Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

After get off work in the afternoon, Xu Huizhen took out two kilograms of sugar, two kilograms of melon seeds, two kilograms of cooking oil, and two kilograms of meat from her space. She put them in her backpack and went to Cai Quanwu's house. When she reached the door, she took out 20 kilograms of rice from her space and put it in. She knocked on the door, and when she saw that it was ajar, she went in with her backpack.

Xu Jianmei came out and said, "Sister Huizhen, it's you. Why did you bring so many things?"

Xu Huizhen: "I'm here to see you, old man." The two of them carried the backpack into the house, and Xu Huizhen took out the things one by one and placed them on the eight-immortal table. She said: "Old man, this is rice. You don't have many teeth in your mouth, so it's hard for you to eat steamed bread. Let Jianmei make you some rice porridge with this rice. There are also melon seeds as snacks, and two pounds of meat to make dumplings."

Master Li: "Okay, these things are not easy to buy. How much is it? I'll give you the money."

Xu Huizhen: "What money? It's my gift to you."

Master Li: "Huizhen, if you have something good and think of giving it to me, I will be very satisfied. Nowadays, some food cannot be bought even if you have money. If you don't want to accept money, then you can take the thing away."

Xu Huizhen: "Master Li, let me tell you the truth. Cai Quanwu taught a man a lesson for me. This is my thank you gift. Don't mention money to me."

Jianmei said, "Isn't that what he should do? Do we have to be so polite with our relationship? Your family's affairs are ours."

Cai Quanwu also said: "Fan Jinyou's matter has something to do with me. He became desperate because I blocked his path to promotion, so it is only right for me to take action. Besides, I don't even need to do anything. Qian Jinlai heard that someone was bullying me, so he went to do it."

Xu Huizhen: "Did you give them some hard work compensation?"

Cai Quanwu: "I gave it to him, but he didn't want it. Now when he sees me, he calls me Brother Cai and Brother Cai more affectionately than his own brother."

Grandpa Li went back to the inner room, took out two big black tens and handed them to Xu Huizhen, "Don't save money for me, I still have some savings." Xu Huizhen refused it resolutely, and finally took the two kilograms of tofu given by Xu Jianmei and left.

Master Li sighed: "Quanwu, tell me what happened." Cai Quanwu then told him everything, how Fan Jinyou wanted to become the official manager of the tavern and how it was ruined by Xu Huizhen.

"That Fan Jin has bad intentions. Our tavern is doing very well now. Huizhen didn't want to bring in a troublemaker. She did the right thing."

Master Li: "So, the position of Manager Gongfang is yours?" Cai Quanwu nodded. Master Li: "You did the right thing. Cooperate with Huizhen's work in the future. This woman is unusual!"

Master Li has also observed Cai Quanwu during this period. He is a down-to-earth person and does not despise her as an old woman. He has no problem taking care of her in her old age. Now he treats Cai Quanwu as his own child and uses his life experience to give him some advice. After all, only when Cai Quanwu is well can he follow suit.

Time passes unconsciously.

On this day, Director Wang received a notice saying that the city leaders would come to the tavern to inspect the literacy class.

Director Wang rushed to the tavern and informed Xu Huizhen to make preparations. She said, "Right now, the leaders of the municipal party committee and government are coming. This is the key to our work and the most important thing. The class will start on time at 2 pm tomorrow. Everyone should be alert and not make any mistakes."

The two discussed the matter of setting up the embroidery factory and decided that Xu Huizhen would report on it after class tomorrow afternoon. After Director Wang left, Xu Huizhen began to arrange the work.

She said: "Cai Quanwu, you will give the lecture tomorrow, right? You must be fully prepared. We are going to give a unique and special class. Submit a 100-point answer sheet to the leader. If you have any good ideas, you can speak freely."

Cai Quanwu: "We can post everyone's homework on the wall and hold an exhibition so that the leaders can directly understand the results of our literacy class!"

Xu Huizhen said this was a good idea, so everyone went their separate ways. Xu Huizhen went home and told Han Qingqiu about the report tomorrow. Han Qingqiu was also very happy to hear that. She mounted the embroidered work overnight, and the effect looked really good.

The next day, the leaders arrived as scheduled. Cai Quanwu gave a lecture. After this period of experience, Cai Quanwu's lectures were very good. He said an idiom: Don't be ashamed to ask questions from those who are inferior to you.

He said: "What is "not ashamed to ask questions"? It means not to be ashamed to ask for advice from people of lower status than yourself. For example, I used to be a big guy, and you, Master Niu, are the boss. But today, I am standing here to give you a lecture, and what you can do is not be ashamed to ask questions."

Next, he talked about an idiom called "live and work in peace and contentment", using Ma Liansheng's personal experience as an example. "Before liberation, Ma Liansheng was a slacker on Tianqiao. To put it bluntly, he was a slacker.

But after liberation, the government arranged a job for him in a carton factory. Later, he got married and had two children. He was happy at work and lived a prosperous life. This is called living and working in peace and contentment. Now let's ask Master Ma to sing us a jingle. Come on, Master Ma, I'll clap for you and sing the part about the coffin shop. "

At first, Master Ma was a little embarrassed and refused. Later, he had no choice but to speak up: Beat the bamboo board, take a big step, and there is a coffin shop in front of you. The coffins are really well made, one end is big and the other end is small. He can't stand it if it contains living people. He can't escape if it contains dead people. Hey, this must be the big boss, don't rush me, I'm leaving, if you don't pay, I'll say three nights.

Cai Quanwu is also a talented person. He used his hands and arms to beat the rhythm with Master Ma, and they cooperated well. They responded with warm applause.

Cai Quanwu's lecture was very successful, and the leaders all nodded in satisfaction. Teacher Xu kept muttering in his heart: "If it were me who gave the lecture today, I could show my face in front of the city leaders, and maybe I could be promoted to a leader." Oh, God is really not on my side!

Before the get out of class ended, there was a chorus, and everyone sang with passion and enthusiasm. The leaders were all infected. After the get out of class ended, the city leaders visited their exhibition. There were homework written by everyone, riddles written by Cai Quanwu, and poems written by Xu Huizhen.

The mayor was reading "Bloodstained Style" written by Xu Huizhen. Director Wang went up to explain: "This was written by Xu Huizhen, the private manager of our tavern, and it was published in the Beijing Evening News."

The mayor was surprised and said, "Comrade Huizhen wrote a great poem! This tavern is really full of hidden talents! Everyone is hiding their true potential."

Xu Huizhen said modestly: "We can live a good life today because of the lives and blood of the volunteers. I just speak out of my feelings."

Seeing the riddle written by Cai Quanwu, the mayor asked Master Ma to read it. Master Ma read: "Chiang Kai-shek lost his troops and generals, Wu Peifu lost his chance, the Beiyang troops advanced on both sides, and Xiong Shitang had four incapabilities."

The mayor asked, "Do you know what it means?" Master Ma shook his head and said, "I don't know. You have to ask Teacher Cai."

Cai Quanwu: "In order to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm for learning, I wrote this riddle, but I didn't expect you to see it." The mayor picked up the chalk and said enthusiastically: "Let me explain to you what this means. Chiang Kai-shek lost many soldiers and generals, so remove the word 'general'." As he spoke, he wrote the rest of the riddle on the blackboard.

"Wu Peifu has lost the secret. If you remove the word 'tian', there is still a hole left." The mayor wrote another hole on the blackboard.

Just like that, step by step, a word appeared on the blackboard: Swallow.

The mayor asked, "How do you pronounce this word?" Everyone answered in unison, "Yan!"