Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Yu Li's home.

Seeing their eldest daughter appear at the door with a strange young man, Yu's father and mother were stunned.

It wasn't until Tang Dashan spoke that he reacted: "Young man, you must be the Tang Dashan that Yu Li mentioned..."

Tang Dashan immediately spoke: "Uncle...Aunt..."

"I am Tang Dashan, a cook at the steel mill. Thank you for agreeing to let me date Yu Li."

"This is the gift I brought to you for the first time..."

After saying that, he put the things on the table in the living room.

Yu Haitang was very curious about the man who was about to become her brother-in-law, and wanted to know why Yu Li, who was usually arrogant, could be subdued by him.

When he saw that there was a cured chicken among the gifts brought by Tang Dashan, his attention was immediately attracted to it and he no longer paid attention to Tang Dashan.

I kept swallowing my saliva as I looked at the cured chicken on the table.

It can be seen that this girl hasn't eaten meat for a long time.

Yu's father was also shocked by the gift Tang Dashan brought. He quickly picked up the cured chicken and stuffed it back into Tang Dashan's hand, frowning and refusing.

"This gift is too valuable. I cannot accept it."

"I'll take the cigarettes and alcohol, and you can take the cured chicken back."

"Although there is no shortage of supplies in the city now, cured chicken and pork are still in short supply. Your cured chicken is worth at least five dollars. You must take it back later."

"Yu Li will have lunch at your house, and dinner will be at my house."

"Although life is not very good now, I still need you to eat."

Seeing Tang Dashan's embarrassed expression, Yu Li quickly explained: "Dad..."

"Just accept it..."

"This is what Master Dashan asked him to deliver."

"If we let him take it back like this, his master will definitely not let him go easily."

Tang Dashan quickly replied: "Uncle..."

"I'm a cook. When I cook banquets with my chef, I often receive some leftover chicken and pork from the host family."

"Most of the food in my family is for my younger brothers and sisters to enjoy. The chef's family has no shortage of meat, so they basically make cured chicken."

"This is what my master asked me to give to you as a gift. You must accept it."

"Since you invited me to have dinner, why don't I cook for you and stew half a cured chicken for you to try."

"Leave the remaining half of the cured chicken for later consumption."

"After the Chinese New Year, I'll go out with the chef to attend a banquet. If the host has chicken and pork noodles, I'll bring some over to give to my uncle and aunt."

After saying this, he didn't wait for a refusal and went straight to the small kitchen with the cured chicken.

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The west wing in the front yard of the quadrangle.

Yan Jiefang, with a nervous look on his face, told Yan Fugui every word of Tang Dashan's threat, and asked him to help analyze whether Tang Dashan really had the ability to threaten his job.

After saying that, he said with a worried look on his face: "Dad..."

"If I really lose my apprentice job at the steel mill because of snatching Tang Dashan's girlfriend, it would be such a loss."

"It was you who asked me to intercept Tang Dashan's target."

"You must help me solve this problem." "You are confused..." Yan Fugui replied with a frown.

"Tang Dashan is in the logistics department, and he's also an ordinary cook. You're in the production workshop, which is completely a different system in the steel mill."

"Even if this kid is upset, it won't affect your work."

"Were you fooled by him?"

Yan Jiefang was still a little worried because this job was too important to him.

If an accident happens, not only will his status in the family plummet, but even finding a wife will become a distant dream.

After all, no one would be willing to marry a young man who doesn't even have a job and lives under someone else's roof.

He asked again: "What about his master?"

"Tang Dashan hates us to the core. If his master Wang Dong finds out about this and decides to intervene, will it affect my work?"

This time, Yan Fugui did not speak immediately, but showed a hesitant expression.

Wang Dong is different from Tang Dashan.

The latter was just an ordinary chef in the kitchen of a steel rolling mill and had no connections.

Wang Dong is the deputy director of the steel rolling mill's kitchen. Although he is only a deputy section-level official, he is a cadre after all.

He must have quite a few connections in the steel mill.

In case you know a cadre in the workshop, even if you can't drive your boss out of the steel mill, you can ask the workshop leader to "take care" of your boss appropriately and deal with him.

When Yan Jiefang saw that his father was silent, he realized that something was wrong. His anxious expression became even more intense, and he spoke again: "Dad..."

"How about you help me find Master Tang Dashan and apologize to him, saying that I didn't know in advance that Yu Li was his blind date, and I will definitely not ruin their relationship in the future, and ask Wang Dong to let me go and not deal with me in the steel mill."

"I paid a lot of money to get this apprenticeship job."

"Among the young people of my generation in Siheyuan, Sha Zhu and Xu Damao have already been workers in the steel mill, Wang Dong has become the deputy director of the steel mill's kitchen, and even Tang Dashan and Huang Longfei, who I used to look down on, have become level 10 chefs in the steel mill. I am the only one who is still an apprentice."

"I can't hold my head up in front of them. If I lose my job as an apprentice in the steel mill because of this incident, I will be embarrassed."

"And it was you, Dad, who came up with the idea of ​​intercepting Tang Dashan's blind date. Now that an accident has happened, you must help me resolve it."

Yan Fugui never expected that his eldest son would be so useless.

Before she knew that I was going to find a wife for him, she rushed forward even though she knew that the other party was Tang Dashan's blind date.

Now that something has happened, he directly puts the blame on me, asking me to solve the problem, while he hides behind me and reaps the benefits.

Yan Jiecheng wants to save face, but as his father and teacher, shouldn’t I also save face?

Moreover, this afternoon, he denied in front of the neighbors that Yan Jiefang had intercepted Tang Dashan's blind date.

If I apologize now, wouldn't I be slapping myself in the face and telling the neighbors in the yard that I am the culprit of this incident?

Although he is no longer the eldest master in the courtyard and doesn't care about face as much as before, he still lives in the courtyard after all.

If I really lose face because of this matter and am despised and ridiculed by all the neighbors in the courtyard, how can I survive in the courtyard?

Disappointed with his son, he decisively refused: "No..."

"You caused this trouble, so you have to solve it yourself."

"Besides, my family has put in a lot of effort in this apprenticeship job, so there is no reason for me to help you again."

"As for Wang Dong, he is a cadre in the logistics system of the steel mill after all. Even if he is very dissatisfied with you, I don't think he can do anything to you."

"Let's wait and see." (End of this chapter)