Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 98 Reunion after "long separation"

After Chu Cheng left, He Yuanchao was in a hurry and had no time to spare.

One moment, Chu Cheng's relatives and friends are taken to the new house to have a look, and the next moment they have to put away the various congratulatory gifts brought by friends.

As soon as the hot water bottle, washbasin, spittoon and other items received were put away, Mr. Chu stood in the yard and called He Yuanchao again.

"Yuan Korea, hurry up and get the tables, chairs and benches and send them to the neighbor's house to set them up."

It wasn't until He Yuanchao listened to Mr. Chu's words and led a few young men to put the tables, chairs and benches in the neighbor's yard that he figured out what Mr. Chu was doing when he was walking in and out of the yard so early in the morning.

The co-authorship was something I had agreed upon with my neighbor a few days ago. The old man was still worried, so he went to his house early in the morning to confirm it again.

After he and several young men who helped arranged the tables, chairs, and benches at the neighbor's house, He Yuanchao, who had been busy all morning, finally had a moment of leisure.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, He Yuanchao also hurried to the accounting room and wrote down his share of the money.

A share of five yuan was considered a generous sum at the time.

The old man who kept the books took a look at He Yuanchao, and after confirming that he heard correctly, he asked the money manager to collect the money while writing He Yuanchao's name on the account.

After seeing his name written on the account, He Yuanchao didn't dare to stay here. Under the probing eyes of the old bookkeeper, he hurried to greet Mr. Chu.

At this point, basically all the relatives and friends who came to Chu Cheng's wedding had arrived. Even the few who had something to do and couldn't come, all greeted them in advance and gave them gifts.

Mr. Chu is worthy of being a figure who has been involved in the world for half his life. The people who came to congratulate him are also from all walks of life. There are all kinds of people.

In this regard, He Yuanchao estimated that there must be many letters that Mr. Chu did not send, or who did not dare to show up for some reason.

Even so, the Chu family's cards amazed the younger generations in the neighborhood.

In the past, I always heard the elders in the family talk about Mr. Chu as a person, but they didn't take it seriously at the time. I thought that there was nothing special about a half-grown old man, except for being good at punching and kicking.

It wasn't until today that I met so many well-known people in society and came to attend Chu Cheng's wedding that the young people in the neighborhood understood what the older people meant.

Just when He Yuanchao was standing at the door with some cramps in his legs and a stiff smile, Chu Cheng finally picked up his wife back on his bicycle.

There was nothing more to say next. After Chu Cheng’s unit leader took Chu Cheng’s marriage certificate, told the marriage testimony in public, and asked the young couple to bow to the portrait of the great man, the wedding process was over. It's over.

Everyone who came to congratulate them then happily took their seats, eating and drinking while waiting for the newlyweds to come and toast.

Because he knew that there would definitely be many people coming, although the banquet prepared by the Chu family was not too sumptuous, the portions were quite sufficient.

Even so, when the wedding banquet was over, except for the clean plates and bowls, there was not even a hair left on the table.

After most of the well-fed guests left, some of the better relatives, friends and neighbors who stayed behind began to help clean up the mess.

Not only did they return the borrowed pots, pans, tables, chairs, benches and other items to their original owners, but they also cleaned up the cigarette butts, melon seed peels and other garbage on the ground.

Until then, Mr. Chu, who was relieved, greeted the seven or eight people who came to help and He Yuanchao, who had been busy for a day, and calmly sat down to eat.

After a busy day, everyone was starving. After sitting down, they didn't talk about anything useless and just started to wolf down the food.

It wasn't until 07:30 in the evening, after sending away the last wave of relatives and friends, that Chu Cheng's family finally calmed down.

Originally, He Yuanchao planned to go to the train station to buy a ticket back to Kyoto after dinner, but when Chu Cheng found out, he was not happy at that time.

"Junior brother, what's the matter with you? You finally came here. Do you think I didn't entertain you well? Are you leaving in such a hurry?"

"What's the matter? Aren't I afraid of delaying your bridal night?"

After hearing what Chu Cheng said, He Yuanchao joked with a smile.

"Stop talking nonsense, you will delay my bridal chamber just by being here. Even if it is really delayed, you can't leave today."

As soon as He Yuanchao finished speaking, Chu Chengcheng glanced at him angrily and then said.

At this time, Mr. Chu, who had just sent someone back, knew that He Yuanchao was leaving and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"Yuanchao, you can't leave today. You've been busy all day with Xiaocheng's affairs, and you have to have a good night's rest. If you just leave like this, Xiaocheng and I will feel very sorry. "

"That's it, you said that you were busy all day with my affairs, and I didn't even have a drink with you. Thank you, and you left. Can I feel happy?"

As soon as his old man finished speaking, Chu Chengcheng said casually from the side.

Just when He Yuanchao was hesitating, not knowing whether to leave or stay.

Chu Cheng's newly married daughter-in-law, Li Xia, walked out of their new house and said to He Yuanchao, half seriously, half jokingly.

"Junior brother, we are not outsiders. Since Chu Cheng sincerely wants to keep you, then you can stay here for one night to prevent Chu Cheng from blaming me for this matter in the future."

After hearing what Chu Cheng's wife, whom he just met today, said, He Yuanchao couldn't say anything else.

You don’t have to give face to Chu Cheng’s talkative nature, but you still have to take the face of Mr. Chu and Chu Cheng’s wife into consideration.

Seeing that He Yuanchao gave up the idea of ​​leaving after listening to his wife's words, Chu Cheng and his wife winked at each other, and then regardless of the people at home who came to congratulate him, he happily took He Yuanchao with his wife. Returned to the main house.

Chu Cheng, who hadn't had a good meal all day, was already so hungry that he couldn't bear it anymore. After inviting the two of them to sit down in the room, he couldn't wait to go to the kitchen and brought some leftovers. on the table.

Then he took another bottle of wine that was left over from the day. No matter what Li Xia winked at her at the dinner table, she pulled He Yuanchao and insisted on drinking with him. She even said it was for He Yuanchao tomorrow. Practice wine.

In fact, the two of them didn't drink for long. Although Chu Cheng didn't drink enough, He Yuanchao didn't even have this bit of vision.

Li Xia was eating aside. Although she didn't say anything, He Yuanchao didn't want to delay the wedding night.

So when a bottle of wine was bottomed out and Chu Cheng wanted to get another bottle of wine, He Yuanchao quickly spoke up to stop Chu Cheng who was about to get another bottle of wine.

In the end, He Yuanchao ignored Chu Cheng's complaints and sent him back to his new house.

Then he came back and chatted with Mr. Chu who had returned to the main room for a while, and He Yuanchao went back to the house to sleep.Early the next morning, after breakfast, under the watch of Mr. Chu and Li Xia, He Yuanchao carried his bag, sat in the back seat of Chu Cheng's car, and rushed to Baocheng Railway Station.

Knowing that He Yuanchao took four days off, Chu Cheng had no intention of retaining He Yuanchao this time.

After buying the ticket, I sent He Yuanchao to the train. I kept chattering until the train was about to leave, and then I reluctantly said goodbye to He Yuanchao.

The five-star red flag flutters in the wind, and the victory song is so loud.Singing our dear motherland, we will be prosperous and strong from now on. Singing our dear motherland, we will be prosperous and strong from now on.Over the mountains, over the plains...

Although the carriage was still as noisy and chaotic as when he came, with people everywhere.

Although the carriage was filled with all kinds of smells, the song "Singing the Motherland" was sung over and over again.

But when he thought that he would be able to return home soon and see Zhang Min and his family, He Yuanchao still felt happy and happy while sitting in the carriage.

It can be said that the things he had to do when he came to Baocheng this time were all completed successfully. He Yuanchao was in a good mood. At this time, he looked inside the carriage. The green artificial leather seats, the short table made of yellow wood, and the The crowds carrying large and small bags were no longer unpleasant to him when he came to protect the city. Instead, they were enjoying the gossips of people with accents from all over the world.

During the journey of more than three hours, no miracle happened under the expectation of He Yuanchao, who was eager to return home. Instead, he drove slowly on the way to Kyoto according to the usual rhythm of the train.

Although he had lived in Kyoto for only two months after returning to Kyoto with a full budget, within a few days of leaving, He Yuanchao began to miss some people and things in Kyoto.

"It seems that the problem of loving home in my previous life can't be changed in this life." Lao He couldn't help but murmured helplessly as he looked at the scenery flashing by outside the window.

November 25, 01 at 30:[-] pm.

When He Yuanchao happily walked out of the ticket gate of Qianmen East Station with his bag in hand, he saw Zhang Min smiling, standing not far from the exit of the train station and waving to him.

"How did you know I was coming back by this train?"

He Yuanchao walked quickly to Zhang Min and asked happily and curiously,
"I checked the train timetable. These are the only trains from Hojo to Kyoto. It's either this one or the next one. What's the problem?"

Zhang Min said with some indifference after hearing what He Yuanchao asked.

"I thought our Public Security Officer Zhang would become good at pinching after not seeing each other for a few days?"

After hearing Zhang Min's answer, He Yuanchao suddenly realized and couldn't help but joke.

"Okay, don't be poor. After a long ride, go home and have a rest."

After rolling an annoyed look at He Yuanchao who was teasing him, Zhang Min said with a smile.

"Then let's walk now."

After listening to Zhang Min's words, He Yuanchao didn't waste any words. After agreeing, he picked up his bag and walked with Zhang Min to where he parked his car.

While walking, He Yuanchao also told Zhang Min about Chu Cheng and his wife Li Xia.

As for He Daqing's matter, He Yuanchao didn't mention it at all. He still said that family scandals should not be made public.

Before Lao He finished speaking vividly, Zhang Min, who was listening over there, became concerned about Chu Cheng and Li Xia.

Not because of anything else, but because my man said that his comrade-in-arms and his wife worked in the same unit. This fact made Zhang Min extremely envious.

How wonderful it would be if I could work in the same unit as my man and be together every day!
When thinking of this, Zhang Min suddenly remembered that Xia Shuliang asked him a few days ago if He Yuanchao had ever thought about working in the Public Security Bureau.

After hearing this, Zhang Min didn't take it seriously at all. But today, when He Yuanchao told about Chu Cheng and Li Xia, Zhang Min couldn't help but move, and wanted to be transferred to work with her man. thoughts.

"Yuan Korea, I have something to ask you for your thoughts."

After He Yuanchao finished talking about going to Baocheng to attend the wedding of his comrades, Zhang Min said impatiently.

"Well, tell me to listen."

After hearing Zhang Min's words, He Yuanchao, who originally wanted to talk nonsense, saw Zhang Min's serious expression and quickly put away his joking thoughts and looked at Zhang Min seriously.

When Zhang Min saw this, he didn't mince words to pave the way, but directly told He Yuanchao what Xia Shuliang had said a few days ago.

While He Yuanchao listened to what Zhang Min said, he kept thinking about it in his heart.

Not to mention that the public security bureau does not have as good welfare benefits as the factory these days. Even after the wind started, the life of the public security bureau was not easy.

Although it wasn't hit too hard, it wasn't a good place to be, at least not during the windy period.

"Then, can you tell me what you think first?"

After Zhang Min finished talking about the matter, He Yuanchao opened his mouth to see Xiao Nizi's expectant eyes.

"Of course I hope we can work in the same unit!"

Although Zhang Min didn't know why, when he heard that he was wanted to work in the branch, his men would become solemn, but he still wanted to tell He Yuanchao what was in his heart.

After saying that, after seeing the thoughtful expression on his man's face, he added with a smile: "Of course, this is just my idea. In the end, you have to make your own decision, but no matter what decision you make, I will support you."

"Okay, this is something that hasn't happened yet. The two of us started discussing it. It seemed as if I could be transferred to the branch as soon as I agreed. I don't know, but you thought I was a big leader. "

Seeing Zhang Min's serious look when speaking, He Yuanchao stopped thinking about the matter and joked to Zhang Min with a smile.

After hearing He Yuanchao's words, Zhang Min felt happy after thinking about it, wasn't he?This horoscope hasn't even been written yet, and they are still talking about it as if it's the truth.Perhaps, Xia Shuliang was just talking casually at that time.

It's all his own man's fault. If he hadn't heard about his comrade-in-arms and his wife, he wouldn't have been able to tell He Yuanchao about it.

After all, when Xia Shuliang asked him about this a few days ago, he really didn't take it to heart.

Thinking of his impatient actions just now, Zhang Min couldn't help but rolled his eyes at He Yuanchao with some embarrassment and annoyance.

What's this? It makes me feel like I don't want to be with him.

(End of this chapter)