Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

Time is the fairest thing. Whether you are laughing or sad, there are twenty-four hours in a day and it will not change because of your mood.

A lot has happened in the past month.

It is worth mentioning that Hou Si, who had a close relationship with Jia Dongxu, went to the courtyard where Hao Ren used to live a week after Jia Dongxu's death. In Hao Ren's room, he accidentally found the place where the house deed was hidden.

When Hou Si saw that the owner of the house was not Hao Ren, he thought it would be a shame not to take advantage of a good deal, so he took the house deed to the street office to transfer the ownership. However, this aroused the suspicion of the street office, so they called the police.

Finally, three skeletons were dug up under a tree in the yard, which should be the missing homeowner's family.

Hou Si was detained directly.

Since the murder weapon had never been found, Hou Si insisted that he did not kill the man, but only discovered the house deed by accident. In order to get an advantage, he wanted to transfer the courtyard to his own name, which resulted in the murder of the homeowner.

Due to insufficient evidence, the matter came to a stalemate.

Considering that Hou Si had a lot of criminal records, he was eventually sent directly to the Northwest to engage in construction.

Time goes on and May Day is soon here.

In the 1960s, May Day was a legal holiday with one day off.

This day is also Xu Damao’s wedding day.

In the spirit of thrift and not extravagance, even though the Xu father and son had wide friends, they did not hold a grand celebration. They simply set up three or four tables, which made those people in the compound who had long wanted to have a good meal extremely dissatisfied.

As there were so many friends, Xu Damao invited the guests for the wedding banquet in the evening separately, in groups. He was neither ostentatious nor neglectful of his friends. He tried his best to satisfy all parties, except those people in the Siheyuan who wanted to take advantage.

Wang Sigen and Liu Guangtian, who were also Liu Guozheng's employees, naturally had to receive gifts for the wedding. These two were not short of money now, as each could earn 70 yuan a month, and it was an extremely easy job. They didn't have to go to the black market every night, as the wine could be ordered a month in advance. After getting the wine, they could just find a time to have it delivered to their door.

In the city of Sijiu, at the feet of the emperor, there are still many rich people.

Of course, there were also some short-sighted small groups that threatened the two, but they were all dealt with by Xu Qing in the end. After a while, those who managed the black market also knew that the two had backers and were not easy to mess with.

What makes Liu Guozheng satisfied is that Wang Sigen and Liu Guangtian are quite content with their current lives and have no intention of increasing shipments or making more money.

According to Wang Sigen, they earn 70 yuan a day, which is equivalent to a sixth-level worker in a steel rolling mill, and they are content.

In fact, the money the two of them earn every month is more than 70 yuan. This is the money from selling wine. They also have other income, which comes from helping Liu Guozheng find people who sell yards and completing various procedures. Liu Guozheng rewards them with 20 to 50 yuan each time.

All the purchased courtyards were registered under the names of Xu Fang, Han Zhang and others.

By June, the weather was getting hotter.

If there was nothing to do, Liu Guozheng would be even less willing to go to the city. It was so comfortable to stay in the village, especially staying under the tree in front of the West Mountain. Drinking tea, playing chess and swimming every day was extremely comfortable.

However, Liu Guozheng also needs to go to the city from time to time.

I go to the Red Star Welfare Home twice a month, and this is a regular thing.

I go to the office early in the morning every day, show up, and go back to Hope Village before noon. As for the previous plan of three accountants taking turns to work in the office, it is not possible to do it for the time being. Two of the three are almost six months pregnant, and another has a child who is only a year old and cannot leave.

Erlang and Laosan don't have anything to do every day, but they can do some work but they can't do the accounting.

Only Liu Guozheng can do this job. Rules and regulations are rules and regulations. Accounts must be reconciled every month. Whether it is the supplies of the office or the Red Star Welfare Home, Liu Guozheng needs to do it personally.

Look, today is June 6th, the Grain in Ear. From this solar term, the temperature rises significantly and the rainfall is abundant, marking the time for planting autumn crops.

Now, apart from the obvious increase in temperature, the rainfall is still the same as before. It has been dry, with only a few drops of rain occasionally, and the ground cannot even dry out.

This means the disaster is still ongoing.

Just as I arrived at the office today, Xu Damao came to me mysteriously.

"Brother Zheng, hahaha."

Before he could say anything, Xu Damao actually started laughing.

"Da Mao, you look so happy, is your wife pregnant?"

"Brother Zheng, can't you, as a grown man, care about something important?"

"Hey, what's the big deal?"

"But I heard that Yi Zhonghai's old mule went to West City yesterday for some reason. When he got there, his legs were broken. Just like last time, someone put a sack over his head. Not even a trace of him was seen."

"What's my problem? People are subject to misfortunes at any time. This is normal."

"Normal? Hey, Brother Zheng, do you know what day it is today?"

"What day?"

"I heard that today is the assessment day for the eighth-level workers in the steel mill."

"Doesn't that mean Yi Zhonghai missed the exam again?"

"Yeah, so I'm happy to hear the news."

"Okay, as long as you're happy."

"Brother Zheng, since you are happy, shouldn't we celebrate?"

"Well, you are waiting for me here. Tell me, what have you set your eyes on now?"

"I heard from Erlang that when you were in the village, you had big watermelons to eat. Brother Zheng, do you think you can get some next time you come?"

"Let's talk about it next time."

"Brother Zheng, what you said, do you agree or not?"

"Next time, if there are some, I'll bring you some. If there aren't any, it's useless for me to promise you, right?"

"That's true. But, Brother Zheng, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. I want to go to the village in a few days."

"Hey, Damao, can you bear to give up your wife?"

"I..."

Xu Damao was a little envious of Li Dabao at this time. At the beginning, he found a wife who was unemployed and was assigned to work in the office. When he had nothing to do, he would live in the village for a few days.

Especially now that the weather is getting hotter, fans are needed at night, but fans are hard to buy. It's not that we are short of money, but that we don't have tickets. Liu Guozheng got the tickets for the fans in the office from Jiang Weimin, and of course Li Huaide and Lu Ming also provided two tickets.

"Brother Zheng, let's talk about the watermelon later. The wine that Wang Sigen gave me when I got married last time was provided by you, right?"

Liu Guozheng did not expect that Wang Sigen and Liu Guangtian would each give a bottle of wine as a gift.

"What do you want to do?"

"Brother Zheng, I heard from Si Gen that the wine is in short supply. How about you provide me with some so I can earn some pocket money?"

"I say, Damao, your wife wouldn't take all your money, would she?"

"Brother Zheng, is this all your fault?"

"Da Mao, why are you blaming me? Your sister-in-law didn't touch a penny of my money. I have the final say on everything."

"Brother Zheng, only my sister-in-law believes what you said, I don't believe it."

"Believe it or not, I have my own money to spend."

"If that's the case, I'll find a chance to ask my sister-in-law if she knows about this wine."

"Da Mao, I'll provide you with five bottles every month, at a cost price of eight dollars."

"Brother Zheng, five bottles a little too little?"

"What do you know, kid? Scarcity makes things valuable. Just for these five bottles, you can easily earn thirty-five dollars a month."

"Okay, I don't have any money now. I'll give it to you after I sell all the wine."

"Forget it, these five bottles are a gift to you. Just keep your mouth shut in the future."

"Brother Zheng, thank you very much. Come, I will kowtow to you."

"Go, go, go away."

"Okay. I'll take my leave now."

After Xu Damao slipped away, Liu Guozheng came to the gatehouse and asked Xu Fang whether he had broken Yi Zhonghai's leg.

What's more, Liu Guozheng actually guessed it right. It was Xu Fang who did it.

When Xu Fang returned to the village yesterday, he found someone following him, so he killed Yi Zhonghai at the corner of the alley.

Xu Fang asked this question at that time, and judging from Yi Zhonghai's answer, it should be a coincidence.

Liu Guozheng directly told Xu Fang and Han Zhang that when they return to the village in the future, if there is someone following them, they should try to shake that person off first. If they really can't shake that person off, it means that the person is intentional, and they can just take action then.