Siheyuan: I found a wife right after I crossed over

At home, Shazhu had already cleaned the fish and was chopping the chicken, rabbit, and pork, busy preparing ingredients for dinner.

Yu Xiu had already chopped the dumpling stuffing and was rolling out the dumpling wrappers to prepare for making the dumplings.

"Sister-in-law, let me help you make dumplings." Yang Xiaojuan hurried over to help.

He Yushui also came over and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to make dumplings too, but I'm not very good at it, you have to teach me."

While wrapping dumplings, the two of them described the firecrackers to Yu Xiu in vivid detail.

"Sister-in-law, why didn't you go out to watch? Brother Chongzi's firecrackers were so loud that people from several streets came to watch the fun."

"Yes, sister-in-law, especially the last cannon, which was so thick. It made a bang when it was placed on the ground, and then flew up into the sky and made another bang. It was so fun!"

"Also, the little kid next door who stole things was so funny. He couldn't get any firecrackers so he called for his grandmother. But when his grandmother came out, no one paid any attention to her, and she was so scared by the firecrackers that she squatted on her butt a few times."

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The two girls excitedly talked about what had just happened. Yu Xiu listened and laughed. Happy smiles were all on their faces.

After a while, Xu Damao and his wife also came over.

As soon as he entered the door, Xu Damao started yelling, "Chongzi, look at what this is? A few days ago, Gezi and I went back to her parents' home, and my father-in-law gave us two bottles of good wine. Today is New Year's Day, so we two brothers should have a good drink."

As he said this, he raised the two bottles of wine in his hands high.

Yang Chong took a look and said, "Maotai! This is really good wine. I heard it has won international awards. This wine is not cheap!"

Xu Damao looked very proud: "Of course! My father-in-law is the director of the steel mill, so how can the wine he gave me be bad? This good wine should be drunk with the right person. Brother, today is the New Year, so let's make this wine. How about we not go home until we are drunk?"

Yang Chong smiled and said, "Okay, you and sister-in-law don't have to cook tonight. We'll eat here and drink your two bottles of good wine. But it's not just the two of us. Brother Zhuzi is here too. He's cleaning up the dishes for tonight."

"Why is he here?" When Xu Damao heard that Sha Zhu was also brought along, he was obviously unhappy. The two of them were well-known enemies in the hospital.

When Sha Zhu heard this, he immediately popped his head out and said, "Why? Grandson, you don't like hearing your grandfather's name, right? I'm telling you today, but even if you don't like it, it's useless. I'll have dinner here at Chongzi's place tonight. If you don't want to see me, then move a stool and eat by the door."

"Why should I move a stool and sit at the door to eat? If anyone should sit at the door, it should be you!" Xu Damao was unhappy: "I got good wine for Chongzi, what did you get? You're just eating and drinking for nothing!"

Sha Zhu blushed: "I eat and drink for free? I made all the dishes tonight, don't eat them if you dare!"

Seeing that the two were arguing again, Yang Chong said quickly: "Okay, okay, brothers, today is the New Year, so can you two stop fighting? Give me some face and have a good drink tonight. You can have a fight after the New Year."

Lou Xiao'e also said quickly: "Yes, Damao, it's New Year's Day and you are in Chongzi, can't you just be quiet for a while?"

Xu Damao said, "Okay, today I'll do it for Chongzi's sake and not be like you."

Sha Zhu stared: "No, come on, continue!"

He Yushui was unhappy: "Brother! We are here with Brother Chongzi. If you keep arguing, I will leave. Don't embarrass yourself in front of Brother Chongzi and cause trouble for him."

Sha Zhu quickly changed his words: "Okay, grandson, I will not argue with you today for the sake of my sister and Chongzi. We will settle the score after the New Year."

Lou Xiao'e heaved a sigh of relief and rolled up her sleeves: "Xiu'er, I'll make dumplings too."

The room was full of chatter and laughter, it was very lively.

In sharp contrast, the Jia family next door is cold and deserted.

Bang Geng was still sitting there crying, "I want to set off firecrackers, I want to set off firecrackers, grandma, they all got firecrackers but I didn't, go buy me some!"

Jia Zhang said: "If you want a cannon, ask your mother to buy it for you."

Qin Huairu said angrily: "I can't even eat, why buy a cannon!"

Banggeng looked at Jia Zhangshi again, and Jia Zhangshi started to curse again: "Humph! It's all the fault of that kid next door named Yang. He doesn't even know who he is after the New Year. Why is he setting off firecrackers? He didn't even send us two strings of firecrackers, so my Banggeng has nothing to set off."

Bang Geng added: "They also eat fish and chicken, and they won't let me eat them!"

Jia Zhang cursed even more vigorously: "Humph, how shameless! You clearly know that we can't eat meat, but you still insist on eating fish and chicken. Aren't you deliberately trying to piss us off?"

He looked at the cornmeal buns on the table and said, "Qin Huairu, today is New Year's Eve. Are you planning to let us celebrate the New Year by eating cornmeal buns? Who doesn't eat dumplings during the New Year?"

Qin Huairu looked at her and said, "We've already spent all this month's money. This little bit of cornmeal was secretly given to us by Shazhu last time. It's good to have something to eat. Do you still want to eat meat? If you really want to eat dumplings, I'll chop some pumpkin stuffing and we can eat dumplings together."

Jia Zhang said: "Who hasn't had a poor year? Who eats dumplings stuffed with pumpkin during the New Year? Can people eat pumpkin? If you want to eat it, you have to eat dumplings stuffed with meat."

Qin Huairu said, "If you want to eat meat, you have to have money to buy it. Don't even think about asking me to go to the neighbor's house to borrow it. I won't go there even if you kill me. And they won't give me any meat even if I go there."

Jia Zhang spat, "Humph, they are so rich but so unkind. They invited Xu Damao and Sha Zhu to eat meat but didn't invite us. They are so heartless!" Then she looked at the house opposite and said, "If the neighbor can't borrow it, then go to Yi Zhonghai's house opposite. He is Master Dongxu, and he can't just watch us go without meat for the New Year!"

Qin Huairu said, "I won't go. Haven't you noticed that since Dongxu left, the attitude of the old man towards our family has changed drastically? Have you forgotten what happened yesterday so quickly? He can't even speak for our family, and he still lends us things?"

Jia Zhang cursed: "This old, childless man is such a snob! He deserves to be childless! He wants to get rid of our family, no way! I won't let him have his day!"

Then he pulled the stick over and gave a few instructions.

Bang Geng listened attentively with his face tilted up and nodded continuously. After listening, he opened the curtain and ran out.

Qin Huairu asked doubtfully, "Mom, what do you want Banggeng to do?"

Jia Zhang said proudly: "Of course we should let him get the meat. Otherwise, it would be a very special New Year if there is no meat at home and we can't even eat dumplings."

Qin Huairu's heart skipped a beat: "Where can he get meat? Mom, you didn't let him steal it again? It's New Year's Day, don't do anything weird again."

Chapter 115 Yi Zhonghai was stolen

Yi Zhonghai's home was also lifeless. In previous years, he either spent the holiday with the Jia family, or with Sha Zhu, and the deaf old lady. A group of people ate hot dumplings and were very happy.

But this year, Jia Dongxu is gone, and his relationship with the Jia family has plummeted.

Jia Zhang wanted to maintain a close relationship with him, but Yi Zhonghai didn't even want to look at her.

She took good care of the Jia family in the past because she intended to let Jia Dongxu take care of her in her old age. Now that Jia Dongxu is gone, can she still count on her to take care of her in her old age?

Yi Zhonghai now just wants to stay away from the Jia family, for fear of being stuck to her.

As for Sha Zhu, he went to Yang Chong's place early and helped Yang Chong kill fish and chickens. It seemed that they would have the New Year's Eve dinner there.

The old lady was still making dumplings, but Yi Zhonghai was sitting there in a daze, holding a large teacup in his hand, but the water in the cup had already gone cold.

"Old man, what are you sitting there for? Come and help me make some dumplings. Then bring the old lady over and we can eat dumplings together." An old lady called him.

Yi Zhonghai ignored him and was still thinking: Oh, why did I get so stupid as to find a short-lived ghost like Jia Dongxu to take care of me in my old age?

Because of him, he even offended Yang Chong.

It would have been great if Yang Chong had been chosen instead of Jia Dongxu.

Alas, in the final analysis it’s all my fault for not being able to give birth. If I had given birth to a son, why would I look for someone else?

Give birth to a son yourself?

Will I be able to give birth again?

Yi Zhonghai was in a trance for a moment. He stood up and took two steps. Suddenly, he saw Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e walking into Yang Chong's house together in the yard.

Xu Damao was holding two bottles of wine in his hands, which seemed to be valuable Maotai.

Xu Damao...

Yi Zhonghai suddenly remembered something. Xu Damao was acting crazy a few days ago and said that he would have his own son soon.

Could it be that Lou Xiao'e is also pregnant?

Aren’t they the same couple who can’t have children as I am?

Could it be that Xu Damao found some secret recipe to cure this disease and healed him?

If he can really cure it, then do I have hope too?

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai could no longer sit still and instinctively wanted to go out to find Xu Damao to ask about the secret recipe.

But when he reached the door, he stopped.

Xu Damao had just entered Yang Chong's door with wine in his hand. It looked like he would not come out until he finished drinking it for a while.

Should I go to Yang Chong's house to ask for the secret recipe?

Wouldn't that just be asking for trouble?

Let's wait and see. Decades have passed, do we still care about a short period of time?

Yi Zhonghai turned around and went back. A little hope was ignited in his heart and his mood became much better. He even took the initiative to go over and help the old lady make dumplings.

The aunt looked at him in surprise, then shook her head at the dumplings he made with only skins but no fillings: "Okay, stop making trouble here, go to the backyard and help the old lady over so we can eat dumplings. I'll put away the remaining pork and cook a meat dish tomorrow to celebrate the New Year."

Yi Zhonghai responded, got up and went to the backyard, where the deaf old lady was waiting in the house.

In previous years, Sha Zhu would carry her to the front early in the morning to eat dumplings together.

I waited for a long time today but didn't see anyone. The old lady was getting a little impatient. If her feet were not too small to walk, she would have run over by herself.

After looking forward to it for a long time, I finally saw Yi Zhonghai.

"Zhonghai, what's going on this year? Why did you come to pick me up so late? Where's Zhuzi? Why didn't he come?" asked the deaf old lady.

Yi Zhonghai sighed, "Old lady, this year is different from previous years. It's good enough to have you eat something. Zhuzi is celebrating the New Year with that kid Yang Chong today, so I'm afraid he can't take care of us."

The deaf old lady stared at him: "You, Zhonghai, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but you're too narrow-minded. Chongzi is actually a pretty good kid. Why do you always hold a grudge against him?"

Yi Zhonghai sighed, "Old lady, please stop talking about me. Isn't it all because of Dongxu? I regret it. I did a lot of stupid things because of Dongxu. Now I regret it. But it's too late to regret now. I just don't want to pick on this knot, and I don't want to untie it either. You didn't see it. The guy looked more disgusted than seeing dog shit when he saw me, and he didn't want to pay attention to me at all."

The deaf old lady said, "I told you so many times that Jia Dongxu was not worth relying on, and his mother was even less than a worthless person. You refused to listen and insisted on letting him take care of you in your old age. What happened? You let him rely on you and drag you into everything. Now, he has passed away, and you have offended everyone you shouldn't have offended."

Yi Zhonghai lowered his head and said nothing. Seeing him like this, the deaf old lady didn't want to say anything more: "Okay, let's go and eat dumplings."

Yi Zhonghai carefully supported the deaf old lady and just arrived at the central courtyard. Before he reached home, he saw a small figure quietly slipping out from under his door curtain.

His two hands were still tightly holding the clothes, and it was obvious that there was something hidden inside the clothes.

Yi Zhonghai was stunned. Isn't this a good joke? This sneaky look shows that he is up to no good.

"Banggeng, what are you doing?" Yi Zhonghai asked quickly.

Banggeng was startled and ran towards his home.

But the more nervous he became, the more mistakes he made. Just as he ran to the middle of the yard, something fell out from under his clothes.

Yi Zhonghai took a look and realized that this was the piece of meat left over from his home.

He recognized the red cloth tied on it.

During the Chinese New Year this year, Yi Zhonghai bought a pound and a half of pork at the Pigeon Market, cut it into one third, and chopped it into dumpling filling.

The remaining two thirds were collected by the aunt, waiting to have another meal of meat tomorrow, the first day of the Lunar New Year.

How did it get into Banggeng’s clothes?

"This is my meat!" Yi Zhonghai was anxious to pick up the meat, but he was holding the deaf old lady in his hand. He was afraid that if he let go, the deaf old lady would fall to the ground again, which would be even more troublesome.

After hesitating for a while, Banggeng picked up the meat on the ground and ran into his house, then slammed the door.

It's over, the meat has entered the wolf's den and there's no way it can come back!

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he wanted to curse. He had been living frugally over the years. Even though his salary was high, he seldom ate meat.

I just bought a piece of meat for the New Year, but before I could eat it, it was stolen by Banggeng.

As for going to the door to ask for it, Yi Zhonghai didn't even dare to think about it.

How could Jia Zhang possibly return it? It would also make people in the courtyard laugh at her.

Now I can only swallow my anger.

At this moment, an old lady also ran out of the house. When she saw him, she asked, "Old Yi, have you seen Banggeng? I was making dumplings and he stole our piece of meat!"

Yi Zhonghai quickly shouted: "Stop shouting, aren't you ashamed?!"

The aunt was stunned, glared at him, turned around and went back to the house.

Chapter 116 Who doesn’t eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year?

Yi Zhonghai was afraid that others would know that his things were stolen by Bang Geng, but he could control an old lady's mouth but not other people's eyes.

Xu Damao had sharp ears. When he heard something strange happening outside, he ran to the door and witnessed everything with his own eyes.

He turned around and vividly recorded and broadcasted everything that had just happened to everyone: "You really didn't see how black the old man's face was just now. It was blacker than the bottom of a pot, just like donkey dung."

"You don't know, when the old man saw Bang Geng running out of his house, his face changed immediately. Especially when he saw the meat falling out, I think he must have wanted to kick Bang Geng away at that moment."

He Yushui's eyes widened: "Bang Geng even stole things from his house? He deserves it! Who made him protect them all day long? Now they're stealing from him? He should be the one to steal everything!"