Life in siheyuan era

Zhou Zining's plan was good, but he overlooked Shazhu's feelings.

At this moment, Shazhu suddenly realized that among the nine people at the dinner table, he was the only one alone.

This sense of loneliness made him anxious, and he whispered in Zhou Zhiyuan's ear, "You need to hurry up with Teacher Ran's side."

Zhou Zhiyuan comforted him in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'll act as soon as Sister Wan sends the information."

The two were talking, but they didn't expect Zhang Yong to be listening in. He was originally sitting next to Zhou Zining, but now the order was messed up. Zhou Zining was next to Shen Lanbo, he was next to Shazhu, and next to him was Zhou Zhiyuan.

Zhang Yong was a little bored at this time. Zhou Zining and Shen Lanbo were chatting happily about calligraphy and painting, while Shazhu and Zhou Zhiyuan were whispering in each other's ears. Listening in, he immediately understood and asked in surprise, "Brother Zhu, you want Zhiyuan to be a matchmaker?"

The sound of this shout was a bit loud, immediately attracting everyone's attention.

And Zhou Zhiyuan said angrily, "Why can't I be a matchmaker?"

Zhang Yong immediately replied, "You haven't been in contact with girls since you were a child, do you know what they think? Do you know what they like to hear? I'm surprised that you can be with Comrade Shen Lanyin, how did you two get together?"

"It can be said with certainty that you two definitely couldn't have gotten together without a matchmaker. Brother Zhu wants you to be a matchmaker, whether it works or not."

Zhang Yong suppressed Zhou Zhiyuan, and Zhou Zhiyuan had to refute, "Who told you there was a matchmaker? I put a lot of effort into pursuing Lanyin. She goes to the library to read, and I pretend to run into her; she's on duty on Sundays, and I invite her to dinner."

"Do you remember the time when Old Liu was hospitalized? Why did I go to see Old Liu every day? Wasn't it just to take the opportunity to pursue Lanyin?"

Zhou Zhiyuan's words made Shen Lanyin happy, while Zhang Yong shouted, "You're using public office for private gain."

Then he turned to Shazhu and said, "Brother Zhu, pursuing is more interesting than a matchmaker's introduction. Even someone like Zhiyuan can do it, what are you lacking?"

Hearing him speak, Shazhu was tempted. He looked at him and then at Zhou Zhiyuan, and asked doubtfully, "Can it work?"

"Not necessarily." This was Zhou Zhiyuan's answer.

And Zhang Yong encouraged him, "It will definitely work."

So Shazhu looked at Zhou Zining, but heard him say, "Not necessarily."

He looked at Shen Lanbo again, and his statement was more comprehensive, "Pursuing love is like fighting a war. The most important thing is to know yourself and your enemy. Just like Lanyin and Zhiyuan, they must first have a good impression of each other before they can establish this kind of relationship."

"So Zhiyuan's approach is right, first understand the other party's situation, analyze the feasibility of the action from these information, and formulate an action plan with a purpose, otherwise it will only cause the other party's disgust."

Shen Lanbo talked about strategies and tactics, and Shazhu was dizzy listening to it, and couldn't help thinking, "Is it so difficult to find a partner?"

In his mind, finding a partner should be open and honest, "Do you think I'm okay? If so, let's try it out."

And in Yan Jiecheng's mind, finding a partner depends on this face.

He admitted that Zhou Zhiyuan's face was okay, but he was disabled in his right hand, and he was mentally unbalanced when he found a beauty like in a painting. At this time, even eating two pieces of braised pork didn't taste good.

The Zhou family had guests today, so they made braised pork for each family to taste.

Wang Dali wouldn't eat braised pork, but Wang Daji's daughter-in-law was embarrassed and said in a low voice, "Parents, eat two bites too."

Wang Jianli smiled and said, "There's meat in the cafeteria at noon today, I ate meat."

Hearing this, Wang Daji looked at Wang Jianli. Both father and son worked at the bus company and knew that the cafeteria didn't make meat dishes today.

But Wang Jianli said so, and Wang Daji wouldn't expose it, knowing that even if the cafeteria made meat dishes, Wang Jianli wouldn't buy them.

Wang Jianli said that he ate meat at noon, and Wang Danniang's reply was even more straightforward, "You eat it, Mom doesn't like to eat meat."

The most well-intentioned lie in the world is this sentence. Wang Danniang said this, and Lin Shurong also said it.

And the Third Madam also wanted to say this, but looking at the two pieces of braised pork in front of her, and then at her four children and one daughter-in-law, she couldn't say this.

The Yan family's food distribution adopted a method of equal distribution. The Third Master was responsible for the distribution, and a large piece was definitely matched with a small piece.

But the problem is that the method of matching large and small pieces cannot be absolutely fair. This is to blame on Shazhu's knife skills. Can't the meat be cut to the same size?

The Third Master blamed Shazhu, knowing that Shazhu was in charge of the spoon, but he didn't know that the meat wasn't cut by Shazhu. Guo Yanhong, who cut the meat, didn't think about the method of equal distribution.

This method of average distribution has great loopholes, and the biggest loophole is what to do with the extra two pieces?

The Third Master did some research and decided to use these two pieces of meat in tomorrow's stew. No matter what dish he made, he would chop these two pieces of meat finely and add them in.

This method made everyone have no objection, but it made the Third Madam embarrassed. She also wanted to say "I don't like to eat meat", but who should she give the two pieces of meat in the bowl to?

This problem stemmed from the Third Master's average distribution method, which made the four children lose the concept of order of seniority. In the Zhou family, this matter was easy to handle. Lin Shurong would clip this piece of meat to Zhou Zhiyuan, because he was the youngest.

Then it had nothing to do with Lin Shurong. Whether Zhou Zhiyuan ate this piece of meat or Zhou Zining ate it? It depended on which of his brothers could convince whom?

The brothers' mutual humility greatly promoted brotherly love, without the parents shouting slogans of mutual assistance and love, as long as the order of seniority was clear.

The older brother must endure the gluttonous insects and not be jealous. Why did the parents give it to the younger brother and not to themselves?

The older brother should think this way, the younger brother is young, giving it to him is right. And the younger brother must understand that it is the older brother who is letting himself, otherwise this piece of meat should be eaten by the older brother.

But the Yan family did not have this family environment, the Third Madam could only eat it herself after being embarrassed for a while, and never considered clipping it to the Third Master.

In this regard, the Second Madam did better than the Third Madam. She didn't eat it herself, and didn't let Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu eat it.

The Second Master was drinking wine and eating braised pork, enjoying himself, while Liu Guangfu was drooling and eating cornbread with pickles.

When Liu Guangtian entered the house, he saw this bowl of braised pork and sat down at the table with a swoosh, grabbed his chopsticks and reached over, but was pushed away by the Third Master's chopsticks.

Liu Guangtian immediately shouted, "Can't I even eat a bite?" He reached out with his chopsticks again, but was pushed away by the Second Master's chopsticks.

And the Second Madam brought cornmeal porridge and cornbread, and shouted to Liu Guangtian, "This is your meal, don't grab your dad's."

Liu Guangfu said in a low voice, "I didn't even get a bite."

Liu Guangtian immediately shouted at Liu Guangfu in a low voice, "I paid the money, what about you?"

At this time, the Second Madam had something to say, "The little money you paid is only enough to eat this." As she spoke, she put the cornmeal porridge and cornbread in front of Liu Guangtian.

And Liu Guangtian looked at the cornmeal porridge and cornbread in front of him, and then looked at the bowl of braised pork in front of the Second Master, and a heat flow in his blood instantly surged into his heart, and he opened his mouth and said, "Parents are not kind, children are not filial, don't expect me to take care of you two in the future."

As soon as these words came out, they immediately received Liu Guangfu's support. He wiped his mouth and shouted, "Second brother is right, parents are not kind, children are not filial, second brother doesn't care, and I don't care either, you dote on the eldest, go find the eldest."

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were bolder tonight, and they even started to argue with the Second Master. Immediately, there was a "啪" sound, and the Second Master slammed his chopsticks on the dining table and shouted angrily, "What are you two saying?"

The Second Madam hurriedly said, "Nonsense, quickly apologize to your dad."

"I'm not wrong..." Liu Guangtian jumped up and shouted, "Parents are not kind, children are not filial."

"Right..." Liu Guangfu followed and shouted, "Parents are not kind, children are not filial."

The Second Madam hurriedly shouted, "Nonsense, quickly apologize to your dad."

And the Second Master jumped up and roared, "Since you are not filial, what's the use of you two?" He swung the stool and smashed it over.

Liu Guangtian dodged nimbly, turned around and ran, and Liu Guangfu followed closely behind and ran out of the house.

The Second Master chased out of the house, picked up the stick by the door and waved it out. This stick happened to hit Liu Guangfu's back, and then a scream came out, "Ah..."

Liu Guangfu screamed in pain, and immediately accelerated his speed, running towards the middle courtyard with Liu Guangtian.

These two brothers understood that it was too dangerous to stay in the backyard. The deaf old lady couldn't hear the screams, and Xu Damao and his wife were not at home. Even if they were at home, Xu Damao wouldn't come forward.

And the First Master and Master Zhou lived in the middle courtyard. Seeing the Second Master beating his son, they would definitely come forward to dissuade him. If they couldn't dissuade him, they could create an opportunity for them to escape the quadrangle.

These two brothers were experienced. The Second Master was extremely ruthless when he was angry. If they didn't escape at this time, they would definitely be beaten half to death.

They didn't expect the Second Madam to be able to persuade the Second Master. The Second Madam's crying and shouting were useless to the Second Master, and the stick he swung down would not lose a bit of strength.

The Second Master's strength was extremely great. He was a seventh-grade forging worker, and this job was to practice strength.