Scholars in the courtyard

"Why does it smell so bad?"

Yang Xiaotao lowered his head and smelled it, and there was a stench all over his body.

It smells like the white stuff squeezed out of the acne. It's very unpleasant.

Yang Xiaotao quickly got up, turned off the lights, took off his clothes, then walked to the yard, picked up a bucket and poured water on himself.

After a lot of busy work, I washed away the stench from my body and then found some clothes to put on.

Fortunately, it was midnight, so there was no one in the yard, and there were corn stalks to cover me, so I didn’t have to worry about being seen.

After getting dressed, I threw the clothes I changed into the basin and soaked them in water to prepare for washing tomorrow.

Just as he was about to enter, he suddenly saw a figure walking in from the flower door in the front yard.

If it weren't for Yang Xiaotao's good eyesight, he really wouldn't be able to see it.

The figure walked carefully, made little noise, and had a strong figure. He arrived in the yard after a while.

Yang Xiaotao squinted and saw that this person was Qin Huairu.

I didn’t think much about it, I just thought I was going to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

These days, the toilet is outside the compound for centralized collection and processing of feces.

How else did you get the shit tickets from the countryside?

Yang Xiaotao didn't take it seriously, but then another figure came out, which was a bit interesting.

Yi Zhonghai?

Yang Xiaotao figured out who that person was.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai didn't expect anyone to be awake in the courtyard. Of course, he was more cautious than usual. He looked around vigilantly and quickly walked back to the house.

He just paused for a moment before entering, glanced at the Jia family opposite, and then entered.

Yang Xiaotao watched the two people coming back one after another in the middle of the night, and it was hard not to think about them together.

Reaching out to fumble with his beard, Yang Xiaotao thought of something interesting.

"Prosperous wealth!"

With a stretch of his hand, Wangcai, who was lying in his nest, stood up immediately, and the collar around his neck fell to the ground as soon as he broke it off.

Then he ran to Yang Xiaotao and shook his head.

"Find out where those two people went just now."

Wangcai nodded, turned and ran into the yard, lowered his head and sniffed twice, then ran out and disappeared.

Yang Xiaotao returned to the house, tidied up, and prepared to check the rewards.

This upgrade not only gives you the experience of an eighth-level fitter, or the physical ability to build eighth-level workpieces, but also gives you a new sub-skill.

With a foundation in fishing and cooking skills, these sub-skills can bring considerable profits.

Yang Xiaotao also wanted to see what was so special about this mechanical proficiency.

Unfortunately, turning on Mechanical Mastery requires credits, and the credits he currently has are obviously not enough.

Reluctantly giving up, Yang Xiaotao got up and brushed his teeth. After finishing washing, Wangcai from outside also ran back.

Woohoo~~

Wangcai roared for a while, and Xiaowei climbed out of the corn stalk and then acted as a translator.

Sure enough, Wangcai followed the breath of the two and found their respective destinations.

Just as Yang Xiaotao thought, they were not going to the toilet, but to the small courtyard separated by the street office deep in the alley entrance, which is usually a place where road cleaning tools are stored.

In the middle of the night, a woman or a man ran inside. You know what they would do?

"Oh, that's interesting!"

Before Yang Xiaotao traveled through time, he had read various speculations about the Qingman Courtyard on the Internet, including the unclear remarks made by Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai. Even when Jia Dongxu had an accident, some people speculated that Yi Zhonghai was responsible.

Just traveling to this courtyard house, I haven't found anything out of the ordinary between them after so many years.

What's more, Jia Dongxu is still fine now and has not reached the point where Qin Huairu sells steamed buns to suck people's blood.

Wangcai didn't get any other aura there, so obviously the two of them hadn't gotten together yet.

But when this trend appears, we have to guard against it.

even……

Yang Xiaotao kept the matter in mind and told Wangcai that he must follow up if he encounters such a thing in the future.

Go back to the house and sleep.

The next day, Yang Xiaotao got up to clean the house. Before cooking, Ran Qiuye came from the door.

Yang Xiaotao looked at Ran Qiuye's angry look and was a little confused.

"What's going on?"

"Tell me who provoked you, and I will vent your anger."

Yang Xiaotao volunteered, and Ran Qiuye sat on the chair, still bowing his head and not speaking, which made him confused.

He walked closer, stretched out his hand and held catkins, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Ran Qiuye's eyes were filled with tears, and she threw herself into Yang Xiaotao's arms with a cry.

Yang Xiaotao didn't bother to ask why, and quickly hugged Xiaotao to comfort him.

It wasn't until Ran Qiuye calmed down that he told the story.

It turned out that Ran Hongbing heard the conversation between Ran Qiuye and her mother last time. Although she didn't understand what it meant, she told her second sister Ran Xinrui what happened.

Ran Xinrui knew about this, but she didn't know what to think. She would not go to school this month. She talked about finding a job to help the family earn money.

How much money can she earn as a student?

Ran Qiuye asked her to go to school, and Ran's mother also spoke sincerely, but this girl was determined not to go to school.

For this reason, the two sisters had a fight last night. Ran Qiuye slapped his sister for the first time in so many years.

The two sisters didn't sleep all night.

No, he came here early in the morning to complain.

Yang Xiaotao held Ran Qiuye in his arms. Seeing how swollen her eyes were, he knew she had cried a lot last night.

"I know what's going on."

"It's all because of lack of money, alas!"

Yang Xiaotao said, picking up Ran Qiuye and putting him on the bed.

Ran Qiuye struggled to get up, "Listen to me, sleep here for a while, I will solve the problem."

Seeing that Ran Qiuye wanted to speak, Yang Xiaotao came forward to kiss, and their lips touched each other. Ran Qiuye couldn't help but want to dodge, but couldn't avoid Yang Xiaotao's attack.

After parting their lips for a long time, Ran Qiuye blushed and calmed down.

"Don't be angry from now on, let alone take it out on your body."

"Just leave this matter to me. You can lie down at home for a while and I'll buy some food."

Yang Xiaotao said, got up and went out, arriving at the breakfast restaurant at the entrance of the alley.

There were three or four men inside chatting and having a great time.

On one side of the wall is written "Long Live the Communist Party" in calligraphy, and on the other side is a painting with distinctive words, "10 points of targets, 12 points of measures, 24 points of motivation!"

Yang Xiaotao bought a pound of fried dough sticks, two bowls of soy milk, and a portion of dried tofu and stewed beans at the breakfast shop.

Before leaving, I came back and bought more.

When he got home, Yang Xiaotao saw Ran Qiuye sitting in front of the basin washing clothes.

When he saw Yang Xiaotao coming back, still washing his underwear, his face turned red.

Yang Xiaotao walked into the house with a smile. Ran Qiuye quickly hung up the clothes and walked into the house.

"Let you sleep and rest. You are fine, but you are not obedient at all."

With that said, he walked up to Ran Qiuye and pulled her to the table, and the two began to eat.

After eating, Yang Xiaotao took out an envelope and stuffed it into Ran Qiuye's hand.

"You can take my last month's salary and use it first. If it's not enough, tell me later."

Ran Qiuye quickly declined. She was here to deduct the money before she got married. Why don't you let others know about it and stab her in the back?

"No, I can't take it!"

"Silly woman, what can't you take? From now on, you are all mine, why are you so clear about it?"

"From now on, I will be responsible for making money and you will be responsible for spending it. We can have a clear division of labor."

Ran Qiuye was amused by the last sentence, "Bah, who is yours?"

"Of course it's you!"

"No one deserves it but you."

"Nonsense. But with this money, I..."

"What am I? If you don't think it's appropriate, just stay here tonight. Let's get things done in advance. Then as a family, there won't be any need to distinguish between you and me."

After hearing this, Ran Qiuye reached out and hit Yang Xiaotao, "You bad guy, you have a beautiful idea."

Yang Xiaotao took the opportunity to hold his little hand, "That's right, I just want the beauty you want."

The autumn leaves are blushing.

"I'll take you back and have a good talk with my little sister. Things that can be solved with money are nothing."

"Um!"

Ran Qiuye put the envelope into his pocket without paying attention to how much money was inside.

The two packed up and went out, Yang Xiaotao carrying the unfinished breakfast.

Someone in the courtyard noticed the situation when Ran Qiuye was washing clothes, and now he was even more shocked when he came out.

Silly Zhu had just left for work and felt disgusted when he saw this scene.

Pooh

Dog men and women.

Silly Zhu thought in his mind that in the future, he would find someone more beautiful and plump than Qin Huairu, richer than Lou Xiao'e, and more knowledgeable than Ran Qiuye, who would make Yang Xiaotao and Xu Damao angry to death.

Silly Zhu walked out happily, without even thinking about whether he was worthy or not.

I just feel that with my reputation as a person and my cooking skills, what kind of woman can I find?

"After passing the assessment this time, I will be directly ranked as a seventh-level cook. I envy them to death."

As he walked out in a flash, he saw the first man and Jia Dongxu in front of him, and he quickly ran up and followed them.

Yang Xiaotao took Ran Qiuye home instead of going in, and then went to work in the steel rolling mill.

In the Ran family, Ran's mother's face was ashen, and the two girls beside her were pouting and their eyes were red, but they looked stubborn.

Apparently mother and daughter are at odds again.

Who would have thought that this little girl would have such backbone.

Ran Hongbing hid next to the cupboard, rolling his little eyes, and waved his fist at his second sister to show his support out of Ran's mother's view.

He doesn't want to go to school anymore either.

I just didn’t have the courage to say it.

So embarrassing.

Ran Qiuye walked in from the outside and saw this scene, feeling sad.

"mom!"

"Akiba, where have you been all morning?"

Ran's mother spoke with reproach, and no one was worried.

Ran Qiuye put breakfast on the table, and Ran's mother frowned.

Their family is not rich enough to eat out.

"Mom, Xiaotao brought this."

"Also, this is for me."

Ran Qiuye didn't dare to say it was for their family, she could only say it was for herself.

The envelope was placed on the table, Ran's mother frowned.

"Qiuye, you, tell me what's going on."

Ran Qiuye knew that he couldn't hide it, so he told Yang Xiaotao that he went to Yang Xiaotao to cry.

Ran's mother was very angry after hearing this. What is this?

Ran Qiuye knew what her mother was thinking and quickly stepped forward to comfort her.

"He said that from now on he will be in charge of making money..."

"Besides, whoever has no problems, I will take good care of him from now on..."

It was easy to talk, and Ran's mother finally accepted the facts.

"Hey, Qiuye, you have to be careful in the future."

"Mom, I know."

With that said, Ran Qiuye opened the envelope first, revealing a stack of money notes.

"Wow, so many!"

Ran Hongbing had never seen so much money, and even Ran Xinrui, who was pouting at the side, was shocked.

Ran's mother was startled, and Ran Qiuye was the first to react.

"Mom, this is Xiaotao's wages for one month."

He spoke with pride.

"Brother-in-law, you are so awesome."

"Yeah, a lot of money!"

Ran Qiuye smiled and then winked at the two little ones. Ran Xinrui came up and smiled obediently. Ran Hongbing even threw himself into Ran's mother's arms and started counting the money.

In the afternoon, Yang Xiaotao went to Ran's house again after get off work. There was no man in the family who was the backbone, so it was hard to talk about some things.

As soon as he entered the door, he saw Ran Hongbing rushing out, shouting brother-in-law and brother-in-law, his mouth was sweet.

In the room, Ran Qiuye was rolling noodles, and Ran's mother smiled when she saw him coming.

Yang Xiaotao greeted Ran Qiuye, and then looked at Ran Xinrui, who had his head lowered.