The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 313 Li Aiguo’s wedding routine, Nan Yi bought a house

A table of dishes.

Nan Yi was busy for a full two hours.

I was so tired that my back was covered with sweat, but my heart felt happy.

Thanks to the useful information Li Aiguo brought back from the beach this time, he was able to realize his wish to make a Buddha jump over the wall himself.

An earthen jar containing the Buddha Jumping Over the Wall was placed on the table, along with several plates of home-cooked side dishes and a basin of mutton bone soup.

Nan Yi wiped his hands, looked at Li Aiguo and said, "Brother Aiguo, it's getting late, I'll go back first."

"The dishes are ready. Let's stay and have something to eat before we leave."

"Well, that's so embarrassing."

"What's there to be embarrassed about? How can a grown man mother-in-law mother-in-law?"

Li Aiguo pulled Nan Yi to the seat and asked He Yuyu to invite Aunt Liu.

Several people gathered around the table and feasted.

This is the first time Li Aiguo has eaten authentic Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.

The soup is rich and thick, the ingredients are elegant and soft, and the refreshing feeling will not leave you for a long time after eating.

Let’s not talk about the many precious seafood and game.

The ability to blend more than 30 ingredients and master the mutually reinforcing heat of Nan Yi is amazing.

Aunt Liu narrowed her eyes in enjoyment: "That means we are liberated now, otherwise how could we common people eat royal food?"

After dinner, Nan Yi talked to He Yuyu about buying a house in front of everyone.

Despite his young age, He Yuyu is very shrewd. The price is 150 yuan.

These days, a two-bedroom house costs more than 200 yuan, which is indeed a bit expensive.

Of course Nanyi is not willing to go out.

"Yu Yu, this is just a room."

"Yes, but this is the east wing. I heard that the Nan family is a big house, and you used to live in the east wing."

Not only did Nan Yi think He Yuyu was too powerful, but even Li Aiguo also looked at He Yuyu with admiration.

Come to think of it, if He Yuyu didn't learn to be smarter when meeting such an unsatisfactory brother, he might even be devoured by others, including his body and bones.

After some haggling, the two reached a deal for 120 yuan and agreed to sign the contract tomorrow.

After He Yuyu and Aunt Liu left, Nan Yi lingered in the room, talking here and there but not speaking.

Chen Xueru glanced at Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo felt annoyed.

It will be dark soon.

The real wedding night is coming, is this guy going to be a light bulb?

then.

Li Aiguo asked Nan Yi to wash the pots and dishes and clean the stove together.

While Li Aiguo was working, he asked directly: "Master Nan, do you have anything else to do?"

"Driver Li, to be honest, I don't have enough money on hand." A grown man in Nanyi turned red when he talked about this.

Seeing Nan Yi's embarrassed look, Li Aiguo said, "Do you want to borrow money?"

"Don't borrow money. I used to have some old things at home. Are you interested?" Nan Yi said halfway, as if to show his feelings, he quickly explained: "I also thought about selling it to a trust store, but those people paid too much." It’s low.”

It is true.

Antiques are worthless these days.

A Ming Dynasty vase is only worth ten yuan when sent to a trust store, which is only enough to sell for seven pounds of fat.

Wang Dakui is currently in charge of the junk shop, and he often helps Li Aiguo buy antiques.

If Nanyi's old items are really good, Li Aiguo wouldn't mind helping.

"I'm a rough driver. I'm not interested in those elegant things."

Hearing this, Nan Yi's expression suddenly became lost.

But Li Aiguo's next words made him happy again.

"Not far from our compound, there is a collective scrap collection point. It seems that antiques are collected there. Of course, you can sell them in the name of scraps."

"I see"

Nan Yi nodded knowingly.

He took the big black pot from Li Aiguo's hand, carried it out of the house, and went to the pool in the middle courtyard to clean it.

"Why didn't you stop him? Our house has a faucet." Chen Xueru was confused.

Li Aiguo waved his hand and said calmly: "This guy has a noble temperament and doesn't want to owe others favors. Let him be."

Nan Yi, who is 1.7 meters [-] tall, is walking in the courtyard carrying a big black pot, trying not to attract anyone's attention.

Of course Yi Zhonghai also saw it.

Snapped!
He was so angry that he threw the enamel jar on the table.

"Nanyi got involved with Li Aiguo as soon as he came here.

Especially since he has now replaced Shazhu as the chef of the small canteen.

I can talk to both Director Yang and Deputy Director Li.

It will also become a big trouble for us in the future. "

Auntie knew that he was angry because he was being manipulated by Li Aiguo, so she stood up and comforted him: "Lao Yi, I don't think we need to have a serious relationship with Nan Yi."

"Do you think I can't handle him?"

"How can it be!"

The second aunt felt that Yi Zhonghai was blinded by hatred.

I quickly poured a cup of tea to let him calm down his anger, and then explained: "Don't you think Nan Yi is more suitable to provide for us in our old age than Fan Jinyou?"

Elderly care is an eternal topic in Yi Zhonghai’s family.

Even with Jia Dongxu as a supporter.

Yi Zhonghai, who has no sense of security, is still looking for substitutes.

Hearing this, Yi Zhonghai frowned slightly, and the anger on his face gradually disappeared.

The second aunt continued: "I also asked someone to find out about Nan Yi. Both his parents are dead. He is a fairly upright man, but a little aloof. What's more important is that he comes from a bad background."

"If you come from a bad background, you will be easily manipulated!" Yi Zhonghai's eyes gradually lit up.

At the same time, he felt something strange in his heart.

Silly Zhu is a cook, and Nan Yi is also a cook. Is this arranged by God?
"Old lady, you are finally smart for once. I am best at dealing with people who have a bad background."

Yi Zhonghai made up his mind.

He wants Nan Yi to be his backup pensioner.

Jia Dongxu was squatting at the door of Jia's house smoking when he saw a big black pot walking towards the middle courtyard. He was so frightened that he picked up the bench and ran back home.

"That thief Xu Damao is here to trouble me again! Mother, come out quickly."

Qin Huairu was nursing her child. She raised her head and looked outside and took a look: "It's not Xu Damao. This person seems to be named Nan Yi, and he is planning to buy He Yuyu's house."

Mrs. Jia Zhang pretended to come out of the house carrying her shoe soles, and went out to take a look: "He Yuyu only has one house, and this person wants to buy it? It seems that he is really poor."

"It's Nan Yi. This guy has now replaced Sha Zhu as the monitor in the canteen. I heard he can get two yuan more salary than Sha Zhu every month."

Jia Dongxu also recognized it now.

He worked in the steel rolling mill and met Nan Yi several times while cooking.

"Hey, a cook ran away, a cook was kidnapped, and another cook came. The door next door to us is also evil, and we are looking for cooks." Mrs. Jia Zhang curled her lips and sighed.

Suddenly, the whole person was stunned, and the black eyeballs in the triangular eyes were spinning around.

After a while, she patted her thigh and said, "Our family has renovated the house, but life is becoming more and more difficult every day. There is no oil or water in the food."

"Nanyi's salary is higher than that of Shazhu. It seems that he is also a person. He will definitely not be able to spend all his money."

"He is also a cook, so he will definitely not be short of that bite."

Qin Huairu knew what Jia Zhang was thinking, but she didn't answer. She just looked at Jia Dongxu.

Jia Dongxu suddenly stood up and walked towards Nan Yi: "Master Nan, I am Jia Dongxu from the fitter workshop. I live in the house next to yours. After you move here, we will be neighbors. We must get along well in the future."

"That's for sure." Nan Yi responded enthusiastically despite not knowing why.

Seeing Jia Dongxu and Nan Yi chatting there, Qin Huairu felt sad in his heart.

Now Li Aiguo is a train driver.

Just now he had brought back so much mutton, but Jia Dongxu went to please others just for a little profit.

regret
Nan Yi would never have imagined that before he even moved into the courtyard, he would be targeted by the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai family.

After washing the big iron pot, he carried it back to Li's house and stood up to say goodbye.

Li Aiguo wandered to the collective junk shop with his hands behind his back and said hello to Wang Dakui. If Nan Yilai was selling old items, he would take them as much as possible.

"Brother Patriot, don't worry, my eyes are poisonous. This guy is your friend. I will definitely give you a preferential price." Wang Dakui grinned.

Wang Erpao, who was sorting out the scraps at the side, snorted and said, "Come on, Brother Da Kui, you just made a mistake the day before yesterday and mistook a Qing Dynasty vase for the Ming Dynasty, and you lost two yuan."

"That's only occasionally, so I can't count it." Wang Dakui sneered.

Li Aiguo rubbed his eyebrows, feeling troubled.

Although he taught Wang Dakui a lot of antique knowledge.

It's just that identifying antiques requires talent. This guy is good at reselling materials, but he is not the material for buying antiques.

During the reconciliation last month, three or four fakes were found in the warehouse.

Fortunately, the antiques purchased by the scrap shop are all collected at a price slightly higher than the scrap price.

Even if it's a fake, you won't lose much money.

But if you encounter the real thing and take a wrong look, you will be blinded.

It seems that we still have to find a way to find an old gentleman to take charge.

After chatting for a while, Li Aiguo was about to go out when Wang Dakui suddenly stood up and stopped him.

"Patriot, there is something I don't know whether I should tell you or not."

"We are brothers. If you have something to say, just say it." Li Aiguo took out a cigarette from his pocket and gave Wang Dakui and Zhang Erpao a cigarette.

After Wang Dakui took the cigarette and lit it, he took a deep breath and said with a frown: "In the past few days, there have always been seven or eight green skins hanging around our place. Although they pretended to be selling scraps, they all carried some Paper boxes and other miscellaneous things.

But this kind of person's eyes are wrong, I can tell it with just one glance. "

Green-skinned Li Aiguo frowned vaguely.

Green skins on the street generally don't come to junk shops to trouble them.

Firstly, it’s because this thing is too boring.

Secondly, the junk shop is a subordinate unit of the street office.

Since ancient times, people have not fought with officials. This is an old rule.

Although Li Aiguo couldn't figure out the other party's intention, he still told Wang Dakui and Zhang Erpao to be careful.

"Brother Patriot, don't worry. The scrap site is our bowl. If anyone dares to smash our bowl, we will kill him." Wang Dakui grinned, with a fierce light in his eyes.

There are not many good people who hang out in the pigeon market all year round.

"Okay, be careful and don't be impulsive if something happens."

Li Aiguo remembered that he would go home for his wedding night, so he patted Wang Dakui on the shoulder and walked out of the house slowly.

Just walked out the door.

Da Kuiniang heard the noise and came out tremblingly on crutches.

"Patriotic, Dakui's wife, did you help pick it up?"

"Wait a little longer"

Li Aiguo fled in despair.

It seems that if Da Kui really can't find a wife, he will have to ask Yan Bugui to come forward as a matchmaker.

Wait until you get back to the courtyard.

It was already dark, most of the residents were already asleep, and the surroundings were quiet.

Li Aiguo opened the door and was stunned.

inside the house.

Aunt Liu is teaching Chen Xueru how to make dumplings step by step.

Chen Xueru is very clever, and under the guidance of Aunt Liu, she placed the wrapper flatly on the palm of her hand, and used chopsticks to place the meat filling in the middle of the white dumpling wrapper.Press the opposite sides of the dumpling skin together, and then press up many beautiful laces. The laces are densely woven, like a comb.Seeing Li Aiguo come in, the little girl stood up and smiled sheepishly: "I see you like eating dumplings, but you don't know how to make them yourself, so I specially invited Aunt Liu to teach me."

Chen Xueru felt a little embarrassed when she mentioned this matter.

Because my mother passed away relatively early, she had no one to teach her since she was a child, and she was unfamiliar with many housework tasks.

"It's really good." Li Aiguo strode over: "There are some steamed buns. Let's cook them and eat them tomorrow morning."

"I'll eat these."

Chen Xueru pointed at the dumplings that looked like small buns, her face as red as a monkey's butt.

"I think these can only be steamed in a ladder and steamed in a steamer."

"Really annoying"

Chen Xueru subconsciously wanted to raise her little pink fist to educate this rough man who didn't know what was good or bad.

His eyes fell on Aunt Liu, who had a strange smile on her face. She quickly put down her hands and straightened her collar, pretending to be a well-behaved daughter-in-law.

Aunt Liu just felt that young people today are too trendy, so she stood up holding on to the table: "It's getting late, and the rain is still waiting for me to go back."

"It's dark outside, I'll see you off." Li Aiguo put down the dumplings and sent Aunt Liu back to the house.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, Aunt Liu stopped him again: "Patriot, please wait."

She pulled out a scroll from the back room and handed it to Li Aiguo: "When you get home, hang this painting on the bedside."

"Auntie, thank you." Li Aiguo said politely, took the scroll and returned to the house.

At this time, Chen Xueru had already put away the dumplings and the room had been cleaned.

Seeing him come back with a painting scroll, he asked curiously: "What painting?"

"I don't know, it was given by Aunt Liu."

As Li Aiguo spoke, he brought a rag and wiped the table before spreading the paintings on the table.

This is a picture of "Avalokitesvara giving birth to a child".

Guanyin Bodhisattva appears as a middle-aged and elderly lady holding a lovely baby in her arms.

The baby's body is covered with jewels and necklaces, and he is carrying a big money bag in his hand to show his unlimited blessings.

Judging from the painting style, it should be an imitation of a Ming Dynasty painting.

Seeing the painting, Chen Xueru's little face felt a little feverish, and Aunt Liu's meaning was already obvious.

Li Aiguo turned around and went into the back room, moved a stool, and hung the "Picture of Guanyin Farewell to Children" opposite the bed.

He turned around and looked at Chen Xueru: "Daughter-in-law, it stands to reason that tonight is our wedding night."

The little girl thought about what happened at noon, and felt a little scared, but also a little eager to try. Suddenly she bit her lip with her white teeth and pushed Li Aiguo out of the house.

"You can come in later."

Listening to the rustling sounds of people changing clothes in the house, Li Aiguo turned around, inserted the door bars, lit a cigarette and smoked happily.

After a while.

With a squeaking sound, the room opened.

Chen Xueru was wearing a set of light silver cheongsam, which looked hazy under the dim light, like a beautiful woman in the drizzle in the south of the Yangtze River, with a unique charm.

Li Aiguo was stunned for a moment: "How many new cheongsams have you made?"

Seeing that the smooth-tongued rough man in the past has become like a goose, Chen Xueru pursed her lips and snickered: "One color, one piece. If you like it, I will give it to you."

What is a cheongsam show?

That's it!

Li Aiguo walked into the house and sat on the kang with a golden sword.

"let's start."

early morning.

A faint golden light fell on the courtyard.

Birds were chirping under the eaves, some were fighting, and some were still fighting.

Li Aiguo was awakened by the sound of birds.

Lying on the kang, staring at the picture of Guanyin sending children on the wall in a daze.

It stands to reason that Comrade Guanyin is also an eminent Buddhist monk and should abstain from sex.
Li Aiguo felt guilty when he thought of the ridiculous things last night.

He looked down at his little wife huddled in his arms.

The fair and tender skin exudes a halo of mist against the rising sun, the long eyelashes tremble slightly, the light red lips contain a slight smile, and two snow-white arms are tightly wrapped around Li Aiguo.

Li Aiguo: "."

Forget it, whoever will go to hell if I don't.

Will Li Aiguo turn over?

I don't know how long it took.

Chen Xueru's mouth was slightly open and she kept breathing, her skin showing an ambiguous pink color.

After a while, she finally recovered, raised her eyes to look at Li Aiguo, and weakly rubbed his unshaven chin with her slender fingers: "What time is it?"

"09:30." Li Aiguo picked up the watch on the bedside table and took a look.

"Ah, it's 09:30, oh no, oh no!"

As if the old house was on fire, Chen Xueru jumped out of bed and wanted to find something to wear.

But the four or five cheongsams last night were all torn to pieces. I had no choice but to open the cabinet and find a floral shirt and black pants.

Seeing Chen Xueru in a hurry, Li Aiguo said in surprise: "We don't have to go to work today."

"I know, but my sister-in-law said that the new wife cannot be lazy on the first day of her wedding, otherwise she will be called a lazy woman by the neighbors."

Li Aiguo: "."

Although he didn't have a good impression of his sister-in-law, he quite agreed with her.

Traditional culture is not all dregs. We should pass on fine customs like this.

Thinking about helping He Yuyu sell his house today.

Li Aiguo was not lazy either. He lay on the bed for a while and then got up.

By the time he finished washing, Chen Xueru, who was quick with his hands and feet, had already made breakfast.

Bangzi noodle porridge, large white steamed buns, and a plate of stir-fried cabbage as a side dish.

It's simple, but tastes good, just like it will be in the future.

Eat and drink well.

Li Aiguo took out the drawings that had been lying around for more than half a month and started to get busy.

Chen Xueru began to clean up yesterday's battlefield.

Looking at the torn cheongsams to pieces, she felt both distressed and sweet.

Of course, cheongsam cannot be wasted.

Anyway, she is a tailor with superb skills. She only needs to sew it once and it will be like new.

But the cotton cushion on the bed needs to be cleaned out. And the white satin handkerchief.

'That rough guy should have seen it on the handkerchief.'

Chen Xueru blushed with embarrassment, quickly put the handkerchief away, put it at the bottom of the box, and then started to wash the clothes.

Although there is a faucet at home, the space is too small and it is inconvenient to rub clothes.

Chen Xueru carried the enamel basin to the pool in the middle courtyard.

At this time, Qin Huairu was also squatting there washing clothes. The dirty clothes of Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhang were placed in the basin.

Seeing Chen Xueru dressed as a young lady walking over, Qin Huairu's expression suddenly darkened.

When she saw the cotton mat in the basin, Qin Huairu's expression changed drastically and she quickly turned her head away, not daring to take a closer look.

Chen Xueru also realized that something was wrong, so she quickly picked up the soap locust, wiped it on the cotton mat, and started rubbing it vigorously.

Chen Lan was also helping his two sons wash their clothes and asked curiously: "Patriots, why don't you do the washing?"

As she spoke, she picked up a brown paper bag and said somewhat proudly: "This Lisheng brand washing powder only sells for [-] yuan and [-] packs at the supply and marketing cooperative. Just put a little in it and rub it gently, and your clothes will be clean." of.

My family has many problems in Damao, and I just feel sorry for my daughter-in-law. "

"Sister Chen, Brother Patriot said that washing powder contains chemicals and is not suitable for washing inner clothes. It is better to use soap locust." Chen Xueru said.

"Is chemical stuff bad? It's harmful. This is the first time I've heard of it."

In these days, anything involving chemistry is a good thing.

Even plastic combs, also called chemical combs, are twice as expensive as regular handmade wooden combs.

Chen Lan didn't believe it and still thought Chen Xueru was too stingy.

Chen Xueru pursed her lips and smiled, without saying anything. She rolled up her sleeves and continued rubbing vigorously.

This cotton mat needs to be washed out quickly, maybe it will be used again at night.

the other side.

After more than an hour of hard work, many more drawings of the hydraulic rollover car were drawn. Li Aiguo stretched and was about to stand up.

A soft call came from outside the door: "Patriotic brothers, are you at home?"

"coming!"

After leaving the house and seeing Nan Yi standing outside, Li Aiguo smiled and said, "Are you so anxious?"

"I can't help it. I'm living in the workers' dormitory now. Those guys are snoring like thunder. I have to move out quickly." Nan Yi smiled awkwardly with two dark circles under his eyes.

"Is the money ready?"

"Ready."

Nan Yi was halfway through speaking and lowered his voice: "Aiguo, thank you for introducing that junk shop. I sold two old items and the boss's price was very fair."

"yes."

Li Aiguo nodded irrefutably.

He took Nan Yi to Aunt Liu's house and called He Yuyu out.

The little girl seemed very happy to learn that Nan Yi had collected enough money.

Because houses are not allowed to be bought and sold in these years, and formal transfer procedures cannot be carried out, so when buying and selling houses, many intermediaries must be invited to witness.

Li Aiguo invited Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui and several older residents in the compound.

Yi Zhonghai, who was supposed to be furious after being let go by Nan Yi, got the news and came over.

Li Aiguo personally wrote a transfer agreement.

He Yuyu and Nan Yi both signed their names.

Several middlemen put their fingerprints on the back, and He Yuyu's house officially belonged to Nanyi from then on.

Before Yi Zhonghai finished wiping his hands, he stretched out his hand to Nan Yi: "Comrade Nan Yi, you are welcome to join the courtyard of the steel rolling mill. I am the big man in the courtyard. If you have any problems in the future, you can come to me. "

Yi Zhonghai's enthusiasm made Nan Yi confused, but he still reached out his hand and shook his hand gently.

Yi Zhonghai turned to look at the miscellaneous things in the house, frowned slightly, and said with a smile, "Comrade Nan Yi, when are you going to move in?"

"Of course the sooner the better."

"This house needs to be tidied up." Yi Zhonghai put his hands behind his back and turned his head to look at Yan Bugui: "Old Yan, later you can organize a few activists to help Nan Yi tidy up the house."

Yan Bugui: "."

Yi Zhonghai took the advantage.

Leave the job of being a coolie to him.

but.

He couldn't shirk it.

This old guy Yi Zhonghai is such a thief.

Yi Zhonghai arranged everything, and said somewhat asking for credit: "Master Nan, I heard that you are good at cooking. Can you come to your house at noon and help cook a simple meal?"

Nan Yi scratched his head and smiled awkwardly: "Master, I'm so sorry, I promised to help Li Aiguo cook the mutton."

Hear mutton.

Yi Zhonghai could no longer say a word.

How could his radishes and cabbage compare to other people's mutton?

This is purely a dimensionality reduction attack.

Press people with power.

Li Aiguo is not particular about things.

(End of this chapter)