Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 227

"Hey, the second uncle and our top students are here."

Jia Dongxu saw it and stood up with a smile.

Liu Haizhong smiled shyly and said: "Oh, Dongxu, don't say that, what a top student, you haven't learned anything yet!"

Jia Dongxu said: "Isn't this a matter of time? After graduation, I will directly become a cadre!"

Hearing this, Liu Haizhong's smile became even brighter.

It was his lifelong wish to become a cadre. As his son would prosper in the future, he, as a father, should not be too inferior. He would definitely have to work as an official in the steel rolling mill.

Liu Guangqi smiled reluctantly and followed his father. He received the admission notice yesterday. Everyone in the hospital almost knew about it, and they also celebrated at home.

Now my father was obviously showing off intentionally, having already spoken about it in their courtyard before.

Qin Huairu also smiled and said: "Second uncle, when Guang Qi succeeds in his career, you and Second Aunt can enjoy the blessings!"

Jia Zhang rolled his eyelids secretly and said nothing.

Xiaobangjie blinked and said, "Mom, I will let you enjoy the happiness in the future."

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the courtyard couldn't help but smile kindly.

Qin Huairu touched her son's head and said, "Banggen is so good. I will learn from Uncle Guangqi in the future."

Xiaobanggan glanced at Liu Guangqi, then turned his head and pouted: "Uncle Yong is good, I can learn from Uncle Yong."

Everyone was stunned for a moment.

He Yuzhu was heartlessly happy.

Xu Deyong didn't think of making this sentence a joke, so he couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head. "Children, it's normal to think that whoever benefits is good."

Liu Haizhong felt a little unhappy when he saw He Yuzhu's smile, which obviously had ulterior motives.

He glanced at him and said, "Silly Zhu, why are you laughing?"

He Yuzhu raised his eyelids and said a little carelessly: "Second uncle, I laugh at you for still taking care of it! Then you are taking it a little too far. You don't care about heaven and earth, but you still care about people's shit and farts!"

Yi Zhonghai fanned the cattail leaf and said, "Silly Zhu, why are you talking to the second uncle?"

He Yuzhu said nonchalantly: "The words are rough and the reasoning is rough."

Liu Haizhong curled his lips and said, "You're right, I don't care about your shit or farts."

The last two words are deliberately emphasized.

The corners of He Yuzhu's mouth twitched. If he said what he said, and others repeated it, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with him.

Yi Zhonghai was afraid that He Yuzhu would be stupid again, so he immediately said: "Old Liu, Guangqi has been admitted to a technical secondary school, and our college has also produced top students, which brings glory to our college. I thought about it, and based on the principle of voluntariness, It shows a little meaning, but it is more or less out of sympathy for the neighbors in the courtyard."

Liu Haizhong waved his hand and said, "This is impossible, no one is well-off."

Yi Zhonghai said: "This is all done voluntarily, not forced. No need to say anything about how much I will pay you back."

Liu Haizhong said: "This is not good. If you all give it, then if I don't set up a few tables, it will be difficult for me."

Yi Zhonghai said: "Hey, how many tables should we set? It's hard to buy food now, so don't worry about it. As long as the children study hard and serve the motherland well, everyone should have no objections, right?"

Everyone was quiet for a moment after hearing this.

Xu Deyong and Xu Huizhen looked at each other and said nothing.

Xu Nanshi didn't even raise her eyelids, her face was calm.

Jia Zhang's face suddenly dropped, and Jia Dongxu hesitated.

He Yuzhu didn't care about this and said: "Master, since it is a voluntary principle, everyone in our family knows about this situation, so I am embarrassed."

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but glare at him, this stupid Zhu, even if he didn't mean it, he couldn't say it right away, or say it later?

If you don't have much money, you can tell him that he will give you two cents later.

Now, aren't you trying to dismantle him and Lao Liu?
Liu Haizhong snorted coldly and glanced at He Yuzhu fiercely. Seeing that no one in the courtyard was in agreement, Liu Haizhong suddenly lost his show-off attitude.

He said to Liu Guangqi: "Guangqi, you go back first, I'll go to the toilet outside."

Liu Guangqi already felt uncomfortable. After hearing this, he nodded with everyone and went home.

Liu Haizhong walked slowly out of the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

Yi Zhonghai had already said what he said. If he took it back, it would be a loss of his father's face. He followed up and said: "Just in time, I'll go and tell Lao Yan." Liu Haizhong rolled his eyes and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Old Yi, there’s no need, I know you mean well, but it’s not easy in this situation, and we just experienced a heavy rainstorm.”

Yi Zhonghai said: "I know, but we still have to say things and do things. Guangqi's admission to the technical secondary school is a happy event for our school. As I said, it's all voluntary. Don't have any grudges afterwards."

"How could that happen?" Liu Haizhong said.

Yi Zhonghai nodded and came to the front yard to discuss the proposal with Yan Bugui and others.

Everyone’s reaction was similar to the people in the Intermediate Court just now.

Yan Bugui said: "It's all voluntary. I have no objection to this."

Yi Zhonghai said: "You can give it to the uncle in the courtyard later, or you can send it directly to the second uncle's house. Everyone can continue to enjoy the cool weather. I won't say more."

Then he went to the backyard again.

As soon as he left, everyone started talking around Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui didn't say anything on the surface, but in fact he felt distressed in his heart. He didn't want to spend a penny, but he was the third uncle in the courtyard, so if he really wanted to get nothing... it didn't seem to matter.

Yi Zhonghai went to the backyard again and talked about the matter. He felt that this could reflect the "harmony and closeness of the family" in the courtyard.

When Xu Damao returned home, he said disdainfully: "Master, this is a bit nosy. It's none of his business if his son gets admitted to a technical secondary school!"

Xu Wood said: "Okay, don't be upset. You can prepare 50 cents to send to Liu's house later. We won't be short of these few cents either."

Xu Damao said young and arrogantly: "I won't go. Look at Liu Haizhong's show-off, isn't it his son who has been admitted to a technical secondary school? I'm not sure who will do better in the future."

Xu Wood educated: "You, you need to learn more about how to behave. It's not worth falling out over such a trivial matter. Are you sure that Liu Guangqi will not be able to get along well in the future? Maybe when you ask for help later, you can spend a little money to show favor. , which is still a good deal.”

Xu Damao thought for a while, then said angrily: "Okay then."

……

"Grandma, how much do we want to do?" Xu Deyong asked at home.

Xu Nanshi said: "You are married now. You have the final say. It doesn't matter even if you don't give. Didn't Yi Zhonghai say it? It's all voluntary."

Xu Huizhen blinked her eyes when she heard this and said, "Grandma, it's not a good idea not to give it."

Xu Nanshi didn't take it seriously and said: "You can do whatever you want, I don't care about this matter."

Xu Deyong shrugged at Xu Huizhen.

In the end, the couple decided to give the couple the amount of money Liu Guangqi had given them as a wedding gift.

As for whether or how much other people in the courtyard gave, Xu Deyong didn't bother to care.

Although people in the courtyard had some complaints about Yi Zhonghai's proposal, no one took it seriously. After all, he was the first technical secondary school student in the courtyard, and no one could predict the future...

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The days are spreading like microwave ripples, and in the blink of an eye, a week has passed, and it’s the weekend again.

This day is the fourteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the "number of twenty-seven". Tomorrow is the Hungry Ghost Festival, and today we have to pay homage to our ancestors and visit their graves.

The Hungry Ghost Festival, commonly known as "July 15th", was originally a folk ancestor worship festival in ancient times. The name "Hungry Ghost Festival" comes from Taoism after the Eastern Han Dynasty. Buddhism calls the half of July "Obon Festival".

The name "Zhongyuan" originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty and is a Taoist term. According to records in ancient books: The Taoist Scriptures regard the fifteenth day of the first lunar month as the "Shangyuan" day, which is the day when heavenly officials give blessings; the fifteenth day of July as the "zhongyuan day", which is the day when local officials forgive sins; the fifteenth day of October is the "xiayuan day". To relieve misfortune for water officials.

In a certain sense, the Ancestor Worship Festival in the seventh month belongs to the folk world, the Ghost Festival belongs to Taoism, and the Obon Festival belongs to Buddhism.

The more famous form is to put out lotus lanterns. The so-called "lotus lanterns, play with them today and throw them away tomorrow".

Its birth can be traced back to the ancestor worship and related sacrifices in ancient times. The core is to respect ancestors and fulfill filial piety.

July is an auspicious month and a month of filial piety. The first half of July is a folk festival in early autumn to celebrate the harvest and reward the earth. When certain crops are ripe, it is customary for folk to worship their ancestors and use new rice as offerings to report the autumn harvest to their ancestors.

In the Book of Changes, "seven" is a changing number, the number of resurrection. As the saying goes: "Repeat the way, come back in seven days, it is the way of heaven."

Seven is the number of yang and the number of days. After the yang energy between heaven and earth is extinct, it can be resurrected after seven days. This is the way of the movement of heaven and earth, the principle of the cycle of growth and decline of yin and yang. Folks choose to worship ancestors and " "Seven" is related to the number of resurrections.

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