Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 111 I put my hands in my pockets that year
Xu Deyong said with a smile: "Thank you very much, Teacher Xu, for your concern. If I come back to you, you can't shirk it and you have to be considerate."

Xu Hesheng said cheerfully: "That's for sure, just come to me when the time comes."

Niu Ye and Pian Ye smiled and said nothing. After they finished speaking, they started chatting. From the temple to the ninth level, they could talk a few words as long as it didn't involve issues of principle.

During this period, Qiangzi came in, said hello, ordered two taels of wine and leaned against the pillar to drink.

After a while, Fan Jin came in wearing a knitted scarf, rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Hey, business is booming today!"

When the person at the table next to Xu Deyong saw him coming in, he said politely: "cadre Fan, I will save a seat for you."

Fan Jin nodded slightly, and glanced over the table where Mr. Niu and his friends were sitting. When he saw Xu Deyong sitting among them, he curled his lips slightly, so he had to take off his scarf and put it on the table next to him, and stepped forward to buy wine.

Xu Huizhen smiled lightly and said, "cadre Fan is here, what do you want to bring?"

Fan Jinyou secretly looked at Xu Huizhen and saw that she had her hair tied up and was wearing a silk double-breasted jacket. She looked like a pretty boss lady.

He handed over the money with a smile and said, "Two taels, and a plate of rice sausage."

"Here." Xu Huizhen handed the thing to him.

Fan Jin's eyes flickered and he said in a low voice: "Huizhen, come out for a moment and I'll tell you something!"

Xu Huizhen was stunned for a moment, lowered her eyebrows, turned her eyes, and chuckled a little louder: "These belong to the neighbors. If you have anything to say, just tell me here."

As soon as he said this, the people in the tavern couldn't help but look over with different expressions.

Fan Jin didn't expect Xu Huizhen to come and announce it, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable, and quickly said: "Ah, um..., actually, there is nothing else, I just want to ask you some thoughts on public-private partnership. "

Xu Huizhen asked calmly: "Representing the street?"

"No, it's just me." Fan Jinyou said with a forced smile, "I just want to hear your individual business owners' thoughts and serve as a reference."

Xu Huizhen wiped the counter without raising her head and said, "No idea!"

"That's not possible. This is related to the future of your tavern. How could you not have any ideas of your own?" Fan Jinyou asked.

"I really have no idea." Xu Huizhen still said.

Fan Jinyou said self-righteously: "Then I don't believe it."

Xu Hesheng finally couldn't help it anymore and said in a loud voice: "Hey, hey, hey, I said Fan Jinyou, the shopkeeper has said that he has no ideas, but you have to wait for others to come up with ideas and go back to the street meeting to talk about it, then Whether they do it or not."

Seeing the two of them competing, everyone watched and said nothing.

Hearing this, Fan Jin avoided the topic and sneered slightly: "Teacher Xu, I usually respect you more because you are a people's teacher."

He put the wine on the table next to him and continued: "But I find that what you have done recently is really not in line with the image of a people's teacher."

Xu Hesheng raised his eyebrows and said with a soft smile: "Hey, tell me, how am I not consistent?"

Fan Jinyou immediately said: "Drinking is inappropriate. Can a people's teacher be addicted to alcohol!"

"Can you?" Xu Hesheng asked.

Fan Jinyou said matter-of-factly: "Of course I can. I am here to understand public opinion at the grassroots level. Do you think I am Mr. Niu?"

Finally, he tried to get Mr. Niu to agree.

"Hehehe..." Mr. Niu and others laughed and said nothing.

Xu Deyong sneered in his heart, picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

Mad, two grand thieves, they covet my future wife, dog bites dog and all is lost!

He put down the wine glass and couldn't help but glance at Xu Huizhen. As if he had a tacit understanding, Xu Huizhen also glanced at him subconsciously.

The two people's eyes met, "Zi la", as if the void was electrified, and fleetingly, their eyes returned again.

Xu Huizhen hurriedly wiped the counter to cover up, her heart beating. She couldn't help but blame herself for what she saw him do just now.

However..., this guy seems to appear when I need him most every time...

Unknowingly, it has moisturized things silently...

Here Xu Hesheng sneered: "Sanctimonious!"

"Who are you talking about!" Fan Jinyou said with an evil look.

Xu Hesheng said without raising his head: "You know who I said!"

Everyone's expressions became subtle, especially the film master, who looked at this and that with a bit of amusement.

"Snapped!"

Fan Jinyou put the wine glass heavily on the table and said: "Humph, Xu Hesheng, I have to tell you, you are in your 30s, but your wife died of illness not long after the wedding..."

He paused for a moment and continued to lecture: "But you are a people's teacher, and all the children in this alley know each other. You just run to the tavern and let the students see you! You are also a person who cares about face, so you are so big I guess everyone is thinking like a mirror when they come here to drink because of the reputation!"

Seeing that his intention was made clear, Xu Hesheng chuckled and said, "Then what do you think you are doing here? You guys don't even know what you are doing here, hehehe...!"

Fan Jinyou was also a little uncomfortable.

"Oh, that's right!" The film master drank some wine and couldn't help but said: "Mr. Fan, you didn't go to this tavern when you were not very good in the past, but now you keep hanging out here. Why is that?"

Mr. Niu had a serious face and rolled his eyes secretly.

Fan Jinyou also nodded slightly and licked his lips, already secretly hating this guy in his heart!
The film master continued: "Actually, we all feel like a mirror, you are not as good as Teacher Xu. I am a widower, but you have a fiancée!"

Hearing this, Fan Jinyou turned his ear to the side and said as if he was listening: "Who are you talking about? Who do you think has a fiancée?"

The film master raised his voice and said: "I said, you have a fiancée!"

"Hi...!" Xu Hesheng said in a long and drawn-out voice, raising his head.

Fan Jin got excited. As he spoke, he stood up and said loudly: "Speaking of fiancée, I will make it clear to everyone today whether I, Fan Jin, have a fiancée. Whoever wants to hear that I, Fan Jin, has a fiancée in the future is just hearsay. If you don’t believe me, you can go to my house and ask the old lady, if I tell a lie today, I will be struck by thunder!”

"Oh, it won't happen." Xu Hesheng said with a hint of irony.

Everyone laughed when they heard this and said, "Yeah, it's not like..."

Mr. Niu said solemnly: "Yes, I believe it!"

The film master was a little slapped in the face and shook his head and said, "Ah..., I take back what I just said."

At this time, Cai Quanwu came in and saw Qiangzi saying hello. Qiangzi "shushed" and pointed, wanting to watch the fun.

When Cai Quanwu saw Xu Deyong, it was inconvenient to talk, so the two nodded as a greeting.

Fan Jinyou said proudly: "Teacher Xu, there is nothing more to say!"

Xu Hesheng said disdainfully: "This is not a reason."

Fan Jinyou asked: "Then what's the reason? Why did you run to the pub in the morning? Don't think I didn't see it."

Xu Hesheng said: "Hey, since you asked, I might as well tell you, everyone, I am afraid that the only people who had friendship with Mr. He in antiques, calligraphy and painting during his lifetime are you, Mr. Niu, Mr. Pian, and Li Yikuan, the candy seller."

Several people nodded.

Xu Hesheng continued: "I recently bought a landscape painting by Huang Binhong. Mr. He was very fond of Huang Binhong during his lifetime. There is a painting of Xu Beihong's horse in his house, which I also like very much."

As he said that, he stood up and said: "Although Mr. He has passed away, I especially want to fulfill this wish for him. So I took this painting to the proprietress. I saw Xu Deyong busy making furniture in the courtyard. I saw that she was busy with I didn’t go in.”

"Xu Deyong, you haven't seen me, have you?" Xu Hesheng asked.

Xu Deyong raised his eyelids and said calmly: "I didn't notice."

Xu Hesheng said excitedly: "Fan Jin, did you hear that? If you don't fart, let's go. The next thing is farting in the urinal - porcelain collapse!"

"Hahaha……!"

Everyone laughed when they heard the words.

Fan Jinyou's expression changed, he stood up and wanted to make a move and said, "What are you talking about!" Xu Huizhen smoothed things over and said, "Okay, okay, everyone, please stop arguing. I'm a guest. I'm a little woman opening a shop by myself." , everyone doesn’t mind coming over to support me, I’m very happy.”

"Oh, that's true." Mr. Niu agreed.

Xu Deyong nodded, this girl is also good at controlling the scene and is a show-stopper.

Xu Huizhen continued: "It doesn't matter if it's true or not, everyone comes here to drink and have fun. My father-in-law said that this has always been the case in the world of taverns..."

Just listening to her small mouth talking for a while, she suddenly became the focus of the tavern. After retelling what happened before, everyone spoke in agreement. The excitement of the tavern returned again, and everyone admired her.

The film master put one foot on the bench, put his arm on his leg and said with a smile: "I'm so sharp-tongued with the shopkeeper, I'll risk it all, and give it another two taels."

Mr. Niu said: "Bring me two taels too."

Everyone continued to drink, Fan Jinyou and Xu Hesheng glared at each other, and temporarily turned off the fire...

……

There was a memorial ceremony for the stove in the evening, and everyone finished drinking early and went home.

In the end, Xu Deyong was left chatting with Cai Quanwu, Qiangzi and other singles. He was about to go back when he was stopped by Xu Huizhen.

Cai Quanwu took a look and pulled the curious Qiangzi away.

Xu Huizhen handed him a paper bag and said with a slightly lowered eyebrow: "I bought some "mixed food" and I will give you some to take back to the stove to eat at night."

"Za Mixer" is also called "Za Zao'er". To put it bluntly, it is actually made of a variety of dried and fresh fruits mixed together.
Those hawkers who go around the streets and sell them will sing while selling: "I love celebrating the New Year. I can make money by eating miscellaneous food, students who don't make money can learn literacy, and girls and wives can make needlework..." "

Xu Deyong said: "Then I'll accept it, and don't pay me the wages for the tables and chairs."

Xu Huizhen glanced at him and said, "Okay."

Only then did Xu Deyong take over: "Then I'll go back. Grandma is still waiting for me at home."

"Slow down the road."

……

As the saying goes: "Men do not worship the moon, and women do not worship the stove."

No one in Xu Huizhen’s family will offer sacrifices to the stove this year.

Xu Nanshi had prepared things at home early in the morning. When she saw Xu Deyong coming back smelling of alcohol, she complained a few words, and then said a little sadly: "In previous years, your grandfather took you to worship the stove. Today you come."

"Yeah!" Xu Deyong responded.

Under Xu Nan's command, he placed a table in front of the Stove King's statue, on which he placed candies, water, beans, and mosses; the last three items were used to prepare the Stove King's mount for ascension to heaven.

When offering sacrifices to the Stove, the Guandong sugar must be melted with fire and smeared on the mouth of the Stove Lord. In this way, he will not be able to say bad things to the Jade Emperor. "The Stove Lord has ascended to heaven - speak more good things"!

After prostrating, peel off the paper of the statue and burn it in a money and grain basin, which means "sending the god away".

Xu Deyong also recited from time to time: "The Stove Lord's real name is Zhang, and he lives in Zhanggezhuang, Shunyi... The old Stove Lord went to heaven and said more good things and less negative words..."

After the sacrifice, the offerings were removed, and Xu Deyong threw a small piece of sugar melon into the furnace, which meant that it would stick to the Stove Lord's mouth, and then he and his grandmother would eat the remaining sugar melon.

Those who have the money to buy it can only offer it to the Stove Lord, while those who have no money can only say: "The Stove Lord, my surname is Zhang, a bowl of cold water and three sticks of incense. I will be poor this year, but I will eat Guandong candy next year."

There is an old saying: "Laba porridge is a messenger, Guandong sugar is a life-saver, and boiled cakes are a life-saver."

It means that Laba brings the news that the Spring Festival is coming; at the end of the year, creditors press for debts, and the 23rd is the most critical time to press for debts, so it is the fatal Guandong candy; when it comes to eating dumplings at midnight on New Year's Eve, generally creditors do not follow the rules Came here to collect debt.

The days flowed by in this very "ceremonial sense".

……

Twenty-four - Clean the house.

It happens to be the beginning of spring and also catches up with the weekend, when workers take a break and children have a day off.

Xu Nan made spring cakes in the morning and started cleaning the house after dinner. It was a small cleaning before, but this time it was very thorough. This is the case for every household in the courtyard, which pays attention to everything new inside and outside.

Xu Deyong first worked on the ceiling, tore off the paper on the ceiling, and went to the paper shop to buy some Daolin paper, while Xu Nan made glutinous rice at home.

Xu Deyong then moved out the tall wooden ladder he made in his spare time and glued the ceiling up.

Then I painted the wall with the "Kesai silver" I bought, paying attention to "four whites on the ground".

Xu Deyong was quick with his hands and feet, and the room was not big. It took him more than half an afternoon to finish it all. The small house was completely renewed, and he put things away afterwards.

Xu Nan was also particular about turning over the bricks next to the door, which meant that there would be a new atmosphere in the second year.

Seeing Xu Deyong finish using the high ladder, He Yuzhu immediately walked away, making Jia Dongxu, who had been wanting to speak, curse in his heart!

Qin Huairu also rolled her eyes at her husband. If you didn't use the opportunity, you wouldn't have said it earlier. She stuck her big butt out and continued wiping and tidying up...

……

After lunch, Xu Deyong left on a scooter.

When Yi Zhonghai found out, he felt a little depressed. Seeing that Xu Deyong worked quickly and was as good as the others, he thought that he would ask him to go to the old lady in the backyard to help pick it up later. He didn't expect that this guy was so fast.

Forget it, let’s call Zhu Zhu and Dongxu later!
Xu Deyong naturally went to the tavern to continue the unfinished work yesterday.

Xu Huizhen was busy cleaning by herself with her head wrapped around her head. She couldn't do anything inside or outside the place, she could only do a rough sweep. It was really exhausting to do it all by herself.

Xu Deyong said: "You can take a break. I'll finish painting the tables and stools and sweep them on the way."

Xu Huizhen put her hands on her hips and took a few breaths, her chest heaving and she said, "I'll bother you later. I'll simply remove the spider webs from a high place."

"No problem." Xu Deyong responded.

While the two were talking, Fan Jinyou walked in.

He saw Xu Deyong frowning and couldn't help but said: "Who, Xu...Xu Deyong, why are you always running to our area if you are not from our area?"

Xu Deyong glanced at it and said without raising his head: "Hey, it's Cadre Fan. Your cadre is worthy of the surname Fan, and the scope of your management is really wide!"

"What do you mean by that?" Fan Jinyou picked up the cadre's power and glared.

Xu Huizhen said calmly: "Cadre Fan, this is my home. It's my freedom who I invite to work. It doesn't violate any rules, right? If you want to come up with a charter."

Fan Jinyou: "..."

The muscles on his face twitched, and he wanted to go over and pull Xu Huizhen, asking the two of them to go aside and talk.

Xu Huizhen raised her arms and hid.

Seeing this, Fan Jinyou said in a low voice, "Huizhen, I'm doing this for your own good. How could you let a gangster riding a three-wheeler on the street enter your house casually? Who knows what he was thinking? You are an orphan and a widowed woman, you are so beautiful, if this guy has any evil intentions..."

Xu Huizhen gave a fake smile and said: "Thank you, Cadre Fan, for caring about the people. But I can still tell whether people are good or evil."

Fan Jinyou suddenly became anxious and said bluntly: "Huizhen, don't you understand? Look, I am 24 and now a street reserve cadre. You are in your early twenties. We..."

Xu Huizhen immediately said: "Commander Fan, please stop and don't say anything else. You may have forgotten that I am still in the filial piety period!"

Fan Jinyou was slightly startled when he heard this, then gave himself a gentle slap and said, "Look, how come I forgot about this, don't be angry, wait until you come back..."

Xu Huizhen interrupted him and said: "Cadre Fan, you are a cadre and have never been married. I am married and have children, so you still..."

Just as Fan Jinyou was about to continue speaking, Xu Hesheng knocked on the door again and walked in.

Xu Deyong raised his head and glanced, hey, this is quite lively.

A few side dishes!
I didn't have to take action at all. I had my hands in my pockets back then and didn't know what my opponent was...!
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