Siheyuan: Becoming a cadre after graduating from technical secondary school

"Dali is beautiful in March. It's a good place to dress up by the Butterfly Spring. Butterflies are flying here to collect nectar. Why are you combing your hair, sister? Butterflies are flying here to collect nectar. Why are you combing your hair, sister?" (The lyrics are excerpted from "By the Butterfly Spring", an interlude in the romantic comedy feature film "Five Golden Flowers" produced by Changchun Film Studio in 1959.)

While humming a little tune, Sha Zhu poked the unburned coal in the stove with a fire hook. It was obvious that he was in a good mood.

"This stupid pillar."

The deaf old lady walked slowly past Sha Zhu, shook her head with a smile, and said, "Zhu Zi, I got you a pair of cotton shoes, try them on to see if they fit your feet."

"Oh, there is such a good thing."

Sha Zhu sat down happily, tried the new shoes on his feet twice, and said happily: "Look, don't they fit perfectly!"

The deaf old lady smiled and said, "If they fit, put them on directly. Wear the new shoes and carry me out tomorrow. I, your grandma, need to do something."

"Why would you let me go out on such a cold day?" Sha Zhu asked suspiciously, "Will it be the same as last year?"

The deaf old lady smiled but said nothing.

"Yes, I knew there is no such thing as free white steamed buns in the world." Sha Zhu complained unhappily, "This is the first time I've seen an old lady reselling food coupons. Aren't you afraid that I will carry you to the police station tomorrow and sue you for speculation?"

"Ah, what did you say? I can't hear you clearly!" The deaf old lady tilted her ear and asked deliberately.

"I say, your ears can only hear good words, not bad words."

It turned out that because the deaf old lady lived alone, an old man would send her some food from time to time. In addition, she usually had a meal here and there, so she almost didn't need to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy food, and she could save a lot of food coupons every year.

She exchanged almost all of these food coupons for money. As for what she, an old widow who received the five guarantees, wanted the money for, no one knew.

"Silly child." The old lady shook her head and muttered softly, "I'm just worried that you won't be able to find a wife, so I'm saving some for you."

She also sighed secretly in her heart. She had originally prepared a 'grandson's wife' whom she liked for her silly grandson, that is, 'Lou Xiao'e', the wife of Xu Damao in the backyard.

She had long seen that the two from the Xu family would never get along and would divorce sooner or later.

Lou Xiao'e is beautiful, kind and innocent, which makes her a perfect match for her silly grandson. Unfortunately, ever since Sha Zhu beat Xu Damao into infertility, Lou Xiao'e has seldom returned to the hospital, so she has no chance to bring them together.

At this moment, she suddenly heard Sha Zhu ask vaguely: "Old lady, what do you think about me marrying a country girl?"

"How old is your country daughter-in-law? Who introduced you to her? Has she been to school?" The old lady didn't bother to pretend to be deaf and asked hurriedly.

",,,That's what I said."

Sha Zhu curled his lips and refused to open his mouth no matter how the deaf old lady asked.

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In the blink of an eye, it was New Year's Eve. Early in the morning, the Lin family began to put up Spring Festival couplets under the direction of Lin's father.

'The three treasures of a family are filial piety, diligence and thrift'

'May the whole family be blessed with health and happiness'

"Good, this couplet has a good meaning and the calligraphy is also good."

He Jinyuan (Lin Zongxuan's grandfather), who was taken to the city to celebrate the New Year with the Lin family, smiled and praised: "As the old saying goes, you can tell a person's character by his writings without seeing him. Zongxuan's calligraphy has improved a lot in the past two years."

Lin Zongxuan chuckled, feeling satisfied with the results of his hard work over the years. However, before he could say anything modest, he heard his grandfather add, "What a pity, what a pity! My good grandson is almost 24 and still hasn't found a wife."

At this time, Lin's mother passed by and said cheerfully, "I was just looking for you to help me persuade him. It is natural for men and women to get married. It's just that someone in the Red Star Courtyard has set a bad example by not getting married in his thirties, which has made young people not want to get married."

"Are there still people in their thirties who don't want to get married these days?" He Jinyuan said in amazement: "Who are you talking about?"

"Who else could it be? It could be He Yuzhu, the chef from the steel mill cafeteria and a colleague of Lao Lin next door!"

"Who said I don't want to get married?!"

As Sha Zhu skillfully turned off the fire and started cooking, he said to Ma Hua beside him, "I haven't found the right one yet. If I find one, I will definitely get it. I can have two in three years."

Ma Hua smiled and complimented, "That's right. With your conditions, Master He, getting married is as easy as Zhang Fei eating bean sprouts."

The master and the apprentice were chatting while cooking. When they were talking happily, they suddenly heard someone ask, "Who wants to eat bean sprouts?"

When Sha Zhu turned his head and took a look, he was immediately delighted, because the person who came was none other than his good neighbor in the yard, the pillar of the Jia family—Qin Huairu, the real heroine.

"Why do you have time to come here? Why don't you go home?"

Qin Huairu smiled and said, "I wonder if someone is still working overtime on New Year's Eve. Would you like to come and take a look?"

Sha Zhu looked at Ma Hua who was packing beans, secretly handed the two lunch boxes to Qin Huairu, and blinked.

Qin Huairu understood and covered the lunch box with her worn-out shoulder bag. She casually said hello to Ma Hua and was about to leave.

At this moment, a drunk man suddenly broke into the kitchen.

Li Huaide was drinking with an important friend in the reception room today. He originally wanted to come to the kitchen to smoke a cigarette, slow down the hangover, and see how the food was cooking. But when he saw Qin Huairu, he immediately felt that she looked familiar.

"You are, you are,,"

Qin Huairu smiled unnaturally and said, "Director Li, I am Qin Huairu, Jia Dongxu's wife. We met in the hospital before."

"Oh, it's you. I remember now."

Li Huaide looked at Qin Huairu's fair face and beautiful figure, and under the influence of alcohol, he immediately had bad intentions. He used the excuse of caring about his employees to forcibly drag Qin Huairu to the warehouse next door. (In fact, when I read this paragraph, I felt it was quite unreasonable. No matter how eager Li Huaide was, he would not drag someone to the warehouse when there were people in the kitchen. He was not short of women. A high-ranking official (or a quasi-high-ranking official) was written worse than a little gangster.)

As soon as he closed the door, Li Huaide's expression immediately became serious. He pointed at Qin Huairu's hand and asked, "Qin Huairu, what is that in your hand?"

Qin Huairu's heart tightened, and she quickly explained: "Director Li, this is the vegetable soup I left over. I wanted to dip it in my steamed bread when I got home."

"Nonsense! I wonder if he stole something from the factory?"

Li Huaide sneered and said, "If you don't tell the truth, I will send you directly to the security department!"

Qin Huairu was so frightened by his words that she trembled all over, and said flatteringly: "How can this be possible? It's New Year's Day. Besides, I have always respected you very much. It was you who arranged for me to take over my lover's job.

Please be magnanimous and let me go. I will repay you in my next life by working as a horse or an ox."

Li Huaide thought that the young wife must have given in, and immediately put on a smiling expression and said, "I knew you were a smart and sensible person."

After saying that, he stretched out his arms and hugged her, still shouting, "Come, let me kiss you."

"Ah, what are you doing, Silly Zhu, help me!" Qin Huairu looked at a loss and then struggled violently.

The kitchen is very busy and the space is very small. Sha Zhu was worried that Li Huaide was watching the warehouse with ill intentions. When he heard Qin Huairu calling his name, he immediately followed the sound to find the place, pushed open the door and rushed in.

When Li Huaide saw Sha Zhu, he immediately let go of Qin Huairu and scolded her, "You are quite courageous. What do you want to do?"

"I want to beat you up!" Seeing Qin Huairu's miserable appearance, Sha Zhu had no time to talk nonsense with Li Huaide. He just slapped Li Huaide hard, causing him to flip over. Then he held his arm and threw him to the ground over his shoulder. He sat on him and started punching and kicking him.

At this time, Ma Hua rushed in from the door. When he saw the person under Sha Zhu's body, he was stunned with fear. He hurriedly pulled Sha Zhu away and shouted, "Master He, stop hitting him. This is the deputy director, the deputy director who is in charge of us!"

"What's wrong with the deputy factory director? Can the deputy factory director act like a hooligan?"

After Li Huaide ran away, Sha Zhu calmed down for a while, but still felt angry. He asked Qin Huairu, who was still sobbing, "Can you take back the ten kilograms of pork and twenty kilograms of flour?"

Qin Huairu nodded tremblingly.

"Okay." Sha Zhu turned to Ma Hua and said, "Go get me the things that people gave him, and let Qin Huairu take them away."

"This..." Ma Hua asked hesitantly, "This is not good."

"Just go get it if I tell you to. I'll take care of anything that happens."

Sha Zhu thought that the feud was complete this time. With Li Huaide's personality, he would definitely seek revenge. It would be a waste not to take this thing. He ordered Ma Hua to go quickly while mumbling something dirty.

Ma Hua couldn't persuade him and had to do as he asked.