A Siheyuan Home Brings Good Fortune

Chapter 23 Marriage (I)

After seeing off Master Lei, He Yukai helped Cai Wenqing put the furniture in order and clean up. He was supposed to work another day tomorrow.

He Yukai is going to take a leave to prepare various materials for the wedding. Cai Wenqing's parents' old leaders, some of whom have very sensitive positions, are not going to be invited.
Just take the time to visit him. Cai Wenqing's father is indeed Cai Yong, and he is also the leader of the underground organization in Beijing. The old leader said his surname is Qian.

He Yukai guessed who it was. It was not easy to visit him, and he would not attend the wedding either, after all, it was due to the special nature of his job.

"Xiaoqing, I'll take care of the wedding. Just set up a few tables for dinner. My brother is a chef. He's very good at cooking Tan's cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, and Shandong cuisine. There's no problem leaving it to him.

I'd like to ask the factory director and deputy director to show some respect. After all, they are my leaders. I guess the factory director Lou Zhenhua knows your father.
There are also six captains of our security department. Please invite colleagues from the street office, our witnesses. I will first ask the deputy factory director if he has time. If not, please invite Director Wang from the street office to preside over the wedding."

"Okay, you decide."

Deputy Factory Director Yang was at the deputy-department level, and Director Wang of the Sub-district Office was at the director level. That's right, at that time, all the directors of the Beijing Sub-district Office were at the director level. Strictly speaking, Cai Wenqing was half a level higher than He Yukai.

Officialdom has its own rules. Whether others agree or not is another matter. If you don't invite me, then you are ignorant. Although He Yukai has no intention of pursuing a career in officialdom, he still has to abide by the rules.
Before the reform and opening up comes, we still need to be cautious and not be careless.

For example, whether you go to pay New Year's greetings during the Spring Festival, if you go, people may not remember you, but if you don't go, they will definitely remember you.

This is the Chinese way of communication. As for what to bring, that is beside the point. If you are invited but not accepted, it means the leader has his own considerations.
There is no problem if you do not invite someone of a higher rank than him, but if the rank is lower, that would be a bit embarrassing, at least that is what others would think. Official appearance is very important.

Cai Wenqing is very confident in He Yukai. Although he rushed forward recklessly when the gunshots rang out, he is usually a good person, but he is like a fool in his emotions.

It's obvious that he's just not smart enough. If it weren't for the help from He Yukai's instructor, he might have to wait until he said it himself before confirming this relationship.

This is meeting the original body. Meeting the current He Yukai is impossible. The height allows you to feel the power of the secrets of picking up girls. The clichés that are common in later generations are very avant-garde in this era.
Of course, it also depends on the person. For a cultured person like Cai Wenqing, there is no problem, but for others, you may be sent to jail for being a hooligan.

After cleaning the house, I checked the time and found that He Yuzhu was almost off work. He Yukai went to collect the rain and buy some groceries, and then notified He Yuzhu to go to Courtyard 97 to warm up Cai Wenqing's house.
After buying groceries, He Yukai prepared the food. This cooperation is still necessary, especially at the critical moment when the new daughter-in-law comes home. Isn't it a good example?

Although He Yukai's cooking skills are not as good as He Yuzhu's, he has been exposed to it since childhood and is also very good. He is more than qualified to be a kitchen helper. Cai Wenqing guides He Yushui to do his homework.

"Brother, why are you here? Why don't you go home?"

"Okay, come and cook first. The dishes are ready. Let's eat and chat. This is your sister-in-law, the current deputy director of the Street Office."

“Hello, sister-in-law”

He Yuzhu saw a heroic beauty looking at him and his face turned red, feeling a little helpless.

Cai Wenqing laughed when he saw this. It turned out that brothers’ movements were very similar. He remembered how similar the two brothers were when He Yukai first saw him.
There have been a lot of changes now. Society and work have indeed changed a lot.

"Zhu Zi is here, sorry to bother you. I heard from your elder brother that your cooking skills are so good, let me have a taste today."

"Just wait and see, sister-in-law. I can't say anything else, but this cooking skill won't disappoint you."

He Yuzhu is quite confident in other aspects except cooking. He never thinks he will lose to anyone. He Yuzhu's confidence comes from cooking.
Now if someone says that his cooking is not as good as someone else's, He Yuzhu will definitely compete with him, which shows his confidence in his cooking skills.

Now after being educated by He Yukai, he has become much more humble. There is no best in literature and the same goes for cooking. Who wasn't a great chef once? What a joke.

There were four dishes, and they couldn't finish any more. Cai Wenqing nodded frequently while eating. It was very good. He had never eaten such a delicious meal before. At least it was not worse than the chef in the eighth building.
This is also due to Cai Wenqing's identity. Except for special guests, people who go there to eat usually cook with two or three stoves.
The chef usually doesn't cook easily. He Yuzhu's current cooking skills are still far behind the chef of the Eighth Building.
The reason why they are so famous now is that those chefs will not easily take private jobs, and He Yuzhu is well aware of this.

"If Zhuzi's cooking skills were in the army, he would definitely shine. But it's a waste of talent in a steel mill."

"No, no, sister-in-law, the steel mill is pretty good."

"Xiaoqing, Zhuzi is very comfortable at the steel mill. He doesn't have to do any work except hosting banquets. It's good to work at the steel mill."

He Yukai knew what Cai Wenqing meant, and he also knew that Cai Wenqing had the ability to arrange a better job for He Yuzhu. This was because He Yuzhu's cooking skills were good.
But considering the future turmoil, it is better to let He Yuzhu stay in the factory so that he can keep an eye on him. With He Yuzhu's temper, who knows what might happen if there is no one to control him.
He Yukai had never thought about leaving the steel mill. He stayed there. There were people he had trained there. He would be invincible in the future. There was no need to think about him. The long-term plan had been made. He just had to follow the plan. Cai Wenqing was a little surprised by He Yukai's idea. Since He Yukai said so, forget it. It was good to work in the steel mill. Now it was a public-private partnership. After the public-private partnership was over, he would be considered a member of the state.

He Yukai certainly would not talk about what happened later, although it is still chilling for future generations to recall the history of that period. Without adequate preparation, no one could be sure of getting through it safely, especially intellectuals like Cai Wenqing.

After the three of them finished their meal, He Yukai told everyone that only a few of us knew about this small courtyard and no one else could tell anyone. Looking at the serious elder brother, He Yuzhu and He Yushui both nodded in agreement.

He Yuzhu said that as long as he remembered what his elder brother said, it would be fine. He Yushui remembered that his house was almost robbed and thought that his elder brother was afraid that his house would be robbed, so he agreed.

I'm not afraid of others snatching my house away, and I don't want to create any trouble. Human nature cannot stand the test at any time, and I don't want to be tested. The best way is to stay safe.

The three siblings left the No. 97 compound and went to the No. 98 compound. He Yukai went to find Yi Zhonghai. Actually, He Yukai didn't want to find Yi Zhonghai either, but it was a pity that he lived in this compound.

How could such a big thing as a marriage not be known to the people in the courtyard? Someone has to take care of it, right? It’s just a banquet, so it doesn’t matter.

"Is the uncle at home?"

"Here I am, Xiaokai, come in, Lao Yi, Xiaokai is here"

"understood"

Yi Zhonghai was lying in bed thinking about his retirement, but now he feels that the Jia family is unreliable.

After Jia Dongxu got married, he asked him for a bicycle again. Every time he asked him for something, he told him that he would provide for his old age. But after hearing this many times, he was not so excited anymore.
I feel annoyed. I held a wedding banquet for you, and now you want a bicycle after a month of marriage. I have given all my money except for living expenses to Jia Zhangshi.

If he wanted to buy it, it was not that he could not afford it. If he gave up, he would have invested too much and would become a sucker if he gave up. So Yi Zhonghai was very conflicted.

He even suspected that Jia Dongxu was blackmailing him. He thought, "You are counting on me to take care of you in your old age. If you don't agree, I won't let you have an easy life in the future." This made Yi Zhonghai even more worried.

"Xiao Kai is here? Whatever you say I can help with, I will definitely not refuse."

Yi Zhonghai looked at He Yukai. Although Yi Zhonghai was not satisfied with He Yukai's blackmail on him, he did not want to break up with the He family.

The He family is not easy to control now, and they may even need help from the He family in many places. Siheyuan is the boss, and it is not

At most he was a senior worker in the factory, but just an old man in other places. He was taught a lesson by He Yukai for taking advantage of He Yuzhu before, and it was so painful to pay the thousand yuan as compensation.

"Uncle, I'm planning to get married on Monday. Do I need your help to arrange it?"

"Oh, so soon? I haven't heard that you were on a blind date. I was thinking of introducing you to someone."

"I found her when I was in the army. Now she has retired and returned to Beijing. We are both not young anymore, so I thought we would get it done on Monday. My partner is the child of a martyr and there are not many people at home, so I don't have to worry about anything else. I can just arrange the wedding banquet in the yard."

"Okay, got it"

I know what He Yukai means, although I still don't know what He Yukai's wife does, what her personality is, and whether she is approachable.
But since he is a retired soldier, it means he must be extraordinary. He is also the son of a martyr, so I dare not provoke him. The He family is becoming more and more untouchable.
It's like a turtle wearing chain mail, one layer of protection after another. It would be even more terrifying if the wife of the eldest brother of the He family had a difficult job.
Fortunately, judging from the behavior of the eldest brother of the He family in the past two months, nothing will happen as long as you don't provoke him. It's easy to get along with the He family, and you just need to be careful in the future.

After He Yukai finished speaking, he chatted with the aunt for a while and then left. In fact, Yi Zhonghai is still very good as long as he does not involve the issue of elderly care, and he manages it well.

He had considered everything very comprehensively. Once it came to retirement and the Jia family, things started to become abnormal. Yida Aunt had always been nice, so he had to find a way to find an adopted son for Yi Zhonghai. Otherwise, there would be a lot of trouble after Jia Dongxu's sacrifice. Although he was not afraid, he did not want to be involved with them for such things all day long.

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(End of this chapter)