Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

"Third Aunt, what are you talking about? You are the elder, and women hold up half the sky. It's my fault. I toast to you."

"I dare not do this to Shanhe. You helped us, and I respect you."

"Shanhe, Shanhu, you guys should eat something before drinking. It's uncomfortable to drink on an empty stomach." Aunt Chen had prepared the meal.

"Shanhe, that little car your kid is playing with was made by you, right? It's so beautiful."

"Yes, I designed it."

"You are so awesome."

Uncle San said a few more words, but Aunt San just answered whatever he asked. If she didn't ask any questions, she just sat there and watched quietly.

The final result was that Shanhu and Shanhai were killed, Zhao Shanhe was also confused, but Third Uncle was still smoking as usual. At night, Third Uncle and his wife were arranged to stay in Daya and Erya's room, and Daya happened to come home.

"Boss, I feel like I'm dreaming. I've become a worker after coming to the city."

"Don't mention you. I also feel like I'm dreaming. This nephew helps us with money and work. I don't know how to repay him. I didn't expect that I, Zhao Tie, have not enjoyed the blessing of a son in this life, but have benefited from my nephew."

"Yes, this nephew is so capable that I don't even know how to repay him."

"I don't know either. The main thing is that he has everything he needs, and his eldest nephew is fine in every way, but he spends money too lavishly. I'm scared to see him. You don't know that when he first came to Beijing, he took me and Shandong out, and the money was spent like water. I feel so sad when I see it.

And this wine doesn't taste good. Why is it so expensive? This is the big city. It's different from our country."

"Shanhe spends a lot but also earns a lot. I heard from his wife in Shandong that Shanhe earns more in a month than our family earns in a year."

"My nephew earns a lot because he is capable. Haven't you heard that Shanhe is the factory director who manages tens of thousands of people? Even the factory director is his brother. If you enter the factory, you can't take advantage of Shanhe's name."

"You know me. My legs trembled when I saw the director of the commune. I feel like I'm dreaming about what to do at home."

"You silly wife, we are old now. It is better to send money back to the children than to earn work points at home. It will also make life better for our family. Didn't you hear Shanhe say that it is 27.5 a month? The two of us will make 55."

"I've never made so much money in my life. It's great to be a worker."

"Okay, go to sleep. Shanhe has helped us so much, so we should be more active. I'll go chop wood tomorrow, and you can help with cooking and taking care of the kids."

"Boss, I really can't sleep."

“Actually, I couldn’t sleep either.”

The next day, my uncle and his wife got up before dawn. When my uncle arrived, he saw that the firewood pile was just outside the door, so he started chopping wood. Soon the light in Aunt Chen's room came on.

"Sister-in-law, I'm sorry that the noise from chopping wood was a bit loud and woke you up."

"It's okay. I usually get up early too. Uncle, why don't you and your sister go back to sleep for a while? It's still early. Don't wake up the other neighbors. This is the bad thing about this compound. There are too many people in one yard."

"Okay." The couple went back to the house and walked around but couldn't fall asleep. As soon as the sky got a little bright, Aunt San helped Aunt Chen to cook, and Uncle San started chopping wood again.

As a result, the noise was so loud that it woke up everyone in the front yard. Everyone got up and cursed, but when they heard that it was Zhao Shanhe's third uncle, they stopped complaining and took the initiative to go forward and give his uncle a cigarette.

Zhao Shanhai and Zhao Shanhu had been drinking and were chased out of bed by their wives because there was too much noise outside and they were told to go out and take a look.

"Uncle San, please take a rest. We two brothers can chop this little firewood in a few minutes. If eldest brother knew that we asked you to chop firewood, he would skin us alive." In fact, it was still too early, Zhao Shanhu said it a little euphemistically.

"That's right, Third Uncle, you should go back and have a rest. No one would ask you to work as soon as you get here." Zhao Shanhai also advised.

"It's okay. I usually get up early, so I'm used to it. I can finish chopping this little firewood quickly."

"No, no, no." Shanhu and Shanhai looked at each other, and they went back to the house with their uncle in their arms.

"Uncle San, you may not be used to it since you just came here. We all work in the factory and get up late. It's a bit too early for you to chop wood now."

"Yes, Uncle San, you got up early, you can take a nap, you don't have to work."

Uncle San's plan to chop wood failed again and he was forced to return to the house.

"Shanhe, get up quickly. Aunt Chen seems to be calling for dinner."

Zhao Shanhe glanced at his watch dazedly, "What time is it now? Did you hear it wrong? It's not even time for dinner yet."

"No, it's just Aunt Chen calling again, hurry up and get up."

Because of the arrival of my third uncle and aunt, breakfast time was forced to be moved forward.

After dinner, Zhao Shanhe instructed, "Uncle and Aunt, please stay at home for a while. I'll go to the factory to collect my benefits. I'll be back after making some arrangements and take you for a walk."

"Shanhe, don't worry about us, your work is more important."

"Uncle San, it really won't delay us. Today is our annual leave, and everyone is going to collect their benefits and clean up."

When Zhao Shanhe arrived at the factory, he gave instructions to his brother-in-law and asked him to distribute the technical department's benefits to everyone. Then he went to the Ministry of Industry to collect the benefits and went home.

"Come on, Uncle and Aunt will take you for a walk."

"Shanhe, let's make it clear first, you are not allowed to spend money on us, otherwise we won't go."

"Row"

Zhao Shanhe took his uncle and aunt to the department store first. The department store was already crowded with people at the end of the year, especially the cloth selling area, which was surrounded by people.

Zhao Shanhe was also shocked by the scene. He turned around and left the department store, took the two of them to a place where they could get custom-made clothes, and bought them a few sets of clothes.

"Shanhe said not to spend money, I thought you were making clothes for yourself. If you had known you were making clothes for us, we wouldn't have come no matter what. The clothes I'm wearing were made by you for me. They're still brand new."

"Uncle, it's Chinese New Year now. This is a gift from your nephew. You have to wear new clothes for Chinese New Year. You haven't been to grandma's house yet, right? Wear new clothes and see if grandma can recognize you."

"Shanhe, you have both work and money, I already feel embarrassed, and now you buy me clothes, how can I afford it?"

"Uncle San, what are you talking about? You are my elder, but you are my uncle. I will never do anything wrong to you. You don't treat me as a family member when you say this."

"Shanhe, I'm not good at talking. I don't know what to say. Thank you very much."

"Come on, I'll show you the place I prepared for you. It will be inconvenient to live in the factory when you start working, and I have an empty house."

Zhao Shanhe took the two of them to the two and a half rooms that he bought at the beginning. His father-in-law had moved out several years ago and the house had been empty ever since. In fact, he regretted buying it. This slum would not be worth much in the future. Only the detached houses would be valuable.