Break out of the courtyard

"At noon today, I asked you what battle you were painting!" Xu Damao gave two mallard ducks to Xu Fugui and said speechlessly:

"I heard from your sister-in-law this afternoon that his father invited people to his house for dinner today. Some guests asked the small oil painting next to the dining table which battle it was about. But his father didn't tell him and the guests all left in anger."

"Then, his dad whitewashed all the oil paintings you painted yesterday! He didn't even let my family find someone to make bamboo sculptures. Who do you think these people are!"

"F*ck!" Zhang Heping couldn't help but cursed. He was so disrespectful of the fruits of my labor.

Hearing this, Zhang Heping turned around to leave, but was hurriedly stopped by Xu Damao, "Brother, this is all my fault! I originally wanted to invite you to a banquet, but it ended up like this. Just wait for me..."

Xu Damao ran into the bedroom, took out two red envelopes and two packages of wedding candy and peanuts and stuffed them into Zhang Heping's arms, "Brother, when I marry your sister-in-law, I will ask you to make bamboo sculptures in a few months. I will definitely not miss you in the cloth ticket." of."

"Okay!" Although Zhang Heping was a little depressed, he still said a few clear words and said goodbye.

Back in the courtyard, Zhang Heping handed a red envelope to his cousin Zhang Cuishan, "Let's see how much money Xu Damao packs for his wedding."

One cent and two...

He brought two packs of wedding candy and peanuts into the house, and while putting the candy and peanuts into two glass cans, he teased the two little girls with two candies, and then put them in the bamboo cabinet.

Looking at the only 8 bottles of canned fruit left in the bamboo cabinet, I thought about the places where gifts might need to be given next. Chief Xie of the Security Department, Director Wang of the Subdistrict Office, and the principal of the primary school, that was almost enough.

As for the old company commander and Huang Xuemin, they can just give them gifts during the New Year to maintain their relationship.

Boil water and prepare two mallard ducks.

The four wild ducks he caught today gave him eight feathers suitable for making arrow feathers. Zhang Heping found an empty malted milk jar to save and put it on the bed.

As for the remaining feathers and duck down, he put them into a white cloth bag, soaked them in soapy water and disinfected them, then dried them before storing them.

While Zhang Heping was handling wild ducks at the sink, Yan Bugui came over with a shy face.

"Peace, where did you come from?"

Zhang Heping glanced at the greed on Yan Bugui's face and said with a smile: "Picked it up in Kunming Lake."

"Picked it up? Is there such a good thing?" Yan Bugui was shocked, with an urgent expression on his face as if you dare to say it is true, I flew over to pick it up immediately.

Zhang Heping suppressed his smile and said seriously: "There are many migratory birds over there, including wild ducks, seagulls, egrets, and many big white geese and big black geese in the middle of the lake. They are not afraid of people. I just pick up stones and hit them." Got two mallards.”

"Really?" Yan Bugui's heart almost rose to his throat.

"Fake!" Zhang Heping smiled. In the eyes of Yan Bugui, who looked relieved and resentful, Zhang Heping quickly finished packing the ducks.

"Peace, you duck intestines and duck hearts..."

Here you go, here comes what you want!

Before Yan Bugui could finish his words, Zhang Heping said with a smile: "Actually, I used a slingshot to hit them, and I hit four in total!"

"Four?" Yan Bugui became excited again, "Why do you only have two here?"

Zhang Heping quickly took away the basin of duck meat and said without looking back: "There are two more at Xu Damao's house, you know!"

Seeing Yan Bugui running back to push his bicycle in a hurry, Zhang Heping kindly reminded him, "Third uncle, it's getting dark, and you are short-sighted. It will be very dangerous in the future!"

"I'm going to find Jie Cheng!"

Zhang Heping felt relieved when he heard that Yan Jiecheng, the eldest son of the Yan family, was going!

Young people should exercise more and not be like your dad who always wants to take advantage of me.

If Yan Bugui didn't go fishing alone, Zhang Heping would have given him a duck if he could exchange it for cloth tickets.

However, this old boy is not very capable, and Ge Yingren has all his plans, and he actually wants to skip him and sell bamboo to Xu Damao.

The key is that Xu Damao introduced by Yan Bugui and Lou Bancheng brought in by Xu Damao whitewashed the mural that Zhang Heping spent an afternoon and an entire night painting!

Mudd!

Youbu is amazing!

Zhang Heping has deep resentment towards Lou Bancheng!

Including the ticket price, those two pieces of cloth cost no more than a hundred yuan, and they were actually used to trample the fruits of his labor...

If this happens, Zhang Heping will definitely report Lou Bancheng first before Xu Damao. This capitalist is really abominable!

While Zhang Heping was simmering wild duck soup, a burst of laughter came from outside the hospital. Then he saw Qin Huairu helping Si Zhu come back with the lunch box. Yi Zhonghai followed them with his hands behind his back and a sad look on his face.

Middle Court.

After Yi Zhonghai waited for Qin Huairu to go to Shazhu's house again, he walked to the opposite door, approached Jia Zhang, and whispered: "Sister-in-law, I plan to accept Qin Huairu as my apprentice and let her..."

"Don't even think about it!" Mrs. Jia Zhang looked at Yi Zhonghai bitterly and said bitterly: "If you hadn't ignored Dongxu, he..."

"He is not your biological son!"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Silly Zhu who came out to guard the door from the main room, and said coldly to the somewhat flustered Jia Zhang:

"Forgetting what happened before, you expect Qin Huairu to raise Da BangGeng to support you in your old age. I am interested in Silly Zhu to provide for you in old age. I must not let them get together."

"Otherwise, I will tell Dongxu's life experience, and then we will see if Qin Huairu and Banggen will support you in your old age!"

Jia Zhang pretended to be calm and threatened: "If you dare to say anything about Dongxu, I will tell you about your abandonment of Dongxu and about how you dragged Qin Huairu into the vegetable cellar!"

"Whatever!" Yi Zhonghai said nonchalantly: "That little bit of fame won't allow me to reduce my salary, nor will it provide for my retirement. However, I guarantee that you will be driven back to the countryside, and they won't even recognize you."

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Monday, April 4th.

Before dawn, Xu Fugui and his wife knocked on the courtyard door.

The right room where Zhang Heping slept was also called the concierge in the past. It was very close. After being quarreled and opening the courtyard door, he unexpectedly received a red envelope and a handful of candies and peanuts from Xu Fugui.

Then, I saw Xu Fugui using a flashlight and instructing four men to move wooden furniture with big red characters into the courtyard.

Zhang Heping said a few congratulations and went back to the right room to sleep for a while; when he got up again, word had spread in the courtyard that Xu Damao was getting married.

It is said that the Xu family's new furniture has 72 legs, a radio and a sewing machine, and the quilts and sheets are brand new.

Then, the people in the courtyard took out the bamboo furniture of the Zhang family to compare, and finally concluded that the wooden furniture was still durable, and the Zhang family was not as good as the Xu family.

Being compared by them, Zhang Heping felt unhappy. He had just turned off the radio playing the morning news and was about to go into the house when he heard Sha Zhu asking someone about who Xu Damao was getting married and where the banquet was held.

Although Zhang Heping knew it, he didn't intend to tell Si Zhu.

Because Silly Pillar is more hateful!

The next day, Labor Day.

During lunch, the cousin Zhang Cuishan excitedly told Zhang Heping that he had switched to the day shift and was responsible for patrolling the factory. He would have a day off today and officially start the day shift tomorrow.

It seems that those fish were not in vain, Zhang Heping thought, turning around and making another joke about his cousin, "Grandma, when you go out to chat in the future, remember to help Comrade Zhang Cuishan choose a wife. She wants someone with a big butt, big arms and a round waist..."

"Dark and short!" Second sister Zhang Pandi chimed in cheerfully: "The one with buck teeth and bad breath!"

After a while of laughter, grandma Xie Ermei suddenly asked: "How is the rain in the middle courtyard?"

Before Zhang Heping could object, the voice of He Yuyu's brother Shazhu sounded outside the door, "Zhang Heping, do you know where Xu Damao is hosting a banquet?"

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