The train driver in the courtyard

Chapter 278 Yi Zhonghai failed to steal the chicken but lost the rice, Chen Xueru likes to bring a sewing machine

boom!
Yi Zhonghai couldn't believe his ears.

It was as if a bolt from the blue had been hit on the head, and it was as if someone had poured cold water from head to toe, making her whole body numb.

He took a few deep breaths before he recovered, frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about, little girl? Fan Jinyou is a cadre of the street office, how could he be arrested?"

"I saw it with my own eyes."

Those nagging old ladies and young wives also raised their ears.

These days, Yi Zhonghai often uses Fan Jinyou's name to act like a fox and a tiger in the courtyard.

Now Fan Jinyou has been arrested?
He Yuyu explained the whole story in detail in front of everyone.

"Fan Jinyou is not a formal cadre at all, he is temporary. The sub-district office appointed him as the public manager of the tailor shop, but he took the opportunity to enrich himself."

"I think he will definitely have to go to jail."

Yi Zhonghai's face suddenly became ugly.

He lost his voice and said, "I lent him so much money, what should I do?"

Li Aiguo was not sympathetic to Yi Zhonghai's experience.

If Yi Zhonghai hadn't made a mistake, he wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable situation.

"Yi Zhonghai, your family's affairs have nothing to do with me. I will get the compensation today."

"you"

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he was shaking all over, but he didn't dare to get angry.

I could only run home angrily.

Auntie also panicked after learning that Fan Jinyou had been arrested.

"Lao Yi, he lent us 75 yuan. You have to find a way to get the money back."

"What can I do? I can't rush to the police station to ask for money when people are at the police station." Yi Zhonghai lowered his head.

The eldest mother came up with an idea: "Fan Jin has a family in the capital. He seems to have an old woman and a younger brother. You can go to them and ask for money."

"But we didn't leave any IOU."

Thinking of this, Yi Zhonghai's intestines turned green with regret.

If he hadn't lent so much money to Fan Jinyou to help him support him in his old age, he would have to leave an IOU no matter what.

Even without an IOU, Yi Zhonghai decided to pay a visit to Fan Jinyou's home.

Generally speaking, people in this era are generally simple-minded.

When borrowing money from friends and relatives, there is no need to write an IOU at all.

As long as people are sensible, they will not deny it.

But Yi Zhonghai didn't expect that Fan Jinyou's mother was a Jia Zhang type of person.

When she heard that Yi Zhonghai wanted a debt, the old lady didn't say anything, but she just slapped Yi Zhonghai in the face, scaring Yi Zhonghai so much that he ran away.

Back to the courtyard.

Yi Zhonghai covered his old face covered with scars and looked at the house that Fan Jinyou had tidied up. He felt like crying.

Originally, he wanted to win over Fan Jinyou to deal with Li Aiguo.

I didn’t expect that stealing the chicken would end up losing the rice.

What's even more annoying is that we can't blame Li Aiguo.

He was the one who tried to curry favor with Fan Jinyou.

aggrieved
Chen Xueru stayed at Li's house until about four o'clock in the afternoon before returning to the tailor shop.

Sister-in-law Zhao Qingfang hurriedly put down the broom and asked anxiously: "Little sister, how is his family?"

"Three rooms with two partitions. There are sanitary skirts in the house. They have been tidied up recently and they look pretty good."

Chen Xueru smiled and remained reserved for a while, but in the end she couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth and added, "There is also a toilet in the house, which is very useful!"

What a damn little vanity~
The eldest brother is concerned about Li Aiguo's family situation.

"Li Aiguo lives alone. When you get married and have children, who will take care of them?"

"He has a very good relationship with his neighbors, especially Aunt Liu next door. The two families are as close as one family."

The second sister-in-law cracked melon seeds and said, "Li Aiguo is a train driver. He is a prominent figure wherever he goes."

Chen Xueru chattered about the situation in the courtyard.

Of course not a word was revealed about what happened today.

There are so many people in the compound, and the more people there are, the more they have their own minds. How could there not be half a black sheep?

Li Aiguo could live alone in the compound for so long, and he had already become shrewd.

Even if you get married, you won't be bullied.

Chen Fangxuan sat on a chair and checked the accounts, but did not express any opinions on his daughter's meeting this time.

My father-in-law has been interrogated by his son-in-law, so what else can I say?

At this time, a little girl heard the noise outside and ran out of the back room.

She stared at Chen Xueru. When she saw that Chen Xueru didn't carry anything, a trace of disappointment flashed in her eyes and she said angrily: "You didn't bring anything delicious back!"

Chen Xueru frowned secretly, knelt down and explained: "Yanhong, my aunt went to see her, and she can't bring back gifts. I will remember it next time."

"Next time, it's so boring." Zhao Yanhong stamped her feet, turned around and ran into the house.

The eldest sister-in-law said with a sneer: "Xueru, my brother's children are really ignorant. You must not argue with her."

"No way, she's just a child."

Chen Xueru's good mood was completely ruined, but there was nothing she could do.

This girl is the daughter of the elder sister-in-law Zhao Qingfang's brother, and she is temporarily living in the Chen family.

As the eldest sister-in-law, if she is angry, Zhao Qingfang will definitely be angry with her eldest brother.

Sudden.

"boom!"

A crisp sound came from inside the house.

Chen Xueru jumped up from her chair in fright, pushed open the door and rushed in.

Zhao Yanhong was seen standing in front of the table. The ground was covered with glass fragments, and the glass jar on the table was gone.

She spent a lot of money on that glass jar to use as a water cup, and bought a jar of canned star fruits.

It was very precious on weekdays and no one could touch it in the Chen family. It was only used by Li Aiguo once.

Now it's broken.
At this time, sister-in-law Zhao Qingfang also entered the house.

Seeing Zhao Yanhong throw Chen Xueru's precious teacup, she quickly laughed and said: "Xueru, I'm so sorry, this child is ignorant."

As she spoke, she pretended to slap her hand.

"Yan Hong, don't go through Xueru's things next time."

Zhao Yanhong immediately lowered her face, curled her lips and started crying: "This home belongs to you, not hers. Why can't I turn it over?"

"Oh, whatever stupid things you kid says, we are all members of the same family, and we know what we are doing." Zhao Qingfang's slap was not willing to fall.

Instead, he turned around and took out a handful of White Rabbit toffee from the cabinet, stuffed it into Yanhong's hand, and coaxed her and said, "Good child, stop crying."

When Zhao Yanhong got the toffee, she burst into laughter, made a face at Chen Xueru, stuck out her tongue, and ran away in a hurry.

Zhao Qingfang looked at Chen Xueru and said sheepishly: "This kid is ignorant, Xueru, don't take it to heart."

When Chen Xueru saw her eldest brother standing outside without saying a word, a trace of bitterness flowed from the corner of her mouth, and she said lightly: "It's okay, she is just a child."

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"Daughter-in-law, this is the melon brought back from Jincheng." Li Aiguo put the fruit plate on the table.

Jincheng's cantaloupe is famous throughout the country. It is green and sweet, and your mouth is filled with sweetness.

Chen Xueru bit her mouth and looked up at Li Aiguo from time to time. "Click, click"

Li Aiguo ate a peony and dropped half of it with a big gulp. He urged her: "I got a sewing ticket today. Let's go to the department store later."

"Uh-huh!"

Chen Xueru nodded quickly and focused on the cantaloupe.

Recently.

The tailor shop was reorganized and closed for business. Chen Xueru, a young tailor, also had free time.

After Li Aiguo gets off work, he takes Chen Xueru around to buy things.

Although the two were not married, since Chen Xueru did not stay at Li's house at night, the neighbors in the compound did not gossip.

After eating cantaloupe and washing their faces, the two locked the door and pushed their bicycles out.

"I told you to be dishonest. That old woman is over 40, and her pigtails are hanging to the ground like an old sow. Yet you still go up to provoke others!"

"Daughter-in-law, it hurts, it hurts"

As soon as he reached the middle courtyard, he saw Liu Lan twisting Xu Damao's ears and walking into the courtyard.

Seeing the two of them, Liu Lan put down Xu Damao's ears and glanced at Chen Xueru involuntarily.

Today Chen Xueru wore an emerald green double-breasted waist-cinching gown.

The style looks conservative, but the upper body effect is very good, showing off her curvy figure to the fullest.

How can a woman not love beautiful clothes?

Liu Lan couldn't care less about Xu Damao at this moment and went over to look him up and down.

"Patriot, where did you buy this dress? It's so beautiful!"

"I made it myself. If you want, you can buy some fabric and I will make one for you." Chen Xueru said generously.

"Really?! Thank you so much."

Liu Lan was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth.

Xu Damao's weak voice came from behind: "Daughter-in-law, this material doesn't look good, but it's actually made of silk and satin. Our family can't afford it at all with the amount of cloth money we have."

"I have a way to get cloth tickets!" Liu Lan was confident.

Hearing this, Xu Damao pushed further: "Then let's not make a coat. Let's just ask Master Chen to help you make a set of cheongsam, the high-cut one."

Thinking of Liu Lan's protruding figure in a cheongsam, Xu Damao's eyes narrowed and his mouth sipped.

"Xu Damao, you are looking for death!" Liu Lan got angry and punched him hard with her fist.

Xu Damao ran away with his head in his arms, Liu Lan followed closely behind him.

"They are really interesting." Chen Xueru felt that the couple Xu Damao and Liu Lan were a bit strange, but she couldn't say it clearly.

Li Aiguo chuckled: "That's other people's business, we have nothing to do with it."

"It's just that the situation in the courtyard is more complicated. If you encounter someone who asks you to make clothes, if you are not willing to do it, just ignore them."

These words sounded like a warning, but they were full of deep concern.

Chen Xueru nodded heavily: "Brother Patriot, don't worry, I'm not a child anymore."

Today is not Sunday.

There were not many people in the department store, so Li Aiguo went directly to Wang Dakui's friend Bai Shouzi.

"Why, you still want to buy something big?" Bai Shouzi asked in surprise as he took the cigarette.

Li Aiguo took out a cigarette and handed it over: "We are getting married. All we need is a sewing machine. I have to ask your brother to help me this time."

"You're welcome, Da Kui's friend is my friend, come on, I live across the street from Xiao Wang, who sells sewing machines, we have a good relationship!"

The thin white man has the temperament of an old Beijinger.

That means being a brother with loyalty and enthusiasm.

Besides, this train driver is not short of money or tickets.

I also give you a box of cigarettes every time. Where can I find such a good thing?

A pack of cigarettes costs twenty-five cents, but it brings more than that.

The sewing machine I got was not only a top-grade product, but the enthusiastic salesperson also came with a lot of gifts.

Small pliers, screwdrivers, Phillips screwdrivers, Allen wrenches, and even two boxes of sewing machine oil were given.

These things may not be worth much in future generations, but for a few cents you can get free shipping.

But in this era, there is no way to get it.

There are still a wide range of sewing machines available these days.

There are seven or eight types of "butterfly cards", "invincible cards", "flying man cards", etc.

Because Chen Xueru was a tailor and was familiar with this stuff, Li Aiguo gave her the power to choose sewing machines.

"Brother Patriot, the brand 'Dongfanghong-Serving the People' is good, but a bit expensive." Chen Xueru said, pointing to a sewing machine.

"Bought it!"

The big dog owner waved his hand.

So much money was spent.

Are you still reluctant to bear this last shiver?
Moreover.

This stuff is worth it.

The bright red logo is printed on the dark base plate, and the golden nameplate "Dongfanghong - Serve the People" shines, looking very majestic.

The material used for the sewing machine was solid, weighing seventy kilograms. In order to transport it back, Li Aiguo specially called Wang Dakui.

The two men lifted the sewing machine onto the donkey and swayed back to the courtyard.

The courtyard had a high threshold, and it was impossible to get in by riding a donkey upside down. The two had no choice but to pick up the sewing machine and walk into the courtyard.

Yan Jiecheng saw it and rushed to help.

The sewing machine was so heavy on his shoulders that Yan Jiecheng shouted: "Good guy, this is the first time I've seen such a heavy sewing machine. How much does it cost?"

"180 five dollars."

"180 five yuan."

Yan Jiecheng shrank his neck and said no more.

It was the first time for the residents in the compound to see such a large sewing machine, and they all came over to watch the fun.

For a while, the peaceful courtyard became lively.

Inside Jia's house.

Qin Huairu was sitting on a chair, sewing Jia Dongxu's pants.

"Whoops"

She accidentally got distracted and a sharp sewing needle pierced her finger. The pain made her quickly put her finger into her mouth.

Hearing the noise, Qin Huairu walked out of the door.

The golden light reflected by the sewing machine was reflected in her eyes.

"Sewing Machine"

Seeing Chen Xueru's smiling face, Qin Huairu felt a sudden sadness in her heart.

What woman doesn’t like a sewing machine?
Before marrying into Jia's family, Jia Dongxu also promised to buy her a sewing machine.

But after getting married, Qin Huairu found out that she had been cheated.

According to the Jia family's conditions, they simply cannot afford to buy a sewing machine.

"Qin Huairu, where did you go? I need to get dressed, come in quickly!"

(End of this chapter)