Siheyuan: God rewards hard work and makes life better

"That's impossible. I'm not even married yet."

"I mean, just as a reference."

Sha Zhu didn't understand what he meant. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Although they are not my biological children, we are still family after all. I will definitely take good care of them."

Liang Ladi was overjoyed. She realized that Sha Zhu was speaking from the heart. This was the man she was looking for.

"Thank you, now I know what to do!"

Sha Zhu was very happy and thought he had done a great thing.

.........

Two days later, a young woman came to the steel mill.

He was about 1.6 meters tall, his skin was not white, but his delicate features were well-proportioned and good-looking. His clothes were patched with several patches, and his hands were covered with calluses, probably from years of hard work.

"Brother, I want to find Xu Damao from your factory. Can you help me call him?" the woman said to the security guard.

"What's your name? What do you want from him? I'll have someone bring you a message."

The woman said happily: "My name is Tian Xiulan, just tell him my name and he will know."

The man nodded and sent someone in to notify them.

Not long after, Xu Damao ran out in a hurry, and his face turned pale when he saw the woman.

He immediately pulled her aside and said, "Why are you here? Why didn't you tell me in advance?"

Tian Xiulan looked at his bruised cheek and said distressedly, "Brother Damao, how did your face get hurt like this?"

As he said this, he wanted to reach out and touch her.

Xu Damao immediately pushed him away, "Don't do it, it's not good for others to see you. You haven't even told me what you want from me."

Tian Xiulan glanced at him shyly, lowered her head and whispered, "Brother Damao, I might be pregnant!"

Xu Damao was stunned at first. Got it? What happened?

"Oh my god!" After he understood what was going on, his eyes widened immediately, and his whole body seemed to be hit by an electric current and was petrified in the wind.

He has been using contraceptive measures all along, how could he get pregnant!

"Xiu Lan, are you sure you are pregnant? Who told you that?"

"How can I tell people this? I haven't had my period this month and I'm often nauseous. Isn't this pregnancy?"

Xu Damao was overwhelmed. After taking a leave, he immediately took people to the hospital for a check-up. The result showed that she was more than a month pregnant.

Xu Damao calculated the time. It was the last time he went to the countryside to show a movie. This child is really his. His expression became ecstatic. He didn't expect that he would become a father now.

He just looked at Tian Xiulan with some disdain. Such a country girl, is he really going to marry her?

Tian Xiulan said in surprise: "Brother Damao, I really have your child, this is really great."

"You said before that you would marry me, why don't we hurry up and get it done."

After some thought, Xu Damao felt that the child was more important, so he nodded and agreed. It was fine if she was a country girl, but fortunately she was pretty good looking.

When the two returned to the compound, they were noticed by many people, which immediately caused all kinds of speculation.

When Xu's mother heard what had happened at home, she flew into a rage and picked up a rolling pin to beat him.

"You little bastard, you've been fooling around outside, and now you've gotten into trouble. I'm going to teach you a lesson today."

Xu Damao quickly hushed, "Mom, can you please keep your voice down? Are you hoping that I will be paraded through the streets?"

Xu's mother woke up immediately. She had no other choice but to look at Tian Xiulan with suspicion. She was not young anymore. What if her son was fooled?

He pulled his son aside and asked softly, "Da Mao, are you sure this child is yours? Don't let someone cheat you."

Xu Damao nodded. Tian Xiulan was still a virgin when she was with him, and the timing was right, so there couldn't be any mistake.

Xu's mother was relieved. Her son was now 22 years old, and it was time for him to get married. This was even better. She could get married right away, and in a few months she would be able to hold her grandson.

So the way he looked at Tian Xiulan softened. Although she was a country girl, she was pretty and not too embarrassing.

When Mr. Xu came home from get off work and heard about this, his reaction was exactly the same as Ms. Xu's. But since things had come to this point, he had no other choice, after all, they already had a child.

"You, what can I say to you? Hurry up and prepare something and go over to propose marriage."

Xu Damao felt relieved when he got his parents' consent.

He then arranged for them to stay in a guesthouse for one night, and let Tian Xiulan go back the next day. He planned to propose marriage after a while.

.........

When Tian's father and mother found out about this, they were angry at their shameless daughter, but seeing that their son-in-law was so well-off and generous, they quickly agreed to it.

Everything went smoothly after that. After getting the letter of introduction, the two went to the Civil Affairs Bureau to register and get their marriage certificate.

When everyone in the compound came back from get off work, they heard that Xu Damao had obtained his marriage certificate, and the whole compound was immediately in an uproar.

This news is too sudden. I have never heard of it before.

Then Xu Damao took his new wife to distribute wedding candies from house to house, starting from the front yard.

When Yan Fugui learned that Tian Xiulan was from the countryside, his face turned strange. Logically speaking, given Xu Damao's conditions, he could have found anyone, not even someone from the countryside. The whole thing was weird.

But no one cares about this kind of thing, so he naturally won't say anything. He is more concerned about the wedding banquet.

"Da Mao, now that you have obtained the marriage certificate, when do you plan to hold the wedding banquet?"

Xu Damao adhered to the principle of "Why should I make you happy when I get married?" and simply said that he would not hold a wedding banquet and would just give out some wedding candies.

After hearing this, Yan Fugui said quickly: "Marriage only happens once in a lifetime, so it's better to make it grand."

Xu Damao waved his hand and said, "Uncle, the country is advocating simplicity in everything now. I am responding to the call. You can't hold the country back here."

Well! Even the country was brought up, so he couldn't say much.

Liang Ladi also felt very sympathetic towards Tian Xiulan. Having found such a romantic husband, she didn't know what her life would be like in the future.

At this time, Sha Zhu was drinking to relieve his sorrow with an unhappy look on his face. Seeing that Xu Damao, who was two years younger than him, was married, but he was still single, he felt very uncomfortable.

There was a knock on the door. I opened it and saw that it was Xu Damao and his wife who came to distribute wedding candies.

Xu Damao hugged his wife in his arms and said proudly, "Silly Zhu, this is my wife Tian Xiulan. She's pretty good looking, isn't she?"

Sha Zhu took a look and felt even more jealous.

"Tsk! That's just so-so. I will definitely find someone prettier to piss you off to death in the future."

"You can just dream on. Maybe in a few months I'll have a child and you still won't be able to find a wife."

After taunting his arch-enemy, Xu Damao felt so happy.

After he left, Sha Zhu became anxious. If he didn't hurry up, the other person might really get the baby out, and he would be laughed to death.

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Chapter 50: Candy and Work

When Jia Zhang found out, she laughed out loud, "Isn't the Xu family so powerful? But in the end, they still married a country girl."

"You must go into the business of buying and selling food coupons!"

You should know that the household registration management system was introduced in January this year, which strictly restricts farmers from entering cities and limits the flow of people between urban and rural areas.

This means that even if a woman with a rural hukou marries into the city, she will not have a food ration, and the children born will follow the mother's hukou.

Under the planned economy, you can't buy food just by having money, which also led to many people being unwilling to marry someone with rural household registration.

Jia Zhang was very proud of her foresight and arranged for her son to marry Qin Huairu at an early age.

There were no restrictions on household registration before 1953, and people could move freely. Qin Huairu married into the compound in 51, and changed her household registration to an urban one early on, enjoying the benefits of an urban household registration.

.........

Pei Guang heard about this when he got home from get off work, and his jaw dropped in shock.

What's going on? Xu Damao got married so early, and his wife is from the countryside.

Just think about it and you will know that Xu Damao would never marry such a wife. There must be some hidden story behind it.

Forget it, it’s none of his business anyway.

I think it must be the butterfly effect caused by my own time travel. This is not bad, as it prevents Lou Xiao'e from being harmed by him.

If you calculate, Lou Xiao'e is only 20 years old this year, which is the age for marriage.

When Xu Damao and his partner came to deliver wedding candy, Pei Guang took a look at her and found her to be quite good-looking. Her skin was not fair, but she would probably look better after living in the city for a while.

Xu Damao smiled and introduced: "Xiao Guang, this is my wife Tian Xiulan, she is one year older than you."

"Hello, sister-in-law!"

"Xiu Lan, this is Pei Guang, the chef of our steel mill. We will be neighbors from now on, so you can visit each other more often."

Tian Xiulan's eyes lit up and she looked carefully at the person in front of her. She didn't expect that he had such excellent skills at such a young age.

Her husband had told her about the situation in the yard before, and there were all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants, but he only asked her to spend more time with the Pei family.

"Then I'll call you Xiao Guang too. Brother Damao said you're a capable person."

Pei Guang smiled slightly, "I'm just a cook, nothing special."

He had a good first impression of Tian Xiulan, who looked quite kind. He thought she was an ignorant girl who was abducted by Xu Damao.

Given Xu Damao's infertility, it is unclear whether their marriage can last.

After the wedding candies were distributed, everyone in the courtyard knew that Xu Damao was not planning to hold a wedding banquet, and many people secretly cursed him for being stingy.

As for where Tian Xiulan is from, it’s none of their business.

........

In the evening, when Pei Guang was practicing boxing in the yard, Director Wang from the Street Office walked in.

"Wow! Xiao Guang can also box." Director Wang was very curious when he saw this scene.

Pei Guang touched his head and said a little embarrassedly: "I was just playing for fun. By the way, Aunt Wang, why did you come so late?"

"Hey! Your Sun family is having a hard time. The subdistrict office just happened to have a work quota, so I plan to let him try."

Pei Guang was overjoyed. Now Sun Dahu's grandmother's legs and feet were not healed yet and she was lying in bed all day.

Sun Dahu has to work outside and take care of the family, which makes him exhausted. If he could have a stable job, he would have a better future.

"Auntie Wang, you are the director of the street office. You are kind, responsible, and our street is blessed!"

Director Wang laughed so hard that his mouth couldn't close. "You are so sweet, I don't know which girl you will deceive in the future."

"Okay, I won't talk to you anymore. We need to tell the Sun family about this news as soon as possible."

Sure enough, not long after, Pei Guang heard exclamations coming from the Sun family.

Ten minutes later, Sun Dahu smiled and saw Director Wang out the door.

After seeing Pei Guang, he couldn't wait to share the good news with him.

"Brother Guang, I finally have a job."

Pei Guang took the letter of introduction and read it. It showed that he was a welder apprentice at the Red Star Steel Plant.

He had heard of this factory, which had only a few hundred people. Although it was a little smaller, it was a state-owned factory after all, and the salary and benefits were the same.

"Congratulations, Dahu. If you work hard, you will surely make your family live a good life."

"Yeah!" Sun Dahu's hands were shaking, his excitement was beyond words.

.........

The next day, Sun Dahu got up early and reported to the steel plant with a pair of panda eyes.

At the end of the day, his enthusiasm for learning remained undiminished, just to pass the exam to become a first-level worker as soon as possible.

Yan Fugui was holding a kettle and watering the flowers while humming a little tune.

In the teacher grade assessment two days ago, he was promoted to level seven teacher and his current salary is 41 yuan.

Such a happy event made him want to sing loudly.

Yan Fugui glanced casually at the door and his eyes could not move away.

Sun Dahu, wearing work clothes, strode into the yard with his head held high, his eyes sparkling with brilliance, dazzling.