Siheyuan: There are three little cats at home

Chapter 375 Eating on a rainy day
October [-]th is the eleventh day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar.

Early in the morning on the fourth day of the National Day holiday, the front yard was bustling with people.

Today Yan Jiedi got married, and Yan Bugui's family got busy early.

And the people in the middle courtyard and the backyard naturally got up earlier than usual.

This is considered a happy event in the courtyard.

Everyone in the courtyard should join in the excitement.

Yan Bugui wore a blue cloth coat and urged the third aunt to quickly find the first aunt in the middle courtyard and the second aunt in the backyard so that the family could help. At the same time, he asked his son Yan Jiecheng to borrow a pergola outside.

Yan Jiecheng didn't even button his shirt. He was urged to come out of the house where he and Yu Li lived, with a look of reluctance on his face, "Dad, why are you so anxious? The radio didn't say it was raining yesterday. Why don't you borrow an awning?"

Yan Bugui glanced at his boss behind his glasses and said in a deep voice:
"Go if you are told. Your sister is getting married today. Why don't you, the eldest brother, care about her at all?"

Yan Jiecheng fastened the discipline button on his collar, and said impatiently:
"Dad, I can't borrow it now, so stop nagging."

After Yan Jiecheng finished speaking, he turned around and hurriedly walked out of the courtyard.

Yan Bugui sighed inwardly, raised his hand to adjust the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and looked at the gloomy sky, with a trace of anxiety on his face.

Yesterday the radio did not say that there would be rain today, but early in the morning, the sky was very dark, and the wind was blowing. Dark clouds squeezed the sky, covering it tightly, and there was no light at all. Could it be that there is no rain?

This was clearly a sign of rain.

Yan Bugui was a little confused. He had chosen a good day for his daughter, but it happened to rain.

I couldn't help but feel annoyed.

At this time, Yan Jiefang came in from outside the compound with his wife and Yan Jiekuang.

Yan Bugui saw the second and third children coming back and hurriedly made arrangements:

"Jiefang, you and Xie Kuang use brooms to sweep our front, middle and back yards. Your eldest brother will come back later to borrow a pergola so that we can build it quickly."

Yan Jiefang raised his eyebrows and took a long puff of the cigarette, filled with reluctance.

If his younger sister Yan Jiedi hadn't gotten married today, he wouldn't have thought of coming back.

But Yan Jiekuang ignored his father and entered the house with his wife.

As for cleaning the yard, that's not possible at all.

Yan Bugui was so angry that his lungs exploded when he saw that his youngest son ignored his words.

However, children cannot be controlled by their fathers, and girls cannot be controlled by their mothers.

As a father, he can't control it.

I want to do it myself, but I can't shame it. I feel that as a teacher, I can't do such rough work.

Furthermore, his daughter was getting married today, and he had more important things to do. He sighed deeply and secretly felt that he had to wait for his wife to come back from the Central Court later and let her talk to his two sons.

Just as Yu Li came out of the house with her daughter, Yan Bugui said immediately: "Yu Li, you, the second daughter-in-law, and the third daughter-in-law, you three remember to help Shazhu this morning."

When Yu Li heard this, her father-in-law immediately arranged work for her. Her expression suddenly changed and she said:
"Dad, I'm going to give Xie Di makeup today. She's married, so she can't dress up beautifully."

Yan Bugui glanced at his eldest daughter-in-law and suddenly felt tired.

In the past, he had the final say in all matters big and small at home, and no one dared to say anything back.

Fortunately, he, the head of the family, has almost become a decoration, and no one cares about him.

No one listens to anyone, and no one dares to choke.

Especially the three daughters-in-law, each one more powerful than the other, simply did not take him as an old man seriously.

Yan Bugui was too lazy to say anything. Whatever the eldest daughter-in-law wanted to do, it was up to her, as long as she didn't cause any trouble today.

At this time, in the backyard, Xu Qing, his wife Jinghong, his son, and his younger brothers and sisters drank millet porridge at home to fill their stomachs, and then went to the front yard to help.

When passing by the middle courtyard, Sha Zhuzheng and Yi Zhonghai also walked towards the front courtyard.

Everyone was chatting and laughing and went into the front yard together.

When Yanbu Gui saw everyone in the courtyard, he took out a pack of cigarettes, stuffed a pack into each of them, and said to Silly Zhu:

"Silly Zhu, you will be in charge of my family today, and I will ask the first aunt, the second aunt, and your third aunt to help you."

Silly Zhu took the cigarette, put it on his body with a happy face, and looked at Yan Bugui.

"Third uncle, let me take a look at what you bought."

Yan Bugui said: "It's not delivered yet, but it's coming soon. I ordered everything yesterday, fifty catties of white lotus, thirty catties of cucumbers, twenty catties of tomatoes, sixty catties of white radishes, thirty catties of celery, and tofu. Thirty catties, fifteen catties of pork"

Yan Bugui said, reaching out from his coat and taking out the list he made yesterday, and handed it to Shazhu.Si Zhu took a look, frowned, folded up the list, looked at Yan Bugui and said:

"Third Lord, are you planning to feed the rabbits, except for fifteen catties of pork, and don't make any meat?"

Yan Bugui shook his head and said, "Silly Zhu, take a closer look at the list. Didn't I write twenty catties of eggs on it?"

Silly Zhu heard the words and said: "Hey! Third master, then don't think that the dishes I cook are not oily."

"It's okay, silly Zhu, just watch and do it. By the way, don't use up all the white radishes. Leave [-] catties for me. Your third mother will ask for pickles in a few days."

Silly Zhu was completely stunned. He chewed his teeth, lowered his head, opened the folded list, and read it again.

He thought to himself: "The third master is really the third master. He is willing to buy more pork for his daughter to marry. With only fifteen catties, no matter how good my cooking skills are, I can still make flowers?"

Silly Zhu handed the order back to Yan Bugui, turned to Xu Qing and Yi Zhonghai and shrugged helplessly.

Xu Qing smiled without saying a word, "Third Master, you can't just be a little stingy."

If you can buy fifteen catties of pork, that's good enough. If you don't have a catty today, then you can really feed the rabbits.

In addition, the shortage of materials these days has not been completely alleviated. It has improved a lot compared to ten years ago, but it is now during the National Day.

What's more, the ten years of changing the sky have just ended. In these days of joy and prosperity, who doesn't buy some meat to eat.

Yan Bugui is afraid that even if he wants to buy more, he won't be able to buy it.

However, there is another point that, once Yan Jiedi gets married today, all four of Yan Bugui's children will be successful.

From now on, there will be no other major events in his family. According to the third uncle's character, this last time, if he can be fooled, he will be fooled. It is absolutely impossible to do anything big.

If you want to take advantage of Yanbu Gui, it's difficult in one word!

"Patriot, Feng Ming, you two will help my boss set up a pergola in our yard later. I think it will rain today."

Yanbu Gui couldn't control his own family, so he used the people in the courtyard to order them around.

Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming didn't mind. When my eldest brother Xu Qing got married, the third master and the third mother also helped, so they listened to Yan Pugui's arrangement.

Yi Zhonghai coughed and said, "Old Yan, did your second and third children come back?"

"I'm back, I'm not in the house to be the magistrate. After they clean up our compound and set up the pergola, they can put tables and benches in."

Xu Qing asked, "Third Master, what am I doing?"

Yan Bugui chuckled and said, "Xiao Qing, you and your uncle will help me entertain people later."

While talking, Yan Jiecheng borrowed the pergola and dragged it into the courtyard.

Although the owner of the pergola sent four or five people, the manpower was obviously still insufficient.

Seeing this, Xu Aiguo and Xu Fengming ran to the gate of the compound with Shazhu and helped move the guy setting up the pergola into the compound.

Liu Haizhong and his two sons had just entered the front yard from the backyard. Seeing this, he turned around and winked at his two sons, indicating that they should hurry up and help.

Liu Guangtian tilted his head, pretending not to see it.

Liu Guangfu saw it, but he was not happy at all.

The angry bangs couldn't help but cursed in a low voice: "You bastard, you're not married yet, get over here quickly!"

Liu Guangtian was scolded, and no matter how unhappy he was, he knew that if he didn't help today, there might be no one to help him when he gets married.

I had no choice but to trot to the main entrance of the compound.

Seeing that the eldest son had borrowed the arbor, Yan Bugui hurried back to his house and asked the third mother to urge the second and third to clean the yard.

The third aunt finally managed to persuade her two sons.

Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang walked out of the house, with cigarettes in their mouths, grabbed the broom placed at the door of the house, held it in their hands, and started cleaning in the front yard.

Yan Jiecheng ran out and was panting from exhaustion. He felt very unhappy when he saw his two younger brothers doing the easy job of sweeping the floor!
Glancing at Yan Bugui with resentful eyes, he took out the cigarette he carried on his body, and while smoking, he, Aiguo, Feng Ming and Liu Guangfu leisurely and leisurely set up the arbor.

As soon as the pergola in the front yard was set up, heavy raindrops began to fall from the gloomy sky.

Yan Bugui showed anxiety on his face, and asked Yan Xiecheng to quickly set up the pergola in the middle courtyard and the backyard, and at the same time ran to the middle courtyard to ask Yan Jiefang and Yan Jiekuang to sweep it quickly, don't let it rain heavily, and it won't rain yet. sweep up.

Yan Jiefang bent over, raised his eyelids, glanced at Yan Bugui, still waved the broom in his hand unhurriedly, and said:
"Dad, if you're in a hurry, our house doesn't have a broom anymore, so you can sweep it too."

Yanbu's noble face turned livid, he snorted and turned back to the front yard, not wanting to look at his second son again.

But as soon as he returned to the front yard, he heard Yu Li and her second daughter-in-law, as well as her third daughter-in-law and her daughter Yan Jiedi, quarreling over something unknown.

Quickly ask the third aunt to go and see what's going on. Don't let the relatives and friends who come to the courtyard see you later.

The rain fell quietly and fell on the roof of the shed, making a pattering sound. Xu Qing was originally standing at the door of Yan Jiecheng's house to help him make sure that the bridge was not askew. At this time, he couldn't care less and walked to his second brother Aiguo. , start building together.

It's raining, don't put up all the sheds quickly, I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to set up when it rains heavily.

Yan Bugui was standing in the yard at the moment, raising his hand to wipe the raindrops on his lenses. He was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. The weather was not good, and it had to rain today. He was afraid that the relatives and friends he invited would not come. .

He looked outside the main entrance of the compound and saw that the food delivery person had arrived first. He turned around and shouted to Silly Zhu:
"Silly Zhu, don't build a shed, hurry up and carry vegetables with me."

After Yan Bugui shouted to Shazhu, he took the lead and ran to the main entrance of the compound.

Silly Zhu got out of the shed, followed Yan Bugui, looked at baskets of vegetables at the main entrance of the compound, frowned and said:

"Third uncle, don't move it, just keep it here in Quan Dun. We can move it later when we need it."

Yan Bugui was dizzy in a hurry, and when he heard what Sha Zhu said, he thought it was reasonable, so he let the dishes be placed at the front door, since they wouldn't be able to catch the rain anyway.

At 08:30, all the awnings in the courtyard were finally erected, but the rain was also getting heavier.

The rushing rain fell on the shed like a drum.

Yan Bugui stood in the shed, scattered a circle of smoke for the crowd, stood at the entrance of the shed, looked at the still gloomy sky, and couldn't see a bit of bright sky, and was very worried.

Originally, he planned to set up a stove in the courtyard, but it was raining and people had to sit in the shed, so he couldn't set it up outside. What should he do?
As expected of his shrewdness, Yan Bugui took two puffs of cigarettes, rolled his eyes, and immediately had an idea.

He called Silly Zhu to him and said: "Sinzhu, you have seen it. It's raining today. I'll let your first aunt and your second aunt wash and chop the vegetables in the middle courtyard. I'll cook them at your home." ”

Silly Zhu didn't want to start a fire at his own house, but seeing Yan Bugui conferring with him kindly, he thought about it and agreed.

Who is the unlucky one? It’s a rainy day.

At around nine o'clock, the rain gradually subsided, and people came to the courtyard one after another. They were all relatives and friends invited by Yan Bugui and colleagues from Hongxing Primary School.

Xu Hongzhi and Yu Li, the two little ones, were in the pergola, running back and forth from the backyard to the front yard to play, when they suddenly saw their teacher coming, they were so frightened that they quickly turned around and hid in the backyard.

Yan Bugui took Xu Qing and Yi Zhonghai to greet the people and let them go into the house to rest.

At the same time, he did not forget to introduce Xu Qing's identity as the factory director to everyone who came, so as to put some money on his face.

Xu Qing was completely speechless.

He is not the bridegroom officer, but a neighbor in the courtyard. If the third master does this, at noon, the groom officer will come. He is not stealing the limelight from others.

However, the third uncle married his daughter today. On this festive day, it's not good for Xu Qing to say anything at this time, let alone in front of the visitors.

However, Yan Bugui had his own plans in mind. Xu Qing was the director of the factory. How could he not take advantage of his daughter's wedding today to show off in front of his school colleagues, relatives and friends.

Tell them, there are high-ranking officials in my courtyard, and the relationship with my family is not bad, so I have to make a lot of arrangements for my family!

However, those who came did not think it was anything after hearing what Yan Bugui said.

There are quite a few factories in Sijiucheng, hundreds of them, large and small.

There is nothing unusual about being the director of a small factory with dozens of people.

Someone asked: "Mr. Yan, in which factory did Director Xu in your hospital work?"

With a smile on his face, Yan Bugui handed the smoke to the man: "Hey, it's a small factory, not worth mentioning. It's the fifth factory of our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. The director of the factory must have thousands of people."

Yan Bugui didn't care about what he said, but the weight was really heavy.

That man and the others were stunned for a moment.

The director of a factory who is in charge of thousands of people is still the leader, not the deputy. This is not what those small factories can compare with.

The look in Xu Qing's eyes changed in an instant, and his face showed even more enthusiasm.

They smiled at Yan Bugui one by one: "Teacher Yan, you are really mean. There is such a big factory manager hidden in your courtyard, why didn't you introduce us to each other earlier."

"Hey, Xiaoqing has just been promoted this year, and I haven't had time yet." Yanbu Gui saw that his goal was achieved, he stretched out his right hand and said with a smile: "Quick, let's sit in the room, the weather is not good today, everyone should be more careful. "

Yan Bugui invited them into the house, but no one was in a hurry. They stood at the main entrance of the compound, exchanged greetings with Yan Bugui and Xu Qing for a while, and then went over.

At around [-] o'clock at noon, the groom's official came with his people to pick up the bride. However, the people who came to the compound today to attend Yanbu's daughter's wedding, after looking at the groom's official twice, did not look again. Instead, they looked from time to time. Xiang Xu Qing took the initiative to talk to Xu Qing.

As a result, the groom's official looked puzzled when he left with Yan Jiedi on his back amidst the sound of firecrackers.

Yan Jiedi was taken out of the compound and got into a Green Shell Jiefang car at the entrance of the alley. The two washbasins that Yan Bugui and the third aunt had given her as dowry were also taken away.

Silly Zhu prepared the food and wine for the banquet, stood in the alley, wiped the sweat on his forehead with a towel, and said to Xu Fengming:
"Boy, did you see that, the third master is interesting enough, we only need two washbasins for Xie Di's dowry."

Xu Fengming squeezed through the crowd, and while heading back to the courtyard with Shazhu, he said: "Brother Shazhu, it would be great if our third master could give you something for the dowry. If I were the bridegroom officer, I would be sitting in the car right now, secretly laughing." gone."

Silly Zhu raised his hand and patted Xu Fengming's shoulder, and was immediately amused.

Yan Jiedi got married and left, and when everyone returned to the compound, it was almost twelve o'clock.

Following Yi Zhonghai's shout, the banquet opened in the courtyard.

Everyone was sitting in the arbor, talking, laughing, eating and drinking, and listening to the sound of raindrops falling on the roof of the arbor, it was so lively.

Although Yan Bugui didn't buy much meat, Shazhu tried his best to gain enough face for the third uncle.

There are eight large bowls per table, including four meat and four vegetarian dishes.

Scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried lotus flowers with white celery, stir-fried meat with peppers, spicy and sour potato shreds, stewed meat slices with white radish, tofu stewed with vermicelli and potato cubes, ants climbing the tree (minced meat vermicelli), stir-fried meat with celery.

And the guests who came here were not disgusted. First, meat is scarce in this year, and there are not many wedding banquets in ordinary families; second, who doesn't know that Yan Bugui is an iron rooster, and it is good to eat meat and vegetables. ; Thirdly, Shazhu's craftsmanship is top-notch. Although the dishes are ordinary, they are very delicious.

What's more important is that Yan Bugui introduced Xu Qing when they arrived, so they had to think carefully about whether they could ask Yan Bugui to help him if something happened in the future.

Everyone had eaten and drank enough, but it was still raining outside. They couldn't leave even if they wanted to, so they took Yan Bugui to Xu Qing for a drink.

And Yan Bugui also planned to find Xu Qing, and wanted to ask why Ma Jiefang didn't come.

He was still thinking about collecting money from Ma Jiefangsui.

But Yan Bugui didn't have the nerve to open his mouth when there were other people around.

Besides, it was already this time, and he felt in his heart that Ma Jiefang might not come.

As for Xu Damao's absence today, Yan Bugui didn't care at all.

If Xu Damao is still the deputy director, he will definitely not be absent.

It's a pity that Xu Damao was fucked. According to Yan Bugui's character, it doesn't matter whether he is there or not.

Anyway, money can't escape, Xu Damao is not here, but Qin Jingru is here, so someone in his family can pay for it.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, the rain stopped and the sky became brighter. The guests of Yanbu Gui's house left one after another.

Leaving a mess in the pergola.

The third aunt and her three daughters-in-law cleaned all the dishes and chopsticks borrowed from other families in the compound and returned them separately.

With a cigarette in his mouth, Yan Bugui instructed his three sons, Yan Jiecheng, Yan Jiefang, and Yan Jiekuang, to start from the backyard and move to the front yard to dismantle the pergola.

After the rain, it became a bit cooler and the water vapor in the courtyard became thicker.

Xu Qing stood at the door of his house, looking at the five sparrows falling on the wet wall, watching them turn their heads, staring at the food scraps on the ground in the yard, chirping non-stop, refusing to fly and land in the yard , couldn’t help but smile.

In these days and months, don’t be in a hurry, take it slow, take it easy, it’s good!

Although no one has much money, the difference is not that big, the life is not so tiring, and they all have their own goals!
(End of this chapter)