Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

Before Qin Huairu became an earl, she always had a good reputation in the courtyard. She was filial to her mother-in-law, caring for her husband, and taking care of her children. No one could point out any shortcomings of her.

Of course, it could also be related to her looks. You know, there is more than one idiot in this yard who covets her beauty. However, Zhao Shanhe doesn't have any feelings for her. Although she has a curvy figure, she is a woman who has given birth to a child after all. Moreover, because she comes from the countryside, her skin is rough and dull. Influenced by the Tokyo thieves in her previous life, Zhao Shanhe thinks that her overall score is just barely passing.

As the absolute protagonist of the Siheyuan, Sha Zhu would still become an accomplice of the Jia family if no one intervenes in his life. Zhao Shanhe has been watching Lao Yi brainwashing him for no reason for years but was powerless to do anything. But now with the small world, everything has changed. He is also thinking about whether he should lend a hand to the other party. It is too difficult to have a good life in this world.

After all, reality is not a TV drama. There is a variable, Wang Dawei, in the central courtyard of the quadrangle. He is Jia Dongxu's senior brother and a second-level fitter in the steel rolling mill. He has a wife and children at home and no parents to burden him. But I don't know why Lao Yi didn't choose him to be his elderly care provider.

The Xu Wude family in the backyard is the representative of selfishness in the yard. Both husband and wife are servants of Lou Bancheng, a famous wealthy man in the old city. One is a driver and the other is a maid. However, the social atmosphere in the past two years has been very unfriendly to capitalists, so Xu Wude obeyed the instructions of the Lou family and went to the steel rolling mill. Relying on the film projection skills he learned before liberation, he became the only projectionist in the factory.

As for why his wife still stays in the Lou family, everyone who has not left and seen the courtyard knows why: it is because she covets Lou Xiao'e.

Xu Damao's reputation is not bad now. After all, his parents are still in the yard. Yi Zhonghai dare not spread rumors about him at this time. If he dares to do so, Xu Wude will break his leg.

However, he and Sha Zhu became sworn enemies because of Yi Zhonghai's instigation. At that time, Zhao Shanhe did not have a small world yet, so even if he wanted to help the two of them sort things out, he did not have the physique to do so.

Although Liu Haizhong is the second uncle, he is just a brainless idiot who beats children. Every time he beats a child, people in the yard will point fingers at his family, but he knows nothing and still enjoys it.

As a maintenance worker at the steel rolling mill, Li Wenxi is good at scheming. The fact that he was able to rent the rear room when no one else was able to do so fully demonstrates that he has some connections.

As for the deaf old lady, although Zhao Shanhe has lived with her in the backyard for so many years, he still hasn't figured out her pulse.

All I know is that the other party has a strong backing, otherwise Yi Zhonghai and his wife wouldn't have always served him like their ancestors.

The rest are passers-by A, B, C, and D in the front yard and the back yard (who will be introduced later). These people have almost no opinions of their own and are a group of people who follow whoever feeds them.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the screams of Guangtian and Guangfu in the backyard. It seemed that Liu Haizhong was very angry with Jia Zhang today, and he started to take it out on the children again. Zhao Shanhe was too lazy to care. He set the small world to be isolated from the outside sounds and covered himself with a quilt to sleep.

In the blink of an eye, it was the day of the dinner on the 31st.

The purchasing department was also required to go to work these days, and all staff members were cleaning to welcome the New Year. The publicity department was even busier, writing new wall posters and blackboard newspapers.

Phrases like "Do first-class work and create first-class standards", "Beat the drums of the Great Leap Forward even louder", and "Labor is the most glorious" can be seen everywhere in the factory.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the smell of fish from the cafeteria had wafted into every workshop, making all the workers who were waiting for lunch lose all mood to work. When the workshop directors saw this situation, they knew that even if they pointed a knife at the workers, it would not be efficient, so they just waved their hands and went to eat.

The result was that there were long queues in every cafeteria, even though the cafeterias only officially opened at 11:.

The four dishes are actually very simple dishes. Originally, we were planning to make some potatoes, cabbage or something like that, but since the factory bought more than 2000 kilograms of fish in Pigeon Market, we directly changed it to a full fish banquet.

Braised, spicy, pan-fried, deep-fried, no chef dared to shake the spoon today. If you dare to give less at this time, you will make a big grudge.

Zhao Shanhe and his group arrived early and had braised fish fillets and spicy fish. Both dishes contained soup, and many workers were reluctant to eat fish, so they could just dip steamed buns in the soup.

If he eats well, the whole family will not be hungry. But it is not the same for others. For example, Li Wenxi's family all look forward to this meal in the evening.

By the time get off work was over, the courtyard was filled with the smell of fish, which made Yan Bugui, who was not an employee of the steel rolling mill, very greedy. He walked around the house several times and finally decided to ask Zhao Shanhe for help.

He went out of the house and went to Zhao Shanhe's door and started knocking.

"Shanhe, are you home? Uncle Sanye wants to see you about something."

Zhao Shanhe was reading the daily newspaper in his little world. He was afraid that someone would look for him so he did not block out the noise from outside. When he heard the third uncle calling him, he hurried out to open the door.

"Uncle, you're not at home for dinner this late at night. Do you have something to talk to me about?"

Yan Bugui said when he saw the other party coming out.

"It's nothing serious. I just want to ask if you want to go fishing since we have a day off tomorrow for New Year's Day. If you go, take your uncle with you."

Zhao Shanhe understood what the other party meant as soon as he heard it. The whole yard was filled with the aroma of fish, and even the back house and the back house could enjoy it. Only Old Yan's family couldn't have a taste of it. He must have been greedy enough.

He wanted to refuse, after all, he didn't need it, but then he remembered that the last time he argued with Liu Haizhong, the third uncle spoke up for him. Besides, he couldn't always sit in the yard looking like he was eating coarse food. How would he find a wife in the future if that happened?

"Third Uncle, I can take you fishing, but not to Shichahai. There are too many people there and too few fish. Let's go to Yuyuantan tomorrow. I saw a lot of fish there when I passed by a while ago. We will definitely get a lot if we go there."

Yan Bugui, a native of Sijiucheng, was not completely ignorant, but he was a little hesitant when he heard about going to Yuyuantan.

"I heard that the area is under the management of the Parks and Gardens Bureau. I guess fishing is not allowed there? It would be troublesome if you get caught."

"You don't understand this, Third Uncle. If the weather is warm, fishing is definitely not allowed in Yuyuantan, because that's where people raise fish. But at this time of year, who do you think will be guarding outside? Especially tomorrow is New Year's Day. Let's find a secluded corner and fish secretly for half a day. It's probably equivalent to your ten days of fishing in Shichahai."

When the third uncle heard that there were so many benefits to be gained, he no longer hesitated and nodded in agreement.

"It's settled then. I'll come and call you tomorrow morning. You'd better get up early. It's more than ten miles away."