Chapter 66, The Quiet Siheyuan The sky outside gradually became dark.
In winter in Beijing, the daylight hours are short and the sky gets dark relatively early.
Yu Xiaoli hasn't left Courtyard 98 yet because she is still doing the questions.
Just listen to her whisper:
"Damn Chen Guohua, the questions must be so difficult on purpose, huh!"
Her complaints were overheard by Chen Xiaomin.
The little guy immediately ran to her elder brother on his short legs.
She snitched secretly in her eldest brother's ear.
Chen Guohua suddenly felt funny: Sure enough, the ancients were right, only women and villains are difficult to raise.
Soon, it's time to correct each other's test papers.
The scores came out quickly. Chen Guohua was correct because Yu Xiaoli’s questions were too easy.
On the contrary, Yu Xiaoli only scored 52 points, which embarrassed her to the extreme.
"The questions you asked are too difficult. It doesn't count. Let's try again!"
"You are playing a rascal!"
"It's just that your questions are too difficult. You can't blame me."
It was already getting late, and Chen Guohua did not argue with the other party.
Before the other party left, he warned again:
"The translations you saw this afternoon cannot be told to anyone else, do you hear me?"
"I know, how many times have you emphasized this?"
Yu Xiaoli immediately rolled his eyes: "I'm very strict with my mouth, promise I won't tell anyone?"
Strict mouth? Chen Guohua glanced at the other party's small mouth and said to himself: I really haven't tried it yet.
Just when Yu Xiaoli got up and went out, Fan Xinhe came to the door.
"Hey, Guohua, are you having guests at your house?"
There were little brats like Chen Xiaoyue and Hu Derong in the room, but Fan Xinhe didn't think much about it.
However, Yu Xiaoli is quite young and beautiful.
Could it be Chen Guohua's partner? For a time, Fan Xinhe thought a lot.
"Uncle Fan, are you here? Please come in quickly. Xiaoyue quickly pours you a glass of water. Xiaomei quickly clears the table."
Seeing Fan Xinhe holding many gifts in both hands, Chen Guohua was enthusiastic and blamed:
"Uncle Fan, you can come as soon as you say, why are you so polite?"
Yu Xiaoli stared at Chen Guohua, who was smiling.
Good guy! How could Chen Guohua be so enthusiastic when she came at noon?
But when Uncle Fan came, why was it different? It's really yours, Chen Guohua, so we should treat him differently, right?
Angrily, she glared at Chen Guohua's back and left without looking back.
In the yard, many neighbors were just hanging out in the yard, pretending to be busy.
In fact, he was inquiring about Chen Guohua's family situation.
Good guy, when Fan Xinhe arrived just now, Aunt Wang, Fan Xiuli, Dong Xiaomei and others in the front yard were all jealous.
More than ten days ago, when Chen Guohua first moved into the courtyard.
It was Director Xie from the sub-district office who came here with Fan Xinhe, and Aunt Wang and the others still remember it fresh.
Today, Fan Xinhe actually came to the door with two big bags of gifts.
The sharp-eyed Aunt Wang noticed that it was food such as flour and bacon.
"I remember that person seemed to be the leader of the accessories factory, right? Since he is the leader, why did he give gifts to Chen Guohua? Isn't this the opposite?"
Aunt Wang couldn't understand.
Her man works at the old accessory factory on Nanwei Road.
Although he was not at the new factory, he probably knew one thing, that is, Fan Xinhe must be a leader.
After all, Director Xie from the subdistrict office seemed to have introduced him that day.
Not to mention that Aunt Wang couldn't understand, Jiang Tangshi, Aunt Jiang and others were also confused.
No matter how you say it, there is something strange about the leader giving gifts to his it were the other way around, neighbors might still wonder if there was some shady deal going on.
But the current situation is really confusing.
Intermediate Courtyard, Chen Family.
Fan Xinhe smiled and took out the bacon and asked Chen Xiaoyue to cut it and cook it.
He also said that he would have dinner at Chen Guohua's house tonight.
Chen Xiaoyue, who was going to steam sweet potatoes, had to take out flour to make noodles.
Steamed buns and bacon, I'm sure you can have a full meal tonight.
Xiaomei and Xiaomin suddenly became greedy.
It seems that the New Year has only passed for two days, and it is great to be able to eat meat again.
So when they help cook, they work very hard.
Fan Xinhe also brought a bottle of wine, which cost three yuan a bottle of Bamboo Leaf Green.
Chen Guohua was still surprised when he saw this bottle of wine.
Moreover, the other party also brought peanuts and braised pork head meat, saying they were brought from the canteen in the factory.
As a large factory, it is normal for the accessory factory to have braised cooked food.
Before the dinner started, Chen Guohua and Fan Xinhe were already having a drink.
The aroma of wine overflows and the aroma of meat fills the air.
Hu Dexiang, who had just arrived home, was hungry. When he smelled the fragrance, he muttered: "Who is eating meat again? There is also wine, what a luxury!"
His sister immediately responded: "Brother, who else do you think is there? That must be Brother Chen's house."
"Yes, brother, another guest came to Brother Chen's house just now. I heard that he is the leader of Brother Chen's factory."
Hu Dejia also echoed, swallowing as he spoke.
Even though there is still light snow falling outside, it still can't stop the rich smell of meat.
In fact, it’s not that the smell of meat is too strong, but that every household rarely eats meat these days.
Therefore, as long as someone eats meat, the smell can basically come out.
What's more, Chen Xiaoyue sauteed the bacon until fragrant and then added the cabbage.
This rich fragrance spreads along with the smoke.
"The leaders of Guohua and his factory are here? Are they giving gifts to Guohua?"
When Hu Dexiang heard this, he was immediately shocked.
This information is really surprising.
Why did Chen Guohua’s leader give him gifts? strange! In the west wing of the backyard, Xu Chunguang's four siblings were all crying:
"Mom, we want to eat meat too!"
Zhao Yuzhi worked for a whole day. It was not very hard, but he was just tired.
Now that I am stimulated by the four children at home, it becomes even more tiring.
There was a faint aroma of wine and meat in the air, and her stomach couldn't help but growl.
"What should we eat? It will be New Year's Eve in a few days, so we will eat meat then."
Zhao Yuzhi, who was extremely annoyed, yelled at the child.
Then he quickly told his two eldest daughters to hurry up and cook and don't wait any longer.
The two eldest daughters are about ten or eight years old and have already learned how to cook.
While Zhao Yuzhi's family of five was eating a meager dinner, a loud cry could be heard from Uncle Yang's house in the east wing of the backyard next door.
Xu Chunguang's four siblings all shrank their heads in fear.
Uncle Yang's family beat his child again.
His family has a naughty and mischievous son named Yang Weiguo, who is nine years old this year.
Even at such an old age, he still couldn't teach him well and was often whipped.
"Your courtyard is quite lively."
At the Sifang table, Fan Xinhe heard Yang Weiguo's heartbreaking cry and immediately smiled.
(End of this chapter)