Siheyuan: Living in the People's Community, with a Heart for the Red Star

Shen Yuting looked at the dark liquid in the glass bottle and said, "Honey, what is this? It tastes so good!"

Aunt Min next to me said, "It must be Coke, Xiao Yang, you brought this, it's very rare in China."

Old Yang took out six bottles of Coke from the bag, opened two bottles, handed them to Yuting's mother and Aunt Min, and said, "Mom, Aunt, you guys try it and see how it tastes! But don't drink too much of this Coke, it's harmful to your body."

He leaned over and took out a few more cans of milk powder, malted milk, coffee, cocoa powder, and orange powder from the bag and placed them on the sofa. Seeing several people were surprised, they all cast curious eyes at the bag. Shen Yuting reached out and took the bag, opened it and took out two bottles of red wine, a few packs of Camel cigarettes, and a Marlboro filter cigarette, and then nothing else.

Shen Yuting looked at Lao Yang and blinked. Lao Yang waved his hand and said, "It's all out. What are you still looking at?"

Auntie Min got up and went upstairs to quickly call Yuhe and Yujin. The two came down and ran to Lao Yang and called him brother-in-law. Lao Yang opened two bottles of Coke and handed them to them. After the two tasted it, they kept calling him brother-in-law. The two ate the snacks on the table while sharing them, playing and making noises happily.

Time soon passed and it was five o'clock. Yuting's mother and Aunt Min prepared to cook dinner and let the others play in the living room. Lao Yang quickly got up and said that there were some ingredients in the car to get for cooking.

Shen Yuting led the two children to follow, and when they arrived at the door, the two children ran over and circled the car. Shen Yuting looked at the car and asked, "Where did you get this car, husband? Did you drive it from Shenzhen?"

Old Yang winked mysteriously and said, "Isn't this car beautiful?"

Shen Yuting looked at the car and then at Lao Yang, nodded and said, "It is better looking than the cars in China, why are you so secretive?"

He opened the passenger door and took out a document bag, handed it to Shen Yuting and said, "The vehicle's purchase and sale procedures, as well as the gift procedures, you can take it and fill in your name and go to the police station to register the license plate. This is also a gift I prepared for you, you and Yuping each have one, this one is yours!"

The two children came over and said to Shen Yuting, "Sister, show us what it is!"

Shen Yuting put it away and said, "What are you looking at? Most of it is in English. Can you understand it?"

The two kids made faces at Shen Yuting. Shen Yuting raised her hand to hit them, and they ran to the other side of the car and hid. Lao Yang opened the trunk and took out two bags, locked the car and walked back. Shen Yuting immediately called Yuhe to help carry the things, and the two kids ran over to carry the things.

Lao Yang quickly stopped them and said, "No, it's too heavy, you can't move it!"

Shen Yuhe immediately quit and said with his chest puffed out: "Brother-in-law, you look down on me! I am an adult now, you teach me and I will take it back!"

Lao Yang put a bag on the ground, stepped back and said, "Come on, try it!"

Shen Yuhe immediately rolled up his sleeves and walked forward, grabbing both ends of the bag with both hands and lifting it up. It took a lot of effort to move the bag to his stomach. He took a difficult step forward and his face turned red. Yuting and Yujin beside him laughed. Old Yang saw that Yuhe was about to lose his temper, so he immediately stepped forward and grabbed the bag and lifted it up. Shen Yuhe finally lost his temper, exhaled a lot of air, and his face returned to normal. He gave a thumbs up and said, "Brother-in-law, you are awesome!"

Shen Yuping criticized him from the side: "How's it going, little brat? Exercise more in the future!"

Shen Yuhe was unconvinced and replied: "Why do you say that to me? You can't do it! And mom said you are the laziest in the family!"

Shen Yuting's face immediately turned red, and she pointed at Shen Yuhe angrily and shouted: "You little rascal, how dare you talk back? I'm going to teach you a lesson today!" Then she rolled up her sleeves and rushed towards Shen Yuhe.

Shen Yuhe was so scared that he immediately ran away, shouting as he ran: "Shen Yuting is a lazy pig, so unreasonable!"

Old Yang quickly stopped her and advised, "Wife, don't get excited, don't get excited, we are pregnant now."

Shen Yuting snorted twice, put down her hands and did not chase. At this time, Shen Yujin came over and said, "Brother-in-law, let me help you!" and grabbed a corner of the bag.

Shen Yuting came over and touched Yujin's head and said, "You are the most sensible little sister. Don't be like your second brother. He doesn't do his job and just makes trouble!"

Shen Yujin nodded quickly, his eyes rolling around, and he didn't look like a pushover at all.

After a while, several people returned to the living room carrying bags. Shen Yuhe had already run to the kitchen to report the news.

As soon as he put the bag next to the coffee table, Shen Yuhe brought Yuting's mother and Aunt Min to the living room. They were also very surprised when they saw the two big bags on the ground.

Old Yang untied one of the bags and took out a transparent plastic bag with two large lobsters inside. Shen Yuting and her two sisters looked at the lobsters in surprise and said, "Oh my! This lobster is so big, is it going to become a spirit?"

Yuting's mother stepped forward, grabbed Shen Yujin, slapped him on the butt and said, "What a monster! This is a shrimp from the sea, it just grew bigger."

Old Yang took out another plastic bag, which contained three large crabs... Old Yang kept digging and laid out a large area on the ground, all fresh seafood. Yuting's mother and Aunt Min's eyelids kept twitching, and the two little ones kept jumping around, picking up this and moving that, all of which were things they had never seen before.

Shen Yuting was helping Lao Yang to arrange the bags. After the bags were emptied, Yuting's mother arranged for everyone to carry the seafood to the kitchen, preparing to pick out some to cook in the evening.

After taking away all the seafood, he opened another bag. It was still a transparent plastic bag and inside it was a large piece of meat with a label saying venison. He also took out a large bag and inside it was a large chicken with a label saying turkey...

Lao Yang carried out pieces of meat and placed them on the ground. They were all precious ingredients. When Lao Yang took out a pair of bear paws and a tiger penis, Yuting's mother and Aunt Min were moved again, and then they became numb.

After taking out everything, everyone took the ingredients to the kitchen. Lao Yang took a look in the kitchen and found an old refrigerator. He went forward to open it and found it was empty.

At this time, Aunt Min said: "This refrigerator is too old and has broken down. No one knows how to repair it. I can't bear to throw it away, so I put it here as a decoration."

Old Yang cleaned up the debris on the refrigerator and moved it out of the kitchen and placed it in the courtyard. Shen Yuting followed him out and asked, "Honey, what are you doing? Can you fix it?"

He kicked the refrigerator and said, "Why would I want to fix this old thing? I'm moving it out to throw it away!"

Shen Yuting asked reluctantly: "Can't it be used after some repairs? It would be a shame to throw it away!"

Old Yang said disdainfully: "This old stuff donated by the Russians has already been eliminated internationally! Who in China can repair it? If it can't be repaired, why keep it and take up space? Just throw it away."

Seeing that Shen Yuting was still reluctant to leave, Lao Yang pulled Shen Yuting over and asked, "Who has a cart for transporting goods here? Let's go borrow it."

Shen Yuting asked in confusion: "What do you want to borrow the cart for? Do you want to pull something? Or are you going to throw away this refrigerator now?"

"I had someone deliver a batch of electrical appliances, and I rode a tricycle to get them back."

Shen Yuting said "oh" and took Lao Yang to the supplies department to borrow a cart from the soldiers inside. Lao Yang rode on it and tried it out. Although the cart was a bit old, it performed well. He let Shen Yuting sit on the cart and Lao Yang pedaled the cart towards the gate.

After arriving at the gate, Lao Yang stopped the cart and asked Shen Yuting to wait for him at the gate. Shen Yuting wanted to go with him, but he refused because the road was too bumpy and it might affect the fetus. So Shen Yuting waited in the duty room while Lao Yang rode the cart towards the city.

After the cart entered the blind spot, Lao Yang carefully observed the surroundings and found no one watching. He took out a series of electrical appliances such as a brand new refrigerator, color TV, electric fan, washing machine, etc. from the space and filled the cart. Lao Yang took out a rope and tied it up, then rode on the cart and rode back slowly.

Shen Yuting spotted Lao Yang coming back on a cart from a distance, so she stood at the door and waited. Soon the cart arrived at the door. It took only about ten minutes for Lao Yang to come back. The duty squad leader was also eyelid twitching, so he had no choice but to get a registration form from the duty room and led two soldiers to check and register the electrical appliances on the cart one by one. Finally, Shen Yuting signed it and the two pushed the cart towards the family compound.

It was already past five in the afternoon, and the courtyard was crowded with people, with children running around in groups. People who passed by and knew Shen Yuting greeted her, but no one asked about Lao Yang, as they all thought she was a deliveryman. Several children who were familiar with Yuting ran around the car.

When they got to the courtyard, Lao Yang took the electrical appliances into the courtyard in a few steps. Yuhe and Yujin also ran out, and some children who followed them also ran into the courtyard to play with them. Yuting took out some candies and distributed them. The children who received the candies thanked her and ran away to play.

Soon the word spread that candy was being distributed, and a large group of children came running in to ask for candy. Yuting had no choice but to bring out a large amount of milk candy and gave two to each of them. Only then did the children slowly disperse.

Soon, the news that Shen Yuting's boyfriend had come to her house spread throughout the military compound. Leaders with good connections called Shen Yuting's father, leaving him confused. Why did so many colleagues call to congratulate him?

Yuting's father quickly realized that it might be related to the guests who came to their house today, so he hurriedly explained the things at hand and took the car back home.

When borrowing a car in the afternoon, Lao Yang quietly asked Yuting about her family. Shen Yuting's father was Shen Zhigang, born in 1905 in Jiangxi Province. He joined the revolutionary army in 1929 and followed the army to fight in the north and south. After arriving in northern Shaanxi, he changed his name to Zhigang. During the Anti-Japanese War, he worked in the regiment headquarters and was promoted to division commander during the War of Liberation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, his military rank was colonel, and in recent years he was promoted to major general. He was steady and serious.

Yuting's mother is named Yu Xiuli, from Jiangxi Province. Teacher Shen and his wife had an arranged marriage. Both of their families were prominent and influential in Jiangxi. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, they rarely contacted their hometown.

Aunt Min’s full name is Yu Xiumin, she is 40 years old. She went to live with her sister after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It is said that her husband died before the founding of the People’s Republic of China. She now works in the art troupe.

Shen Yuting also has an older brother named Shen Yushan, who studied in the Soviet Union.

When Master Shen returned home, he saw many children playing in the yard, including his daughter Yu Jin. Shen Yuhe stood aside and looked up. A young man was installing something on the roof. Shen Yuhe was probably helping downstairs. The children stopped playing as soon as they saw Master Shen and stood aside to make way for him.

Shen Yuhe stuck his head into the house and shouted, "Commander Shen is back!"

After shouting, he retracted his head and opened the door. When Master Shen passed by, he kicked Shen Yuhe on the butt and scolded: "What are you shouting? Master Shen, I'm not your father?"

Shen Yuhe covered his buttocks and said nothing.

Master Shen pushed the door open and entered the room. He found two old friends sitting on the armchair and hurried over to greet them. The two old friends also stood up and blamed him: "You are so bad, Master Shen. You didn't even inform us when your son-in-law came to your house! We didn't even inform Yuting about such a big thing as her marriage!"

Teacher Shen was also confused. When did they get married? How did everyone know about it? He couldn't figure it out and laughed it off: "No, no, it's not confirmed yet, isn't it?"

Turning her head to look at the sofa next to her, she saw Xiao Min sitting with a few women, eating snacks and chatting. Seeing her brother-in-law looking over, Aunt Min shrugged at him and pouted.

At this time, Mr. Shen found a TV on the eight-immortal table under the statue of the great man. Mr. Shen walked over, sat on a master chair and chatted with two old friends. The two friends also kept asking about Shen Yuting's boyfriend.

Teacher Shen also looked confused and said, "Wait a moment, I'll sort out the situation."

Aunt Min explained, "Old Shen, Yuting's boyfriend Yang Shangjin came to our house and said he was here to give a gift and propose marriage! Sister Li and I have no objection, we are just waiting for you to come back and make a decision! Then this TV is one of the gifts from Xiao Yang, and he is installing the antenna on the roof now."

Teacher Shen then realized that it was the guy who got his daughter pregnant! He came to apologize. It seemed that the guy on the roof was Yang Shangjin. He would have to test him later.

Only then did Commander Shen burst into laughter and started chatting with his two old friends.

Soon, Lao Yang walked down the stairs and saw Commander Shen sitting in the first seat.

Aunt Min introduced: "Xiao Yang, this is Yuting's father Shen Zhigang."

Old Yang quickly stepped forward and called out, "Dad, you're back. I was waiting for you today."

Shen Zhigang was embarrassed by the word "Dad". We haven't even started yet, and you're calling me "Dad". Have I admitted it? But he couldn't get angry in front of his old friend, so he said slowly, "Xiao Yang, um, hello, sit down."

Old Yang replied, "Okay, Dad. I'll install the TV first, and then I'll chat with you!"

Lao Yang took out the tools to make the feeder, plugged it into the back of the TV, turned on the TV and started debugging, and soon tuned in Chengdu TV. Lao Yang tried and could only search for Chengdu TV. The signals of other TV stations were very poor and he could hardly see any programs.

Seeing the picture on TV, several women and children outside the house rushed over and watched the program on TV.

After the TV was adjusted, Commander Shen and the two old friends were curious but not too surprised, because there were TVs in the army, although they were rare, but they had seen them before. Several people came to the yard and sat at the stone table to chat, and Lao Yang followed them.

Soon Shen Yuting and the others brought out the food and placed it on the stone table, and brought two bottles of white wine. The three of them were shocked when they saw the table full of fish and seafood. There was not much seafood in Sichuan Province now, so they looked at Lao Yang differently.

The four of them drank around the table, and the two old friends frequently poured wine for Lao Yang and asked him about his situation. Lao Yang introduced the domestic situation, and was very shocked to learn that Lao Yang was the boss of Xingbang Company. After that, they laughed and started to get close to Lao Yang.

Old Yang accepted all the offers and was even more unreserved when it came to drinking. Under Shen Yuting's gloomy eyes, the four of them drank seven bottles of liquor before they stopped, mainly because the other two were drunk.

Although Commander Shen drank a lot, he was still sober. Old Yang had no problem at all and put most of it into the space.

When Lao Yang was about to talk to Shen's father about getting married, Shen's father interrupted him and said, "I knew about your relationship from the beginning! It was that old bastard Cui who called and asked Yuting to come. I'm very happy that you can come. As long as Tingting is willing, it's up to you."

Only then did Lao Yang know that Mr. Shen and the old leader were acquainted, and Mr. Shen was a backer that the old leader had found for him. Lao Yang took out a bottle of strong brandy from the space and filled it up for Mr. Shen. His mouth was like honey, and he kept calling "Dad". Finally, Mr. Shen was also drunk by Lao Yang.

Under Shen Yuting's vicious gaze, several people were sent back home one by one, of course, carried back by Lao Yang.