Men and women eating in the courtyard

“Beep~Beep~Beep~Beep~”

At 6:30 in late autumn, every household in the courtyard has already lit up the lights.

There is no way not to light the lights. The sun sets after 4 o'clock, and it is dark at 5:30. It is already dark now.

This year's winter management fee was collected early, and it was collected comfortably. The lights in the courtyard were lit early.

Just like the chimney of the gatehouse, it is paid by everyone anyway, so it is better not to use it!

Those who get off work early go home to prepare for dinner, and those who get off work late must gather together and stroll back.

It is dark and the road is not safe, so those who know each other will go home together after work.

Of course, at this time, the road is full of workers who are going home. Even if there are scoundrels, it is like looking for death.

The early or late time of getting off work basically depends on whether you have a means of transportation.

People like Qin Huairu and Erdaye who have bicycles come home early after get off work.

People like Lao Qi who couldn't afford to buy a bicycle had to rely on their own legs to get around. It was boring to walk alone.

So, the dark was an excuse. Everyone walked together, which also created opportunities for young people who wanted to date.

Young men and women who just started dating were shy. Sometimes young men were even shyer than young women.

With the excuse of walking together, you looked at me, I looked at you, and walked together.

Love at this time was conservative and open. The conservative ones were really conservative, and the open ones were really open.

They were so conservative that they felt embarrassed to hold hands, and so open that they didn't feel cold even if they rolled on the ground in a deserted place in the middle of winter.

Men, women, old and young gathered together, and it was as lively as the courtyard.

Of course, the way each family in this courtyard lived was different. The richer ones turned on the lights when it got dark, and didn't care about the inside and outside rooms. They kept the lights on and their hearts were open.

For example, at the home of the uncle, the aunt will turn on all the lights in the house before the uncle comes home from get off work, so that his wife can look at the light when she enters the yard, and feel warm.

As the young people say, the happiest thing in life is that no matter how late you get off work, there is always a light on for you.

Hey, some people live their lives carefully!

You see, the home of the uncle in the front yard is like this. When it gets dark, only the kitchen light is on. Auntie has to cook, and she can't cook in the dark.

When the food is ready, the kitchen light goes out, and the living room light comes on. Let's eat together quickly, don't waste electricity.

There are still many residents who seem to care about electricity bills like this. Just listen, every time at this time, there are always adults in the yard urging children to eat quickly and do their homework quickly after eating.

Someone asked, why haven't I heard that they care so much before, and children have to turn on the lights when they play.

The reason is that the charging method for electric lights and electrical appliances has changed, and it is not to check the light bulbs with fingers.

I don't know which evil person invented the meter, which makes every household pay a lot more electricity bills every month.

The high-wattage bulbs that were used before have been replaced with low-wattage ones. In order to save money, people even don't light the lights, but kerosene lamps.

In order to save electricity bills, the third uncle's family even turned the radio to the lowest volume when listening to the radio, saying that this saves electricity!

The whole family was like thieves, sticking their ears in front of the radio speaker, and they couldn't breathe loudly, for fear of affecting other people's listening effect.

Never underestimate the diligence and thrifty thinking of the Chinese people, sometimes they even don't hesitate to pay the price of health and life.

Take the kerosene lamp as an example. There are often power outages at this time. Some are for power rationing, some are because the wires are broken, or there is a fire. There are all kinds of reasons.

The power is off, but people can't stop, they have to continue living.

So every family has a power outage weapon, either a candle lamp or a kerosene lamp.

Kerosene is cheaper than candles, and good candles are as expensive as eggs.

There is one bad thing about it, which is that it makes your throat sore and is not very friendly to your respiratory tract.

Those who knew it earlier knew it very well. At that time, it was even more inconvenient to use electricity, and every family used kerosene lamps.

There were students who studied at night, and when they went out the next morning, their faces were covered with dust, and their noses were pitch black.

Those who knew that they studied hard last night, and those who didn't know thought that they went down the mine to dig coal.

But is kerosene really more economical than electricity?

If you do the math, it's not necessarily true that you can save much, after all, kerosene also has storage costs.

Usage conditions, brightness, adaptation to the environment, etc., if you really take this as saving, it would be really shameful.

The Li family also lived frugally, but they never saved money that should be spent, and never spent money that should be saved.

The old lady sat on the kang, looking at Li Shu while making small clothes and quilts for the baby who was about to be born in the old family.

Don't say that the old lady is partial to the eldest and not the second.

Li Shu's small clothes and quilts have to be put in a separate cabinet. When Gu Ning gives birth, there is no need to prepare anything.

Even if it is for the baby, there is no need for the old lady to worry about it. Qin Jingru has already prepared it.

Liu Yin is also doing it at home, but she has to prepare for Li Shu as well, so it is not so complete.

Zhao Yafang is reading materials in the south room, and Liu Yin is cooking in the main room. They are busy with their own things, and no one is talking, except Li Shu in the north room standing by the window and calling.

At this time every day, her father will appear at the gate of the courtyard on time to pick her up.

This little girl has gradually become familiar with this rhythm of life. In the morning, she takes Didi to her grandmother's house, and in the evening, she takes Didi back to her own home.

She can meet so many people and talk so much in a day, it's so fun.

Baba came late today, but she stood by the window waiting early.

Maybe she was anxious, or her wife was busy, no one paid attention to her bored, and her little mouth kept talking.

The room was too bright, and it was too dark outside. The lampshade on the top of the courtyard gate was a little far from here.

So if Li Shu wanted to see the outside clearly, she had to learn from her wife to cover her eyes with both hands and look out through the glass.

She didn't know why the glass was very clear before, but now it is getting blurrier and blurrier.

It's not blurry often, but it happens every time she gets close to the glass and wants to cover her eyes to look out.

Later she found out that it was her little mouth that blurred the glass.

So she learned another trick from her wife. When the glass is blurry and she can't see Baba outside, she can see it clearly with just a wipe of her little hand.

"Ba Ba! Ba Ba!"

When Li Shu's little hand wiped her haha ​​off the glass again, she saw the familiar figure walking into the yard.

"Ba Ba! Ba Ba!"

Li Shu's eyes followed her father's figure, from the yard gate to the house door, and then from the house door to the inner room. She kept shouting on tiptoe, very happy.

If someone talked to Ba Ba at this time and delayed him from coming in to pick her up, Li Shu would raise her voice to remind Ba Ba that she was calling him.

"Hey~"

Li Xuewu opened his arms to catch his daughter who ran over from the kang, and sighed: "Did the madam give us delicious food again? Why is it heavy again~"

"Ya Ya~"

Li Shu understood Ba Ba's question, pointed to the cabinet in the main room with her little hand, and began to tell Ba Ba what she had eaten.

This Ya Ya is not a little girl that Li Shu ate, but her name for eggs.

It's time for the child to recognize the world. No matter how the adults teach her, she will give her own names to the things she sees and feels.

"Oh~ I ate Yaya~ How many did you eat?"

Li Xuewu coaxed her, held her and talked to the old lady and mother, and greeted the eldest sister-in-law in the south room.

Zhao Yafang was checking the accounts, just responded to him, and reported a few of Li Shu's naughty and tricky things, and her hands were still busy.

"What did you say? Is your father and the third child coming back?"

"Guodong said?"

Li Xuewu looked at the mother who asked the question and said, "If he said it, then it's arranged."

As they were talking here, the eldest brother and Ji Yuxiu also came in from the hanging flower gate.

Liu Yin looked outside and helped the two open the door.

"Are you in the same group?"

"We met at the entrance of the alley"

Ji Yuxiu explained with a smile, reaching out to pinch Li Shu's fat face.

Li Shu was a little afraid of her, and kept pulling her hands to stop her from pinching, as if she had been pinched too many times and had a trauma.

Ji Yuxiu didn't care about this, she liked children, and she liked Li Shu more, so she snatched her from Li Xuewu's arms regardless of Li Shu's objection.

Li Shu objected with a babbling voice, but she was too young, and her objection seemed so weak in the voices of adults.

Perhaps she got the accurate information from her second son, and a smile appeared on Liu Yin's face.

She also told them the news that Li Shun and the third child were coming back.

Li Xuewen was still holding a bag in his hand, and while listening to his mother, he took out a few clothes and fabrics.

Liu Yin saw it, patted him and scolded him: "Didn't I tell you not to bring these things home anymore, what if it affects you?"

"I don't want to take it, but I have to make a decision~"

Li Xuewen's words were simple but not simple as always. He pointed at Li Xuewu and said, "You should let Xuewu go and talk, otherwise these things will never stop."

"What?"

Li Xuewu was about to look, and Ji Yuxiu stood by and explained, "The clothes that my eldest brother brought back from the unit."

"They are new clothes"

Liu Yin continued, "They are all produced in the prison. How can we take these things for free? It will make the eldest brother make a mistake."

"Who gave it to you?"

Li Xuewu looked at his eldest brother. The two brothers sat at the eight-immortal table. He also poured a cup of warm water for his eldest brother.

Li Xuewen was also a little helpless. He held the teacup and said, "I don't know either. It was probably arranged by Warden Huang. I asked them and they all said they didn't know. Alas~"

"Hehe, just keep it if it's given to you."

Li Xuewu watched his mother packing up the shirts and pants and so on.

It's not anything new or special, just the clothing products produced in the prison, and some scraps.

But even if it's scraps, it's still very valuable at this time, how can ordinary people afford it.

Scraps can be cut and made into clothes, shoe uppers, quilt linings, etc.

Many people's clothes are patched, but Li Xuewen can bring finished clothes home, how scary.

Anyway, it scared Liu Yin, who has lived an honest life all her life.

She said it once when Li Xuewen brought it back last time, and this time he brought it back again.

Hearing her second son say this, Liu Yin said dissatisfiedly: "How can you take advantage of the public~"

"Maybe it's wages, or wages"

Li Xuewu smiled and said indifferently: "Brother didn't get a salary there..."

"That's right~!"

Liu Yin reminded: "Xuewen got paid, right, Xuewen?"

"It's a subsidy"

Li Xuewen put down the water cup, looked at his second brother and said: "It was given by the finance department of the prison. It was said that I was paid for teaching. I have to take it."

He pointed to the clothes that his mother had packed and said: "I don't know when they put them in my room. When I came out, I deliberately didn't take them. Someone chased me out and stuffed them into my pocket."

"Then take them."

Li Xuewu saw that his sister-in-law had also come out, waved his hand and said: "The more you care, the more nervous you are, the more problems there are."

"You can talk to Warden Huang yourself."

Zhao Yafang glanced at Li Xuewen and said: "It's not like you don't have a mouth. If you really ask Xuewu to go, his good intentions will become a bad thing."

"Haha, it's not that bad."

Li Xuewu smiled and understood what his sister-in-law meant. She just thought that these small favors were all related to the prison and his brother.

Of course, Huang Gan also deliberately took care of it, but if it was brought out, everyone would be embarrassed.

These things are precious and hard to come by. If they really need them, the Li family doesn't need them. This is a matter of friendship.

"If you need them, ask him. If you really don't need them, just tell him directly."

Li Xuewu stood up and said to his eldest brother: "You are generous when you get along with them. We take care of each other, so that mom doesn't worry."

"That's right, you are so old, why are you like a child?"

Zhao Yafang glared at Li Xuewen and said a few words to him in the name of her mother-in-law.

Li Xuewen didn't dare to talk back. He didn't care about it. Just say it.

It's okay for the mother to say a few words to the daughter-in-law. It doesn't matter if the younger brother says a few words.

In the past, the second brother didn't say anything about himself, but he really did it.

Liu Yin listened to the eldest brother's words and put down her worries. At this time, she helped Li Xuewu put on clothes for Li Shu, fully armed to keep warm.

Li Shu didn't like to wear so many clothes, which made her unable to use her fists and feet, especially when she got in the car, it was even more troublesome.

At home, she likes to lie by the window and look out. In the car, she likes to stand on the seat and let the driver help her look out the window.

Seeing that she didn't want to wear a coat, Liu Yin threatened: "You'll catch a cold, be careful of getting a sniffle~"

While saying this, she scratched Li Shu's little nose with her fingers and asked her to put on her clothes obediently.

There is a kind of cold in this world, which makes grandma think you are cold.

"If you ask me, if Xiao Ning wasn't at home, you would have to eat before leaving."

Liu Yin picked up Li Shu, who was wrapped up and only had a small face exposed, and handed her to her second son, still nagging: "It's so cold, you must drink hot water before eating when you get home."

"I know, don't worry"

Li Xuewu smiled and responded to his mother's advice. In fact, he also knew that his mother's nagging was just a longing for him not being around.

He is already 20 years old. His mother has reminded him of these common sense since he was a child. He is also a person who cherishes his life. How could he not know it?

But even if he knew, his mother's words were the love he had to enjoy every day.

"Say goodbye to Madam"

Li Xuewu held Li Shu, let her face back, and taught her to say hello.

Li Shu was obedient. At this time, she was going to take a Didi, so she said whatever Baba said.

But if she really learned to say such a long paragraph like Baba, she would be too tired, so she said briefly and shouted loudly: "Madam!"

"Hey~"

The old lady did have questions and answers. She was used to grinding her teeth with Li Shu. As long as she walked quickly, it would be better not to be with this person.

After saying hello, Li Shu patted Baba's shoulder with her little hand, indicating that he was OK and set off!

But unexpectedly, Baba taught her again: "Say goodbye to grandma".

"?"

Li Shu twisted her head, which was restricted by too many clothes, and looked at Baba. Seeing the seriousness in his eyes, she had to shout again: "Hey!"

"Hey~"

Liu Yin knew that her son was deliberately teasing her granddaughter, so she couldn't help but laugh when she saw Li Shu's unexpected expression.

Before Li Shu reminded her again, Li Xuewu taught her to say goodbye to her uncle, aunt, and third aunt.

...

"Hmm~~~"

Li Shu knew that Baba would not leave without greeting everyone one by one, so she let Baba teach her and greeted them in her own way.

In the end, maybe she was really tired of shouting, or she was tired of her heart, and she sighed like an adult.

This little look made everyone in the room laugh, and everyone was laughing at her.

She was like a little adult, knowing that she was being laughed at. She kicked her legs hard, hummed unwillingly, and urged Baba to go faster. I was so embarrassed that I almost died~

Liu Yin also smiled and patted her son's back, telling him to hurry up, because Xiao Ning at home was waiting anxiously.

Li Xuewu heard his daughter's unwillingness and was urged by her mother, so he smiled and went out.

The weather was cold, and there were fewer people walking in the yard. Only those who went to the toilet or went out to do things passed by the door.

Seeing Li Xuewu carrying the child out, everyone in the yard smiled and greeted him.

"Hey~Little Meatball is home?"

"Hahaha, don't call us Little Meatball!"

Old Seven was used to giving nicknames to the children in the yard. He called the two children of the Liu family in the backyard, one called Yanliqu and the other called Caoshangfei, both of which were good at leg and foot work.

He called Banggeng in the middle yard "Can't Fall Down", because Banggeng used to like to climb the wall, and he couldn't even fit on the ground.

At this moment, Li Shu was as fat as a meatball, and she gave him another small meatball.

Li Shu glanced at his smile, pouted her lips, and was already unwilling in her heart.

This man is so annoying!

Lao Qi didn't see the child's gaze, but was only busy laughing and joking with Li Xuewu.

But even if he saw it, what could he do? There are so many people who hate him!

Whose parents would be willing to give their children a nickname? They just don't say it out of face.

After leaving the hanging flower gate, Sha Zhu was standing at the door with a big ladle and listening to the boys bragging.

Seeing Li Xuewu coming out, he quickly waved to him to wait.

He gestured here and turned around to shout to the kitchen.

Li Xuewu didn't pay attention to what he shouted, but saw Yu Shui coming over with a net bag.

"The old merchant in Beixinqiao got some pigeons, and I don't know which wicked person bought them from."

Sha Zhu stood at the door and explained: "I don't know how they were braised, but they are quite delicious and fragrant."

"Give it all to me?"

Li Xuewu saw three lunch boxes stacked in the net bag and asked with a smile.

Yu Shui didn't wait for her brother to answer and said first: "There are many, bring him a basin."

After explaining, he stretched out his hand to tease Li Shu and walked out the door first, as if he was going to send it to the car.

Sha Zhu glanced at his sister, his mouth slightly pulled, and he felt a pain in his back teeth.

What the hell is a basin? A laundry basin is also a basin, and a basin the size of a lunch box is also called a basin!

Master Shang brought a rice basin, okay, and asked his sister to take away most of it.

Originally, he told Li Xuewu to take a lunch box to try, and in addition to sharing it with the people in the back room, he also wanted to eat a few more.

But you see, everyone is not eating enough, and he still eats a fart!

What is it called "girls can't be kept when they grow up!" Elbows always want to turn outward!

Seeing Sha Zhu grinning, Li Xuewu thought he had something to say but couldn't.

"Come on, I know about Master Shang"

Li Xuewu shook Li Shu to stop her from making a fuss, and said to Sha Zhu: "Tell him to just wait patiently, it will be arranged in a month or two."

"Okay~ I have an explanation~"

Sha Zhu was actually still worried about his pigeon, but he could only say nice things, he couldn't explain this to Li Xuewu.

Seeing that the father and daughter were leaving, he waved his hand and said: "Don't send them off, let's drink together tomorrow night."

"I'll get the wine"

Li Xuewu said without looking back, and hugged Li Shu out of the door.

He Yushui was standing in front of the car, handing the net bag in his hand to Han Jiankun who got off the car.

At this time in the evening, Peng Xiaoli was sent home first, and Han Jiankun was the only one in the car.

Anyway, Han Jiankun was going to go home with him for dinner, otherwise how could he let others wait while he was gossiping in the house.

"There's still some soup in it, let's hang it up"

He Yushui pointed to the trunk and asked Han Jiankun to find a hook or something.

Han Jiankun asked her to hand over the net bag to him, and after taking the net bag, he hung it directly on the door frame of the co-pilot.

"Is it okay?"

He Yushui said with some concern: "It will definitely spill."

"There's no way it won't spill"

Han Jiankun didn't say much, just said what he wanted to say: "I'll try to drive slower and pay attention to the turning range. It's more difficult to deal with spilling in the car."

He only said one sentence to He Yushui, and then helped Li Xuewu open the car door.

Li Xuewu also put Li Shu down and said to Yushui: "It's okay, it's just stuttering. It's cold at night. Go back to the house quickly."

"Okay, let's go, go home and heat up the pigeons before eating them."

She glanced at Li Xuewu without looking at him for long. She said a few words, and when she saw Li Xuewu got on the car, she went back to the yard.

The sound of the car came from outside the yard, and the people had already left.

Yu Shui's steps into the yard also slowed down slowly, and he was no longer in a hurry.

The lights in the gatehouse were on, and the doorway was also lit. From the window, it was the second and third sons of the Yan family who were heating the kang in the house.

Seeing Yu Shui coming back, the two brothers Yan Jiefang didn't say a word, and didn't say hello, just like Li Xuewu who had just passed by.

It's not that the two of them were stubborn, but they had prejudices against Li Xuewu and those who stood with Li Xuewu.

The weather was cold, and although the kang in the gatehouse was small, it had to be heated early.

If you wait until you have dinner at home and come back, you will be frozen.

Besides, if you really wait until then to heat it, it will be smoky and everyone will not be happy to play cards.

The excitement of summer continued, and the habit of playing cards in the gatehouse has always existed.

A group of people left, and a new group came up. The old man couldn't do anything. The boys in the yard were like wheat, cut and grown.

Liu Guangfu from the backyard went to work gloriously, and Liu Guangtian went to support Gangcheng. The two most powerful card players were gone, and the second and fourth sons of the Sun family from the next yard filled in.

Sometimes the seventh son and several married people came here to watch the game before going to bed.

It was lively, but the game was not big. The last time the old man and Ji Yuxiu were scared, they had a good idea in their hearts.

The Yan family is special. The second son of the Yan family, Yan Jiefang, doesn't play cards, but the third son, Yan Jiekuang, is a show-off.

He is not big, but he is smart. It was not in vain to follow them for the past few months. He really saved some blood-stained money.

As the old saying goes, if goods come in by evil means, they will also go out by evil means. His money was not earned by good means, and it is impossible for him to spend it by good means.

He is young, so he dare not spend the money carelessly. He just likes to act like an adult. When adults smoke, he smokes. When adults play cards, he plays cards. He mainly promotes his own growth.

Yan Jiefang doesn't care about his younger brother. Each of their families has their own plans.

There are a few fewer boys in the courtyard, so those on duty at night will have to take turns faster, especially there are also fewer boys sitting in the opposite rooms.

As long as he was on duty, he would bring the tools for pasting matchboxes. Even if the people on the small fire bed were shouting and playing cards, it would not affect his money.

Yan Jiefang was feeling angry. It was winter and his legs hurt.

A few days ago, his eldest brother passed away, and his father was making arrangements for him to take over. He was reluctant to take advantage of his sister-in-law.

In the end, he really did what he wanted, and his sister-in-law really took over.

The succession of this class was quite tortuous. My father fell ill, my mother hated my sister-in-law, and the food was terrible.

what to do?

He has blown away his reputation and wants to enter the factory based on his own ability.

The results of it?

He had an academic degree, but during the interview, his legs and feet fell apart, so he really couldn't take it away.

Who would have thought that with such a low recruitment quota, there would even be interviews.

Later, he also heard that there were not only interviews, but also training and assessments.

Those who fail the assessment will still be demoted.

Every time his leg hurt, he remembered his father's expression when he bent his leg.

So even if it was to paste matchboxes, he still had to make money.

what money?

Money to support yourself, money to raise your children.

He eats and lives at home, and how much money he can use a month.

But how much money can you make in a month just by gluing matchboxes?

Yan Jiefang held the matchbox in his hand, turned it over, and read the words on it.

After the launch of the Great Learning Campaign, there were no more trademarks or patterns on the matchbox, only quotations.

This paper outer box was easy to glue. He picked up a pile of about ten pieces, twisted them and applied glue together. Then he folded them one by one and glued them firmly, following the marks of the creasing lines.

He practiced very quickly with his hands. After folding the carton, he held it with iron clips for a while until the glue dried.

The most tedious part is actually gluing the inner box, which requires arranging several piles of paper. People with a large family have a division of labor.

One person applied the paste, flicked the narrow wooden strips into the appropriate position one by one, and then removed the wooden strips stained with paper.

One person picked up the wooden stick with the note on it and used the thumb of his right hand against the wooden stick to rub the protruding narrow edge of the paper note.

The wooden strips are then aligned and circled into a box shape, and the inner box is pasted into shape using the adhesive force of the paper strips with paste.

Another person took the circle-formed inner box and put it on the wax mold. He took a very thin piece of wood and placed it in the wax mold.

Then, with the index fingers of both hands, press the left and right paper edges of the box circle with paste inward relative to each other to stick the wooden bottom firmly.

Then press the edges of the paper at the front and back, and finally press firmly with the palm of your right hand to stick it firmly, and it can be removed.

Yan Jiefang is not good at it. Sometimes his mother will help him with the work for a while, but most of the time he does it alone.

But he is young, has a clever mind, and has nimble fingers. Once he is proficient in kung fu, his fingers fly and he can glue the paper boxes well and quickly.

How much money can you make making matchbox paste?

Extremely worthless!

It’s only 50 cents for a thousand. How much do you think he can earn?

Jia Zhang of the Intermediate Court is also doing this, but he only earns five or six yuan a month.

After all, she has to take care of the family, do housework, light the fire, cook, etc.

However, the Jia family has many children, and Qin Huairu sometimes helps out, barely enough to take her own medicine and give the children pocket money.

There are some powerful ones, with a whole family joining the battle, some with eight or nine yuan, and some with fifteen or six yuan.

Yan Jiefang is ambitious. Last month, the street paid him twelve yuan and thirty cents for settlement, which really scared a lot of people.

He is one person and can do so much.

People praised him for his physical disability and strong spirit, but he was not very happy.

The word was a compliment, but to him it hurt his legs and heart.

The money was all in his own hands, and sometimes it turned into malted milk, and sometimes it turned into eggs.

Of course, this kind of thing would not enter his own stomach. Yan Fugui knew that these things were sent to the boss's house.

People in the courtyard gradually praised Yan Jiefang, and the contrast was nothing more than the harshness of the third aunt and her abuse of her daughter-in-law.

It is indeed a bit of a loss to describe Yan Jiefang as physically disabled and strong, but someone said this: The Yan family finally met someone.

People say that Yan Fugui knows the situation of his family, and what outsiders see is not what he knows.

Yan Fugui has already told his son that Yan Jiefang should give up his intention. As long as he is still alive, he will not agree to this matter.

Yan Jiefang didn't speak or quarrel. He just did what he should do, as if he just wanted to live like this.

did not hear it?

Maybe he was pretending not to understand.

"Yan Jiefang, do you want some eggs?"

The two brothers were silent in the concierge when they were suddenly interrupted by this voice. Yan Jiekuang almost sat on the ground in shock.

"What the hell..."

Before he could finish his curse, he heard his second brother knocking on the small table with a paper-cutting knife, and there was nothing left in his mouth.

Yan Jiekuang was actually afraid of his second brother, especially since his second brother started to talk less at some point. He even didn't say a word to him for a whole day.

Yan Jiefang cherished his words like gold and shook his head towards the stick outside the window, signaling for him to come in and talk.

Bangge is quite courageous. The last time he did business with Yan Jiefang, he almost blew up Tuanjie Lake in the steel rolling mill. Now he dares to provoke him.

"there's a few?"

"seven"

Banggeng glanced at Yan Jiekuang, who was looking at him with a gloomy look. His fat belly swelled, and he raised his head confidently.

This is in the courtyard, a courtyard ruled by law. No matter how powerful a grandfather is, he has to act like a grandson in this courtyard.

Liu Guangfu in the backyard was so powerful that he almost became a street bully.

What about now?

He is not even a bully anymore!

So Yan Jiekuang's attack on him was ineffective. Banggeng relied on his strong backstage and ignored him.

"It's cold, and the chickens don't like to lay eggs. I saved up so hard..."

"I want all of them"

Before Banggeng finished speaking, Yan Jiefang took out money from his pocket. A pile of bills and notes proved that his money was indeed hard-earned.

Banggeng saw that he had counted it, took it and counted it again, put it in his pocket and patted it, and then nodded and asked: "Or should I send it to my aunt's room?"

Yan Jiefang didn't say anything, just nodded, and continued to work on his work.

Banggeng is also an old man. Seeing that the other party didn't want to say more, he also jumped out of the door and trotted home despite Yan Jiekuang's covetousness.

He took money to do the work, and he was honest and fair. Manager Jia no longer needed to send eggs to the supply and marketing cooperative, but to Ge Shuqin's room.

Yan Jiefang really trusted him, and he didn't care about the number and size of the eggs. He agreed to what Banggeng said and paid.

He had only one request, that is, the goods had to be delivered to the door.

Now Ge Shuqin was in confinement, and he really couldn't enter the room. Even the hot water was sent in by Jie Di.

Banggeng was small, and no one would say anything even if he entered the room. He really became a little courier.

Over the past month, half of the eggs laid by the two hens in the backyard went into Zhao Yafang's mouth, and half went into Ge Shuqin's mouth.

Qin Huairu didn't know that her son was selling eggs?

How could she not know, but she just pretended not to know and told her mother-in-law not to care.

Jia Zhang also understood it. At this time, the only channel for the second son of the Yan family to get eggs might be their family.

Ge Shuqin's body and the child's condition are really malnourished, and they are still two lives.

If a mother-in-law like Jia Zhang looks at the third aunt like a vicious dog, it can be seen what happened in the Yan family.

This is not an egg, it is a life-saving medicine.

The first aunt is kind-hearted and can't bear to see this. She often goes to the hut to help. Qin Huairu sometimes asks the first aunt to help bring things.

In this courtyard, there are people who send things over, openly or secretly, just because they don't want to cause trouble. Liu Yin, who doesn't like the Yan family, has secretly sent things.

Everyone knows it tacitly, no one talks about Ge Shuqin's past anymore, let alone the Yan family.

Really talking about their family's affairs is the greatest indulgence of such behavior.

Family disgrace should not be made public. It's a pity that Yan Jiekuang knows that their family's little things have become stinky on the street.

You think he is so young, why did he learn such bad habits? Isn't it because he wants to grow up quickly and leave this family early?

Seeing his second brother's indifference, he kicked the firewood in front of the stove and said hesitantly, "Is it worth it~"

Yan Jiefang continued working as if he didn't hear anything.

Yan Jiekuang rolled his eyes, glanced out the window, sat on the small kang and said thoughtfully, "My parents won't let me."

"What do you want to say?"

Yan Jiekuang's voice was emotionless. If Yan Jiekuang hadn't mentioned his parents, he might have pretended not to hear it.

Yan Jiekuang looked up at his second brother and said stubbornly, "I'm not worth it for you. My eldest brother's money is with my father, but I only see him talking, not taking money..."

"Do what you need to do~"

Yan Jiefang was too lazy to pay attention to him, turned around and continued the action in his hands, not wanting to delay for a minute.

"I know you look down on me"

Yan Jiekuang pouted and wanted to say something more harsh, but the two brothers just thought it was boring.

"I just want to grow up quickly and leave this yard early"

He said this, lying on the kang, looking at the gray ceiling, and said: "I'm tired".

I couldn't hear the second brother's answer, only the sound of folding paper, he muttered again: "Unlike me, you are an adult, after this winter, take your sister-in-law away, far away, the farther the better".

Click~

Yan Jiefang's matchbox made a mistake for the first time, he was too strong and broke it into pieces.

The younger brother's words were like a sharp sword, piercing his heart, hurting him badly.

Perhaps he noticed the second brother's stiff body and knew that he had reacted to his words, Yan Jiekuang continued: "I have 300 here, I'll give you half, and I have to save the rest for myself, I can only support you this much".

"Keep it for yourself, I'm not going anywhere"

Yan Jiefang recovered his spirit, replied, and picked up the paper box again to fold it.

"You are just stubborn"

Yan Jiekuang sat up, looked at his second brother and said, "If you really want to do good for your sister-in-law, move out early. She won't be treated well by mom."

His second brother responded with silence and not so fast and smooth folding of paper.

He couldn't stand his second brother's bad temper anymore, so he stood up and slammed the door and left.

Hearing someone outside the window saying hello to his younger brother and playing cards, his younger brother replied, "Playing shit" and the message came into the room, and Yan Jiefang's movements slowed down.

Go? Where to go?

My sister-in-law can take over the factory, and she can only have work in the yard.

Besides, he looked like this, and it was still unclear whether my sister-in-law would go with him. The words said by his younger brother really made him feel like a knife.

Ask what love is in the world, it makes people promise to be together until life and death.

This relationship came too suddenly and was too abnormal. The pressure from home made him breathless. The more praises from outside, the farther he and his sister-in-law were from each other.

His brother's words made him see the fact that he was not up to the task, and also exposed his embarrassing situation.

He took off the mask he had been pretending for many days, revealing his true heart of hatred and pain.

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"It's a bit fishy~ What kind of cooking skills~"

Qin Jingru pouted and commented on the braised pigeon in her hand, and then ate the pigeon wings in one bite.

Han Jiankun looked up at her and saw that her mouth was full of oil. He couldn't help but twitch his eyes.

It's so unpalatable that he took three bites to eat a pigeon. What if it tasted good?

"There are a lot of them, Jiankun will eat too"

Li Xuewu split the pigeon in his hand, cut off the meat and put it in Gu Ning's bowl.

"Replenish the liver, strengthen the kidneys, replenish qi, replenish blood, clear away heat and detoxify, and quench thirst"

He recited the book in his mouth and smiled and persuaded Gu Ning: "I asked specifically, you can eat it."

Gu Ning frowned, looked at the meat in the bowl, raised his head and asked: "From the wild?"

"What are you thinking, there are no wild pigeons in this city"

Li Xuewu smiled and explained: "Maybe some kid has no money in his pocket, and a pigeon shed in the city has suffered a catastrophic disaster."

This kind of thing is not too common, you can choose a house, let alone a pigeon shed.

In this era, pigeons cannot represent peace!