her today, waiting for Jia Zhang to jump into the fire pit without knowing it."

As he spoke, Li Tianyou poured two cups of tea for Xu Damao and his wife respectively, and also took out some milk candy and some canned fruit.

Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e were both amazed. They didn't understand why Li Tianyou had so many good things at home.

Li Tianyou said: "These were given to me by my relatives. I don't like them very much. You two can try them." Then he opened two cans of yellow peaches.

Lou Xiao'e took the can of yellow peaches that Li Tianyou had opened, carefully picked up a piece with a fork, took a bite, and hummed in surprise. She said like a little girl, "Chief Li, this can of yellow peaches is really delicious. I haven't eaten canned fruit for a long time."

Xu Damao also picked up a large piece and put it in his mouth and said, "Mm, it's really sweet, but a little cold."

Li Tianyou said: "The disaster this year was severe, and supplies were in short supply everywhere. People in many places had eaten up all the tree bark and grass roots. Before I retired, I went to a place that was severely affected by the disaster, and all the tree bark within a radius of ten miles had been eaten up by the local victims."

These are what Li Tianyou saw when he received his memories. As a soldier, Li Tianyou also went to the front line for disaster relief. He was injured because the victims rioted and were attacked on the way to deliver food.

Why were they attacked? Wasn’t it because the local people were starving?

Xu Damao said, "Chief Li, is it that serious?"

Lou Xiao'e also nodded and asked, "Yes, is it that serious?"

Li Tianyou said seriously: "Remove the word 'ma'. Of course it is that serious. I only saw part of it. Many places are more serious than what I said, but you just don't know it."

Xu Damao said, "I've never seen anything like what you're talking about happen when I've shown movies in the countryside."

Lou Xiao'e looked at Li Tianyou after hearing this. Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Nonsense, who would let you go to show a movie when you are almost starving to death? The place you are going to is the countryside, not a disaster area."

Lou Xiao'e sniffed and said, "Yeah, I'm almost starving to death, who wants to watch a movie?"

Li Tianyou also said: "Now do you know how happy it is to be able to eat steamed bread and drink cornmeal porridge in the old city?"

Xu Damao said: "Section Chief Li is really well-informed."

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Didn't the ancients often say that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand miles? Read more, walk more, broaden your horizons, and enrich your knowledge. Our country is also vast and rich in resources. Just like the current temporary difficulties are only temporary, as long as we overcome the current difficulties, then we will definitely usher in a good time."

Xu Damao said: "With cadres like Section Chief Li, the country will definitely get better and better."

Lou Xiao'e was even more nervous when she saw Li Tianyou talking, and she almost yelled, "Section Chief Li is really awesome." But Xu Damao's words calmed her mind, and she just blushed.

Li Tianyou smiled and looked at Xu Damao and asked, "Damo, are you here today just to ask about Jia Zhang's matter?"

In fact, Li Tianyou is still a little anxious now, and wants to ask the system why the story line has been advanced.

Xu Damao laughed when he heard this and said, "Chief Li, I just don't understand how you know the chickens at Shazhu's house are not mine."

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "This matter."

Xu Damao nodded and said, "Yes, I still can't figure it out. Chief Li, you didn't even look at the chicken in the casserole at the time, but you knew something was wrong."

Li Tianyou smiled and shook his head, saying, "Da Mao, Sha Zhu is a good person. You should admit this. You have been neighbors for so many years. You must know Sha Zhu's character."

Xu Damao curled his lips and nodded, saying, "He's a nice guy."

Li Tianyou smiled and continued, "Da Mao, do you think a good chef would steal a chicken and stew it at home?"

Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e's eyes lit up when they heard this. Yes, who stole something and showed it off in their own home? Unless he was a fool.

Lou Xiao'e's eyes became brighter as she looked at Li Tianyou. (There is a foreshadowing, don't criticize Zidong for always describing Lou Xiao'e.)

Lou Xiao'e asked, "Then Chief Li, how do you know that it was Jia's Banggeng who stole my chickens?"

Li Tianyou complained in his heart, he saw it from watching TV series, but he couldn't say it.

Li Tianyou thought for a moment and said, "The reason why Sha Zhu was allowed to bear the blame is that, first, he didn't want to admit that he took things from the factory, and second, the person who stole the things must be related to Widow Qin, otherwise Sha Zhu wouldn't be so willing to bear the blame."

Xu Damao seemed to have had a switch turned on, and exclaimed, "Yes, the only family in the courtyard that can make Sha Zhu willingly take the blame is the Jia family."

Lou Xiao'e frowned and said, "Just because of Widow Qin?"

Li Tianyou smiled and nodded, "Yes, it's because of Widow Qin."

Lou Xiao'e hesitated and said, "But I don't think there's anything wrong between Sha Zhu and Widow Qin, even though they seem a little intimate."

Xu Damao laughed and said, "Ezi, you don't know that Shazhu and Widow Qin have always been flirting with each other. Maybe they have something shameful to do?"

Li Tianyou smiled and shook his head in his heart. If Sha Zhu had that ability, he wouldn't have been hung for so many years.

I remember very clearly the scene where Li Tianyou pushed Shazhu down to help Banggeng.

Lou Xiao'e looked at Li Tianyou and asked, "Chief Li, Shazhu and Widow Qin are not really like what Damao said, right?"

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Da Mao, you think too highly of Sha Zhu and underestimate the widow Qin."

Lou Xiao'e asked: "Chief Li, why do you say that?"

Xu Damao also asked: "Yes, Chief Li, why do you say that?"

Li Tianyou thought, forget it, I'll just popularize it to you. I'm free anyway and there's no rush to ask the system.

Li Tianyou looked at Xu Damao and Lou Xiaoe and said with a smile: "Shazhu's level is too low, and Widow Qin's tea art is too high."

Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e were confused and had a lot of questions in their heads.

Li Tianyou knew what he said by looking at their expressions. They couldn't understand, so he explained, "Shazhu is an honest man, while Widow Qin looks pitiful, but she is actually calculating and playing with Shazhu's feelings. She deceives Shazhu with false and contrived ways. You want the lunch box Shazhu brought back, everything in Shazhu's house, as long as Widow Qin opens her mouth, it will all belong to the Jia family."

Lou Xiao'e frowned and said, "I didn't think so at first, but after hearing what Section Chief Li said, it really is true. Widow Qin always looks so weak and always cries for no reason."

Xu Damao also said: "Yes, why didn't I think of it before."

Li Tianyou thought, the understanding of "tea art" in this era is not so clear, of course you don't know it, and people nowadays are more easy-going, without so many fussies like in later generations. In fact, it can be summed up in two words: people nowadays have simpler thoughts.