Traversing the courtyard

Chapter 291 Yan Jiedi has grown up
Yi Weidong came home after get off work, and the aunt had already bought peanuts, sesame paste and other things. The aunt said: "There are fewer things for Chinese New Year this year than in previous years. Weidong, you can fry them all later. Save it for us to eat during Chinese New Year."

"Okay, Mom."

Yi Weidong weighed things up a bit, and said, "I still have some in my room, and it's fine to eat open. During the Chinese New Year, people will be entertained."

This year, peanuts and melon seeds are rationed for every family. There are still people who come to visit relatives during the next festival.

The aunt asked, "Weidong, didn't you give all your melon seeds to your sister-in-law?"

"Auntie, I made some more yesterday. You open them up and eat them. I'll make them after you finish eating."

The aunt smiled and said: "You child, just keep it for you to eat. The aunt is not good at this."

The old man and the big mother are the kind of standard old man's pie. They can save money on what they eat, and they don't even bat an eye when spending twenty or thirty dollars to buy clothes for Yi Weidong.

Lou Xiao'e came in with He Xiao in her arms and said, "Weidong, the third mother just came to inform me that I will go to a meeting later."

"Okay, give Xiaoxiao a hug."

Yi Weidong hugged little He Xiao for a while, and He Yuzhu also came to urge him, and then handed He Xiao to Lou Xiaoe.

I came to the front yard with the first uncle, and only the third uncle was sitting in front of the old wooden table in the middle. There was only an enamel tea mug in front of him, and nothing else.

Yi Weidong remembered that at the meeting before the Spring Festival last year, the first uncle took out his ration of peanuts and melon seeds, and let everyone grab and eat them. This third uncle is really stingy.

Yan Jiedi also knew that she moved a bench into the house and handed it to the old man, "Sir, sit here."

"Sini, how did you do in the exam?"

"It's okay, even if Brother Wei Dong didn't even go to the exam, you don't care about him." After Yan Jiedi finished speaking, he glared at Wei Dong.

A few days ago, Yan Jiedi also came to find Yi Weidong to take the exam, but Yi Weidong didn't bother to go, so he asked Yan Jiedi to write his name and hand in the exam paper.Unexpectedly, Yan Jiedi would directly complain to the uncle today.

The uncle smiled and said: "Okay, Si Ni, I understand, I will spank Weidong's ass later, how can I not go to the exam!"

Yan Jiedi said happily: "Master, beat me up hard, Brother Wei Dong is just too annoying sometimes."

After speaking, he looked at Yi Weidong proudly.

Yi Weidong sat beside him and said, "Sini, if I take the exam, you will fail me again."

Yan Jiedi patted Weidong and said, "Chou Weidong, call me Sini again and I'm in a hurry with you."

At this time, the third master shouted: "Have they all come? Who else is missing?"

Nobody said anything, so the third mom looked around and said, "The only thing missing is Xu Damao."

The third master asked Qin Huairu who was next to him: "It's from Da Mao's family, what's going on!"

Qin Huairu said: "There is an important meeting to be held in the rolling mill. Of course, our Deputy Director Xu has to hold the rolling mill meeting first."

They all disliked each other so much, they didn't expect Qin Huairu to change since he got married to Xu Damao.

Liu Guangtian touched his daughter-in-law Qin Jingru and said, "Your sister also learned from Xu Damao after getting married."

Qin Jingru's face was full of disgust: "Yesterday I greeted my sister, but my sister just ignored me."

Liu Guangtian said nonchalantly: "Tomorrow, you can ask your sister, let's treat them both to dinner!"

Before Qin Jingru replied, Yan Jiecheng yelled:
"We can't let a group of us wait for him alone!"

Although the family separated, Yan Jiecheng still helped Yan Bugui with a word.

"That's it."

"Who is waiting here in the cold weather!"

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Qin Huairu followed Xu Damao for too short a time, and hadn't learned the essence of Xu Damao. Seeing that everyone spoke against Xu Damao, she sat down awkwardly and said nothing.

The third master said: "All right, all right, it doesn't matter if he is missing, let's hold our conference."

After the hustle and bustle around stopped, he said, "It's an old rule in our courtyard to have a meeting years ago and a big event. It's been like this for so many years."

"But this year we are different. Everyone is busy, and no one is idle, so we postponed until today to hold the conference before this year."

Yan Bugui said happily: "The biggest change we have made this year is that we no longer have the first uncle, nor the second uncle, and now I am left with the third uncle."

He Yuzhu said: "The boss has retired, the second child is also finished, and only the third child is left to head the house."

Yan Bugui turned to look at He Yuzhu and said, "Hey, I said silly Zhu, when you have to live, you have been silent for several months, now you have a lot to talk about, so go to rest."

He Yuzhu said in Yi Weidong's ear, "Look, the third master is like this, no matter how much you help him, you won't get your favor."

The third master didn't hear He Yuzhu's words, but Yan Jiedi did, and leaned into Yi Weidong's ear and said:

"Silly Zhu is not a good person either."

Yi Weidong replied, "That's my brother."

Yan Jiedi glared and stopped talking.

Yan Bugui went on to say: "The Spring Festival will be here soon, and this year's couplets will be different from those of previous years. We can't write anything about the money. We need a new era and a new style, and we need to write content that fits the new era. .”

He paused for a while and nodded in agreement, then happily continued: "In the new era, new words will be used. Where do these new words come from? Of course it is me. I will come to ink. You can bring red paper. I just said Now that we have all entered a new era, I will not accept that little money, and I will be generous for once, and I will do my best for everyone.”

"Good good."

Everyone applauded, unexpectedly, the third grandpa who is the cutest in the courtyard became generous today.

Yi Weidong still remembered that just now Yan Jiedi was angry with him and deliberately asked: "Xiedi, your father is going to lose money!"

Yan Jiedi said unhappily: "My dad can't lose money, and I don't need much ink. Besides, there is an idiot who gave my dad two catties of white wine. It's a profit anyway."

After speaking, he looked at Yi Weidong proudly.

Yi Weidong didn't expect Yan Jiedi to say that, and he didn't know how to reply for a while.

After holding back for a long time, he said: "Xie Di, I gave the third uncle liquor by mistake for my feelings? Bai took you to go fishing."

Some time ago, I went to Yan Jiedi to catch fish a few times, and both of them sent them to the buying station. Yan Jiedi has more than 200 yuan in his small coffers, and the third master does not have so much savings.

Yan Jiedi thought of fishing and said: "Brother Weidong, I won't talk about you anymore, let's go fishing again in the next year."

"Then can I call you Si Ni?"

Yan Jiedi gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, you can call whatever you want."

"That's about the same, Si Ni."

Yan Jiedi's small chest was bulging, she turned her head and said nothing.

Yi Weidong cast a glance, he didn't expect that Yan Jiedi had grown up a lot in just over a year.

Liu Guangtian said, "Okay, Third Master, it's really not easy!"

"But, I mean but." The third master changed the subject and said:

"These couplets are also very heavy mental work. We have a lot of non-staple food and can we buy peanuts and melon seeds? If everyone feels sorry for me and thinks about it, I will not object."

The third mother smiled and said: "This is up to your heart, everyone can figure it out!"

Only then did they realize that what Yan Bugui said was beautiful, so they were waiting here!
At this time Xu Damao came in from the courtyard and said, "What are you all doing here?"

The third master said with a half-smile: "Hey, Deputy Director Xu is here."

After Xu Damao was appointed as the deputy director, he was beaten up by He Yuzhu and Yi Weidong, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, and he was beaten again later.

The news of the appointment of the deputy director was only known to a few households working in the rolling mill, and it caused an uproar when the three masters said it.

I never thought that Xu Damao could go further to become the deputy director of the rolling mill. It is amazing enough for a large factory with tens of thousands of people to be a captain. Xu Damao can still be the deputy director, which is already under one person. location.

Liu Guangtian was surprised and said: "Brother-in-law, so you have become a leader. The lowest administrative level of the leader of this rolling mill in the past must have been [-]th or [-]rd level! Judging by your posture, you must be right!"

The second uncle next to him shrank his head, hoping that Xu Damao didn't see him.

Xu Damao said arrogantly: "I don't really understand, it should be considered."

"Then there hasn't been such a big official in this courtyard since the Qing Dynasty."

Xu Damao went on to say: "Come on, let's not talk about this, it's not interesting."

Yi Weidong said: "Sini, the third master will not be able to find this melon seed."

"You still call it an addiction, why?"

"You see, Xu Damao is going to make things difficult for your father."

Xu Damao said: "Let me just say a few words, whether to come to the meeting or not, this is a bad habit, it should be abolished, right? It's okay, everyone should leave."

Everyone in the courtyard was stunned. This habit of holding meetings has been going on for many years. As soon as Xu Damao came back, he said it would be abolished!

The third master was very angry. Didn't he just reprimand He Yuzhu and Yi Weidong according to Xu Damao's words? Now Xu Damao just turned the table over, and even wanted to abolish the rules of the meeting.

Before recovering from the shock, Xu Damao said again: "By the way, there is one more thing. What kind of titles are you not allowed to call the big master, the second uncle, and the third master in the future? These are all bad habits and are new. Society is about to change a long time ago, so let’s break up.”

Due to Xu Damao's power, everyone went back to the house one after another.

Yi Weidong looked at the stunned Yan Jiedi and said, "Well, Xu Damao doesn't save your father any face."

"It's really annoying, Xu Damao is really not a thing."

Yi Weidong smiled and said, "I'll fry melon seeds later, you can come to my house to eat."

Yan Jiedi smiled and said, "Okay, take my family's as well and you can fire them!"

"Okay, no problem."

He Yuzhu just couldn't control his mouth, got up and said: "Hey, the official addiction of the third master will be gone in a blink of an eye!"

The three masters ignored He Yuzhu, Xu Damao instead began to criticize He Yuzhu: "Hey, silly Zhu, don't make sarcastic remarks here. As a worker in the rolling mill, you should set an example."

"Hey, thief Sun, you are the leader of the rolling mill. What did you call me just now?"

Xu Damao said helplessly: "Okay, I made a slip of the tongue, I will call you He Yuzhu from now on, that's okay."

"Yes, I will still call you Sun Bandit from now on." He Yuzhu said with a smile.

Xu Damao, who was about to leave, turned his head and shouted angrily: "Who are you talking to?"

"Sun thief, who do you think you are? You really think you are a leader, you are a film projectionist, and you are wearing a coat, can you pull it down?"

Xu Damao pointed at He Yuzhu angrily and said, "You you."

He Yuzhu said: "What are you, you can still be patient with you, you can't do it in terms of background, aren't you just a poor peasant? Our family is a farm laborer for three generations, what do you do to me? Can you drive me away?"

The aunt pulled He Yuzhu from behind, but He Yuzhu continued:
"Don't say you are a deputy director, you are an upright person, what can you do to me? I am still a grandson thief."

Xu Damao's face turned blue from anger, and he was speechless for a long time. He waited for He Yuzhu to walk away before he said, "Okay, we'll see."

Yan Bugui stopped Xu Damao without winking and said, "I'm talking about Deputy Director Xu."

Xu Damao said angrily: "Go aside."

Yan Bugui was blown away, what do you mean by going aside, he said angrily: "You Xu Damao is the deputy director, you can't control the rolling mill anymore, I can do things in the yard!"

Seeing that everyone had left, Yan Bugui sat down angrily and said:
"I don't believe you, Xu Damao, can become a green onion."

Yan Jiecheng walked up to him and said, "Dad, what am I talking about? You can count on the peanuts and melon seeds, but you can't count on how you can become the director of your school. If you become the director of the school."

Yan Bugui said, "I don't care about doing that job."

The third mother said: "I see that Xu Damao is going to go to heaven in the future."

Yu Li persuaded: "Mom and Dad, we can't afford to mess with him. He's not kidding. A large factory with thousands of people can become a deputy director. If you stomp your foot, the Dongzhimen tower will collapse."

The third mother dragged the third master and said: "Let's go, go home. Although you are not the third master, can this family not post couplets?"

After He Yuzhu returned home, he was reprimanded by the aunt: "I said you have so many pillars, and you can't let Xu Damao get off the stage in front of so many people."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "I've always been unhappy, but now I'm comfortable."

"You, the last time you scolded the second uncle and made him embarrassed and couldn't get off the stage, you were locked up for half a night in a blink of an eye. You don't know the seriousness if you are like this again today. I see what you will do if you go in again?"

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Auntie, it's getting late and I'm going to cook."

The person ran out in a blink of an eye, and Lou Xiaoe persuaded: "Auntie, I will persuade you later, but I am still so out of tune every day."

"They all have children, and they are so indifferent."

After dinner, Yi Weidong went back to his room and started frying melon seeds. Not long after, Yan Jiedi came in with the couplet and said, "Brother Weidong, I brought you the couplet."

Yi Weidong was flipping through the melon seeds, unable to free his hands, he said, "Okay, put them in the drawer of the cabinet, you can take the delicious ones down there."

"Hmm!" Yan Jiedi put the couplet in a drawer, opened the bottom and said in surprise, "Wow, it's so big!"

"How is it? It's long and thick." Yi Weidong laughed.

Yan Jiedi picked it up and started counting, and when she finished counting, she said, "Thank you Brother Weidong, I've never bought such a long candied haws before!"

Yi Weidong said: "You, you have also learned to calculate from your father, and you have a lot of money selling fish. You only know how to hide it but not spend it every day."

Yan Jiedi wrinkled her nose and said: "Don't say my dad is stingy, and I can't spend money even if I have money! If my dad finds out, he can't beat me to death!"

Yi Weidong poured all the melon seeds into a tea tray, looked at Yan Jiedi who was holding the hawthorn, and said, "Don't you look in the mirror to see how thin you are, are you not full every day? Just buy something delicious."

Yan Jiedi stood up abruptly and said, "I'm thinner, but I'm taller than you!"

Then he stood in front of Yi Weidong and said, "Let's compare and see how much shorter you are than me?"

Yi Weidong shouted: "Impossible, I am taller than you."

Yan Jiedi stretched out her hands to compare, and confirmed that she was taller than Yi Weidong, and said with a smile, "Hahaha, I'm two centimeters taller than you!"

(End of this chapter)