Chapter 2 Succession
Yu Zhiyuan followed Liu Haizhong and others to the front yard, only to see the third uncle Yan Bugui and the people cleaning the front yard, and no one saw his son.

Liu Haizhong turned around and gave Liu Guangtian a wink, then Liu Guangtian pulled Liu Guangfu back to the backyard quickly.

When they got to the alley, Yu Zhiyuan slid over to Yan Bugui and said, "Thank you, Third Uncle, for taking care of my mother's affairs these past few days! I'll treat you, First Uncle, and Second Uncle to a meal to express my gratitude when I have time!"

"Zhiyuan, you are too polite. We are neighbors. If you don't lend a hand now, when will you lend a hand?"

"It's my duty. Thanks to all the help from you gentlemen, otherwise I really don't know what I would do. You must treat me. I will prepare the food later and ask Brother Zhuzi to cook."

"Okay! I'll listen to you. Your mother is gone, so you should learn to be more calculating in your life in the future." Yan Bugui said with a sigh.

"Yes, Third Uncle, I will be the one to take care of the family's livelihood from now on! By the way, Third Uncle, do you have the favor book for my family? I'll go get it later."

"It's at my place. You can pick it up from my place when you're done."

"Okay, thank you, uncle."

After Yu Zhiyuan finished speaking, he got back to work.

After finishing his work and preparing to go to Yan Bugui's house to get something, Yi Zhonghai called him from behind.

"Zhiyuan, aren't you going to work at the factory today?"

"Yes! I told Director Guo that I will go to work tomorrow."

"Seeing that there will be another assessment in the spring of next year, you, the pillar of the family, should have some thoughts in mind. Prepare well to pass the third-level work! You will have a more comfortable life then."

"Thank you for the reminder, uncle! I will study harder in the future. I will also be ready to thank you three uncles for helping me with my mother's affairs."

After Yu Zhiyuan finished speaking, Yi Zhonghai frowned and nodded slightly.

After taking things from Yan Bugui's house, he went home to have breakfast, and then took out all his savings from home and put them on the table.

After a careful count, there was quite a bit of money, more than 320 yuan, ten cloth coupons worth three chi, eight meat coupons worth two taels, as well as some scattered coupons such as cigarette coupons, wine coupons, and sugar coupons.

Yu Zhiyuan was speechless for a moment when he looked at the bills his mother had saved.

He took a ticket for half a pound of sugar, a ticket for a snack and fifty yuan and put them into the inner pocket of his shirt, then took out the grain book and twenty yuan and handed them to his wife.

Then he put the rest of the bills and money into the box and went into the bedroom.

Then quietly put it into the income space!

After putting away the things, Yu Zhiyuan said to his wife who was coaxing his daughter to do the abacus, "I'm going to the old lady's place. You can take your daughter there and leave her there. Then you can go to the street office with me."

"Okay, I'll be there in a minute, you go first!"

After listening to his wife, Yu Zhiyuan walked out of the house, walked to the door of the next door and shouted into the house: "Old lady, have you eaten? I have something to ask you!"

A voice came back from the room: "Is that Zhiyuan? Your wife just brought me breakfast and I just finished eating! Come in."

After listening to what the old lady said, he pushed the door and entered the house.

When I entered the room, I saw a thin old lady with silver hair and a kind face sitting in front of the round table.

This is the ancestor of the Siheyuan. Yu Zhiyuan is still confused about his identity.

"Old lady, I have to go to the street office to do some things. Do you still have fine grain coupons? I want to buy some."

"A little more, how much do you want?"

"Ten kilograms will do. If you have wine tickets, give me two."

After listening to Yu Zhiyuan, the old lady got up and went to the back room.

He came out of the back room with a few bills in his hand.

"Here are ten jin of food coupons, two wine coupons, and two cigarette coupons. Is that enough?"

"That's enough! Thank you so much, ma'am."

Yu Zhiyuan took out twelve yuan from his pocket and handed it to the old lady. The old lady looked at the money in Yu Zhiyuan's hand and said, "Do you have money? If not, wait until the first of next month when you get your salary, and then give it to me! I'm not in a hurry!"

"It's enough, old lady. If it wasn't enough, I wouldn't have given it to you. Put it away quickly! Please help me look after Qiaoqiao for a while, and I'll take Xuemei to the street office."

"Well! It's important to take over your mother's job. Go there and cancel your mother's food relationship. Don't take advantage of the country! Also, register your wife in the city so that she can have food supply. Did you hear me?" The old lady said as she took the money from Yu Zhiyuan.

"Well! Listen to the old lady and get these things done right away!"

After that, she heard a knock on the door and the old lady said, "Who is it? Come in."

"Old lady, I'll come over and clean up the dishes for you."

Yang Xuemei pushed the door open and walked into the house, then brought Qiaoqiao to the old lady.

Yu Qiaoqiao said, "Grandma, I'm here to accompany you. Do you have any snacks?"

The old lady opened her toothless mouth and said with a smile, "Yes, I'll give it to you later. Don't let your dad steal some!"

Yu Zhiyuan watched his daughter chatting and laughing with the old lady, and said to her, "Be good and listen to your grandmother here! Ask your mother to cook you an egg for lunch. I will go out with your mother to do something later."

After that, he said to the old lady: "Sorry to bother you, old lady!"

The old lady smiled at Yu Zhiyuan, waved her hand and told him to leave quickly.

Yu Zhiyuan took his wife out and went straight to the grocery store to buy half a pound of milk candy and a snack.

Just rush to the street office.

When we arrived at the street office, an old lady greeted us: "Zhiyuan is here. Are you here to see Director Wang to handle your mother's matter? Director Wang just arrived, go quickly!"

"Thank you, Aunt Zhang!"

This is my mother Wei Yajuan’s colleague, Zhang Xiulan.

Yu Zhiyuan brought his wife to the door of Director Wang’s office.

The office door was open and only Director Wang was sitting behind his desk, looking down at documents.

Yu Zhiyuan reached out and knocked gently on the door three times.

Wang Aihua looked up and saw Yu Zhiyuan standing at the door, so she stood up and said, "It's Zhiyuan! Come in and sit down."

As he said that, he walked to the door, stretched out his hand to pull Yang Xuemei into the office, and closed the door.

"Your mother left so suddenly. I was not mentally prepared! Hey! Have you finished taking care of the house? You have to work hard and take good care of the family. Don't let your mother be worried when she leaves."

"I've finished packing, Director Wang. I'll be going to the factory to work tomorrow. Thank you, Director Wang, for helping me with my mother's affairs!" Yu Zhiyuan said as he placed the candies and snacks on the corner of the desk.

"Call me Auntie Wang! Or Director Wang? The older you get, the worse you are at calling people!" Wang Aihua said, pulling up snacks and candies with her hand.

Then he looked at Yu Zhiyuan and said, "What are you doing? Do I need this candy from you? Take it back later! If you don't know how to live, don't forget it, Xuemei!"

Yang Xuemei looked at Director Wang and said, "Auntie Wang, take this candy back and give it to your grandson to sweeten his mouth. He hasn't thanked you for helping us contact the hearse and crematorium yet. Take it, and Mom will rest in peace."

Wang Aihua looked at the young couple and nodded, then said to Yang Xuemei, "I remember you can use an abacus, right?"

"Yes! I can, but I'm not as skilled as the old accountant!"

"It's all right if you can do it. Practice makes perfect. You can go to the street office to calculate the food coupons later."

"Okay. I'll follow Aunt Wang's arrangements."

At this point, Yu Zhiyuan turned to Director Wang and said, "Auntie Wang, do you think Xuemei's household registration is still in the village? Can she be transferred here this time? Otherwise, it will be difficult for Qiaoqiao to go to school next year."

"Okay! Let's go. I'll accompany you to the personnel department of the street office to handle the work salary and household registration matters together." Director Wang said as he stood up and put the snacks in the cabinet behind the desk.

(End of this chapter)