My courtyard shelter

After Aunt Li and Xiang Xin gave birth one after another, life became calmer. read

Early in the morning, Yang Lina was picking grapes with her children. She was looking forward to it, and the grapes were finally ripe.

Lele held a small basket in her hand, and the children all looked excited. There is a lack of fruit on the market, and the little ones have long been coveting the grapes in the yard.

Last year, due to climate change.

The grapevines had almost lost their harvest, but after careful care this year, they finally returned to fruiting, and the yield seems to be quite large.

"Mom, that bunch is red." Lele pointed at a bunch of half-green and half-red grapes and shouted.

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Yang Lina looked at the half basket of grapes in her little daughter's hand, which weighed at least two or three kilograms, so she shook her head and said:

"I won't pick anymore. I'll keep picking the rest. Pick a little every day. If you pick too much, there won't be anything left to eat."

Lele pursed her lips.

Ma Lingling stepped forward and pulled her little cousin over: "Lele, let's go wash the grapes!"

"Okay." Lele immediately became happy again.

After washing the grapes, the children were still very sensible. Lele first picked out the reddest bunch and gave it to Xu Ma.

"Grandma, eat grapes." Lele said with a "treasure offering" expression.

Xu's mother happily took the grapes: "Okay, grandma, taste it to see if it's sweet or not. Our family is really filial."

After saying that, he picked a grape and stuffed it into his mouth.

"Grandma, is it sweet?" Ma Xu asked impatiently.

Xu Ma spit out the grape seeds, "Well, it's really weirdly sweet, much sweeter than the year before!"

"We have learned in biology class that the large temperature difference between day and night is conducive to the accumulation of sugar. Isn't Xinzhou's raisins very famous!" Ma Lingling explained with a smile.

Yang Lina came over and interjected: "Oh, what Lingling said makes sense. The temperature during the day is over forty degrees, and at night it is minus seven or eight degrees. The temperature difference between day and night is almost fifty degrees."

"Okay, you guys should try it too, it tastes really good."

Immediately afterwards, Xu's mother peeled a grape for each of her three grandchildren, carefully removing even the grape seeds.

"It's so sweet... I want my grandma even more!" Dabao said while hugging his grandma's thigh.

"Okay, okay, grandma will peel it off for you."

On the other side, Coco and the others were faster. In less than five minutes, almost all the grapes were wiped out, leaving only the last two bunches, which were specially reserved for Xu Dong and Xu's father.

"Mom, why don't you pick some more?" Lele said coquettishly.

Yang Lina shook her head resolutely: "No, the rest is still green. My teeth will be sore after eating too much. Let alone eating at noon, I can't even bite the tofu."

"No, I want it."

"It's no use if you act coquettishly. If you say no, it won't work. School is about to start. Go and do your summer homework. I'll check it later." Yang Lina said with a straight face.

Xu's mother came over and coaxed: "Lele, hurry up and do your homework. Grandma will make you dried chicken for lunch."

"Grandma is so kind!"

…

In the afternoon, Xu’s mother went out with Erbao in her arms.

As we made an appointment yesterday, there will be a party for the Square Dance Troupe at two o'clock this afternoon, organized by Wang Xiujuan.

Seriously speaking, the last time Xu’s mother danced in the square was probably in March, which is almost half a year ago.

The gathering place is still the same place, the senior citizen activity center of Xiangxie Family Community.

"Lao Zhang, you're here." Wang Xiujuan came over to greet him.

"Old Wang, you came quite early!"

"It's okay to be idle at home, so just come here early." Wang Xiujuan replied casually, and then teased the child: "Baby, tell grandma, what kind of treasure are you?"

Although Wang Xiujuan has been to the courtyard house many times, she still can't tell the triplets apart.

"I am the second treasure." The second treasure said in a milky voice.

"Wow, it turns out to be the second baby. Our second baby is so cute. How about letting grandma hold her?"

After Wang Xiujuan finished speaking, she took the second treasure from Xu's mother, then went to the children's play area nearby and put the little guy in directly.

This was the first time Erbao saw so many friends during this period. The little guy was a little panicked, but he soon started playing with the children.

While looking at her grandson, Xu's mother chatted with Wang Xiujuan about home affairs.

"Old Wang, how are you doing with your house search?"

Wang Xiujuan waved her hand: "Forget it, I'm still looking for it. I want to rent a house alone and don't want to live with other people."

"There are several office buildings in Fu Mao Plaza on the right side of my house. I heard that they are going to be converted into public rental housing. Why don't you apply for a public rental housing there? The rent can be much cheaper." Xu Ma suggested.

"No, our family has already applied for public rental housing, but we can apply a second time." Wang Xiujuan sighed.

"Why don't you just transfer your registered permanent residence directly, so you don't have to be restricted."

Wang Xiujuan still shook her head: "Forget it, the exposure of this matter will have a bad impact on Zhang Kai. It's not worth it for such a trivial matter. I'd better look for it again!"

"That's right, don't rush this, take your time." Xu Ma agreed.

After another half hour, everyone on the list was basically there, but compared to last year, the number of people attending the party today was almost one-third less.

Most of the dancers lost their lives during the previous influenza epidemic.

The remaining small part also moved in due to housing reform, moved to other communities, or simply lived in public rental housing like Wang Xiujuan.

At two o'clock sharp, the party officially started.

Wang Xiujuan dropped a bombshell right away, announcing that she was going to disband the dance troupe.

As soon as she finished speaking, someone immediately questioned: "Old Wang, the dance troupe is doing well, why do you want to disband it?"

"Alas, I don't want to disband the dance troupe, but our square dance really can't go on."

Then, Wang Xiujuan smiled bitterly and explained: "Now every household is short of food, and they can't even eat enough. Who has the heart to dance? Isn't this a waste of energy?"

For a while, everyone was talking about it. The head of the troupe was right. The dance troupe seemed to have not danced square dance since mid-June.

"Old Wang, the dance troupe is disbanded, can we keep the WeChat group so that we can chat when we have nothing to do?" Xu's mother suggested.

"Lao Zhang's idea is good."

"Yes, at least keep the group. We can still meet up when we are free."

Seeing that everyone agreed, Wang Xiujuan nodded and said, "Okay, let's keep the WeChat group!"

At this point, the dance troupe was officially disbanded.

Next, everyone chatted for a while. At three o'clock, some people left one after another. Xu's mother was bored, so she simply took Wang Xiujuan back to the courtyard.

"Mom, you are back, Aunt Wang is here too, what did you say at the party?" Yang Lina stepped forward to take Erbao.

"Alas!" Xu's mother sighed, "Your Aunt Wang disbanded the dance troupe."

Yang Lina was surprised and said, "Aunt Wang, the dance troupe is doing well, why do you want to disband it?"

"If you don't even dance square dance, why do you still keep the dance troupe?"

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