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Chapter 434 The fifth son of the Zhang family!

Liu Haizhong was squatting at the gate of the courtyard, smoking and feeling worried.

Don't get me wrong, he is not worried about the disobedience of his second son Liu Guangtian and his third son Liu Guangfu. In his mind, one of these two sons is a snob and the other is not even a snob.

It's not worth his worrying at all. If these two guys don't obey, who will fight them once the belt is pulled out?

What worried him was that after receiving the letter, he didn't know whether the eldest son Guangqi was willing to give up everything on his father-in-law's side, bring his daughter-in-law back to this city, and live a stable life with him and his wife.

His worries were not groundless. During the Chinese New Year, the eldest son came back with his wife and they had a rather unpleasant quarrel.

He was afraid that the eldest brother still resented him and his wife and would not want to come back.

Even though they gave birth to three sons after they got married, in his heart, the eldest son was the only one he loved most.

As for the other two, let’s not mention them.

As for why he likes the eldest brother, he can't really explain it. It might be the influence of Confucianism.

He saw in the play that the high officials and the emperor loved the eldest and didn't care about the younger. Liu Haizhong felt that he would also be an official in the future, so he could first emulate them in these aspects.

"The eldest brother can't be unwilling to come back, right?" The second aunt frowned.

“No, that’s a building!! Who can resist the temptation of a building???” Liu Haizhong said firmly.

The house they bought was a large one, with a separate toilet and kitchen. Such a house is very tempting not only in the old city, but also in the whole country.

He knew that his eldest brother's father-in-law's house, like their courtyard house, used a public toilet and emptied the urinal every day.

He just didn't believe that the eldest brother and his wife could resist the temptation.

"But, who knows? I think the eldest son is reluctant to come back..." The second aunt was still worried.

Thinking of the unpleasant parting during the Chinese New Year, Liu Haizhong also fell silent.

"Hey!" Mr. and Mrs. Liu were squatting at the door and feeling worried, when they saw Banggeng actually went out.

"Banggeng, why did you come out? It's so late at night." The second aunt's face changed, from a sad face to a fake smile.

Banggeng is still young and doesn't have many smart ideas. When someone asks him, he immediately tells the whole story about the dispute that took place at home during dinner.

The second uncle and second aunt looked at each other and thought that every family has its own problems.

But Jia Zhangshi was the same, forgetting the old when she found the new. Ever since Jia Dongxu died, she had devoted all her heart to Qin Laoer.

What Banggeng, Qin Huairu, Xiaodang, Huaihua, they mean nothing to her!!!

Bang Geng gritted his teeth and poked the ant holes on the ground with a stick: "Anyway, if the old hag won't let me live in the new house, I won't let her live in it either!!!"

The second aunt blinked and asked cautiously, "How can you let her stay? Could it be that...?"

Banggeng suddenly became concerned and stopped talking about this matter, saying that you don't need to worry about it.

Liu Haizhong wanted to ask more questions when he heard footsteps coming from the door. He turned around and saw that it was the second son of the Yan family.

With Banggeng and his own experience, he immediately understood what was going on and asked, "Yan Jiefang, why are you out too? Did you have a fight with your family?"

Yan Jiefang glanced at him and said, "Second Uncle, why are you and Second Aunt coming out too?"

The old couple have lived together for their whole lives, but the second uncle always looked down on the second aunt. He disliked her for being fat and ugly, and also disliked her eyes which became more and more bulging after she took some chicken blood.

Normally, the old couple would not appear together outside the courtyard.

There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Although he was worried about his own family's affairs, Yan Jiefang also wanted to take a bite of Old Liu's melon.

"Well, I'm bored at home, so I came out to get some fresh air." Liu Hai was not satisfied with not being able to find out about the situation of Old Yan's family. "Many residents of our courtyard are going to move to the collective housing this time. Doesn't your father have any ideas about liberation?"

Yan Jiefang smiled and said, "Well, our family didn't buy a house at that time, so what can we think? But Second Uncle, if you move to a collective housing building, shouldn't you give up the position of Second Uncle of this courtyard house?"

Give way to the virtuous? What virtuous person should I give way to? Liu Haizhong suddenly thought of something and his face changed drastically.

"Think about it, this time the first uncle and the third uncle Zhang Shenfei and the others did not move. They still stayed in the courtyard and continued to be the uncles of the courtyard. Of course, there was no problem.

But you have moved to the collective housing and no longer live in the courtyard. Isn't it inappropriate for you to be the manager?" Yan Jiefang also thought of this after seeing Liu Haizhong just now.

If this guy resigns from the position of the master of the Siheyuan, and if his own father still lives in the Siheyuan, wouldn't he be able to fill the vacancy?
If the gap can be filled, maybe the calculating old man will stop thinking about his eligibility to buy a house and can stay in the Siheyuan with peace of mind.

Although everyone in the courtyard thought that Liu Haizhong was a fan of officials, only the Yan family knew that Yan Bugui was no less obsessed with it.

It’s just that this guy is usually unwilling to give and only thinks about gaining. At the age of fifty, he has not been able to get any official position either in the Siheyuan or in the Red Star Primary School.

Yan Jiefang was certain that if he gave his father a chance, his father would definitely seize it!

Yan Jiefang's words were like a huge rock hitting the pond in Liu Hai's heart, causing huge waves.

His biggest dream in life is to become an official, but God is blind and his dream has not been realized yet. He can only live in a courtyard as a second uncle, which is better than nothing.

Although the uncles in the courtyard are not officials, they can still satisfy their official desires whenever a general meeting of the whole courtyard is held in the courtyard.

If it happened that the people who needed to argue were Sha Zhu and Xu Damao, these two would secretly send some gifts to him, the second uncle, in order to save face.

He was a seventh-level blacksmith with a monthly salary of more than 80 yuan. He didn't care about etiquette or not, but the feeling of receiving gifts as a superior was simply too much for him to stop.

In summary,

Asking Liu Haizhong to give up his position as the second master of the Siheyuan Courtyard is even more painful than killing him.

No way!!! I have worked so hard for so many years, I can’t just give up like this!!!

Although he had many thoughts in his mind, it actually only took a moment for Liu Haizhong to make up his mind.

"Jiefang, who told you that I was going to move away?" he said coldly.

"You're not moving? This collective housing building is so nice, you're not moving?" Yan Jiefang was surprised and seemed unable to believe it.

"Well, I won't move. I'll still live in the courtyard house. Our courtyard house is so nice and down to earth. It can absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. Those collective housing buildings are so high that living in them won't even give you a firm foothold. It's unsettling." Liu Haizhong found all kinds of reasons, both to convince Yan Jiefang and himself.

The second aunt was so anxious that she kept pulling his clothes, "No, we agreed to live in a big house, why did you change your mind?"

Besides, if they don’t go to live there, do they have to let that damned second brother and that damned third brother live there?

Are they worthy?

Liu Haizhong glanced at her and told her to stay calm, and the second aunt fell silent. "Then, if you don't move in, will Guangtian and Guangfu move in?" Yan Jiefang asked again.

"Are they worthy?" Liu Haizhong snorted coldly, "I'm going to leave that house to Guangqi."

Isn’t the reason the eldest couple doesn’t come back just because they don’t want to live with me?

Then he gave the house to them. This way, not only did he solve the problem of the eldest couple, but he also solved the problem of himself continuing to be the second master of the courtyard house. It can be said that he killed two birds with one stone!!!
Liu Haizhong couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Zi's cleverness.

The second aunt listened and finally calmed down. If there was anyone in the family who deserved to live in the new house more than the old couple, it could only be the eldest son.

Upon hearing this, Yan Jiefang immediately shook Liu Haizhong's hand and said, "Second Uncle, please talk to my father tomorrow."

"What to talk about?" Liu Haizhong was puzzled.

"Just talk about your selflessness, taking the initiative to give the collective housing to your son and willingly living in the old house yourself!!!"

Yan Jiefang clapped his hands. In order to achieve his goal, he didn't care about whether the family's dirty laundry was made public or not. He immediately told Liu Haizhong and his wife everything about how his father had forced him to give up his qualification to buy a house.

Liu Haizhong was amazed when he heard this, and shouted that Old Yan was really going too far.

On the one hand, they suggested that Yan Jiefang should simply convene a meeting of the entire courtyard, and let the three of them lead all the residents of the courtyard to criticize Comrade Yan Bugui.

Moving is imminent. If we don’t hold a meeting while we still have enough people, we won’t have so many people in the future!!!
Yan Jiefang was vague: "Let's talk about this and that later. Well, I have something else to do and I'll leave first. Don't forget to talk to my dad."

After saying that, he turned and left without waiting for Liu Haizhong to reply.

He is not stupid. He is going to hold a meeting of the whole institute to let Liu Haizhong enjoy his official position? ? It’s wishful thinking!!!
I said so much just now just to give Liu Haizhong an excuse to suppress Yan Bugui and try to squeeze out his conscience so that he can learn from him.

Don’t even think about anything else!!
……

Although there were constant minor frictions among each household, overall, the Siheyuan was generally in a festive mood because of the move.

Finally, after the Jia family debated, although Banggeng was extremely reluctant, the adults still decided that Jia Zhang, the old Qin couple and Qin Laoer would move away.

On Liu Haizhong's side, the boss also replied, confirming that he would return to Sijiu City, but the job transfer would take time. This made Liu Haizhong and his wife extremely surprised, and they walked in the yard with their heads held high, like victorious generals.

Only the matter of the old Yan family is still unclear, but since they haven't got the house yet, there is no rush.

every day,

As soon as we met at the sink in the morning, we started discussing what to buy for the new home after moving.

How can I take all the stuff at home? My house is worth a fortune!!! I didn’t think I had too many things when I lived here, but when I suddenly had to move and pack, I realized I had quite a lot of stuff.

The adults were discussing non-stop, and the children were also quiet. They gathered together and discussed how they would show off their new house when they got to school.

"I will tell them directly that our family will live in a collective housing project, and let them be envious!!!"

"I have to be tactful and inadvertently reveal the news that we are moving to a building."

"I've thought about it. Since both the fund-raising building and the cadre building are high-rise buildings, I will just say we want to live in a high-rise building, but I won't tell you what we're going to live in. Let them think my dad is a cadre!!!"

"You are so vain! Take me with you!!!"

A group of children were chattering.

Yes, it’s not easy to live in a new house these days. Not to mention them, even adults can’t help but show off.

Zhang Zhaomei, the fifth child of the Zhang family, did not participate in the discussion. She just quietly washed her father's smelly socks.

Seeing this, Zhang Shenfei couldn't help but approached curiously: "Old Five, why don't you go and chat with them? If you don't listen and learn, how can you show off your 90-square-meter house to others when you go to school!!!"

Zhang Zhaomei glanced at him and said, "Uncle, I don't want to show off to others."

"Don't want to show off? Why?" Zhang Shenfei was very surprised.

Don’t all kids like to show off? Why is their little fifth child different from others?
This child is usually as steady as an old dog. He doesn't act like a child but more like an old man in his seventies or fifties.

At this moment, Zhang Shenfei was very curious about what the little guy would say.

Seeing my second uncle looking at me eagerly, I realized that if I didn’t say something, I would not be able to wash my socks quietly.

Zhang Zhaomei sighed, put the socks back into the basin, wiped her hands on her clothes, and looked over:
"Uncle, think about it, the housing situation in our city is so tight these days! How many families have several or even more than a dozen people living in a small house of a dozen square meters.

At this time, if I go and show off to them that I live in a house of over 100 square meters, how detrimental would that be to unity?"

There is a saying that when others have no food to eat, at least you should eat meat without smacking your lips, right?

"Besides, if I always show myself to be different from others and much taller than them, they will probably not want to play with me anymore."

"Humans are social animals. If you always show off how good you are and try to outdo others in everything, you will have no friends. At the very least, you will live alone. At the most, others may trip you up when they encounter problems. How can you make progress in your work after this?

Although I am still young, I understand this principle and I must always set high standards for myself to avoid speaking out of turn in the future."

Ah, this...

Zhang Shenfei didn't expect that the usually taciturn little fifth child in their family could be so shrewd, and he couldn't help but look at him with some admiration.

Otherwise, why is it said that having more children is good? A dragon gives birth to nine sons, and each one is different.

The group of children born in my eldest brother's family each have their own personality and specialties.

Zhang Shenfei thought that he couldn't fall behind, he had to work harder and give birth to more than a dozen sons!!!
……

The days that followed passed at the same pace as before.

But to the people waiting to move in the steel mill and the courtyard house, time seemed to be slowed down.

We finally made it to May Day, which is Labor Day and also the day when the steel rolling mill moved into the collective housing.

Early in the morning, Zhang Shenfei dressed up carefully, his clothes were neat and his hair was combed sleek.

In the words of the old lady in their family, even if a fly flies over his head, he will fall down twice without a crutch.

The old lady smoked a pipe while waiting for Tian Xiaozao and Tang Danniu to bring the food to the table. After looking her grandson up and down, she said, "You are very neat, but why don't you wear the white shirt and leather shoes that Zao'er asked someone to bring you from Shanghai?"

Today is the big day when more than 500 households of the steel rolling mill are moving. It is said that leaders from the city and district will come. If we don’t pack up properly, will we be seen by the leaders?
My grandson's outfit is not much different from usual.

(End of this chapter)