Siheyuan: Starting from Building a Village

The next day, Liu Guozheng and Lou Xiao'e took the transportation department's car back to the office.

When he came, he brought a box of sausages, just like the ones packaged in boxes in later generations. There were five small packages in it, and each small package contained ten sausages, which means there were fifty sausages in a box.

(The original ham sausage seemed to be wrapped in paper, and the small packages here are also wrapped in paper.)

There are also some fruits that the new village hopes to grow themselves. This year has been more than two years, and some of the fruit trees are bearing fruit, but the harvest is not large and they are not sold to the outside. All of them are eaten by the villagers themselves, and are given to workers as gifts during festivals.

He went to the Red Star Hospital to visit and comfort Huang Qiuxia's family, and at the same time advanced three months' salary for their family's daily expenses.

As the old saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal a broken bone. Yi Zhonghai has been at home for almost half a year, and his leg is still not fully healed. The old man's hair turned white with anxiety, and he looked more than five years older.

There is another great man in the Siheyuan, Yan Bugui's black hair is gone, replaced by a head full of gray hair, it's purely out of anxiety. You know, Yan Bugui also lay at home until August, if he hadn't been inadequate in nutrition, he would have gone to work long ago.

The same thing happened to Huang Qiuxia's husband. When they were moving the waste, another person's hand loosened, and he suffered a tragic outcome. He failed to avoid the problem completely and his leg was broken.

At least in the next half month, Huang Qiuxia can forget about going to work. Not only does she have to take care of her husband in the hospital, but she also has to take care of three children at home. Fortunately, her eldest son is eleven or twelve years old and can help a little.

"Hey, isn't this Teacher Yan? Is your leg healed?"

On my way back, I passed by Yard 95 and ran into Yan Bugui who had just left the house.

"Liu Guozheng, how come you, a busy man, have time to come to the city today?"

When Yan Bugui saw Liu Guozheng, his little eyes rolled around.

"I have nothing to do, so I came to the city for a walk."

"I heard that Huang Qiuxia's husband's leg was broken and he is now in the hospital. Is there anyone in your office now?"

When talking about broken legs, Yan Bugui's face became more gloomy, as if he was thinking about the scene of his own legs being broken.

"Great, Old Yan. It really proves the saying that a scholar can know everything in the world without leaving home."

"Haha, Liu Guozheng, what you said makes sense."

"That's fine. Teacher Yan, I want to ask you something."

"What a coincidence, Liu Guozheng, I also want to ask you something."

"Who of us will go first?"

"I am older, so naturally I have to give way to you. Liu Guozheng, you go first."

"No, no, no, I heard that your hospital has always emphasized respecting the elderly and loving the young, so I am just following the local customs."

After hearing this, Yan Bugui was extremely surprised. When did Liu Guozheng become so humble and polite? However, Yan Bugui was not polite, and he couldn't be polite. Liu Guozheng had time to be polite here, but Yan Bugui couldn't. He still had to go to work. It would be bad if the two of them were late after being polite to each other.

"Liu Guozheng, is your office still hiring?"

“No.”

"Aren't we short of people now?"

"Teacher Yan, am I not a human being?"

"Liu Guozheng, you are just being rude. I heard that you are the deputy village chief in your village and the deputy factory director in New Hope Food Factory. Both are very important positions. How can you stay in this office for a long time?"

"I'm here to visit the patient today. Besides, if I'm not there, won't Dabao and Damao be there?"

"You can't keep bothering them both, can you?"

"Li Dabao and Xu Damao are my brothers. As brothers, what's wrong with helping my brother?"

"I..you.."

Yan Bugui was almost choked to death by this remark, which made Liu Guozheng's words sound justified.

"Teacher Yan, is it my turn to ask now?"

"Okay, ask whatever you want to ask."

Having failed to achieve his goal, Yan Bugui became a little impatient and was indeed upset.

"Teacher Yan, since you are a scholar who knows everything in the world without leaving home, did you expect the day when your legs would be broken?"

"Liu Guozheng, you, you, you, I won't talk to you anymore."

Yan Bugui flicked his sleeves and left angrily.

"Haha, Brother Zheng, you are so mean. Aren't you just rubbing salt into other people's wounds?"

"Hahaha, who told this old stingy guy to only think about good things every day."

"That's right. Not just anyone can enter our office."

"Right, let's go back and take a rest first, we have to open at noon."

"Brother Zheng, are you really not going to recruit anyone?"

"It's not that we don't want to recruit, it's just up to fate. The work in our office is so easy, not everyone can come."

"So Sister Huang is the destined one."

"Yes, you know people are divided into groups. You also know Zhang Qingfang's character. Huang Qiuxia, who can be friends with her, must be good. So I agreed at that time."

"Uh-huh."

Lou Xiao'e still agreed with Zhang Qingfang. She was indeed a very nice person, and no one who had come into contact with her had anything bad to say about her.

This is also the reason why Liu Guozheng wanted to transfer her to the food factory canteen.

"Brother Zheng, sister-in-law, you are back."

When they returned to the office, they saw Li Dabao and Xu Damao cleaning the stall. This was a job they had been doing frequently recently. There was nothing they could do about it. There was no one there now, and they couldn't wait for Liu Guozheng to go and clean the stall himself.

"Brother Zheng, are you going back tonight?"

"Of course I did. You and Dabao are the same. You have to go home every night."

"Hey, Brother Zheng, Dabao and I just told you that if you don't go home at night, you can play a few rounds of mahjong to relax. You've been so busy these days, especially at night. This child is too difficult to take care of."

"Yes, yes, Brother Zheng, how did you get here at that time?"

Li Dabao also put down the work in his hands and looked at Liu Guozheng eagerly, wanting to hear Liu Guozheng's opinions.

"My little baby must make noise at night."

"Huh? Really?"

"Of course it's true. If you don't believe me, ask your sister-in-law. How can it be false?"

"Are boys and girls different?"

Li Dabao and Xu Damao's faces were full of confusion. These two guys were in pain and happiness every night. It was so exhausting.

"You two have only been like this for a few days. By the way, are you eating the milk powder I gave you normally?"

"Uh-huh."

The two nodded.

"It will be fine after two or three months. It will definitely be much better than it is now. You can't even buy this milk powder in Datang. It's a top-secret formula that can promote the growth of children. It's enough for three months, and it's gone after you finish it."

"Is it really that magical?"

"We'll know in three months whether it works or not."

Others may not know, but Liu Guozheng knows that although it is a weakened version of the strengthening capsule, it is still extremely strong. Of course, this strengthening is not achieved in one go, but is gradually "strengthened" as the child grows older. To outsiders, all they can say is that the child has had a good physique since childhood.

After cleaning, several people sat down and chatted, mainly the two new dads Li Dabao and Xu Damao seeking experience from the "senior" dad Liu Guozheng.

No matter how Liu Guozheng takes care of the children, he has his own way of doing things.

Lou Xiao'e just smiled and said nothing. Li Dabao and Xu Damao really asked the right person. Except for the first three months, there was very little time to take care of the child, and most of the time it was done by Lou's father and mother.

Therefore, the two of them were destined to fail in obtaining the true scriptures.