Siheyuan Shangpeng

"Child, don't run. Auntie is not a bad person. You see, I live in that room. I just moved here. Can I get to know you?" Shang's mother quickly said to the little girl.

The little girl didn't run away when she heard Shang's mother's voice. She stood there and said to Shang's mother: "Hello, Auntie, my name is He Yushui and I live in the middle courtyard. I'm just taking a look and I don't want to go to your house for food..." After saying that, she blushed and lowered her head.

"He Yushui? That's right. He Yushui was only about 10 years old at that time. She was so dirty. Shazhu was also a rough guy. Look how he took care of a pretty girl.

That's not right. Wouldn't Yi Zhonghai's family take care of the He brothers and sisters now that they have nothing to do? Is that how they take care of them? Tsk tsk...girls are still not welcome. "Shang Peng complained in his heart.

"Hello, Xiao Yu Shui, can you tell your auntie what you are looking at?" Shang's mother walked up to He Yu Shui, squatted down, looked at He Yu Shui straight in the eyes, and pretended not to hear what He Yu Shui said. Children at this age are very precocious and have a lot of self-esteem. It would be bad if the child misunderstood.

"Auntie, I just feel that you are very kind, just like... just like my mother, although Yu Shui has never seen my mother and doesn't know what she looks like." He Yu Shui said to Shang's mother.

Seeing He Yushui's pitiful look, Shang's mother's love began to overflow. She said to He Yushui, "Auntie is kind to Xiao Yushui. Xiao Yushui can come to Auntie's house to play when you have nothing to do. Auntie has something to do today. When you have nothing to do tomorrow, Xiao Yushui can come to Auntie to play."

"Okay, Auntie, you can't lie to Yu Shui. Yu Shui will come to play with you when she has nothing to do. Auntie, you go and do your work first. Yu Shui is going home too." After saying that, He Yu Shui walked towards the central courtyard, looking back every few steps.

Shang's mother watched He Yushui walk back to the central courtyard before she stood up and walked back to her family.

"We knew that this child's name was He Yushui. He has been without a mother since childhood and is a pitiful child. Let's go quickly. We still have a lot of things to buy." Shang's mother came back and said to Shang's father.

"Wait...what's your last name? And you look so much like Xiaoxue. Mother, she can't be related to your sister, right? After all, Xiaoxue looks just like you." Shang's father suddenly stopped and said to Shang's mother.

"How could it be such a coincidence? You really dare to imagine that we have found it as soon as we arrived in Sijiu City after asking so many people for help?" Shang's mother didn't take it to heart and pulled Shang's father to continue walking outside.

The family really went on a shopping spree that afternoon, buying a lot of things, big and small. In the end, they had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​eating out and went back home with Wobo's cart.

After putting the things back home and tidying up everything, my mother started to make a fire with the newly bought coal stove. There were no coal briquettes since we had just moved in. Fortunately, we saw a firewood seller on the way and bought a cartload of firewood from him. Otherwise, we would not have had dinner.

Mr. Shang then remembered that the street office had given him a bunch of notebooks when he was going through the formalities, and among them seemed to be the coal purchase certificate. He looked for it and found it. He agreed with Brother Shang Peng to buy coal tomorrow and start lighting the fire.

My sister went to the central courtyard to fetch water, wash vegetables and start cooking. After being busy for a long time, she finally had her first hot meal since arriving in the old city at about five o'clock.

After dinner, Shang Peng and his younger brother cleaned up the dishes and washed them. Except for Shang's father, the younger brothers in the family could do some housework. The younger brother couldn't cook yet because he was too young and was afraid of burning the house. The others could cook the meal more or less. As for washing the dishes, it was the eldest brother who started it. After he joined the army, it was Shang Peng's job. When the younger brother was older, it was Shang Peng and his younger brother's job.

As soon as the two brothers finished washing the dishes, Director Wang knocked on the door, came in and chatted for a few words, then brought his family to the central courtyard of the quadrangle.

As soon as I came out of the hanging flower gate that connects the front yard to the middle yard, I found that the middle yard was full of people. Unlike the TV dramas where there were only a few big and small cats, there were now nearly 100 adults and children in the middle yard. The adults gathered in groups of three or two to chat, and the children played among the crowd. It was very lively.

Seeing Director Wang and his family coming to the central courtyard, the adults slowly stopped chatting, the children were restrained by the adults, and the courtyard suddenly became quiet.

Director Wang came to the center and said to everyone, "Hello, everyone. I have called you to this meeting tonight because I have two things to tell you. The first thing is that there is a new resident in your yard. Let me introduce him to you. This is Shang Yun, the new workshop director of the steel rolling mill. He used to work in the Fengtian factory. He just came to Sijiucheng today and was assigned to our yard. We will all be in the same yard from now on. Everyone should help the new resident."

Hua Hua Hua...

When they heard that it was the new workshop director, there was applause from the audience. Most of the people in this courtyard made a living in the steel rolling mill, so the new workshop director should hurry up and curry favor with them.

Mr. Shang was not afraid of the stage and stepped forward and said, "Hello everyone, my name is Shang Yun, these are my family members, this is my wife Liu Bingqi, this is my daughter Shang Xue, these two boys are my sons Shang Peng and Shang Liang, I have an older son who is currently serving in the army, I will introduce him to everyone when he comes to visit.

I used to be from Sijiucheng. I fled to Fengtian, and now I am back home. We are neighbors from now on. Please take care of me in the future."

When everyone saw that the workshop director was so polite, the applause from the audience became even louder.

Director Wang then raised his hand to suppress the applause, and the applause gradually faded away.

Director Wang continued, "The second thing is to criticize Jia Zhang for locking the house in the front yard without permission. This should be considered as Jia Zhang's embezzlement of state property. Considering that you have not yet committed embezzlement, I will not pursue it this time. But..."

Jia Zhang thought she had escaped danger, but unexpectedly Director Wang made another about-face, and her smiling face fell again.

"Director Wang..." Yi Zhonghai was interrupted by Director Wang just as he was about to plead for mercy.

"Master Yi, wait until I finish speaking."

Then Director Wang glanced at Yi Zhonghai and continued, “The Street Office decided to let Jia Zhang clean the streets for a month and go to the Street Office to study for half a day every week.

Okay, I have also informed all the others. Master Yi, you can introduce the people in the hospital to Director Shang. I will not get involved. My family hasn't cooked yet, so I will go back quickly. Director Shang, please contact me if you have anything." After saying this, he signaled to Shang's father and left without giving Yi Zhonghai a chance to beg for mercy.

At this point, Yi Zhonghai saw that there was no major punishment and did not say anything else.

Several old men in the courtyard, together with Shang's father, saw Director Wang out. Director Wang took Yi Zhonghai a few steps forward, chatted for a few words and then left. When Yi Zhonghai came back, he had a blank expression on his face. No one knew what Director Wang said to Yi Zhonghai. After Yi Zhonghai reunited with everyone, he returned to the central courtyard.