The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

"Silly Zhu, your destiny hasn't arrived yet. Who knows, you might fall in love with the next one."

Liu Minghui knew that this silly Zhu could only marry Qin Huairu in the future, but he couldn't say that, otherwise the Jia family would be angry with him.

"That's right, Zhuzi, you can just find a matchmaker after the New Year."

"Let him pass on what has passed before."

Yi Zhonghai was also comforting Sha Zhu. After all, Sha Zhu was his backup candidate for retirement, so he still had to comfort him.

After being persuaded by several people, Sha Zhu also felt much better. He felt that even Liu Minghui could find a beautiful wife, let alone himself.

After Yi Zhonghai and his companions put up the couplets, they went back. Liu Minghui did not follow them and went home on his own.

The next day, today is New Year's Eve. Liu Minghui is spending the night alone this year. Yu Li also said yesterday that she would not come today, so Liu Minghui can only stay at home alone.

Compared with Liu Minghui, other families in the yard are much more lively.

In the Central Courtyard, the Jia family and the Yi Zhonghai family celebrated together this year. I heard that since Yi Zhonghai accepted Jia Dongxu as his apprentice, the two families have celebrated together every year.

Of course, the deaf old lady should also be included. Although she treats Sha Zhu as her own grandson, she has no intention of spending the New Year with him. After all, she is now being supported by Yi Zhonghai and his wife, so she naturally cannot leave Yi Zhonghai behind.

At the Jia family, Jia Zhang asked Qin Huairu to take some flour to the Yi family. Jia Zhang felt that Yi Zhonghai's salary was so high that he didn't need that little bit of flour from her own family.

You can just bring someone with you for dinner later, and arrange for Qin Huairu to go over to help.

Not to mention that Jia Zhang is lazy and gluttonous, most people would save the benefits given by the steel rolling mill for New Year's Day.

But it was different for the Jia family. They ate up everything the next day, and most of it was eaten by Jia Zhang.

The Jia family didn't prepare any decent New Year's goods, so they had to rely entirely on what Yi Zhonghai's family prepared.

At dinner, Jia Zhang came to Yi Zhonghai's house with Bang Geng, and sat down at the table as soon as she arrived.

Finally, Jia Zhang picked up the chopsticks and started to pick up the meat and vegetables on the table.

The deaf old lady looked at Jia Zhang with great disgust. She had always been dissatisfied with the person chosen by Yi Zhonghai to take care of her in the elderly. How could someone like Jia Zhang allow Jia Dongxu to take care of Yi Zhonghai in his old age?

It is possible that Yi Zhonghai's life in his later years would be miserable, but this has been said many times. Yi Zhonghai is wholeheartedly devoted to the Jia family and simply won't listen to the deaf old lady's advice.

Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu, who were standing by, felt a little embarrassed when they saw Jia Zhang like this.

"Master, please don't mind."

Jia Dongxu apologized to Yi Zhonghai in a low voice.

"It's okay, everyone, start eating."

Yi Zhonghai naturally knew that Jia Zhang was such a person, but he didn't care. The only people in the Jia family that Yi Zhonghai cared about the most were Jia Dongxu and Banggeng.

In his eyes, Jia Dongxu is his apprentice, and Bang Geng can be regarded as his grandson.

The Yan family is not the same as Yi Zhonghai's family.

Several people from the Yan family were sitting at the table, staring at the food, waiting for Yan Bugui to announce the start of dinner.

"Let's eat first."

Yan Bugui spoke a few words first, but seeing that no one was listening, he had no choice but to announce the start of dinner.

Today was a rare occasion for the Yan family and Yan Bugui didn't have to distribute the food, so everyone could eat whatever they wanted.

Every household in the courtyard was having New Year's Eve dinner, and Liu Minghui was no exception.

Although he was spending the day alone, Liu Minghui still cooked a table full of dishes, most of which were meat dishes. If he couldn't finish them, he could just stuff them into the space.

Finally, he took out a bottle of Moutai and drank it happily by himself.

While eating, I was still reminiscing about the past. How could I be so carefree in the future?

After dinner, we stay up all night to celebrate the New Year. Everyone has prepared firecrackers and is waiting to set them off at midnight.

Liu Minghui waited until the time was almost up, then took the firecrackers out to light them and then came back to sleep. Liu Minghui drank a lot of wine today and fell into a deep sleep as soon as he lay on the bed.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Liu Minghui slept until the afternoon. When he woke up, he felt a little dazed. It seemed that he drank too much yesterday.

As soon as you open the door, you will see many children running in and out of the courtyard playing games. The Chinese New Year may be the happiest time for children.

"Minghui, you just got up? I thought you were not at home."

Yan Bugui asked in surprise when he saw Liu Minghui push open the door.

"It's because I drank too much yesterday. Anyway, I'm not afraid of not having to go to work."

Liu Minghui agreed casually and went to wash up. Although the fire in the stove had been extinguished long ago, the water in the pot was still warm.

Liu Minghui felt much better after he simply took some water to wash his face.

I guess I can't drink so much next time. This hangover feeling is so uncomfortable.

Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Minghui had no plan to go out and decided to stay in the yard today.

Liu Minghui got up early on the second day of the Chinese New Year. He had an appointment with Yu Li to visit Yu's home today, so he couldn't get up too late.

After washing up, Liu Minghui rode his bicycle to Yu's house.

"Happy New Year, uncle and aunt."

Liu Minghui wished a happy new year to Yu's father and mother, and gave Yu Haitang a small red envelope.

"Okay, Minghui, come here. This is a little gift from me and your uncle Yu."

Before Liu Minghui could react, Yu's mother stuffed a red envelope into his pocket.

"Thank you, uncle and aunt."

Liu Minghui did not refuse. After all, they would be a family soon and he couldn't be too polite.

Liu Minghui stayed at Yu's house for the whole day today. Except for taking Yu Li and Yu Haitang to see a movie in the afternoon, he spent the whole time at Yu's house.

I didn't return to the courtyard until evening.

In the next two days, Liu Minghui went to his boss Zhang Zhiqiang's home to wish him a happy new year, and then went to Hao Guofu's home and had a meal.

I happened to meet Hao Guofu's son, Hao Huaian, who is also a young man in his twenties. Although Liu Minghui also attended the wedding, we didn't communicate much at that time.

Now the two of them have officially met each other.

On the fifth day of the New Year, Liu Minghui got up very early as the steel rolling mill was preparing to resume work.

When I was squatting at the door brushing my teeth with my toiletries, I saw that many people had gotten up.

"Minghui, you got up pretty early today."

Yan Bugui was watering his beloved potted plants early in the morning.

"Hey, Uncle San, our steel mill is not your elementary school. You all have to go to work today."

The primary school where Yan Bugui attends hasn't started yet, probably will take another week or so.

After washing up, Liu Minghui ate two steamed buns and went out. Along the way, he could see many workers walking together on the road.

By the time Liu Minghui arrived at the steel mill, it was almost time to go to work.

He hurried to the purchasing department, where Zhang Zhiqiang was already waiting for him.

Seeing him coming, she nodded and motioned him to sit down and wait.

Zhang Zhiqiang planned to announce Liu Minghui's promotion once everyone had gathered.