Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Liu Guozheng really didn't expect that Yue Xiaogang and Yue Xiaoying were not Zhang Qingfang's biological children.

From Nan Yi, we learned that Zhang Qingfang had an older sister named Zhang Qingya and a brother-in-law named Yue Jianguo. Both of them were in poor health, especially Zhang Qingya, who overdrew her body after giving birth to two children. Her condition became increasingly serious, and she passed away before Xiaoying was even a month old.

Yue Jianguo never recovered from the blow and drank all day long. One rainy day, he fell into a puddle and drowned.

Fortunately, the couple left two rooms. Although the area is not large, it is a place to live.

Originally, thanks to Zhang Qingfang's efforts, she could have enough food to eat and support her two children well. However, one day when she was repairing her house, she fell down and broke her leg. In order to save money, she just found a quack doctor, and became disabled.

According to Zhang Qingfang, during the days when their legs were broken, the three of them survived only because of the help of their neighbors in their yard.

After Zhang Qingfang became disabled, she lost her previous temporary job and could only go to the street office to do some sewing and mending work, as well as pasting matchboxes. She persisted in this way for more than two years, until a few years ago, when she finally came to work in the office through the introduction of Xu Damao's mother.

Life began to improve.

Zhang Qingfang originally thought that this would be the end of her life, but when she saw Nan Yi, her heart, which had been closed for a long time, was moved by Nan Yi's smile.

After a day of observation, Zhang Qingfang found that Nan Yi was a very caring person, especially when it came to children. When they were busy, Yue Xiaogang and his sister were playing in the kitchen. Nan Yi would feed them from time to time, which completely touched Zhang Qingfang.

When Nan Yi offered to send her off in the evening, she knew in her heart that Nan Yi must have a good impression of her, so she told him all about her situation.

The issue of children is easy to deal with. It is not a problem for two working people to raise two more children.

The main thing is that Zhang Qingfang has a leg disability. While she is looking forward to it, she is more worried that Nan Yi is just acting on impulse.

"Good boy, Lao Nan, you are really good. To be honest, I really admire you."

After listening to Zhang Qingfang's story, Liu Guozheng was filled with emotion, and what he felt most was his admiration for Nan Yi. It must have been a great achievement for him to dare to "confess" to Nan Yi when no one else was optimistic about him.

"Guo Zheng, do you mean you agree?"

"As long as you take care of your factory's affairs, I can promise you."

"Thank you, thank you, Brother Guozheng. You are a great benefactor to our Nan family. I was afraid that I would be a bachelor for the rest of my life and would not be able to face the elders of our Nan family when I get old."

"hehe."

Liu Guozheng smiled. He had also watched a few episodes of the TV series "Man is Iron, Rice is Steel". Nan Yi was not destined to be single.

"Lao Nan, since you want to come to the office to work as a chef, let's talk about the salary."

"Guo Zheng, the salary is up to you, as long as you have food and a place to live."

"Haha, what you said, Lao Nan."

"What I said is real."

"How about this, Lao Nan? Everyone's basic salary is the same, thirty yuan. Key positions such as chefs and accountants will receive a five yuan subsidy each month."

"Guozheng, I really want to thank you. To be honest, it's higher than my current salary."

"Also, your salary increases year by year as you work longer."

"How do you increase it?"

"For example, if your basic salary this year is thirty, after working for a full year, your salary will be thirty-five next year, and forty the year after. Do you understand what I mean?"

"If I had known this would happen, I would have stopped working in the machine repair shop and lived a comfortable life with you, Guozheng."

"Oh, and you can have one day off a week, paid annual leave, and benefits will be distributed during festivals. Of course, the only festivals are Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Spring Festival. Don't think you can get anything on just any festival."

"Guozheng, you are so generous. I admire you."

After listening to Liu Guozheng's talk about the welfare benefits, Nan Yi gave him a thumbs up.

"Lao Nan, our office will officially start work after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, that is, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, so you still have a week to deal with your personal problems."

"I see, Guozheng, then when do you think we can treat Zhang Qingfang?"

"Wait until you get married."

"Not now?"

"What if she doesn't like you anymore after her leg heals?"

"Brother, do you not believe in my judgment, or do you not believe in your own judgment? I don't believe that just anyone can catch the eye of you, Liu Guozheng."

"I was just joking. The problem is that it takes a hundred days for a broken bone to heal. So I need you, Nan Yi, to take care of it."

"I am willing."

"This is not a question of whether you are willing or not. You don't care about your own reputation, but you have to consider Zhang Qingfang's reputation, right?"

"Oh, I really didn't think of this. Guozheng, do you think I am too impatient?"

"It's understandable that you, a bachelor for many years, meet someone you like."

"Fuck you."

"Well, you two can get to know each other first and then slowly get to know each other. After you get to know each other, if both of you are satisfied, you can get married. After you have this relationship, you can treat Zhang Qingfang and take care of him. The neighbors won't say anything but praise you for being a good person."

"It has to be Zhou Xiang that your country is considering."

"Lao Nan, you've been busy all day, can you go take a rest?"

"Haha, Brother Guozheng, good night, good night."

Nan Yi is beaming with joy now. He didn’t expect that a trip to the city would solve his lifelong issue.

When Liu Guozheng returned to the bedroom, Lou Xiao'e was still awake and lying on the bed reading a book.

"Wife, why aren't you asleep yet so late?"

"Brother Zheng, we will go back tomorrow."

"No, there's nothing to do right now. Why go back so early? Why don't you take Li Xiujuan and the others to stroll around Sijiu City and see more of the city's scenery?"

"Wang Heng and Li Wenhao are still young, and the weather is cold. Li Xiujuan and Zhang Hongying don't want to take the children out for a stroll."

"Wait two or three days, and then we'll go back together."

"Hehehe, Brother Zheng, don't you think you're really reluctant to let me go back?"

"Of course. If you leave, who will warm my bed?"

"Go to hell with you, just to let me warm your bed."

"Yes."

"I'll bite you to death."

"You are a dog, you really bite."

"Now decide who will warm whose bed."

"I'll warm you up, okay?"

"That's pretty much it."

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