Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

With the recovery capsules secretly provided by Liu Guozheng, Lou Xiao'e and the other two recovered well and all returned to the village on the third day.

Liu Guozheng, the third brother's family is fine, they are all taken care of by my mother-in-law.

Gu Nian and Wen Xiu were in a dilemma. It was their first time having a child and they had no experience at all. In the end, they asked Aunt Ma and Aunt Niu to help take care of the child. After Er Leng and Li Xiangdong's son was born last year, they were responsible for taking care of him.

Usually, the children in school are taken care of by Aunt Niu and Aunt Ma, who have rich experience in taking care of children.

Of course, asking people to spend extra time requires payment, but the two made it clear that they don't want it. Anyway, they have a lot of free time and are willing to help take care of the children.

In the early 1960s, statutory holidays were also holidays. May Day and New Year's Day were both one-day holidays, National Day was two days, and Spring Festival was three days (data source: Internet).

During the holiday, all the office employees came to Hope Village to play and visit Lou Xiao'e, Chen Xiaolan and Wen Xiu.

When the holiday was over and we were about to return to the city, we held another meeting, mainly to adjust the office hours. After the National Day holiday, the weather would get colder, so Liu Guozheng decided to change the morning business hours to noon and afternoon. The noon hours were from 10 am to 12 pm, and the afternoon hours were from 4 pm to 6 pm, a total of four hours.

It is also specifically stated that the working hours will be adjusted around May 1st and National Day every year.

No one in the office has any objection to Liu Guozheng's decision. Such a time adjustment is good for everyone of them. Who doesn't want to sleep in in the winter?

The only request made by everyone in the office was to increase the business hours, which was directly rejected by Liu Guozheng.

Due to the special nature of the goods, there is really no need to increase the business hours.

It is also worth mentioning that Chen Weiguo also got his marriage certificate during the National Day holiday. This was a time they had agreed on long ago. The Chen family has many relatives and friends, so if they want to get together they can only wait until the National Day holiday. Liu Guozheng and other familiar people sent their best wishes.

In the following days, Liu Guozheng began to live a life of pain and happiness. Liu Guozheng also fully understood the meaning of the saying that one does not know the kindness of parents until one has children.

Don't underestimate this statement. The hardships in real life cannot be described in words. Especially at night, it is even more difficult. The children are either crying or wetting their pants. There are constant troubles.

Daytime is Liu Guozheng's rest time, and the child is taken care of by his mother-in-law and Lou Xiao'e.

The third child is the same, feeling both pain and happiness.

Gu Nian, on the other hand, had the easiest life. There was Aunt Niu during the day and Aunt Ma at night. Gu Nian only needed to help out. Most of the time, Aunt Niu, Aunt Ma and Wenxiu took care of him.

After a month, Liu Guozheng really couldn't stand it anymore, so he thought of strengthening capsules. Fearing that the children were too young to bear it, he divided one capsule into 100 portions, mixed them into milk powder, and let the three little ones share it. This way they could be strengthened without knowing it, and they didn't have to worry about the drug being too strong.

Of course, I consulted my clone in advance, and only after he said it was okay did I start implementing it.

The effect was surprisingly good. In just half a month, there were obvious changes. The two-month-old baby was almost catching up with Wang Heng and Li Wenhao in all aspects.

This attracted a lot of amazement from the villagers, especially Erlang and Li Xiangdong, who were extremely envious. They had both experienced what it was like to look after children at night, and it was not a pleasant experience.

In this way, Liu Guozheng lived a normal life at night.

Time flies, and soon it is New Year's Day 1962.

Liu Guozheng went into the city for the first time to attend a wedding.

Drink at Wang Sigen’s wedding.

The invitation was sent to Hope New Village a few days ago. After much deliberation, Liu Guozheng decided to go. No matter what, Wang Sigen was someone who made money with him, so he might as well give him some face.

When receiving the invitation, Lou Xiao'e specifically asked Liu Guozheng how he knew Wang Sigen. After all, Liu Guozheng did not have much contact with the people in the Siheyuan. In Liu Guozheng's own words at the time, he looked down on those people.

Liu Guozheng thought about it and then directly explained the cause and effect of the matter. Only then did Lou Xiaoe understand.

Then Liu Guozheng specifically told Lou Xiaoe not to tell anyone about the sale of alcohol, especially Yu Li and Zhang Wenhua, otherwise Li Dabao and Xu Damao's pocket money would definitely be taken away again.

Finally, Liu Guozheng said that most of the money earned from selling wine would be invested in the Hope Fund, and Lou Xiaoe agreed to Liu Guozheng's request.

"Brother Wang, congratulations, congratulations."

"Brother Zheng, thank you, thank you."

Liu Guozheng was embarrassed to be called Wang Sigen, as Wang Sigen was already 35 years old, ten years older than Liu Guozheng. But Wang Sigen didn't mind at all, as he said it was a respectful title.

Originally, Liu Guozheng called Wang Sigen "Lao Wang", but when he thought of the joke of "Lao Wang next door" in later generations, he felt it was not good, so he decided to just call him Brother Wang. The last two ways of addressing each other gave people a very confusing feeling.

The appearance of Liu Guozheng caused quite a stir among the people in the courtyard.

"Tsk tsk, this is incredible, this is incredible."

"Erlu, what's the big deal?"

"I was told that Wang Sigen has been shaking recently. It turns out that he is relying on Liu Guozheng."

"How did you know?"

"You fool, didn't you see Liu Guozheng coming here in person to pay his respects?"

"It's true. Who would have thought that Wang Sigen, whom we have always looked down upon, would quietly get close to Liu Guozheng? Any little money that slips through the cracks in the office is enough for him to make."

"Alas, what a pity! Who told us that our vision is too narrow?"

"I heard that Wang Sigen has been leaving early and coming back late in the past six months. He didn't even come back at night a while ago."

"how do you know?"

"You idiot, I live in the backyard too, four doors down, have you forgotten?"

"That's true."

"You deserve to be a part-time worker, living next door to Wang Sigen, but you can't seize such a good opportunity."

"I..."

Wang Sigen's neighbor had a face full of regret. He used to work odd jobs, so why did he look down on Wang Sigen? He would not even bother to talk to him anymore.

Now it’s over. For a long time to come, it will become a topic of conversation for others after dinner or tea.

"I was wondering why Wang Sigen didn't invite Sha Zhu to his banquet. Turns out it was because of Liu Guozheng."

"Erlu, you are wrong about this."

"how to say?"

"At the beginning, Si Gen really found Sha Zhu. Guess what conditions Sha Zhu offered?"

"What's the condition?"

"Five dollars, five pounds of pork belly, a bottle of good wine, and two boxes of good cigarettes."

"Is Shazhu crazy?"

"Hehe, I don't know if he's crazy or not, but Shazhu is probably jealous that Wang Sigen can get married."

"Hahaha."

"Silly Zhu is back, stop talking."

"Yes, stop talking."

After hearing other people's comments, Shazhu's face turned black.

It was indeed as others had said. Sha Zhu was not convinced that a person whom he looked down upon, a person who did not even have a formal job, could actually marry a wife and even hold a wedding banquet in a courtyard house. In Sha Zhu's opinion, Wang Sigen really did not know his own weight, so when Wang Sigen found him, out of jealousy he wanted to make things difficult for Wang Sigen.

After hearing Sha Zhu's conditions, Wang Sigen turned around and left without saying a word.

Finally, Wang Sigen went to the Xiwang New Village Office to find Nan Yi. Although Nan Yi seldom hosted banquets outside, he agreed because they knew each other.