Siheyuan: Smiling at the Birds

Time flies, and just a few days pass in a flash.

Today is Friday. Li Tianyou is sitting in his office, and Qin Huairu is sitting next to him.

The two were chatting enthusiastically, and just when the heat was gradually reaching its climax, the phone in Li Tianyou's office rang.

Li Tianyou frowned, but still answered the phone, while Qin Huairu sneaked under the desk.

Li Tianyou picked up the phone and said, "Hello."

A voice came from the other end of the phone: "Excuse me, are you Li Tianyou, Section Chief Li?"

Li Tianyou frowned and said, "I am Li Tianyou, may I ask who is looking for me?"

A voice came over the phone: "Hello, Chief Li, I am the secretary of the Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Magic City, my last name is Zhang."

Li Tianyou understood who it was, and said with a smile: "Hello, Secretary Zhang, what is the matter with you calling me?"

Secretary Zhang laughed and said, "Chief Li, it's our Secretary Guo who wants to see you. Please wait a moment."

Li Tianyou waited for about 10 seconds, and then a middle-aged man's voice came over the phone, with a hint of excitement in his voice: "Is that Tianyou?"

Hearing this, Li Tianyou stroked Qin Huairu's hair and said, "Secretary Guo, it's me, Li Tianyou."

Guo Weimin paused and said, "Tianyou, what is your mother's name?"

Li Tianyou quickly replied: "My mother's name is Guo Shuying."

Guo Weimin's voice trembled as he said, "Tianyou, child, I am your uncle, your real uncle."

Li Tianyou was speechless after hearing this, not knowing how to respond, but Guo Weimin continued: "Child, I have been looking for you so hard! When I heard that my sister gave birth to a child, I have been looking for you until a few days ago, when I found you. Child, don't blame your uncle."

Li Tianyou sighed and said, "Actually, when Secretary Zhang said your last name was Guo, I was wondering if it was related to my mother. I didn't expect that you were actually my uncle."

Guo Weimin laughed and said, "Tianyou, I was looking for you at that time, but I didn't expect you to follow Zhang Fuwang. Later, I heard that you recognized him as your grandfather. When your uncle first found out, he was shocked."

Li Tianyou smiled and said: "Uncle, this is all the blessing my parents left me."

Guo Weimin was stunned for a moment when he heard Li Tianyou calling him uncle, and then he said in a trembling voice: "Child, call me uncle again."

Li Tianyou took a deep breath and shouted into the phone: "Uncle."

Guo Weimin said excitedly: "Alas, child, you have suffered so much over the years!"

Li Tianyou shook his head and said, "Uncle, I have lived a good life in the past few years. After my parents died, I lived with my grandfather for a few years. Later, my grandfather became busier and busier, so I followed Uncle Zhang, and later joined the army. Now I am the head of the purchasing department of the Third Steel Rolling Mill. Compared with others, I have done well."

Guo Weimin sighed and said, "My child, you have suffered a lot in the past few years."

In Guo Weimin's heart, no matter how good they were to Li Tianyou, Li Tianyou did not have the company of his parents after all.

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Uncle, I just got married a few days ago. If I have the chance to go to Shanghai, I will bring my wife to see you."

Hearing that Li Tianyou was already married, Guo Weimin laughed happily and said, "Haha, Tianyou, I didn't expect you to be married already. Whose daughter is she?"

Li Tianyou said with a smile: "Uncle, she is the daughter of Director Gao."

Guo Weimin said with a smile: "Gao Shanhai's daughter? Then Gao Shanhai is marrying above his station. He must be very proud to be Zhang Fuwang's relative."

Li Tianyou chuckled, remembering Gao Shanhai and his original body stealing chickens, and said with a smile: "Uncle, you should ask my father-in-law about this."

Guo Weimin laughed and said, "I will go to Sijiu City before the New Year. When I get there, you can bring Gao Shanhai's daughter to see me."

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Okay, I'll listen to my uncle."

Guo Weimin laughed the most today. After all, he is in a high position now, so how could he laugh as happily as he is now?

Li Tianyou chatted with Guo Weimin for a while and then they both hung up the phone.

Li Tianyou touched his chin and thought that his uncle, as told by the system, had already contacted him, but he didn't know when the grandfather in Hong Kong would contact him.

In fact, it was not that Li Tianyou’s grandfather, the governor, did not want to contact Li Tianyou, but that the identity of Li Tianyou’s grandfather, the governor, was sensitive. At this time, Hong Kong was still many years away from its return, so as the governor, David could not contact Li Tianyou directly.

When Qin Huairu saw Li Tianyou hung up the phone, she sat directly on Li Tianyou's lap. However, the legs of the chair under Li Tianyou's butt were unstable, and Qin Huairu swayed as soon as she sat on it.

At night, Li Tianyou returned to the courtyard. When He Yushui from the middle courtyard saw Li Tianyou, he ran up to him and said, "Hello, Chief Li. I'm He Yushui, and I'm also from our courtyard."

Li Tianyou looked at the young He Yushui and smiled: "Yushui, eh? Hello, I know you, Shazhu's sister."

He Yushui looked at the handsome Li Tianyou, her face slightly red, and said shyly: "I didn't expect that Section Chief Li actually knew me."

Li Tianyou hadn't said anything yet. When Shazhu saw his sister talking to Li Tianyou, he also said, "Yushui, go back to the house and eat."

He Yushui looked at Li Tianyou with an embarrassed expression, then turned to Sha Zhu and said, "Brother, cook your meal."

After hearing what He Yushui said, Sha Zhu curled his lips and went straight into the house.

He Yushui looked at Sha Zhu after he entered the room, then looked at Li Tianyou and said embarrassedly: "Chief Li, please don't bother with my brother. Sister Qin has been ignoring him lately and is sulking."

Li Tianyou said with a smile: "Your brother Shazhu is really infatuated. Haha."

He Yushui was also very troubled when he heard this and didn't know how to defend his own brother.

At this time, Qin Huairu also entered the courtyard. Qin Huairu looked at what He Yushui and Li Tianyou were talking about. Li Tianyou was still laughing so happily. She also walked over and said with a smile: "What's the matter? You are so happy, Chief Li."

He Yushui was stunned when he heard this, and then felt embarrassed. If Li Tianyou told Qin Huairu what he had just said, how would his brother live his life?

I just spoke too quickly and blurted out the truth.

Li Tianyou looked at Qin Huairu with interest and said, "Yushui said she wanted to introduce someone to me."

After hearing what Li Tianyou said, He Yushui breathed a sigh of relief.

Qin Huairu said with a smile: "Section Chief Li has a beautiful wife in his arms, Yushui, you introduced her too late."

He Yushui smiled awkwardly and said, "Sister Qin, don't listen to Chief Li's nonsense. I didn't say I would introduce him to someone."

Li Tianyou laughed and said, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Yushui, do you have something to talk to me about?"

He Yushui looked at Qin Huairu after hearing this. Qin Huairu also saw He Yushui's gaze, so she said, "Chief Li, Yushui, you guys chat. I'm going home to cook for Banggeng and the others."

He Yushui said: "Sister Qin, take care."

Li Tianyou nodded at Qin Huairu.

He Yushui said: "Chief Li, are you free tonight?"

Li Tianyou was stunned when he heard this, then looked at He Yushui strangely and said: "Yushui, I'm married? What do you want to see me for at night?"

He Yushui blushed with shame after hearing what Li Tianyou said: "Chief Li, you misunderstood. I came to you to inquire about something."

Li Tianyou said: "Oh, I was almost scared to death. I thought what were you going to do?"

He Yushui blushed with embarrassment and thought to herself, it's obviously you who are overthinking it, and you blame me.

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Yushui, I have time in the evening, just go to the backyard to find me."

He Yushui nodded and then ran home.

Li Tianyou pushed his bicycle back to the backyard. After entering the house, Gao Meiyu said happily: "Brother Tianyou, the house in the east yard will be ready tomorrow. When do you think we can move in?"

Li Tianyou nodded and said, "Sunday. Aren't we going to have a wedding banquet with everyone in the courtyard that day? That day can be considered our wedding, so it's a good day to move in."

Gao Meiyu smiled sweetly and said, "Okay, I'll listen to Brother Tianyou."

Li Tianyou said: "Tomorrow I will go buy some furniture and decorate the house first."

Gao Meiyu nodded and said, "Well, Brother Tianyou, I'll go buy it with you."

Li Tianyou shook his head and said, "You should stay at home and be quiet. You can't go there. If you want to go shopping in a department store, I can accompany you. But you can't go to buy furniture or something like that. I'll feel bad if you get hurt."

Gao Meiyu covered her forehead and said, "Brother Tianyou, you really treat me like trash."

Li Tianyou gently scratched Gao Meiyu's nose and said, "Be obedient."

While Li Tianyou was cooking, Gao Meiyu was watching quietly by the side with a sweet smile on her face.

Li Tianyou looked at Gao Meiyu who was smiling so sweetly and said, "Why are you smiling so foolishly? I am so fickle."

Gao Meiyu shook her head and said, "Brother Tianyou, you are already very good. I remember when I was a child, the landlords in our village all had several concubines."

Li Tianyou was also full of questions after hearing Gao Meiyu's words. He laughed and scolded: "Silly Yu'er, you think I'm a local landlord."

Gao Meiyu laughed and said, "Yuer didn't, but grandma told Yuer when she was a child that men are all playboys. The tighter you hold them, the farther they run away. Yuer doesn't want you, brother Tianyou, to run away."

Li Tianyou sighed in his heart. What the grandma said was very nice. However, he could also feel that Gao Meiyu was comforting and indulging him.

Li Tianyou served the dishes, looked at Gao Meiyu and said with a smile: "Yu'er, eat."

Gao Meiyu watched Li Tianyou cook two dishes and a soup, and opened a can of beef.

Gao Meiyu asked: "Brother Tianyou, if we eat like this every day, isn't it bad?"

Gao Meiyu was also very surprised. Her father was the director of the Public Security Bureau of Sijiu City, but he didn't eat as well as Li Tianyou. He ate white flour buns, rice, beef, mutton, chicken, duck, fish and goose almost every day.

Especially in this year of great disaster, even in previous years when there were no disasters, it was impossible to eat like this every day.

Li Tianyou smiled and said, "Yu'er, have you forgotten? I am the one who can get back the unplanned supplies. If I can't eat good food, then who can?"

Gao Meiyu was stunned. Indeed, even Uncle Zhang was surprised by the supplies Li Tianyou had obtained.

Gao Meiyu thought for a moment and said seriously: "Brother Tianyou, can you still get supplies? The country is really short of food and clothing right now."

Li Tianyou knew that if there was a disaster, cotton could not be grown, and without cotton they would have to endure the cold. Sijiu City was considered the city with the best living conditions in the country, but even so there were still many people in Sijiu City who could not get enough food. One could imagine how people in other places were living now.

Li Tianyou shook his head. The daily output of materials in his space was astronomical. There were thousands of acres of planting and thousands of livestock raised every day, but could he take them out? Once or twice, it was okay. If it happened too many times, things would get out of his control. Curiosity was something that even he and his father-in-law couldn't control, let alone others.

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