The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Liu Minghui and his family did not stay for long. They had to go back on the morning of the second day of the Chinese New Year. They had already visited the families of their acquaintances in the village yesterday. After all, they still had a lot of things to do when they returned.

There was no one else on the way back. He Yuzhu didn't want to go back so soon. Anyway, he had brought a lot of food, enough for them to eat until the fifth day of the New Year. Moreover, he didn't want to go back to the courtyard so early and face those passers-by, so he planned to go back on the fifth day.

"Hey, you guys came back so early. You didn't stay in your hometown for two more days."

In the front yard, three old men were playing chess. Yan Bugui, who was watching the game nearby, saw two people come in.

These words woke up Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong who were thinking, and then they all wished Liu Minghui a Happy New Year.

"Happy New Year, three uncles. We are tired from the journey. We will go back first."

After Liu Minghui said something to a few people, he took Yu Li home.

The courtyards were not so lively during the Chinese New Year. Those who should visit relatives had all gone, leaving only some people who had no relatives in the city in the courtyard. Some people even went out to play with their families. As there were only these few days of vacation in the whole year, many people took their children and wives out to play.

Liu Minghui and Yu Li stayed at home. In the afternoon, Wang Wen and Sun Dawei came to visit them to wish them a happy new year, but they came separately.

The next day, Liu Minghui took Yu Li and her son to Li Huaide's home. Li Huaide and his wife warmly received Liu Minghui and his friends.

"Boy, this is your wife, right? I was wondering why you always run home after get off work every day. So this is the reason."

Li Huaide laughed and said when he saw the two people come in.

Usually when Li Huaide entertained guests, he could never find Liu Minghui to have dinner together. Or even if he found Liu Minghui, he would not go, saying that he wanted to go home to be with his wife.

This made Li Huaide very depressed. Liu Minghui was the only one in the steel rolling mill who didn't want to socialize. If it were anyone else, they would have been eager to have dinner with him, the deputy director.

"Aunt, you have to take better care of my Uncle Li. He always drags me out drinking. This is not good."

Liu Minghui said jokingly.

"I don't care."

After Li Huaide’s wife finished speaking, she took Yu Li aside and left the living room for the two of them.

"You little bastard, you actually said bad things about me in front of me."

Li Huaide said, pretending to be angry.

"Hey, it's New Year's Day, calm down, I brought you a gift."

Liu Minghui smiled slightly and handed the things he brought to Li Huaide.

Seeing this, Li Huaide took it without even looking at it, and walked towards the sofa with Liu Minghui.

After the two of them sat down, Li Huaide also became serious.

"Did you know that Lao Hao is going to retire?"

Liu Minghui was stunned after hearing this. Old Hao? Hao Guofu?

"You mean, the head of the security department?"

"Yes."

Li Huaide nodded, confirming Liu Minghui's guess.

"That's him. I heard that his health is failing and he wants to retire early."

After hearing this, Liu Minghui fell silent.

But Li Huaide went on to say, "This matter will probably be raised at the meeting after the New Year. The position of the head of the security department will probably be taken over by the current deputy head, Hao Guofu's son. What do you think about this?"

Liu Minghui came over today, and Li Huaide wanted to take this opportunity to ask Liu Minghui's opinion on this matter. After all, Li Huaide was not familiar with Hao Guofu's son, and he heard that Liu Minghui had a good relationship with both of them.

Liu Minghui pondered for a moment before speaking out his opinion.

"I think Hao Huaian is an upright and disciplined person. He is qualified to be the head of the security department. However, the management of the steel mill may be stricter in the future."

That's right, Liu Minghui and Hao Huaian had met several times. From the perspective of his conversation and behavior, Liu Minghui felt that Hao Huaian was a person whose tears could not melt into the sand. This could be seen from the fact that he managed the public security in the steel rolling mill in an orderly manner.

You should know that the Security Department is not only responsible for the safety of the steel rolling mill, but also takes into account the public security management of several streets near the steel rolling mill.

The Security Department is divided into two parts: internal and external. The internal part is responsible for patrolling the steel mill and the management of personnel entering and leaving the steel mill.

There is also a team patrolling nearby to deal with external affairs, such as cracking down on illegal activities such as the black market. After Hao Huaian arrived, he was responsible for external affairs. Under his management, the public security and order in several nearby streets were good.

"Well, in that case, that's not bad."

Li Huaide nodded after hearing this. He had heard about these things as well, but he was not so clear about them.

"You will be promoted to a higher level after the new year. When the time comes, you will be the one to report to Wang Wen. No one should be able to get stuck on this matter."

Next, Li Huaide talked about Liu Minghui. Liu Minghui had been the deputy section chief for two years and had made contributions to the steel rolling mill. It was time for him to be promoted to a higher level. Li Huaide told him about this now just to reassure him.

"understood."

Liu Minghui nodded to show that he understood.

At noon, Liu Minghui and Yu Li had lunch at Li Huaide's place before leaving. Some people came to pay New Year's greetings to Li Huaide in the afternoon, so they couldn't stay any longer.

In the afternoon, Liu Minghui took Yu Li back to the courtyard. As soon as they arrived at the gate, they saw several people running out.

Looking closely, I saw that it was Banggeng and a few children who were running over in a hurry and almost bumping into someone.

"This naughty kid."

Liu Minghui laughed and cursed twice, then took Yu Li in.

At this time in the Central Courtyard, a deaf old lady was walking with the support of an old lady. When passing by He Yuzhu's house, the deaf old lady seemed to have thought of something.

"What's up with this Zhu lately? He's not at home during the New Year?"

The auntie's face wasn't very happy after hearing this. You know, she had worried a lot about He Yuzhu in the beginning, helped him introduce a date, and cleaned the room, but she ended up not recognizing him after marriage.

Even the old lady who usually has a good temper had many ideas.

"He went back to his wife's home. I heard that there is an old mother in his hometown. Isn't it that the rain was taken with her?"

An old lady curled her lips and said, you know, the deaf old lady always said in front of her that she would rely on He Yuzhu for her old-age care, and now this is the result?

Fortunately, I didn’t invest all of it, otherwise I would have lost a lot of money.

After hearing what the aunt said, the deaf old lady could hear the resentment towards He Yuzhu in the aunt's words. There was nothing the deaf old lady could do about it. She couldn't force Yi Zhonghai and his wife to choose He Yuzhu.

What's more, she couldn't see through He Yuzhu now and could only sigh in her heart.

"You can only know a person's face but not his heart..."

When we arrived at the pond in the middle courtyard, we saw Qin Huairu, who was washing clothes for Banggeng.

The weather was so cold, but Qin Huairu was still washing tirelessly. Seeing this, the two of them couldn't help but feel that the Jia family was not bad.