The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 106 The Laughing Conference

The sun was setting, and the fire clouds in the sky were burning beautifully.

Li Aiguo went to the vegetable market on a tandem bicycle to buy vegetables.

Abducted to the supply and marketing cooperatives.

The red brick houses with blue tile roofs are as dazzling as stars among the bungalows.

There is a plaque above the iron-red wooden door, with seven red characters written "Chaoyang Dahuangjing Supply and Marketing Cooperative", arranged in a circular arc.

The wooden door is spring-loaded and will automatically close when pushed open.

Open the door and enter, there are many groups inside: non-staple food group, daily necessities group, tobacco and alcohol group, hardware group and so on.

Small ones like creams, soaps, candies, etc. are placed in counters with bright glass according to category.

Big ones like tin thermos bottles, enamel basins, cloth, and ready-made clothes are all placed on the shelves behind the counter.

Iron shell tea bottle 6 yuan 1, hiss, but really expensive.

Looking at the waitress who was eating melon seeds, Li Aiguo thought that there was no possibility of bargaining, so he could only hand over the money and ticket to the waitress.

"You have it."

After taking the iron tea bottle and holding it in his arms, Li Aiguo bought another towel for 7 cents.

It's so hot on the train, towels are for wiping off sweat.

I wanted to fill it with soy sauce, but found that I didn't bring a glass bottle.

The supply and marketing cooperative also provides beer bottles, which cost [-] cents apiece. We, Li Aiguo, were reluctant to spend the money, so we had to give up.

Riding a bicycle back to the courtyard.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw the anxious face of the third mother.

Seeing Li Aiguo approaching, she seemed to want to say something, but she didn't come over.

Li Aiguo didn't ask either. Although the relationship between the two families was okay, it wasn't to the point where they got together.

It's off-duty time.

The entire courtyard is more lively because of the "Jia Family Ruins", and many residents of nearby courtyards come to visit it.

The adults chatted, and the children shuttled through the crowd, like a vegetable market.

Go to the middle courtyard.

In the past, Jia Zhang, who was used to sitting at the door with the soles of his shoes, could only squat on the flower bed, looking at the ruins and wiping tears.

"Li Aiguo, you give me back my house, and you give me back my house."

Seeing Li Aiguo, hatred flashed in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth.

If she hadn't been afraid of the big lump on Li Aiguo's waist, she would have rushed up at this time.

Li Aiguo returned home with a warm smile, with his head up and his hands behind his back, and he strode home.

Light a fire and cook.

Without any surprise, the coal stove went out again.

It seems that the plan for pan-guo-stove has to be advanced, otherwise who can stand coal every day!
There seemed to be no one in Xu's house next door, and briquettes were ignited from Aunt Liu's house.

Li Aiguo took the meat out of the canvas bag, washed it and chopped it, and made some vermicelli and chili to make a minced meat vermicelli.

Cooked a bowl of cornmeal porridge for dinner.

Close the door, the room is dark, turn on the lights, Li Aiguo is ready to have dinner.

Tuk Tuk
There was a crisp knock on the door, and Li Aiguo put down his chopsticks and opened the door.

Standing outside the door was Xu Damao, looking at the minced meat on the table, almost drooling.

Seeing that Li Aiguo didn't intend to let him into the house, Xu Damao could only swallow his saliva: "Aiguo, my uncle asked to call a meeting of the whole hospital."

"About donating to the Jia family?" Li Aiguo frowned.

"It must be. Mrs. Jia Zhang cried all day in the compound today."

Xu Damao felt excited when he thought about it, Jia's house was bombed, Ward God!

"Everyone is going?"

"No, each household only needs to send a representative."

"Isn't that the same? I see. I'll go there after dinner." Li Aiguo nodded.

"Well, I have to go home and eat the whole meal."

Xu Damao swallowed, turned his head and went back to the house.

When Li Aiguo returned to the table, the dishes on the plate were already cold.

However, the weather is relatively hot at this time, and the dishes taste more refreshing when they are cold.

After eating and washing the bowls and chopsticks, Li Aiguo picked up the book again and brushed up his skill points for a while.

Intermediate Court.

Residents who had an early dinner gathered under the old camphor tree with their hands behind their backs.

With such a big event happening to the Jia family, everyone knew the purpose of the meeting, and began to figure out how much money to donate to the meeting.

Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu seemed to be more active. They moved the table from the uncle's house, and dug out three stools from the ruins, and placed them in the middle.

As soon as it was put away, Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong walked over one after the other, apparently they had already discussed it.

In Liu Haizhong's arms was a donation box made of pasted newspapers.

The box should be Yan Pugui's handicraft, with big red paper on it, and the red paper has two big characters 'raise donation' written on it.

Residents had seen Yan Bugui holding this box during the previous donations.

It's just that Yan Bugui was nowhere to be seen this time.

Seeing the puzzled expressions of the residents, Yi Zhonghai took the initiative to explain: "The third uncle is not feeling well today, and the Yan family is represented by Yan Jiecheng, and the second uncle, Comrade Liu Haizhong, is in charge of the fundraising work."

Among the crowd, Xu Damao was smoking a cigarette, spraying white mist from his nostrils, urging: "I told you guys, if you want to donate money, start now, don't be so talkative, everyone is very busy!"

As soon as these words came out, Yi Zhonghai's face darkened, and when he was about to speak, Liu Haizhong straightened his chest and motioned for him to come.

"Xu Damao, the fundraising is very important. If you don't want to participate, you can go back. Don't blame me for not reminding you when you get the green ticket at the end of the month."

Xu Damao shrank his neck, closed his mouth and remained silent.

Having dinner in Donglaishun today, Lou Zhenhua taught him to unite the masses and pursue progress, and not to grin at neighbors at every turn.

Da Mao thinks so.

In order to become the son-in-law of the Lou family, endure it!

"Dongxu, is everyone here?"

Jia Dongxu looked around: "It's almost there, but I don't seem to see Li Aiguo."

Yi Zhonghai's face darkened, and he was about to ask Jia Dongxu to call.

"coming."

Li Aiguo walked out of the Crescent Gate with his hands behind his back.

"Brother Aiguo, this way." He Yushui stood up and called him.

"Patriotic, sit here with me, we have melon seeds." Xu Damao took out a newspaper bag.

Well, is our Li Aiguo the kind of glutton?

Li Aiguo sat down next to Xu Damao, grabbed a handful of melon seeds, and chatted while knocking.

"Da Mao, have you gone to see your mother-in-law?"

"How do you know?" Xu Damao was surprised.

How did I know it, of course I learned it from Lou Zhenhua.

On the platform, Lou Zhenhua kept saying that he had an appointment with someone in Donglaishun.

That person is most likely to be Xu Damao.

"How about the marriage?"

"It's almost there, my father-in-law admires me very much, that's it" Xu Damao hesitated.

"What is it?"

"No, nothing."

Xu Damao faltered.

He couldn't tell Li Aiguo, Lou Xiao'e seemed a little reluctant.

But the problem is not serious, Lou Xiaoe is a filial girl, as long as the father-in-law and mother-in-law agree.

Her arms couldn't hold her thighs.

The most important thing now is to win the favor of the old man.

The two gossiped, and the surrounding residents also chatted. The courtyard meeting has become a place for residents to bond.

Yi Zhonghai saw that the person had almost arrived, so he gave Liu Haizhong a wink.

Liu Haizhong stood up, with a big belly, and held up the manuscript paper: "Fathers and folks, before the meeting, I read the latest guidelines above as usual, which advocates "letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contending" and requires intellectuals to correct their worldview so that they can contribute to the construction of the motherland."

"The first Export Commodities Fair opened in Yangcheng."

Rory was talking nonsense, but he heard it all from the radio, and everyone knew it too.

Seeing Liu Haizhong talking endlessly, Yi Zhonghai was afraid of wasting time, so he reminded: "Old Liu, get to the point."

Liu Haizhong was having a good time talking, and was interrupted, a little angry, but thinking of Yi Zhonghai's promise to him, he could only put down the manuscript paper.

His gaze flicked over the faces of the residents, and he lamented: "The big guys have seen it too. Just yesterday, Jia's house was blown up."

"Pfft!", Xu Damao couldn't hold back his laughter, and sprayed melon seeds, which landed on Zhang Gangzhu's head.

Zhang Gangzhu turned his head back, his eyes widened, and he raised his fist to punish Xu Damao.

Xu Damao covered his mouth and leaned forward and backward with laughter: "Brother Gang Zhu, I'm sorry, the second uncle's words are so funny, the Jia family exploded haha"

Laughter is contagious, and for some reason, the residents also found it funny, and all of them laughed out loud.

The serious atmosphere in the venue disappeared, and it was full of joy.

(End of this chapter)