Scholars in the courtyard

Backyard, Xu family.

As the Chinese New Year was approaching, Xu's mother brought back a lot of things. Now Xu Damao was willing to spend money. He bought a lot of food at home, which made Qin Jingru feel hungry just looking at it.

"Daughter-in-law, what do you want to eat?"

Xu Damao greeted Qin Jingru cordially and asked what he wanted to eat.

On the side, Xu's mother was also smiling and cooking. The third generation of the Xu family was here, and the whole family was precious. If the movie theater hadn't been on duty, Xu's father would have come over tonight.

Qin Jingru's face was rosy, and she had really enjoyed being treated like a princess these days, which was no worse than Ran Qiuye in the middle courtyard.

And what she didn't know was that Xu Damao made reference to the Yang family's situation in order to keep his children lively and healthy.

Whatever Yang Xiaotao prepared for his children, he would prepare it. If there were good ones, he would never use bad ones.

Whatever Yang Xiaotao buys for his wife, he also wants to buy. If he doesn't have enough money, he should buy less.

Yang Xiaotao took his wife out for a walk. He will also run in the future.

Yang Xiaotao made a small car for his son, and he asked his father to find a carpenter in the village to make the same car.

From now on, if there are children in the yard, his son must also have them.

In short, 'learn' everything from Yang Xiaotao, and follow the Yang family in everything.

Therefore, Xu Damao has become extremely diligent these days. In order to show movies to others, even if he has to go back and forth to smear the film, it is not tiring.

After Xu's father learned about this, he was also pleased and gave his second-hand bicycle to Xu Damao, giving him more motivation to make money.

"Jingru, what do you think our son's name is?"

Xu Damao was delighted. Although it was still early, he couldn't help but look forward to it.

"This, you are the father, you have the final say."

Xu Damao was even more proud after hearing this. This is the benefit of being a father.

If I name my son, I will have a reason to beat him in the future.

The names were all given by me, and it is a matter of course.

"Then call it, Xu Feng. No, let's call it a lot of fish. It's redundant? No, then call it."

Xu Damao began to get entangled.

Next door, the second aunt is sitting on a chair, constantly making the dough for the dumplings.

Last year, she was still making white flour dumpling wrappers. However, after Liu Haizhong left, the family's situation plummeted.

"I don't know how your father is doing."

The second aunt said something, and Liu Guangtian, who was picking up peanuts at the side, tilted his head and said, "What else can I do? Just work."

"You, don't miss him. It's only five years anyway. You can come back after the New Year. I just don't know what I can do when I come back."

Liu Guangtian threw the peanut into his mouth and crunched it. Liu Guangfu nodded, "Brother is right, it won't be good even if he comes back."

"If you offend the leader of the steel rolling mill, you will be an idler when you come back."

The two sons were talking to each other, and the second aunt felt uncomfortable after hearing it, but what she said was all the truth. She didn't say anything, she just lowered her head to hold back the tears in her eyes.

Right now, the only ones she can rely on are these two sons.

As for the eldest child, just pretend he never gave birth.

"Come on, let's share the peanuts."

In the front yard, Yan Fugui looked at the circle of people at the table, all looking at the basin, and immediately picked it up happily.

Yu Li's face felt uncomfortable, as did Yan Jiecheng beside her.

The third aunt glanced at the two of them with a proud expression.

"You're a bunch of people!"

"this is yours."

Yan Fugui used a shovel to distribute the peanuts to everyone, counting them carefully in his mouth. Yan Jiefang shouted at the side, "Dad, you have to be fair and don't divide the peanuts evenly."

"Hey, little brat, do you dare to question your father?"

"Let me tell you, if your father is unfair in this courtyard, nothing will be fair."

"These eyes are fair."

After saying that, after distributing the peanuts to everyone, the third aunt brought the basin and started making dumplings.

"Yu Li, look, Qin Jingru is pregnant, you two need to hurry up."

On the side, Yu Li stretched out her foot and kicked Yan Jiecheng, blaming this waste for failing to get up or down every time, with no result yet.

Yan Jiecheng smiled awkwardly, "We will work hard, we will definitely work hard."

bang bang bang

Firecrackers sounded outside the yard. Yang Xiaotao and Mr. Yang went out, carrying bamboo poles, and the sound of firecrackers rang out.

In the room, Xiao Duan was sleeping soundly at noon, at which point even Ran Hongbing and his wife were woken up.

The surrounding courtyard instantly became violent, and then the entire alley became restless. Farther away, thunder bursts over Sijiu City, and the sounds of cheers and firecrackers reached our ears.

"It's time to serve~"

"Braised fish dish."

Yang Xiaotao poured the fish soup on the fish. The rich fish soup exuded the aroma. Ran Xinrui, who was on the side, held a big plate and inhaled hard through her nose.

"Braised pork belly for two."

It was another tough dish. Ran Hongbing almost lay on it. The pork belly was stir-fried with green onions, and added with bean paste, ginger and a little chili. It had a spicy aroma and was more appetizing than fish.

It wasn't over yet. Ran's mother took out a plate of fried peanuts and a plate of salted duck eggs from the kitchen. They were all home-pickled, with orange-red yolks and oily eggs, and placed them on the table.

Yang Xiaotao took the fish out of the pot, and Ran Qiuye also put the dumplings on the plate, and threw the excess into the dumpling curtain.

The family sat down, and each person had a plate of dumplings in front of them, four dishes in the middle, a stack of soy sauce and garlic paste, and a pot of dumpling soup.

"Master, Mom, I wish you and your wife good health and happiness like the East China Sea."

At the dinner table, Yang Xiaotao toasted to the two of them with a wine glass.

"well."

Mr. Yang drank it with a smile, while Ran Mu took a sip from the wine glass.

"Brother-in-law, I wish you a prosperous career."

"I wish my brother-in-law everything goes well."

Ran Xinrui and Ran Hongbing held small cups, which contained yellow orange juice. Yang Xiaotao went to the grocery store and discovered that there was Arctic soda in it, so they bought three bottles. They wanted to drink it early, but they were stopped by Ran. Mother stopped.

I got what I wanted tonight.

"Okay, brother-in-law also hopes that you two will study hard and make progress every day."

"Thank you, brother-in-law."

Three small cups were held together, and laughter sounded again on the table.

"Try it, Master, this pork belly is crispy, please try it."

"Drink some of this fish soup Akiba."

The next day, Yang Xiaotao got up early and waited for people in the courtyard to come to pay New Year greetings.

Not long after, people from the courtyard came and walked around, welcoming waves of guests. Children kowtowed to pay New Year greetings, and Mr. Yang took the red envelopes prepared by Yang Xiaotao and handed them out to each one.

When the arrivals were almost complete, Yang Xiaotao took Ran Qiuye and the two children out to pay New Year greetings.

At home, Mr. Yang and Ran's mother were sitting in charge. After walking around the streets and alleys, Yang Xiaotao took Ran Qiuye to Zhou's mother's house. After leaving Zhou's house, Yang Xiaotao took Ran Qiuye back to the courtyard.

After going out, Ran Qiuye felt a little tired, so he rested at home.

Then Yang Xiaotao went to Wang Guodong's house by himself, sat there for a while and then walked around Yang Youning's house.

Of course, don’t go empty-handed, just two bottles of wine and a box of snacks.

When she left, she was not empty-handed. Yang Youning's wife knew that Ran Qiuye was pregnant, so she gave some oranges to take back.

Yang Xiaotao is not polite. Transportation is inconvenient these days, and greenhouses are not booming. It is not easy to eat these fruits.

Of course, there are still seasonal fruits provided by the system every month, but Yang Xiaotao has to give a suitable reason, otherwise there is no way to explain.

So, before returning to the courtyard, the number of oranges doubled, and there was also an extra bag of pomegranates, hawthorns and two grapefruits.

A large bag was hung on the handlebar. When Yang Xiaotao returned to the middle courtyard, he happened to meet Qin Jingru and Xu's mother coming back. The two of them stared at the fruit bag all the way.

Back home, Director Wang's family came to visit. Yang Xiaotao put down his things to cook, and somehow managed to keep the people behind and have a meal together.

Only then did Yang Xiaotao realize that the courtyard was very peaceful. The usually annoying Jia Zhang didn't appear to be annoying.

It turns out that Director Wang is here.

On the second day of junior high school, Yang Xiaotao led Mr. Yang to arrange Xu Yuanshan's house.

In the morning, Yang Xiaotao rode to the steel rolling mill and bought some gifts. Then he drove his jeep and pulled his grandfather into the military compound with the gifts.

Xu Yuanshan didn't expect that Yang Xiaotao would come, but he even thought that Mr. Yang Yaoyang, as his father said, was here, so he hurried forward to help him.

In the house, Xu Yuanshan's son Xu Peng ran into the house. After a while, Mr. Xu walked out tremblingly on crutches.

When Mr. Yang and Mr. Xu met, there was not much excitement or words. They stared at each other for a moment, then raised their hands in a military salute.

Then, the two held hands tightly.

"Brother! Long time no see, long time no see."

Mr. Yang nodded, "I'm going to see Mr. Marx soon. I just thought I'd meet the old brothers first so that we can get to know each other. Then we can go down together to form a team. We won't be able to find an organization."

"Ha ha!"

After saying that, the two laughed.

Yang Xiaotao and Xu Yuanshan followed them in.

Two old men sat on chairs, leaning their heads on each other, talking about the past.

In the house, Xu Yuanshan's lover came over to express his gratitude after hearing that Yang Xiaotao was coming.

They already know about Xu Long, and the pot given by Yang Xiaotao has become a sought-after existence among the border troops. Now the steel rolling mill produces pressure cookers every day, which has become a food guarantee for the soldiers.

"I heard that your steel rolling mill has produced something new?"

Beside the living room, Xu Yuanshan was holding a teapot and Yang Xiaotao was sitting beside him.

As for Xu Peng, he was sitting at the bottom, watching his old father giving water to his peer Yang Xiaotao, with envy in his eyes.

His old man is looked down upon by most people.

Then I thought to myself, say a few words to prove my existence.

"Hey, this is really interesting."

Yang Xiaotao drank a little, then smiled and talked about the mechanical hydraulic auxiliary system, and then also talked about helping Quancheng Automobile Factory panic the Jiefang Automobile Factory in the north.

"Last time, Lao Yang said that people in Shanghai called and asked for drawings, but it turned out that Lao Yang was talking about Tai Chi for half an hour, but he didn't get to the point."

Xu Yuanshan on the side nodded secretly. He knew Yang Youning's ability. If he really got slippery, only Liu Huaimin could handle it.

As for the situation of the domestic machinery manufacturing industry in recent years, it is very clear. According to his words, those people are getting old.

As people get older, their thoughts tend to be conservative and stable, and they lose the energy and energy they had when they were young.

Looking at Yang Xiaotao, if the steel rolling mill did not have Yang Xiaotao, it might be the same as these factories.

Fortunately, the steel rolling mill has him. He is so young and can still work hard.

But then I thought about the chemical factory where I was working, and my heart gradually became heavy.

Xu Peng on the side only listened to a few words and felt that he could not keep up with the speed of the two people's conversation, especially what about Shanghai, Liberation, and Quancheng. Are they talking about trucks?

"Uncle Xu, how is the chemical plant?"

When Yang Xiaotao asked about the situation in the chemical plant, Xu Yuanshan shook his head, "It's a mess."

"Now the traditional chemical process is running smoothly, and the state is supporting it."

"Last time, because the production of pressure cookers required belts, the petrochemical project was launched. However, it was still unable to make ends meet and required national financial subsidies."

“A factory as big as a chemical factory still needs subsidies?”

Yang Xiaotao was a little surprised. Those chemical factories in his previous life could not only provide chemical raw materials, but also produce some chemical products. It was easy to achieve a small goal every year.

Even now, as long as chemical factories produce random products, they are hot commodities in the market. Why do we need state subsidies?

"Actually, that's it."

Xu Yuanshan felt a little melancholy.

"No, Uncle Xu, what are you doing now?"

"I used to do everything, including various industrial acids, alkalis, and some chemical products. It was quite complicated."

Xu Yuanshan rubbed his brows, "It's just too complicated, there are too many stalls."

"Is it made of plastic?"

"Do!"

"Where's the plastic film?"

“There’s no breakdown on this one.”

"Do you make chemical fertilizer?"

"What fat?"

"Nitrogen fertilizer, potassium fertilizer, etc."

"It should be done."

Yang Xiaotao asked several questions in a row, and Xu Yuanshan frowned.

Some projects here are indeed open, but he doesn't know about some of them.

Maybe I don't know how to hide in that laboratory and study it.

But there is still a long way to go before this kind of research can be put into society.

However, Yang Xiaotao was surprised that he could ask these questions.

Could it be that this kid also knows chemistry?

I heard it will rain tonight, so the factory is on duty.

A Tao was afraid that he would oversleep tomorrow, so he happened to be on duty here, so he used his mobile phone to poke a chapter, and after gathering three chapters, he posted them first.