Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

"If they arrange for me to go out next spring, what will happen to me and Xiao Song?" He Yuan couldn't help but voice her complaint.

Her most important life event right now is waiting for Xiao Song's parents to come back at the end of the year so they can propose to He Yuzhu, and then choose a date to get married next year.

She genuinely didn't want any other unexpected events to interfere with this important part of her life.

Looking at his daughter's anxious expression, He Yuzhu casually said, "What's the rush?"

The Song family definitely won't have time to handle your relationship with Xiao Song next spring.

This is He Yuzhu's true thought.

Families like the Song family, whose foundation is in the military.

Even if Xiao Song doesn't go south next year,
The Song family probably isn't in the mood to hold his wedding.

He Yuzhu couldn't remember the exact time he went to América.

But I remember very clearly what we'll do about dealing with the monkeys next year.

This shows that men, regardless of age, are still more interested in passionate and exciting things.

"How did you know? What did Xiao Song say to you?" He Yuan asked He Yuzhu suspiciously.

How would I know?
How would I know!

You are my daughter, and I will let you get married whenever I want.

"Dad, I checked the almanac, and there aren't any auspicious days for marriage in the first half of next year." He Yuzhu knew he had let something slip, but he wouldn't admit it and started arguing his point.

"Dad!..." He Yuan rushed over, hugged He Yuzhu's neck, and started to act coquettishly.

He Yuzhu's neck was throbbing with pain from being strangled, and he quickly softened his tone, saying, "The earliest would be May."

"Any earlier and there would be no good days."

According to Lao Lu, Xiao Song is going to take a group of clients to the military base in Sichuan at the end of this year to see how the equipment is used.

If things officially start in the southwest in January or February, Xiao Song will probably take his customers there to observe for a while.

When he comes back, we can get married in May, which would be the earliest possible time.

These are all speculations by He Yuzhu.

But his bigger speculation is that Xiao Song's whole family will not be able to return to Beijing this year.

After all, with such a major event next year, the military can't possibly be completely unprepared.

Therefore, it's really going to be difficult for He Yuan to wear a new wedding dress next year.

This was something He Yuzhu hadn't expected.

After coaxing away his eldest daughter, who was biased towards outsiders, He Yuzhu also had a bit of a toothache.

He felt regret for his oversight.

If he had thought about next year, he should have agreed to Xiao Song and He Yuan's marriage earlier.

If he gets married this year, he might become a grandfather next year.

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He Yuzhu was lost in thought in his office.

Meanwhile, another old man was deep inside the small park, watching those unconventional young people and grinning foolishly.

It is difficult for people to have a correct understanding of themselves.

He Yuzhu was in a similar situation. He hadn't realized that he had actually been leading the collective factory to do foreign trade business for more than a decade.

And his later emphasis on science and technology, as well as his insistence on running small, specialized factories.

For some bigwigs, he has become a banner in the reform of collective enterprises.

Even though he had reached the pinnacle of his career, it did not diminish his importance in the reform and opening-up process.

Ultimately, He Yuzhu's vision was too short-sighted.

Even if he has knowledge from his past life, it can corroborate what he sees in this life.

But what he could see through was merely inferring the cause from the effect.

That doesn't mean he actually has such keen insight.

In terms of personal development, he hasn't reached the point of leaving school yet. Therefore, he hasn't figured out what he could actually do if he left school one day, or how much influence he would have.
It could also be said that He Yuzhu underestimated himself in terms of personal perception.

This is the exact opposite of what happened with Comrade Xiao Lan a while ago.

Xiao Lan overestimated herself.

He believed that he had participated in a business negotiation, seen through the traps in a small-scale business contract, and saved a factory millions...
Xiao Lan believes that all of this is thanks to him.

He never imagined that the fact that his superiors had asked him to participate in this negotiation meant that the higher-ups themselves had already suspected that there was something fishy going on in this cooperation.

However, he just happened to be in that position, and Lao Lu just happened to recommend him.

It's like someone has mice in their warehouse, and then an employee says, "My cat is really good at catching mice..."

It's actually the same thing.

Even if it weren't for this cat, there would be other cats, or the warehouse owner would use mousetraps or rat poison.

Everyone agreed to the collaboration, and the contract was already about to be signed.

Xiao Lan discovered the problem, argued her case logically, and managed to turn the tide.

Then He Yuzhu and Lao Ran will definitely have a different attitude towards him.

At least He Yuzhu will change his opinion of him.

Comrade Xiao Lan couldn't figure these things out, so he felt quite aggrieved when he was refused entry to the CNC college gate during his last visit to his daughter.

When people feel wronged or resentful, they will find things outside of their daily lives to vent these emotions.

For Xiao Lan, who had seen the bustling world, Beijing was still too backward.

There's nothing new about it compared to when he left more than a decade ago.

However, recently, Comrade Xiao Lan has been seen wandering around the streets.

I did find some fun.

Some young people, I don't know where they learned it from.

They were dressed in skinny jeans or denim, gathered in twos and threes, and the topics they talked about were somewhat unconventional.

Xiao Lan knows these people.

The children from respectable families are either working or taking the college entrance exam.

Only young people who are not involved in either of these things would have the time to go out and have fun.

Later generations gave this group of people a name: "playboys".

Of course, these kids nowadays mostly just get together and brag.

Then learn ballroom dancing.

This was not allowed in the past, but since the beginning of this year, this kind of dance has appeared as a performance form in some cultural performances.

When the Spring Festival Gala on July 9th was broadcast on television, it was instantly broadcast throughout the country.

That's when it really became popular.

Now it's just a small circle playing around.

Xiao Lan is quite familiar with this; he's considered a skilled dancer outside.

These days, when you see these young people dancing clumsily, they even step on each other's feet all the time.

There were also men who didn't dare to put their arms around women's waists, which Xiao Lan watched as a joke.

"Hey buddy, you have to buy a ticket to watch the monkey show!"
"You got to watch this trendy dance for free, and you were just smirking. That's not right, is it?" In a shady spot in a park, a tall, thin young man walked up to Comrade Xiao Lan, looking at him with displeasure.

Just now, this young man accidentally stepped on his female dance partner's foot.

He was pushed away by his dance partner, which made Xiao Lan burst into laughter.

Comrade Xiao Lan never expected that simply watching the commotion would lead to a conflict.

But seeing three or five young men gathered around him, all with unfriendly expressions, and some even reaching into their pockets, Xiao Lan knew he had to give a reasonable explanation.

Otherwise, you'll easily get beaten up. (End of Chapter)