Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 15 Personality
At night, at the courtyard house at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, the middle courtyard and the Jia family.

"Dongxu, Shen Zhiyu in the front yard completed the employment procedures today. There is still a job vacancy in his family, and his brothers and sisters are not old enough to take over. You can talk to Yi Zhonghai and see if the position can be given to us so that your wife can go to work." Jia Zhang said whimsically.

Jia Dongxu looked at Jia Zhang who was dancing with joy and said speechlessly: "Mom, you think too much. Why should they give us their jobs?"

"Why not give it to us? They can't use it. You tell Yi Zhonghai that his other children are under 16 years old and can't take over for the time being. It's just a waste of time. Let your wife take over. Give his family 10 yuan a month. They are taking advantage of it. When they can take over, give it back to them." Jia Zhang said shamelessly.

Qin Huairu dreams of becoming a city dweller. As long as he works in a city, he can transfer his household registration to an urban one, and he and his children will have a month's ration of food.

After hearing Jia Zhang's opinion, Qin Huairu thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and looked at Jia Dongxu with anticipation.

Jia Dongxu also felt that what Jia Zhang said made sense. It was not like he was not giving them the money. They could earn an extra ten yuan a month, which was good for everyone.

"Okay, then I'll go talk to my master now." Jia Dongxu went to Yi Zhonghai's house in the central courtyard.

After listening to Jia Dongxu's suggestion, Yi Zhonghai had an idea. This was indeed a great opportunity to solve the Jia family's food ration problem.

"Dongxu, that's a good idea. Wait for me, I'll go talk to Shen Zhiyu." Yi Zhonghai nodded slightly.

Shen Zhiyu was checking his brothers and sisters' homework when he heard a knock on the door. Puzzled, he put down his homework, walked to the door and asked, "Who is it? What's the matter?"

"It's me, uncle, and I want to discuss something with you." Yi Zhonghai said in a low voice outside the door.

"Uncle, my brothers and sisters have to go to school tomorrow, so they need to rest early. If you don't have anything urgent, come back tomorrow." Knowing that it was not a good thing, Shen Zhiyu didn't want to let the old guy in.

"Shen Zhiyu, uncle just wants to talk to you for a few minutes, quickly so as not to disturb the children's sleep." Yi Zhonghai raised his voice.

Before Shen Zhiyu could answer, Yan Bugui heard Yi Zhonghai's voice and took over the conversation: "Uncle, what do you want to do in our front yard?"

Yi Zhonghai said insincerely: "It's nothing. I heard that Shen Zhiyu also works at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. Tell him about the channels in the factory."

Shen Zhiyu knew that the old man was not telling the truth, but he was also unclear about Yi Zhonghai's purpose, so he immediately took over Yi Zhonghai's words and said, "Uncle, I won't bother you anymore. My brothers and sisters are going to sleep. We can talk about it tomorrow if there is anything."

After saying that, he left the door and continued to check his younger brother and sister's homework.

As for Yi Zhonghai knocking on the door, it’s no good news anyway, so I will definitely not open the door tonight.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the door which was silent, his face changed from gloomy to bright, and he returned to the central courtyard.

Jia Dongxu saw Yi Zhonghai coming in from the door. He didn't care about maintaining his image as a good apprentice, and asked hurriedly: "Master, how is it? Do you agree?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and said, "I haven't had time to tell you yet. Can I find him tomorrow morning?"

Seeing Jia Dongxu's confusion, Yi Zhonghai further explained: "Shen Zhiyu meant that his brothers and sisters were going to bed and didn't open the door for me."

"Yeah." Jia Dongxu knew that he now had to rely mainly on his master Yi Zhonghai, so he didn't say anything.

Yi Zhonghai also felt very embarrassed. He remembered that Shen Zhiyu did not open the door for him. As for what Shen Zhiyu said that his younger brothers and sisters had to go to school the next morning and needed to go to bed and rest early, he took the initiative to ignore it.

The two people, each with their own ulterior motives, talked for a while, and then Jia Dongxu said goodbye and left. After seeing Jia Dongxu leave, the aunt asked her doubts: "Boss, now that I have borrowed the position of the Shen family, will Jia Zhang return it in the future?"

"We'll talk about this later. The most urgent task now is to change Qin Huairu's household registration to an urban household registration. In this way, his family's food ration problem will be solved. We will still rely on Dongxu and Huairu in the future, and it will also help us with our retirement." Yi Zhonghai did not consider whether Jia Jia would return to his job. His purpose was to do Jia Dongxu a favor in exchange for his future retirement.

Next door, Jia Dongxu's house.

Jia Zhang and Qin Huairu were anxiously waiting for news.

As soon as she saw Jia Dongxu come in, Qin Huairu couldn't wait to ask, "Dongxu, do you agree?"

Jia Dongxu then said: "I haven't had time to ask, he has fallen asleep, Master said I will ask tomorrow."

Jia Zhang cursed, "Why are you going to bed so early? Your parents are dead."

Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu were already used to her swearing and didn't take it seriously.

Qin Huairu was thoughtful and did not sleep almost all night after finishing her business with Jia Dongxu. She was thinking about becoming a worker and living a dual-income life that others envied.

When he got up in the morning, Shen Zhiyu cooked a pot of millet porridge as usual, heated up some steamed buns made of two-grain flour, fried some shredded potatoes, and called his younger brothers and sisters to get up and eat.

The four brothers and sisters were eating breakfast when Yi Zhonghai came to the front yard again and pushed the door open without knocking.

When Shen Zhiyu and his two siblings saw the door open, they all looked towards it.

Yi Zhonghai saw the four people eating and said, "Zhiyu, the uncle wants to talk to you about something, eat faster."

Shen Zhiyu looked at Yi Zhonghai who was at ease, and felt angry in his heart. The old man treated this place as his own home, but he still had to maintain the courtesy for the sake of face.

"Uncle, have you eaten? If not, just have a couple of bites." Shen Zhiyu asked casually, and then he gave one of the remaining four steamed buns to each of his younger brothers and sisters, and took one for himself.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the little porridge left on the table and felt sick.

Yi Zhonghai was very unhappy that Shen Zhiyu gave out the steamed buns in advance. He didn't come here to eat and drink for free, and he didn't lack this little food. He felt that Shen Zhiyu and his siblings were unfilial and disrespectful to him.

"You guys eat, I've already eaten." Yi Zhonghai said gently.

Ever since Shen Zhiyu and his two siblings learned that he was going to drive their family out of the courtyard, they have been harboring hatred towards him.

Except for Shen Zhiyu who said a few polite words, the other brothers and sisters just focused on eating and ignored him at all.

After dinner, the elder sister and younger brother took the initiative to wash the dishes, while Shen Zhiyu sat next to Yi Zhonghai to see what he could say. If it was some excessive demands, Shen Zhiyu wouldn't mind giving him two slaps.

"Zhi Yu, I heard that you took over. How is your work going? Is it going well? Do you want me to talk to your leader about it?" Yi Zhonghai played the emotional card right from the start.

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