The Rebirth of the Rain Pillar of the Siheyuan

Chapter 3 Disputes

After getting up and going to the back of the house, some discarded sundries were piled up beside the courtyard wall, and there was also a small coal shed, which was neat and didn't need to be cleaned up.

After everyone falls asleep at night, they can use their abilities to collect the waste soil into the space and enter the secret room, so that there will be no movement and no one will notice.

Go back to the house to check the time. At 03:30 in the afternoon, the rain will end and school will be over. Hurry up and go to the supply and marketing agency to buy a flashlight.

I went to the supply and marketing cooperative, spent [-] cents, an industrial ticket, and bought a small flashlight with two batteries.

Go back to the yard and say hello to the neighbors, and enter the house to inspect it.

Let's cook, the rain will be home in a while.

Looking through the kitchen, the family is quite rich. There are more than ten catties of cornmeal, more than twenty catties of white flour, and ten catties of Northeast rice. .

I looked through the cupboard again, and there were only six eggs, and the family was a little poor.

There was even a piece of bacon in the jar at the bottom of the cupboard.It seems that the sticks have not grown up, and nothing has been lost in the yard.

Looking at other things, there is a small pile of potatoes and two half-grown Chinese cabbage, probably from the cafeteria. The cabbage is not on the market this season, so it is not easy to search for it. A few onions are lying next to the cabbage.

Stew some rice, stir-fry bacon with Chinese cabbage, scrambled eggs with onion, this saves trouble, then cut some shreds, that is, kohlrabi, which is also given by the family in the Northeast, shreds and cut into shreds, find a basin to soak in water Serve, when the time comes, dry the water, minced green onion and garlic, add some soy sauce, vinegar and sesame oil, the taste is very refreshing, and it is perfect for dinner.

While cooking, the off-duty people returned to the principal. Immediately, women from various households came out to greet their husbands, and the children danced happily around the father.

After school, the rainwater opened the door and ran in.

"Brother, what are you doing? It smells so good! I can smell meat!"

Yushui happily circled He Yuzhu in the kitchen, Yuzhu became dizzy and grabbed his sister.

"You send your schoolbag back to the house first, then wash your hands and eat."

Yushui ran back to his room, and went to the pool in the yard to wash his hands. At this time, the old man got off work and went back to the backyard to see Yushui. He asked, "How is your brother, Yushui? Is he feeling better?"

Yu Shui washed his hands and said to an old man: "I just got home, I think my brother's spirit is not bad, he is cooking for me!"

"Then tell your brother, I'll go see him after dinner."

The uncle asked the rainwater not to forget.

"Okay, sir, I see."

Yu Shui shook her wet hands and ran back to the kitchen to tell her elder brother that the uncle was coming after dinner. He Yuzhu nodded to indicate that his younger sister knew it.

When the uncle returned to his home, his wife and mother had already set up the kang table, and when the uncle came in, he immediately brought out the prepared meals.

"There is warm water in the washbasin, please wash it quickly. I steamed Erhe noodles steamed buns and stewed potatoes with late kidney beans."

The uncle asked casually: "Well, let's eat! By the way, did the old lady give it?"

"I see that Sha Zhu is at home today, so I didn't bring a share. Sha Zhu is usually at home, and he cooks the old lady's meals."

"Isn't silly Zhu injured? I'll go to the old lady's."

After the uncle finished speaking, he left the house and came to the house of the deaf old lady. When he entered the house, the old lady was sitting cross-legged on the bed, rubbing her stomach.

Seeing the uncle coming in, the deaf old lady felt a little wronged.

"You're back! At noon, I ate leftovers from the morning. When will I have dinner? I'm hungry!"

The uncle questioned the old lady: "Didn't the silly pillar deliver it to you at noon? Didn't you do it at night?"

"Silly Zhu was not at home during the day and came back after one o'clock. I don't know why I went! I didn't come to see me after I came back."

The old lady was angry because she was hungry, and told the uncle about He Yuzhu.

Hearing what the old lady said, the uncle became a little angry, and said, "What is this silly pillar doing all day long!"I have to ask him, why doesn't he even make a meal when he is idle at home?Come eat at my place!
Helping the old lady back to her home, arranged for a big mother to serve the old lady for dinner, and then prepared to question Shazhu.

"Old Yi, why don't you go after dinner? Go there and have a good talk with Shazhu, don't be impatient."

The first mother knew his wife's temper, and was afraid that the two would quarrel, so she quickly persuaded her.

The old man didn't answer, he rushed to He Yuzhu's house angrily, pushed the door hard and entered. The two brothers and sisters were eating, when they heard the door "bang", the old man walked in.

Seeing that the uncle was so impolite, He Yuzhu's face darkened.

"Master, the door of our house has been in disrepair for a long time, but it is not as strong as your old man. You have to be more careful."

Hearing that He Yuzhu insulted him for daring to talk to him like that, the uncle suddenly felt furious.

"Silly, let me ask you, you are resting at home today, why don't you cook for the old lady?"

He Yuzhu thinks this person is ridiculous, do you feel too good about yourself and feel that you have to continue to hate him.

"No, grandpa, isn't it usually done by the aunt? That is, I make some meat from time to time and send it to me. Why am I resting at home, so I have to provide the old lady with three meals a day? The old lady Is there no food there? It’s not the end of the month yet?”

"Look at what you said, is it human? What do you mean three meals a day? The old lady is so nice to you, what's wrong with you cooking for me? Your mother is busy all day long, so you rest at home Why are you still not happy to change her?"

The distraught old man defended weakly, and the three people in the courtyard, hearing the noise of the two, opened their doors and windows to look this way.

"Why did Yi Zhonghai quarrel with Sha Zhu?"

"This idiot deserves to be a idiot, even the uncle dares to quarrel."

"This idiot has no conscience, he forgot how kind the uncle was to him, how could he yell at the uncle."

Everyone was talking.

At this time, the door of the wing room in the backyard opened, and a young man with a long face, seventeen or eighteen years old, looked at He Yuzhu's house with his head poking his head. He was pushed aside by the people behind him and looked back.

"Dad! Look at the silly Zhu and the uncle are arguing!"

"Da Mao, come and see with me."

Father Xu and his father walked towards He Yuzhu's house.

During the stalemate between He Yuzhu and the uncle, a middle-aged man in his 40s walked in with a young man.

He Yuzhu misses Xu's father and son quite a lot. This Xu Damao is the same age as him, and grew up together since childhood. It's just that one is about to graduate from high school, and the other just finished primary school and is studying art at home with his father.

Seeing Xu Damao, He Yuzhu was quite happy, after all, they grew up playing together.

Thinking of Xu Damao's last life in his 40s, when he was in his [-]s and achieved nothing, he mortgaged his house and borrowed usurious debts, and Xu's father was so angry that he almost starved to death on the street, and finally returned to the compound.

It's a pity that he didn't survive a serious illness, and left in his 50s, and the white-haired man sent the black-haired man.In the second year, Xu's mother also died in depression, without even a descendant, and the ending was indeed a bit miserable.

Xu's father is a movie projectionist at the No. 90 Steel Rolling Plant, and he has a very high status in the factory. He and Yi Zhonghai, who is in charge of the backyard, are well-known figures in the rolling mill. To the eighth level, the scenery is immeasurable for a while, and the salary is more than [-], which is enviable.

Not long after the founding of the People's Republic of China, eighth-level workers are rare, and their status is only a little lower than engineers. The factory manager should be polite when they see them.

Liu Haizhong, the second uncle in charge of the middle court, and the third uncle in the front yard also came in one after another.

Liu Haizhong is also an employee of the rolling mill, a sixth-level fitter in the maintenance workshop, with a salary of more than 50 yuan. The second uncle has a wide body, a fat belly, no education, and a bad temper. The only dream in this life is to be a director or something, so Talking and doing things, I always learn the tone of the factory leader. The second aunt lives at home with matchboxes to supplement the family. Among the three sons, Liu Haizhong loves the eldest son, and the other two fight or scold. , basically has no contact with the family, so I get angry when I see these two sons left.

The position of the steward in this courtyard was originally not the turn of the third master. It was only because he needed one who could read and write records. After the decision of the neighborhood committee, he was made the steward of the front yard. Because it was not elected by the residents, the steward status is relatively low.

The second uncle swayed his panel-wide body in his bangs, and with his hands on his stomach, he said to He Yuzhu in a pretentious manner: "Silly Zhu! I heard you yelling from a long distance away! How do you talk to the first uncle? Your father has been away all these years , I take good care of you guys, and give Yushui five yuan a month for living expenses, how can you be so ungrateful?"

He Yuzhu didn't say anything when he heard this.

~This old guy lived in a compound for the elderly in his previous life, and he was beeping all day long. I treated him sincerely and helped him pay off his foreign debts to pay for his medical expenses. In the end, I took care of the funeral. Is this old guy good?Before you died, you left all the money in your pocket to your son, and you didn’t pay back any money you owed me. Is this a fucking human thing?The third master also picks up junk and sells money to subsidize the nursing home in the compound! ~

"Second uncle, if you come to criticize, I welcome it. If you rely on the old and sell the old to criticize me, then please go out!"

He Yuzhu pointed out the door to the second uncle with a dark face.

The second uncle suddenly felt a little choked, and hurriedly asked the first uncle.

"What's the matter? What made you and Sha Zhu so angry."

The third master also spoke to persuade He Yuzhu: "No matter what it is, it's not right for you, silly Zhu, to talk to the elder man like this. After all, the elder master is an elder, and he should have the respect he deserves."

The first uncle nodded and did not speak. Seeing that he had been robbed of the limelight, the second uncle glanced at the third uncle and asked, "Tell me? What made the two of you so angry?"

"Didn't I get injured and rest at home? I didn't cook for the old lady when I went out during the day. When the old man got angry, he came to ask me why he didn't cook for the old lady, and said that the old lady was busy all day. Don’t let her rest! Do you comment? You tell me that the old lady is a martyr, and all living materials are distributed by the street, and ten yuan is returned every month. I don’t have any extra food for the old lady. I usually make some meat and send it to the old lady. Even if I repay my ancestors for being kind to me, there is no need to take care of three meals a day? Now it’s so difficult, who doesn’t? "

He Yuzhu told the reason and told his grievances.

The second uncle nodded, coughed lightly, and said to everyone in the room: "What silly Zhu said is reasonable, and he doesn't have any extra food to take care of the old lady."

Then he said to the old man: "Furthermore, the entire compound knows that the neighborhood committee entrusted the old lady to your family. There is no need to bother unrelated people. Taking care of the old lady is your family's task, and it is the trust of the country and the people. As for Shazhu's rude behavior towards you, he must apologize, you are so kind to the Shazhu brothers and sisters, and you pay five yuan a month for living expenses, what Shazhu did is really wrong!"

The uncle puffed out his chest and waved his hand.

"There's no need for theory in Shazhu. After dinner, we'll hold a meeting of the whole house and let everyone talk about it."

After speaking, he pushed aside the crowd and left.

(End of this chapter)