Scholars in the courtyard

Chapter 30 Slow Change

There was a burst of firecrackers, and the alley became lively again.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, I walked around the streets and said happy new year when we met.

Just after getting up to clean up, there was a knock on the door.

When Yang Xiaotao opened the door, he saw several children appearing at the door together. The leaders were Yan Jiefang and Wang Xiaohu, followed by seven or eight children. They saw Yang Xiaotao shouting in unison, "Brother Tao, Happy Chinese New Year!"

The sound is neat and clearly rehearsed.

Yang Xiaotao also knew the truth of this, and immediately took out a porcelain plate from the room, which contained melon seeds and peanuts, and a few white rabbit toffees for decoration.

This was also specially prepared by Yang Xiaotao, in order to add a bit of flavor to the year.

Seven or eight children looked at the big white rabbit toffee, and each of them wanted it, but none of them stretched out their hands.

Yang Xiaotao smiled, picked out the toffee by himself, and took one piece for each person, and put the rest on the plate.

Several children got toffee, laughed happily, and ran to other people's houses.

A piece of candy is how children feel about the Chinese New Year.

Simple child.

After closing the door of the house, Yang Xiaotao went to sit at Uncle Chen's house, then left the courtyard and walked to Zhou's house.

Along the way, there was an endless stream of lively crowds, and the atmosphere of celebration rushed to our faces.

Even Xiao Wei, who was squatting at the neckline, also felt a sense of joy, which made Yang Xiaotao involuntarily quicken his pace.

Compared with the Zhou family, it was more lively. The two girls also tied red silk ropes this year. Zhou Kui was still in his old clothes, squatting at the door watching a group of children blowing up snow with firecrackers.

When Yang Xiaotao came, Zhou Kui greeted him from afar, and sat down at home after a while.

The stove in the room was heating up, the iron kettle was boiling, and white gas was coming out.

Aunt Zhou took out melon seeds and sat aside, talking about the Chinese New Year.

After a while, Zhou Peng came back from the outside. He went out early in the morning and took his two younger sisters to visit relatives. Finally, he sent his younger sister back and went to the Pigeon Market outside the alley.

People who celebrate the New Year also have to eat and do business.

In this regard, the higher authorities turned a blind eye and closed an eye.

When Zhou Peng came back, he was carrying a small rooster in his hand, which should be used by country people to exchange money.

"Brother Tao, you're here!"

Zhou Peng was also happy looking at Yang Xiaotao. Yesterday Zhou Kui brought back five eggs, which made his two younger sisters much happier.

No, it happened that the salary was paid, and someone was in a hurry to spend the money, so I spent one yuan and two to buy this chicken.

Yang Xiaotao nodded in greeting, and finally looked at the little rooster. It was not big, only a little over two catties. Generally speaking, this catty would not be sold unless it was urgently needed.

"I met it at the entrance of the alley. The family asked for money for the child to marry a wife, so they came up and sold it."

"Stay here for lunch today."

Zhou Peng warmly invited, and Yang Xiaotao was not polite, "Then try Aunt Zhou's craftsmanship."

When I came to this world, apart from having a meal at Yongjun Restaurant, I really didn't eat well these few days.

Back at Zhou's house, Zhou Kui plucked his hair and broke his stomach, and quickly picked it up.

After eating at noon, Yang Xiaotao sat for a while before leaving.

Zhou Peng sent it to the gate, said that he would go to his house tomorrow, and then left.

This is the Chinese New Year, the younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the younger ones go to the older ones.

Walking out of Zhou's house, Yang Xiaotao felt a headache when he thought about the guests tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

The ingredients are easy to talk about, and you can buy them with money, but the problem is that he can't cook.

"Forget it, let's go to the restaurant and have a look."

Yang Xiaotao finally gave up struggling, and planned to go to the restaurant to buy more cooked food, the kind that can be eaten hot at home.

Yongjun Restaurant is not closed, but there is no business either.

When Yang Xiaotao came in, the couple were sitting at the table drinking tea, and immediately stepped forward enthusiastically when they saw Yang Xiaotao coming.

"Elder Sister, Happy New Year Eldest Brother."

"Little comrade, happy new year!"

After being polite, Yang Xiaotao went straight to the point.

Two plates of braised pork, two plates of twice-cooked pork, two roast chickens, and [-] steamed buns, directly covered the quota of today's meat and vegetables, which made the couple happy and said that they could leave work early.

Give money and tickets, pack up and leave.

Before leaving, the eldest sister also gave a bottle of sorghum wine, saying that it was brewed at home and free of charge.

The New Year's Eve is lively.

Yang Xiaotao accepted it politely, but still gave him fifty cents.

Not to mention the wages just paid, but Shazhu paid ten yuan in compensation yesterday, which happened to be used.

As for how to live in the future, let alone the canteen in the factory, even if you go home and go home by yourself, why can't you deal with it?
This is typical, one person is full and the whole family is not hungry.

Leaving the restaurant, walking to an empty corner, and sending the packed food buns into the storage space.

Stop and go, or walk aimlessly, feel the Forty-Nine City after the snow, feel the Forty-Nine City for the New Year, and feel the free air.

Perhaps, this new country is still moving forward in suffering, but its majestic vitality is doomed to its future achievements. This is a country full of vigor and vitality, and a country with high-spirited people.

Yang Xiaotao kept thinking, walked around and looked around, and came to a house at some point.

It's not that the house is peculiar, but that the items placed around the house are somewhat special.

This is a recycling point.

These days, even those who collect garbage need the intervention of the state, not everyone can collect it, and not everyone can pick up garbage.

At this time, several children ran over happily carrying a bag of soda bottles, and then handed it to a man in a yellow coat. The man just weighed it, then took out [-] cents and handed it to the leading child, and the child ran away with a smile Open, and said to buy firecrackers.

After thinking about it, Yang Xiaotao went in. The man sized Yang Xiaotao up, smiled and said, "Comrade, what's the matter with you?"

"Hello, comrade, I'm passing by here, and I just want to ask if there are any waste books here?"

"Waste book?"

"Well, I'm a high school student and I want to find some books to read."

"Oh, that's it, then come in."

The man invited Yang Xiaotao in, Yang Xiaotao took out his pocket and found that there were no cigarettes except for a few candies.

"Next time you go out, prepare a pack of cigarettes!"

With that in mind, walk into the house.

"It's a mess here. Someone will take care of it after the new year. It will be better then."

"By the way, my name is Huang Daniu, you can call me Lao Huang."

The man said boldly, and Yang Xiaotao called out, "Brother Huang."

When the two came together, Huang Daniu pointed to a wooden box at the corner.

"The broken furniture that someone dealt with two days ago, I checked, and there are some books in the box."

"I originally planned to take it home to wipe the child's buttocks. Since you want it, take it."

Yang Xiaotao looked at the wooden box, which was half a meter square, and there were a few holes in it, obviously it was old.

"Brother Huang, thank you so much."

In the past few days, I read the high school textbooks at home again, and there was no movement after the credits increased to 180. This is the result of familiarity. If I want to accumulate credits, I can only find other ways.

Yang Xiaotao also tried to learn from other aspects, after all, reading is only part of learning.

The most direct way is to practice calligraphy. Find out the notebooks from school, take out the pens and start practicing.

However, this practice of calligraphy is hard work, and it will not be effective for a while.

After the system prompted to give 5 credits, there was no progress for a long time.

Obviously, the fastest way to earn credits at this stage is to read books.

As for the people in the courtyard, it is estimated that Yan Fugui's family has books.

But Yang Xiaotao didn't want to get involved too deeply. Yan Fugui can only say that he likes to calculate and is greedy for petty gains. Compared with Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong, he is not bad.

But even so, he didn't want to get entangled. Yan Fugui's family is all good at calculating, if they get entangled, it will be a lot of trouble.

I originally thought that after the start of work, I would ask the director to issue a certificate and go to the library to apply for a reading card, but I didn't expect that there were books in this recycling point.

"You're welcome, those boys in my family won't go to elementary school, they're mischievous all day long, and they only get headaches when they read."

"Wiping their asses, some of them are useless, so why not give them to you scholars."

Huang Daniu is generous, of course, this may be because there is not much money in waste paper.

Yang Xiaotao took out fifty cents and stuffed it into Huang Daniu's hands, Huang Daniu was a bit expensive no matter what, but Yang Xiaotao was determined.

"Brother Huang, if you think it's too much, you can help me and pay attention to it in the future. If you have any books, keep them for me."

After hearing this, Huang Daniu accepted the money and promised to keep it for him.

Yang Xiaotao took out a few more white rabbit milk candies, "Give it to your nephews to taste."

Now Huang Daniu smiled even more happily, accepted the milk candy and sent Yang Xiaotao to leave.

Holding the box in his arms, Yang Xiaotao walked to the corner and opened it, then closed it again, leaving only the empty box in his hands.

Xiaowei also came out, got into the box, and then got out again, obviously not interested in the box.

With the harvest, Yang Xiaotao was in a good mood and walked towards the courtyard.

When they came to the courtyard, the third master looked at Yang Xiaotao at the door, his eyes were directly on the box, there must be something in such a big box.

"Xiaotao, are you back? What did you buy, is this?"

Don't reach out to hit the smiling face, not to mention that the third master hasn't provoked him these days, and he, Yang Xiaotao, is not a black troll, he just sprays on everyone.

"Third Master, go out and pick up a box of books."

As Yang Xiaotao said, he raised his legs and walked into the courtyard.

"Book?"

Yan Fugui was startled, and then remembered that Yang Xiaotao was also a senior in high school, and he only had a high school degree.

"If this kid finishes reading, he can also be a teacher."

Yan Fugui thought to himself, but picked up the fishing rod and walked outside.

The plan of the year is spring.

Early bird gets the worm.

When Yang Xiaotao came to the Intermediate Court, Sha Zhu was happily talking to Jia Dongxu. Although he was still injured, it did not hinder his activities.

In Jia's house, Qin Huairu was steaming steamed buns, while Jia Zhang was still sitting at the door, basking in the sun.

Seeing Yang Xiaotao coming back with the box in his arms, several people all cast their gazes over. Jia Zhang even cursed, but his voice was lowered a lot.

Yang Xiaotao didn't even look at it. If he was angry with this kind of person every day, wouldn't he become angry?

When I got home, I took out the book. As for the box, I handed it over to Xiaowei. It is still a place to store things, and it can still be used after repairing.

Organize the books, most of them are about geography, and there are a few notebooks.

After opening it, the handwriting inside was scrawled, and the writing was also about geological matters.

Obviously, the owner of these books is a geography student, but I don't know if it is a teacher or a student.

After Yang Xiaotao arranged the books, he started to heat the stove to warm up the room.

In the evening, someone knocked on the door again. When I opened the door, I saw Wang Dashan in the courtyard.

"Uncle Dashan, why are you here?"

Wang Dashan is five big and three rough, with a loud voice.

"It's okay, come and have a look. By the way, I will ask you to go to my house for a drink at night."

Yang Xiaotao was taken aback for a moment, but when he saw that Wang Dashan's words were not polite, he readily agreed.

Again, although there are many beasts in this courtyard, not all of them are bad people.

In this courtyard, even good people become indifferent to protect themselves.

But don't forget this world. This is a world far less full of interests and filth than later generations. Here people's living standards are low, but their spirits are rich.

Most people have a passionate heart.

It's just that a few beasts of this era happened to gather in a courtyard.

Maybe the Wang family also has their own goals, but for Yang Xiaotao, as long as they can get along, he doesn't mind making friends.

For these people, Yang Xiaotao will not be able to make friends, but he will not alienate them either.

Isn't there a popular saying in the previous life, the best way to deal with the enemy is to turn the enemy's friend into your own friend.

In the evening, Yang Xiaotao came to Wang's house with wine, besides that, there were several other people in the courtyard.

They didn't react to Yang Xiaotao's arrival, they drank and ate, and didn't mention anything about the yard, but they also developed a relationship at the wine table.

I also found that Yang Xiaotao is not so unkind, he is also a person of flesh and blood.

A man who is drunk and scolds his mother.

(End of this chapter)