svetikya Chapter 152 The New Year is approaching and Old Yan is indifferent.
Chapter 152 The New Year is approaching and Old Yan is indifferent.
Thinking back on the gains of the past two months, Xu Dongsheng also felt that time passed quickly. Now the courtyard was full of peace. As expected, the four families had the final say on whether the courtyard was messy or not. In the front yard, Yan Bugui's family had a loving father and filial son, in the middle yard, Jia Dongxu's family was happy and harmonious, in the back yard, Liu Haizhong's family had powerful officials, and Xu Damao's family had not been home for two full months. Xu Dongsheng went home every week, but he had never seen Xu Damao come back.
According to Xu Dazhuang, Xu Damao has not returned to the courtyard for two months since that time. Xu Dongsheng thought that Xu Damao had encountered danger outside, but when Xu Dongsheng came back today to report, Zhou Zhenghua said that Xu Dongsheng missed the movie Xiang Haiyang showed, which was really exciting. It was the movie shown by Xu Damao.
So Xu Dongsheng didn't care.
Xu Dongsheng was pushing his bicycle on the road. At that time, there were many children playing on the road.
"Kid, kid, don't be greedy.
After Laba Festival comes the New Year.
Laba porridge, drink it for a few days,
Lil la la twenty-three.
Twenty-three, the sugar melon is sticky.
Twenty-four, clean the house.
Twenty-five, grind tofu.
On the twenty-sixth, cut the meat for the New Year.
Twenty-seven, kill the New Year Rooster.
Twenty-eight, hair.
Twenty-nine, steamed buns.
Stay up all night on 30th night.
On the first and second days of the Chinese New Year, people walked all over the streets. "
At this time, there were children chasing each other in front, singing familiar and somewhat forgotten songs, and also conveying to Xu Dongsheng the news that the New Year was about to come. With groups of children making noise, the streets were suddenly filled with a lot more New Year atmosphere. Although the New Year had not arrived yet, the children were already getting impatient at this time. They wanted to change their clothes and eat meat.
At this time, many families only have the best food on this day. Those with better conditions can also get new clothes and shoes, while those with less favorable conditions can also buy some good new fabrics for their children.
These days, clothes are new for three years, old for three years, and mended for another three years. There are many children in the family, not enough cloth coupons, not enough money, so the older ones have to be altered to be worn by the younger ones, and pants have to be altered to be worn as skirts. In short, these days, women can hold up half the sky, and I'm not exaggerating. When it comes to tailoring, they are really creative.
"Brother Dongsheng is back?"
Xu Dongsheng had just stepped into the courtyard when he saw He Yushui coming out of the central courtyard. Two months had passed and He Yushui had returned from the countryside. The busy farming season holiday was over and she had gone back to school. Today was only Saturday and He Yushui had returned. Obviously, she had taken a leave of absence.
"Ah, you're back. What's up? No class today?"
Xu Dongsheng smiled and greeted He Yushui, then prepared to open the door and go in. Looking at He Yushui's mental state, Xu Dongsheng estimated that Sha Zhu had already told He Yushui about He Daqing's affairs. He Yushui was no longer the unwanted child, she was also a girl with a father.
So even though He Yushui is still a little thin now, he looks much more energetic.
"Um, Brother Dongsheng, can you do me a favor?"
Xu Dongsheng thought He Yushui was getting ready to go out, but unexpectedly, He Yushui came to ask him for help. Xu Dongsheng put the bicycle at the door and opened the door.
"Oh, it's so heavy."
He Yushui was about to help Xu Dongsheng, but she found that the bicycle Xu Dongsheng was leaning against the wall was very heavy, and her face immediately turned red.
"This is heavy to begin with. The car and the things on it weigh more than 100 pounds. Come in."
Xu Dongsheng was carrying the bicycle and asked He Yushui to enter the house. He Yushui was surprised when she saw Xu Dongsheng carrying the bicycle in one hand. She didn't expect that Xu Dongsheng, who looked so handsome and had a not very serious wheat-colored skin, could have such explosive power.
But then I felt relieved, this guy's strength was forced out. Didn't Sha Zhu's strength come from shaking the spoon?
"Please sit down. What do you want me to help you with? I have to tell you in advance that if it's difficult, I can't help you."
Xu Dongsheng asked He Yushui to sit down, poured her a glass of water, poured himself a glass and drank it, then came and sat in front of He Yushui, and asked He Yushui what she wanted him to help her with.
"It's like this, Brother Dongsheng, I would like to ask you to get me two pounds of eggs. I heard from them that you have been running around outside and have made a lot of friends. I would like to ask you to get me some eggs. The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and I want to make some braised eggs for the New Year. As long as I can get them before the New Year, it will be fine. As for the money, don't worry about me. When I started school this time, my brother gave me fifty yuan, which is enough for me to buy New Year's goods, but meat and grain are hard to get.
When I was helping out in the countryside, I learned that some people there raised chickens for eggs, so when I heard that you, Brother Dongsheng, have many friends in the countryside, I wanted to ask you to help me get some. "
He Yushui told Xu Dongsheng the purpose of her visit. Xu Dongsheng did not expect that Sha Zhu would directly give He Yushui fifty yuan. You know, in the past, if Sha Zhu gave He Yushui more than five yuan a month, it was already a great thing. Otherwise, He Yushui would not have had no food to eat and would not have come to their house for help.
"Two pounds of eggs isn't a lot, so it should be fine. Wait for my news then."
Xu Dongsheng thought about it and decided to agree. Two kilograms of eggs only amounted to a dozen or so. Even if they were smaller eggs, there were only about twenty of them, so this was not a big problem. However, after helping He Yushui, other people might come to him for help. However, Xu Dongsheng still had an attitude. They were all gifts from friends, so there wasn't much he could share.
"Really? Thank you, Brother Dongsheng. I will definitely repay you in the future."
Although He Yushui was nervous for a moment when she saw Xu Dongsheng was silent, she was still happy when she saw Xu Dongsheng agree. She immediately told Xu Dongsheng that she would definitely repay him.
"We'll talk about repaying you later. Okay, sit down. I'm going to start cooking and wait for my dad. If you're not busy, we can have dinner at home."
Xu Dongsheng smiled and shook his head, then spoke to He Yushui. Upon hearing this, He Yushui quickly said that she still had to go back to cook for Sha Zhu, and went back immediately. She felt that her home was still worth returning to.
After watching He Yushui go back, Xu Dongsheng started cooking.
"This Xu Dongsheng across the street is really amazing. Someone just said that the car and the stuff weighed more than 100 kilograms. Wow, I'm afraid he must have brought dozens of kilograms of good stuff to his family. And He Yushui, that wild girl with no parents, I don't know why she came to Xu Dongsheng."
While Xu Dongsheng was cooking, Aunt Yan from the opposite door started complaining to Yan Bugui who was sitting there waiting for dinner.
"Who cares what he brought? Can he give some to our family? This guy is so evil, don't let him expose all our secrets one day. We have a few thousand dollars now, can't we just live a good life? Who cares if his life is good or not, as long as we live a good life, that's enough.
Look at the eldest son now. He works hard every day and gives us pension money. Although it is not much, it will increase in the future. Anyway, our life will get better and better. When the second son starts working, we will also get some money. Then we can add pension money to the money for five children. It doesn’t need to be much either. Five dollars each will be enough for us.
Adding our capital, we can guarantee a comfortable retirement life in the future, but we will just pay a little bit first, and then we can get it back after we settle the bill with them."
Yan Bugui drank old wine and chewed peanuts. He felt confident and in control of his situation, just like a landlord raising his naive son by saying that his family was poor.
"That's true, but the life of the old Yi family is a bit comfortable. When can we get that house?"
Aunt Yan nodded and then asked Yan Bugui.
"Women, why do you care about these things? Just wait, it won't be long. The peace and tranquility of Old Yi's family won't last long. Look, if you keep buying snacks, meat, and toys for Banggeng every few days, it won't be long before he runs out of money. And he can't let it be known that he has no money. His biggest support now is the house.
According to this situation, he will have to give us the house by the second half of next year at the latest. Even if he does, we may have to wait another two years. But don’t panic. We don’t have to worry about anything now. Why should we panic? ”
Yan Bugui took a sip of wine calmly, looked at Aunt Yan with a look of indifference, and said to her. Aunt Yan didn't say anything more when she saw this, but could only say "you have the final say", but her tone was still full of pride.