Life in siheyuan era

Ever since learning about the close relationship between Zhou Zhiyuan and Fang Nan, Li Huaiyi began to research methods to deal with Zhou Zhiyuan, starting by understanding his situation.

However, he had too many things to deal with these past few days, and it wasn't until this afternoon that he found an opportunity to bring Zhao Xia in to understand the situation.

But he had to do it discreetly, starting with understanding the injury to Zhou Zhiyuan's right hand, "Zhou Zhiyuan has a disability in his right hand. As the leader in charge, I should show more concern. But I don't know how he injured his right hand. Do you know anything about it?"

This question made Zhao Xia feel strange, and she asked back, "Why is Director Li asking me this?"

"Zhang Yong is close to him, he should know."

Li Huaiyi's explanation didn't impress Zhao Xia, and she replied lightly, "Zhang Yong didn't say, but I heard Wan Chunfang say that Zhou Zhiyuan mistook the blade for the handle during a night battle."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xia laughed. Zhou Zhiyuan was really funny.

When she heard this news, she was skeptical. When she went home and told her father, who had been a soldier, about it, her father laughed and said, "Really funny." Mentioning it now, Zhao Xia still found it quite amusing and couldn't help but laugh.

However, her smile was misunderstood by Li Huaiyi, who thought Zhao Xia was laughing at Zhou Zhiyuan's stupidity. He didn't think carefully about what she said. Since Zhao Xia didn't know anything else, this was a handle he could use. He could just pick it up and humiliate Zhou Zhiyuan.

Zhou Zhiyuan was too hateful. Not giving Wu Shan face was also slapping his own face. Li Huaiyi didn't think twice and used this matter to counterattack, but after saying it, he realized the situation was wrong. The scene he had expected didn't happen, and everyone was looking at him strangely.

"What are you looking at me for? Shouldn't you be laughing?" Li Huaiyi asked strangely.

The waiter chuckled, carrying the tray out the door, and then a burst of crisp laughter came from outside the private room.

Hearing this laughter, Li Huaiyi's face changed. He felt that something was wrong.

Wu Shan smiled and said, "Director Li can joke too."

Han Xue immediately added, "Director Li is very humorous."

As she spoke, Han Xue got up to take the wine bottle. Zhou Zhiyuan immediately said, "Let me do it."

As he spoke, he got up, but Wang Dagang got up and said, "Your right hand is inconvenient, let me pour the wine."

Wang Dagang walked to Han Xue's side, took the wine bottle, and poured wine for everyone.

Wu Shan said to Zhou Zhiyuan, "I sincerely want to befriend you all. I didn't think before I spoke just now, Comrade Zhou, please don't be offended."

Hearing him say this, Zhou Zhiyuan thought to himself, "What a schemer."

Then he smiled and said, "I never think before I speak, and I offend many people because of this. Comrade Wu, please don't mind it either."

Wu Shan sincerely replied, "This shows that Comrade Zhou is a man of character. I really want to make friends with someone like you. Let's have a good drink later."

Zhou Zhiyuan looked embarrassed and said in a low voice, "My alcohol tolerance is average."

Wu Shan smiled and said, "My alcohol tolerance is also average, but to make friends, I'd rather get drunk and drink to my heart's content."

Hearing him say this, Zhou Zhiyuan resolutely said, "You're right, I'm not afraid of death, why should I be afraid of drinking?"

The two spoke with great enthusiasm, but Han Xue felt that they were acting.

The drinking party here officially began, and the Shen family was also having dinner.

Shen Jue returned home, and the happy Shen Lanyin noticed that his face was serious, as if he was preoccupied, and he was eating absentmindedly.

But she wasn't surprised. Shen Jue's work often made him look like this.

However, Chen Shuying and Shen Lanbo's attitudes surprised her. They also looked preoccupied.

Shen Lanyin looked at this one and then that one, and couldn't help but ask, "Mom, is something wrong?"

Chen Shuying replied in a low voice, "Nothing's wrong, let's eat."

Hearing Chen Shuying's tone, Shen Lanyin knew something was wrong. She turned to look at Shen Lanbo, and saw him holding his rice bowl with a thoughtful expression, so she turned her attention to Fang Nan.

Fang Nan was also looking at her. When their eyes met, they knew they were both in the dark.

So this meal was finished in silence. After the meal, Shen Jue and Chen Shuying immediately hurried to the study.

Seeing the door closed, Shen Lanyin tiptoed to the door. Just as she put her ear to the door, she heard Shen Lanbo say, "Lanyin, have you forgotten the rules?"

The study was Shen Jue's important place for working at home. No one was allowed to enter without permission, let alone eavesdrop. The curious Shen Lanyin violated the rules. Hearing Shen Lanbo's words, she quickly ran back and said angrily, "Why are you hiding things from me?"

Shen Lanbo sighed, and then solemnly replied, "Maybe it's not a bad thing, but it needs to be kept secret for now."

His attitude puzzled Shen Lanyin. He had been preoccupied just now, but now he seemed relaxed, as if he had figured something out?

So Shen Lanyin was even more puzzled. She looked up at Fang Nan and saw her looking worried, and suddenly felt relieved.

She was thinking about Shen Lanbo's work arrangement. The original substitute teacher might have been rejected by Shen Jue.

But Fang Nan wasn't worried about this. A father wouldn't harm his son. She was worried about the organization's decision. Once the organization made an arrangement, there was no room for choice.

But judging from Shen Jue and Chen Shuying's attitude, the organization might have given them a choice. Shen Jue and his wife couldn't decide, so they were discussing it again after dinner. From this attitude, the choices given by the organization were not good places.

Fang Nan was worried. Seeing that Shen Lanbo didn't care, she couldn't help but say, "Let's discuss what's going on."

Fang Nan believed that she had the right to be involved in matters involving Shen Lanbo, but Shen Lanbo said in a deep voice, "I don't have the right to decide either. It's meaningless for us to discuss it."

Hearing this, Fang Nan's mood became heavier. Shen Lanbo had no right to decide, which meant that the organization's decision was very clear, either this or that, and neither was good. So Shen Lanbo gave up the right to choose and left it to his parents to decide.

That's what Fang Nan thought, but Shen Lanyin said dissatisfied, "Fang Nan-jie should know about things involving you two, Ge. Let me make my attitude clear, I recognize Fang Nan-jie as my sister-in-law."

Shen Lanyin expressed her attitude and turned to go upstairs.

At this time, the door of the study opened, and Chen Shuying came out and said, "Lanyin, go to your Grandpa Xie's house with your Ge tomorrow."

Hearing this, Shen Lanyin stopped and turned around, asking puzzled, "Didn't Grandpa Xie only ask my Ge and Zhou Zhiyuan to go?"

Shen Lanyin was puzzled, but Chen Shuying replied, "This is what your Grandpa Xie meant. Maybe he wants you to help your Ge with treatment."

That should be the case, Shen Lanyin was relieved.

Fang Nan said, "Chen-ayi, I'll go too."

Chen Shuying hesitated for a moment, but Shen Jue's voice came from behind her, "If Xiao Nan wants to go, let her go. I'll tell Uncle Xie."

The Shen family made a decision, and in this private room of the Yonghe Restaurant, Zhou Zhiyuan and Wu Shan had reached the point of calling each other brothers.

Only half an hour had passed since the start of the drinking party, and Zhou Zhiyuan and Wu Shan had already drunk two glasses of baijiu. Moreover, Zhou Zhiyuan had switched seats with Han Xue, sitting next to Wu Shan with his arm around his shoulder, and slurring his words, "Lao Wu, you're a straightforward person, I'll make you my friend."

Wu Shan raised his glass and said, "Let's have a toast to our friendship."

"Let's have a toast." Zhou Zhiyuan actively responded, raised his glass and clinked it with his, and the two drank it all in one gulp.

Seeing their state, Wang Dagang said worriedly, "Zhiyuan's alcohol tolerance is average, don't let him drink anymore."

Wan Chunfang followed up and said, "Zhiyuan, don't drink anymore if you keep drinking. Just take a sip to show your appreciation."

Hearing her dissuasion, Zhou Zhiyuan laughed and said, "Sister Wan, Brother Wang, don't worry, Section Chief Han, don't persuade me either. I'm happy to meet Lao Wu. I'm not afraid of death, why should I be afraid of drinking? Come on, Lao Wu, let's have another one."

He wanted to raise his glass, but Han Xue grabbed his arm and said, "Take a break, eat some food before drinking."

Zhou Zhiyuan turned his face and smiled, "Section Chief Han, don't persuade me, is this wine? This is just water, there's no taste of alcohol at all when you drink it."

He was too drunk, he could drink baijiu as water.

Han Xue still held his arm tightly and said in a deep voice, "I order you to put down your glass."

Hearing this "order", Zhou Zhiyuan muttered and put down his glass, shouting, "Lao Wu, eat some food before drinking." He picked up his chopsticks and reached for the bowl of stewed cabbage in front of him, picked up a piece of cabbage, but when he lifted his chopsticks, they were empty.

He picked up the piece of cabbage again and lifted it up, but it was still empty. The third time he tried to pick it up, he picked up a strand of cabbage, put it in his mouth, chewed it a few times, swallowed it, and turned to Wu Shan and said, "I just love to eat cabbage, but I couldn't eat it when I was on the plateau."

He spoke in a loud voice, as if Wu Shan was deaf.

Wu Shan also shouted loudly, "Xiao Zhou, I heard you were on the battlefield, tell me about it."

Zhou Zhiyuan replied, "There's nothing to say about the battlefield. As soon as the charge horn sounded, I put on my bayonet and rushed out. If I didn't die, the enemy would."

"Killed a lot of enemies?"

"I don't remember, it's just a matter of one bayonet, the white blade goes in and the red blade comes out, and then I rush to the next one."

"Your right hand was injured when you were fighting with bayonets, right?"

"Ha, you don't know this, I stabbed five enemies to death, and then I saw an enemy sneaking up on my comrade, and I threw my bayonet and stabbed him in the neck."

"Then I turned my face and saw my comrade shot and falling down, and the enemy was holding a bayonet and about to stab down, so I rushed over and grabbed the enemy's bayonet, pulled out my dagger with my left hand, grabbed the enemy's bayonet and jumped up and wiped his neck with one knife."

"The strength of both hands wasn't balanced well, and my fingers were cut off. This is a small matter, not worth mentioning, come on, Lao Wu, let's drink."

He thoroughly implemented the "blossoming tree" plan. Through his narration, everyone knew that Zhou Zhiyuan was a daredevil.

Li Huaiyi's face was very ugly. He knew he was terribly wrong. How could a soldier who mistook the blade for the handle be awarded a first-class military merit on the battlefield?

This was all the result of being eager to seize Zhou Zhiyuan's handle without thinking carefully. More importantly, Zhou Zhiyuan was a daredevil, but he didn't have much courage.