Despite the cold winter weather, Chen Mengqi wore a light blue satin cotton coat with a retro-style Chinese knot button design and a rabbit fur collar.
Chen Mengqi's little face was half-buried in pure white rabbit fur, soft and cute, making her bright eyes and white teeth appear even more prominent.
When the fat man came in, she was reading a book. Surprisingly, it was "Flowers in the Mirror," a thick volume that contrasted sharply with her small, adorable figure.
When Chen Mengqi saw the fat man come in, she pouted and complained, "Mom and Auntie are so noisy."
The fat man sat down next to her and said casually, "I'll go teach them a lesson later!"
Before Chen Mengqi could even express her disdain, he quickly changed the subject, saying, "This book is a bit too advanced for someone your age. Can you understand it?"
Chen Mengqi nodded cutely: "Daddy, I admire Wu Zetian so much! With just one imperial edict, all the flowers bloomed, and none of the flower fairies dared to disobey!"
The fat man was dumbfounded: "Huh? Shouldn't someone your age be memorizing things like 'Land of Gentlemen,' 'Land of Two-Faced People,' and 'Land of Little People'?"
Chen Mengqi pursed her lips: "None of those stories are as exciting as Wu Zetian's."
Looking at his proud and arrogant daughter, the fat man sighed inwardly, wondering if it was because he was a time traveler that the child was not only precocious but also precocious.
Chen Mengqi and her classmates attended a five-year primary school, meaning they graduated in the fifth grade. It wasn't until 1979 that the system was changed back to a six-year system.
So after school started in September this year, the fat guy no longer dared to treat her like a little kid and fool her.
Seeing the fat man come out of the inner room looking depressed, Yu Li asked curiously, "What did you two quarrel about this time?"
The fat man sighed, "Go and see for yourself, your daughter wants to be Wu Zetian someday, sigh..."
After saying that, he went out to deal with coal, leaving Yu Li and Chen Yan looking at each other in bewilderment.
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The fat man had no idea what Yi Zhonghai was thinking, wanting Yan Bugui to vomit up what he had already eaten.
Oh, and he also went to see Liu Haizhong first. That old guy is even more greedy than Yan Bugui.
Yan Bu politely saw Yi Zhonghai out; a soft rebate isn't offensive, but it is infuriating.
Upon seeing the fat man, they felt an even stronger aversion to each other. Just as Yi Zhonghai was about to leave, he heard Yan Bugui say to the fat man, "Hey, fat man, you've just run into me. You're now a leader at the steel rolling mill."
The fat man was busy working with the coal deliveryman, and he gave him a perfunctory reply: "I'm not some kind of leader."
Yan Bugui chuckled and said, "How could it not be? Back then, didn't Liu Haizhong and Xu Damao both hold this position?"
That Yan Bugui, he always brings up the very thing he shouldn't have said.
Isn't this a curse wishing the fat man a bad end?
The fat man stacked the coal on the shelf and questioned him, "Hey, Uncle San, did I do anything to you?"
Yan Bugui immediately realized he had said the wrong thing and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, that's not what I meant. What I meant was that Lao Yi asked me to demolish all the temporary buildings, and I just wanted to ask the leaders what they thought."
The fat man glanced at Yi Zhonghai and said rudely, "If you're going to demolish, then demolish the whole courtyard. Don't demolish yours and then leave Qin Huairu's family's; what kind of mess has she turned this perfectly good courtyard into?"
Yi Zhonghai's face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot: "Fatty, how dare you talk like that!"
“That’s how I talk! Good heavens, she’d love to surround the entire central courtyard and turn it into her own property; if she doesn’t demolish her property first, you can see which idiot will be willing to do it first.”
Unlike in the TV series, Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu's relationship is now like a powder keg, ready to explode at any moment.
So her "chosen" son never got the chance to move into the deaf old lady's house in the backyard.
But Qin Huairu had a solution; she simply used the earthquake shelter to build three temporary buildings!
Good heavens, even Liu Haizhong, who guards such a large backyard, only dared to build two rooms; but the Jia family, on the other hand, built three rooms all at once.
The central courtyard, which should have been the best and most exquisite part of the entire courtyard house, has been destroyed and left in ruins.
None of the three temporary buildings were idle. Qin Huairu lived in one room by herself, Banggeng and Huaihua each lived in another room, and Jia Zhangshi was left all alone in the main house.
The people in the courtyard were furious! But who could blame them when the deaf old lady died, and Yi Zhonghai couldn't wait to form a new alliance with Qin Huairu?
Even Xu Damao has figured it out now. When he treated everyone to dinner that day, he suddenly made a shocking statement: "These two bastards are the source of chaos in our compound, not me."
Upon hearing this, everyone in the room stared at him in astonishment.
Qin Jingru rubbed her forehead wearily, looking just like a beautiful older sister who, after sobering up, was unwilling to face the impulsive woman from the previous night.
Xu Damao is like Cao Cao now; he appears whenever you mention him.
He must have just come back from his night shift. When he saw the fat man, he said, "Hey bro, dealing in coal?"
Then he saw Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui, and chuckled, "What are you two doing, gentlemen?"
The fat man gestured with his lip: "I want you to demolish all the temporary buildings."
Xu Damao jumped up and down: "Grandma! Qin Huairu won't take it apart, but you want me to? Fine, do you think I'm an idiot?!"
Yi Zhonghai pulled the hook and left. Ever since the fat man moved into this courtyard, the front yard had been completely out of his control.
And then there's Xu Damao. Back then, he and Fatty somehow heard some news and actually drove to the workshop to watch him being watched by Aunt Chen, Sister Hua, and a group of female workers. This made him very passive in front of those two!
After Yi Zhonghai left in a huff, Xu Damao followed the fat man into the kitchen: "That kid Banggeng, he's really an ingrate."
The fat man asked in bewilderment, "Didn't you already teach him how to play movies? Is it really necessary to bring this up now?"
Xu Damao's mustache trembled with anger: "Teaching an apprentice can starve the master! I sent him to the countryside to show movies, and this kid dared to ask me for money!"
This is just like the "sticky joke" in Liu Haizhong's story; his scope is limited to this.
I used to find it very hard to understand when I watched TV dramas. It was about a character who had been a petty thief since childhood, had severe psychological trauma, and was extremely introverted and socially anxious.
How can someone be so influential in a ministry's motorcade? Unless the minister is his biological father!
He went to the countryside to show movies for people, taking food and gifts along the way, and also picking up Xu Damao's share—that's the real him.
Just like how Liu Haizhong coveted everything from gold and silver jewelry to sesame paste on the food broth.
People like that don't even deserve to sweep the streets!
The fat man handed Xu Damao a cigarette: "So, how are you going to deal with him?"
Xu Damao lit a match for the fat man first, then lit his own: "Get the hell out of here! I want to show this little bastard that he's nothing without me!"
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