Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

My master was busy running around for my marriage. He was the one who did it all and even paid for most of the money for the sewing machine.

Look at my fellow apprentices. None of them get treated this way! And you, what a mess you made of my wedding banquet! Have you ever considered my dignity?

The first day Huairu got married, you ordered her around, and in the past few years, she only had a few good days when she gave birth to a baby. The rest of the time, do you think she ever rested?

A pregnant woman, not properly cared for, has to work outside every day. Don't you think it's shameful? I think it's shameful! In the past few years, how many times have you seen her return to her parents' home?

My father-in-law is here, what's your attitude? Do you despise them because they're from the countryside? But don't you? Aren't you also the one my father brought home from the countryside? Didn't I also live in the countryside when I was a child? "

Qin Huairu covered her mouth while listening to Jia Dongxu's words in the room, and couldn't help but cry.

She had been suffering injustice in the Jia family for so many years, and the life in the city she had imagined was not as good as she had imagined.

If Jia Dongxu hadn't always been nice to her, she really didn't know if she could have endured it.

"Dongxu, it's great that I, Qin Huairu, can meet you in this life!"

"Are you blaming me?! Didn't I go through the same thing back then? Why is she being so pretentious?! When I was pregnant with you, I could even go out to work in the fields! Why can't she?"

Jia Zhang was also angry, thinking back to the day when she married Lao Jia. Lao Jia's mother, her own mother-in-law, hadn't she been so difficult with her. How could she be a mother-in-law and not be able to make things difficult for her daughter-in-law? Wouldn't she be a mother-in-law in vain?

"Because she is my wife! I, Jia Dongxu, am not incapable of giving her a good life!

For so many years, you have been taking my father's pension and the retirement money I give you every month, and you refuse to let go and go out to eat well. Do you really think I don't know?

But you are my mother, and I don't want to intervene, but that doesn't mean I don't have any resentment! For so many years, I have apologized to others on your behalf, bent over, and lost all my face! "

Jia Dongxu let out a long sigh, and most of the depression in his heart dissipated.

"Mom! Don't forget, I'm the male of the Jia family. I have the final say in the Jia family from now on. No matter how you make a fuss, I promised to take care of my master until his death, and I will do it.

You are my mother, I will be filial to you and provide for your old age. You don't have to worry about anything. I, Jia Dongxu, am not the kind of ungrateful person."

Chapter 61 Half a Year

It is not known when Jia Zhang went to bed. After Jia Dongxu finished speaking, he went to rest.

He did not tell Jia Zhang what he would get by taking care of Yi Zhonghai in his old age and seeing him to the end of his life. He was afraid that Jia Zhang would regard these things as hers in advance. He knew Jia Zhang very well.

If I tell her that I will get the Yi family's savings, house, and work station in the future, she can move in immediately, and Yi Zhonghai will be complained about for a long time if he spends a penny.

……

The next day, Jia Dongxu accompanied Yi Zhonghai to see the leaders of the steel rolling mill to transfer his job.

Director Chen expressed sympathy for Yi Zhonghai's situation. After all, Yi Zhonghai was a master chef in the factory with the strength of level seven. He just failed to take the assessment for some reasons.

The steel rolling mill also gave preferential treatment to Yi Zhonghai and transferred him to the logistics department to look after the warehouse. Of course, his salary was definitely not that high, only about 30 yuan a month, but the factory gave him a subsidy of 5 yuan per month.

When the people in the courtyard found out, they were shocked. They never thought that Yi Zhonghai, a senior official in the courtyard, would go from being a sixth-level fitter to a janitor.

Of course Liu Haizhong was very happy, but he still looked sad for Yi Zhonghai's experience.

"Old Yi, no matter what position you are in, you must work hard. It's all for the sake of making a contribution. I believe that one day you will be able to heal your hand and return to your job."

Liu Haizhong said in front of Yi Zhonghai in a pretentious manner.

Yi Zhonghai ignored him. He was still thinking about how to adopt Jia Dongxu as his adopted son. Even though Jia Dongxu had promised to take care of him in his old age and till the end of his life, he still felt a little uneasy.

However, Sha Zhu, after knowing that Yi Zhonghai was ill, came to visit him several times, which made Yi Zhonghai happy.

Ever since Jia Dongxu had a big fight with Jia Zhangshi, Jia Zhangshi rarely made trouble in the yard and stayed at home guarding the stick every day.

……

Half a year passed in a blink of an eye, and it was August 1959.

Nothing major happened in the courtyard in the past six months.

Liu Guangqi graduated from a technical secondary school. At his request, the school arranged for him to work in a factory far away from the courtyard.

In order to facilitate his work, Liu Guangqi lived in the dormitory arranged by the factory, which made Liu Haizhong very dissatisfied.

Jiang Yang and Jiang Yue both failed to get into technical secondary school, so they both went to high school.

Xu Damao seems to have learned something from the "Thirty-Six Strategies" and has recently been planning to set a trap for Sha Zhu.

Yan Jiecheng still couldn't find a job and worked odd jobs every day. Furthermore, he no longer had a good reputation in the Siheyuan area.

Because Shen Yue was already familiar with Li the matchmaker, Li the matchmaker knew that there were many young people of marriageable age in the courtyard, so she wanted to find out more about them.

Naturally, she also learned about the Yan family's practice of eating pickles and comparing roots, and the news spread to the matchmaker circle. It can be said that all the matchmakers near the courtyard knew what kind of family tradition the Yan family had.

What is certain is that it will be difficult for Yan Jiecheng to find a wife in this area. Even if he wants to go on a blind date or find a matchmaker in the future, he will have to pay extra money.

Jiang Fan had been on vacation for a month, and he hadn't been idle during the past six months, studying various subjects and collecting supplies. In particular, in the past month, he had collected a lot of scrap metal from the scrap collection station.

He knew that the countryside would soon be eating from the same pot, and that the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production would not be far behind. By then, the cities would also be unable to escape this production task.

There is no progress on this matter yet, and I can’t let my second uncle do it, as it will be difficult to explain later.

And if others don’t know, how could he not know?

Now there are news about grain yields of several thousand kilograms per mu, pigs weighing several tons, hens that can lay hundreds of eggs at a time, and so on.

Some smart people know the actual situation in the countryside and have started storing food.

The Jiang family didn't have to worry about food, but Jiang Fan still prepared some cornmeal made with corn cobs.

These are all put out in the open, but eating them yourself is another matter.

The things the system gave him in the past six months were all kinds of weird stuff. Although most of them were daily necessities, the foot binding given to the deaf old lady was just a piece of junk!

That afternoon, Matchmaker Li came to the house.

"Aunt Li, you're here."

"Hey, Xiaoyu, is your mother home?"

Aunt Li looked at Jiang Yu. She liked this child more and more. It was a pity that her family didn't have a suitable boy, otherwise she really wanted to get him engaged.

"Yes, Mom. Aunt Li is here."

Jiang Yu took Matchmaker Li's hand and walked into the house.

"Sister Li is here, please sit down. Jiang Yu will go and pour tea."

Shen Yue pulled Matchmaker Li to sit down and turned on the fan. A buzzing sound was heard, and gusts of cool breeze blew, blowing away the sweat on Matchmaker Li's forehead.

"Cool, big sister, you are so lucky. This fan is something that most people can get. But your son was able to make one for himself. He is really capable."

Jiang Fan asked his second uncle to find this fan at a scrap collection station and refurbish it. Of course, Wang Zhong and Yang Xiong also learned this technique, and the two of them bought gifts to honor Jiang Fan.

"He only went to school for two years and learned some skills, but he's been running around all day, not coming home. I can't control him anymore."

Shen Yue smiled.

"Big sister, I don't want to hear you show off your son. I came here to be safe."

Matchmaker Li took a sip of water and explained her purpose.

When Shen Yue heard this, her eyes lit up. In March, she asked Matchmaker Li to help find a good girl for Jiang Ping'an.

This search lasted nearly half a year, and during that time, I met two girls. One of them wanted the Jiang family to find a job for her family. She said that if she had found one for Uncle Jiang's family, she could also find one for her family.

The other person was pretty good, except for the girl's mother, who demanded a 188 yuan betrothal gift. She said the Jiang family was wealthy, and that raising her daughter to this age was not easy, so what was wrong with asking for more betrothal gifts? She also wanted to split the family property after Jiang Ping'an got married.

Jiang Ping'an's face turned black at that moment. He turned around and left without saying a word. He didn't mind a higher wedding gift, but a split? No way!

Matchmaker Li's face was not looking good either. She solemnly assured Shen Yue that both girls were good and that her family had also inquired about them.

But something like this happened. Although Shen Yue didn't blame her, how could she not care?

This time, she spent a month specifically watching the girl's family to analyze her family situation. She absolutely couldn't let that happen again!

This is such a disgrace to her reputation! This is a battle where her professional dignity is at stake!

"Sister Li, please tell me about that girl's situation first."

The girl that Matchmaker Li introduced this time was a textile factory worker named Chen Qian. She was 19 years old, had a junior high school education, and her parents were still alive.

His father, Chen Li, worked in the security department of a textile factory, and his mother, Niu Hong, took care of her grandson at home.

Chen Qian has an older brother named Chen Dong, who is 24 years old and works as a driver at the Sijiucheng Railway Station. He is married to a wife named Li Jia, who is also a ticket seller at the railway station.

The two have a three-year-old son named Chen Shengli.

Matchmaker Li finished speaking and looked at Shen Yue firmly, "Big sister, this time I guarantee with my dignity as a matchmaker for so many years that their family will never be like the previous two families!

I've been keeping an eye on them for a month. If you ask me, I'll go to the Chen family and tell them about this."

"Sister, why are you saying this? I'm quite satisfied with the girl you mentioned. But I still need to ask Ping An about this matter. So, don't leave. Have dinner at my house tonight.

When you get back safely, ask him. If he agrees, you can talk to him tomorrow and meet him this weekend."

Chapter 62 The Beginning of the Great Leap Forward in Steel Production

Jiang Ping'an was not opposed to a blind date with Chen Qian and agreed to meet her this weekend.

Half a month later, Director Wang from the Street Office came to the courtyard.

"Teacher Yan, please inform Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong to organize a meeting with each family tonight. I need to read out the instructions from above."

Deputy Director Wang replaced Director Wu as the director of the subdistrict office. However, this had no impact on Jiang Fan's family.

Director Wang did not reveal any information. He left after notifying Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui asked several children to go door to door to notify the people.

As soon as Jiang Fan received the news, he knew that a large-scale steel production campaign was about to begin. Fortunately, he had secretly collected a lot of scrap metal during this period. It was no problem to meet the demand for his own iron production.

At dinner time,

"Brother, how are you and Sister Chen Qian getting along?"

Jiang Yu's words made Jiang Ping'an the center of the Jiang family.

Jiang Ping'an lowered his head, blushed, and said, "Very good."

"Pretty good? You like her a lot, and she likes you too?"

Jiang Fan translated.

"Ping An, really? If you think it's appropriate, go ask Chen Qian. If she agrees, I'll talk to your Aunt Li about proposing marriage."

Shen Yue looked at Jiang Ping'an happily. She could tell that her eldest son really liked Chen Qian, otherwise he would not have said "pretty good" but "okay".

"Then I'll ask you next time we meet?"

"Ask, you have to ask! How about this, I'll ask my friend to check for you."

Jiang Fan thought about what happened to the Wang family last year, and the two blind dates that Jiang Ping'an had this year. He was at school, and when he came back, he heard from his family that the girls were not bad, so he didn't care anymore.

Who would have thought that after investigating the Jiang family, they would actually ask for such a huge sum of money, as if they were the only family in the city with a daughter?

"No need, Second Brother. Uncle Chen and the others are all fine."

Jiang Ping'an quickly waved his hand to refuse.

Jiang Fan was stunned. This was the first time that his elder brother rejected his kindness.

"No! Uncle Chen? Brother, have you met her father?"

Jiang Fan realized that his elder brother had become smart and could lie about military intelligence.

The whole family looked at Jiang Ping'an, wanting to hear his explanation.

Jiang Pingan said, "The last time I went to see her, I happened to meet Uncle Chen. We chatted for a while, and he praised me as a good young man and asked me to come to his house for dinner when I'm free."

"Silly son, why didn't you tell me about such a big thing?"

"I forgot."

Shen Yue opened her mouth to say something, but no words came out.

"Okay, daughter-in-law, go find matchmaker Li tomorrow and ask her to take a message to the girl's family. Let's go there sometime. It's better to wait for the second brother than to rely on him!"

Jiang Daniu waved his hand and set the tone.

In the Intermediate Court, because Director Wang said he wanted to convey instructions, all the residents in the courtyard who could come came, more than a hundred people.