Break out of the courtyard

Zhang Heping's simple words of repaying the money and food made Zhang Cheng and his son unstoppable.

Especially, when Zhang Heping took out the account book and the IOU signed by Zhang Cuishan.

"Zhang Cuishan's salary is 34 yuan. He pays 5 yuan to grandma every month. If he pays it for 20 months and saves up to 50 yuan, grandma will return it to me." Zhang Heping spread out the account book and pointed to "I am borrowing 1000 yuan today." "Block. Zhang Cuishan", he turned to look at grandma and asked:

"Grandma, do you have any objections?"

"This..." Uncle Zhang Cheng wanted to refute, but was unable to refute. They did say they would pay back the money, but they thought they didn't have to.

"Listen to Sanwazi!" Grandma Xie Ermei immediately agreed. How could this shrewd old lady not understand that Zhang Heping was helping Zhang Cuishan save his wife's book in disguise, and she must support him.

What's more, Zhang Heping left Zhang Cuishan alone for two months, leaving his eldest grandson, who had been away from home for so long for the first time, to fend for himself. What kind of life did he end up with?

The key is that since Xie Ermei escaped with her two granddaughters, the financial power of her hometown has fallen into the hands of Zhang Cheng's mother-in-law.

Xie Ermei went back to live for two months this time, and she was not less angry with the eldest daughter-in-law.

Zhang Heping looked at his cousin with his head lowered and asked, "Zhang Cuishan, do you have any objections?"

Seeing Zhang Cuishan shaking his head, Zhang Heping closed the account book, pointed to the IOU and said:

"This is the IOU that Zhang Cuishan lent me a month's worth of meal stamps at the beginning of May. It's already been overdue for one month. Zhang Cuishan must pay me back today! If he doesn't have meal stamps, he can use the food stamps and non-staple food stamps he received today to offset the bill!"

"No!" Uncle Zhang Cheng reacted fiercely, "I gave you the food stamps, what will my son eat?"

"In order to prevent Zhang Cuishan from helping Widow Qin, Zhang Cuishan pays my family 5 yuan for living expenses every month, as well as all food stamps and non-staple food stamps; as long as he eats in the front yard, the two widows in the middle courtyard will not try to interfere with him. ." Zhang Heping looked at grandma Xie Ermei with a smile and said:

"If he doesn't have food stamps this month, he can use next month's food stamps to offset his debt. All he needs to do is mortgage his household registration book, food book, and non-staple food book with me."

"Grandma, do you think it's okay?"

This was exactly what Xie Ermei wanted. She was eating at the third child's house, how could she see her eldest grandson suffering in the backyard, not to mention the threat of the young widow, so she nodded hurriedly and said:

"Money and food stamps should be paid. There is no reason for your cousin to live and eat in your house for free. When your two sisters lived at your uncle's house, your father also paid for living expenses."

"Zhang Cuishan, what are you waiting for? Go back and get the money to pay off the debt!" Zhang Heping looked at this unopinionated cousin with a smile on his face. His father's little cleverness was all taken away by his second brother Zhang Cuiya.

Furthermore, his honest and filial temperament is a bit irritating!

However, as long as he wins over his grandma Xie Ermei, his foolish filial piety will become his advantage.

Seeing Zhang Cheng grabbing Zhang Cuishan who was getting up to leave, Zhang Heping frowned and asked:

"Uncle, my grandma agreed, don't you listen to your mother?"

"You have a wife and have forgotten your mother. You are a typical unfilial son!"

"What do you want your eldest son, Zhang Cuishan, to think of you? If he marries a wife from the city in the future, should he follow your example and disobey his parents? Not support you in your old age?"

Although the "moral kidnapping" skill did not flash in his mind, Zhang Heping still felt that this skill he secretly learned from Yi Zhonghai was quite powerful!

No, uncle Zhang Cheng was petrified. Zhang Cuishan was dragged to the backyard by his grandmother. His mother Ma Xiuzhen greeted her three stunned sisters with a smile to make clothes. His father Zhang Bing handed Zhang Cheng a glass with a look of concern. The water passes.

When grandma came back with Zhang Cuishan, grandma put 5 yuan and a stack of tickets, as well as the household registration book, grain book, and non-staple food book on the table in front of Zhang Heping.

Then, Xie Ermei looked at her eldest son Zhang Cheng and remained silent.

After a while, Zhang Cheng felt uncomfortable being stared at by several people, so he took out a handful of dimes from his trouser pocket, counted them three times with trembling, and then handed over the 20 yuan.

Zhang Heping snatched the money away, put it into the glass bottle that he had taken out a long time ago, and then gave the bottle to grandma.

Zhang Cheng looked at the few cents left in his hand, sighed, and seemed to accept his fate.

However, just when he was about to stuff the money into his trouser pocket, Zhang Heping pointed to the IOU again and said with a smile: "There are still 6 yuan that I haven't paid back!"

"What 6 yuan?" Zhang Cheng's expression changed drastically. He only had the 9 yuan given by his son and the 5 yuan he brought from home.

"Your second brother stole all your money last time. Your eldest brother borrowed 6 yuan from me to pay for your train fare. The IOU is clearly written on it." Zhang Heping pushed the IOU in front of Zhang Cuishan and joked: " Read the above to your dad."

After Zhang Cuishan read out the borrower, lender, purpose of borrowing money, borrowing time, return time, and overdue penalty, Zhang Cheng realized that Zhang Heping knew how to write an IOU.

Zhang Heping took 6 yuan and saw him off without asking for 5 cents as liquidated damages.

"Mom, you took grandma to the bathhouse to take a bath and get a haircut. I saw lice on her head!"

As soon as these words came out, the old lady, who was originally very happy, immediately turned dark.

"By the way, take out the short-sleeved shirt I made for grandma and see if it fits."

"Cousin, come here and measure grandma's size. Use that piece of gray cloth to make a pair of trousers for grandma tonight."

"By the way, watch out for the lice on her body!"

Grandma Xie Ermei's face improved when she heard that new clothes were made for her. But when she heard the word "lice" again, she felt uncomfortable all over. Her scalp felt so itchy that she wanted to scratch it but she couldn't hold it back!

"Cousin, you and your dad should go wash up and have your hair cut!" Zhang Heping showed a look of disgust, "If you can't wash it clean, you're not allowed in!"

……

The next day.

At dawn, Zhang Heping was tinkering with his hunting equipment.

There were two sacks stacked on the back seat of the bicycle, which he had paid to collect from the kid last night, and eight more were under his bed.

There is a bundle of thick ropes woven with three hemp ropes in the basket, and there is Laifu, a native dog squatting obediently inside.

The small backpack on his back contained a family heirloom hatchet, a skinning knife, and crossbow arrows.

The slingshot was hung around his neck, and there were some pebbles in his trouser pockets.

There is also the one on the wall, his current strongest equipment, a steel pulley crossbow.

Just as Zhang Heping hung the crossbow on the bicycle faucet and was about to set off, the third uncle Yan Bugui and his second son Yan Jiefang also came out pushing the bicycle.

"Hey! Heping, what are you..." Yan Bugui came over, touched the steel crossbow and bowstring, and said with a surprised look on his face:

"A few days ago, Lao Yi went from door to door to inform him that you had made a crossbow and told the children in the courtyard not to play with you and to be careful if you shoot people with crossbow arrows."

Zhang Heping didn't expect Yi Zhonghai to make such a fuss behind his back, so he wrote down the account.

Zhang Heping decided to win over Yan Laojie, who had just come to report the news. This old boy had a tendency to rebel. It had been several days before he told Zhang Heping.

"Third uncle, if you catch a big fish today, you can leave one for me. Maybe I can catch a rabbit to trade with you."

"That's a good feeling!" Yanbu was very happy. His family hadn't eaten rabbit for a long time.

Seeing that Zhang Heping was leaving, Yan Jiefang hurriedly said: "Dad, I want to go hunting with Brother Heping!"

Zhang Heping glanced at the boy who was eager to try, and before Yan Bugui could speak, he shook his head and refused, "You first learn to climb trees."

"Zhang Xiaosan, what are you doing?"

Behind him, the voice of his mother Ma Xiuzhen came from the window next to the Kang in the east wing. Zhang Heping hurriedly pushed the cart out of the way and left without looking back, "I'm going out to play with Zhao Laoliu and the others!"

Have fun!

The group of army courtyard boys had no worries about food and clothing, and hunting was their pastime.

But Zhang Heping hunts to improve his life and bring home his prey.

All the way to the west, we passed the small farmer's courtyard where Zhao Laoliu and the others often parked their cars. There were no cars in the courtyard, and there was no prey in the mountains over there.

Continuing westward, the mountains and forests in the distance become more and more lush, and the ravines become deeper and deeper...