Break out of the courtyard

When the meal was approaching, the four old comrades took the initiative to say goodbye. Lao Zhang went out to see them off for a long time before coming back.

Zhang Heping had just eavesdropped on their stories and was somewhat touched. He felt less grudged about the fact that they had been prevented from visiting Lao Zhang in the hospital by their family members.

After all, what Zhang Bing did before... is hard to describe!

After cashing in the last small bamboo toy, the kids in the courtyard gradually dispersed. Zhang Heping was dazed for a while, and then was called home.

As soon as the Zhang family started having lunch, Yi Zhonghai came to the house with Sha Zhu to apologize, saying that the factory had punished Sha Zhu to clean the toilet for a month.

After all, what happened last night was just a dispute of words, and it had not yet reached the level of action. Since Silly Zhu reluctantly came to apologize, Zhang Heping had to make his family behave more generously, so as not to get involved in being unreasonable and unforgiving. reputation.

As for the Zhang family's strong performance last night, what kind of reputation will they lose... Just don't mess with it!

After lunch, a little kid came to deliver bamboo. As soon as Zhang Heping sat down to cash in the bamboo toys, Huang Xuemin came over on a bicycle and wanted to take Zhang Heping to Uncle Zhuang to maintain the relationship.

Then, Huang Xuemin discovered the huge changes in the Zhang family, especially the personal stance represented by those poems.

Zhang Heping asked Yan Jiefang to help register the bamboo delivery person's information, so he carried a small medicine box and followed Uncle Huang to seek favors during his lunch break...

After a while of busy work, when they came out of the banker's house, they both tacitly agreed not to ask for the small gifts from Uncle Zhuang and Grandma Yang, hoping to keep the favor alive for a while longer.

When he was going out, he met Director Wang, the round-faced neighbor next door to the banker, who was pushing a bamboo stroller back, which reminded Zhang Heping of the bamboo wheelchair and the legs of Uncle Zhou and Uncle Tang.

However, after Zhang Heping returned to the alley, he ran to a bicycle repair shop and inquired and learned that bicycle wheels sold for 17 yuan each. The key was that the holes in the rollers of the bicycle wheels were too small and could not be used.

If he wanted to make his own bamboo wheelchair, he would have to use a mule-horse cart type wheel, which has a large roller hole. Usually, thick wood is used as a load-bearing beam between the two wheel wheels, so that it can be wrapped with bamboo skin. .

According to the bicycle repairman, that kind of wheel costs 22 yuan!

Thinking about the family's 109 yuan savings and the debt of more than kilograms of food, Zhang Heping gave up the idea of ​​making bamboo wheelchairs for them.

Back in the front yard, Zhang Heping continued to work hard and cashed in the bamboo toys.

……

Outside the street office, on the corner of the alley.

"Lao Yan, it's not good if we spend money to find someone to report Zhang Heping!"

"A woman's opinion!" Yan Bugui stared at the door of the street office with gleaming eyes, "Only by leaving that kid with nothing to do, can we make more money from him!"

"Didn't you say that Xu Fugui is willing to give you 5 yuan as an introduction fee?"

"That little money is nothing!" Yan Bugui hurriedly hid in the corner after seeing a few red-sleeved aunts coming out, "Okay, don't tell anyone about this, especially if you liberate them!"

……

Several red-sleeved aunts quickly entered the courtyard and were startled by the many children in the courtyard.

After they dispersed the children in front of Zhang's house, the round-faced director Wang came forward and asked seriously: "Someone reported that you deceived children, hoarded bamboo, and speculated. Please tell me, the head of our family, about that pile of bamboo." what's going on?"

"Director Wang, we meet again!" Zhang Heping was reported inexplicably, but due to the identities of this group of people, it was better to stand up and build relationships first.

"You are..." The round-faced Director Wang looked familiar to Zhang Heping.

Zhang Heping smiled and reminded him, "Before, in front of Uncle Zhuang's house, you were pushing a bamboo stroller..."

"It's you!" The round-faced Director Wang's expression immediately softened, "I saw you just now, and you were carrying a small medicine box. Why are you using a knife to cut bamboo here?"

"It's a long story. Please come in for a drink of water. I'll explain it to you slowly."

After several red sleeve ladies were invited into the house, they were also amazed by the bamboo decoration in the house. They didn't need Zhang Heping to explain, they just figured out the purpose of those bamboos.

Ma Xiuzhen placed a few bamboo cups on the coffee table, scooped some sugar into the cups in front of several aunts, and then poured water on them.

The round-faced Director Wang took a small bamboo stool and sat at the coffee table with his back to the door. He smiled and looked around, "I heard a rumor a few days ago that there is a person in your courtyard who uses bamboo to make furniture with many legs."

Director Wang turned to the aunties who came with him and joked: "Would you like to count how many there are?"

"Your name is Zhang Heping, right! I heard Mr. Zhuang and the others told you to come and sit here." Director Wang pulled out a small bamboo stool from under the coffee table, called Zhang Heping to his side, and whispered:

"I heard that many people want to make bamboo furniture from you. Do you sell furniture privately?"

"No!" Zhang Heping immediately denied, "Before, my mother went to the street office to inquire about whether she could sell bamboo woven furniture. The clerk said that I was too young to be affiliated with the street office to do business."

"The clerk said you are young?" Director Wang was stunned for a moment, pointed at the opposite wall, and asked in surprise: "Did you do all this?"

Zhang Heping nodded and explained: "I don't make furniture now, I make bamboo toys."

"No..." Director Wang felt a little confused, "Aren't you a medical student?"

"I studied medicine to save my dad. When my dad woke up, I stopped studying."

“So, you’re going to learn to weave bamboo?”

"I also learned carving, hehe!"

After hearing this, Director Wang immediately didn't want to talk to this ignorant boy, "You don't have to focus on studying to be smart, I'll go find your mother!"

After Director Wang found Ma Xiuzhen, he and Ma Xiuzhen reached a consensus without saying a few words, that Zhang Heping should study hard and become a pillar of the country, and should not indulge in anything other than study.

Then, several red-sleeved aunts asked the children in the courtyard to take away the bamboo poles they brought, and even called the cart master to drag away the remaining bamboo!

Ma Xiuzhen was snickering, her brat was taken care of, and she would not be able to weave bamboo anymore, so she could spend more time studying.

The people watching the fun in the courtyard are also laughing, calling your house a joke...

"Hey..." Zhang Heping sat on the chair under the window and began to pick up arrow shafts and skinning knives to hone his skills in machine-made archery.

What outsiders don’t know is that Zhang Heping collected bamboo today to prepare bows and arrows.

However, such a dangerous thing as hunting with bows and arrows must not be disclosed to his family, otherwise he would not even be able to touch a woodcutter.

While Yan Jiefang was cleaning the front yard, the third uncle Yan Bugui came over with a smile, sat on the chair next to Zhang Heping, and whispered:

"Peace, the Xu family wants engravings of poems and poems like mountains and rivers on your wall, as well as engravings of family portraits. What do you think about asking them to exchange for cloth and clothing tickets?"

When Zhang Heping heard this, he became somewhat interested and asked casually: "How many votes can they give?"

"It depends on whether you contract the work and materials, or let them provide the materials?"

……

"Isn't this a fool?" Xu Damao's voice sounded, "I heard on the radio that you are responsible for cleaning the toilets in the factory this month. I decided to drink more water every day, and then take the time to check if you are clean."

Silly Zhu squatted at the door of the toilet, holding his temples with his fists and ignoring Xu Damao.

However, how could Xu Damao pass up the opportunity to beat up the drowned dog? He rode his bicycle to find most of the factory, just because he wanted to go to the toilet and act wild in front of him, so as to add some workload to Silly Zhu.

"Get out!" He Yuzhu grabbed Xu Damao's trouser leg and dragged it, almost tearing Xu Damao's pants off.

Then, a female voice came from the men's room, "Zhuzhu, who are you talking to? Do you want me to come out?"

……

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