Break out of the courtyard

"Mistress!" Ma Xiuzhen shouted, and went with Zhang Zhaodi to greet Section Chief Zhou and Chang Sheng.

"Okay! Okay!" Zhang Heping said to the matchmakers around him: "That's it for now. I'm sorry to bother you all. There are some fish fillets and peanuts in the paper bag. I wish you all a happy New Year!"

After Zhang Heping sent away the matchmaker and a group of onlookers, he asked his second sister and eldest cousin to move the table back to the wing, and then he went back to the house first.

"This week the section chief directly brought that boy Chang Sheng, with the intention of forcing him into the palace!" Zhang Heping thought as he walked straight into the main room.

"Sister, take out the can of Mingqian Longjing tea and brew it."

"Dad, where are your cigarettes?"

"Mom, where are the peanuts, melon seeds, and sugar?"

Zhang Heping made arrangements and looked at the two people on the west side of the rectangular table with a smile, "Chief Zhou, is it convenient for you to stay for a light meal at noon today?"

"This..." Zhou Yuemei was shocked when she heard the words "Mingqian Longjing Tea". Then she thought about the arrangements for the two sisters of the Zhang family to take turns, and she started to explore.

So, I saw her taking out the food stamps. Just as she was about to say something, she was interrupted by Zhang Heping.

"Chief Zhou, this is not something we want in our family; if you meet my two sisters in the cafeteria, just treat them to a meal from the cafeteria." Zhang Heping said, then turned around and went out, "You guys talk first, I will arrange lunch. .”

Seeing Zhang Zhaodi's father hand over a Chinese cigarette, Chang Sheng, who came to the door for the first time, hurriedly stood up, raised his hand, and declined: "Uncle, I don't know how to smoke."

"It's better if you don't smoke! My son won't let me smoke, saying that smoking is bad for your health." Zhang Bing stuffed the cigarette into the cigarette case with satisfaction, and then asked: "Is your name Chang Sheng?"

"Yes, uncle, my name is Chang Sheng, Chang Chang, Sheng Sheng Sheng." Chang Sheng replied hurriedly.

"Section Chief Zhou, Xiao Chang, let's chat while we eat!" Ma Xiuzhen brought over the peanut and melon seed candies, and then opened two canned fruits.

Seeing Zhang Zhaodi carrying the teapot and pouring tea with a red face, Section Chief Zhou couldn't help but want to ask.

When a cup of tea was brought to Section Chief Zhou, she asked calmly: "Zhang Zhaodi, this tea smells so good. Where did you buy it?"

"This Mingqian Longjing tea was given to my brother by Uncle Liu. My brother said it can't be bought outside."

"Oh!" Section Chief Zhou glanced at Zhang's father's interrogation posture, stood up and asked Zhang Zhaodi, "Is it convenient for you to take me to visit your home?"

Zhang Zhaodi glanced at Chang Sheng, who was looking for help, and suddenly smiled, "Chief Zhou, let me show you the room I live in first."

Chang Sheng was abandoned and then interrogated by Zhang's father and mother.

After looking at the east and west wings, Section Chief Zhou stood at the door of the kitchen and looked at the rows of dried meat and fish hanging on the roof. He felt a little dazzled and couldn't help but close his eyes and rub his eyebrows before looking again.

Yes, a lot of meat!

"What are these?" Section Chief Zhou looked at Zhang Zhaodi, pointing to the roof in disbelief.

She was so surprised mainly because Chang Guoxing had found out some things and forgot to tell her as the matchmaker.

"These are the prey my brother went to Xishan to hunt." Zhang Zhaodi said with some pride.

"Chief Zhou, do you have any taboos?" Zhang Heping asked casually while chopping vegetables in the kitchen.

"No..." Zhou Yuemei left the kitchen door with some discomfort. Even though the railway department could get a lot of specialties from other places, it was much better than other units.

However, this was the first time she had seen dried meat hanging all over the roof like the Zhang family.

Zhou Yuemei walked around in a circle and stood on the roof of the concierge for a while. After learning that the No. 6 courtyard next door also belonged to the Zhang family, her emotions were complicated and difficult to understand... She thought of the hard struggle she had endured in northern Shaanxi, and how she had lived in the Zhang family. Glitzy job at Capital Station.

Zhang Heping was busy in the kitchen until it was time to eat.

A long and narrow table from the side room was added next to the dining table, making it more spacious when sitting on the east and west sides of the dining table.

Zhou Yuemei saw that the Zhang family's parents were very satisfied with Chang Sheng, so she mentioned marriage again.

"If my sister marries you, where will she live?" Zhang Heping asked calmly.

As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly became silent.

"Brother, I can live with him in the staff dormitory, and then apply for room allocation from the work unit."

Zhang Heping stared at Zhang Zhaodi, wondering whether she was carried away by love or was in a hurry to move out of the house.

"The staff dormitory is so small, my sister will definitely not be able to live there." Seeing that her third brother Zhang Heping looked wrong, Zhang Pandi hurriedly said, "Why don't you live in our house?"

"My brother gave the courtyard No. 6 next door to my sister as a dowry! My brother said that as long as my sister has a few more children, he will go to the street office and take back that courtyard."

"Also, since we live close by, I won't be afraid of you bullying my sister. If you dare to bully my sister, I will ask my brother to tear your bones apart!"

What's the difference between living in the woman's house and having a son-in-law live in her home?

However, the Chang family's housing is really tight. If they live in the staff dormitory...Looking at the layout of the Zhang family's courtyard, the Zhang family may not agree.

Zhang Heping prepared a hasty lunch all morning, and Section Chief Zhou took two dried chickens and left Chang Sheng without saying a word.

After Zhang Heping and his parents sent him away, they saw his eldest sister Zhang Zhaodi fuming in the west wing.

"Old Zhang, what do you think?" Zhang Heping took the opened Maotai and poured it into his bowl, feeling a little worried.

She was obviously thinking about her eldest sister, but she turned her elbows outward as if to prevent her from getting married.

"I think that young man is pretty good!" Zhang Bing took the Maotai bottle from his son and poured some more into his own glass. He was about to say something more, but unexpectedly, the brat drank up half the bowl of wine.

Self-Healing: Getting Started (79%).

"Drink less!" Zhang Bing saw his son taking the bottle again, and hurriedly advised: "You will not be admitted to the female university! Your sister will be twenty this year, and your mother gave birth to you when she was twenty. She can't I blame your eldest sister for being in such a hurry to get married."

Zhang Heping finished another half of the bowl, took a chicken drumstick, got up and went out, out of sight and out of mind.

At noon the next day, her eldest cousin Ma Lili told Zhang Heping that Zhou Chengwen asked her to watch a movie in the afternoon.

Zhang Heping asked casually which cinema they went to and ignored them.

For the next ten days or so, Zhang Heping has been sitting in a daze on the rocking chair, hanging up and thinking about skills to cope with the coming storm.

Friday, February 2th, Lantern Festival.

When the two sisters came home from get off work, the eldest sister, Zhang Zhaodi, came back excitedly and said that Chang Sheng's parents would come over tomorrow to talk about marriage. She also said that his parents bought three houses near Capital Station and converted the one-bedroom apartment on the third floor of the family building. The house in the first hall was given to Chang Sheng as a wedding room.

"Where's the salary? Who cares?" Zhang Heping asked with some dissatisfaction, his mood was a bit complicated.

Zhang Zhaodi felt a little embarrassed and took out a wad of money and a pile of dimes from her bag, which looked like she was in her sixties or seventies.

Zhang Pandi said with some sourness at the side: "That Chang Sheng handed over his salary to the eldest sister yesterday. The eldest sister actually hid it from me and only told me at noon today."

Zhang Heping turned around, and in front of everyone, took out more than a dozen tickets from the wooden carving board.

Then, I saw him find 1800 yuan and divided it into three parts.

"We will give you another 600 yuan each for bicycle tickets, sewing tickets, radio tickets, and watch tickets. You can get married if you want!" Zhang Heping angrily divided the money tickets into three parts, and then went out to relax.

The second sister, Zhang Pandi, chased Zhang Heping out the door, holding Zhang Heping's right arm. While walking with him, she promised that she would not become a traitor and that she would bring back a son-in-law.

The next day, the Chang family came to propose marriage, and the betrothal gift and red envelope amounted to 99 yuan and 9 cents, which was less than a month's salary of Chang Sheng's parents.

Within a few days, the eldest sister Zhang Heping was married off, making the Zhang family seem a lot deserted...