A leisurely life reborn in the fiery age

Chapter 15
After a while, Xu Shi walked into Li Yuan's house in a disheveled manner at a place where Jia's house had nowhere to go.

Ignoring Xu Damao who was staring at him, he sighed in frustration.

Li Yuan smiled and said, "How about brother Zhuzi helping me to stir-fry? There are meat and fish here. If I stir-fry, I will waste the ingredients."

Xu Damao, who finally managed to recover a bit, said in distaste: "Silly Zhu, you go back and wash it, so you don't smell like shit!"

Li Yuan stopped the two who were about to make a fuss, and said: "I've been busy for a long time, let's all go back and tidy up and take a break. By the way, call the rain, and leave her alone at home to eat?"

Silly Zhu became happy after hearing this, he laughed and said: "That's a good idea! Save me going back and open the fire again!"

The two went back swaggeringly, but the peers in the courtyard were all staring at them.

It's already more than March now, and more than a month has passed for the New Year, and the little oil and water saved during the New Year has long been empty. Who doesn't want to have a good meal?

But people in the capital are friendly, Li Yuan made it clear that the host was hired because Xu Damao and Sha Zhu gave him two stools, and they couldn't get any stools, so naturally they didn't want to rub against them.

It's Qin Huairu, who doesn't have three children as an excuse right now, Jia Dongxu is still alive, let alone with him, even Shazhu didn't ask for leftovers.

There are good things that can't be eaten, but Li Yuan has added another wave of negative emotions.

A group of people scattered cursing in their hearts, and Yan Jiecheng, who was unwilling to earn fifty cents, was also dragged back by the third master Yan Bugui.

Don't get me wrong, it's not that Yan Bugui suddenly became enlightened and didn't like to take advantage of calculations. He was just worried that if he took advantage of Li Yuan once, he would be calculated ruthlessly again later.

None of them are fools, just look at what happened to the Jia family.

Li Yuan is a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Now it seems that his level is very high. It is not difficult for people to be recruited unconsciously.

On the contrary, Liu Guangqi, the eldest son of the second uncle Liu Haizhong's family, was a bit unwilling. He, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao were considered to be of the same age, and his father, Liu Haizhong, was holding him carefully. slipped.

Liu Haizhong looked at the appearance of the baby's eldest son, his heart ached, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Go to your mother and ask for a quilt, and you will go too in a while!"

Liu Guangqi was overjoyed when he heard the words, and even responded: "Hey!"

……

It was completely dark, but not completely dark.

Li Yuan stood under the front porch with his hands in hand, while casually chatting with Xu Damao and Liu Guangqihala who were sitting there, while watching each family in the courtyard burning firewood for dinner.

Seeing the smoke rising again...

Liu Guangqi deliberately wore a woolen breeches and military coat today, which made Xu Damao very jealous.

Old Xu's family is so rich, but he only wore a Zhongshan-style black cloth gown, claiming to be a hundred times more foreign than Sha Zhu's coarse gray jacket.

Perhaps seeing Xu Damao looking at his coat several times, Liu Guangqi said proudly: "This is my dad's apprentice in the northwest just got it, and it was sent by someone on my dad's birthday. No, my dad gave it to me. Hehe , Genko, you must have seen such a coat before, right?"

Li Yuan glanced at it, smiled and said, "This is a school officer's coat made of five-five style breeches, not bad."

Negative emotions from Liu Guangqi +66, not pretending to...

Liu Guangqi laughed dryly, and said, "Not bad... Yuanzi, do you have better ones?"

Li Yuan turned his gaze to the night sky in the atrium, and said softly: "Someone gave me a general's suit once, but I didn't take it. The sheep shearing fur hat that goes with it looks better. But to me, it doesn't matter what I wear."

Negative sentiment +88 from Liu Guangqi!

Negative sentiment +66 from Xu Damao!

Negative emotions from He Yuzhu +99!

This is pretending...

Ok?
Li Yuan glanced at Silly Zhu who was concentrating on stir-frying dishes, shit, he still has an ear...

Liu Guangqi was taken aback, in disbelief: "Really? Do you... still know people in the compound?"

Today's children in the compound live in two worlds with the children of Hutong such as Liu Guangqi and Xu Damao.

It is said that a factory is a small society, but in fact it is far inferior to a large courtyard.

Behind the high courtyard wall, there is almost everything you need.

The living facilities such as auditoriums, playgrounds, shops, and bathrooms are self-evident, and even post offices, schools, hospitals, and savings banks are all complete.

People in the compound can solve almost all the problems in life without stepping out of the courtyard.

Not only convenient, but also of good quality and low price, and the service is in place.

Even when they grow up, the children in the courtyard go to Western-style restaurants such as Laomo Restaurant, Xinqiao Restaurant, and Dongfeng Second Floor, while most of the Hutong Chuanzi go to old-fashioned common people, such as BBQ Season, Tongheju, and Casserole. Residential and so on, basically the well water does not wade through the river water.

It's not that Liu Guangqi has never met the children of the big courtyard, but the look down from those people really made him feel aggrieved and resentful, and knowing that he couldn't afford to offend him, he naturally kept his distance.

In fact, even if he could put down his face and try to flatter him, people would not take a second look, and his politeness would be full of indifference and alienation.

Not just one or two, but the whole class, most of them.

Li Yuan naturally knew what he meant, smiled, and didn't want to say much, just said: "Yes, I knew two people when I was studying in the Chinese Medicine College, but I didn't have much contact with each other...Brother Guangqi, I heard that the second aunt Zhang Luo wrote How about a blind date for you?"

Liu Guangqi said "Hi", and said half shyly and half proudly: "Isn't this the age too? Besides, I will be a regular worker in the second half of the year."

Xu Damao was overwhelmed with envy, and said: "The second uncle has a way to bring you into the rolling mill without retiring. I have to wait for my father to resign, otherwise I will always be an apprentice."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Brother Da Mao, this person is different from others. Although the second uncle is a seventh-level blacksmith, not as high as the first-level blacksmith, but in terms of leading apprentices, the first-uncle really can't compare with the second-uncle. Although the uncle is much stricter, he pays attention to the filial son Huang Jingtiaozi who teaches good people under the stick, but he teaches his disciples sincerely.

Looking at the disciples of the second uncle, there are three sixth-level workers, and there are quite a few fourth-level and fifth-level workers.That is to say, the second uncle is not well-educated, and he only went to high school, otherwise he would be an official in the factory because he didn't hide it, and didn't hold the old idea of ​​teaching apprentices to starve their master to death. "

Liu Guangqi slapped his thigh and said: "Hey! Yuanzi, you really said it, that's what happened! Because of this, the factory also felt that they owed me a panic, so they gave me a regular job. But my dad educates people. Method..."

Seeing his flickering eyes, it is obvious that he has already saved the idea of ​​becoming a regular worker and fleeing the courtyard after getting married, Li Yuan chuckled and didn't mind his own business.

Liu Haizhong beat the two younger sons not as thieves, but as enemies.

Wake up early in the morning, fight until sleep at night, you can hear the screams coming from the Liu family...

But this has nothing to do with Li Yuan, in this yard, he really didn't intend to change anyone's fate.

Even if it is a silly Zhu and a vampire Qin Huairu, one is greedy for sex and the other is for leftovers, fair and just, what's wrong with it?
As the old saying goes, if you don't persuade whoring, you can't even persuade friends.

"Hey, let me tell you, you guys are really good at it! Are you really going to be a hands-off uncle? Go to my room and bring the table!"

Silly Zhu saw several people chatting leisurely, and he was the only one working furiously, so he couldn't help saying angrily.

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Forget it, you have to take chairs to carry the table, it's troublesome. I spread newspapers on the kang earlier, and my brothers sat cross-legged on the kang to eat meat and drink. It's hot, put the jacket Once you take it off, you can eat it more happily. You can eat the rainwater in the ear room next door, or take it home to eat."

He Yushui, who is only in the first grade of junior high school, has not yet bloomed, and he is also introverted and doesn't like to talk. Hearing this, he plucked up his courage and said: "Brother Yuanzi, I'll just go back and eat."

Li Yuan nodded, and Shazhu also smiled happily: "Success! It's Yuanzi's idea! You two stop talking, let's go! Yushui goes to get the lunch box..."

A few people entered the room with wide smiles on their faces, and in a blink of an eye, it became lively with a change of cups.

Qin Huairu, who was next door, was holding a lunch box in his hand, and was going to ask Shazhu for a box when Li Yuan and the others went to Shazhu's room to move the table.

Of course, it's for Jia Dongxu...

She didn't expect that there would be such a turning point. She looked at the irritable Jia Dongxu with aggrieved eyes, and said, "Dongxu, why don't I warm you two buns?"

The scent of fried pork with spicy peppers wafted over, Jia Dongxu's face was livid, and he refused to say anything, and lay down on the single bed next to the sewing machine, pulling up the quilt to cover his head.

Qin Huairu secretly sighed, mixed a bowl of milk replacer with hot water for Xiaodang and fed it, then took a basin and packed the sheets, quilts, and dirty clothes that were piled up half a wall high, and went to the courtyard sink to wash up.

Occasionally, she turned her head and looked at the bustling scene in the north room, she felt sad for a while, the Jia family hadn't been this lively for a long time...

After more than an hour, the wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed the five flavors.

The chopsticks are not moving much, but the chat is very lively.

Although Li Yuan didn't talk much, when he spoke occasionally, it always made the other three laugh.

The more this happened, the more the three of them didn't want to leave.

But before the three of them dragged on, Yan Bugui suddenly pushed open the door and reported: "Xiao Li, Director Wang has brought someone to see you!"

While talking in his mouth, his eyes were fixed on the mat on the kang.

In fact, there is only some oil residue, not to mention the meat, there is no bone residue left...

Li Yuan smiled, stood up and walked down the kang and said, "Third Lord, I'm sorry to trouble you. If you don't mind, there are still some plate bottoms here, let the third mother take them back for Xie Cheng and Jiefang to eat next time?" There are also some oily flowers in the water, isn't it...

"Don't dislike it, don't dislike it!"

Yan Bugui couldn't open his eyes with a smile, and he responded in a loud voice: "I'll let your third mother come here now, and I promise to wash you clean."

His family's three and a half children were at the time when they were eating to death, and a little oil residue was also a rare supplement for his family.

With more oil and water, you can eat a few taels less food!

After all, even Wang Yamei didn't care about it, and hurried home.

Both Sha Zhu and Xu Damao sneered, looking down on them very much.

Li Yuan smiled and said: "Third Master supports a family of several people by himself, and it is understandable to be careful. The brothers will come here today, and my aunt Wang will bring someone to show me how to repair the house. Let's meet again next time." ?”

Silly Zhu, Xu Damao, and Liu Guangqi were still a little apprehensive towards the director of the street, so they hurriedly went down the ladder to the house, nodded and bowed at the door, and then left in a hurry.

……

Welcoming Wang Yamei and his party into the room, Li Yuan explained the reason for the dinner tonight, Wang Yamei smiled and said: "It should be, I heard people say that your reputation in the courtyard is not very good, but now it seems that is not the case. Quite Well, Xiao Li, having a good reputation in the neighborhood is also part of organizing the investigation."

Li Yuan smiled and nodded in response, "Hey, I made a note, I must be friendly to my neighbors."

Wang Yamei pointed to the two honest middle-aged men beside her, and said, "This is Liu Erqiang and Zhao Quan. Zhao Quan is Liu Erqiang's protégé. They are relatives. The whole family is craftsmen and can do some civil work. The two rooms of yours are not big, so they are considered small tasks. Usually, neither of them will take over, and they will send their apprentices to do it."

Liu Erqiang said with a simple and honest smile: "Director Wang is joking, you have come forward in person, no matter how small the job is, it is also a big job."

Zhao Quan looked at the house and said: "The house is empty, so it's better to pack the furniture. I will do the labor and materials, and I will lead my apprentices to do it myself. It can be done in a week."

Liu Erqiang asked: "Does the master have any ideas?"

Li Yuan thought for a while and said, "It would be good if there is a kitchen separated from the north room, and the adjoining side room will be turned into a pharmacy with a medicine shelf. I drew a sketch for you to take a look at, and follow the others. You two It’s a good price, I’ll pay and start working tomorrow.”

But Wang Yamei stopped her and said, "Don't worry, Xiao Li, do you want to wire the wires into your house?"

Li Yuan was surprised: "Aunt Wang, can the wires be connected to the house now?"

Wang Yamei said with a smile: "A few years ago, there was not enough electricity, and it was difficult to even ensure the electricity used by large institutions and factories. Isn't this the continuous construction and expansion of a number of power plants in Beijing during the First Five-Year Plan period? This is good, and the electricity is surplus. If No need to drop it, it can only be wasted.

So the policy is given above, encouraging wires to enter the home, and there are subsidies.The price of electricity has also been reduced by half. It used to be [-] cents per kilowatt-hour. Who would be willing to use it?Now it’s [-] cents a kilowatt-hour, which is much cheaper. "

Li Yuan said happily: "That's good, I will definitely use the electric light, it's convenient for reading at night."

Wang Yamei was also happy, and said with a smile: "Well, I'll let Director Zhu come over tomorrow. That's all right, let's do it, your sister-in-law is still at home alone, I have to go back..."

As he was speaking, he was about to go out, but he stopped his feet, turned around and asked, "Xiao Li, now the higher ups are still encouraging the buyout of public housing, and changing the deed of mutual agreement for the blueprint. Are you interested?"

Li Yuan was surprised and said: "Can the public house be transferred to a private house?" After a pause, he felt that this statement was inappropriate, and hurriedly added: "Can the public house be bought out?"

Wang Yamei hesitated for a while, and said: "If you have spare money, you can transfer as much as you want, and forget it if you don't want to. This policy is almost a joke, and our street is too embarrassed to mention it. The old man has cut off aid since last year. If you want something, you can only spend money to buy it. The country is currently short of money for construction, and there is no way. But the original intention of this policy is still good, to give benefits to the common people.”

It’s just that ordinary people can settle accounts by themselves. The monthly rent for a room is only two to three cents. Who is willing to spend two or three hundred to buy it out?So no one cares...

After blinking, Li Yuan asked, "Then... if there is a house available, can you buy it out?"

Wang Yamei smiled and said, "Where are there any vacant houses now?"

Li Yuan had an idea in his heart, and said: "Aunt Wang, my sister-in-law is still at home today, you go home first. I will go to the street to find you tomorrow and discuss this matter. Buy it, I will definitely buy it. Even if it is to support Aunt Wang I will also do my part in your street work!"

Wang Yamei smiled happily: "My boy, that's not bad! OK, then I'll wait for you in the street tomorrow."

For her, this is also an achievement!
After sending Wang Yamei away, Li Yuan rubbed his chin thoughtfully. It would be best if the house could be bought out. This is a house in Nanluoguxiang.

But why buy a house with your own money?

Thinking of this, he slowly turned his eyes to the opposite east chamber, Yi Zhonghai's house...

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(End of this chapter)