Break out of the courtyard

After eating, the students dispersed one after another. A few students who were close to Zhang Heping stayed and took out tickets one after another.

Zhang Heping did not accept it directly, but asked more eloquently, "First of all, let me say that this vote was not stolen from your family. It is indeed that your family does not need it, so I want it!"

"My bicycle ticket and watch ticket are redundant. I have already told my family." Liu Yuan thrust the ticket into Zhang Heping's hand, sat on the back seat of Ye Juan, the entertainment committee member's bicycle, and waved goodbye.

Zhao Jianguo scratched his head, "I don't have any extra three-to-one tickets at home."

"If you don't have it, you won't have it. Give it to me only if you have more. I'm saving dowries for my three sisters. I'm not in a hurry."

Chu Chuan, the physics class representative, said sheepishly: "Zhang Heping, I stole this. How about I go back and ask?"

Zhang Heping nodded, "Yeah! Ask first."

After speaking, Zhang Heping received 2 more bicycle tickets, 2 sewing tickets, and 1 watch ticket.

After thanking everyone and saying goodbye, Zhang Heping first went to the bookstore and bought 10 books of quotations; then he went to the home of Captain Yan, the construction team leader of Houhai Subdistrict Office, and asked him to help buy some wood and varnish. These things were needed by the street office. Approval note.

After buying the wood, he planned to make ten wooden boxes with carved faces and put them in red notebooks with quotations, which he would give to the classmates who brought their tickets and serve as door gifts during New Year greetings.

After Zhang Heping returned home with his cart, he opened the kitchen window and moved an electric fan to blow the marinated meat on the roof.

Then, he stood by the south window, thinking about the possible changes in the work allocation of the eldest sister and the second sister, and the reason why his mother could not be promoted to level 8 childcare worker.

"Is it Zhang Bing's family in Courtyard No. 7?"

A postman came over and interrupted Zhang Heping's thoughts. After seeing Zhang Heping nodding, he handed over a telegram for Zhang Heping to sign and receive.

The mother's illness returned quickly.

"Return a hammer quickly!" Zhang Heping crumpled the telegram angrily. This disease is obviously fake. Why not send a telegram to the old lady's grandson who wants to see her most?

Having said that, even if he is really sick, he cannot let Lao Zhang go back.

This old boy doesn't listen to greetings. If the old lady is really angry about Zhang Cuishan's wish to be a father, she will definitely make Lao Zhang promise to take care of Zhang Cuishan or something like that before she dies.

After closing the window, drawing the curtains, and lowering the bamboo curtain, Zhang Heping threw the telegraph newspaper ball into the firewood stove, and then hid the bicycle tickets, watch tickets, and sewing tickets in the interlayer of the wood carving board.

Finally, Zhang Heping counted the money in the temporary deposit box.

There are only 10 kilograms of meal tickets left in the canteen of the steel rolling mill and only 15 yuan of vegetable tickets.

Before the holiday, Zhang Heping didn't have time to go fishing in exchange for meal tickets in the canteen.

After receiving reminders from Huang Wenli, Liu Yuan, and Zhao Jianguo's family in January, he did not dare to go to the canteen of the steel rolling mill to exchange meal tickets for fear of something happening.

Especially Section Chief Xie of the Security Department, who last year wanted to use Zhang Cuishan to guard the warehouse and force Zhang Heping to deliver fish to him.

Zhang Heping hadn't been to the steel rolling mill for more than a year, so maybe he had some bad intentions.

In addition, we are investigating economic problems this year. If there is something wrong with Zhang Heping's letter of introduction for selling game and fish, and Director Wang is implicated, it will be more costly than gain.

Then I silently calculated the food stored in the kitchen grain cabinet. It was about 950 kilograms of corn noodles and about 500 kilograms of flour. It could last for three years with only one mouth of my cousin Ma Lili.

However, it is best to ask grandpa to send my eldest cousin’s food rations once a month.

This kind of thing has to be done sooner or later. It is impossible to marry off the eldest cousin, and his family still has to take care of the food!

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Because Zhao Jianguo did not want prey or fish, Zhang Heping simply went to Xishan alone and one dog for hunting in the next few days.

It wasn't until the afternoon of January 1th that Grandma Chen from the No. 30 courtyard next door told Captain Yan of the construction team to ask Zhang Heping to go get something, and then he stopped thinking about hunting.

Zhang Heping packed two dried rabbits and two boxes of dried fish in bamboo gift boxes and sent them to Captain Yan's house to wish him a happy new year.

Captain Yan pointed to the log with a diameter of more than 40 centimeters and a length of more than 3 meters outside the courtyard gate, and said with a smile: "Do you want me to find someone to help you carry it over?"

"No, I'll roll it over and saw it outside the door later." Zhang Heping said and began to push the piece of wood, "Lao Yan, help me get the bucket of varnish."

After Zhang Heping got the wood home, he was busy making wooden boxes.

Early the next morning, Zhang Heping took his parents and three sisters to send meat to the four households next door to wish them a happy new year.

Then I donated some dried rabbits and bacon to two sub-district offices and received two certificates.

The Zhou family in No. 95 Courtyard, as well as Lao Zhang’s four comrades-in-arms, were sent there by their mother to pay their respects in the future.

Zhang Heping went to Liu Yuan's house with the wooden box of big head portraits and quotations made overnight, as well as 6 boxes of dried meat and dried fish, and then received some gifts in return.

Dr. Zhao also sent it to me. I think their hospital has not been affected yet.

Finally, it was Xu Damao's place. There was no one in the backyard, so Zhang Heping went to Xu Damao's father's place to give gifts, and then received a basket of eggs in return.

At the end, Zhang Heping smiled at Xu Ling, the second daughter of the Xu family, and the little girl, who was about the same height as Zhang Heping, hid in the house in shame.

After completing the circle, the Zhang family returned to Courtyard No. 7 and collected the return gifts into different categories.

"Xiaosan, do the old company commander and the others really not give gifts?" Her mother, Ma Xiuzhen, felt a little uncomfortable and had given them all in previous years.

Zhang Heping prepared the carved wooden box and said patiently: "Does the principal of the kindergarten collect it?"

"No..." Ma Xiuzhen frowned and shook her head.

"That's right!" Zhang Heping turned the wooden box over, blew off the sawdust, and continued: "When I finish carving these boxes, I will send you a message to say New Year's greetings."

Ma Xiuzhen glanced at her eldest niece who was cleaning the house, and asked: "Zhou Chengwen's father came back this morning. Last time you said that the two families would get together for dinner, when are you going to set it?"

Zhang Heping also glanced at Ma Lili, "Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, otherwise it will be tonight."

"I'll ride over and ask Chen Liqin." Ma Xiuzhen said, pushing the bicycle out.

The eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi, who was cleaning the cobwebs under the eaves, asked Bagua: "Lili, did you really read last week's written text?"

"That guy has a thief's heart and no courage. He doesn't even dare to talk to you." Second sister Zhang Pandi said dissatisfied.

"He talked to me." Ma Lili defended in a low voice.

As a result, her words attracted the Zhang sisters.

"What did he tell you?"

"He said, are you still short of cloth tickets?"

"and then?"

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Zhang Heping glanced at the three sisters who were chattering, coughed, and directed them to go to the kitchen to make lunch.

Half an hour later, her mother Ma Xiuzhen brought back the news that Chen Liqin agreed.

After lunch, Ma Xiuzhen took Ma Lili to Courtyard No. 95, along with some flour, dried meat, and dried fish.

It was not until 5:95 in the afternoon that Zhang Heping and the others took the wine, peanuts and other items, leaving the aggrieved Gou Fu to look after the house, locked the door and went to Courtyard No. .

Zhou Chengwen's father is Zhou Jinyi. He is a gentle man wearing glasses, but he is too thin.

During the meal, Zhou Jinyi only said that he was supporting construction in Western Xinjiang, but did not say what specific activities he was doing. He also drank very little and ate one meal, which made everyone polite.

Zhang Heping felt that the matter between his eldest cousin Ma Lili and Zhou Chengwen was a bit unresolved, and Zhou Jinyi might be the biggest obstacle.

The next day, February 2st, New Year's Eve.

Ma Xiuzhen and her three daughters were busy making dumplings at the dining table. Zhang Heping was sitting by the door and busy making wooden boxes. Lao Zhang wandered around the main room for a long time, holding back something he wanted to say, but he knew it would be useless. There are bad consequences.

When it was time for lunch, Lao Zhang gave up. His eldest nephew Zhang Cuishan had to work the night shift and could not come to the New Year's Eve dinner.

In the afternoon, after Ma Xiuzhen took her eldest niece to call the commune in her hometown, she had nothing to do.

Zhang Heping asked them to go shopping, but they didn't go. Instead, they stayed in the main room eating melon seeds and peanuts, listening to the radio, and gossiping.

Courtyard No. 95, the main room in the middle courtyard.

Silly Zhu stewed chicken in a casserole at home, and the aroma attracted many people.

Yi Zhonghai stayed in the room early, talking about the Chinese New Year.

Qin Huairu was helping Shazhu clean the room, folding quilts and clothes, wiping tables and cabinets, and echoing Master Yi's topics from time to time.

The deaf old lady sat at the square table, facing the door, smiling and saying nothing, just waiting to eat.

Mrs. Jia Zhang was picking up the soles of her shoes and following the aunt behind her to talk to her. Unexpectedly, the aunt never entered Silly Zhu's house.

A group of brats from other families have also been wandering around the middle courtyard, hoping that Silly Zhu will show his kindness and suddenly give them a bowl of chicken soup.

Banggeng didn't know what these little kids were thinking. He took the five big bamboo toys with a lot of stitches and showed them off in front of a group of little kids. If his grandma asked him to wait in the Silly Pillar House, he wouldn't say a word. Didn't even listen.

Xiaodang and Huaihua obeyed, but unfortunately Silly Zhu went out with the casserole and walked out of the courtyard quickly.

Mrs. Jia Zhang thought there was chicken soup in the house and rushed into the main room. However, she saw that there was only a small pot of chicken soup on the square table in front of the deaf old lady.

"Where's the soup?" Jia Zhang had a bad premonition in her heart.

"Silly Zhu said that He Yuyu was pregnant and the chicken soup was stewed for He Yuyu. He had New Year's Eve dinner at He Yuyu's place in the evening." Qin Huairu sat at the square table and leaned on the table in frustration.

Hearing this, Mrs. Jia Zhang looked at Yi Zhonghai with a gloomy face in disbelief, as if asking, Shazhu won't support you in your old age?

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