Siheyuan: Rebirth of a comfortable life starts with Shazhu

Only Yan Bugui said this; everyone else just laughed it off and remained silent.

For no other reason than that no one else thought of getting any benefit from their neighbor's house.

Naturally, they don't care whether their neighbors are rich or poor.

People like Yan Bugui are always trying to take advantage of others.

At this time, Liu Haizhong helped his second son, Yan Jiefang, find a good job.

Even when Liu Haizhong pointed his finger at him and cursed, Yan Bugui would at most mutter, "It's cold outside, Lao Liu, come to my house and curse all you want..."

Liu Haizhong was well aware that his apprentice wasn't as wealthy as the rumors suggested.

But he was still moved by Comrade Xiao Lan's visit to him today.

As he approached his doorstep, he shouted, "Old woman, come and see who's here!"

My apprentice, my apprentice has come to see me. ..."

When Xiao Lan entered the Liu family home, at Liu Haizhong's invitation, tea, melon seeds, and peanuts were laid out in front of him in abundance.

Xiao Lan felt a lump in her throat.

He knelt down on the ground and kowtowed three times to Liu Haizhong, his voice choked with emotion, and said, "Master, Mistress, I have disgraced you."

To be honest, Liu Haizhong's wife is still quite confused.

She had no idea what Xiao Lan's current situation was, so naturally she didn't know what kind of apology Xiao Lan was making by kowtowing.

However, the best thing about this woman is that she has her husband by her side. She listens to her husband and acts according to Liu Haizhong's expression.

So, at this moment, she just stared blankly at Liu Haizhong, wondering what his reaction would be.

"Get up, get up! Where have you disgraced me?"

When your master sent you away, he just wanted you to live a good life.

"You've returned healthy and intact; that's the greatest honor for your master." Liu Haizhong's face was radiant, and even his speech became more fluent.

He turned to the person lying on their side and called out, "Guangtian, Xiaodang, bring the child out."

We have guests.

Liu Guangtian had actually heard the commotion in the main room a long time ago. He knew who had come and what must have happened to Xiao Lan.

In other words, he didn't understand the specifics of the situation and didn't know how to approach Xiao Lan.

That's why I pretended to be deaf and dumb in the bedroom.

Hearing Liu Haizhong's greeting, he and Xiao Dang exchanged a glance and gestured with their lips.

Xiao Dang understood, but said to Huaihua, who was playing in the room, "Huaihua, you sit down. Your brother-in-law and I will go out for a bit."

Huaihua only has one older sister now, so she can only rely on the Liu family for the New Year.

Fortunately, she is now a college student, and the Liu family treats her as a distinguished guest, without showing any disdain for her.

Liu Guangtian and Xiao Dang carried their son outside.

Liu Haizhong valued this grandson highly.

Comrade Xiao Lan was also aware of this.

So when he saw the child, he took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and stuffed it into the swaddling clothes.

"Hey, hey, you kid, I'm just letting my little dog get some of your good luck in school so he can get into college someday."

"Why would I ask you for money?" Liu Haizhong complained to Xiao Lan.

Liu Guangtian's son's nickname is Xiaogouzi (Little Dog). One reason is that a humble name is easier to raise, and another is that the neighbor's Ma family's Gou Dan (Dog Egg) has become successful.

Although there's no direct concept of "borrowing luck" in this thing, that's roughly the idea.

The entire Liu family values ​​this child highly.

There is no doubt about this.

"This is a small token of my appreciation for the child, as his uncle."

It’s Chinese New Year!
"Give us a little something to celebrate our newborn puppy's birthday, so he can grow up healthy and strong..." Xiao Lan said politely.

Even though Liu Guangtian and Xiao Dang weren't feeling very comfortable, they still had smiles on their faces and were very polite during the Chinese New Year.

The couple's unhappiness stemmed from slightly different reasons.

Liu Guangtian felt that Xiao Lan hadn't given him enough. There was a comparison.

When Ran Qiuye returned to Beijing, she gave Liu Haizhong five thousand coins.

He Daqing had no relation to the Liu family, yet he still gave Liu Haizhong two hundred.

As a result, Xiao Lan came to my door during the Chinese New Year and only gave me two hundred yuan.
But he didn't know that if Xiao Lan had any, he would be willing to give her more.

Didn't he have a girlfriend?
Xiao Fang has a bit of a bourgeois streak and spends money quite a bit.

Even with Xiao Lan's monthly salary of over a hundred yuan, it wouldn't be enough for her to squander.

Now that the young couple is together, Xiao Fang makes sure to have a candlelight dinner at least once a week.

There must be red wine and steak.

According to Xiao Fang, she will definitely go abroad in the future.

If you're not used to these customs now, you'll be laughed at by foreigners in the future.

Since she was unemployed, she could only exchange her body for Xiao Lan's services.

So when these two get together, don't assume the woman is particularly bad.

It was all a matter of mutual consent.

However, Xiao Dang's unhappiness wasn't about money.

Her younger sister is also a college student and has been living with the Liu family for quite some time.

Although the Liu family hadn't mistreated Huaihua much, they had never valued her as much as they had Xiaolan.

In particular, no one in the Liu family ever mentioned Huaihua's status as a college student.

This made Xiao Dang a little jealous.

Of course, she was just being a little scheming.

The Liu family was bustling today. All the other apprentices, regardless of their appearance, habitually brought some gifts and came over for a visit.

Just like He Yuzhu, no matter how big the matter is, he always goes to the Wang family to see the old lady.

As long as the old lady is alive, even if He Yuzhu is seventy or eighty years old, he will still bring some things to visit her.

This is a custom and a belief passed down from ancient times to the present.

Respect the elderly and be grateful; what we have achieved today owes to the teachings of our former teachers.

Most of Liu Haizhong's apprentices recognized Xiao Lan.

Back then, Xiao Lan was roughly in the position of junior apprentice.

Later, Liu Haizhong also accepted one or two more.

The relationships between those apprentices became slightly more distant.

There was no other reason; it was simply because the later apprentices weren't ones that Liu Haizhong wanted to train himself, but rather ones that the factory assigned to him.

The Liu family is holding a grand banquet today, on a higher scale than in previous years.

Many of Liu Haizhong's disciples joked with him that the return of a closed-door disciple was quite different, as the treatment was much better.

Liu Haizhong was so happy that his eyes were squinted into slits.

He knew, of course, that his apprentices were joking.

A few years ago I wanted to prepare a lavish feast, but there was nowhere to buy it.

Although everything still requires ration coupons now, the supplies in Pigeon Market are indeed much more abundant.

When asked about her experiences over the years, Xiao Lan had already thought it through before coming to the Liu family.

Besides, Xiao Fang was still by his side, so he couldn't give two answers.

So Xiao Lan pondered for a moment and said, "...Back then...after I went to Hong Kong Island, I opened a factory, and later I went to Little Life, and the business was quite good."

He met a wife, and when they didn't have much money at first, the couple endured hardship together.

But once she had money, she changed.

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Later, the leaders here asked me to come back and work in education, so I came back... (End of this chapter)