Siheyuan: Taking over the steel mill

Holding his painful buttocks, he stood up with difficulty. Xu Damao spat in the direction of ** and said viciously: "When I come back with money, you guys will step on my feet!" After that, he tightly wrapped **'s body and quietly [Too much sensitive content, can not continue to output]

Sha Zhu looked at Xu Damao's ** body and asked in surprise: "What has tormented you into this state?"

Xu Damao just shook his head and said nothing more.

He was full of self-blame in his heart. This time, he suffered the consequences of his own actions because he lost all his money. Seeing Xu Damao in such a miserable state, Sha Zhu couldn't help but feel sympathy for him: "Do you have any other place to go?" Xu Damao shook his head again.

It turned out that his father had found another place to live, and Xu Damao had nowhere to go, so he could only sleep on the street in this cold weather. Seeing this, Sha Zhu sighed and said, "Don't stay outside and freeze. Get up and come back to the house with me."

After hearing this, Xu Damao looked up at Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu waved his hands and said, "We all live in the same courtyard. I can't just watch you freeze to death. Please share a room with me tonight."

Xu Damao was grateful after hearing this, and he got up tremblingly and followed Sha Zhu into the house. In order to let Xu Damao have a good rest, Sha Zhu specially poured some hot water for him to wipe his body, and then let him curl up in the warm bed.

Xu Damao was shivering while washing. He was wearing almost nothing in such a cold day. If Sha Zhu had not taken him in, Xu Damao would probably have been frozen to death by dawn the next day.

At this time, Qin Huairu still did not allow Sha Zhu to enter her bedroom. The master bedroom that originally belonged to Sha Zhu had long been occupied by Qin Huairu and transferred to Bang Geng to live in. Even though Bang Geng has gone abroad, Qin Huairu has no intention of returning the room.

Qin Huairu was determined not to let Sha Zhu live in the same room with her, so Sha Zhu still lives in the next room.

In this way, living with Xu Damao seems much more natural.

Since Shazhu returned to this courtyard, Qin Huairu had always been indifferent to him, except for the sweet time at the beginning. The days of relying on each other in that detention center seemed to have become a beautiful dream of the past.

These worries were stuck in Sha Zhu's heart and he could not speak them out, so he could only keep them to himself. In a blink of an eye, the Spring Festival was approaching and New Year's Eve was approaching.

Because of his outstanding performance at work, Su Chen was invited to participate in the Spring Festival Gala as a special guest. His original plan was to enjoy a sweet moment with his lover Yang Xue during the Spring Festival.

But two days before the Spring Festival, he received a call from a military leader inviting him to be a guest at the Spring Festival Gala.

Although he was reluctant and worried about missing something important, he finally chose to answer the call. During the call, the military leader informed him: "The director of the Spring Festival Gala has decided to let you attend as a guest~々" Hearing this, Su Chen was surprised and shocked.

In his opinion, people who could attend such a grand event either had special skills or had certain political influence. How could an ordinary factory manager like himself have such an honor?

"Leader... this, I don't think it's appropriate, I..."

Before he could finish, his leader interrupted him unhappily:

"Young man, don't be ungrateful. Just go if you are asked to go. This is not an honor that everyone is entitled to."

Facing the leader's harsh response, Su Chen had no choice but to nod in agreement. He had never thought that such a thing would happen to him.

The Spring Festival Gala in this era is far less solemn than the modern one. It is more lively and has many wonderful programs waiting for the audience to enjoy.

Since he had been formally invited and there was a banquet to be enjoyed, Su Chen thought about bringing Yang Xue along. Since the military had emphasized that he could not be absent, he had no choice but to do so.

After hanging up the phone, Su Chen turned around and asked Yang Xue, who was preparing dinner, "Do you have any special plans for New Year's Eve?"

Yang Xue shook her head gently and looked at Su Chen in confusion: "Do you still need to work overtime tonight?" After waiting for the New Year holiday with great difficulty, Yang Xue really didn't want Su Chen to overwork.

Su Chen explained: "It's not overtime, it's the leader above who suggested that I attend this year's Spring Festival Gala. Are you interested in going with me?"

When Yang Xue heard Su Chen's words, her eyes immediately lit up.

She had experienced the moment of participating in the Spring Festival Gala before. Although her seat was relatively remote and she was far away so she could not hear the content on the stage clearly, the atmosphere of the entire Spring Festival Gala was still quite warm and the performance was wonderful, which left Yang Xue with a deep impression and endless aftertaste.

Now that she has the opportunity to attend the Spring Festival Gala again, Yang Xue couldn't wait to respond: "Yes! I'd love to go!" Su Chen immediately said: "Okay, then you get ready, and we'll go to the studio together."

The Spring Festival Gala not only requires rehearsals, but also a lot of preparation, so the guests will arrive much earlier than the official live broadcast time.

Su Chen and Yang Xue drove to the studio. When they arrived at the gate, the security guards did not stop them from entering.

Obviously, Su Chen's face is already familiar to everyone here.

Su Chen is known to everyone in this city.

After Su Chen and Yang Xue walked in, the staff on site immediately came to greet them and said to Su Chen with a smile: "Mr. Su, please follow me, your seat is ready."

The staff recognized Su Chen's identity at a glance.

Soon, Su Chen was guided by the staff to the reserved seat.

This seat is very close to the stage.

Seeing the nameplates on the table, Su Chen understood that the seats here were not only enjoyed by several well-known figures, but also had the names of military leaders on them.

It seems that Su Chen might have been specially invited by a military leader.

After Su Chen and Yang Xue took their seats, the scene was conducting the final rehearsal for the Spring Festival Gala. Su Chen and the others only needed to applaud occasionally.

However, due to the tight time schedule, the so-called rehearsal is just a quick walk-through of the entire process, and the audience may not fully understand the specific content of each link.

Soon, the military leaders and other invited guests also took their seats. The military leader's seat happened to be right next to Su Chen.

Su Chen asked curiously: "Leader, why did you come here alone?"

The military leader replied, “I come to visit every year, but the families are no longer interested in attending such gatherings, so I ask them to stay at home.”

Military ** Then he looked at Yang Xue, smiled and added: "It's good that Xiao Yang is here. Although the whole event took a long time, the content is still very attractive."

As high-level officials, they were naturally no strangers to such large-scale entertainment activities. Although they felt a little bored, as part of an important social event, the military ** still attended diligently and participated in the whole process.

When all the guests were seated, the party was about to start. Su Chen ate melon seeds leisurely while waiting for the performance to begin.

He was somewhat curious about this Spring Festival Gala, which he had never watched before. Compared with later Spring Festival Galas, the Spring Festival Gala at that time still had a unique charm.

The guests had been waiting for a long time, and the Spring Festival Gala finally opened with applause. Su Chen sat firmly in his seat, waiting for the first show to start.

On the stage, the performers devoted themselves to every minute of their performance, while Su Chen and his friends enjoyed a fine dinner - the state banquet provided by the Spring Festival Gala was also very sumptuous, and its deliciousness was almost comparable to the dishes cooked by Lao Wang. Su Chen looked at the wonderful performances on the stage and nodded in praise.

Initially, he had planned to spend New Year's Eve with Yang Xue at home, but being able to attend the Spring Festival Gala was an unexpectedly wonderful experience. Looking at the wonderful drama performances on the stage, Su Chen couldn't help but laugh. The pleasure brought by the atmosphere on the scene was much more real than what he felt through the TV screen.

The humor of the actors on the stage was magnified countless times by the atmosphere on the scene. Su Chen recalled the smiles of the audience on TV, and now he truly understood the reason. In such an atmosphere, even the slightly ordinary jokes became funny. And tonight's party was even more unusual. Everything presented on the top stage was unique and exquisite.

During this grand event, Yang Xue quietly held his hand tightly, and when their eyes met, their hearts were filled with happiness and satisfaction. For Su Chen, this year's Spring Festival Gala seemed to have a special "New Year flavor" and was much more interesting than some unsatisfactory works in his memory.

While he and Yang Xue were enjoying the joy of the festival and eating delicious food, the Spring Festival atmosphere in another courtyard was not the same as before. With Bang Geng leaving his hometown, Yi Zhonghai blind and restricted in his movements, and Xu Damao losing his job, the whole courtyard lost its former prosperity and bustle and seemed unusually depressed and deserted.

Sha Zhu, his wife, father-in-law and mother-in-law sat together in the room. The burning charcoal fire drove away some of the chill, but it could not hide the family's financial difficulties. Recalling the Spring Festival in previous years, there were always delicious foods cooked by Sha Zhu and various benefits from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill where he worked. But now is different. Sha Zhu no longer works for the mill, and other people can no longer bring in income support. Life has become stretched, and the quality of food has dropped to the most basic level.

Even at this festive time, Qin Huairu and her parents still had a hard time smiling, especially when they thought about Banggeng's failure to reunite, and they didn't know if he was safe, as well as their own financial difficulties, which made them even more worried. A New Year's Eve dinner that was expected to be wonderful turned into a simple makeshift one. Although Qin Huairu tried to smile to maintain harmony, she couldn't help complaining in her heart. If Shazhu still had a job, why would he end up in such a situation?

For Qin Huairu and her family, Sha Zhu is now unable to earn money and has lost his voice at home, which means he is not given the attention he deserves in the family. So this reunion dinner became an exclusion of Sha Zhu, making him a marginalized character. Xu Damao also encountered the same dilemma. He was homeless and found a temporary place to stay in Sha Zhu's residence wearing Sha Zhu's discarded clothes.