Siheyuan: Start with a Truck Driver

Chapter 651 A Gift of Five Dollars
Donglaishun is a well-known restaurant in the capital. Even if it is the cheapest hot pot, it costs at least ten yuan per table if it is made vigorously. However, if you set up a vegetarian banquet by yourself, you only need less than one yuan per table. There is a big difference between them, so Yan Bugui is naturally unwilling.

Marriage itself is a major event in life. Generally, no matter how difficult the family is, they will try their best to make the guests eat and drink well, so that they can save face.

Liu Cheng had never met a stingy person like Yan Pugui before, so he dropped his words on the spot. If Yan Pugui disagreed, the marriage would be considered dirty, and Yan Pugui agreed with his nose.

There is no way, he is stingy with money, but Yan Jiecheng's marriage is more important than Yan's family's incense inheritance.

After sending Liu Cheng and Liu Yuhua away, the third mother dragged Yan Jiecheng into the house to persuade him.

"Xie Cheng, that girl Liu Yuhua, she looks pretty good."

Yan Jiecheng had nothing to love in life: "Mother, you see, she looks like Zhu Bajie's second aunt, one of them is stronger than the two of us, is that not bad?"

"How can you be so stupid, kid? Liu Yuhua's father, Liu Cheng, is the director of your workshop. If you get married with Liu Yuhua, why won't Liu Cheng take care of you?"

Yan Jiecheng was awakened by these words, and he sat up from the bed: "Yes, the workshop director is the leader of the workshop. If I become Liu Cheng's son-in-law, then no one will dare to bully me in the workshop."

Because Yan Jiecheng is cowardly by nature and extremely lazy, he always slacks off when he is working, and he is not welcomed by his fellow workers in the workshop on weekdays, so he suffers a lot.

"Not only do they dare not bully you, but they also have to curry favor with you. Moreover, this year's promotion exam is about to begin. If you become Liu Cheng's son-in-law, can Liu Cheng help you during the promotion? You don't want to be a A first-class fitter."

Seeing that Yan Jiecheng's attitude was a little loose, the third mother hurriedly continued to persuade him.

These words hit Yan Jiecheng's mind, although Yan Jie grew up very smart, in fact, his mind was full of confusion, and his performance in the workshop was not as good as that of Qin Huairu.

What's more, he didn't put his mind on his work. On weekdays, he likes to hang out with friends and friends, and he doesn't have the confidence to pass the fitter exam at all.

"Aren't they just women? After turning off the lights, they all look the same!" Yan Jie became Qian Qian, gritted his teeth and agreed.

After the last obstacle to the marriage was cleared, Yan Bugui began to organize the wedding banquet. Since the wedding banquet was held in Donglaishun this time, the gift money was so high.

Easy home.

Yi Zhonghai had heard about Yan Jiecheng's blind date from his son Sha Zhu a long time ago, but he didn't expect that he would get married just after the blind date here.

"What, old Yan, do you mean that Yan Jiecheng is getting married?"

"Yes, yes, with Liu Cheng, Director Liu's daughter, the wedding banquet will be held in Donglaishun." Yan Bugui said as he handed out the invitation: "Old Yi, you are an eighth-level fitter in the workshop, or an old man in our courtyard , I grew up watching Xie grow up, so I have to join in this time."

Although Yi Zhonghai was surprised, he still accepted the invitation, just glanced at it, and gasped.

Yi Zhonghai's complexion suddenly turned ugly: "Old Yan, you are going too far this time for five yuan!"

In this day and age, when people entertain guests, the residents hand over their share money, which is usually a few cents, and those with a little more money will not exceed one yuan. The Yan family even directly marked on the invitation that each household must hand over five yuan. It is not a wedding banquet, but a money grab.

In later generations, it was not uncommon to make money by entertaining guests, but in this era, the folk customs were simple and simple, and such a thing had never happened near the courtyard. No wonder Yi Zhonghai had such a big reaction.

but.

Not only did Yan Bugui not feel ashamed, but he said righteously: "Old Yi, look at you, if you start to criticize people without understanding the situation, you are going to make an empirical mistake!"

"Heh, let's talk about it, why do other people's treats only cost a few cents, but yours costs five yuan." Yi Zhonghai folded his arms and looked down at Yan Pugui condescendingly.

Yan Bugui said: "First of all, my family's treat this time is held in Donglaishun. Donglaishun can be regarded as one of the best restaurants in the capital, and the cost is expensive. Should there be more money?"

"Donglaishun is indeed a bit more expensive than ordinary restaurants, but it doesn't cost 2 yuan at all." Yi Zhonghai curled his lips.

"It is the latter reason that is most important."

Yan Bugui said calmly: "This time the woman's parent is Liu Cheng, the workshop director of the fitter workshop."

As he said that, he said with emphasis: "Old Yi, I have heard that there is not much work in the rolling mill recently, and each workshop cannot work at full capacity. Some workers have not been at work for more than half a month, just like Qin Huairu That kind of thing, of course, you master Yi is an eighth-level fitter, so it’s not like you don’t have no work, but if you offend Liu Cheng, do you think you, an eighth-level fitter, can get it right?”

As expected of an old fox, Yan Bugui grabbed Yi Zhonghai's weakness.

When the steel rolling mill was booming, Yi Zhonghai, an eighth-level fitter, was the treasure of the whole factory. He could stand up straight in front of the factory manager and deputy factory manager, be able to participate in the factory committee, and be able to deal with the factory's problems together with the factory leaders. matter.The reason is very simple. The factory leaders all point to Yi Zhonghai, a master, to solve the difficulties encountered in production.

The situation is different now, the rolling mill has not received a decent order for a long time, and Yi Zhonghai's workmanship has seriously degraded, even inferior to ordinary skilled workers.At this time, he couldn't even offend a workshop director.

Yi Zhonghai knew Liu Cheng well.

Liu Cheng was originally just a temporary worker in a subsidiary factory of the rolling mill. Later, he got involved with Director Yang for some reason. Because he was very good at bragging and flattering him, he served Director Yang comfortably, and soon became a regular worker. After working in the workshop for just three years, he was promoted to be the deputy director of the workshop. Last year, he stepped up to the sky and became the director of the workshop.

You must know that there are very few quotas for substituting workers, and the whole rolling mill can probably get them every year, only one or two quotas, and Director Yang is willing to give it to Liu Cheng. I have quite a bit of status in my heart.

In the eyes of the workshop workers, offending Liu Cheng is tantamount to offending Director Yang.

Thinking this way, Yi Zhonghai sighed in his heart: It seems that this time he can only admit defeat.

He turned his head and shouted to the eldest mother who was busy cleaning the house: "Old woman, take two yuan from the drawer."

Yan Bugui took the money and was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something, turned around again, looked at Yi Zhonghai and said.

"Old Yi, did you also give the share of Sha Zhu's share?"

Although Yan Bugui hated Shazhu to death because of Yan Jiecheng's blind date, he didn't hate Shazhu's money.

After finally borrowing Liu Cheng's name, he must earn more.

At the same time, Yan Bugui also knew that Sha Zhu hadn't found a job since he got out of the police station, and had no money at all, so he could only ask Yi Zhonghai for it.

Unexpectedly, Yi Zhonghai's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he stared at Yan Bugui and said, "Old Yan, Shazhu is my biological son now, we are a family, can you still accept two shares of money?"

"Well, He Yuzhu has changed his name to Yi Yuzhu now, how could I have forgotten about this!" Yan Bugui felt disappointed, originally he planned to earn another five yuan, but now it seems impossible.

After Yan Bugui left Yijia, he began to collect money from door to door. Of course, the residents Yan Bugui chose were all working in the rolling mill, or someone in the family worked in the rolling mill.Although they were not in the fitter's workshop, they did not dare to offend Liu Cheng based on Liu Cheng's relationship with Factory Manager Yang.

In just a short while, Yan Bugui earned more than 100 yuan. Counting the money, Yan Bugui was so happy that he went to pay for the bride price and wedding banquet. This time, he could earn at least 50 yuan.

As night fell, the residents of the courtyard house were eating at home when they heard the sound of broken gongs coming from outside.

"Attention everyone, after dinner, please come to the middle courtyard for a meeting."

It was Xu Damao who heard the shout, and the residents put down their bowls and chopsticks, all with puzzled faces.

"What happened? When will it be Xu Damao's turn to hold a meeting?"

"Maybe it was held for Liu Hongchang."

"Impossible. I haven't seen Liu Hongchang for several days. I heard that I went to the south for a meeting."

"That is how the matter?"

"Don't think about it, we'll know when we get to the venue after dinner."

The residents are just suspicious, and there is anger in the center of the bangs.

Since Wang Weidong became the first master of the courtyard, he directly appointed Xu Damao as the junior steward of the courtyard. The second elder of the courtyard is like the ears of the deaf, and his status in the courtyard has plummeted. When I met him, I just pretended not to see him.

Now that Xu Damao actually wanted to hold a courtyard meeting, that was the authority only for the real master in charge.

"boom!"

Liu Haizhong slammed the teacup onto the table, and said angrily: "Well, Xu Damao, you were originally just a dog of Liu Hongchang, but now you regard yourself as a real master in charge, today I have to let you know how good I am. "

The second aunt whispered next to her: "Old Liu, our family is already in a lot of troubles, so you should calm down and stop causing trouble."

When mentioning the troubles of the Liu family, the second aunt was so worried that she couldn't sleep at night.

Liu Guangqi, who was coveted by them, was about to marry into someone else's house.

Liu Guangqi is the eldest son of the Liu family. He has been deeply liked by Liu Haizhong since he was a child. Liu Guangqi is also considered to be competitive. He has been studying in high school. Later, he went to Baoding and became a 24-level leader.

The little leader is also a leader, just when Liu Haizhong was looking forward to Liu Guangqi's return to the capital, and when he, as the leader's father, could feel proud, Liu Guangqi suddenly sent a letter, saying that he met a girl there.

He has married the girl, and will stay in Baoding from now on, staying at the woman's house and never coming back.

Isn't this just getting married?
Liu Haizhong tore the letter to shreds at that time, then drank a bottle of wine, and used the strength of the wine to clean up Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.

This kind of thing was normal in the past, after all, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were Liu Haizhong's punching bags.

It's just that Liu Haizhong didn't expect that Liu Guangfu and Liu Guangtian have grown up, they are now workers in the rolling mill, and they are both dating.

Seeing that Liu Haizhong pulled out the belt, the two brothers were not afraid, instead they looked at each other, rolled up their sleeves, and rushed forward to fight with Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong was furious on the spot, claiming to kill these two unfilial sons alive, but unexpectedly, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu had grown up, and they took advantage of their youth and strength to clean up Liu Haizhong instead.

In the hatred, the two younger brothers beat Liu Haizhong until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. If the third mother didn't stop him, Liu Haizhong might still be lying in the hospital.

After beating Liu Haizhong, the younger brothers ran to live in the object's house that night, and soon rented a house outside, and never returned to Liu's house.

The Liu family lost three sons in just half a month, how could the second aunt be in a good mood!
Hearing the troubles mentioned by the second aunt, Liu Haizhong said impatiently: "Don't worry, I will clean up those little bastards sooner or later. The most important thing now is to let Xu Damao know who is the real person in the courtyard. the steward."

As he said that, he ignored the second aunt's obstruction, and strode towards the middle courtyard with his hands behind his back.

When Liu Haizhong walked to the middle courtyard, almost all the residents in the courtyard raised their hands, Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu, Da Ma, Yan Bugui, San Ma, Yan Jiecheng, Qin Huairu, Bang Geng, the big guys gathered around Under the old camphor tree.

There is a table under the tree, and a long bench next to it, and Xu Damao is sitting on the bench, with his legs crossed, eating melon seeds, how arrogant and arrogant he is.

Seeing Xu Damao's appearance, Liu Haizhong suddenly lost his temper, squeezed into the crowd, and rushed to Xu Damao.

"Xu Damao, stand up for me!"

Xu Damao was enjoying this wonderful moment, although he is now a little steward, his prestige is no different from a real steward.

He couldn't help squinting his eyes under the attention of everyone.

So when he heard Liu Haizhong's roar, Xu Damao was taken aback and almost fell off his chair. When he saw Liu Haizhong standing in front of him, Xu Damao said angrily: "Liu Haizhong, you are so old. Why are you still imitating the bluffing of other young people!"

"Stop talking about this to me."

Liu Haizhong pointed to Xu Damao's nose and said, "I'm asking you, you are not in charge, why do you want to hold a meeting? Don't tell me, Liu Hongchang entrusted you to open it. I have heard from Lao Yi that Liu Hongchang is not in the capital these days. .”

Xu Damao didn't expect that Liu Haizhong would be angry because of this incident. After listening to Liu Haizhong's words, he couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Second uncle, your brain is really hard to use. No wonder you have been crushed by Yi Zhonghai for so many years."

"I'm the one asking you a question! Don't talk about the past with me." Liu Haizhong was so angry that the corners of his mouth trembled.

Xu Damao looked at Liu Haizhong, who was full of anger, as if he saw a joke: "Have you seen the third master? The reason why I held this courtyard meeting today is because of the commission of the third master Yan Pugui."

(End of this chapter)