I messed up the Siheyuan

Sijiu City, Nanluogu Lane.

In the afterglow of the sunset, in the alley which was over a hundred meters long and ten meters wide, more than twenty children after school were laughing and playing in groups.

At the entrance of the alley, the eldest son of the Jia family, Banggeng, was huddled together with two children of the same age, whispering something.

Behind his butt was Xiaodang, whose face was dirty and who was sniffing snot.

"Danniu...you are fat...you should be a spy!..." Banggeng said to a tall and fat child.

"Why do I have to be a spy just because I'm fat?"

"Spies all have money, eat well, and are fat like you...?"

"Bullshit!" the tall and fat kid said angrily, "I said you looked like a spy. But in the movies, which policeman looks like you, with curly hair..."

"How about..." Banggeng rolled his eyes and said to another skinny kid, "How about..."

"Great!...Don't think about me..." The thin guy immediately got angry and said, "I don't want to be a spy!"

......

The three children argued for a long time but still couldn't decide who would be the spy.

The game of 'police catching spies' naturally could not continue.

At this time, Xiaodang, who was standing beside her, sniffed and sucked back the two strands of snot that were about to flow across the river. She tugged at Banggeng's sleeve and said weakly, "Brother, I'm a little cold, I want to go home!"

"Xiaodang, stop making trouble. Uncle Wang hasn't come back yet!" Banggeng flicked his sleeves and shook Xiaodang's hand away. "If you want to go back, go back first. I'll wait for you a little longer!"

"Oh!...Then I'll go back..." Xiaodang responded, and walked towards Yard No. 95, fifty meters away, with his short legs.

But before she could take a few steps, she was surrounded by Banggeng and his two companions again.

Banggeng patted Xiaodang's thin shoulder and said with a smile, "Hey..." "Xiaodang, can you stay for a while?"

"I won't stay any longer, and you won't play with me."

"Bring! Bring! Bring!... We'll take you out to play this time..." Bang Geng pointed in the direction of Yard No. 95 and said, "Xiao Dang! Later, you will be a spy and hide under the window of Uncle San's house. We will be the police and go and catch you, how about that?"

"Hmm!" Xiao Dang tilted his head and thought for a while, then shook his head, "No!...Brother, I want to be a policeman, and you guys can be spies! I'll go catch you!"

"Xiaodang, stop messing around!" Banggeng said, "The last time I watched a movie at the steel mill, you saw the police on the screen. Was there anyone like you?

Moreover!

Even if you become a policeman, you can't catch the three of us, right?"

"Then I don't want to be a spy either!" Xiao Dang shook his head firmly.

"Xiao Dang, do you think this is okay?" Bang Geng rolled his eyes and said in a gentle and persuasive way, "If you become a spy this time, I will buy you some candy later."

"Humph!...You're lying!" Xiao Dang wrinkled his nose, "Where did you get the money to buy candy?"

"How about this!" Bang Geng continued, "Next time Uncle Wang gives you candy, I'll give you half of my candy."

Hearing this, Xiaodang's eyes began to blur.

She even couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick her lips.

"Well...alright!...Brother...you have to keep your word!"

"It counts!... It counts!... I say it, when will it not count?" Banggeng said, patting his chest.

......

At this moment, accompanied by a burst of brisk bicycle bells, Wang Ping, riding an almost new bicycle, turned from the main road into Nanluoguxiang.

The tall and strong Daniu was the first to see him, and immediately shouted in a loud and resonant voice: "Uncle Wang, are you off work?"

"Well!..."

This greeting made Wang Ping's young face stunned for a moment, then he forced out an awkward smile and replied helplessly: "Yeah! It's time to get off work..."

Daniel's greeting was like pressing a switch.

Wherever Wang Ping passed, the children in the alley put down what they were doing, looked up, put on ingratiating smiles on their faces, and greeted him enthusiastically.

"Uncle Wang, you're back!"

"Uncle Wang, you're off work!"

"Hello, Uncle Wang!"

"Uncle Wang..."

Amid all the greetings, Wang Ping hurried past with a slightly awkward and flustered look.

Looking at Wang Ping's back, Xiao Dangchong said with a sad face, "Brother, Uncle Wang...Uncle Wang...didn't give me candy again!..."

"If he didn't give it to me, then he didn't give it to me! Can he always give me candy? If he didn't give it to me this time, maybe he will give it to me next time..."

Although Banggeng said it nonchalantly, the expression on his face showed an extremely lost expression.

Not only him, almost all the kids in the alley are like this.

Even when Wang Ping's back disappeared at the gate of No. 95 Courtyard, the noises of the children playing in the alley seemed a bit lost and dull.

......

At the gate of No. 95 compound, Wang Ping just stepped over the threshold with his bicycle. Under the eaves of his house, the third uncle, Yan Fugui, who was bending over to water the flowers, raised his head with a smile on his face, "Pingzi is back?"

Then, without waiting for Wang Ping to answer, he pointed at the bicycle and asked in surprise: "Pingzi...where did you get this bicycle?"

"Uncle... didn't I become a regular employee some time ago?

"According to the regulations of our steel mill, the purchasers in the purchasing department are generally required to be provided with a bicycle, but the factory does not have ready-made bicycle tickets."

"Our leader spent a long time trying to get an old one from somewhere else, and he gave it to me today!"

"Has it been used by someone else? Then this bike is about 80% new, right?" Yan Fugui came over and took a closer look. He then pointed at the front fender of the bike and said, "Look, this is the place where the paint is most likely to fall off. But the paint hasn't fallen off at all. It's still shiny and bright!"

"Hey!... That's not right!... Pingzi!..." Yan Fugui suddenly screamed again, "How come you've been a regular employee for less than two months?"

"Can the apprentices at your steel mill be converted to regular employees so quickly?"

"Haha!" Wang Ping smiled and replied, "Isn't this our section chief taking care of me?"

"Take care of you?" Yan Fugui looked at Wang Ping with suspicion. "If I take care of you, can I get you a regular job early?"

"Come on, Uncle, I won't talk to you anymore. I have to go home and cook..."

Wang Ping didn't want to continue to tangle with Yan Fugui, so he found an excuse and went inside...

But Yan Fugui didn't want to let him go just like that.

He rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Pingzi, it's great! In the blink of an eye, you have become a formal worker in the steel mill. Such a good thing must be celebrated, celebrated!"

"Let's do this!"

"Go and buy half a pound of meat and ask your third aunt to cook two dishes. Third uncle still has half a bottle of Erguotou."

"Tonight, at Third Uncle's house, Third Uncle will accompany you to have a couple of drinks!"

"Uncle, please forgive me!" Wang Ping smiled bitterly and waved his hands repeatedly, saying, "I still want to cut half a pound of meat? With the current market, where can I get meat for you?"

"Aren't you officially promoted to a purchasing agent?"

"As a buyer for such a big factory, you can't get half a pound of meat?"

"Okay! Uncle, please don't criticize me. I really can't make this meat... See you later, please!"

After saying this, without waiting for Yan Fugui to say anything else, Wang Ping walked around him and headed towards the west wing in the front yard.

"Hey! ... Pingzi! ... If you can't get meat, anything else will do! ..."