"Uncle Yan, look what I brought you!!"
After getting off work, Lin Yang rushed to Yan Zhaoqing's house, put down the Wuliangye liquor in his hand, and said with a smile.
"Yangzi, you're here, why did you bring anything?" Yan Zhaoqing frowned when he saw the Wuliangye liquor in Yangzi's hand.
"Didn't I do a good job? I'll definitely get a reward. This is just a small token of my appreciation!" Lin Yang smiled as he put down the Wuliangye liquor, then looked around the room with a hint of confusion and asked, "Uncle Yan, where's Aunt Yan?"
"Even with a reward, you can't spend it like this!" Yan Zhaoqing looked at Lin Yang and said, "Shouldn't you save some money to find a wife?"
Aunt Yan peeked out from inside the house at that moment and said, "Yangzi, you're here! I'm rolling out dough to make dumplings!"
"Aunt Yan, I'm in for a treat later!" Lin Yang said to Aunt Yan with a smile.
Then he looked at a gleaming white flush toilet in the yard and said:
"Don't rush to find a wife! Uncle Yan, how did you find a flush toilet? I was just talking about it today!"
Standing in front of the toilet, Yan Zhaoqing said smugly, "Don't you know who your Uncle Yan is? He's got some influence in Beijing!"
He then touched the toilet and explained:
"You're lucky, a while ago a businessman from Hong Kong was planning to settle in Beijing! He asked a friend of mine to renovate his villa!"
"Because the businessman also needs to install a toilet during the renovation!"
“My friend knew I was looking for this kind of toilet, so he asked the merchant to help me buy an extra one!”
"That businessman has a lot of influence; all the furniture was shipped by express train!"
"Otherwise, your toilet will be in use for quite some time!"
Upon hearing this, Lin Yang couldn't help but mutter to himself, "A Hong Kong businessman? Settling down in Beijing? Could this be some bigwig from Hong Kong who lost a power struggle and is now seeking refuge in Beijing?"
However, he didn't show it, but instead smiled and looked at Yan Zhaoqing, saying:
"Uncle Yan, this toilet must have cost quite a bit!"
"Tell me how much it will cost!"
Yan Zhaoqing waved his hand and said, "It's not much money. My friend owes me a favor, so I'm just helping him out."
"Uncle Yan, even if we don't count the cost of the toilet, we should at least consider the renovation!" Lin Yang took out some cigarettes from his pocket, took one for himself, and handed the rest to Yan Zhaoqing, saying, "Uncle Yan, besides installing the toilet, I also want to ask how long and how much it will cost to renovate my back-facing room!"
"Not bad, you've started smoking Hua Zi!" Yan Zhaoqing glanced at the half-pack of Hua Zi left and raised an eyebrow at Lin Yang, saying, "Yangzi, are you going to get promoted again?"
"No, no, this was given to me by the leader. There's only half a pack left. Uncle Yan, please take it," Lin Yang said modestly, lighting a cigarette with a smile.
Without dwelling on the issue, Yan Zhaoqing lit a cigarette and frowned, saying, "Yangzi, installing a toilet is fine, but why did you suddenly decide to renovate the back-facing room? Your back-facing room in the yard probably hasn't been ventilated in ages!"
"I got some friends to help me set up a scrap metal recycling station, and I'm planning to open it in the back of the house!" Lin Yang said.
Yan Zhaoqing's eyes widened. "A scrap metal recycling station? Isn't that something only government agencies can do?"
"No, no!" Lin Yang explained, "This matter is quite complicated, but I got permission from the neighborhood committee to do this."
"Alright!" Yan Zhaoqing didn't dwell on it much, and after thinking about it, he didn't give an answer.
Because he didn't know what Lin Yang was planning to do.
I only made an appointment with Lin Yang to go and check out the site when I went to install the toilet.
After having dumplings at the Yan family's house and taking some with him, Lin Yang leisurely rode his bicycle back to the courtyard.
However, before he even reached the courtyard, he heard an immense commotion inside.
After pushing the cart into the courtyard, they found Jia Zhangshi dressed in clean clothes, pointing at her neighbors and scolding them with a displeased expression.
"Yangzi, you're here! You be the judge for Aunt Jia!"
Upon seeing Lin Yang enter, Madam Jia immediately stopped him and said loudly, "I kindly invited everyone to this feast, and they all come here to freeload without bringing any food coupons or money, just some junk! How can this be allowed!"
Upon hearing this, Yan Fugui, who was standing with the others, also expressed his dissatisfaction:
"If you hadn't invited us, who would want to eat this food? I even skipped dinner specifically to come to your wedding feast!"
Lin Yang chuckled as he peeked into the old man's house and saw the table inside.
It contained several large bowls of thin, watery porridge and a crystal-clear egg drop soup.
Besides these, there was only a plate of frozen dumplings in the very center.
Seeing the smile on Lin Yang's lips, Yan Fugui continued, "Yangzi, tell me, who would want to eat this meal?"
"If you're not going to eat, then leave!" Jia Zhangshi pouted and said, "You stingy old man, I'm getting married to Lao Yi, and you only brought two dates as a wedding gift? What do you mean by 'may you have a son soon'??? Who are you trying to embarrass!"
Goodness.
The eldest brother doesn't laugh at the second brother. This Yan Fugui is quite something. He can bring two dates as a congratulatory gift?
Lin Yang was convinced.
As he spoke, Yi Zhonghai, his face ashen, walked in from outside the courtyard with a staff. Looking at the wedding banquet inside and the crowd outside, he said in an icy tone:
"Gentlemen, let's postpone this celebratory feast to another day!"
He was completely enraged.
When Jia Zhangshi asked for money for the wedding banquet, Yi Zhonghai was not stingy and gave her a full fifty yuan and five catties of meat coupons to take care of it.
After that, he didn't care so much and thought he would take Banggeng out to play and strengthen the bond between grandfather and grandson.
Who knew that I would see this scene when I came back?
Fifty yuan for such a small amount of stuff.
Is this supposed to be a wedding banquet?
Upon seeing Yi Zhonghai return, Jia Zhangshi didn't even bother to wash herself. Instead, she said with a wronged expression, "Old Yi, you're finally back! Look at Yan Laokou, he actually came to our wedding banquet with just two dates!"
"Hoo..." Yi Zhonghai let out a heavy sigh, suppressing the urge to slap her, and addressed everyone:
"Gentlemen, this matter today is my fault!"
"tomorrow!"
"I'll treat you all to dinner again tomorrow!"
That's enough for today!
After saying that, he took a step forward, pulled Jia Zhangshi back into the house, and said back to her, "Banggeng, go home and find your mother first!"
With the door closed, the farce came to an end.
The people in the courtyard exchanged glances and helplessly carried their gifts back home.
Yan Fugui sighed and looked at Lin Yang, saying, "This Jia Zhangshi is really obsessed with money. I saw Lao Yi give her money earlier. How could she do something like this!"
After saying that, he walked towards the front yard with his hands, which were holding two dates, behind his back and shaking his head.
As everyone left, Lin Yang, whose hearing was better, vaguely heard Yi Zhonghai shout sternly, "Where's the stuff! You only bought this little bit of stuff, what kind of wedding banquet is this!"
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