Era: Craftsmen in the Siheyuan

Chapter 241 Making waves

"Tsk, the villain is always chirping."

A shout of words rang out, and no one except He Yuzhu came.

The guy held a knife in his hand and "swish", he cut off a cabbage root and threw it into the garbage basket at the door.

When Xu Deyong heard this, he couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, "A villain has a penis?", doesn't everyone want to be a villain?

Xu Damao raised his eyes and glared at him unhappily, but when he saw He Yuzhu holding a knife in his hand, he opened his mouth without saying a word. He just cursed in his heart: "Uncultured, he is obviously a villain, and a stupid person is a stupid person."

He Yuzhu was not happy anymore. He stared back with his eyes and said: "Why are you staring at me, grandson? I didn't say anything about you. Why are you so anxious to consider yourself a villain!"

Xu Damao's mouth twitched. If it had been before, he would have shouted for Xu Deyong to seek justice.

But now that he has graduated and is working, he considers himself an adult and cannot always ask for help like a student. Well, unless He Yuzhu is serious about it!
Xu Damao said angrily: "Silly Zhu, I'm too lazy to argue with you, so you just rely on how much older I am and how strong you are. If I don't compete with you, let's see who does well in the factory in the future. .”

He Yuzhu refused to admit defeat and said: "Hey, you will only take your father's job as a projectionist for the rest of your life. If you didn't have your father, you wouldn't even have any skills, and no one would want you anywhere." .”

He Yuzhu was somewhat convinced of Xu Deyong. He was "afraid of power but not virtue." He blinked his eyes and said: "This grandson may have already corrupted me in the factory. If I let him go, wouldn't he be even worse?" Unscrupulous.”

Xu Deyong shrugged and said: "If you are always guilty of stupidity, wouldn't it be more true to what he said?"

He Yuzhu clicked his lips and said nothing for a while. Although he is still "young and vigorous" now, he is not really stupid. He can still tell the difference between good and bad words.

This voice alarmed other people in the courtyard.

Little Bangge was playing by himself a little bored, and occasionally raised his head when he heard the adults talking.

For a moment, someone showed his head in the front yard or back yard and then retreated when nothing happened.

Whether he can listen or not is none of his business.

He Yuzhu couldn't help grinning and scratching his head, the bright kitchen knife dangling on his head.

"Silly Zhu is acting stupid again." Jia Zhang said while sitting at the table waiting to eat.

Jia Dongxu rolled his eyes and said: "No, silly Zhu, you should be less stupid in the future. If Xu Damao sees the sky and says bad things about you behind your back, it will be even harder for you to say bad things about your wife."

He Yuzhu grasped the key point and said: "This grandson is talking bad about me behind my back?"

Then he said with some suspicion: "Jia Dongxu, do you keep calling me Silly Zhu in the factory?"

Seeing the murderous look on Si Zhu's face, Xu Damao suddenly ran away. Before leaving, he shouted: "Si Zhu is sick and wants to kill someone with a knife..."

After chatting for a while, Jia Dongxu pulled Xiaobanggian back and closed the door as he wanted to go out.

"Well, have you eaten?"

Jia Dongxu laughed and said quickly: "I'm not a talkative person."

Xu Deyong clapped his hands and said: "Zhuzi, don't fight with Da Mao. It doesn't do any good and makes people laugh. Like Dongxu said, if you have a bad reputation, it will be even harder to find a partner."

Yi Zhonghai said angrily: "Okay, stop talking about useless things in the future, work hard, and contribute to national construction. If you don't let me hear your nonsense again, don't blame me for not speaking up for you if something goes wrong in the future."

Yi Zhonghai opened the door and walked out, saying with a straight face: "Zhuzhu, put the kitchen knife away, what are you doing?"

Xu Deyong said: "You are still an intern. The most important thing is to become a full-time employee. Doing your job well is better than anything else."

He muttered, "Then what should I do? I can't let my grandson speak ill of me behind my back, can I?"

……

Then he waved his hand and entered the house. He was not He Yuzhu's father, so that was enough.

Jia Dongxu smiled and said: "Isn't that a common thing? Even in the factory, when two people meet, they have to say something to each other. Now the name of "Silly Zhu" has been spread throughout the factory by Xu Damao, intentionally or unintentionally."

Jia Zhang then said to Qin Huairu: "And Huairu, don't deal with the two of them anymore. They always look at you, they must have dirty intentions, oh, and that Xu Deyong."

After saying that, he turned around and went back to the house.

He Yuzhu chuckled and said: "Master, this grandson of Xu Damao is talking nonsense. I just came out and cut the vegetable roots with a knife."

Jia Dongxu nodded and said, "I have a sense of discretion."

Jia Dongxu said helplessly: "Mom, don't talk about our family members. It's inevitable that we meet in the same courtyard."

Jia Zhang curled her lips and said: "Both of them are not good people. Dongxu, don't get too close to them in the factory. What if it affects your progress!"

Jia Dongxu also came out to watch the fun. He had heard it before and was used to the two of them occasionally pinching each other, but things would be different if they really went under the knife.

Jia Zhang rolled her eyes, hummed and said nothing more.

He Yuzhu raised the knife in his hand and said, "Hey, grandson, if you dare to mention that old guy in front of me, are you tired of living?"

Jia Dongxu greeted Xu Deyong and said, "Deyong is feeding the chickens."

Yi Zhonghai said: "Then don't quarrel and fool around with Xu Damao in the future. If people outside hear it, they will really think something happened in our courtyard!"

Seeing this, Xu Deyong couldn't help but shook his head slightly. He Yuzhu came with a "hard knife", and Xu Damao was not an economical lamp. A "soft knife" killed people without blood.

Hey, I'm still too kind!
……

Jia Dongxu said: "Didn't you hear that many people in the factory now call you Silly Zhu?"

Xu Damao retorted: "Isn't it the same for you? Without your father who ran away with the widow, you wouldn't be able to do anything. Now you are just a cook. What's the big deal?"

He Yuzhu glared angrily and said, "Let me just say, it turns out it was Xu Damao who did this..."

Qin Huairu said a little aggrievedly: "Mom, I don't usually have much to do with them."

"What happened just now?"

Xu Deyong went home and Xu Huizhen couldn't help but ask.

Xu Deyong smiled and said: "It's nothing serious. He Yuzhu and Xu Damao had a quarrel. The two of them are like enemies. It would be interesting if one of them is a woman."

"Pfft." Xu Huizhen suddenly laughed when she thought of this scene and said, "You have so many ideas."

"Gudu, Gudu..."

Inside the pot were cabbage, tofu, and vermicelli, which was simmering loudly.

Xu Nanshi said: "It must be because Silly Zhu couldn't keep his mouth shut, and Xu Damao made a fuss again."

Then he said with a bit of pride in his words: "It means Deyong suppresses Silly Zhu's arrogance, otherwise, no one will be able to use this reckless guy when he gets angry, and Yi Zhonghai and the others will not be able to control him."

Xu Deyong said: "He Yuzhu's father has run away and he has no other relatives. If he is not reckless, he will be easily bullied by everyone."

When Xu Huizhen heard this, she might have thought of herself, and her expression darkened slightly. Pregnant women are even more sentimental.

Xu Deyong noticed and quickly changed the subject: "Grandma, the food is ready, Xiao Li'er is dripping with tears."

Xiao Li'er, who was staring intently at the steam in the pot in Xu Nan's arms, tilted her head when her father called her name, grinned happily, and reached out for a hug.

Xu Deyong gently picked up the little one and spun him around, and Xiao Li'er's pure and carefree laughter could be heard.

Xu Huizhen also smiled when she heard it, and her emotions came and went quickly. Xu Nanshi smiled and said: "Okay, okay, let's eat."

The family finished their meal happily, played with Xiao Li'er's pistachios for a while, and then took a rest.

Xu Huizhen was pregnant. Although she was not unable to bend over, Xu Deyong still fetched water to wash her feet.

Xu Huizhen's feet are obviously fatter than before, and her calves seem to be a bit swollen.

Xiao Lier said that she could not pull herself down.

The little guy has been able to stand for a while holding on to something.

So Xu Deyong put her in the basin. The little guy held their legs and stepped on them happily. It was so fun!

After Xu Deyong finished washing, he put Xu Huizhen's calf on his knee and gave her a small massage, which moved this girl very much.

Hey, the women at this time were still very easy to "serve", unlike in later generations, where everything had to be guessed!

Guess the yarn, guess what the mouth is used for!

……

The next day, the weekend.

Xu Deyong is still exercising unswervingly. His physical fitness seems to be slowly increasing bit by bit towards the limit of normal people, and what he spits out is a lasting and long.

After cleaning the chicken coop, Xu Deyong came back from the outside and opened the blind box on the way.

"Snapped."

Two pairs of rubber shoes fall into the blind box space.

Xu Deyong grinned. Although he preferred to wear cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles, what he couldn't get were good things, such as sneakers and these rubber shoes.

A pair of these things are not cheap, costing more than four yuan. They are durable and durable when worn for work, but they just stink on your feet.

Okay, let’s stay in there first and then we’ll talk.

Nowadays, rice, noodles, meat, oil, etc. in the blind box space add up more or less, each weighing several hundred kilograms, not to mention other messy materials, ranging from bicycles to as small as a bicycle. A foreign nail, but none of the shops at the entrance of the alley have it.

Back in the courtyard, he saw He Yuzhu grinning and saying hello to Qin Huairu who came out.

Qin Huairu glanced at it and returned to the house with water.

Xu Deyong could see that He Yuzhu's eyes stayed on Qin Huairu's big ass for more than three seconds.

He came to the sink to wash his hands and said abruptly: "What are you looking at?"

He Yuzhu's old face turned red with a guilty conscience and said: "What, what are you looking at?"

"Hey." Xu Deyong said: "It's normal for you to be young and not have a wife to look at you twice. Take it easy and don't let Jia Zhang see you, otherwise I will accept you."

After that, he washed his hands and went home.

He Yuzhu muttered in confusion: "Accept me?"

After breakfast, the courtyard became lively. Some were tinkering and repairing things, while others were getting ready to go out for a stroll...

Xu Deyong did not go out for a walk. On the one hand, Xu Huizhen was pregnant, and on the other hand, things were not peaceful outside.

The turmoil abroad still spread to the country.

Since the implementation of the "Double Hundred Policy" in the literary and art circles, "a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contend" in society, and the atmosphere has become much more relaxed.

But some people will be happy if they are given some sunshine, and want to open a dyeing workshop if they are given some color.

Dogs are not fed, people are not good, and they want to run before they learn to walk!

So "Hundred Flowers" was eliminated, "Hundred Family" was eliminated, and "Ming and Bloom" were left.

Some people can't stand it anymore!
In the countryside, some N-cooperative and T-cooperative trends have also emerged in various places. This phenomenon varies in scale, scope, form, and degree, but together they reflect farmers' dissatisfaction and protest against agricultural co-operation.

Some farmers demand to withdraw from cooperatives, resume independent operations, and pursue independence.

This includes asking for the recovery of personal means of production such as land, livestock, farm tools, or making demands for branches, teams, or teams to reduce the size and level of the cooperative.

What's more, some people demand to increase self-reserved land and grain, reduce provident funds and public welfare funds, or demand to increase the value of work points, issue work-point grains in advance, or demand audits, liquidations, refunds, or directly grab points and privately divide the cooperative's grain, seeds, and Feed etc.

Let’s look at a set of data to illustrate.

By the spring of next year, 3.8% of senior cooperatives have been dissolved, 11.4% of senior cooperatives have been downgraded to junior cooperatives, and 7.9% of junior cooperatives have been dissolved.

The proportion of farmers joining senior cooperatives dropped from 87.8% to 68.6%, and the proportion joining cooperatives dropped from 96.3% to 88.4%.

After entering November, there are some turmoils in society, like a pair of butterfly wings gently flapping.

There were obviously "Hu cases" before, but many people just didn't learn the lesson.

Xu Deyong is just a hairy person. As the saying goes, "If the skin is not there, how can the hair be attached?"
So he worked honestly and earned some money by pulling cabbage for people in need for several days. During this period, he naturally had to go to Niulan Mountain to pull wine.

There are also people making troubles in my uncle's hometown, some of them are active, and some are instigated by others.

In short, the peaceful days began to become unstable again.

He told his uncle not to interfere with anything and to go to work honestly. Xu Deyong went there and came back the same day.

The rest of the time I spend with my wife and children.

Xu Huizhen was pregnant and couldn't stand for a long time. Xu Deyong asked the girl to rest even if she didn't want to make a fuss, so he had to build a high stool and let her sit behind the counter.

Xu Huizhen knitted a sweater for him when she was free. Now it is in the final stage and he will be able to wear it in a short time.

Xu Deyong expressed his pleasure.

A week passed in the blink of an eye, and it was Saturday again.

This day was also an important festival before the Republic of China. After the Republic of China, it gradually became obsolete and not many people remember it in later generations.

As the old saying goes: "In October and a half, the three officials of Qianlong Tuanzi Zhai"

There is the Shangyuan Festival, there is the Zhongyuan Festival, and of course there is the Xiayuan Festival. Together they are the "Three Yuan Festival".

This day is the Xiayuan Festival in the old days.

The origin of the Xiayuan Festival is also related to Taoism. Taoism worships the three gods of heaven, earth and water, called the three officials. It is said that the nine qi of the upper yuan bless the heavenly officials, the seven qi of the middle yuan forgive the earthly officials, and the five qi of the lower yuan relieve misfortune. Shuiguan.

The birth dates of the three officials are respectively on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month of the lunar calendar, when the Heavenly Official gives blessings, on the fifteenth day of July, when the Earthly Official pardons sins, and on the October 15th, the Shuiguan relieves misfortunes. These three days are called the "Shangyuan Festival" and "Zhongyuan Festival". Festival", "Xiayuan Festival".

The Xiayuan Festival is about "eliminating misfortunes and relieving misfortunes", praying for relief from hardships and a better life. Together with the Shangyuan Festival and the Zhongyuan Festival, it forms a complete set of prayers, atonements, and relief from difficulties. It is also the last moon of the year. Festival.

But now that there is no "disaster relief", there are bound to be many unlucky people...

(End of this chapter)