Scholars in the courtyard

Watching Silly Zhu packing up the roast duck, Little Huaihua ate her fingers greedily. The eldest mother walked over and took a piece of meat and stuffed it into Huaihua's mouth. Then she looked at Qin Huairu, "Huairu, your uncle said, but... But don’t do it three times. Let Zhuzi build the house properly this time, but don’t do it again.”

"Otherwise, rainy weather will come soon, and it won't work like this!"

Although the family's life has improved with the house subsidy, and the weather is getting warmer, Shazhu's restaurant has entered its peak season, and the family's income is considered stable.

But this kind of thing is just like people walking by the river. After a long time, there is no one whose shoes don’t get wet.

If you make a mistake, you will regret it!

Qin Huairu nodded immediately after hearing this, "Auntie, what you said is true, I think so too."

"We've earned this money, and many people are already jealous."

"Jealous? Who?"

After hearing this, Silly Zhu suddenly placed the kitchen knife on the panel with an angry expression, "If anyone is jealous, just demolish the house yourself. I'm sure you can make money."

"I have no ability. I am jealous of other people's ways. What a stupid thing!"

Qin Huairu quickly closed the door after hearing this, for fear of being overheard.

"What are you shouting for? I'm afraid people won't hear you, right? When the time comes, you can file a complaint with the street office and get your money back."

After hearing this, Shazhu immediately turned off the fire and did not dare to say more when it came to money. If he really wanted to collect the money, his family would not return to before liberation.

He casually chopped the duck rack into pieces and prepared to make soup. The aunt next to him breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Silly Zhu had been taken care of obediently.

This idiot is good at everything, but he can't change his habit of speaking freely.

Now that Qin Huairu is in charge, we can avoid detours.

"Hey, I have something to tell you."

Qin Huairu saw Shazhu guarding the stove and moved closer. Seeing that Qin Huairu didn't even call her name, Shazhu immediately curled his lips and said, "Say, I'm listening."

"Hey, what's your attitude?"

"What an attitude, isn't it just talking about something? How about I fry some peanuts and make some tofu mixed with green onions?"

"Cut two more preserved eggs."

Qin Huairu said next, and Shazhu raised his head, his eyes widened, "Yes, yes."

"Another bottle of wine."

"Yeah!"

"That's right, we don't have any peanuts at home. We also drink. Today's roast duck is three cents more expensive than usual."

Qin Huairu made such a joke, Silly Zhu became happy, and then nodded, "You said, I will keep it in mind."

"After a while, Jingru came. I told her clearly that when we build a house, we have to build it well this time and let her pay for it."

"ah?"

"Ah what. Cover it well this time."

"We're not making any money anymore."

"I didn't hear what Auntie said, but one thing can't be the other. This is enough. Let's build the house so we can live in it in the future."

Silly Zhu said oh, and then heard Qin Huairu continue, "This time when building a house, Qin Jingru will be the one who wants her own money, and she will be asked to pay a hundred, remember?"

"One hundred, so much?"

Silly Zhu doesn’t understand. He didn’t use so much before.

"What do you think? The bricks and tiles are free of charge, and the labor is free of charge."

"I've heard that there's no stock of wood or anything like that lately. If you want to buy it, you have to find a way."

"These don't all cost money."

"Did you hear what I said?"

Shazhu nodded hastily, "Come on, I'll listen to you."

"That's pretty much it."

Silly Zhu turned around and lamented in his heart, sooner or later he would have to make up for the hundred.

Some of them are tired.

But isn’t that just building a house? It’s not like he’s never done it before, so he needs a hundred dollars?

Night falls.

Every house lights up, whether it is an electric light bulb or a kerosene lamp, it is the light that belongs to the home.

In the kitchen, pots and pans were clinking, and the 'chefs' were busy cooking dinner.

Yang family.

Yang Xiaotao sat at the top and Ran Qiuye sat at the bottom.

Miao Miao leaned against Ran Qiuye during the Dragon Boat Festival, and her two little daughters approached Yang Xiaotao.

The two little guys were still unable to hold chopsticks well, so they were eating rice bit by bit with wooden spoons.

There are steaming meals on the table, and today's dishes are particularly rich. Yang Xiaotao specially made braised pork, mapo tofu, braised eggplant, scrambled eggs with leeks, and cold tomatoes.

They are all vegetables from the yard at home, which Ran Qiuye likes to eat.

As for children's tastes, just follow the adults.

The family sat together at the dining table, and Wangwang wandered leisurely under the dining table. Attracted by the delicious food, he stretched out his little head and explored his head, waiting for the master's reward.

In the yard, Wang Cai and Hei Niu were guarding a basin, licking the food inside from time to time and eating with relish.

"Miaomiao, is it okay to go to school?"

Yang Xiaotao put a piece of braised pork into the bowl and asked.

Miao Miao's little red face kept nodding, "The school teachers are so nice, and there are so many classmates."

Ran Qiuye put down her chopsticks and touched Miaomiao's long braid, "Miaomiao has solid basic skills and learns quickly. Lan Xin said that in two months, she will be able to keep up with the progress and will be promoted to the second grade."

"That's good, Miaomiao is indeed the best."

Miaomiao smiled, "Dad, I'm still the music class representative."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, yeah, I led the students in the class to sing, the sun always comes after the storm, please believe there is a rainbow."

After hearing this, Duanwu immediately put down her chopsticks and said, "Sister, I can sing, I can sing too."

Now Yueyue Rongrong also started shouting, while Ran Qiuye and Yang Xiaotao clapped their hands aside.

For a time, the dinner table was filled with laughter and laughter, full of family affection.

After eating, Yang Xiaotao led the children to walk in the courtyard and chatted with the people in the courtyard.

Ran Qiuye moved the TV to the yard and placed it on a chair.

When people in the courtyard got the news, adults and children carried small stools, and some gathered at the door of the house with mats, waiting to turn on the phone.

Not long after, I manually adjusted the channel and found Sijiucheng TV Station. Then black and white pictures began to appear and the sound was played.

Ran Qiuye sat aside holding the third child, and Miao Miao held the fourth child. As for the Dragon Boat Festival, she was in Liu Yuhua's arms, grabbing jelly beans with Xiao Yu.

The first-come-first-serve pavilion near the water is the advantage of the central courtyard. If you come early, you can get a good position.

"Hurry up, it's starting."

"What's going on?"

The person who was still walking behind asked hurriedly, and a group of voices immediately came from the front, "You need to be more thoughtful."

"You are so thoughtful, grab a seat for me."

The shouts spread around, and more and more people came.

"Xiao Tao! I want to ask you something."

Wang Dashan leaned against a wooden pillar, holding a cigarette in his hand, and asked Yang Xiaotao.

"Uncle Dashan, tell me."

Yang Xiaotao didn't pay attention. Many people around him went to watch TV, and the remaining few were those who stayed close to him on weekdays.

"Xiao Tao, what kind of supervision team does your factory have?"

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "Yes, what's wrong?"

"You do too, alas!"

Wang Dashan sighed first, and then said, "Two people came to our slaughterhouse. They said they were from the supervision team. They were given the task last month. We successfully completed it and almost didn't get enough meat for the marketing agency. ”

"Now it's even more extreme. The amount of tasks has been doubled. This, isn't this embarrassing?"

Wang Dashan frowned and took two hard puffs on the cigarette butt in his hand.

"No wonder, my wife went to the supply and marketing cooperative to cut meat early in the morning, but as soon as the door opened, it was gone. She also said she would go earlier tomorrow."

Xiao Liu added on the side, "It turns out there is no meat."

Wang Dashan nodded, "Tell her not to go. Not to mention tomorrow, even the next month, the supply and marketing cooperative may not have meat."

"And it's not just ours. The slaughterhouses in the entire Sijiu City are like this. Our director said that if this continues, it will be difficult to supply the factory."

Yang Xiaotao frowned, and the cigarette in his hand flickered, "Uncle Dashan, doesn't the slaughterhouse have supplies around it? Is there still a shortage of supplies?"

"You don't know that there are people in the supervision team not only in Sijiu City, but also in surrounding towns."

"It's not like pigs and sheep can be raised in a day or two. To do this suddenly breaks the rules and breaks the balance. I don't know what will happen in the future."

After Wang Dashan finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, a little at a loss.

"It's more than just meat."

Yan Fugui came over at some point, apparently listening for a while.

Yan Fugui came closer, nodded to Yang Xiaotao, and then said, "This is not just meat. My family will go to the grain station to get the rations for the second half of the month."

"Guess what, it's gone!"

Yan Fugui clapped his hands and said in surprise, "We knew the difficulties before. We only provided food for half a month, and received half a month, in order to let more people eat."

"It's okay now. I went there twice in a row and both said there was no food. I heard it was to support the disaster area, but this person has to eat. This is not a problem."

After Yan Fugui finished speaking, he also looked at Yang Xiaotao.

In this courtyard, Yang Xiaotao has the highest status and must be well-informed.

Many people also came over, wanting to hear what Yang Xiaotao had to say.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaotao coughed lightly, "I'm not very clear about the specific situation, but the superiors must have their considerations."

"The fact that they didn't come forward to say anything means that things haven't reached the worst yet."

"Everyone, relax, we are the Four-Nine Cities, the heart of the country."

After hearing this, Yan Fugui opened his mouth to say something. During the three difficult years, Sijiucheng also went through this, but seeing Yang Xiaotao's appearance, he did not dare to say it.

I thought to myself that if the food didn't come in two days, I would ask Yang Xiaotao to borrow some.

He knew that the Yang family's noodle vat was always full.

When others heard what Yang Xiaotao said, they didn't know whether it was true or false, whether it made sense, but they couldn't say anything else.

"Commander, you won't even eat when I ask you to. What are you doing in the house?"

In a courtyard house, in a room with a front yard, under the light, an old woman pushed the door open and came in, holding bowls and chopsticks in her hands. There was a layer of pickles under the steamed buns, and a boiled egg on top.

In the room, Wang Zhuo was lowering his head and approaching the light bulb. The carving knife in his hand kept carving the wood. The wood chips fell little by little and scattered on the table, spreading everywhere.

"Mom, I'm busy. You put it aside and eat later."

Wang Zhuo said without raising his head, staring at the log in his hand, for fear of making a mistake.

"I said, why are you doing this again? Just go to work and stop messing around."

The old woman put the bowl aside and began to chatter.

"Mom, I know. You eat first and I'll wait."

Wang Zhuo frowned, and when he spoke, the carving knife in his hand had stopped.

He looked at the seal of the Machinery Factory Planning Office rubbed on the wood, trying to make sure the lines were flawless.

This craft was learned when he was in Shanghai.

At that time, Shanghai had not yet been liberated, so he was making a living within the system.

But corruption is rampant all around, and it is impossible for a good person to survive.

So I learned this craft from a master, and then within the system, relying on this skill, I carved several "official seals", transferred materials, started a small business, and my life became more relaxed.

But I didn't expect that I would be so happy in a blink of an eye.

My own method doesn't work anymore, even stamping it won't work, because it relies on votes.

You know how much food you eat, how much you pay every month, and how much you pay each month. Even if you don't do business, you can only go to work and work honestly.

Shine for the revolution.

That life has plummeted.

In the end, his wife left, leaving him and his mother to depend on each other.

"Oh, Mom knows that you won't listen to anything I say."

"But Mom still wants to say something, Marshal, Mom asked the aunt in this street to introduce you to someone, and you can go and meet him in two days."

"Although that girl is divorced, she is pretty and is still a broadcaster in the factory. I guess she is no different from you."

"Mom, I know. I'll meet you in two days."

Wang Zhuo said impatiently. Seeing this, the old woman could only shake her head and leave the house.

whisk

After blowing hard on the sawdust on the wood, Wang Zhuo stretched out his hand to try it, and then began to compare the seal patterns on the table.

Under the light, little by little, for fear of making a mistake.

After a long time, Wang Zhuo relaxed and smiled.

"Finally done."

Looking at the stamp on his hand, Wang Zhuo chuckled.

Put the stamp in the drawer. With this thing, you will be more sure of your affairs.

Thinking of this, he turned around and picked up the bowls and chopsticks on the table behind him. Just looking at the dark buns made him lose his appetite.

In the end, I only ate one egg, and I kept complaining that it was not as good as before liberation.