Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 248 Kindness

Time will not stop because of someone or something.

As the sound of firecrackers continued to sound throughout Kyoto, every household began to eat the New Year's Eve dinner of 1959.

While Zhang Min, Yu Li, and He Yuyu went to the kitchen to cook dumplings, Silly Zhu stood on the stool and quickly moved a wooden box from the wardrobe.

Putting the box in front of the desk against the wall in the living room, and briefly wiping the dust with a rag, Silly Zhu opened the lid of the box and took out items one by one and placed them on the desk.

Looking at the several tablets that Shazhu placed on the table, He Yuanchao suddenly realized that during this period, most people still had the habit of worshiping their ancestors at home.

Standing up and walking to the tablet, He Yuanchao looked at the names of the original owner's grandparents and parents engraved on the tablet, and a long-standing memory suddenly flooded into his mind.

He picked up the rag and wiped the memorial tablet and the incense burner carefully. Just as he was about to put fine sand into the incense burner, his peripheral vision suddenly glanced at the tablet that had not been taken out in the box.

The movements of his hands paused for a moment, and then He Yuanchao poured fine sand into the incense burner and said to Silly Zhu standing beside him: "Why don't you take out another tablet?"

Hearing this, Shazhu's face stiffened for a moment before he said vaguely: "That one is... useless. It's redundant."

Listening to Silly Zhu's squeaking tone, He Yuanchao turned around and glanced at his nephew's face in confusion, then bent down and took out the remaining tablets from the box.

Seeing his second uncle staring at the name on the tablet without making a sound, Shazhu hurriedly opened his mouth and carefully explained: "Second uncle, you... don't worry too much. This tablet was carved the year my father and the widow left. ...I said that I can’t let you stop being incense.”

He Yuanchao came back to his senses when he heard Si Zhu's words. He put the tablet in his hand on the table and turned around with a smile: "I really don't blame Dad for this matter."

After saying this, seeing Si Zhu looking at him with confusion, He Yuanchao explained again: "I have been a soldier for so many years, and I wrote letters home at the beginning, and then I followed the army around. Yes, and gradually the contact was cut off.

Speaking of which, I have to thank your father for thinking about me. Otherwise, I would be so glorious that I would not really be a lonely ghost. "

He Yuanchao was really not talking nonsense. If he hadn't passed through in a car accident, the grass on the grave of the original owner would have been three feet high.

Silly Zhu listened to He Yuanchao's words and looked at his face carefully. Seeing that his second uncle didn't say anything against his will, he felt relieved. In any case, this kind of thing was unlucky, otherwise it would have been back then. Qin Qiong cannot be unlucky for several years in a row.

Before Sha Zhu could organize what to say, Yu Li opened the door and entered the room with a large plate of dumplings. She smiled at the uncle and nephew who were standing in front of the billboard and said, "Second uncle, Zhu Zhu, are you finished? The dumplings are ready, you two." Hurry up and eat it while it’s hot.”

After saying that, after placing the steaming dumplings on the table, Yu Li immediately turned around and walked out of the house.

Seeing this, Shazhu also hurriedly agreed: "Yes, second uncle, you sit down and taste two dumplings first. After I serve the incense to Grandpa and Grandpa, we will eat."

"Okay, hurry up and do your work. We won't miss this moment until your second aunt and the others finish cooking the dumplings and we'll eat them together."

After saying that, he didn't care about Silly Zhu anymore. He picked up the chopsticks from the dinner table, filled the bowl on the side with dumplings, and placed them in front of the memorial tablet.

At this time, Silly Zhu, who was putting the lit incense in the incense burner, also turned to look at He Yuanchao: "Second uncle, you haven't been back for so many years, why don't you kowtow to me and grandpa first!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Your grandfather said it when he was still alive. His family property belongs to your father. After I got married and got married, I would share some of my property and go out to live alone. What he meant in his words was that your family is like this. Only people of the same lineage are qualified to open ancestral halls to worship ancestors’ tablets.”

After He Yuanchao finished speaking, he saw that Silly Zhu still wanted to be humble, and said with a straight face: "Hurry up, after kowtowing to your great master and grandpa, also tell me about your successors, and let them take care of them over there. Happy happy.”

Silly Zhu had heard He Daqing nagging about this matter before, but he still felt that the elders should come first in this matter. Just as he was about to persuade him, he saw his second uncle staring at him with an unkind look. Seeing this, Shazhu didn't dare to speak anymore, and hurriedly knelt down in front of the case and kowtowed respectfully to the tablet on the case.

After kowtowing three times, Si Zhu straightened up and told the story about He Yuanchao returning home from the army, getting married and having children.

After Si Zhu finished talking about the major events that happened in the He family this year and stood up, He Yuanchao continued to burn incense and kowtow.

Zhang Min, Yu Li, and He Yuyu, who had returned from cooking dumplings in the kitchen a long time ago, stood at the dining table. Seeing their uncle and nephew finishing their work on ancestor worship, they smiled and said hello to them to wash their hands and eat.

He Yuanchao, who sat down at the table, looked around at his family, raised his glass and said a few New Year's greetings, and then the 1959 New Year's Eve dinner in the He family began to officially begin.

The more wine you drink, the more dumplings you get.

When the bottle of Maotai bottomed out, the He family's reunion dinner came to an end.

After dinner, He Yuanchao and Shazhu's uncle and nephew sat at the dining table and watched the women at home laughing and clearing the dishes while drinking tea and chatting.

"Second uncle, our steel plant will be upgraded after the Chinese New Year. Will your security department also need to recruit people?"

"What, you want to come to the security department?"

After taking a sip of water, He Yuanchao put down his teacup, looked at his nephew and asked casually.

Upon hearing this, Shazhu hurriedly waved his hands and said: "It's not that I want to go, but someone in the cafeteria asked me to ask for help."

"These days, the security department's work is not as good as the canteen. Why would someone leave a place where they can eat and go to a miserable place instead?"

As soon as He Yuanchao finished speaking, Shazhu hurriedly explained: "It's not the people from the cafeteria who want to go, it's the second son of Li Dashen from the second cafeteria who wants to take advantage of the upgrade of the steel factory to find a formal job."

"Then why not go to the cafeteria? Wouldn't it be better if his father takes care of him?"

"Li Dashen's eldest son is in our cafeteria. Why don't you have the nerve to bring your second son in?"

After hearing what his nephew said, He Yuanchao gave him a confused look. Silly Zhu was a bit of a fool, but he was not stupid! How can you still say such childish things?

"You two have a good relationship?"

Seeing that his second uncle had spoken to him, Shazhu hurriedly explained with a smile on his face: "We haven't been around each other very much in the past three or four years, but when I first came to the cafeteria, Li Dashen helped me a lot."

"Tell me what he has done for you?"

As soon as He Yuanchao finished speaking, Shazhu didn't hesitate. He took a drink of water and talked about what happened when he first entered the factory.

When Silly Zhu first entered the factory, there were always people who made trouble for him. On the one hand, he was young and ignorant, but the most important thing was the trouble left by He Daqing.

(End of this chapter)