The couple made a living in the 1950s

Lin Manyu gently held Erbao in her arms, "Have you eaten?"

"Yes." Erbao nodded and lay on Lin Manyu's shoulder.

After lunch, Bai Ye washed dishes in the kitchen as usual.

Lin Manyu took the three children to study at the round table in the living room.

The light of the kerosene lamp was limited, and reading for a long time at night would hurt the eyes.

She always thought about taking the children to learn more during the day.

"Knock, knock, is Manyu at home?"

Lin Manyu heard Zhang Mei knocking on the door in the yard and got up to open the door for her.

In Erbao's bedroom, Zhang Mei coaxed her little son to sleep, put him on the kang and covered him with a quilt.

Then she sat on the sofa in the living room and chatted with Lin Manyu.

"We are unloading coal briquettes in our yard. Everyone is working hard. I will bring the children to your place for a while."

Lin Yu put the freshly brewed Tieguanyin on the coffee table and smiled at Zhang Mei, "Then I should give you a warm welcome."

She raised her hand to help Zhang Mei pour the tea, "Who in the yard ordered coal briquettes this time?"

"Everyone ordered coal briquettes together this time. Li Ping's family and Zhang Guiqiang's family in the west wing of our yard did not order."

"And the Zhu family who just moved to the main house did not catch up with the time for the yard to order coal briquettes."

Zhang Mei picked up the magnolia cup and took a sip of tea.

"The third courtyard was a little unhappy about the coal briquettes just now."

"Didn't the east and west wing of the third courtyard have two families living in each?"

Lin Yu nodded, "I remember that there were four cousins ​​living there."

"Yes, there are four cousins ​​living there," Zhang Mei put the magnolia cup in her hand on the coffee table.

"In the east wing, there is a wing, a wing and an east wing wing, where Li Guicheng and Li Guiguo live."

"In the west wing, there is a wing, a wing and an west wing wing, where Li Guipeng and Li Guili live."

"Two days ago, Li Guiguo sold the wing to Ding Yunli, who lives in the east wing of the fourth courtyard."

"When I came just now, the other three brothers said they would not let Ding Yunli put the coal balls in the third courtyard, saying there was no place in the third courtyard."

Lin Yu saw Zhang Mei finish eating the hawthorn cake, and pushed the osmanthus cake on the table in front of Zhang Mei, indicating that she was not polite.

"I have been going to school early and coming back late recently, and I haven't been home much. I feel that there are changes in the residents in the courtyard."

Bai Ye came out after washing the dishes and saw Zhang Mei in the living room.

He smiled and greeted her, and knew that the coal balls had been unloaded, so he went out to the main courtyard.

Zhang Mei watched Bai Ye go out, swallowed the osmanthus cake in her mouth, and looked at Lin Manyu.

"The original owner of the main house in the four-courtyard house just sold the house."

"Now the main house is occupied by four new owners. The male owner who lives in the middle house is Liu Haiyang, who works in the steel plant."

"The hostess is Liu Guixiang."

"The west room and the west side room are occupied by Wang Chengren and his family. Wang Chengren works in the coking plant."

"His wife is Li Guiqin, who works in the textile factory."

"The east room is occupied by Li Zezheng and his family. Li Zezheng works in the flour mill, and his wife is Wang Xianggui."

"The east side room is occupied by Li Dazhu, a single young man who works as an apprentice in Emei Restaurant."

Lin Manyu looked at Zhang Mei's serious expression and couldn't help but laughed with her hands covering her mouth.

"Meimei, how do you know so much? Don't you usually have to go to work?"

Zhang Mei touched her nose embarrassedly, "I just chat with Aunt Jiang when I'm off duty at home."

"Aunt Jiang is retired now, and she knows everything about this courtyard."

"You just haven't sat and chatted with people in the courtyard."

"I was not used to it at first, but later I found it quite interesting. It's the fun of life in the courtyard."

Lin Yuyu reached out to refill Zhang Mei's tea, "Are there new people living in the east and west wing rooms of the four-entry courtyard?"

"I came back that day and saw a woman washing clothes at the door of the east wing room. She looked pretty."

Zhang Mei picked up the magnolia cup and took a sip of tea before speaking.

"You should see Ding Yunli's second daughter-in-law. She and his second son Ding Qiang just got the marriage certificate and will hold a wedding banquet next week."

Lin Yuyu saw Sanbao and Li Fanglei, and led Li Fangxu back from the courtyard.

I quickly got up and brought them some more apples and osmanthus cakes, and asked Sanbao to put them on the bamboo round table in the yard for everyone to eat together.

Lin Yuyu sat back next to Zhang Mei and looked at her, "Then my family has to give gifts?"

Zhang Mei was amused by her tangled little face, "This is the first happy event in the yard in recent years."

"He is the owner of the house, and you are also the owner of the house. If he sends you an invitation, you really have to consider it carefully."

"Our family has to give gifts. Ding Qiang is Aze's colleague. He just retired from the army and completed the entry procedures the day before yesterday."

"Now, our yardNo one knows about this yet."

Lin Yu nodded, "If his family sends us an invitation, we will go and give gifts. This is a hero's happy event."

"If he is a good person, it would be a good thing to have more contacts in the future."

"Then his family bought the ear room in the third courtyard because it was not enough for the wedding?"

Zhang Mei thought for a while, "I think it should be. Ding Yunli's family is the same as mine. The entire east wing of the fourth courtyard is his family."

"But his family has many children. He has five sons and two daughters."

"Two sons are still living together after getting married, and the daughters are not married yet."

As for the west wing of the fourth courtyard, it is still empty now.

There was news two days ago that Xu Zhaodi wanted to buy it, but I don't know if the news is true.

Lin Yu stopped eating the apple when he heard this.

"It feels like I haven't heard from her for a long time. Is she still working as an accountant in Qizhen Pavilion? ”

Zhang Mei nodded, "I think she did a good job."

"Originally, the first happy event in this courtyard should be Xu Zhaodi."

"She and Lin Ping'an, who moved into the back house a few days ago, have known each other for a long time. They got their marriage certificate earlier than Ding Qiang."

"Aunt Liu had a stroke two days ago and is still lying in bed, unable to move. They didn't have a wedding..."

Before Zhang Mei finished her words, they heard voices coming from the courtyard.

The two got up and walked to the Chaoshou corridor.

They saw Bai Ye and Li Ze helping the coal briquette master to unload the coal briquettes and transporting them to the ear room of the east wing.

In the kitchen, Lin Yu looked at Zhang Mei and the pork, eggs, leeks and cucumbers she brought from her home, and she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

When she and Ah Ye just moved into the new house, she In confinement.

After that, there was no suitable opportunity to invite Zhang Mei and Li Ze to dinner at home.

She had eaten the wedding dinner at Zhang Mei's house, but Zhang Mei had never eaten at her house.

This time, she wanted to invite Zhang Mei and her family to have dinner at home under the pretext of unloading coal briquettes.

As a result, Zhang Mei moved so much food to her house.

Lin Yu turned around silently and walked to the second floor of the kitchen.

She was relieved when she saw the carp and prawns that Bai Ye bought this morning in the tank, swimming around in the water.