Xu Damao's Thirty-Six Stratagems in Siheyuan

Chen Zhiyong from Baishui Village finally came to the city, when the forsythia flowers were in full bloom in the capital of the Dragon Year. When the propaganda department of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill began to accept propaganda tasks for the first time in several years and went to the countryside to present movies, Xu Damao went to Baishui Village and brought back Chen Zhiyong. With the widow Gu crying and full of gratitude, she watched her son and lover return to the capital.

"Dad, this is my apprentice. Our company doesn't have housing for the time being, so I arranged for him to live with you. You can give him more tutoring when you are free. If you have a night show, you can bring Xiao Chen to help you so that he can get familiar with the work as soon as possible." This is what Xu Damao said to his father Xu Fugui.

"You little brat, follow your master's lead and learn from him. Go to work during the day and work overtime at night. Try to finish your apprenticeship as soon as possible."

Xu Fugui didn't have any objection. He knew that his son was more promising than him. He had bought a house in just a few years and could always get supplies during difficult times. Although he felt that his son Xu Damao might be walking a tightrope. However, supplies were hard currency, and he couldn't refuse. Otherwise, the Xu family wouldn't have been able to spend the most difficult three years so comfortably. In the unit, his son Xu Damao was still a deputy section-level cadre, and he said that he should be able to make further progress this year.

It's just like teaching an apprentice in a nightclub at night. It's free labor, so why not use it?

Of course, Chen Zhiyong also arranged for meals to be eaten with Xu's parents. He paid five yuan a month for food and rations, and the food was much better than that in Baishui Village.

A month later, when Xu Damao took Chen Zhiyong to Baishui Village to show a movie again and asked him to go home and tell his mother Gu Meifang not to worry, Gu Meifang cried. She cried happily.

Of course Xu Damao was not present. Otherwise, the whole Baishui Village would have been in an uproar. Because a few years ago, when Xu Damao took the village chief's son Chen Xiaoshun away from Baishui Village to work in the city, the villagers of Baishui Village were shocked.

The last time Xu Damao visited Baishui Village and took Chen Zhiyong to the city to work as a worker, the village was almost in an uproar.

Everyone knows that the two young men in the village were brought to the city by Xu Fangying.

There are many envious people, many jealous people, and even more people who wish their own children could catch up with the show.

This is why Xu Damao did not go back with Chen Zhiyong when he was allowed to go home for a visit.

After listening to her son's story, Gu Meifang was filled with gratitude and love for Xu Damao. She really understood what Xu Damao had said before, that he wanted to bring her family to the city.

Arranging a job for his son and providing him with food and accommodation, isn't this the attitude a father should treat his children?

If she wasn't afraid of gossip, Gu Meifang would be willing to have several children with Xu Damao, but she didn't dare to get pregnant. Although the villagers knew that she and Xu Fangying were not in a clear relationship, they were just suspicions, and no one brought it to the table and laid it out. How could she dare to get pregnant as a widow and be criticized by the villagers? She had been taking contraceptives and living with Xu Damao for these years. Although the number of times was not too many, it was hard to guarantee that any mistake would cause unnecessary trouble.

It’s true, this Year of the Dragon was not only smooth sailing for Xu Damao, but also for He Yuzhu.

After the Spring Festival, he and his new apprentice Ma Hua have been so busy hosting banquets that they have almost every week. Now they lead tour groups and pay three dollars per table for each banquet, and they are still in great demand.

This made the third uncle extremely envious. He always wanted He Yuzhu to get his son Yan Jiekuang into the canteen of the steel mill.

He Yuzhu neither refused nor agreed, but just said, "Uncle, as long as you can get your Jie Kuang into the factory cafeteria, I will accept him as my apprentice. Jie Kuang is still in junior high school, and you are jealous of him. This is not good."

The third uncle Yan Fugui was also at a loss as to whether to laugh or cry. He wanted to make a reservation even though he couldn't get a bargain. How could it be possible? The workstations were so scarce and precious, it was impossible for him to solve the problem with just one sentence.

The atmosphere in Courtyard No. 95 is completely different from before. The front yard has not changed much, but the middle yard has changed a lot. Now He Yuzhu is the most influential household in the middle yard, completely overshadowing the old man living in the wing room.

A few years ago, the old man was demoted from level 8 to level 7 by Jia Dongxu, which made him lose face. Now he is back to level 8, but no one in the third workshop really cares about him. What's the point of being level 8? His former apprentices don't even associate with him now. Wu Dayong, Liu Yonglin and others almost left Yi Zhonghai's guidance and turned to others for advice. Surprisingly, their work level has improved much faster than before. Wu Dayong is not bad now, a level 5 fitter. Liu Yonglin has even improved to level 6 without making any noise. In addition to the private collusion between the two of them, in fact, in the factory area, Yi Zhonghai's reputation is not good except that he is a senior fitter, which is more intimidating. This is really Jia Dongxu's death and harming others.

In addition to the bad impression left in the factory, Yi Zhonghai's prestige in Yard 95 was also severely damaged.

Jia Zhang often harassed him, and now Jia Geng sneaked into his house from time to time to steal things. It was all instigated by Jia Zhang. Yi Zhonghai didn't dare to blame him too much, call the police or hold a meeting to criticize Bang Geng. He felt very sorry for Jia Dongxu's death.

He now has a fear of holding department-wide meetings.

The old ladies in the backyard now have a lot of complaints about Yi Zhonghai because Yi Zhonghai's food is too bad. Auntie is helpless, although she is also annoyed by this troublesome deaf old lady.

So the deaf old lady had the idea of ​​changing her direction. Now she didn't care about her reputation and often went to the middle courtyard to find Yu Li in the main house, hoping that she could live with Yu Li.

Two rooms for two families is like one woman for two families. How could Yu Li agree to such an unreasonable request? She hated the deaf old lady.

An old lady and an old man actually told this matter. Yi Zhonghai went to He Yuzhu's house to reason with him without asking any questions.

"Silly Zhu, you want to take over the care of the old lady in the backyard? You can take this job, but before you do, you must discuss it with me. After all, I have taken care of the old lady for so many years. Are you trying to take advantage of me at the last minute?"

He Yuzhu was a little confused and stunned for a moment, but after Yu Li came over and talked to him, he quickly understood.

"Uncle, how can I say good things about you? After all, you and my father are of the same generation, how can I compete with you for the mourning hat? No, absolutely not. It's just two rooms in the backyard, I, He Yuzhu, really don't care about them. Look, my main house in the middle courtyard has three rooms, plus an ear room for rainwater, my He family has at least four rooms. Not to mention that I have a son and a daughter now, so my son won't have to worry about not having a house when he gets married in the future. Besides, when did I say that I would agree to live with the old lady in my house? My wife is busy herself, how can she have the time to take care of other people's affairs. But uncle, speaking of this matter today, I think that your salary is not low, and you have no children so far, I think you should think it through and improve the food if necessary, otherwise you will die and have no money to spend (liao), which is really the greatest sorrow in life."

The old man was so angry that he almost passed out. Everyone knew that Sha Zhu was a bad-mouthed person, but he didn't expect that Sha Zhu would spit on any scars. This time, the old man's face was really hurt.