A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 20

After lunch, Cao Zhihua went to the kitchen and started instructing the three little ones to cook the New Year's dinner.

"Big Gouzi, you are responsible for killing the chickens and ducks and cleaning them. Is there any problem?"

"No problem, brother"

"Er Gouzi, you are responsible for cutting the dog meat, pig feet, mutton, and pork. Are there any problems?"

"No problem, brother"

"Xiaoyu, you are responsible for washing the cabbage, radish, potatoes, ginger, onion, garlic, dried eight-peel cinnamon pepper, and sorting them out. Are there any problems?"

Xiaoyu said coquettishly
"Brother, no problem"

"Okay, you guys get going, I'll go to the house to rest for a while."

"Okay, big brother."

Cao Zhihua watched the three children working in a hurry and went to the sofa to warm themselves by the fire.

He sighed, he was even better than Huang Shiren.

Fortunately, there are three laborers in the family who can take on all the work at home. If he had entered Qidian Orphanage, he would have been blinded.

Sooner or later, I will be lazy to death.

Stretch out and take a sip of jasmine tea. Well, it feels good.

How about building a bathroom in the open space at the corner of the street next to your home?
There is an open space of about 6-7 square meters at the corner of Cao Zhihua's house near the street. Next to the open space is a reverse-seat house in a courtyard.

Now the house is empty and no one lives in it.

After all, he has to stay in Sijiu City for such a long time, and Cao Zhihua is still willing to make his life more comfortable.

It's not a problem to fight with neighbors to use the public toilet every day.

Just building a bathroom, the most troublesome thing is the procedures. After all, the land next to it does not belong to your own home, which means you will occupy the public resources in the yard.

For Cao Zhihua, a rotten person, there is no psychological pressure on occupying public resources. If you take it, you can take it.

It's just that things are not easy to settle. If these magical neighbors know that they are occupying public resources privately, their lives will not be peaceful.

Cao Zhihua thought for a while and had no idea how to solve this problem. He could only wait until the neighborhood office of the neighborhood committee went to work after the Chinese New Year and go over to ask if there was any way to solve it.

It would be best if money can solve it.

If given the choice, Cao Zhihua would definitely be willing to sleep until he wakes up naturally every day, then go shopping here and there, go fishing every day, talk about love, taste delicious food, and enjoy life.

It's a pity that in this unlucky era, I obviously don't lack anything, but I still have to go to the factory to drive screws, and I have to live a nine-to-five life every day.

Alas~ Cao Zhihua sighed, holding the enamel cup and began to be in a daze.

"Brother, brother, the dishes are ready. When will we start cooking?"

Cao Zhihua came back to his senses
"Let's start now. Have you cleaned the hot pot at home?"

"Cleaned up."

"Okay, let's start now and put it in the hot pot. When we eat in the evening, we just need to put charcoal in the hot pot."

"Xiaoyu, turn up the fire. Come on, Big Gouzi, put in the oil and fry the chicken first."

"Yes, yes, that's it, okay, add ginger, star anise, cinnamon, dried chili pepper, and salt."

"Yes, yes, that's it. Well, the chicken is browned."

"Okay, put water into the iron pot."

"Okay, Dagouzi, put the lid on the pot, and when the chicken is stewed, add the garlic and it'll be ready."

Da Gouzi spent a lot of effort cooking, and his forehead was sweating. "Okay, big brother." Cao Zhihua looked at the chicken and saw that it still had to be stewed for a long time. He walked into the house and grabbed a few handfuls of melon seeds to put in his mouth. He grabbed a handful of melon seeds and put them in his mouth. Bundle.

I walked slowly into the courtyard of the courtyard, wanting to see what the courtyard looks like during the Chinese New Year.

Cao Zhihua kept saying hello to people while cracking melon seeds.

"Third uncle, have a happy New Year. I wish you good luck and all the best in the New Year!"

"Auntie, I wish you a happy New Year and wish you a happy New Year and everything goes well."

"Aunt Jia, it's the Chinese New Year. I wish you a happy New Year and a wonderful wife next year!"

"Uncle Zhou, it's Chinese New Year. I wish you a happy New Year and welcome the New Year happily!"

"Aunt Yang, happy New Year, I wish you a prosperous life and abundant prosperity every year!"

"Sinzhu, Yuyu, Happy New Year. I wish you success in your work and your studies."

Silly Zhu was also beaming with joy at this time, bowing his hands and speaking festive words to the people in the yard.

Cao Zhihua looked at He Yuyu, who was over 10 years old, wearing a patched and torn cotton-padded jacket, with not much flesh on his body.

Feeling compassion, he said
"Silly Zhu, you should at least leave some money for the rain or keep more food at home. Look at the rain, it can be blown away by the wind."

Silhu was not happy when he heard this, and his face darkened.

"Cao Zhihua, it's none of your business. A dog is just like a mouse meddling in its own business."

When Cao Zhihua saw Shazhu's attitude, he didn't want to worry about anything.

"Okay, blame me for being nosy. This Chinese New Year has made everyone upset. I'll go back first and you guys can chat."

Looking at He Yuyu's aggrieved look, he became hard-hearted and left without looking back.

Yes, I blame myself for being a bitch. I suffered so much in my previous life and yet I am not afraid of it.

In this world, honest people and bad people never have good results.

My life has been too comfortable recently, and I actually care about the shitty things in this yard.

For someone like Sha Zhu, the ending in the TV series was pretty good. The screenwriter really cheated and pulled Lou Xiao'e to support him.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for such bad people who help others to have good results from ancient times to the present, including the society before Cao Zhihua traveled through time.

The people of our country have never been stupid. They may be honest, they may follow the rules, and they may not be knowledgeable enough, but they are really not stupid. Instead, they are all frighteningly smart.

Just like Jia Zhang, in the play, she curses, rolls around, behaves, and summons spirits, which gives the impression that she is not doing anything personal.

Many Siheyuan novels in the past life described this person as fat, stupid, lazy and brainless.

But Cao Zhihua has never underestimated this person.

As the saying goes, no one is perfect in the world.

If we extrapolate from the results of Siheyuan.

A middle-aged widow whose husband died raised her children by herself and even gave them a daughter-in-law.

Then another son died, an old widow of the Jia Zhang family, with a young widow and three oil bottles. In the end, the Jia family became the final winner of this courtyard house.

Think about it, can a stupid, bad, and arrogant person do this?

Everyone may think that this is all because of Qin Huairu's greatness, but Cao Zhihua's two lifetime experiences tell him that people are not machines, and as long as the formula is set, there will be no mistakes.

Humans are emotional creatures. Is Qin Huairu really so good at being able to learn by herself without a teacher? ?
Qin Huairu was widowed at a young age. If she really lived a life of being beaten or scolded, would she really be willing to suffer every day because of her few children who could not live a good life? ?
This is simply impossible, and it doesn’t make sense from a human perspective.

Therefore, Cao Zhihua feels that the most powerful person in this courtyard may really be this Jia Zhang family.

(End of this chapter)