Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 116
At night, Jia Zhang, who woke up from a coma, looked at the leftovers in the room, full of misery.

For this full moon wine, their family spent nearly 30 yuan, but in the end they only charged 20 yuan, and they lost [-] yuan only on the surface.

Jia Zhang got out of bed tremblingly, his stomach growled, and he searched around in the rice bucket, but he couldn't find a piece of meat.

"You guys killed me these days, don't leave any of it to our family!"

Jia Zhang sat on the ground and wept bitterly.
Jia Dongxu, who was sleeping soundly on the bed, was woken up, babbled, and finally lay on the bed, not wanting to care about these troublesome things.

As for Qin Huairu, he was heating up the dishes on the side.

She is not hungry, that bowl of meat made her feel satisfied, and it was also for the sake of food, and she didn't feel any guilt in her heart.

For a while, the Jia family cried and shouted, and the children's screams rang out incessantly.

The Yan family, Yan Fugui returned home contentedly, and closed the door.

Then the third mom looked at the food that the family put on the table with a smile in their eyes, and kept praising it.

"It's still our family's ability."

"Jiefang, you silly boy, learn from your brother, what are you doing with eggplant? If you want to take it, take the meat!"

The three mothers said, looking for a plate to pack up the food on the table, these dishes can't be eaten in one meal, they have to be saved.

Yan Fugui nodded, still relishing the taste of meat in his mouth.

"Don't run to the middle courtyard these two days, we have taken advantage of it, so we have to be careful."

"Got it, Dad."

Yan Jiecheng and the others responded, and Yan Fugui nodded, still thinking in his heart that he hadn't asked for the money for this time's help.

The night passed, and Yang Xiaotao just woke up the next day when he heard shouting and cursing from the courtyard.

Xiaowei was lying at the door, screaming, and Yang Xiaotao heard that it was the third master and Jia Zhang who were scolding each other.

"These two people can really make things happen."

Since he woke up and didn't go back to sleep, Yang Xiaotao put on his clothes and opened the door, only to see Mrs. Jia pointing at Yan Fugui and scolding him.

"For money? For what?"

"Yan Laoxi only wrote about thirty characters, how dare you ask for money?"

When Jia Zhang woke up early in the morning, thinking that there were only a few dishes left on the table, she panicked.

Especially the boys from Yan Fugui's family, the whole family had two tables of food, and she would feel uncomfortable if she didn't get some back.

However, before she went out to look for Yan Fugui, she saw Yan Fugui coming out of the Hanging Flower Gate, and the two of them happened to get together.

Yan Fugui didn't sleep well last night. Although he took advantage of Jia's family, he didn't pay the "salary" he promised, which made him feel itchy.

That's fifty cents.

How much does not matter, as long as you can take advantage of it, every penny is happiness.

So, getting up in the morning, Yan Fugui got dressed and prepared to come to Jia's house to get back his wages.

As soon as he came in, he saw Mrs. Jia and Zhang, so Yan Fugui explained why he came.

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Jia Zhang's mouth sprayed like a magic bullet that was lit.

Hearing Jia Zhang's words, Yan Fugui was not a good stubble either.

"It's only natural to pay for work."

"This is the rule. Do you understand the rules? If your Jia family breaks the rules, don't gain a foothold in this courtyard in the future."

The third master pulled the tiger's skin, and he might be able to calm down Jia Zhang's family at ordinary times, but today Jia Zhang's mind is only thinking about the loss of his own family, so he doesn't care about the rules or irregularities.

"Yan Laoxi, your family cooked two tables of vegetables, and you will pay my family money for this loss, otherwise my mother will not spare you."

"If you don't give me ten yuan today, this matter will never end."

Seeing Jia Zhang's behavior, Yan Fugui knew that today's salary would not come back, and he didn't want to continue talking here, so he turned around and ran away.

"I don't follow your common sense that doesn't understand the rules."

After speaking, the person ran out, and Jia Zhang behind him didn't react, so he disappeared.

"Don't run!"

Jia Zhang chased after him and quickly ran to the front yard.

Yang Xiaotao watched the two who had run away and turned back to the house to wash.

After a while, two women's noises came from the front yard, which lasted for a long time.

At noon, Yang Xiaotao went fishing with a fishing rod. When passing by the front yard, he saw a scratch on the face of the third mother, but she looked very proud, so she probably didn't suffer.

This is the people in the courtyard house, yesterday they could still drink and laugh together, one day they would fight and tear their faces, and two days later they would be reconciled.

When I came to the fishing place in the West Sea, I found a place to prop up the fishing rod, took out the books I borrowed from the library, and looked at them while fishing.

The autumn wind blows the ripples, and the float keeps nodding, breaking the calm water.

Time is like a float in the water, passing by little by little, and it was noon in a blink of an eye, Yang Xiaotao also caught four or five fish, enough to eat for the next few days, so he went home with the fish basket.

When he came to the courtyard and walked past the door of Jia's house, he was naturally rewarded with envious "screaming". Yang Xiaotao took it easy, and shook the fish basket deliberately, revealing a few big fish, which made Jia Zhang clutch his chest, almost Rolled his eyes.

Back home, Yang Xiaotao started cooking and led a monotonous and comfortable life by himself.

Two days later.

On the day of the full moon, the courtyard was lively again.

The nephew had a full moon, and the daughter married into the city. The Qin family from the countryside left early and arrived at the courtyard before lunch.

This time, apart from Qin Huairu's parents, brother and sister-in-law, the family of four is complete.

With so many people coming to eat, and they didn't have enough money to buy some souvenirs, the Jia family's snobbish eyes naturally didn't make them feel good.

Jia Dongxu's face was cold, he didn't drink wine, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law didn't bark.

Jiazhang's family was talking sarcastic inside and out, and all they served were leftover meals, and the Qin family's food was also uncomfortable.

Just after dinner in the afternoon, Qin's mother said a few words to her daughter, and then led the people back to the village.

Qin Huairu sent her family out of the courtyard with a smile on her face. Standing in the cold wind, watching her parents who raised her gradually walk away, seeing her old father's silent appearance, her heart felt as if a boulder was simmering and she couldn't breathe.

The mother's words are still in my ears, "Guarantee your health, you are also a mother, you have to think about your children in the future."

Thinking of her mother's gray hair, her father's wrinkled forehead, and the eyes of her brother and sister-in-law, Qin Huairu's heart felt like a knife was twisting.

Until no one could be seen, I lowered my head, weeping sounded, tears slid down, and were blown dry by the wind.

Marrying in the city was her lifelong dream, but now her dream has come true and she has a child, but she doesn't get the respect she wants.

In this family, she is the most humble existence.

He raised his hand and wiped his face with his clothes, picked up his face clean, faced the north wind, let the wind blow on his face, and strode towards the courtyard.

Confidence stays on the face.

Even a humble existence is still a city dweller.

……

Time flows, and the stars move.

In the blink of an eye, it has come to the end of the month, and the weather is getting colder and colder. Sijiu City is like this. It is cold early, and winter is still long.

When he got up in the morning, the water tank in the yard was covered with ice. Yang Xiaotao scooped water into the kettle with a ladle, and hurried back to the house to prepare for cooking.

Last week's exchange column was updated, and Yang Xiaotao exchanged two sets of thermal autumn clothes and long trousers in one go. He also wanted to get one for Mr. Chen and his wife, but he was afraid that he would not be able to explain the origin, so he had to give up.

In addition to that, there is an electric blanket for a double bed.

This thing has not been produced by factories in China in this era. First, there is no technology, and second, there is no market.

Even electricity is a problem now, what's the use of electric blankets if you can't afford electricity at home?

But Yang Xiaotao didn't think about it so much. Anyway, he is the only one in the house now, and if it can't be done, he will cover it with a quilt. The people in the yard have never seen it, and they don't know what it is.

Therefore, pulling electricity became the problem that Yang Xiaotao had to solve at the moment.

After the electricity is connected, there is no need to light up the lamp for reading in the future, and the electrical appliances that are exchanged can also be used.

As for expenses, Yang Xiaotao saw that his small coffers had exceeded [-] during this period.

Among them, the beasts in the courtyard "contributed" a lot, and the salary was not much, which was enough to pull the wires.

So during this period of time, Yang Xiaotao went to Director Wang's house when he was free, mainly because he was an electrician and was in charge of the power supply in this area.

After eating, Yang Xiaotao put on his coat, opened the door and went out.

In the middle courtyard, Mrs. Jia Zhang was not afraid of the cold. She just sat in the courtyard early in the morning, just staring at the front yard.

Yang Xiaotao naturally knew what was going on, Yan Fugui led people to feast on the table set up by Jia's family earlier, so she also wanted to eat it back.

Yan Jiedi of the third uncle's family is almost full moon, and Jia Zhang has been waiting for this day for a long time.

However, Yang Xiaotao felt that Jia Zhang should have waited in vain.

Based on his understanding of Yan Laoxi, if this guy is so calculating, he probably won't do it.

Leaving the courtyard, Yang Xiaotao took out two cabbages, a small bag of eggs, and a pack of white rabbit candies from the space.

Follow the road and soon come to Director Wang's house.

bang bang
The door opened, Li Tiejun saw that it was Yang Xiaotao, and hurried to welcome him in.

"Xiaotao, sit down first, I'll call you Aunt Wang."

Li Tiejun asked Yang Xiaotao to sit down, and was about to go to the neighborhood to find Director Wang.

"Uncle Li, don't worry, I'm here to ask you something."

Hearing this, Li Tiejun didn't go out, but let the little tiger who was eating candy find someone.

"Uncle Li, it's not the Chinese New Year soon, I want to pull a wire to my house, do you think it's okay?"

"Pull the wire?"

Li Tiejun was taken aback, but these days, many people have started to use electric lights. Thinking of the ability of this kid in front of him, he nodded and agreed, "No problem."

"After dinner, I'll go to your place to see what's going on!"

"it is good."

While the two were talking, Director Wang came back from the outside and lectured Yang Xiaotao again.

"Aunt Wang, this dish is grown in the courtyard. I can't finish eating the eggs. It's just a good time to supplement nutrition for the tiger cubs."

Director Wang couldn't say no to him, so he could only smile and ask him to stay for dinner.

Then when talking about pulling the wires, Director Wang asked again, "It costs a lot of money to pull the wires. I remember you don't have any electric poles in your compound."

Yang Xiaotao nodded, not only their compound, but also the entire alley had no wires.

"It's not just that I have some spare money, it's also convenient for reading, sooner or later."

Yang Xiaotao explained that everyone knows that he likes to read and study, and the reason is justified.

"You can pull it up first, and whoever wants to use it later can make up some."

Li Tiejun said aside, this is also the current actual situation.

After all, one wire can be divided into several wires, and it may be possible to earn a lot back by then.

Yang Xiaotao didn't take the matter of earning money for compensation.

I was used to the environment of electrical appliances in my previous life, so I naturally know that electricity can improve the quality of human life.

After lunch, Li Tiejun and Yang Xiaotao went to the courtyard together.

When he came to the entrance of the alley, Li Tiejun looked at the electric pole, then came to Yang Xiaotao's house, and calculated the distance, "I guess it's 100 meters from the electric pole to your house."

"I looked at it, and in addition to the electric pole at the entrance of the alley, there are four more to pull it up."

"After entering the yard, you can go behind the house."

Li Tiejun calculated while Yang Xiaotao followed.

"Uncle Li, I don't understand this matter, just come here."

"In short, you can calculate whatever you want, and there are wages and expenses. Don't be polite to me."

Li Tiejun snorted after hearing this, "Are you still doing this, kid?"

Yang Xiaotao scratched his head, and then stopped talking.

(End of this chapter)