Siheyuan: Start with a Truck Driver

Inside Yan's house.

Yan Bugui watched for a long time crookedly, before finally confirming that what was broadcast on TV was not the program he wanted to watch.

"The people at the TV station are really too much. Since the program has been changed, why didn't they notify me in advance!"

"It caused me to waste so much electricity."

"Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off now."

Yan Bugui stood up, and was about to turn off the TV, when suddenly he froze in front of the TV, his hand touched the switch but he couldn't press it, his mouth was open like a washbasin.

Because he heard a familiar name on TV - Liu Hongchang.

The name Liu Hongchang is rare in the capital, especially in this era, people always like to use names like Patriotic, Weiguo, Weidong, and Weihong.

Hongchang, a symbol of prosperity, is not popular.

"This Liu Hongchang, can't he be Liu Hongchang who lives in the outer courtyard?"

Yan Bugui couldn't help taking a deep breath, patted his thigh and said, "It's amazing, it's amazing, Liu Hongchang is actually on TV."

In this era, there are no various advertisements on TV, and there are no old experts who sell medicines. Those who can show their faces on TV are all people from famous towns.

Although Liu Hongchang is the director of the Lanhua Automobile Factory, in the eyes of the residents of the courtyard house, he is just the director of the factory. No matter how rich he is, he is not qualified to appear on the TV.

The third mother is steaming steamed buns in the kitchen. Since Liu Yuhua married into Yan's family, she can eat five steamed buns per meal.

There was no gas in this day and age, and the Yan family was reluctant to use a coal stove. They used a pot and stove. It was very troublesome to burn the pot and stove. Every time, the third mother was exhausted.

But she couldn't utter a word of complaint, after all, Liu Yuhua is now the daughter-in-law of the Yan family, and she couldn't just watch Liu Yuhua's hunger.

Hearing Yan Bugui's voice, the third mother wiped her hands, walked out, looked at Yan Bugui and said, "Old Yan, what's the matter? You're yelling."

"Old lady, look, look, I heard Liu Hongchang's name on the TV just now." Yan Bugui pointed at the TV so excited that he couldn't even speak.

The third mother frowned and said with a smile: "Old Yan, you must have misheard. Liu Hongchang is the director of the factory, he is more honorable than us, and his family is rich, but he wants to be on TV, what a joke."

"No, no, I didn't hear it wrong. I really heard Liu Hongchang's name just now." Yan Bugui's face turned red, and he was always proud of his ears on weekdays.

"Really?"

"real!"

The two were arguing, and the passionate and generous voice of the reporter came from the TV.

"Hello, viewers and friends in front of the TV, I'm at the Hongchang mobile phone conference site in Hong Kong City right now."

"Now, everyone can see that Comrade Liu Hongchang from the Lanhua Automobile Factory has come up, accompanied by a young female assistant."

After watching the TV screen clearly, the third mom and Yan Bugui couldn't help but gasp.

In addition to Liu Hongchang, their ex-daughter-in-law Yu Li was present at the press conference.

Today, Yu Li wore an elegant woolen tunic suit, so she was different from before.

When Yu Li was in Yan's house before, because she was reluctant to eat and wear, she wore coarse cotton clothes on weekdays, and she hardly dressed up. The only cosmetic was cream.

The only decoration is the red-headed rope, which looks very inconspicuous, just like an ordinary little daughter-in-law.

But today, Yu Li looks energetic, especially when she is facing the camera with such confidence that people who don't know her identity will think it is some big leader!

It can be said that compared with the previous Yu Li, the current Yu Li is completely reborn.

Yan Bugui rubbed his eyes, and said incredulously, "She, is she really Yu Li?"

Yan Bugui has been Yu Li's old father-in-law for several years, they both live in the same house, and they see each other almost every day. He is very familiar with Li, but he is not sure that it is really Yu Li who is on the TV.

The third mother was also puzzled, and frowned: "It looks like Yu Li, but Yu Li should not have that kind of momentum. Look at her, when facing those foreign reporters, she is not timid at all. When Yu Li was at home, sometimes she was even afraid of you."

"But she really looks like Yu Li."

"It really does."

"Who looks like Yu Li?"

The two were arguing, Xu Damao came in from the outside with a canvas bag and two hickory nuts in his hand,
Obviously, he just came back from a movie in the countryside, and got some hickory nuts from a fellow villager, so he specially sent them to Yan Bugui.

In the original book, everyone thought Xu Damao was a bad guy, but Xu Damao didn't seem to have done anything excessive except to be sorry for Lou Xiao'e's family.

And people are not stingy, every time they go to the countryside to get good things, they will distribute some to the residents.

On the contrary, Shazhu, who is the protagonist, is full of bad water.

This can be seen from the beginning of the plot, when the stick enters the steel rolling mill cafeteria to steal soy sauce.

The soy sauce belongs to the canteen of the rolling mill, and it is state-owned property. As the chef of the canteen, Sha Zhu should have defended the state-owned property.

But Sha Zhu not only didn't stop the stick, Xu Damao couldn't see it, and wanted to grab the stick, but he threw out a rolling pin and hit the head directly.

You must know that rolling pins are made of solid wood in this era. If they are faster, they will be similar to murder weapons.

In order to cover up a thief who stole soy sauce, Sha Zhu deliberately committed murder, which shows that his moral character is extremely corrupt.

later.

Silly Zhu also brought food at random and gave it to Qin Huairu of Jia's family. Those meals were also state-owned property.

Although it seems that a box of meals is not worth much, and the behavior of the silly column is nothing, but if everyone is like the silly column, wantonly carrying things out of the rolling mill, the rolling mill will be ruined long ago.

Not to mention the fact that Sha Zhu stole Yan Pugui's car wheel because Yan Pugui ruined the blind date.

The bicycles of this era are similar to the BMWs of the later generations. If the stealing of bicycle wheels is dealt with seriously, it will be squatting on the fence.

Silly Zhu didn't feel that he had done something wrong, but rather complacent.

It can be said that after careful analysis, it can be found that Shazhu's moral character is far inferior to Xu Damao's.

The topic is far away, and I return to Yan's house.

Hearing Xu Damao's words, the third mother subconsciously pointed to the TV: "Da Mao, take a look, is the person on the TV Yu Li?"

"Hey, is Yu Li on TV?"

Xu Damao put down the hickory nuts and squatted in front of the TV. He just glanced at the screen and was stunned.

"It's really Liu Hongchang and Yu Li."

"No wonder I went to Liu Hongchang to report the situation yesterday. Guan Tingting said that he was on a business trip. It turned out that he took Yu Li to Hong Kong City to attend the press conference."

When Yan Bugui heard this, his expression darkened immediately, and he grabbed Xu Damao's wrist.

"Da Mao, you mean that Yu Li is with Liu Hongchang now."

Excited, Yan Bugui used a lot of strength, causing Xu Damao to grin in pain.

"It hurts, it hurts, third master, take it easy."

Withdrawing his hand, Xu Damao rubbed his wrist and glared at him dissatisfied: "Third Master, you are so old, and you are still an old teacher for many years. How do you act frizzy like a young man? Also, you are also a person who has read poetry and books. Don't you know what to do when you ask for help?"

Seeing Xu Damao put on airs, Yan Bugui subconsciously wanted to get angry, but thinking that Xu Damao might know the inside story, he could only suppress the anger in his heart again.

Yan Bugui asked the third mother to make a cup of tea for Xu Damao, sprinkled it with high crushed tea, and held it in front of Xu Damao with her own hands.

"Da Mao, please forgive my uncle. I was a little anxious just now. Come, take this cup of tea as your apology."

Xu Damao was not angry at first, but after seeing Yan Bugui's attitude at this time, he took a sip from the enamel mug and said slowly, "Third Master, this is what it looks like! You must have a correct attitude, and you can't chatter like silly Zhu. Now it's all right. Silly chattered himself to the mental hospital."

"Yes, it is Da Mao, you said you know about Yu Li, what is the relationship between her and Liu Hongchang, why can she be on the TV now."

Seeing Xu Damao talking about this, Yan Bugui became a little anxious, and quickly gave the third mother a wink.

The third mother also smiled and said: "Da Mao, my old man often said that you, Da Mao, are the most benevolent in this compound. If the higher-ups come to conduct a public survey, they will definitely give you full marks."

A large part of the reason why Xu Damao is so kind to the residents is for the future investigation of the masses.

These days, if you want to be a leader, you must first have a mass base. If the masses say you are a bad person, then the higher-ups will never consider you.

Although Xu Damao didn't know when he would become the leader, he was still preparing early.

Hearing this, Xu Damao was excited, stood up and said, "Old Yan, you really asked the right person this time. It can be said that no one in our compound knows this matter better than me."

Yan Bugui and the third mother turned their ears sideways.

Xu Damao said triumphantly: "Do you know that ever since Yu Li divorced your Yan Xiecheng, she went to the Lanhua Automobile Factory and became a small leader of the factory. Later, because of her outstanding business ability, she was promoted by Liu Hongchang to be the assistant to the factory manager."

It turned out to be the assistant to the factory manager, Yan Bugui breathed a sigh of relief: "That's not the same as a secretary, but actually a waiter."

Although the ex-daughter-in-law is now someone else's waiter, Yan Bugui feels a little uncomfortable, but compared to Yu Li who has also become a leader, he would rather choose to believe this.

the reason is simple.

Yu Li was a housewife before Yan's family, she had no status, and she didn't show any special abilities.

If she divorced Yan Jiecheng, she would suddenly become a leader, displaying superhuman abilities.

If people know about it, then they can't laugh at the Yan family.

"Hehe" Xu Damao smiled, straightened his chest and explained: "Third Master, you made a mistake this time. The assistant to the factory director is not the same as the secretary to the factory director. The assistant to the factory director is similar to the factory leader. In the factory, he is regarded as under one person and above ten thousand people."

"How is this possible! How can Yu Li be a leader?" The third mother retorted subconsciously.

Xu Damao understood their thoughts, and said in a strange way: "Tsk tsk, do you think you have misjudged yourself? Yu Li, who was considered by you to be an idler at home before, came to Liu Hongchang and became the factory leader!"

Xu Damao didn't intend to provoke Yan Pugui, it's just his nature, when he sees other people's sadness, he likes to sprinkle two handfuls of salt on other people's wounds.

Yan Bugui felt harsh in his ears: "Xu Damao, what do you mean by this? Do you think it's my family's Yan Jiecheng who divorced Yu Li?"

If it were an ordinary resident, seeing Yan Pugui lose his temper at this moment, he would definitely not face Yan Pugui at Yan's house over this matter.

After all, it has nothing to do with me.

But Xu Damao is the kind of person who likes to see other people's misfortune, and what he is best at is to add insult to injury.

I saw him laughing, as if he had heard the funniest words, pointing at Yan Bugui and said, "Old Yan, you are really making me laugh. The divorce between Yan Xiecheng and Yu Li made such a big fuss, everyone knew that it was because you robbed Yu Li that Yu Li couldn't stand your family anymore. Now you think you are right, you really make me laugh."

Seeing that Yan Bugui still wanted to talk, he said directly first, "Everyone in our courtyard can see what that girl Yu Li looks like. Since she came to your Yan's house, she has worked hard every day to help you with housework and take care of Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi. You are good, but you really look down on her, thinking that she has no official job and is not worthy of your Yan Xiecheng."

"It's all right now. After Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng divorced, it took only half a year to become a factory leader, and now she even appeared on TV with Liu Hongchang."

"And what about your family, Yan Jiecheng! He's still just a small fitter in a rolling mill, and he can only get a salary of 27 yuan a month. It's not shameful!"

These words can be said to be murderous, piercing into Yan Pugui's heart like steel knives.

He was so angry that the corners of his mouth trembled, he pointed at Xu Damao and said, "Xu Damao, you, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"I'm talking nonsense, haha, now that Yu Li is on the TV, this is also my nonsense." Xu Damao said coldly, "You just think of yourself as a noble person. You think you are an old teacher and a cultural person, so you are smarter than ordinary people. You play smart all day long!"

"You, get out of here!" Yan Bugui exploded completely, wanting to drive Xu Damao out.

Xu Damao hadn't been so happy for a long time, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Yan Bugui, even if you drive me away, it still can't change the fact that Yu Li has become a leader and appeared on TV."

At this time, it was time to get off work in the courtyard, and the workers returned to the courtyard chatting in twos and threes. When they heard the noise coming from Yan's house, they gathered around thinking that it would be foolish not to eat melons.