Break out of the courtyard

"Brother, did you find something wrong with Jia Dongxu when you entered the house just now?"

On the way home, the eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi looked at Zhang Heping with bright eyes.

Because Zhang Zhaodi was reading the first volume of the "Huangdi Neijing" recently, Zhang Heping explained, "Traditional Chinese medicine pays attention to looking, smelling, asking, and palpating. There was something wrong with Jia Dongxu's face, and there was a strange smell in the room, so I looked at him more. Two eyes.”

"Brother, what is Tiankui mentioned in the book? What is Renmai? And Tianchong..."

……

The next day, morning.

Yan Bugui gave Zhang Heping 21 yuan and 5 cents for selling fish. They were the fish sold to the guards of the steel rolling mill the day before yesterday, and Yan Bugui had divided them to cents.

Zhang Heping did not ask Yan Bugui how many fish he had caught yesterday, nor did he ask him to share the money from yesterday's fish sales.

However, when Yan Bugui invited Zhang Heping to go fishing in Kunming Lake, Zhang Heping refused, saying that his family did not agree.

Not long after, Ma Xiuzhen came back and asked, "Xiaosan, can you go fishing for some crucian carp? The doctor suggested giving your dad some crucian carp soup to increase his immunity."

Zhang Hepingyuan planned to hang up in the morning to upgrade his traditional Chinese medicine skills, but now he is ordered to go fishing instead.

Then, the second sister Zhang Pandi came over and diligently helped her brother carry the small iron bucket and get the hammer and fishing rod.

In order to catch crucian carp, Zhang Heping took half a catty of stick noodles under the reluctant gaze of his grandmother and mother.

Then, I took my second sister for a walk outside the alley and asked for some distiller's yeast and distiller's grains. It was only as big as a thumb, and no one else was embarrassed to accept the money.

After mixing the bait, the two siblings came to Houhai.

Then, I found that it was very quiet here. Except for the potholes on the ice that were still protesting against the fisherman's past, there was not even a skater.

Surprising!

"I heard that all the fishermen here have gone to Kunming Lake!" Zhang Pandi said the gossip she heard, and then asked hopefully: "Brother, can we fish and sell money today?"

Zhang Heping glanced around and said uncertainly: "We'll see what happens later."

After saying that, Zhang Heping found a hole in the ice far away from the shore, and used a hammer to poke open the bottom ice to reveal the water.

Then he divided the bait into two lumps, compacted one lump of bait with both hands, and threw it into the water. Zhang Pandi was stunned and felt that it was such a waste.

Throw the hook into the water!

Shake the hook!

Crucian carp is a bottom-dwelling omnivorous fish, so fishing for it requires a long line.

Not long after, after Zhang Heping caught four small crucian carp weighing more than a kilogram, he stopped fishing. No one came around to buy fish, and he couldn't take them away if he fished again.

"Let's go!" Zhang Heping put back the rope and stood up.

"What?" Zhang Pandi was stunned for a moment.

She was still waiting to get addicted to fishing like she did yesterday.

As a result, how long has it been since?

Are you going back now?

"The bucket is full!" Zhang Heping guessed the second sister's little thoughts and deliberately did not let her fish today to prevent her from getting addicted to fishing. He pestered him, a fishing master, to come and assist her every day.

Zhang Pandi glanced at the dozens of small fish in the bucket, then reluctantly pushed the small bucket and slid to the shore while squatting.

Later, Zhang Pandi was surprised to find that her brother Zhang Heping did not go home directly, but brought her to a small supply and marketing cooperative.

She happily thought that her brother was going to buy something, but...

"Hello, is there anything here that I can buy with money instead of a ticket?" Zhang Heping's height is as high as the glass cabinet in the supply and marketing cooperative.

The saleswoman at the counter was knitting and without even raising her head, she replied, "If you don't have a ticket, just stand far away and don't dirty the glass!"

Zhang Heping glanced at the daily necessities inside, then turned and left.

He actually knew that the supply and marketing cooperative required tickets, but he just wanted to give it a try. This is the capital after all, so what if there was a ticket-free supply?

On the way back, Zhang Heping was thinking about when he would go to the trust store again. Although the things there were expensive and second-hand, they were better than not paying for them.

……

At noon, Zhang Heping used a small lump of bacon, exchanged some collector's edition rapeseed oil with the second aunt next door, fried crucian carp, and made a pot of crucian carp soup.

When the soup was boiled, it didn't smell fragrant, but the soup was very white.

However, when Zhang Heping cooked it with crucian carp soup, half a box of rice brought back from the canteen of the steel rolling mill, and some chopped radish, the aroma... tsk tsk!

Even the two brothers Yan Jiekuang and Yan Jiedi from the front yard were attracted, not to mention Bangge from the middle courtyard, and Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu from Liu Haizhong's house next door.

By the way, the three Liu brothers next door should look down on the Zhang family, especially 13-year-old Liu Guangtian and 9-year-old Liu Guangfu, who usually don't play with Zhang Heping.

However, they didn't say bad words to Zhang Heping like Bangge did, and they still had basic tutoring.

Because there were too many greedy kids, Zhang Heping first scooped out his father's portion of fish porridge, then discussed with his mother, added more water to the pot, and boiled it.

Then, let the little brats go back to get the bowls.

While they were running away, Zhang Heping scooped up his family's fish porridge first, lest the greedy brat ask for a second bowl and his family would not be able to eat.

Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were close, and they brought two large bowls over in a blink of an eye. Due to the location of the stove, Zhang Heping could only hold his nose and endure it, and scooped most of the bowls for them.

As for other little brats, they can only be given less points.

When it was the turn of Banggeng and 3-year-old Xiaodang, Zhang Heping first scooped half a bowl for Xiaodang, and then looked at Banggeng silently.

After Zhang Heping saw the stickman crying and ran away, he couldn't help but laugh at himself. His soul was racing, but he couldn't tolerate a little kid?

Turning to look at Xiaodang who was drinking happily, Zhang Heping scooped some more for her and then paid attention to her actions.

However, how could a 3-year-old girl have so many ideas? She finished the drink alone and left nothing for her brother. Is this considered retribution for this world?

The remaining water for washing the pot was scooped up by two little kids who still had more to say.

As soon as Zhang Heping finished sharing the porridge, his mother took the lunch box to the hospital.

When her mother, Ma Xiuzhen, came back, she also brought her eldest daughter over. From the remaining three crucian carp, she selected two for her, and then harvested two kilograms of stick noodles.

……

Qin Huairu, who had just returned home from Jia's house in the east wing of the central courtyard, suddenly took Yi Zhonghai's hand and said pitifully: "Master Yi, what you said before about letting me take over can be done?"

"You all saw last night that my mother-in-law is too lazy to take care of Dongxu. If she is allowed to take over, I'm afraid she will be fired in less than a month."

Yi Zhonghai was held by his apprentice's wife's little hand, and his mind was filled with excitement. He reached out with his other hand and patted Qin Huairu's little hand, and said smoothly:

"I also prefer you to take over. You are young and learn quickly; if your mother-in-law is asked to take over, she may not even be able to do the job of an apprentice."

"Besides, if you take over, you, Banggan, and Xiaodang will be able to have their household registrations moved to the city."

"Really?" When Qin Huairu heard that she could move to the city, she held Yi Zhonghai's hand tightly to her chest and asked excitedly:

"Master Yi, can you persuade my mother-in-law to let me take over? I will follow you then and I will definitely learn well!"

"Yes, yes..." Yi Zhonghai was so provoked by Qin Huairu that he finally forgot how he left the Jia family.

Yi Zhonghai stood in the middle courtyard, touching the back of his left hand with his right hand, thinking about the strange touch he had just felt through the cotton-padded clothes, and couldn't help but have wild thoughts in his mind.

"Lao Yi?" Aunta bumped Yi Zhonghai's arm with her elbow.

"What are you doing?" Yi Zhonghai was startled, feeling as if he had been caught and raped on the spot.

The eldest mother glanced at her wife in confusion, then raised her hands, raised the crucian carp on her hand, and said with a smile:

"I exchanged two crucian carps with Xiuzhen. His mistress is really capable. She went to Houhai to catch more than a dozen fish this morning."

"fish?"

Yi Zhonghai couldn't help but think of the big fish Zhang Heping caught the day before yesterday, and thought that if he gave them as gifts, they might be able to help Qin Huairu...

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