Break out of the courtyard

After Zhang Heping flirted with the Xu family's daughter-in-law, he called his eldest cousin Ma Lili in and asked her to tell the secret of the bra to Lou Xiao'e, who was already interested.

The next day, the 15th, in the morning.

Huang Xuemin actually drove Grandma Yang over and brought a big watermelon, which surprised Zhang Heping.

After visiting the three houses of the Zhang family for decoration, Grandma Yang sat on the armchair under the window of the east wing, took a sip of water from the bamboo cup, and asked with a smile: "I received the admission notice from the No. 11 Middle School yesterday. Are you happy?"

Zhang Heping, who was sitting next to him, smiled and said: "I thought I got into the exam based on my ability. When you ask me, I will understand, hehe!"

"I just like your kid's cleverness!" Grandma Yang said casually: "This time, there happened to be a comrade of your Grandpa Zhuang's in the 11th Middle School, and your kid got double hundred points in the exam, so we asked the little Wang next door to help. Submitted the file."

Zhang Heping guessed that the little Wang next door should be Director Wang with a round face. He smiled and said: "My sister told me yesterday that if you enter the 11th Middle School, you will be guaranteed to be a technical secondary school. If you work harder, you can get into college."

"Well! With your learning ability, it's not a problem to get into college." Grandma Yang said, suddenly staring into Zhang Heping's eyes, and said seriously: "Heping, are you sure you can cure other stroke patients?"

Zhang Heping saw that the other party was so serious and came over in person so early in the morning. He was afraid that it might be a big deal, so he couldn't help but put away his smile and said seriously:

"Grandma Yang, I haven't seen the patient, so I can't lie. Even if I say I'm sure of the cure, the patient's family will be like you before. Because I'm young, they don't dare to let me give the injection rashly."

"If you can talk to the patient's family, let me start with tuina and massage first. After the patient's condition is relieved, I will tell the family about the next step of treatment."

Grandma Yang thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I'll ask the family first! Also, do you need any treatment tools?"

Zhang Heping sensed that outside the courtyard gate, Huang Xuemin was reminiscing about the battlefield with Lao Zhang, and said to Grandma Yang: "Uncle Huang helped me borrow the set of acupuncture and cupping, which I have been preparing for Grandpa Zhuang."

"At that time, it depends on whether the patient you mentioned has other symptoms. If other treatment tools are needed, we can only find a temporary solution."

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After sending Grandma Yang and Huang Xuemin away, Zhang Heping couldn't go out because he was worried that they would come over at any time to shake him off.

I put the big watermelon in the left ear room and told my mother and others that I would eat it when grandma comes back.

Then, Zhang Heping began to guide his mother and three sisters in changing their cotton-padded jackets.

First of all, the second sister’s red cotton-padded jacket was so dirty that she still wanted to keep it, saying it was the most beautiful dress in the village...

Unfortunately, it has been drawn by Zhang Heping and ruthlessly announced that it will be broken down into decorative cloth pieces for collars, cuffs, elbows, etc.

Secondly, cotton-padded jackets are transformed into spring and autumn coats, giving one more set of clothes that can be changed and washed in spring, autumn and winter.

In winter, a spring and autumn coat is used as a topcoat, and a cotton-padded jacket liner, feather liner, sweater and other clothes are worn underneath, so that the topcoat can be changed frequently.

If this change is made, the spring and autumn coats will have to be larger so that warm clothing such as the inner liner of the cotton-padded jacket can be stuffed.

However, the spring and autumn coats are made larger. If you wear them in spring and autumn, there will be a problem of being too wide and unsightly.

On the question of whether it looked good or not, Zhang Heping asked his mother and three sisters to discuss it. Anyway, there was a sack of old clothes for them to toss around, and it was up to them how to piece it together into something good-looking.

According to Zhang Heping, except for some floral fabrics and white fabrics, all other fabrics can be dyed black with black ink.

Next, there is the production of the cotton-padded jacket liner and feather liner.

In order to reduce the thickness of the inner lining of cotton-padded jackets and prevent feather lining from leaking, Zhang Heping planned to hide the feather lining made of silk between two layers of cotton to prevent lint leaking.

In this way, the fine silk and feathers can be used to increase warmth, reduce the amount of cotton, and make the inner liner of the cotton jacket thinner.

Key reason, cover up silk!

As for making animal skins and leather clothes, it seems too ostentatious.

Finally, there are issues such as autumn clothes and autumn trousers, sweaters and woolen trousers, etc. There are quite a lot of things to do.

Zhang Heping took out two cattail fans, threw one to Lao Zhang, and went to fan his mother and others.

He wanted to buy an electric fan, but his mother, Ma Xiuzhen, and his father, Zhang Bing, disagreed, saying that the family already had enough to make three revolutions and one beep, and adding another fan would be too jealous.

Even if the electric fan is not expensive!

It would be great if it was a detached house, so you could just put things at home.

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For three consecutive days, the patient Grandma Yang was talking about seemed to disappear, dragging Zhang Heping alive at home.

Grandma Xie Ermei and cousin Zhang Cuishan came back on the afternoon of the 18th, carrying a load of fruits and vegetables, two rolls of quilts and a load of old clothes.

According to what grandma said, when she went back this time, she punished the eldest daughter-in-law severely!

Seeing grandma talking so excitedly, she might have breathed a sigh of relief.

As for the specific details, grandma didn't say anything, so she guessed that the uncle and his wife had a conflict over money.

Now that grandma is no longer dependent on the eldest family for support, she no longer needs to look at the eldest daughter-in-law's face, so she naturally dares to play off everyone's power.

That night, several aunties in and outside the courtyard gathered under the lights in front of Zhang's house, gossiping with grandma Xie Ermei about interesting things that had happened recently, and tearing down bedding and pulling old cotton together. This was the circle of friends that grandma established after arriving in the capital. They were friends on the chairs next to the sewing stall. .

The daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, Chen Liqin, took her eldest son, Zhou Chengwen, to help cut feathers at the gate of Zhang's house. The second eldest son of the Zhou family, Zhou Chengwu and the third eldest son, Chengchen, were playing with a group of little kids at the two long bamboo tables outside the Yan's house.

The third uncle, Yan Bugui, had sharp eyes. When he saw Zhang Heping carrying a big watermelon from the left ear room, he immediately called the third aunt to come to the Zhang family's flower garden, fanning the cattail leaf, listening to the radio, and waiting to share the watermelon.

In the dim Ermen Cave, some people who did not get along with the Zhang family were sitting, waiting for the draft to relieve them from the heat.

"Yan Jiefang!" Zhang Heping held the big watermelon and a kitchen knife, walked to the sink and shouted.

Then, a group of little kids gathered around and stared at the big watermelon.

Zhang Heping asked Yan Jiefang to lead people to call over the four grandchildren of the aunt from the outer courtyard, and then chased away the few kids who lived in the two wings to the east of the second gate, counted the number of people, and cut the watermelon.

There were a lot of people gathered here in the Zhang family, mainly because there were so many little kids, and the watermelons they got were a little thin, but the advantage was that everyone had a piece... There were no people over at Ermendong and a few little kids who were crying silently. .

"Who told your parents to go against Zhang San!" Banggeng ate the piece of watermelon given to him in small mouthfuls, and said to the little brats who lived next door to his house:

"If you go against me, you won't get anything to eat! My grandma and I used to scold Zhang San, but he wouldn't share the food with me. Now that he doesn't scold me, he can share the food with me."

Zhang Heping collected some watermelon seeds and ignored the little kids who were reluctant to eat the watermelon in one bite.

However, not long after he entered the house, the second uncle and second aunt in the backyard came over and wanted to ask Zhang Heping to catch some prey to "send" to them in preparation for Liu Guangqi's wedding banquet on the 25th.

As for their reward, they didn't know what they would give them, and they eagerly waited for Zhang Heping to speak.

Zhang Heping didn't ask for anything randomly. He just asked them to send them a few shoe tickets. He planned to buy some pairs of large-toe fur shoes for his family.

Although the second uncle's family is inexplicably proud, they are considered respectable people in the courtyard, and they still take face very seriously.

Therefore, Zhang Heping was not afraid that they would default on their debts and asked them how to store the meat. After learning that the third uncle helped them contact the cold storage, Zhang Heping took Laifu for a walk in Xishan the next morning.

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