Chapter 150 Yan Jiecheng's Sense of Crisis

"Would you like to have lunch at home at noon?" Deng Ru looked at Liu Zhiye eagerly, her eyes full of anticipation.

Although their family is large, they are usually busy with work and study during the day, so she is often alone at home. Every time at lunch time, she eats alone at home.

"Okay, Mom, please make two more dishes. I have two colleagues coming back with me, and they are waiting for me in the car outside."

When Deng Ru heard that there were outsiders present, she immediately scolded, "Why don't you let your colleagues in? This is so rude!"

"Hey! I'll go call someone." Liu Zhiye said and went to ask for help quickly.

Deng Ru shouted loudly: "Come back!"

Liu Zhiye turned around and asked in confusion: "Mom! What's going on?"

"Go and pick up Xiao Ning to eat together!" Deng Ru instructed.

Liu Zhiye responded with a smile: "Okay, I'll go right away." He knew in his heart that Deng Ru must be worried about her daughter-in-law.

So he asked Xiao Yu to drive to Jiaodaokou again, and after getting off the car, he went straight to Gan Ning's office.

"Secretary Gan, are you busy?" Liu Zhiye said jokingly while standing at the door.

Gan Ning was delighted when she heard the familiar voice. She looked up and saw that it was indeed Liu Zhiye. She pouted and said, "What a rare guest, Captain Liu. What can I do for you?"

Liu Zhiye said with a playful smile: "I'm here to pick up my wife and take her home for dinner."

"You still know that you have a wife..." Gan Ning looked at her with contempt and said, "Then let's go, what are you waiting for?"

When he came to the car, he saw two people getting off the car politely. Liu Zhiye introduced them to them: "Xiao Li, Xiao Yu, these two are my wife, Comrade Gan Ning, you can call her sister-in-law from now on." Then, he said to Gan Ning: "Xiao Ning, this is my correspondent Comrade Li Ming and driver Comrade Yu Miao."

"Hello, sister-in-law! I'm Li Ming, you can just call me Xiao Li." Li Ming greeted with a smile.

Yu Miao also followed suit and said hello: "Hello sister-in-law! I'm Yu Miao, you can call me Xiao Yu too!"

Gan Ning smiled gently upon hearing this and said to the two of them, "Hello to you too. I'll leave our Lao Liu in your care from now on!"

Li Ming quickly waved his hand and said, "Sister-in-law, you are too polite! This is what we should do."

Seeing this, Liu Zhiye smiled and suggested: "Let's go home and talk about it. Let's leave here first."

After returning home, Deng Ru skillfully prepared four dishes and one soup, including braised pork with cucumber, scrambled eggs with tomatoes, bacon fried with peppers, seaweed egg drop soup, and fried rapeseed with dried shrimps. The dishes were rich in color and fragrant, making people salivate.

"Xiao Li, Xiao Yu, we were so busy at noon that we didn't have time to cook any good dishes. When you come back in the evening, auntie will cook you a hearty meal." Deng Ru said apologetically.

Li Ming and Yu Miao looked at each other after hearing this, as if to confirm each other's thoughts. These dishes were still okay, but how "hard" was the main dish tonight?

So, Li Ming smiled and said to his aunt: "Aunt, this meal is already very rich. To be honest, it is good enough for us to have such a meal during the Chinese New Year."

Yu Miao laughed and said, "We can't even eat such dishes during the Chinese New Year."

Deng Ru was stunned when she heard this. She then remembered that her family had not lived through hard times since Liu Zhiye returned home. She almost forgot that there were still many people in the world who were suffering from hunger and food shortage.

So she was stunned for a moment, then smiled awkwardly and said: "Then you guys eat more, you're welcome!"

"Come and sit down! Don't be so restrained." Coming to the octagonal table in the living room and dining room, Liu Zhiye asked the two to sit down and eat.

"Eat now, be a man and eat quickly. Don't be so hesitant like an old woman." Liu Zhiye glanced at the two of them and urged them when he saw that they were hesitant and unwilling to pick up their chopsticks first.

Gan Ning smiled and used the public chopsticks to put some food into their bowls.

"Don't be afraid, your captain is a cannibal, really. After a long time you will treat him as a buddy, hahaha..." As she spoke, she picked up some food for the two of them, as if to calm their nervous emotions.

Yu Miao was already very hungry, and seeing this he lost his reserve. He picked up the bowl and said with a smile: "Thank you, sister-in-law. I won't be polite then." Then he buried his head in eating.

Seeing this, Liu Zhiye laughed and smiled at Li Ming, suggesting that he should eat quickly. Li Ming nodded, smiled at Deng Ru and others, and then started eating. "Our team has been too busy recently, and it is under military management. As the team leader, I have to set an example and cannot go home often. Mom, Xiao Ning, I hope you can understand." Liu Zhiye said to the mother and daughter while eating.

Gan Ning's face darkened when she heard this, but she still nodded firmly and said, "Zhiye, the organization trusts you. You can't abandon the organization for your own family. Don't worry, I'm at home. There will be no problem with my parents."

"Thank you for your understanding, Xiaoning. I will definitely make more time to come back." Liu Zhiye sighed, his eyes full of emotion.

After dinner, Xu Damao arrived as scheduled. Liu Zhiye winked at him and called the others, "Xiao Ning, you chat with Xiao Li and Xiao Yu for a while, I'll be back soon."

Liu Zhiye stood up and left, leaving the three of them looking at each other.

Gan Ning was accustomed to Liu Zhiye's mysterious look from time to time, so she nodded to show that she understood.

Arriving at the east wing of the front yard, Xu Damao brought in several boxes filled with bottles and jars carefully preserved with rags and hay. Although most of them were not heirlooms, they were still some fine old items.

"Xu Damao, how much did you spend on these old items?" Liu Zhiye took a quick look and found that the goods he received this time were better than last time. It was obvious that Xu Damao had accumulated some experience.

Xu Damao smiled and said, "Brother Liu, just give me eighty yuan this time." In fact, he obtained these old items through fraud and other means, and the actual cost he spent was less than fifty yuan.

Liu Zhiye knew it very well. He knew that everything should be done just about right. If he wanted Xu Damao to work hard, he had to let him get something in return. Besides, the money he paid and the future gains were really not worth mentioning.

So, he happily counted out 9 "Great Unity" cards and gave them to Xu Damao, saying with a hint of appreciation: "I'll give you one more as a reward."

Xu Damao took the money with surprise, and a happy smile immediately appeared on his face. He smiled so hard that he couldn't stop.

"Brother Liu, you are so generous and very stylish..." he said gratefully.

Liu Zhiye smiled and said to Xu Damao: "Don't be polite. Pay more attention in the future. You will definitely benefit from this."

"Hey! OK!"

After Liu Zhiye sent Xu Damao out, he turned around and threw all the old things into the space. Now he was too lazy to take another look at them. To be honest, he was even a little numb.

His passion for collecting antiques and artworks is growing day by day, and now his space is filled with 10,000 to 20,000 pieces of antique artworks. However, he will only be interested in viewing them if they are heirlooms or national treasures.

Xu Damao returned to the backyard from the front yard with great joy. This time, the harvest was even more than his monthly salary. He was happily thinking that he could buy gifts for the young widows in the countryside.

Yan Jiecheng happened to see this scene and instantly felt that his position as the "leading horse" was in jeopardy.

Recently, Liu Zhiye and him have become somewhat distant. This is not acceptable, and he must find a way to solve it. So, he suddenly came up with a brilliant idea.

"Is Brother Liu at home?" Yan Jiecheng shouted at the door.

Liu Zhiye went out and saw Yan Jiecheng, and asked curiously, "Jiecheng, why didn't you go to work today?"

Yan Jiecheng smiled and said, "Hey! Brother Liu, I have my own house now. I took a special leave today to clean up the house at home."

"Oh? The street office directly allocated a house to you? That's great. Which house was it?" Liu Zhiye was genuinely happy for him after hearing this.

The Yan family is the most populous family in the courtyard, with six people squeezed into the west wing. It was not difficult in the past few years, but as Yan Jiecheng and his siblings grew up, the housing problem became imminent.

Yan Jiecheng said excitedly, "It's the house of Master Cheng, who owns the back house. After Master Cheng moved out, the house became empty. I asked my sister-in-law to talk to the street office, and they gave it to me."

When Liu Zhiye heard this, he said, "Let's go and see your house."

The two of them arrived at the outer courtyard and came to the two back rooms diagonally opposite the hanging flower gate. Mr. Cheng's house was a two-room house with an area of ​​about 20 square meters, which was enough for Yan Jiecheng to use after his marriage. Although the living environment was not ideal, it was not too bad.

Because, in the courtyard houses of the capital, the main door faces south on one side of the back house, and its eaves wall faces the alley, and generally there are no windows.

It is the row of houses at the southernmost end of the entire courtyard. Because its doors and windows all face north and the lighting is poor, it was generally used as guest rooms or houses for servants in the past.

(End of this chapter)