Siheyuan: Forced to exchange rooms with Qin Huairu at the beginning

"Dad, how much water did you add? The wine has no taste."

After getting Yan Bugui's guarantee, Yan Jiecheng and his father started drinking.

After taking a sip, Yan Jiecheng frowned, but of course it wasn't because of the spicy taste of the wine.

When other people drink wine, they look for the taste of water in the wine, but it's different for me. It's just like drinking cold water after taking a sip. If you feel it carefully, there seems to be a faint taste of alcohol. How should I put it, it's unpalatable and a bit intoxicating.

"Just drink, drink. It's fine as long as you enjoy the taste. Why do you care how much water I added?"

"If you can drink, drink. If you can't, leave. There's no shortage of people to drink with me in our family."

Yan Bugui snorted coldly and took a sip of the one or two degree water with great pleasure. With his intelligence, he could save a lot of money on buying wine in a year.

“I can drink it.”

Yan Jiecheng quickly said that it was wine after all, and it was free wine, so there was absolutely no reason not to drink it, and he poured himself another glass and drank it.

Yu Li was eating peanuts and looking at Yan Jiecheng speechlessly. She had more than a dozen peanuts because Yan Jiecheng "didn't like to eat them".

It will be time to go back to her parents' home in two days. Yu Li feels that she must eat as much peanuts as she can this time. Peanuts have become a rare food, and she can only eat a few at a time.

Another thing is to let Yan Jiecheng have a drink at his home to see how naive he is. It is really incomprehensible that he can enjoy drinking wine that has been diluted with who knows how much water.

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Zhang Zhiqiang's family is much more harmonious and everyone is very happy. Father and Mother Ran feel that they have accomplished a major event in their lives. Now their daughter is married and living a happy life.

Normally there are only three of them at home during the New Year, but this year there is a son-in-law and, of course, a grandson, who is not sure if it is a granddaughter or a grandson.

Zhang Zhiqiang feels at home here. He feels like he has really taken root in this era. He has such a beautiful wife and will have children.

"Dad, Mom, thank you for marrying your daughter to me. I toast to you."

Zhang Zhiqiang raised his glass and said gratefully.

This was the truth. Zhang Zhiqiang was quite a capable person at the time, but he had no elderly people at home and lived alone. Logically speaking, he was not a particularly good marriage partner. However, Ran's father and mother did not make things difficult for him, and he married his daughter-in-law very smoothly.

So Zhang Zhiqiang thanked Ran's father and mother from the bottom of his heart.

"No, no, you two already have feelings for each other, and Qiangzi, you are so outstanding, there is no way we can stop you."

Father Ran looked at Zhang Zhiqiang with satisfaction. This son-in-law was really good. He and Qiu Ye could live such a life. Father Ran was really satisfied. It proved that he had not chosen the wrong person.

"Yes, Qiangzi, you are excellent and you are good to Qiuye. We are very satisfied with you."

Ran's mother nodded and said that she was quite satisfied with Zhang Zhiqiang when they first met. He was over 1.8 meters tall and spoke politely, so it was impossible for him to be a bad person.

"Wife, I will buy all four major items for our family next year."

Zhang Zhiqiang held Ran Qiuye's hand and promised.

"Hey, our parents are still here, we just need to work hard together."

Ran Qiuye is a little shy. She may not be the best married among her colleagues, but she is definitely the happiest. Zhang Zhiqiang is motivated and hardworking. More importantly, he really cares about her and can tolerate her little temper. She is really happy.

The family ate and drank, and time passed by unknowingly.

"It's twelve o'clock, Qiangzi, go set off the firecrackers."

Seeing that the time had come, Ran's father asked Zhang Zhiqiang to go to the door and set off firecrackers.

The purpose of setting off firecrackers is to ward off evil spirits and ensure safety, and it symbolizes hope and auspiciousness.

Many people in the courtyard compete with each other by setting off firecrackers. Whoever sets off firecrackers for a longer time will surely have better luck in the coming year.

Zhang Zhiqiang went out with firecrackers. He had a long string of firecrackers with a thousand bangs, which was a lot in that era.

"Brother Damao, are you setting off firecrackers too?"

Zhang Zhiqiang saw Xu Damao coming out of the door as well, holding a string of firecrackers that was almost half the length of his own.

"Haha, yes Qiangzi, Happy New Year, your family will come to my house for a drink tomorrow afternoon."

Xu Damao invited her. Although Lou Xiao'e could drink a little, it was obviously not a satisfying experience for Xu Damao. He still enjoyed drinking with men.

"Okay, then come to my house the day after tomorrow."

Zhang Zhiqiang agreed with a smile. The two families were neighbors and very close. Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e had helped him a lot, so it was only right that they should be closer.

Even Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e didn't need any help in their daily lives. Xu Damao was doing very well in the factory thanks to the relationship with his father-in-law Lou Zhenhua.

I heard that the two wanted a child, but there seemed to be no way to help them with this. Zhang Zhiqiang knew what was going on with Xu Damao.

"Okay, then you let Qiangzi go first?"

Xu Damao also agreed. He was generally good at judging people and had long seen that Zhang Zhiqiang was extraordinary. Now it seemed to be true. After Zhang Zhiqiang, he would at least be a technician.

Xu Damao usually doesn’t have access to people at this level, but now it’s different, he knows Zhang Zhiqiang.

"What's the point of doing it alone? Let's go together."

Zhang Zhiqiang took out a cigarette, lit one for himself and Xu Damao, and started talking.

"Row."

The two men spread out the firecrackers, and then the sound of firecrackers rang out in the front yard and the middle yard. It was over in a flash, and it sounded like about one or two hundred or two or three hundred firecrackers.

This is easy to understand. Firecrackers must be set off on the morning of the first day of the New Year. Many people divide firecrackers into two sections so that they can be set off twice.

In the Intermediate Court, Sha Zhu directly set off a 500-shot gun, which was bought by Yi Zhonghai. The only one that the other four families set off was about the same. Sha Zhu was very proud of himself, after all, he had been setting off the gun for the longest time.

Banggeng and his two younger sisters were walking through the debris of firecrackers, looking for firecrackers that had not exploded.

Zhang Zhiqiang and Xu Damao lit the firecrackers with cigarette butts.

Suddenly, crackling sounds came from the backyard. Everyone counted in their minds and found that it lasted for about twenty seconds, which was an incredible number.

Normally in the hospital, let alone twenty seconds, ten seconds is good enough.

Thinking again, the sound came from the backyard, and everyone knew it must have come from Zhang Zhiqiang's home.

In the first half of this year, Zhang Zhiqiang was still poor and destitute. Unexpectedly, in just half a year, Zhang Zhiqiang was living a better life than everyone else. Life is really unpredictable.

"Wow! Qiangzi, your firecracker is really long."

Xu Damao was amazed. He had asked when he bought it. The one with 500 shots was the longest one. How come Zhang Zhiqiang's was longer than his? Damn it, he was cheated.

"Yeah, haha. Brother Damao, go to bed quickly. You have to get up early tomorrow to play again."

Zhang Zhiqiang said with a smile.

There were no entertainment options in that era, and everyone went to bed early. Staying up until twelve o'clock was already very late for them.

"That's true. Qiangzi, you should go to bed early too. I can't stand it anymore so I'll go back first."

Xu Damao yawned, said something to Zhang Zhiqiang, and went back.

Zhang Zhiqiang shook his head, made note of the plan to go to Xu Damao's house for a drink the next day, and went home.