Inside the Yan family house.
Yan Bugui watched awkwardly for a long time before finally confirming that the program on TV was not what he wanted to watch.
"The people at the TV station are really outrageous. Since the program has been changed, why didn't they notify me in advance!"
"I wasted so much electricity."
"Turn it off, turn it off, turn it off quickly."
Yan Bugui stood up and was about to turn off the TV when he suddenly froze in front of the TV. He touched the switch but couldn't press it, and his mouth was as wide as a basin.
Because he heard a familiar name on TV-Liu Hongchang.
The name Liu Hongchang is rare here in the capital, especially in this era, people always like to use names such as Aiguo, Weiguo, Weidong, and Weihong.
Hongchang, which symbolizes prosperity, is not popular.
"This Liu Hongchang, isn't he the Liu Hongchang who lives in the outer courtyard?"
Yan Bugui couldn't help but take a breath, patted his thigh and said: "It's incredible, it's incredible, Liu Hongchang is on TV."
In this era, there were not all kinds of advertisements on TV, and there were no old experts selling medicines. Those who could appear on TV were all figures from famous towns.
Although Liu Hongchang is the director of Lanhua Automobile Factory, in the eyes of the residents of the courtyard, he is just the director. No matter how rich he is, he is not qualified to appear on TV.
The third aunt is steaming steamed buns in the kitchen. Since Liu Yuhua married into the Yan family, she can eat five steamed buns per meal. This is very hard for the third aunt, who has to steam buns in a pot every two days.
There was no gas in this era, and the Yan family was reluctant to use a coal stove. They used a pot stove. It was very troublesome to burn the pot stove. Every time, the third aunt was half exhausted from exhaustion.
But she couldn't complain. After all, Liu Yuhua was now the daughter-in-law of the Yan family. She couldn't just watch Liu Yuhua starve.
Hearing Yan Bugui's voice, the third aunt wiped her hands, walked out, looked at Yan Bugui and said, "Old Yan, what's wrong? You're yelling."
"Old lady, look, look, I heard Liu Hongchang's name on the TV just now." Yan Bugui pointed at the TV and was so excited that he couldn't even speak.
The third aunt frowned and said with a smile: "Old Yan, you must have heard something wrong. Liu Hongchang is the director of a large factory. He is more glorious than us and his family is rich, but he wants to be on TV. What a joke."
"No, no, no, I definitely heard it right. I really heard Liu Hongchang's name just now." Yan Bugui's face turned red. He had always been proud of his ears.
"real?"
"real!"
The two were arguing, and the reporter's passionate and generous voice came from the TV.
"Hello everyone in front of the TV, I am currently at the Hongchang mobile phone launch conference in Hong Kong City."
"Now, everyone can see that Comrade Liu Hongchang from Lanhua Automobile Factory has walked up, followed by a young female assistant."
After seeing the TV screen clearly, the third aunt and Yan Bugui couldn't help but take a breath.
In addition to Liu Hongchang, there was also their former daughter-in-law Yu Li at the press conference.
Today Yu Li wore an elegant woolen tunic suit, and her whole person was different from before.
In the past, when Yu Li was in the Yan family, she was reluctant to eat or wear clothes. The clothes she wore on weekdays were all coarse cotton-padded clothes, and she hardly dressed up. The only cosmetic she wore was cream.
The only decoration is a red-tipped rope, which looks very inconspicuous, just like an ordinary young daughter-in-law.
But today Yu Li seemed to be in high spirits, especially when she showed such confidence in front of the camera that people who didn't know her identity thought she was some big boss!
It can be said that compared with Yu Li before, Yu Li now is completely reborn.
Yan Bugui rubbed his eyes and said in disbelief: "She, is she really Yu Li?"
Yan Bugui has been Yu Li's husband for several years. They live in the same house and see each other almost every day. He can be said to be very familiar with Li, but he is not sure that the person on the TV is really Yu Li.
The third aunt was also confused and frowned: "It looks like Yu Li, but Yu Li shouldn't have that aura. Look at her, she is not timid at all when facing those foreign reporters. Yu Li used to Li is sometimes even afraid of you when she's at home."
"But she really looks like Yu Li."
"It really seems."
"Who looks like Yu Li?"
The two were arguing when Xu Damao came in from outside carrying a canvas bag and two pecans in his hand.
It was obvious that he had just returned from a movie show in the countryside and got some pecans from a fellow villager, so he specially sent them to Yan Bugui.
In the original work, everyone thought Xu Damao was a bad guy, but Xu Damao didn't seem to do anything excessive except sorry for Lou Xiao'e's family.
And they are not stingy either. Every time they go to the countryside and get something good, they will give some to the residents.
On the contrary, Silly Zhu, as the protagonist, is full of bad qualities.
This can be seen from the beginning of the plot, when Banggeng enters the canteen of the steel rolling mill to steal soy sauce.
The soy sauce comes from the canteen of the steel rolling mill and is state-owned property. As the chef of the canteen, Fuzhu should have defended the state-owned property. He should have caught the person who stole the soy sauce and handed it over to the security department to give him a good education. .
But Si Zhu not only did not stop Bang Gang, but Xu Damao couldn't see it and went to hug Bang Gang. Instead, he threw out a rolling pin and hit him directly in the head.
You must know that rolling pins in this era were all made of solid wood. If they were faster, they would be almost like murder weapons.
In order to protect a thief who stole soy sauce, Silly Zhu deliberately committed a murder. This shows that his moral character is extremely corrupt.
later.
Silly Zhu also brought random meals to Qin Huairu of the Jia family. Those meals were also state-owned property.
Although it seems that a box of food is not worth much, and Silly Zhu's behavior is nothing, but if everyone was like Silly Zhu and took things out of the steel rolling mill at will, the steel rolling mill would have been ruined long ago.
Not to mention the fact that Silly Zhu stole Yan Bugui's car wheel because Yan Bugui ruined the blind date.
The bicycles of this era are similar to the BMWs of later generations. If someone steals a bicycle wheel and is dealt with seriously, he will have to squat on the fence.
Silly Zhu did not feel that he had done anything wrong, but felt proud.
It can be said that after careful analysis, you can find that Silly Zhu's moral character is far inferior to Xu Damao.
The topic went far away and returned to the Yan family.
Hearing Xu Damao's words, the third aunt subconsciously pointed to the TV: "Da Mao, look, is the person on the TV Yu Li?"
"Hey, Yu Li is on TV?"
Xu Damao put down the pecans and squatted in front of the TV. He just glanced at the screen and was stunned.
"It's really Liu Hongchang and Yu Li."
"No wonder I went to Liu Hongchang yesterday to report the situation. Guan Tingting said that he was on a business trip. It turned out that he took Yu Li to Hong Kong City to attend the press conference."
When Yan Bugui heard this, his face suddenly darkened, and he grabbed Xu Damao's wrist.
"Da Mao, you mean Yu Li is with Liu Hongchang now."
Yan Bugui was so excited that he used a lot of force, causing Xu Damao to grin in pain.
"It hurts, it hurts, third uncle, please be gentle."
Withdrawing his hand, Xu Damao rubbed his wrist and glared at him with dissatisfaction: "Third uncle, you are so old and you are still an old teacher for many years. Why do you act so frivolously, just like a young man? Also, You are also a person who has read a lot of poems and books, don’t you know what to do when asking for help?”
Seeing Xu Damao picking up the air, Yan Bugui subconsciously wanted to get angry, but thinking that Xu Damao might know the inside story, he could only suppress the anger in his heart again.
Yan Bugui asked the third aunt to make a cup of tea for Xu Damao, sprinkled it with high crumbs, and held it in front of Xu Damao with his own hands.
"Da Mao, please forgive me. I was a little anxious just now. Come on, this cup of tea is my apology."
Xu Damao was not angry at first. Seeing Yan Bugui's attitude, he took a sip from the enamel jar and said slowly: "Third uncle, this is what happened! You must have a correct attitude when you are a person, and you can't chatter. Yeah, just like Silly Zhu, he’s fine now, Silly Zhu went to the mental hospital whining on his own.”
"Yes, it's Damao. You said you know about Yu Li. What is her relationship with Liu Hongchang? Why is she on TV now?"
Yan Bugui became a little anxious when he saw Xu Damao rambling here and there, and quickly winked at the third aunt.
The third aunt also smiled and said: "Da Mao, my old man often said that you, Damao, are the most benevolent and righteous people in this compound. If the higher-ups do a mass survey, they will definitely give you full marks."
A large part of the reason why Xu Damao is so kind to the residents is for future mass surveys.
These days, if you want to be a leader, you must first have a mass base. If the masses say you are a bad person, then the higher-ups will never consider you.
Although Xu Damao didn't know when he would become a leader, he still prepared early.
Hearing this, Xu Damao felt excited. He stood up and said, "Lao Yan, you really asked the right person this time. It can be said that no one in our compound knows more about this matter than me."
Yan Bugui and the third aunt raised their ears.
Xu Damao said proudly: "Did you know that since Yu Li divorced your Yan Jiecheng, she went to Lanhua Automobile Factory and became a junior leader of the factory office. Later, because of her outstanding business ability, she was promoted to factory director by Liu Hongchang assistant."
It turned out to be the assistant to the factory director. Yan Bugui breathed a sigh of relief: "Isn't that just like a secretary? In fact, he is just a waiter."
Although his former daughter-in-law is now someone else's waiter, which makes Yan Bugui feel a little uncomfortable, he would rather believe this than Yu Li has become a leader.
the reason is simple.
Yu Li was a housewife before she came to the Yan family. She had no status and did not show any special abilities.
If she divorced Yan Jiecheng, she would suddenly become a leader and show superhuman abilities.
If someone knew about it, they wouldn't be able to laugh at their Yan family.
"Haha" Xu Damao smiled, straightened his chest and explained: "Third uncle, you said it wrong this time. The factory director's assistant is different from the factory director's secretary. The factory director's assistant is almost the same as the factory leader. In the factory, it is considered One person is inferior and ten thousand people are superior.”
"How is this possible! How can Yu Li be the leader?" The third aunt subconsciously retorted.
Xu Damao knew what they were thinking, and said in a strange tone: "Tsk, tsk, do you think you have made a mistake? How come Yu Li, who you thought was a freeloader at home, became a factory leader when she got to Liu Hongchang's place?"
Xu Damao didn't mean to irritate Yan Bugui. His nature was like this. When he saw others sad, he especially liked to sprinkle a few pinches of salt on other people's wounds.
Yan Bugui heard it but felt harsh in his ears: "Xu Damao, what do you mean? Do you think it is my Yan Jiecheng's fault for divorcing Yu Li?"
If he were an ordinary resident and saw Yan Bugui getting angry at this moment, he would never confront Yan Bugui over this matter in the Yan family.
After all, this matter has nothing to do with me.
But Xu Damao is the kind of person who likes to see others suffer misfortune, and what he is best at is adding insult to injury.
I saw him laughing, with an expression as if he had heard the funniest thing, pointing at Yan Bugui and saying: "Old Yan, you are really going to make me laugh to death. The divorce between Yan Jiecheng and Yu Li was so big back then. Everyone knows that it was because you robbed Yu Li of her flesh that Yu Li could no longer tolerate your family. Now you actually think you are right, it really makes me laugh to death."
Seeing that Yan Bugui still wanted to speak, he immediately said first: "Everyone in our compound can see what that girl Yu Li is like. Since I came to your Yan family, they have worked hard to help you every day. It's good for you to do housework and take care of Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi, but you also particularly look down on them, thinking that they don't have formal jobs and are not worthy of your family, Yan Jiecheng."
"It's good now. After Yu Li and Yan Jiecheng divorced, it only took half a year to become a factory leader. Now she is on TV with Liu Hongchang."
"And your Yan Jiecheng! Now he is just a small fitter in the steel rolling mill. He can only get a salary of twenty-seven and five yuan a month. Isn't it a shame?"
These words can be described as heart-breaking, like steel knives, piercing into Yan Bugui's heart.
He was so angry that the corners of his mouth trembled, and he pointed at Xu Damao and said, "Xu Damao, you, what are you talking about!"
"I'm talking nonsense, haha. Now that Yu Li is on the TV, I'm talking nonsense too." Xu Damao said coldly: "You just think of yourself as a noble person. You think that you are an old teacher and a cultured person, so you are smarter than ordinary people." , being clever all day long!”
"You, get out of here!" Yan Bugui completely exploded and wanted to drive Xu Damao out.
Xu Damao hadn't been so happy for a long time, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Yan Bugui, even if you kick me out, you can't change the fact that Yu Li has become a leader and appeared on TV."
It was time to get off work in the courtyard. The workers returned to the courtyard chatting in twos and threes. When they heard the noise coming from the Yan family house, they gathered around them thinking that they would be stupid if they didn't eat the melon.
