Siheyuan Back to the 1950s

Although the Sun family did not drop poison gas bombs tonight for the sake of harmony in the compound, the Yan family, who were not far away, still smelled the fragrance.

"Wow! It smells so good! How nice it would be if I could have a bite of it?"

Yan Jiekuang shrugged his nose and said intoxicatedly.

Several people nearby nodded in agreement.

"Boss, I didn't smell anything when I was cooking. What on earth are you eating?"

"This is their cleverness. If you filled the yard with fragrance every day, you would have been reported long ago."

Yan Bugui analyzed it for everyone.

"Dad, if his family is like this, aren't you afraid of being reported?"

Yan Jiecheng asked in confusion.

If possible, he wouldn't mind taking a trip so that everyone could live in peace.

"Of course I'm afraid, but by the time you report it, they'll have eaten it all up. Do you have any evidence?"

Seeing that his wish was not fulfilled, Yan Jiecheng said with a smile.

"Dad, look at them, then look at our family. Why don't you give us a few more pickles? That will improve our food."

"Don't even think about it. Smelling this, wouldn't it be delicious to eat steamed bread? I don't know whose roots you took from? You haven't learned your father's careful calculations at all."

Seeing this, Zhou Tiemei, who was standing by, quickly put the two pickles she had just received into Yan Jiecheng's bowl.

"Jie Cheng, you need to go out and work. Eat these two pickles!"

Although the Yan family has many faults, it depends on who you compare it with.

When they were fleeing famine, they even scrambled to eat grass roots, so she is very satisfied to have such a life now.

Yan Jiecheng didn't hesitate either. He used his chopsticks to pick up two pickles and swallowed them without even tasting them.

While the Yan family was arguing over two pickles, the Sun family had already finished their dinner.

Just like Yan Bugui said, there is not even a scrap of food left on the table.

"Zhengguo, take a rest and send Xiaowei back! Don't let your mother-in-law worry."

Lin Wencui said as she wiped the table.

Although she also wanted to keep her daughter-in-law, she knew that it was impossible.

"Okay! I'll be there right away."

Sun Zhengguo didn't wait long and prepared to send Ning Xiaowei home. Seeing that the marriage proposal was about to take place, he had to leave a good impression on his mother-in-law.

The two of them left the compound and came to Ning's house. Wang Guiying was very happy to see her daughter back and insisted that Sun Zhengguo come in and sit for a while.

Sun Zhengguo had no intention of entering the house. He just told Wang Guiying that he would come to propose marriage in two days, and then returned to the courtyard.

The next morning, Sun Zhengguo came to the backyard. He had something to ask Aunt Chen.

"Hey! Jungkook, do you want to talk to me about something?"

Aunt Chen, who was about to go out, happened to meet Sun Zhengguo and asked him.

"Aunt Chen, I'd like to ask, what do I need to bring when I come to propose marriage?"

When Sun Zhengguo asked this question, Aunt Chen became excited and took out two stools from the house.

After the two sat down, Aunt Chen began to speak.

"This marriage proposal is very particular. The gifts required generally include tobacco, alcohol, tea and sugar, wedding cakes, pastries, red dates, lotus seeds and other sweet things, as well as cakes and apple gift boxes. The gifts must be in even numbers, symbolizing the couple."

Hearing that so many things were needed, Sun Zhengguo also expressed a headache. It was not that he could not get them all together, but that if he really got them together, it would seem too high-profile.

"What? Are you worried? Aren't these things difficult to handle?"

Sun Zhengguo pretended to be embarrassed and nodded.

"Plop!"

"What I just said are all elegant ways of speaking. How can there be such elegance nowadays? It's good enough if we just put a few of them together. Look at how well Zhengdong did in proposing marriage."

Aunt Chen's words made Sun Zhengguo suddenly enlightened, and he immediately had an idea in his mind.

"Thank you! I know what to do. You are busy, I will go and prepare first."

After leaving the backyard and returning home, Sun Zhengguo found some pastry tickets, got on his bicycle and went out.

When they arrived at the supply and marketing cooperative, Sun Zhengguo saw that there were not too many types of pastries, so he bought two kilograms of peach cakes, which was enough.

He had already figured it out. With the two kilograms of peach cakes, he would take out some cigarettes, alcohol, apples, tea and sugar from the space. This way, he would not appear to be too ostentatious and would still have face.

An hour later, when Sun Zhengguo returned to the courtyard again, the car was already full of large and small bags.

When Yan Bugui saw this, his eyes lit up and he immediately came forward.

“Jungguk, why did you buy so many things?”

"Third Uncle, I'm going to Xiaowei's house to propose marriage tomorrow. I can't go empty-handed, right? These are the gifts I prepared."

Sun Zhengguo did not hide anything and told the reason directly to prevent the old man from coveting his things.

"Oh! Congratulations! You got married so soon. No young man in this compound can compare to you."

"Thank you for your kind words! Uncle, you are busy. I will go back first."

Sun Zhengguo was no longer prepared to waste time. He always felt that there was something wrong with Yan Bugui. Could he be planning to take these things again?

"Don't worry! Jungkook, I want to tell you something."

Sure enough, they started making demands.

However, Sun Zhengguo was not panicked at all. These were gifts for proposing marriage. He didn't believe that Yan Bugui would have the nerve to ask for them.

"Uncle, tell me, what's the matter?"

"Zhengguo, I know you are a capable person. Among the young people in this hospital, you are the one I am most optimistic about..."

"Wait, Uncle San, if you have something to say, just say it directly. Why are you going around in circles like this? What exactly do you want to say?"

He originally wanted to praise him a little, but Sun Zhengguo was already impatient, so Yan Bugui quickly got down to business.

"Okay! Then I'll be frank, Zhengguo, I see you have a lot of connections, I would like to ask you to buy some sweet potatoes, cornmeal and other things for me, do you know...?"

Sun Zhengguo didn't expect that Yan Bugui was so observant. He must have been paying attention to him for a long time.

But this hole cannot be opened!

Although these things may not be worth mentioning to him, but once there is a first time, there will be a second time. Next time someone needs help, will you help or not?

In a nutshell, there are too many people who need help and you can't help them.

"Uncle, this is easy. You can buy it anywhere with the ticket."

Knowing that Yan Bugui did not mean this, Sun Zhengguo chose to play dumb.

"No, Jungkook, I mean no tickets. Even if the price is a little higher, I'm willing to pay for it."

"No need for a ticket? Uncle, are you sure you're not kidding? There's such a place? How about you introduce it to me?"

Seeing that Sun Zhengguo did not accept the challenge, Yan Bugui was also very helpless. He couldn't just lose face and say, "I have been paying attention to you for a long time, but with the bills allocated to your family, you can't buy so many things."

If that happened, he would offend too many people. After all, no one in this compound had a clean background, including him, Yan Bugui.

"Oh! Forget it, since you can't do it, I'll just think of a way myself!"

"Okay! You keep busy, I'll go home first."

After leaving the gate and returning home, Sun Zhengguo sat alone on a stool and began to reflect.

What happened to Yan Bugui today reminded him that many of the things he had done could not stand up to scrutiny. As long as one paid a little attention to him, he would be full of loopholes.

Think about it, this is only the first year of the famine. By next year or the year after, some people will be starving and will definitely do some irrational things.

"Hey! It seems that we should get married as soon as possible, move out of this yard, and stay away from the whirlpool as much as possible!"

Sun Zhengguo sighed.