A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 39

It was getting late, and Cao Zhihua sent Lou Xiaoe to Lou's car at the entrance of the alley.

When I got home, I was waiting for the three little ones to make dinner and get ready to eat.

Suddenly, I received a notice from Yan Jiecheng that a courtyard meeting was to be held.

Last time on the first day of the new year, I took the three little ones away and did not attend the meeting. I was nagged by the first and third uncles for a long time.

It's okay this time anyway, Cao Zhihua plans to go and see the excitement.

"Big dog, how long is the meal? There will be a meeting in the yard later, let's eat early."

"Okay, brother, you can eat it right away."

Now San Xiaozhi’s home cooking is very good. Today I ate rice, fried eggs with leek, bone soup, braised pork, cucumber, and stir-fried cabbage. It was very rich.

Since practicing martial arts, Cao Zhihua’s family has been supplementing their nutrition with bone soup every day, and there is never a shortage of big fish and meat.

Fortunately, this is only 1954, and we are not yet in the era of rationing. It is not difficult at all to eat meat if you have money. The income of the neighbors in the yard is not to mention eating meat every day, but eating every now and then is not stressful at all.

Otherwise, it would be very difficult for Cao Zhihua to eat something good openly.

After dinner, and after telling the three little ones to do their homework, Cao Zhihua slowly came to the middle courtyard carrying a large enamel jar and a small bench.

There is an Eight Immortals table in the open space in the middle courtyard. There are three chairs in three directions of the Eight Immortals table. There are two rows of benches in front of the Eight Immortals table.

Cao Zhihua took a look and said, "Hey guys, everyone is so active in the meeting. Most of the adults in the whole yard are here."

More than 40 people sat or stood scattered around the central courtyard, chatting in low voices with each other. Cao Zhihua found a corner with a wide view and sat down to watch the show.

At this time, there was a sound of a teapot hitting the table, and the three uncles took their seats.

Grandpa Yi Zhonghai sits in the middle of the Eight Immortals table
The second uncle is sitting on the left side of the Eight Immortals table with bangs in his hair.

The third uncle, Yan Fugui, is sitting on the right side of the Eight Immortals table.

The three uncles all kept a large enamel jar at hand.

The second uncle suddenly picked up the enamel jar and knocked on the table a few times, and said seriously
"The meeting is in session, everyone be quiet."

After a while, Liu Haizhong saw that the yard had become quiet. He stood up and put his hands behind his back, looking very bluffing.

"Today's conference will mainly talk to you about a few things. Now let's invite our highly respected man to speak to you."

Grandpa Yi Zhonghai took over Liu Haizhong’s topic:
"Today's meeting will mainly talk about three things. Let's talk about them one by one."

"The first thing is that we have a newcomer in our courtyard. Jia Dongxu from our middle courtyard got married today. This is a good thing."

Yi Zhonghai paused as he spoke and waved to Qin Huairu.

"Come on, Dongxu's wife, please introduce yourself so that we can get to know each other."

Qin Huairu didn't look like a girl from the countryside at all. She walked to the open space openly.

"Hello, neighbors, I am Qin Huairu, Jia Dongxu's daughter-in-law. I will live with you every day from now on. Please help me more in the future, thank you."

After everyone heard what Qin Huairu said, they all applauded to welcome the newcomers.

After a while, Yi Zhonghai continued:
"The second thing is more important and closely related to us."

"Today we, the uncles, received a notice from the sub-district office. In order to create a new look of socialism and actively develop socialist moral construction. From today on, our sub-district will select advanced courtyard houses every year. Which courtyard is selected as an advanced courtyard house will not only get Every household with advanced courtyard houses will receive material rewards from the sub-district office in recognition of the government’s sub-district office.” “This is a big event, and it is a major event related to the interests of every household in our quadrangle. I hope that everyone will do outstanding things in the future. , Be an excellent person. From now on, all matters in our courtyard must be discussed with our three uncles first. We three uncles will choose to resolve the matter privately or hold a courtyard meeting to resolve it, depending on the size of the matter. We are absolutely not allowed to spread it outside privately, which will affect the public. Our yard is rated as the most advanced courtyard house in the competition.”

After everyone listened, there was a lot of discussion. Xu Damao’s father, Xu Wood, obviously had more on his mind and asked directly.
"Master, what good does this advanced courtyard house do to us? Why do we need to select this?"

After hearing what Xu Wood said, Cao Zhihua shook his head, thinking that Xu Damao's father was a smart man, but he missed the point.

These three uncles used the prestige of the government to kidnap everyone's interests through the selection of advanced courtyard houses. From now on, they can intervene in the management of the courtyards in both big and small matters.

Cao Zhihua smiled, it was none of his business, just hang it up, it's none of his business.

Although these uncles will be like in the play in the future, they can intervene in big and small matters and can intervene, but they are not vegetarians, as long as they don't offend themselves.

"As long as we are selected, the sub-district office will send flour, meat and oil to each household during the Chinese New Year. This means that we will save all the new year's goods that everyone needs to buy during the Chinese New Year."

When everyone heard what Yi Zhonghai said, they all cheered.

It can only be said that people in this era are still too naive. They believe that the government is not wrong, but they cannot resist someone taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

Looking at everyone's attitude, Yi Zhonghai nodded with satisfaction, picked up the enamel jar and knocked on the table. After everyone calmed down, he continued:

"The third thing is also a good thing. I got accurate news that our Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill is planning to expand a stainless steel production line. The factory will definitely need to recruit people by then. If you have children or relatives who need work, please do it in advance. Prepare."

It concerns everyone's interests, so everyone rushes to ask questions in a mess.

"Master, are you sure you are hiring? What are your requirements?"

"Master, when will we start recruiting?"

"Master, are there any age requirements for this recruitment?"

Yi Zhonghai knocked on the table,

"Okay, don't mess around. I'll answer everyone's questions one by one."

"First of all, the recruitment time is not yet certain. The exact time is subject to the factory's notification."

"Secondly, the employees recruited this time have academic requirements and must have junior high school education."

"Also, anyone of age can participate in this recruitment."

"Okay, do you have any questions?"

Yi Zhonghai looked around and found that no one asked questions, "Okay, this is the end of the meeting. Let's disperse."

After the meeting, everyone went back to their homes slowly and happily.

Cao Zhihua also slowly slipped home thoughtfully.
Suddenly I remembered that the drama Siheyuan in my previous life actually had two endings. I had always forgotten about this.

The name of this drama was "Silly Pillar" from the very beginning. Lou Xiao'e didn't appear in many scenes in the drama. When the big storm came, the whole family was in a panic, let alone He Xiao. There was no such person.

In the end, Silly Zhu was kicked out of his home and died under a bridge. In the end, Xu Damao collected his body.

Silly Pillar stopped broadcasting not long after it was aired. After more than 10 revisions, the final happy ending of "Love in the Courtyard" came out.

I hadn't thought about this problem before, mainly because I didn't put my mind into this yard, and I didn't want to get involved in the nonsense in this yard.

But now that he has traveled through time, because Lou Bancheng treats him better than his nephew, and because of his relationship with Lou Xiao'e, he must make foolproof preparations in advance, but he cannot gamble on the direction of the plot.

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