Back to the past: Spring and Autumn Siheyuan

Chapter 7

But today, because Li Heng went to clean up the house, everyone came back from get off work at night and heard that there was a commotion in the courtyard.

His father, Mr. Li, and Xiao Yuan are actually quite popular in that yard.

After dinner, the first uncle came to the front yard and chatted with the third uncle Yan Bugui, and then returned to the house and sat there smoking a cigarette with a thoughtful face.

The first mother took back the rice bowls that had been sent to the old lady's house in the backyard, washed them and put them in the cupboard.

The widowed old lady in the backyard is [-] this year, and her legs and feet are a bit inconvenient. The neighborhood committee arranged for her to take care of her. She cooks and sends some meals to her every day. The old lady has a headache and her brain is hot.

Every month, the street office will give the old lady a five-yuan subsidy for difficult living, and will also issue counting tickets. I don’t know if she will give the money to the old man, but the ration of 27 catties per month is given here. of.

That's right, the meals are prepared and delivered to you. If the rationed food is not handed over, it will be a bit ugly.

And the uncle and the mother took good care of her.

The couple has never had their own children for some reason. From taking care of the old lady, they think of their own life in old age, and often worry about their future pension issues.

Today I heard that the eldest son of the old Li family in the front yard has returned from the army, and now the elder is thinking about the future care of the couple.

He is in his early forties this year, and he is still a seventh-grade worker in a steel factory. His monthly salary is nearly [-], which is a reasonably high salary in this era.

Money, their family is not short of money, but they can't get it out, which is the core problem that has always troubled him.

"Old Yi, what are you thinking about?"

After the first mother cleaned up the dishes, she saw her man sitting there silently, wondering what he was thinking, so she asked.

"Did you see the eldest son of the old Li's family in the front yard today?" The old man didn't answer the daughter-in-law's question.

"See you, the young man looks very energetic. He looks like he was carved out of the same mold as Xiao Yuan. Even if he looks darker, he can also be taller."

"How do you feel about being friendly?"

"Uh... Well, we didn't talk much. They were busy cleaning up the house. I just helped the old lady over there to have a look. After that, I lived in a courtyard. I recognized someone, but when I said hello, I seemed to be He was polite and didn't say anything else."

"He has been a soldier for so many years, so he doesn't have any gangster spirit?"

"I really don't feel this, but it's a bit refined, just like Lao Li and Xiao Yuan. I said why are you asking this?"

The uncle smoked a cigarette and glanced at his wife, but said nothing.

Seeing this, the big mother immediately understood what her man was thinking, and fell silent.

Wuchu is also the pain in her heart.

"Do you know where he is assigned to work now?" The old man took another puff of his cigarette, and then he remembered that he forgot to ask this at Yan Pugui's place just now.

"It's at the waste recycling station under the street office."

"How did you get assigned to this unit?" Although everyone said that there is no distinction between good and bad jobs, and that everyone can be the number one, but in fact, there is a chain of disdain in everyone's heart.

The jobs everyone talks about are the same, but you can ask him to sweep the streets and see how many people are willing, not to support their families, absolutely no one wants to go.

These days, entering a factory to work is the most advanced, and being a worker is also the most powerful.

There is a daughter in the family, and the worker I most want to marry is also a worker, and this kind of thinking has continued for 30 to [-] years.

"It's allocated by the state, can he say no?"

Big Mom's words are right on point, you can't choose the assigned job, but Li Heng is different from the others, he picked it by himself, and he strongly requested it.

Without him, I just want to have a leisurely time, and the salary is not much.

In his previous life, since he became a policeman after graduating, he had been busy for more than ten years, and he didn't even have any time for himself. OK.

"Forget it, let's take a look when he comes back to live."

After listening to her man's words, the aunt put down her needlework and looked over in surprise.

"Didn't you be optimistic about Zhuzi before, and we've known each other since he was a child, and we know him well, why have you changed your mind now?"

"What else could be the reason? It's true that Lao He is gone, but he just left, and it's not like he's gone. If he comes back later, do you think Ren Zhuzi can serve us instead of supporting his father? "

It's true, who can let his father not serve him and serve others, isn't that crazy.

"Then you plan to find that... that... what is the name of the eldest son of the old Li family?"

"Oh, Lao Yan told me that his name is Er Heng, and his real name is Li Heng."

"Are you going to find him?"

"Look again. I haven't even met anyone. If he has the same temperament as Xiao Yuan, then it shouldn't be a big problem."

Speaking of this, the uncle suddenly realized a problem: "No, I remember Lao Li said that his eldest son is five or six years older than Xiao Yuan, so he is almost thirty?"

"I don't know about this, but I think it looks the same today." The first mother thought for a while and said.

"That's troublesome. For a person of such an age, and he has been in the army for so many years, he has never seen any scenes. His heart has long been hardened like iron. It is not easy to move him."

"Old Yi, I think you should stop thinking about it. You start thinking about things before you meet anyone. Isn't this just finding something for yourself?"

The uncle was stunned by what his wife said, yes, why was he a little dazed, it wasn't like this before.

Since when did this start?Could it be that some time ago, the old lady in the backyard had a cold and fever at night, but there was no one around her?
This time I thought about it and thought about it, after all, I didn't continue to talk about it.

……

Even though he has been back for more than ten days, Li Heng still wakes up automatically at five o'clock every morning, puts on his clothes and goes out to clean up his personal hygiene before going out for a run.

He is used to insisting on exercising every morning. If he does not exercise for a day, he will feel uncomfortable all over his body and will not be able to cheer up all day.

Old Zheng, who was also up in the guard room, heard the commotion outside and peeped out the window. Seeing that it was Li Heng, he sat down again, picked up the steamed buns that came out of the cafeteria last night on the table, and took a bite. I ate a mouthful of pickles.

(End of this chapter)