Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 121 Unexpected
"This fish is delicious made by my aunt."

Yang Xiaotao used his chopsticks to pick up a piece of braised fish, swirled it around in the thick soup and put it in his mouth. The saltiness was right, so he couldn't help but pick up the chopsticks.

"Eating looks like eating! No shape!"

Uncle Chen was dissatisfied with Yang Xiaotao picking up chopsticks as if he was training his son.

"Drink some wine and start to show off again, and some people can't keep their mouths shut when they eat."

While Aunt Chen was counting, Uncle Chen had just found the feeling of training his son when he was beaten again with a stick.

"Drink, drink."

Yang Xiaotao quickly picked up the wine glass and touched Uncle Chen, and the two of them killed him in one gulp.

"The Moutai sent by brother Chen is different, it tastes much better than ours."

"What's the difference? It's not as good as Erguotou."

Although he said it was not good to drink, the pride in his eyes was fully revealed. Uncle Chen was still very proud of his filial piety to his son.

"Let me tell you, this Erguotou in the old city, the first sip of throat, suppress it and take another sip quickly, hey, that feeling is better than ascending to heaven~~"

Uncle Chen supported the table and taught Yang Xiaotao how to drink.

Yang Xiaotao rolled his eyes, which means I believe you are a ghost.

It's cool to drink like that, but one has to lie down.

bang bang
There was a knock on the door, Aunt Chen went to open the door, and the two continued to drink.

As soon as he picked up a peanut and threw it into his mouth, he saw Aunt Chen leading Yan Jiefang in.

"Uncle Chen, Brother Tao!"

Yan Jiefang said hello, looked at the food on the table, and swallowed involuntarily.

Yang Xiaotao picked up a piece of fish and stuffed it into the wowotou, and handed it to Yan Jiefang.

Yan Jiefang wiped his hands on his clothes, smiled innocently, took the bun, and gnawed it down.

"Brother Tao, my dad is here to hold a general assembly after dinner."

"I, I heard from the uncle in the house that the aunt of Jia's family wants to open it. It seems to be about helping people."

Yan Jiefang ate the wowotou in three or two bites. The soup inside was so oily that he almost swallowed his tongue.

"Zhang Erniu?"

"What the hell is this old woman doing? It's her business all day long."

Uncle Chen protruded a few words in a sip of wine, and when he saw Yan Jiefang here, he stopped talking.

"Hurry up, we'll go there after dinner."

Yang Xiaotao sent Yan Jiefang away, thinking about "helping others".

"Uncle Chen, this meeting is presumably related to last year's help."

When Yang Xiaotao said his conjecture, Aunt Chen thought about it and snorted, "This old woman didn't take it well last year, so she wants to do it again this year."

"Let's not talk about it, this year's situation in her family may really pass."

Uncle Chen thought about it, and then said disdainfully.

"A big man can't even afford to support his family, yet he has the guts to ask others for money."

"Jia Zhang's looks like that, fat as a pig, delicious and lazy, it's no wonder that he can save his family fortune."

After Yang Xiaotao finished his drink, his body felt warm, "I don't care what she does, I don't care whoever wants to help."

"Yes, I don't believe that Yi Zhonghai dares to play tricks in front of me, hum."

In the central courtyard, a wire was pulled from Shazhu's house, the dim light bulb was on, and a wooden table below was moved by the second uncle, and then the three of them sat around, not afraid of the cold.

Gradually, people from the compound came out one after another and circled around the compound.

Adults and children waited to watch the play one by one. The Jia family and the third mother, who knew the content of the meeting in advance, wandered in the crowd, bowing their heads and whispering from time to time.

Gradually, everyone became clear about the purpose of this meeting.

Yang Xiaotao and Uncle Chen were sitting at the entrance of the yard with small benches, each grabbing a handful of melon seeds, knocking and watching.

Seeing the main personnel coming, Liu Haizhong nodded to Yi Zhonghai, then stood up and patted the table.

"Everyone, be quiet and listen to me."

Everyone cast their gazes over, enjoying the attention of the surroundings, their chests and stomachs puffed out in bangs, and their official accents.

"Today, our three uncles held a meeting here to respond to the call of the street, inherit the glorious deeds of last year, carry forward the glorious tradition of the compound, help the poor and help the poor, and unite and help each other.

Last year, under my auspices, our hospital took the lead in implementing the one-to-one support system, which played a leading role in the work of the sub-district office, and later..."

Liu Haizhong started a long speech again, Zhou Meisen was not surprised, but no one wanted to stay longer in this cold weather.

"Second uncle, if you have something to say, just say it directly, holding back your glamorous, cold weather, what are you going to do if you freeze your children?"

Silly Zhu was upset recently, so he shrank his neck and shouted.

Liu Haizhong just felt a little bit, but was immediately beaten by Sha Zhu, and his eyes glared at Sha Zhu, "Mmm, today we are going to continue to help each other one-on-one."

"Let the uncle speak next."

Liu Haizhong said a few words, then sat down, his eyes were still staring at Sha Zhu, it seemed that he was filled with grudges.

Yi Zhonghai didn't stand up either, but still sat there with his hands on the tea mug, "Everyone knows that there are poor households in our courtyard and there are also kind-hearted people. That's why we did this last year, and we will continue this year."

"Third Master?"

Yi Zhonghai stretched out his hand to signal, and the third master Yan Fugui glanced at the third mother in the crowd, and after talking with each other, he got up and began to preside over the meeting.

"Let me first talk about the situation last year."

"Last year, a total of three families were helped. They were the Chen family, the Wang family and the Zhou family. The elder one, the second elder master and Yang Xiaotao's family helped."

"Everyone has seen what happened last year. It really helped people and solved difficulties."

The third master's opening remarks were not short, and what he said was true. As for the effect, the people below naturally have a steelyard in mind.

As for the help of the first and second uncles, it was really a good deed without leaving a name, except that I took five yuan to buy coal for others at the beginning, I have never seen how to help.

Maybe help out when you can't see it.

On the contrary, Yang Xiaotao's help to the Chen family was always on the bright side. Every time he returned from fishing, the Chen family was indispensable. The vegetable garden at home was no different from that of the Chen family. The two families lived as one family. The life of the old Chen family is like sesame seeds blooming steadily.

Now the old Chen's life is better than most other families in the courtyard.

I'm really envious.

But helpless.

Who would have thought that Yang Xiaotao was so capable?
In less than two years, it has become unimaginable.

This kind of drama of 30 years in Hedong and 30 years in Hexi will always make people feel incredible when it appears around you, and then deeply regret it.

As a result, when many people heard about the content of this meeting, they felt strange thoughts.

After the third master finished speaking, he finally got to the point.

"The first item of this meeting is for each company to declare. If you need help, don't be embarrassed, just sign up."

After Yan Fugui finished speaking, someone below had already raised their hands to sign up.

As the poor households last year, the Zhou family and Wang family naturally had no burden on their hearts.

The main reason is that the two of them are really poor, with many children and low income. They only rely on working in the streets to earn some rations. This winter must be sad.

Therefore, as soon as Yan Fugui finished speaking, the two families got up and signed up, and the people around were not surprised.

Then everyone turned their eyes to Uncle Chen.

Last year, two of the three needy households came out. If there is no accident, there will not be too many people who are willing to help this year.

Uncle Chen thought about it for a moment and was about to get up, but was held back by Yang Xiaotao who was at the side. He didn't want to understand what was going on, but he didn't intend to resist Yang Xiaotao.

Everyone waited for a while, and found that Uncle Chen didn't stand up, and immediately understood that Uncle Chen's family didn't need help this year.

Seeing this scene, many people felt hot in their hearts.

The third master Yan Fugui's family passed the first round last year, but fell in the second round, and no one was willing to help him.

Now, there is one more quota, isn't that just for their family?
Yan Fugui sat at the table with a constant smile on his face, and his eyes signaled the three mothers in the crowd to stand up and sign up.

You can't be robbed.

"Our family wants to sign up."

Just as the third mother was about to stand up, Jia Zhang who was beside her shouted.

"Our family, Jia's family sign up."

"Our family is in trouble. We can't eat anymore. Look, this grandson is starving and thin. The whole family is guarding one ration. It's really hard to get rid of it!"

Jia Zhang kept selling misery to the neighbors around him, in order not to vote like last year.

In fact, during this period of time, the Jia family was really having a hard time. They didn't have any money and the food was unpalatable.

Of course, this is a good life in the past. It is easy to go from frugal to extravagant, but difficult to go from extravagant to frugal.

In the past, Jia Zhang was used to eating steamed buns, and sometimes he could eat a meal of meat to improve his life. Now that the family has a large population, Jia Dongxu has not improved much, and life is under great pressure. After eating steamed buns for several months, his body can no longer bear it. .

Even so, I didn't see her lose weight.

On the contrary, Jia Dongxu lost a lot of weight and became even thinner.

I don't know whether it's bad food or worry.

In short, what Jia Zhang said aroused the sympathy of many people.

"Okay, the Jia family counts as one."

Yan Fugui saw that his daughter-in-law was robbed by Jia Zhang, so he hurriedly greeted him. Jia Zhang nodded and bowed to the people around him, and then sat down, not forgetting to make friends with the old women around.

"Our family also has difficulties."

The third mother finally picked up the topic and spoke out.

"Okay, that counts as one."

The third master was not shy, and directly gave himself a place.

The three mothers sit down, there is no reason to be selected this year if they were selected last year.

"Me, our family also has some difficulties."

As soon as the third mother sat down, Sun Laoliu stood up in the backyard.

Sun Laoliu is 37, and he and his wife both work in a textile factory.

There are three girls in the family, and the couple have to take care of the children and honor the two elderly people. Their daily life can only be regarded as passable.

"Sun Lao Liu, does your family still need help?"

Yan Fugui didn't want to agree in his heart, but he didn't know that Sun Lao Liu was not a good stubble, "Third Master, your family only has six members, but my family has seven members. Why can't you?"

Yan Fugui was speechless, thinking in his heart that your family still earns money, but he didn't dare to say it, if he said it, he would offend a lot of people.

"Okay, Sun Lao Liu is also counted as one."

Yan Fugui just wanted to get over the matter quickly and enter the next round, but he didn't want someone to stand up immediately after Sun Laoliu said this.

"Third Master, our family is tired too. Half a child eats a poor old man, and Jia's family has only one man, but my family has two men and two boys, so let's count as one."

Aunt Ma's family stood up and chattered, and the topic was directed at Jia's family. Jia Zhang was so angry that she was about to jump up and yell, but was stopped by Qin Huairu at the side.

Anyway, their family has already passed it, so it's best not to cause trouble if possible.

I have to vote later.

Yan Fugui was a little confused, all of them were unexpected.

When he was preparing for the meeting, he thought it would be the same as last year, but he never expected it to be like this.

Yi Zhonghai, who was also on the side, was also stunned. He thought it would be the same as last year, just three or two families, and the meeting was held for the Jia family to have someone to help them.

And he already has a candidate, it's Shazhu.

This was also for the purpose of getting closer, and he found that Sha Zhu's eyes on Qin Huairu were a little abnormal, so he suggested that Sha Zhu help Jia's family, and it would probably work.

Unexpectedly, things were unexpected, and the usually docile resident stood up at this moment, catching him by surprise.

(End of this chapter)