Scholars in the courtyard

Chapter 464 Just Two People Came

Silly Zhu had just made an important decision in his life when he saw Qin Huairu walk in from the door.

With a haggard complexion and drooping eyes, under the light, the figure behind him was slender, reflected against the door, very slender.

Seeing Shazhu, his heart softened, how could he let go of Qin Huairu's appearance?

"Zhuzi, sister, please help."

Qin Huairu's voice was hoarse, like a cuckoo crying blood, it was very desolate to Sha Zhu's ears.

"Sister Qin, tell me!"

The sound of Sister Qin made Qin Huairu feel relieved.

Silly Zhu, or that silly Zhu.

Even if it changes, she can tame it back.

"Dongxu is gone, whether it's a helper or a guest, he has to make two tables..."

As soon as Shazhu heard it, he knew why Qin Huairu was here.

At this time, those who participate in the funeral will not come empty-handed, and the hosts also have to say hello.

"Sister Qin, what am I supposed to do? Don't worry, leave Brother Dongxu's funeral to me, and I will make it beautiful for you."

"Pillar, you..."

Qin Huairu saw that Silly Zhu was talking normally, not as eager as before, and suddenly sobbed violently, tears streaming from his red eyes.

"Sister, thank you. Brother Dongxu has left, leaving the whole family behind. I..., without your help, how would I live."

woohoo…

Qin Huairu started to cry, and Sha Zhu quickly stepped forward to support her, "Sister Qin, I'm out of sight, out of sight."

Qin Huairu supported Sha Zhu's arm and leaned against Sha Zhu's body.

The soft body, accidentally touched at this moment, made Shazhu's heart sway.

"Sister Qin, I."

Qin Huairu let go of Sha Zhu's actions, it was worth the effort.

"Zhuzi, sister, I will rely on you from now on."

"Sister Qin, don't worry! I'm still in this courtyard. If you have something to say, no one dares to bully you."

Ok?
The palm is even more careless, it is an existence that cannot be controlled.

Not long after, Qin Huairu fiddled with her hair, left Sha Zhu's house, and went to Yi Zhonghai's house.

After that, the second uncle's house, the third uncle's house, and even the few families who helped today all walked around to thank each one.

No matter if it was sincere or just pretending, everyone in the yard felt that Qin Huairu was a person who could handle things clearly.

At night, the trumpeters call it a day and will continue tomorrow.

Silly Zhu came to Jia's house with two lunch boxes.

He wanted the previous cheapness, but he was not satisfied. What he wanted was more.

"Aunt Jia, Sister Qin, let's eat something. After a busy day, it's impossible not to eat something."

Silly Zhu said, Qin Huairu felt a warm feeling in his heart when he saw it, but shook his head indifferently on his face, "Thank you Zhuzi. I can't eat it!"

"Sister Qin, you can't stop eating, you have to eat for the sake of the baby in your stomach."

As Silly Zhu said, Jia Zhang's stomach was grumbling for a long time, his eyes were fixed on the lunch box, and he almost snatched it.

The same is true for Bang Giao and Xiao Dang next to them. They just ate a cold corn bun and were already hungry.

"Huairu, eat something, there is still a vigil tonight."

Mrs. Jia Zhang began to persuade, and so did Sha Zhu.

Seeing this, Qin Huairu nodded in response.

Soon, the four of them ate in front of Jia Dongxu's spirit.

Yi Zhonghai leaned in front of the door and watched Shazhu deliver food to Jia's family, and the aunt laughed from behind, "Old Yi, it seems that Shazhu still has a conscience."

Yi Zhonghai nodded, "Let's help out in the future."

The next day, when Yang Xiaotao went out, the suona sounded at the door.

Look around, the people in the yard should go to work, and they should be busy.

Except for Yi Zhonghai who took leave of absence to help in the courtyard, Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui both went to work.

Fortunately, tomorrow is Saturday, which happens to be Jia Dongxu's first three, and he happens to have time to attend the funeral.

After Yang Xiaotao came to the rolling mill, he went straight to the first workshop.

In the workshop, Sun Guo came early and checked it again, it was the same as when he left yesterday.

After Yang Xiaotao arrived, he started to assemble the steam engine.

Sun Guo didn't dare to interrupt, but just watched quietly from the sidelines.

After a while, Xu Yuanshan and Yang Youning who got the news also came, and many people from the first workshop gathered around.

Yang Xiaotao called a few workers he knew to help, holding a board in his hand, skillfully pieced together the parts one by one.

"Welding is needed here!"

Yang Xiaotao raised his head and said, Sun Guo immediately arranged for someone, and after a while, a seventh-level welder came with something to do, and started working at Yang Xiaotao's designated position.

The welding rod squeaked, and sparks continued to fly out.

People around instinctively narrowed their eyes to protect their eyeballs.

After a while, the welder finished his work, and Yang Xiaotao continued to install after checking.

There are many parts of the steam engine, and there are also many parts that need to be welded. With the cooperation of several people, the parts are installed in place one by one.

After the big parts were installed, Yang Xiaotao installed the belts and straps he had bought in place.

It was not until noon that the first steam engine was assembled.

Yang Xiaotao wiped the sweat from his forehead, took off the fault scanning glasses, and he was relieved that the newly assembled steam engine in his field of vision was normal.

Then he nodded to the people waiting on the side.

Yang Youning couldn't wait a long time ago, seeing Yang Xiaotao getting up, he immediately came over to have a look, and then confirmed, "Try?"

Yang Xiaotao nodded, "You can try it, and if you have any problems, you can solve them as soon as possible."

Obtaining approval, Sun Guo immediately found briquettes and began to light them in the stove for heating.

Everyone watched around the steam engine, Yang Xiaotao stepped forward to check and clean it himself.

After a while, the flame of the stove was transpiring, and the sound of boiling water could already be heard.

Sun Guo was a little nervous and kept staring at the flywheel, as if the wheel would start moving in the next second.

It's just that the more I look at it, the more anxious I get, "Why don't you turn?"

On the side, Yang Youning frowned like Xu Yuanshan, could it be that he failed?
Yang Xiaotao pushed his eyes, then walked forward in front of everyone's eyes, stretched out his hand to rest on the running wheel, flicked hard, the wheel turned, and then saw the connecting rod connecting the crankshaft of the flywheel move.

And this movement couldn't stop.

"It needs to be given a force."

Yang Xiaotao said with a smile, the people around suddenly realized, and Sun Guo even puffed his forehead, laughing, "I was scared to death, I thought it didn't work."

Xu Yuanshan looked at the fast-installed flywheel, and shouted to Sun Guo, "Go find someone to test it, this wheel doesn't spin slowly."

Sun Guo ran away immediately, and Yang Youning touched his chin beside him, "Indeed, it feels quite powerful."

Everyone around the steam engine kept pointing.

Yang Xiaotao was also watching from the side, thinking he would use it to dig a well, it would be soon.

Courtyard house

There was constant mourning and joy at the door, and the two musicians were alone for a while. Every time someone came, they would enter the state and tell the people in the courtyard that someone was coming.

Jia Zhang was still sitting at the door, looking out of the courtyard from time to time.

At this moment, it was almost noon, and the people who were supposed to come should have arrived long ago, but up to now, only the old people from the surrounding alleys came to the courtyard.

These people are all here to repay favors. It’s a formality. The gift money is not much. A few cents plus a few or a dozen pieces of yellow paper, and then come to register, and then say a few words to the family members, and it’s over. .

No matter how much the gift money is, the host family has to take care of the meal.

For this reason, Sha Zhu deliberately asked someone to ask for leave from the factory, regardless of whether the director agreed or not, he stayed in the courtyard anyway.

Meals are being prepared at the moment.

Of course, Yi Zhonghai brought the food, the ingredients were bought by the aunt, and the seasonings were prepared by the idiot himself.

After finishing the busy work this morning, two tables of dishes were prepared, and they were placed in the middle courtyard, ready to be served at any time.

People from nearby were communicating in the yard. Today is the second day, and this scene will happen again tomorrow.

Because it was a trivial matter, he followed the principle of doing things plainly, and Yi Zhonghai didn't give him much money, so what Sha Zhu cooked were all vegetarian dishes, no meat dishes, and he didn't use alcohol or tobacco.

There are four large flower plates in the pot containing hot vegetables, which look good in color, and four small butterflies containing pickles, which are placed in the cupboard, just waiting to be served.

Of course, in this hot dish, only tofu can be eaten, and the rest should look good on the plate.

Everyone who attended the funeral knew this, and generally they would not move.

Pickles can be eaten, but the amount is not much.

So Silly Zhu finished his work today, and it will save trouble for cooking tomorrow.

Of course, he won't tell Qin Huairu these things, but let Qin Huairu see that he has done a lot and worked hard.

Only in this way can he continue to earn some benefits.

"Huairu, have you told your family?"

Jia Zhang watched for a while, not only the family members of the Jia family did not come, but also Qin Huairu's natal family also did not show up.

Jia Dongxu is of the younger generation, so it's okay if Qin's father and Qin's mother don't come, but there are always a few people of the same generation.

Looking at the empty yard, Qin Huairu felt uneasy.

"I asked someone to bring back the news yesterday! Maybe it's on the way!"

"oh oh!"

Jia Zhang responded, thinking about how much gift money he could receive this time.

"Mom, where's yours?"

When Qin Huairu asked suddenly, Jia Zhang's face froze, and he bowed his head and did not speak.

I had no contact with my family in the past few years, and I was afraid that the village would take her back, so I took the initiative to cut off contact. This time, I didn't even say hello, so no one would come.

"Mom's family doesn't have any relatives anymore, and they don't have any contact with each other, so let's not get involved."

Jia Zhang smiled far-fetchedly, Qin Huairu glanced at it and ignored it.

The so-called red things do not come uninvited, white things come uninvited.

If the relationship is really good, I will send some paper money when I hear the news.

The two of them didn't speak, but Qin Huairu was waiting for someone from Jia's hometown. After all, the place where Jia Dongxu was buried had to be determined.

Otherwise, when the festival comes, there will be no place to go to the grave in the future, and it will be miserable.

In the front yard, Yan Fugui came back quickly on his bike, and saw Yi Zhonghai talking to Sha Zhu as soon as he arrived at the door.

"Yo, uncle, silly Zhu, are you busy here?"

Yan Fugui got into the car and straightened his clothes.

Silly Zhu ignored him, what happened a few days ago hadn't passed yet, if it wasn't for the Jia family's busy work, he wouldn't even bother to take a look.

Yan Fugui didn't care, Shazhu just had this temper, the more he took him seriously, the more angry he got.

"Lao Yan, aren't you going to work? Why are you back so early?"

Yi Zhonghai had a lot of things on his mind, and he spoke without any emotion.

"I, I don't have class in the afternoon. I'm busy in the yard, so I came back to help."

"Help? It's not time for dinner yet, come back and save your stomach for dinner."

Silly Zhu didn't show mercy, and directly pierced Yan Fugui's little thoughts.

Yan Fugui wasn't angry either, "What's the matter? A lot of people have come."

"You don't know how to read yourself, and your ears are not working well before you retire?"

Silly Zhu continued to choke, Yan Fugui's smile disappeared, and he was repeatedly told by Sha Zhu that the clay figurine was still angry.

Just as he was about to speak, he saw two people coming from behind.

Two youths, wearing patched clothes, with disheveled hair and yellow complexions.

When they drove to the door, they asked about the three of them.

"Is this Jia Dongxu's home?"

One opened his mouth, and the other put down the bag on his shoulder.

"Yes, it belongs to Jia Dongxu."

Yi Zhonghai spoke quickly, and the two looked at each other, "I finally found it."

"You are?"

"We are Jia Dongxu's cousin. We came here after receiving the news."

The older ones speak.

"Ah, my family is here, come in quickly."

Yi Zhonghai quickly asked Sha Zhu to lead him in.

Then he stood at the door and continued to wait, but looking left and right, the alley was still empty.

"Old Yi, tell me, it can't be just these two people."

Yan Fugui whispered, Yi Zhonghai didn't know the situation either.

Over the years, he didn't know much about Jia Dongxu's family, and for the sake of retirement plans, he didn't want Jia Dongxu to be involved too much, so that he didn't know the situation there.

"Wait and see! Maybe they're all working in the fields."

"It'll be here in a while!"

(End of this chapter)