Scholars in the courtyard

At noon, all the places where a pig can eat are cleaned up, and everyone goes home to work and wait for dinner together in the evening.

When Yang Xiaotao and Mr. Yang went home, Ran Qiuye cooked two vegetables, and they drank the peanuts first.

After taking a few sips, Yang Xiaotao talked about the steel rolling mill and took out the good news.

"Let me see!"

Mr. Yang wiped his hands, carefully took the good news, and opened it gently. His expression was no worse than Ran Qiuye's.

"Ha, okay, okay."

"Fram this thing and put it at home."

Yang Xiaotao and Ran Qiuye have no idea about this. They can put this thing anywhere.

And if you put it here, you don't have to worry about being stolen by others.

After dinner, Mr. Yang talked about the pressure well.

In the past few days, the village has erected wooden frames made by Yang Xiaotao for the pressure wells, and they all worked well after trying them.

People from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences also came down to take a look, and more pressurized water wells will be delivered after the New Year, which can also be used by surrounding villages.

"Recently we have discussed building waterways, using wells as nodes on the land, and using waterways to connect the water from the wells." Mr. Yang rubbed his knees, "This will make it easier to irrigate the wells and reduce losses."

Later, Mr. Yang also talked about the difficulties in the village.

This waterway construction is not just about making a ditch on the ground. It needs to be made of stones, turns, and cement. Although it does not need to be too deep, it can effectively avoid the waste of water.

However, the materials for this construction are not easy to find, and they also take up space.

Some people in the village agree, some don't, and they haven't made up their minds yet.

Yang Xiaotao nodded after listening. Later generations used leather pipes when watering, in order to save water consumption.

But now, where can I use a leather pipe?

"Master, if we can't do it, just use wood or bamboo to get through it. There is always a way."

Yang Xiaotao thought for a while and expressed his opinion. In his previous life, he saw bamboos being used to divert water in many places in the south, so he spoke out as soon as he thought about it.

When Mr. Yang heard this, he thought he could give it a try, so he got up and went to discuss it with Yang Dazhuang.

There is actually a bamboo forest in this area, just pick some when the time comes.

After Mr. Yang left, Yang Xiaotao started to clean up the house, Ran Qiuye helped wipe the furniture, and then the two began to post couplets.

This is how the Chinese New Year is, saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, cleaning up is the best way to celebrate the New Year.

Siheyuan.

Silly Zhu returned home in despair, smelling the smell of vinegar in the courtyard, and still had the same sentence in his mind, "Practice a gang."

Help.

That's something a man who can't marry a wife would do if he has no other choice.

But He Yuzhu, can't he find a wife?

Did he do this to the Jia family to help?

Silly Zhu sat on the stool, looking in a daze, unable to even hear the sound of firecrackers outside.

I even forgot the time and forgot that today is New Year’s Eve.

I forgot to post the couplets, and even forgot to promise Yi Zhonghai to stay up late on New Year's Eve, and promised Qin Huairu to make dumplings together.

"No, no, I'm not a gangster."

"I'm not, I'm just"

Silly Zhu suddenly became alert. He liked Qin Huairu and wanted to kiss Fangze. He even had a dark side of his psychology, but he never wanted to be a gangster.

Even if Jia Dongxu is gone, he doesn't want to.

He is still young.

Silly Zhu clenched his fists and looked at himself in the mirror.

A sloppy look.

"I want to marry a wife. I want to start a family, have a woman, have sons, and have many sons."

Silly Zhu was chanting and repeating it like a puppet.

"Zhuzi, what are you doing at home with the door closed?"

Yi Zhonghai walked in at the door. It was New Year's Eve in broad daylight. Silly Zhu had the door closed. He felt something was wrong. He just took the couplet here and came over to see the situation.

Looking at Silly Zhu who was sitting motionless on the stool, Yi Zhonghai frowned and put down the couplet.

"Zhuzi, what are you thinking about?"

He reached out and patted Shazhu on the shoulder, and Shazhu woke up like a dream.

Looking at Yi Zhonghai, there was a forced smile on his lips.

"Master, when did you come?"

"When did I walk in and you didn't look at me?"

"Ah, no, I didn't see it."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Si Zhu and thought about something, "Yu Yu is getting married, so he must be feeling bad mentally."

When Si Zhu heard this, he didn't say much.

But deep down in my heart, I suddenly felt like I had lost something and felt empty.

"It's like this. A married girl throws away the water. In the past, when a girl got married, she would take her husband's surname, and she would have another family in her heart."

Yi Zhonghai took out a cigarette and asked Si Zhu to light it.

"Uncle, I know that you have made the rain worse over the years. You are like a father to your elder brother, so you must be feeling disappointed."

Silly Zhu was smoking and coughing constantly.

But there was no explanation.

"It's okay, it'll be fine in two days."

"If you think about it this way, it's time for men to get married and women to get married. It's time for Yu Yu to get married and have her own happiness. You should bless her."

Yi Zhonghai observed Sha Zhu's expression while driving.

Seeing the realization of Shazhu's "emphasis on love and justice", he felt even more satisfied.

Such a person is his choice.

Perhaps, he should have directly chosen Shazhu instead of Jia's family. He couldn't throw away that mess now even if he wanted to.

After smoking a cigarette, Shazhu came back to his senses.

He Yuyu has her happiness, but what about his own happiness?

Qin Huairu?

Maybe he had a vague idea before, but today He Yuyu's hoarse voice made him understand.

He, He Yuzhu, must not be used as a gangster.

Even if the Jia family agreed, he would not choose it.

Qin Huairu is good, but she cannot be a daughter-in-law.

Thinking of this, Shazhu looked serious again.

At this moment, Shazhu reaffirmed his life path.

"Master, don't worry, I'm just feeling a little emotional. It's okay."

"Yu Yu is getting married. It's time for me to think about my own affairs."

After Si Zhu finished speaking, Yi Zhonghai was a little pleased with the first sentence, but the next sentence made him wary.

"Zhuzi, what's wrong with you?"

"Hey, sir, it's natural to start a family and have children."

Silly Zhu smiled confidently, "I have seen through it over the years. If I am not good enough, I will not be too low. I will not jump. After the New Year, I will go to the third aunt and have a good talk. I will try to get things done next year."

As Silly Zhu said, Yi Zhonghai was confused. If Silly Zhu found a wife, then...

For a moment, Yi Zhonghai panicked and didn't know what to say.

"Master, I'll go to the backyard to talk to the old lady and put a couplet on her."

Silly Zhu stood up as he spoke, picked up the couplet and walked to the backyard.

Yi Zhonghai watched Shazhu leave and walked home full of worries.

Shazhu is looking for a wife.

He felt that things were getting out of control again.

As night falls, the courtyard is dressed in red, and the red couplets set off the beautiful meaning.

Children were running in piles in the yard, and they accidentally bumped into adults, and then laughed.

bang bang

Small firecrackers continue to explode, and a group of children surround the protagonist, clamoring to play with firecrackers.

Banggan and Xiaodang stood at the door, looking out of place.

There isn't much to play with them in this courtyard.

At this moment, there is no attraction of small firecrackers, and no one comes to play with them.

What's more, the two men coughed from time to time, which made the adults tell their children not to get close.

"Brother, I want a cannon."

Xiaodang said enviously, Banggeng coughed twice, his eyes were also eager, but he knew that his family had no money, "Our family has no money, so we can't buy it."

"Yan Jiekuang has many small cannons."

Xiaodang said aggrievedly, Banggeng looked at the Yan family members with envy in his eyes.

It's just that people don't play with them at all.

Glancing at Shazhu's house next door, Banggeng thought of something, "Xiaodang, just wait, I'll give it to you and ask for money."

Xiaodang looked at Banggeng and didn't ask how she wanted money. Anyway, she just spent money.

Bangge asked Xiaodang to go home and wait, and ran into Shazhu's house alone.

boom

"Silly Zhu, open the door."

Bangge didn't expect Shazhu to close the door. He could go in at any time before.

"Little bastard, what are you shouting for?"

Silly Zhu had just finished taking a shower and was shivering with cold. He was now putting on his pants.

"Silly Zhu, open the door quickly."

Banggan shouted at the door. In the room, Qin Huairu was chopping meat and preparing to make dumplings.

I'll cook it in advance and let Shazhu go to the hospital. I can't forget about Jia Zhang and the others.

When he heard Banggeng's cry, Qin Huairu frowned. How many times had Banggeng told him that he wanted to call him Uncle He, but how could he call him Silly Zhu.

However, watching Sha Zhu open the door and Bang Geng walk in, Qin Huairu suddenly felt that Bang Ge and Sha Zhu looked quite pleasing to the eye.

"Silly Zhu, what are you doing at home? You haven't opened the door for so long."

Banggeng looked around and glanced at the place where Shazhu put the money. He had already figured it out, but he didn't dare to move before.

Silly Zhu looked at Banggeng with his eyes raised, and his face was startled, "Banggeng, what are you looking at?"

"Hey, I wish you a happy New Year in advance."

Banggeng said, immediately walked up to Shazhu and kowtowed.

"Uncle Silly, Happy New Year."

"Uncle Silly, I wish you well."

Bang bang

Banggeng kowtowed, but Silly Zhu was confused, but he quickly pulled Banggeng up.

"You bastard, it's not time yet, what are you doing?"

"No, it's just that I want to give you New Year greetings and some lucky money."

"New Year's money?"

Silly Zhu looked at Bangge, and just as he was about to speak, he looked at the door again, "Did your mother ask you to come?"

BangGeng nodded immediately.

"Hey, lucky money."

Silly Zhu didn't think much, he dug out his pocket and took out two cents, "You and Xiaodang, please stop being greedy?"

"Won't."

Banggeng took the money and ran away, while Silly Zhu shook his head behind him, "You little bastard."

After a while, Shazhu started cooking, but saw Qin Huairu walking in.

"Zhuzi, Banggeng is here to ask for money? Don't spoil him anymore."

"Sister Qin, are you okay? Don't freeze in this cold weather."

Shazhu saw Qin Huairu and said something, but in his heart he thought of joining forces and started to keep his distance.

"It's okay. Let's move around. It's almost good." Qin Huairu leaned forward with a smile in her big eyes. "I said you have to help take care of the awesome things in the future. You can't develop bad habits."

"No way, isn't this lucky money? Children like to have fun."

Qin Huairu smiled and looked at Shazhu who felt particularly energetic.

"Zhuzi, the dumplings made by my sister just happened to be unfinished by my aunt. I asked the old lady and my uncle to come to my house for New Year's Eve dinner tonight."

When Si Zhu heard this, he thought it was nothing, so he agreed, "Okay, I'll carry the old lady on my back."

"No rush, you have to go to the hospital first and help me bring the dumplings there."

"This, me"

Silly Zhu was a little embarrassed. Who should go to the hospital during the Chinese New Year?

When Qin Huairu saw that Sha Zhu was unwilling to pay attention, she immediately stepped forward and stretched out her hand to hold Sha Zhu's arm, "Then shall I go and send it off? It's dark outside. If Sister Qin..."

Qin Huairu was still talking, but Shazhu inadvertently distanced himself.

"Zhuzi, please help me."

Seeing Sha Zhu's refusal, Qin Huairu stepped forward again, this time holding Sha Zhu's arm directly, and begged even more.

Silly Zhu only felt that his arms were soft and the fragrance around him made his originally firm will begin to waver.

"I"

"You just go there, you don't have much time, and you will be back soon." Qin Huairu continued, but seeing that Silly Zhu still didn't speak, his face turned cold, "Forget it, if you don't want to go, I will go find the uncle. "

"Master? Forget it, let me go."

In the end, Silly Zhu agreed to the matter.

Qin Huairu smiled when he saw it, and Sha Zhu was also infected, feeling inexplicably relaxed.

Since coming back from Silly Zhu's place, Yi Zhonghai has been sitting by the window. The aunt beside him didn't dare to ask, she just lay down to rest.

But it could be seen from his eyes that he was filled with anxiety.

Silly Zhu's state made him feel inappropriate.

Of course, he didn't know what caused Sha Zhu to be irritated by being accomplices. He thought it was because He Yuyu got married and Sha Zhu was anxious.

But this kind of thing also made him feel critical.

What if Silly Zhu really finds a wife? What should Qin Huairu do? Where will future children come from?

Yi Zhonghai looked at Shazhu's house and was in a daze. His eldest mother didn't dare to ask any more questions when she saw it.

It wasn't until Qin Huairu went to Shazhu's house that Yi Zhonghai's expression softened a little.

After all, this woman is quite capable, and she should have other thoughts at this time.

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai's eyes flashed with light.

Sure enough, through the window, he could see the movements of Shazhu and Qin Huairu, especially Qin Huairu's pulling. Shazhu was still a little resistant at first, but soon surrendered. The two chatted and laughed and returned to normal.

At this moment, the stone in Yi Zhonghai's heart relaxed, and he looked at Silly Zhu with more confidence.

Just these three minutes of heat?

hehe.

"O pillar, a country is easy to change, but its nature is hard to change."

"You should just accept your fate!"