The booming era begins with the director of the Propaganda Department!

Chapter 254 The Dust of Time!!

The meal was ready. Zhang Shenfei and his group were sitting around the table, ready to feast. Xu Damao stood up, cleared his throat and said:
"Well, today we finally get together as the five gentlemen of the Siheyuan, and it also happens to be the day when Shazhu's cousin returns to his ancestral home, so I'll raise a glass to you."

Since becoming an officer,

Xu Damao developed a new habit. Whenever he drank with his brothers, he had to raise a glass and speak in an official tone or something.

They all grew up in the same courtyard, and everyone present had long been accustomed to his habit of standing up whenever he drank.

He was talking about his own things, and everyone was eating their own food, and no one paid any attention to him at all.

Xu Damao was speechless when he saw this and complained: "Hey, I'm talking, can you please respect me? Stop just eating."

Zhang Shenfei ate a big chicken leg and wiped the oil from his mouth: "Go ahead and talk. We are all listening."

Yan Jiecheng picked up a large piece of braised pork, stuffed it into his mouth and said incoherently: "That's right, we don't use our ears when we eat, and we don't interfere with each other. You should talk."

"Yes, Xu Damao, please speak quickly." Liu Guangqi also urged. Before he finished speaking, a large piece of fish belly meat was already handed to his mouth.

The three of them had a tacit understanding and urged Xu Damao to continue speaking.

There were seven people having dinner today, including He Yushui, but Sha Zhu only prepared four dishes and one soup.

If Xu Damao said a few more words, each of them would get a few more pieces of meat. Everyone had a clear idea of ​​the account.

Xu Damao was about to say something when he suddenly came to his senses: "Fuck, that's not right, why do I feel like you guys lied to me because you want to eat more meat?"

As soon as this was said, everyone present burst into laughter.

Well, I was really fooled by these bastards!!
Xu Damao stopped nagging and picked up his chopsticks to eat.

After eating the food from Lao He's house, one had to show some appreciation. After wiping his mouth, Xu Damao patted Cai Quanwu's shoulder.

This means that since you, Lao Cai, have moved into our courtyard, you are the brother of the five gentlemen in our courtyard.

"From now on, if anyone in this yard bullies you, just come find us and we will help you vent your anger!!!"

"If Shazhu can't handle it, you can come to me. If I can't handle it, then go to Brother Dafei.

There is no one that Brother Dafei can’t handle… No, that’s not right. There is no one in this courtyard that Brother Dafei can’t handle.”

Thinking that even Yi Zhonghai was cheated out of three hundred yuan by Zhang Shenfei and had to take out an interest-free loan for fifty years, Xu Damao wanted to laugh.

The others remembered that the old pious woman Jia Zhang had been recruited by Zhang Shenfei, and they nodded one by one to indicate that what Xu Damao said made sense.

Cai Quanwu had been at the bottom of society for too long and had always been humble. When he heard Xu Damao's words, he immediately stood up, grabbed the bottle beside him, and poured himself a full glass of wine, indicating that from now on, I, Cai Quanwu, would rely on the help of all the brothers in the yard.

After saying this, he drank the wine in the glass.

"Old Cai is open and bright!!"

"Lao Cai is a great guy!!!"

Zhang Shenfei and the others started to make a noise, and the roars echoed over the courtyard. In the side room, Jia Dongxu, who was washing dishes, broke down again.

The six people drank a total of three kilograms of white wine. At around nine o'clock, Sha Zhu and Cai Quanwu fell drunk on the bed and fell asleep.

These two people are indeed cousins. Their reactions after getting drunk are exactly the same. They don’t cry, make a fuss, or vomit. They just fall asleep.

Yan Jiecheng, Liu Guangqi and Xu Damao were all drunk. They staggered as they walked out of the house, arms around each other's shoulders.

Compared to them, Zhang Shenfei could drink much better and was only slightly tipsy.

After leaving Sha Zhu's house, he did not go home, but walked straight out of the courtyard and turned into the next door courtyard No. 93.

Tian Xiaozao is a good girl in every way, except for one thing.

She is a workaholic and devotes herself to her work on weekdays.

If he hadn't come to find her, this girl probably wouldn't even have remembered that she had a fiancé, Zhang Shenfei.

Ever since Tian Zhigang agreed three years ago, almost all residents in Nanluoguxiang knew about the relationship between Tian Xiaozao and Zhang Shenfei.

At this time, Suo Qian was tidying up the cricket cages in the yard. Seeing Zhang Shenfei coming in late at night, he immediately smiled:

"Hey Dafei, it's so troublesome for you to run back and forth between the two courtyards every day. Why don't you marry our Xiaozao back home as soon as possible?"

Get married? ?

Zhang Shenfei blushed, which was rare for him. He stretched out his hand and scratched his head: "Almost, almost done..."

"Hey, are you still embarrassed?" Suo Qian widened his eyes in disbelief. He is seven or eight years older than Zhang Shenfei and can be said to have watched this kid grow up.

From childhood to adulthood, the thing he heard most often was that this kid's face was as thick as a brick at the corner of the city wall.

Seeing that he was shy when talking about marrying Tian Xiaozao, he immediately exclaimed that the sun was rising from the west.

Zhang Shenfei was speechless: "Third brother, can you please stop bullying me? I am also a human being, and as a human being I should know how to be embarrassed.

Well, I can’t tell you this, anyway, Zao’er and I will probably get married soon. Just wait for the wedding candy!!!”

"Okay, since you said that, I, the third brother, will be waiting for you." After Suo Qianer finished speaking, he picked up the packed katydid cage and left.

Zhang Shenfei turned around and walked towards the cross-courtyard location. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to get married.

It’s just that Tian Xiaozao has been busy with work. In recent years, many people have flocked from rural areas to the city to work, and the workload of each neighborhood committee has increased significantly.

Tian Xiaozao is also a workaholic. She wants to do her best in everything she does. Not only that, she always says that work comes first and family comes second. She strives to be a new woman in the new era.

In fact, ever since the top leader put forward the title that women hold up half the sky, various types of iron ladies have emerged in this era like a tide.

Although Tian Xiaozao works in the neighborhood committee instead of the factory, she usually works very hard.

Although Zhang Shenfei complained, he still supported her work in his heart.

You have to know that in this era, if you are still not married at the age of 23, you are already considered an older young person.

While thinking about random things,
Zhang Shenfei walked through the moon gate leading to the courtyard.

When he looked up, he saw that the light was on in Tian Xiaozao's room. When he pushed the door open, he saw Tian Xiaozao writing something at his desk.

"You're still up late at night and busy working???" he said with a frown.

Tian Xiaozao was startled, turned around and looked at Zhang Shenfei, smiled at first, then twitched her nose and said angrily, "Why are you drinking again today?"

"I drank a little. Didn't Shazhu find his cousin? Please invite the brothers to get together." Zhang Shenfei leaned against the head of the kang and rubbed his sore brows.

Seeing his attitude, Tian Xiaozao felt distressed again.

Whoever's man is the one who feels sorry for him!!!
"You have a headache again, wait for me to get you a cup of hot water." After saying that, she walked to the table beside her.

I picked up the bamboo thermos, poured a cup of water into it, and considerately put a handful of sugar in it, shaking it to let the sugar dissolve as quickly as possible.

After finishing all this, she walked to the kang with the cup in her hand and handed it to Zhang Shenfei, but he did not extend his hand, indicating that he should feed her.

Tian Xiaozao raised her pretty eyebrows and looked at him: "Is this because you don't have arms or hands?"

Why do I become more pretentious as I grow older?

"I have everything, but I just don't want to move. I want Director Tian to serve me." Zhang Shenfei grinned.

OK! Knowing that this guy was drunk, Tian Xiaozao didn't bother with him.

With one hand he held Zhang Shenfei's shoulder and with the other he brought the teacup to his lips.

Taking Tian Xiaozao's hand, Zhang Shenfei drank the glass of water in one gulp, and only then did he feel the dryness in his throat ease a little.

"Zao'er, this water is really sweet, you should try it too," he said.

"Forget it, I don't want to go get more water." Since he wasn't thirsty anyway, Tian Xiaozao just wanted to be lazy.

Who knew that Zhang Shenfei would not give in and insisted that he must share the good things with his fiancée.

"Then would you like to pour me a glass of water?" Tian Xiaozao asked curiously.

"Why go through so much trouble? What's so good about water? It's mainly sweet because of sugar. I'll just let you try it." Zhang Shenfei muttered, grabbed Tian Xiaozao's hand and pulled her to himself.

Then, he pressed his lips against hers.

“Is it sweet???”

"Don't tell me? If you don't tell me, I won't let go. Enjoy it..."

After the two of them finished playing around, she let Zhang Shenfei lie on her legs and massaged his head.

"Comfortable..." Zhang Shenfei enjoyed the soft jade and warm fragrance, and couldn't help but sigh, "Zao'er, you still love me the most. Those grandsons only know how to stir up trouble and make me drink."

"Don't you know that drinking makes you uncomfortable? Why don't you drink less? You're not a child anymore." Tian Xiaozao snorted coldly, but his hands did not stop moving.

Zhang Shenfei found the key point in her words: "You know I'm not young anymore, why don't you marry me quickly?

By tomorrow you will be an old maid and I will be an old man, and people will think that we are both unsalable products that can only be digested internally. "

What old girl? What unsalable product?
"You guy, you can't spit out ivory from a dog's mouth!!" Tian Xiaozao was so angry that she twisted his waist.

"Ouch, ouch, it hurts!" Zhang Shenfei stood up and pressed Tian Xiaozao down on the kang. "Tell me, when are you going to get married???"

Although it's not particularly urgent, it's still okay to ask.

Tian Xiaozao blushed: "I, I'll do it as soon as possible. After I finish the things I have now, our two families will sit together to discuss the marriage."

Wow, is this really a promise? Zhang Shenfei was happy.

Then he began to wonder what Tian Xiaozao was dealing with now.

It would have been fine if he didn't ask, but once he did, Tian Xiaozao sighed and told him that their neighborhood committee went to the street office to hold a mobilization meeting today.

The spirit conveyed at the meeting was that the anti-Y work had to be remedied. In the spirit of deep digging, a group of old Ys had to be remedied.

"The street office has set targets for each neighborhood committee, and our neighborhood committee has been allocated three. So, I'm just worrying about who to let take up the post!!" Tian Xiaozao's face was wrinkled like a bitter gourd.

She grew up in Nanluoguxiang and has been a neighbor of everyone for decades. She knows the situation of each household very well and is aware of everyone's difficulties.

It would be hard to bear to ask someone to take the blame now.

Hearing this, Zhang Shenfei also fell silent.

……

Even though there are no mobile phones or the Internet in this era, information still spreads very quickly.

Tian Xiaozao just talked about the supplementary care for Old Y yesterday. Today, Zhang Shenfei just got off work and returned to the courtyard, when he saw Uncle Yan and Aunt Yan squatting at the door with droopy faces.

He walked over curiously and asked, "What's wrong, Uncle Yan? I asked Sha Zhu for leftovers today, and he scolded me again?"

Uncle Yan looked up at him and said in a muffled voice, "It's okay, Silly Zhu. I've been assigned as Old Y today."

"Ah?" Zhang Shenfei asked again, as if he didn't hear it.

Yan Bugui told Zhang Shenfei with a gloomy face that as soon as they got to work today, their school received a notice saying that they would start to re-study some of the old Ys, and the school set a target for their office.

"There are only seven of us in the office, and we discussed it for the whole morning, but there was no result...

Later, I drank too much cornmeal porridge in the morning and couldn’t hold it anymore, so I had to go to the toilet in a hurry.

"Who would have thought that after just going to the toilet, I would become Old Y when I came back."

By the end, Yan Bugui was almost crying.

Zhang Shenfei was also speechless: "Then you didn't argue with them."

How can you handle things this way???

"Why didn't you argue? But they said it was decided by voting. Except for me, the other six people voted in favor of it unanimously. What can I do?" Yan Bugui's face turned pale.

If he had known this would be the result, he would not have gone out to the toilet even if he was about to wet his pants.

Now I have been labeled as Old Y. I will have a hard time in the company from now on...

Zhang Shenfei really didn't expect that in this era, appointing an old Y would be such a trivial matter.

But the matter was done, and there was nothing he could say. He could only pat Yan Bugui on the shoulder and comfort him.

Seeing that Mr. and Mrs. Yan seemed to have lost all their energy, he sighed in his heart that a speck of dust from the times can be like a mountain when it falls on a person's head.

In order to comfort Yan Bugui, he told the other party that there were quite a few old Ys booked now. It was said that there were a total of 200 people in the hospital, and 35 old Ys had been booked.

When you think about it this way, it doesn’t seem like a big deal, as the law does not hold everyone responsible.

"Dafei, thank you. I've been squatting at the door for so long, and you're the first person to comfort me." Yan Bugui said with some emotion.

Because he is good at calculating, he does not have a good relationship with the people in the courtyard.

He was already very grateful that Zhang Shenfei could say these words at this time and did not look down on him for being an old Y.

Zhang Shenfei comforted Yan Bugui a few more words, advised him to go home for dinner first, and then returned to the house in the front yard.

Zhang Shenfei thought the matter would just pass, but just as dinner was on the table, Liu Guangtian from the backyard ran over and said that a meeting of the entire courtyard would be held in a while.

"Why are we having this meeting for no reason?" Zhang Shenfei was a little confused.

"Isn't this Uncle Yan being replaced by Old Y? He will not be in the same class as us from now on, so my father said we should hold a meeting to discuss with everyone how to get along with him in the future." Liu Guangtian explained.

"What class? What about getting along?" Zhang Shenfei's brows twisted into knots: "Did your father say exactly that?"

Liu Guangtian said with some pride: "Of course it was my father who said that. Isn't he the most politically conscious person in our courtyard?"

"Okay, Brother Dafei, you eat first. I still have to notify other families."

After saying that, Dongdongdong ran out.

Grandma Zhang took a puff of her pipe and sighed, "This Liu Haizhong is not a kind person!!!"

To understand a person’s nature, we need to see how he treats people of lower status than himself when he is in a high position.

Yan Bugui just replaced Old Y today, and he has been targeted at work. When he returned to Siheyuan, he caused another incident. Isn't this just rubbing salt into someone's wounds? ? ?
Zhang Shenfei nodded: "Second Master's behavior is not fair."

However, kicking someone when he is down is something Liu Haizhong is capable of doing. In the original drama, he did this a lot.

(End of this chapter)