The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye it was June 59. On a hot summer evening, Liu Minghui was riding his bicycle on the road. Pedestrians were coming and going in a hurry. He passed by the yard where the street office had built a blast furnace, which had been demolished at the beginning of the year.

Liu Minghui slowly returned to the courtyard. Yan Bugui was still standing guard at the door as usual.

"Third uncle, you're still early."

Liu Minghui and Yan Bugui greeted each other.

Yan Bugui had a wry smile on his face.

"Alas, now all the students have gone out of town to pick wild vegetables. School is over early. What else can they do if they don't come back?"

Hearing this, Liu Minghui fell silent. Due to the drought, the food supply has been reduced a lot. The only things that can be bought in the grain store are some coarse grains, such as corn flour, sweet potatoes, sorghum and so on.

The Siheyuan was fine, as most people worked in the steel mill and life was manageable.

"Uncle, we are still doing well."

Liu Minghui looked at Yan Bugui helplessly and said.

"Yeah, we're doing pretty good."

Yan Bugui also knew what Liu Minghui meant. Because many places had no harvest in the first half of the year, many disaster victims ran directly to Sijiu City, thinking that they would not lack food here.

Now there are several households in the courtyard who were arranged by the street office, and these people have filled up all the remaining empty houses in the courtyard.

"Minghui, is Yu Li about to give birth?"

Yan Bugui didn't want to continue talking about this topic and went straight to talking about Yu Li.

"It will be soon. It will only take about ten days."

Liu Minghui nodded. Yu Li was now nine months pregnant and the doctor said the due date was in about a week, so Liu Minghui also brought her mother to the hospital.

"That's great. It just so happens that your third aunt is at home every day and can help you right away."

"Thank you, Uncle Three."

Seeing Yan Bugui say this, Liu Minghui could only thank him. Although Yan Bugui was rather calculating, he had never calculated against Liu Minghui, so the relationship between the two families was pretty good.

"Don't be polite. You've been very caring towards Jie Cheng in the factory, and we haven't thanked you for that yet."

Yan Bugui was talking about how Liu Minghui helped Yan Jiecheng find a master to learn a craft before he went to the steel rolling mill.

After chatting with Yan Bugui for a few words, Liu Minghui went home. Yu Li was sitting in the house at this time. Her mother would not let her go out even though she was pregnant, for fear that she would accidentally fall.

"Mom, wife, I'm back."

Liu Minghui shouted into the house and walked into the home.

"You're back, what delicious food did you bring today?"

When Yu Li saw Liu Minghui come in, she looked at him with tears in her eyes and said.

Ever since Yu Li became pregnant, she has been very greedy. Liu Minghui doesn't bring back much food now, so he basically secretly brings back whatever he wants to eat every day.

"You greedy cat, eat this hand-shredded chicken today."

Liu Minghui took out a lunch box from his bag. This was something he made in the space. After cooking for a year, Liu Minghui could now cook dishes quite well according to recipes.

"Yeah, I love to eat."

Yu Li said happily.

At this time, Liu's mother came out from the kitchen.

"The third brother is back, hurry up and wash up and have dinner."

When Liu's mother saw Liu Minghui coming back, she said that she had lived in the courtyard for almost two months and had become accustomed to seeing Liu Minghui bringing back meat and vegetables.

After all, it had to be fed to Yu Li, who was pregnant with her own grandson, so Liu's mother couldn't say it was a waste.

"Okay mom."

Liu Minghui agreed and went to wash his hands.

After returning, Liu's mother had already prepared the meal. Apart from what Liu Minghui brought back, there were ordinary steamed buns made of two grams of flour and a plate of vegetables on the table. Most families nowadays couldn't even afford two grams of flour.

Even Liu's mother thought it was too luxurious, but she still didn't eat the steamed buns at Liu Minghui's request.

"Honey, where did you buy this? It's not as good as mine."

Yu Li said something while eating.

"you guess?"

Liu Minghui smiled and said nothing more.

"You didn't do it, did you?"

Yu Li stared at Liu Minghui with wide eyes.

"You guessed it right, but there's no reward."

Liu Minghui nodded and said.

Yu Li didn't quite believe it when she heard it. She thought Liu Minghui was just trying to make her happy.

In the backyard, Liu Haizhong's family was having dinner. When you walked in, you could see two tables. One table was for Liu Haizhong and his wife and Liu Guangqi, and the other table was for Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.

That's right, our second uncle Liu Haizhong is like an official at home, and he puts on airs very tightly. Among his three sons, only Liu Guangqi is Liu Haizhong's biological son, and the other two are almost like adopted children.

"Guangqi, when are you going to get married?"

Liu Haizhong asked Liu Guangqi.

Well, Liu Guangqi didn't get married before for various reasons, so this time Liu Guangqi found someone himself. The woman happened to be his old classmate, and her family was an official. This made Liu Haizhong very happy when he found out.

He immediately planned to ask Liu Guangqi to marry her as soon as possible.

After hearing this, Liu Guangqi showed a strange expression on his face. After thinking for a while, he slowly said, "Juan'er's family said that when we are free, we can meet and set a date."

In fact, it was the woman who asked Liu Guangqi to move to her place after marriage, because they only had one daughter and wanted to find a live-in son-in-law.

However, Liu Guangqi had already discussed it with them and would move there the day after she got married. It happened to be very close to where Liu Guangqi worked.

"Well, I'll give you a grand ceremony. We have quite a bit of savings at home, so I'll use it to buy you three gongs and one bell. That will also make you look good."

Liu Haizhong didn't notice Liu Guangqi's expression and still had a smug smile on his face.

"Thank you, Dad. This way, Juan'er might get a lot of dowry."

Liu Guangqi and the other person were talking with a smile, not noticing that Liu Guangtian and the other person were looking at them with resentment on their faces.

After dinner, Liu Minghui helped Yu Li take a walk around the house. There were still many children running around in the yard outside in the evening. Liu Minghui, like Liu's mother, did not allow Yu Li to go out, for fear that something might go wrong.

"Honey, what if I give birth to a daughter?"

When the two of them were lying in bed sleeping at night, Yu Li suddenly asked a question.

"I just want a daughter, just give me a daughter."

Liu Minghui said while stroking Yu Li's belly.

Yu Li did not lie to him. In Liu Minghui's opinion, quiet girls were much more likable than naughty boys.

"What are you talking about? Who doesn't want a son?"

Yu Li cursed with a smile, but she was still very happy in her heart.

"Well, it doesn't matter whether it's a boy or a girl, they're all our children."

"Don't think too much and go to bed early."

Liu Minghui gently massaged Yu Li's head, and after a while Yu Li fell asleep.