Siheyuan: Rebirth 54 years ago, neighbor is stupid

When I returned to Nanluoguxiang and just stopped my motorcycle, the third uncle Yan Bugui from the front yard came out to greet me.

The sound of a motorcycle stopping at the gate is very familiar to the people in the compound. Usually, as soon as the sound appears, everyone knows that Li Zhenmin has returned home. Over the years, he has been the subject of many people's envy and discussions.

In the past two years, Li Zhenmin has not lived in the courtyard and only comes back occasionally. This makes Yan Bugui look forward to it and feel more attentive to him.

"Hey, Zhenmin is back. Have you eaten yet?"

Yan Bugui greeted him with a smile and looked Li Zhenmin up and down. Seeing that Li Zhenmin had nothing in his hands, his eyes dimmed a little, but he concealed it well and didn't show it.

Li Zhenmin joked: "Why, you want to treat me to a meal?"

Yan Bugui didn't expect Li Zhenmin to answer like this. He was choked by his saliva and coughed for a while. But when he came to his senses, he still forced a smile and said, "Hurry up, I'll ask your third aunt to cook two side dishes, and we can have a drink."

Then he turned around and shouted into the house, "Yan Jie Di, what are you busy with? Go outside and buy some pork head and peanuts. Your brother Zhenmin is back."

"I'm here." Yan Jiedi ran out of the house and saw Li Zhenmin. She immediately responded, "Brother Zhenmin, you're back. I'll go get you some wine right away."

After saying that, he ran outside.

Li Zhenmin was stunned, thinking to himself, "Little girl, you are in such a hurry to run away, why don't you ask your father for money? Doesn't this expose that you have hidden your private money?"

Sure enough, Yan Bugui's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he thought to himself that he must search carefully when he gets back. Even if Yan Jiecheng was good to his sister and gave her pocket money, the money had to be kept in the hands of him as her father!

Li Zhenmin saw everything and shouted to the outside, "Why are you running? You haven't got the money yet."

Just as Yan Jiedi stepped through the gate, she paused and thought to herself, "Oh no! I'm exposed!"

At this time, Li Zhenmin shouted again: "The tavern is not mine, and you have to pay to buy things. It will be bad if you just go and get them and people find out."

Hearing this, Yan Jiedi immediately breathed a sigh of relief, scratched her head and grinned, "Ah, Brother Zhenmin, you also need money to eat in the tavern."

The little girl is smart and knows how to cooperate.

Li Zhenmin saw Yan Bugui taking money out of his pocket with trembling hands, and smiled and waved his hand: "I just ate, no need to trouble myself, I..."

Just when Li Zhenmin was about to say forget it, he realized that he had to come back every few days, sometimes even once every half a month, and he had to bring some things with him when he went home.

So he changed the subject and said, "Ahem, I forgot about that because I was in such a hurry. So, go get some peanuts and stewed vegetables, and go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a bag of milk candy."

Then he stuffed two dollars and the bill into Yan Jiedi's pocket and said, "Use the remaining change to buy you a hairpin."

Yan Bugui immediately shouted: "Why buy hairpins? Buy pencils and notebooks!"

"I don't care. It's not you who gave the money!" Yan Jiedi also had a bad temper. She didn't listen to Yan Bugui on this matter. After she said that, she took the money and ran out, not giving Yan Bugui a chance to continue nagging.

Yan Bugui wanted to chase him out, but Li Zhenmin shouted, "Third uncle, don't worry about it. Jie Di has grown up and needs to dress up. Even if a beautiful girl gets married, she should marry into a good family. What rich young man likes Cinderella, don't you think?"

Yan Bugui didn't know how to answer for a moment, so Li Zhenmin waved his hand and said, "Uncle, you didn't have enough for dinner, right? Why don't you go have a drink or two and eat some meat?"

After hearing this, Yan Bugui stopped worrying and his eyes suddenly lit up. He smiled and said, "You figured it out. So I'll obey your order. I'll get some wine."

Li Zhenmin said casually: "There must be some at the pillar. You are not a big deal. Let's go."

As for the wine that Yan Bugui had, Li Zhenmin had no intention of taking it. Firstly, he had already eaten and didn't want to drink anymore. Secondly, he really looked down on Yan Bugui's wine.

After a while, Li Zhenmin returned to the middle courtyard. He Yuzhu was repairing a stool in front of the door. When he saw Li Zhenmin coming back, he immediately greeted him. Li Zhenmin thought for a moment and replied, "Zhuzi, go call Xu Damao over. Oh, and call Guangqi, too."

"Oh, I'll go right away." He Yuzhu didn't understand, but he quickly went to call someone.

After a while, He Yuzhu came back and said, "Guangqi hasn't come back from school yet. Xu Damao is out on a blind date. Should we go and call him back?"

Blind date? Li Zhenmin thought, this guy is not messing around outside, right? But what if he is serious, so he didn't let He Yuzhu go to call people.

At this time, the second uncle Liu Haizhong came hurriedly, greeted Li Zhenmin with a smile, and then asked: "Zhenmin, do you have something to do with Guangqi? It's the same if you tell me. I will tell him later."

Li Zhenmin thought about it and nodded: "It's not necessary to find him. It's the same if you talk to the second uncle. Come in. Zhuzi, come here. I asked someone to buy some braised dishes. You can bring some wine."

"Oh, good."

He Yuzhu was as obedient as ever.

A few minutes later, Yan Jiedi ran back with milk candy, braised dishes and peanuts in her hand. She gave them to Li Zhenmin and went home.

Li Zhenmin gave the candy to Hu Yong, the son of his stepmother Jiang Tao, and asked him to share it with Li Wanying and other children.

Seeing that the family seemed to have something to discuss, Jiang Tao sensibly closed the door and sat in the yard to prevent the negotiators from disturbing Li Zhenmin and others.

Qin Huairu and Jia Dongxu next door also saw this scene. Qin Huairu rolled her eyes and said to Jia Dongxu, "Why don't you go over and say hello later, about work..."

Now Jia Dongxu is still doing odd jobs for others outside, doing some moving work. Today Li Zhenmin asked someone to his home to discuss something, there must be something important. Regardless of what it is, since there is something, there is a high probability that Jia Dongxu is needed. Maybe Jia Dongxu will seize the opportunity to get the job. Continuing to do hard labor is not a solution.

In addition, Li Zhenmin doesn't go home often, so they seldom meet, let alone say hello and ask for help. Now that there is such an opportunity, Qin Huairu naturally doesn't want to miss it.

But Jia Dongxu looked very embarrassed. He really couldn't ask Li Zhenmin to help him. It was too embarrassing...

Seeing this, Qin Huairu continued, "Then you can go and say hello to the old man alone after the others leave. If that doesn't work... I can go too."

Compared to Jia Dongxu's thin-skinned self-esteem, Qin Huairu is obviously more open-minded in this regard.

Hearing this, Jia Dongxu looked at Qin Huairu in surprise, then nodded after a moment of silence: "Alright."