Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

The two had dinner at Zhongshan's house. If it were any other day, they might have gone out to eat to celebrate, but during the Spring Festival, there were too many people in restaurants outside, so the two had to eat at home. Fortunately, Zhongshan's space always had cooked food made by He Yuzhu, so he took out some of the cooked food. Zhongshan also fried two dishes, and they had dinner at home.

After dinner, Song Lili visited Zhongshan’s home. This would be her home from now on and she would live in a new environment. Song Lili still felt a little bit novel about it.

Although the house in the Zhongshan courtyard is not as big as the one in the Song family compound, it is enough for the young couple. Song Lili looked at the small bedroom, the study, and the kang, and felt that everything was new.

After the two of them spent some time together, Zhongshan took some apples and sent Song Lili back to the Song family. Because Song Wenqing was at home, Song's father and mother got home early from get off work, and the nanny Liu also came back to work.

After Song Lili entered the house, she took out the marriage certificate and said to Song's mother, "Mom, I got the marriage certificate back, hehe!"

After entering the house, Zhong Shan saw Sister Liu and greeted her politely: "Happy New Year, Sister Liu! You're back so soon!"

Although Sister Liu called her Sister Liu, she was not young at all. She looked at Zhong Shan and Song Lili as if they were her own children. She smiled and said, "My son-in-law is here. Congratulations to you two. I didn't have much to do at home, so I came back. When I came back, I heard that you were getting married. It's just the Spring Festival, Wen Qing is back, and Lili is getting married. This year's Spring Festival is full of good things in our family!"

After sitting at the Song family for a while, he went home.

As soon as Zhong Shan entered the courtyard, he heard Yan Bugui's daughter-in-law Yu Li complaining to her husband Yan Jiecheng: "Yan Jiecheng, we are going back to my parents' home tomorrow. I won't say anything if we are not allowed to ride bicycles, but we can't go back empty-handed, right? We are not using our family's belongings to help my parents' home. It's the New Year, isn't it giving you something to give? And I bought it with the money I earned from odd jobs. As for this nose that is not a nose, and a face that is not a face? It's the New Year, why am I doing this? It's all for you!"

What else could Yan Jiecheng say? On one side was his wife, and on the other was his father, who had been stingy since he was old enough to understand. He could only apologize timidly.

At this moment, Zhongshan came back. The two stopped talking when they saw Zhongshan: "Zhongshan just came back."

Zhong Shan looked at the two of them, pretending he hadn't heard anything: "Brother Jie Cheng, Sister Yu Li, I didn't eat at home tonight, I just came back, it's really cold, I'm going home first!"

Zhong Shan didn't care about their family affairs. When he got home, the stove was still on. He went out to get two coal briquettes, came back to fill the stove, plugged in the radio, and played a recording of a movie. Zhong Shan drank tea while listening to the radio.

Winter is really boring. The weather is cold and there are few meetings in the courtyard. The group gatherings two days ago only lasted for a while and then ended. The weather was too cold, so cold that the neighbors didn't want to watch the fun.

I walked with Song Lili all day today. Even though Zhongshan was in good health, he felt a little tired when he came back at night. He listened to the radio, lay down in a daze, and fell asleep.

When Zhongshan woke up the next morning, the stove was out. Fortunately, Zhongshan's house had a kang, which was still a little warm, so he didn't freeze. Otherwise, it would have been very uncomfortable in the winter.

Zhong Shan got up and prepared to go to work. When he went out, he saw that Yan Jiecheng and his wife were still quarreling. In comparison, Zhong Shan could only mourn for Yan Jiecheng. With a stingy father and a strong daughter-in-law, Yan Jiecheng had no ideas and lacked confidence. Now he was caught between Yan Bugui and Yu Li, and became even more timid.

After saying hello, Zhongshan rode his bike to Song's house to pick up Song Lili. The two of them had agreed yesterday that Zhongshan would pick up Song Lili, and they would just ride one bike. When they arrived at Song Lili's house, Zhongshan rode his bike and took Song Lili to the street office.

The two went to a photo studio in the morning to take a few photos, but due to time constraints, the photos could not be produced before the wedding.

Time soon arrived at the sixth day of the New Year. Zhongshan still had to go to work at the street office in the morning. The wedding was in the evening. In this era, weddings were held in the evening after get off work. Everyone had to work during the day, and production was the top priority. Even if you and your wife took leave, the guests would still be at work.

Before going to work in the morning, Zhong Shan had already put the ingredients at home. There were two tables at Zhong Shan's home, one table at the home of the third uncle Yan Bugui, and two tables at He Yuzhu's home in the middle courtyard, which was large. The tables and plates and bowls were all borrowed from various families in the courtyard. After get off work in the evening, Zhong Shan rode his bicycle back home. He Yuzhu came back early in the afternoon, and the meat and vegetables were already in the pot.

Qin Huairu was helping He Yuzhu. As for whether things would go more smoothly, who would bother to delve into it? As long as it wasn't excessive, no one would point it out. Happy events should go smoothly.

The children in the yard are the happiest. They love lively places and run around the yard jumping up and down.

After a while, a car drove up to the door, opened the door and Deputy Director Li got out of the car: "Xiao Zhong, I've brought the car to you, go quickly! I'll go in for a while, there are quite a few familiar faces in your yard!"

Zhong Shan also thanked him: "Director Li, thank you so much for your trouble. I will thank you later!"

"Hey, Xiao Zhong, don't worry about me. It's more important to pick up the new bride. Go quickly!" After saying that, Deputy Director Li walked towards the yard.

Zhong Shan borrowed the car from Deputy Director Li two days ago. He had not intended to make it so troublesome. However, Song's father had a car and they had to go by car. Zhong Shan could not ride a bicycle to pick up his wife, so he had to borrow Deputy Director Li's car.

After Zhong Shan got in the car, he gave the driver two boxes of cigarettes and said, "Master, thank you for your help."

After a few polite words, Deputy Director Li's driver drove to the Song family. Although the betrothal gift was a bit shabby, there was no other way. After arriving at the Song family, there was no ceremony, but it was time to change the words. Zhong Shan said to Song's father and mother at the door:

"Dad, Mom, I'm here to pick up Lili!"

Song's father and mother looked at Zhongshan and said, "Zhongshan, be nice to Lili in the future! Lili, you too, you will be Xiao Zhong's wife in the future, don't throw tantrums, and you two will live a good life in the future."

After Song Lili was put into the car, the Song family's dowry bedding was also put into the car. The Song family also got into Song's father's car, and the two cars drove towards Nanluoguxiang.

After arriving at the gate of the courtyard, Zhong Shan and Song Lili got out of the car. Although they said they were getting married, they were actually wearing ordinary clothes. Not to mention formal dresses, even red clothes were not in fashion now. Both of them wore normal clothes, just new clothes.

After getting off the car, people in the yard also came out, and Zhong Shan saw that people from the unit had also arrived.

There were two tables in Zhongshan's house. One table was for the five members of the Song family and Director Li's family of three. Deputy Director Li was also at this table, with his sister Director Li. Since there were no elders in Zhongshan's family, Zhongshan invited Yi Zhonghai to sit at this table.

As the eldest uncle in the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai was very happy that he was allowed to sit at the main table at Zhongshan's wedding today. The children in the courtyard took him seriously.

The other table was occupied by people from Zhongshan's unit, including Uncle Qin, Section Chief Sun and Zhang Juan from the department, as well as a few people from the cafeteria and the finance office who got along well with Zhongshan. To this table, Zhongshan invited Second Uncle Liu Haizhong and Third Uncle Yan Bugui to join him.

Although Liu Haizhong is not that reliable, but since I have invited the first and third uncles, it would not be right not to invite the second uncle. It is not worth offending the second uncle.