My Courtyard Refuge

Milk Powder

“Do you know what Yanjing looks like at five o’clock every morning?”

It is estimated that many people do not know.

But this morning, more than half of the people in Yanjing will experience it personally.

Just after five o’clock, the piercing air defense alarm suddenly sounded again, and all the lights from the first ring to the seventh ring were turned off one by one.

If you look at the earth from outer space at this time, you will find that the entire Eurasian continent has fallen into darkness.

There is never a shortage of smart people in the world, nor is there a shortage of smart countries.

Although Daxia was the first country to announce the implementation of nationwide power cuts, other countries are not fools. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, we will follow up first.

…

Seeing the power outage with his own eyes, after eating a bowl of noodles made by Xu Ma, Xu Dong yawned and went back to the bedroom to catch up on sleep.

I slept until two thirty in the afternoon.

After a brief wash, I made a cup of ginseng and wolfberry tea, and ate a piece of bread to satisfy my hunger. I felt alive again.

When people reach middle age, they can’t afford to stay up late!

Ke Ke and Le Le are playing table tennis in the yard. The table is specially made by Xu Dong. It can be adjusted in height, and children can also play it.

===Section 16===

After playing around with the baby girls for half an hour, Xu Dong planned to go out for a stroll and learn about the situation outside.

Here I want to focus on the surrounding environment of Xu Dongjia.

Siheyuan is built facing the street, and on the left is a high-end residential area covering an area of ​​100 mu. The name of the residential area is Xiangxie Family;

On the right is a large square surrounded by several commercial buildings, which together form a small business district;

The backside of the courtyard house, including the location of the courtyard house itself, belongs to an old urban village, roughly in the shape of an inverted triangle.

It’s just that the area of ​​the triangle is not large, and there are only a dozen low-rise bungalows with two or three floors in total, which are in stark contrast to the bustling world around them.

Siheyuan is located at the corner of the triangle facing the street. It is the most essential location of the entire urban village, and it is also a face of the urban village to the outside world.

Xu Dong first looked at the square on the right, but he didn’t see a single person.

The political consciousness of the people in the capital is still good, and they can basically enforce orders and prohibit them.

I remember that today in the previous life, there were still many businesses secretly operating on the streets of Luyang, and Xu Dong himself did not abide by the regulations, and secretly went out to purchase a large number of daily necessities.

However, it is precisely because of this large amount of supplies that their family can survive the most difficult year of 2024.

The topic got far away, there was nothing to see in the square, Xu Dong turned and walked towards the “Champions Family” on the left.

There are finally people in the community here, and several aunts are knocking sunflower seeds and chatting next to the guard room.

When Xu Dong walked past the gate, one of the fashionable aunts stopped him suddenly.

“Hi! Xiao Xu… Are you Xiao Xu?”

Xu Dong immediately stopped in his tracks, recalled for a while and still didn’t recognize the person in front of him, so he said suspiciously:

“Auntie, do you know me?”

The other party came forward: “Is your name Xu Dong, and Zhang Xiudi is your mother?”

“Uh, are you?”

“Hey, my surname is Wang, you can just call me Aunt Wang. Your mother is a member of our square dance troupe, and I have been to your house once, have you forgotten?”

This Aunt Wang looks very talkative.

Xu Dong still didn’t remember it, so he could only bite the bullet and say, “I remember it, wasn’t it the last time! Uh, Aunt Wang, do you want to ask about my mother, or…”

Aunt Wang quickly took the call: “Auntie does have something to do with your mother, but it’s the same with you!”

“Aunt Wang, if you have anything to ask, feel free to ask.” Xu Dong said politely.

“Okay, then Auntie asked, um…do you have any baby milk powder left?”

Aunt Wang knew that Xu Dong’s family had triplets and usually consumed a lot of milk powder. The family should have stockpiled some milk powder, so she asked this question.

Xu Dong nodded and said: “There is indeed a surplus, Aunt Wang, what do you mean?”

“Oh, that’s great.”

Aunt Wang showed a surprised expression, and then explained:

“Our family has a granddaughter, who is about the same age as your Dabao.

In the past two days, there is only the last bit of milk powder left. I originally planned to buy it today, but I didn’t expect…

Auntie is really helpless, can you share a bucket with Auntie? Auntie offered three times the price to buy it. ”

“I understand.” Xu Dong thought for a while and said, “How about it… Aunt Wang, I can get you two barrels first, let alone three times the price, just buy it at the original price.”

“Auntie, thank you so much…”

“You’re welcome! Our two families can be regarded as neighbors, and you and my mother are good friends, as we should.” Xu Dong said politely.

“Then Xiao Xu, when do you think it would be appropriate for me to go to your house?”

“I’m free now, how about youJust go back with me and get it? “Xu Dong suggested.

“Auntie doesn’t have any money with her, can you wait a while? Auntie will go home and get it right away.” Auntie Wang said with a wry smile.

Xu Dong waved his hand, “Don’t worry about the money, wait for the call, you can transfer the money to my mother directly!”

People who can afford to live in a high-end residential area should not be short of this kind of money. Xu Dong doesn’t believe that the other party will rely on it.

“That’s fine.”

Aunt Wang is not a mother-in-law, so she agreed on the spot.

In less than three minutes, Xu Dong led Aunt Wang back to the courtyard.

Mama Xu was teaching the triplets how to walk in the yard, when she saw a dancer come to her door, she greeted her with a smile:

“What wind brought you here?”

Aunt Wang came forward to tease the triplets, and then talked about buying milk powder, but just after she finished speaking, she saw Xu Dong coming out with two buckets of milk powder.

She hurried forward to take it, and when she saw that it was imported, she was even more satisfied.

“Thank you, Xiao Xu! Auntie has a relationship in our neighborhood. If you encounter trouble in the future, you can come directly to Auntie. If Auntie can help, she will definitely help.”

Aunt Wang solemnly promised.

Madam Xu took the words: “Thank you, thank you. When the milk powder is finished, come to my house to get it.”

Aunt Wang nodded and said yes, the two chatted a few more words about the dance troupe, and finally Xu Dong personally sent each other out of the house.

Back in the yard, Xu Dong quickly asked: “Mom, what is the origin of this Aunt Wang? She speaks very loudly!”

Xu Ma glanced at Xu Dong, making Xu Dong a little puzzled.

“Who will let someone have a good son?”

“Your son and I are not bad, not to mention having a house and a car, two children gave birth to five children, amazing!” Xu Dong boasted with a smile.

Madam Xu pretended to sigh and said, “Oh, you are only so promising, you are far behind others!”

“Then what does his son do?” Xu Dong asked unconvinced.

“He is a national cadre at the department level, and he is the director of our street office here.”

Xu Dong was surprised and said: “Hey, you are at the top level, and the official hat is really not small…”

“Of course, otherwise Lao Wang would not be able to become the head of our square dance troupe.”

Xu Dong asked strangely: “Then why is their family short of milk powder? There must be many people fawning on their family?”

“What’s so strange about this, she just wants to flatter her, and she doesn’t know that her house is short of milk powder, has no electricity, and doesn’t even have a phone call.

Besides, now that the situation is so serious, her son must be so busy that he doesn’t have the energy to care about small things like milk powder. ”

Mama Xu guessed.

Xu Dong was speechless and could only admit that Jiang was still old and spicy.