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

After buying clothes, Zhang Zhiqiang went to the market and bought 20 kilograms of pork, preparing to take it to Ran's house tomorrow.

People of this era like pork belly, which is the belly of the pig and has more fat and less lean meat. The fat can not only be fried, but also made into lard. The remaining lard residue can be sprinkled with some sugar and it is also a rare delicacy.

Add some lard when cooking, even the cabbage will have a meaty taste.

Zhang Zhiqiang bought the best part of the pig's belly. The 20-pound pork was covered in oil when touched.

It was already late and Zhang Zhiqiang was too lazy to cook, and there was not much food left at home.

Zhang Zhiqiang randomly found a noodle shop and spent fifty cents to have a delicious bowl of meat soup noodles. If the noodles were not enough, he could get more. The taste was very good. Zhang Zhiqiang ate two large bowls before he was full.

After returning to the courtyard, I saw the third uncle Yan Bugui constantly pulling people and talking to them.

Seeing Zhang Zhiqiang approaching, Yan Bugui hurriedly came forward to meet him.

"Hey, Qiangzi, are you planning to celebrate the New Year in advance?"

Yan Bugui's eyes lit up when he saw the pork on the back seat of Zhang Zhiqiang's bicycle. It looked like it must be about twenty kilograms, which was a lot of money.

There is still so much fat, Yan Bugui thought, if it were all refined into lard, how long would it take to eat?

"Haha, no, I just bought some meat."

After saying this, Zhang Zhiqiang prepared to push his bike back home. He was very tired after strolling around for the whole afternoon.

"Hey, Qiangzi, wait a minute. I have something to tell you."

"Didn't my eldest son Yan Jiecheng go on a blind date yesterday?"

"They are married, and they are going to get the marriage certificate this afternoon."

Yan Bugui said excitedly, I already have a daughter-in-law, so how long will a grandson be far behind?

"Oh, that's great, congratulations."

Zhang Zhiqiang gave his blessings and prepared to leave, after all, it had nothing to do with him, but he was stopped by Yan Bugui again.

"Haha, Qiangzi, that's the truth. Aren't we advocating frugality all over the country now?"

"I, Yan Bugui, will certainly respond to the country's call. I won't plan to hold a banquet. I just want to give each household two eggs so that everyone can have fun. I'll send them to you in the evening."

A shrewd look flashed in Yan Bugui's eyes. This was what he discussed with the third aunt last night.

The betrothal gift was ten yuan, which made Yan Bugui very distressed. However, the Yu family would not give in and would not let her marry without their consent. Yan Bugui had no choice but to accept it.

Yan Bugui was thinking about how to get the ten dollars back.

Well, by not holding a banquet, we can save a lot of money. We can just give two eggs to each household, and it won’t affect the gift money we receive. How great is that.

This means that if you have enough food to eat and enough clothes to wear, you will be poor, but if you fail to plan well, you will be poor.

Unfortunately, Zhang Zhiqiang had no elderly people in his family, so no one told him these rules. He had never seen a situation where no banquet was held in his previous life, so he had no idea that Yan Bugui's hidden intention was to accept a gift.

"Okay, then thank you, Uncle Three."

As expected, Zhang Zhiqiang was unaware of the situation and even thanked Yan Bugui, saying that two eggs were enough for him to cook a meal.

"Ahem, Qiangzi, you see, the banquet is cancelled, but the gift still needs to be given. Qiangzi, look at you."

As Yan Bugui spoke, he took out a pen and a notebook as if by magic, as if he was going to record the gift money.

"what?"

Zhang Zhiqiang was stunned for a moment before he understood what Yan Bugui meant.

Yan Bugui's eyes rolled and he put away his pen and notebook.

"How about this, Qiangzi, I don't want your gift money. Third uncle, please bear a loss. This little bit of pork will be considered as your gift money."

After Yan Bugui finished speaking, he was about to take the pork from Zhang Zhiqiang's car, but was stopped by Zhang Zhiqiang.

"No, Third Uncle, I'm giving you a gift. I'm going to give you this piece of pork as a gift tomorrow."

Zhang Zhiqiang speechlessly stopped Yan Bugui who was eager to try. You said that nearly 20 kilograms of pork was small pieces of pork. You really calculated it well.

"Who are you going to give it to, Qiangzi? If I say so, just give it to me. Wherever Uncle Sanda goes, he won't say hello to you."

"Oh, by the way, I'm in the same office with Teacher Ran Qiuye Ran, so I can say a few good words to you."

Yan Bugui looked like he had the upper hand over Zhang Zhiqiang, as if he had already seen the pork in the bowl. It was fine if he took it back for others to eat, but Yan Jiecheng and his wife had to pay him if they wanted to eat it. After all, they were married, so how could they eat and drink my food? It didn't make sense.

"We are going to Qiuye's house for dinner tomorrow, so let's prepare some food in advance."

Zhang Zhiqiang smiled politely and thought that if he said a few good words to himself, his family would be getting married soon.

"what?"

Yan Bugui was shocked. How come they hooked up in such a short time? How come he didn't keep an eye on the front yard every day?

Originally, Yan Bugui wanted to act as a matchmaker between Ran Qiuye and Zhang Zhiqiang, so that if the couple had any good things in the future, wouldn't they share a share with him as the matchmaker?

"Qiangzi, you are breaking the rules. When two people get married, there must be a matchmaker. Look at the third uncle. I am a teacher at Hongxing Primary School and the manager of the courtyard. I am definitely qualified."

"Give the things to the Third Master, and he will come to propose marriage for you. I guarantee you will be satisfied."

Yan Bugui patted his chest and made a reassurance.

Zhang Zhiqiang didn't believe a word Yan Bugui said. With Yan Bugui's character of taking advantage of others, the value of the things would at least be halved when they got to him.

As for the matchmaker, Zhang Zhiqiang had this idea in his mind, as he hadn't been in touch with her for some time.

"Goodbye, Third Master. I have made all the arrangements. I am here to give you the gift money."

Zhang Zhiqiang took out money from his pocket, took out one dollar and handed it to Yan Bugui as his gift.

At that time, one dollar as a gift was a lot of money. Yan Bugui collected one dollar from each person, and with ten people he could collect the gift money back and get a daughter-in-law for free.

Yan Bugui hurriedly took the one dollar, which was already a relatively large gift. Except for the three dollars from the first and second uncles, and one dollar from Xu Damao and Sha Zhu, the others were mostly fifty cents.

What made Yan Bugui angry the most was the Jia family. They only donated two cents, saying that their family had a hard time. How could his uncle not know whether the Jia family had money? How many donations were made by them together? It was really too much.

But Yan Bugui still felt that the one dollar Zhang Zhiqiang gave was a little too little. It was nothing else but that you, Zhang Zhiqiang, lived such a carefree life, so wasn't it normal for him to give a little more as a gift?

"Qiangzi, you see, the first and second uncles both gave six dollars. You are a level six fitter, and it would be embarrassing to give one dollar."

Yan Bugui thought it would be best if Zhang Zhiqiang could take the six dollars. By the time Zhang Zhiqiang realized it, he would have given him the money. What else could he do? The money that went into Yan Bugui's pocket had never been taken out.

"It's okay. My family is not doing well and we don't have much money. The gift is small but the sentiment is great. I'll go back and see you, uncle."

Zhang Zhiqiang pushed the cart towards the backyard.

Yan Bugui looked unhappy. The monthly salary of a level 6 fitter was twice his own, and he could never spend it all by himself. Yet he also said that his family was not having a easy life.

Just now, Yan Bugui saw that among the money Zhang Zhiqiang took out, there were two Great Unity Banknotes.

Yan Bugui decided not to give the eggs to Zhang Zhiqiang, since he probably didn't need those two eggs anyway.