The Boss of the Yan Family in Siheyuan

Qin Huairu looked at the elder pitifully: "Master, isn't it the Chinese New Year? Our family doesn't have enough money. Can you lend me some?"

When the old man heard this, his heart twitched. He said that he borrowed it and never returned it once. It was really like a meat bun beating a dog. Once it goes away, it will never come back.

"Huai Ru! Didn't I just give you ten yuan two days ago? It was all spent so quickly. Besides, didn't I just get paid today?" the old man said with a headache.

"It's not the Chinese New Year. My mother-in-law is still in the countryside. I'm afraid she won't have a good life, so I have to send some money there."

The old man was so frustrated that he thought that if you could still give money to your mother-in-law, it would be fine if you didn't ask for money from your mother-in-law.

But he didn't dare to say these words out loud, so he just slandered them in his mind.

"Then I'm getting you ten yuan. You can keep the flowers. You don't have to buy new year's goods. Our family will have the New Year's Eve dinner together. Silly Zhu and I have prepared it." As he said this, the first man took out ten yuan.

Pass it to Qin Huairu.

He didn't dare to put this year's new year's goods at Qin Huairu's house. Last year's items were enough.

If Bangge hadn't eaten the New Year's goods in advance last year, Si Zhu's theft of the bicycle wheel wouldn't have happened. In the end, he had to pay for a bicycle ticket, and Si Zhu lost a second-hand bicycle for 200 yuan.

Qin Huairu took the money and was waiting to get the new year's goods. After waiting for a long time, she didn't see the old man moving. She thought that the old man had forgotten, so she reminded: "Master, where are the new year's goods? I took them back and saved the money."

You can get it the day after tomorrow."

"Huai Ru, I'll get the new year's goods with Shazhu the day after tomorrow. You have a lot of kids at home, and you can't see it. If it's so expensive, you won't be able to buy it during the Chinese New Year."

When Qin Huairu heard what the uncle said, she knew she couldn't take it away, so she turned around and prepared to go home.

"By the way Huairu, let's go out for a meeting after dinner in the evening. Our hospital's last meeting before the year. The three of us have agreed."

"I know, sir"

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Yanbu Guijia’s front yard.

Yan Bugui said while eating: "After dinner, we will go to the front yard for a meeting."

"What happened to our hospital again?" Yan Jiecheng asked doubtfully.

"Hi! It's okay. Your first and second uncles want to take advantage of everyone being here before the Chinese New Year to get together and talk with everyone like last year. Besides, your first uncle has adopted a marriage relationship with Qin Huairu's family, so you can't

Let everyone donate money to her family again."

Hearing this, Yan Jiecheng didn't believe it at all. How could someone like him hold a meeting if nothing happened? As long as it wasn't directed at him, he didn't bother to pay attention to him.

After dinner, when Yan Jiecheng came to the middle courtyard, everyone was almost here and found a seat to sit down.

As soon as he took out a handful of melon seeds from his pocket, Liu Guangtian came out of nowhere and sat down directly next to him.

"Xie Cheng, do you have a handful of melon seeds for me?"

Yan Jiecheng grabbed another handful for him from his pocket.

"Don't tell me, your melon seeds are quite fragrant. How do you fry them?"

He fried this according to the recipe of later generations. If the third aunt were to fry it, it would be fried to the original flavor without even adding salt.

"This is the ancestral secret recipe of our old Yan family, and it cannot be easily manipulated."

"Hey! Don't be fooled by me. I've never seen the third aunt cook it before."

While they were talking, they saw the first uncle coming over and sitting in the middle of the table, and the second uncle and Yan Bugui sitting on both sides. After sitting down, the second uncle stood up first and made an opening statement:

"Everyone, please be quiet. This is our hospital's second year-round general meeting. I see that everyone is here, so let's officially start. Next, the first gentleman will say a few words to everyone, and everyone will applaud."

After the second uncle finished speaking, everyone clapped their hands twice symbolically to show their appreciation.

"Okay, everyone, please stop. This is just a courtyard meeting, so we don't need to be so particular. Of course, the second uncle asked everyone to do this out of kindness. He wants our meeting to look more formal."

"I won't say much else. There are two main things today. The first is that our hospital has not advanced this year. In previous years, our hospital has always advanced, and each family can get a few taels of meat..."

When Yan Jiecheng saw that this was directed at him, he quickly stood up and interrupted without waiting for the uncle to finish his words:

"Sir, the reason why our courtyard has lost its advanced status is because of the stupid family of Shazhu and Qin Huairu. You have to criticize them and ask them to give some money to every household in the courtyard as compensation."

"Yes, I think it will work. It's just because of them that we don't have any meat."

"I think so. You must be compensated."

“Not only should they be compensated, but they must also be criticized.”

The uncle looked at the people below who were talking, and felt that Yan was very cruel. He didn't even finish what he said, so you came out and interrupted. I said I wouldn't compensate you.

Now even if we give money to everyone, no one will appreciate their kindness. Unexpectedly, after playing with hawks all their lives, they were pecked blind by hawks in the end.

"Alas, alas, what are you talking about? It's because of me and BangGeng. It's not because you don't know what to say. Otherwise, how would anyone in the street know about it?" Silly Zhu stood up quickly and said.

"Zhuzi, shut up. This matter is your fault. When the meeting is over, the family will give you a dollar. After all, this matter was caused by the two of you."

The old man was afraid that he would be involved in the theft of things by Silly Zhu and Bangge. It was not honorable to say this, especially since Silly Zhu's theft of the car wheel had something to do with him.

The guys didn't say anything when they heard that they had one yuan to take.

The uncle then said: "Well, if there is no advanced evaluation this year, let's just get over it."

"Let's talk about the good news next. Not only did the third uncle's family buy a camera, I just wanted to take a photo for everyone during the Chinese New Year as a souvenir. Of course, the third uncle's handover papers were also bought with money.

We can’t let everyone use it in vain. When the time comes, whoever needs it can ask the third uncle.”

Yan Bugui sat behind the table and didn't say anything. Yi Zhonghai had told him about this in advance. When he heard that he could make money, he agreed without hesitation.

The neighbors sitting below also thought it was a good thing. After all, you can take photos at home. Who would go so far to a photo studio?

Just when the old man was about to call it a day, Silly Zhu stood up.

"Master, wait a minute, wait a minute, the masses have something to say, the masses have something to say."

The old man glanced at Silly Zhu: "What do you have to say? Stop talking about the nonsense." He was really afraid that Silly Zhu would bring up the matter of giving money just now.

"Uncle, aunt, eldest brother, eldest sisters, I, Silly Zhu, have something important to report to you."

Everyone was amused by Silly Zhu's words, "What's going on?" someone in the crowd shouted.