Siheyuan: Fighting against the beasts under the pressure of the system

"Don't worry, you will just have to wait and see what your brother does when the time comes."

Xu Damao’s alcohol tolerance is not very good now, he hasn’t practiced it yet, and his mouth felt a little stuffy after drinking for a while.

Zhang Minghui is really good at speaking polite words, just coax them into doing it!

Looking at the third uncle again, he was eating with his mouth full of oil, and he was lowering his head to unbuckle his belt.

This is to fill his stomach. The meal was so delicious that the uncle was estimated to have enough to last him for one or two months.

Seeing Zhang Minghui staring at him, the third uncle grinned.

"Minghui, don't be surprised. There are many people in our family, and your uncle's salary is not high. We have to calculate our living expenses every month. We haven't seen meat for a long time."

"Today, I'm still relying on you to satisfy my craving. Come on, Uncle Sanda, let me offer you a drink."

After taking a sip of drink with the third uncle, Zhang Minghui remembered the fishing rod and started chatting with the third uncle Yan Fugui.

"After taking care of myself for a few days, I'm going to go fishing to see if I can catch some fish to replenish my body."

"I don't have a fishing rod now, I want to buy one from the third uncle."

"That works!"

The third uncle was very happy to see the opportunity to make money.

"Minghui, you found the right person."

"Uncle San has a lot of fishing rods at home. I'll pick a good one for you in a few days. I guarantee you'll catch some big fish."

The three of them toasted each other and drank until around 9 o'clock in the evening.

Xu Damao was drunk and couldn't get up. We helped him to bed to sleep before we left.

I went to the toilet outside the yard with the third uncle.

Toilets in those days were all dry toilets, located outside the courtyards, surrounded by several alleys. Hundreds of people used these toilets every day. Just imagine how it smelled.

Especially in summer, the weather is still hot.

"Oh, don't even mention it, it tastes so sour."

Finally I experienced a characteristic of old Beijing.

When I got home, the sour smell had not yet dissipated. I opened the windows to ventilate the room, and it took a long time for the smell to be washed away.

next day

When Zhang Minghui got up and looked at his watch, it was already past 10 o'clock.

The compound was particularly quiet at this time. Every household had gone to work, and there were not many people in the compound except the elderly, women and children.

After Zhang Minghui got up and washed up.

You are now allowed to buy pork on the market with a "Pork Purchase Certificate". Each household can buy one and a half kilograms of pork per month, at a price of one yuan.

"I'll ask Auntie San's family later. If they don't want to buy any, they can buy three kilograms together and ask Auntie San to make some meat dishes."

When living in a yard, you still have to let everyone see what you buy and use. This means that you should display your things clearly, and you should not be too ostentatious when eating and drinking.

There is no good person in the yard, every household is watching!

You always make delicious food but can't explain where it comes from, so wait for jealous people to report you. Nowadays, if you are accused of speculation, you will be ruined.

What's more, he has many enemies in this yard. Even though they have been silent these days and become invisible, they are just avoiding the limelight!

Just wait and see what happens when Zhang Minghui shows off his weakness and then give him a hard time.

Therefore, Zhang Minghui had to be extremely careful when living in the yard. He could not let others catch him, otherwise, with the nature of these beasts, they would bully him to death.

After arriving at the middle courtyard and saying hello to a few residents, I went straight to the front yard and saw the three aunts and a few others sewing clothes, so I quickly called out to them.

"Third aunt, you're busy!"

The third aunt looked up and saw that it was Zhang Minghui, and immediately laughed.

"The old man said last night that I would help the Zhang family kid buy meat today. After I help his family prepare the meat, my family can also have a big bowl."

"Minghui is a weak boy, so he must eat more meat. Good days will come from now on. The days are getting more and more promising."

"Hi, it's Minghui. Are you going to buy some meat? I just went to the backyard and saw you were sleeping. I didn't want to disturb you. Wait, I'll go to the backyard with you."

Several middle-aged women and young wives nearby asked the third aunt what was going on.

The third aunt said happily: "Didn't Xu Damao invite Minghui and my old man to drink last night?"

"Minghui discussed it with my old man. Minghui's cooking is still not good enough. Now that he is back to recuperate, he needs to eat something good to replenish his body."

"I'm afraid it won't taste good if I cook it myself, so I want you to help me cook some dishes."

"Hey, you said we are neighbors, what's the big deal? Isn't it just helping to cook some food? Minghui's little body is too weak, he really needs to be nourished."

After saying this, he hurriedly pulled Minghui to the backyard.

When we reached the middle courtyard.

The women in the front yard were still whispering.

"Hey, this stingy old Yan is always calculating."

"I schemed against Xu Damao last night, and today I schemed against Minghui again. Third Aunt's cooking skills are not as good as mine. I am still the best at making braised pork."

He looked at the three aunts walking away with anger.

"Come on, if we want to talk about cooking, we still have to look at Sha Zhu, he's a real chef, we're just making home-cooked meals."

"But all these benefits have gone to the stingy Yan family."

"We really need to help Zhang Minghui more in the future, and then we can get some benefits."

backyard

Zhang Minghui handed the meat ticket and the household registration book to the third aunt.

"Ask Auntie San if she has used her meat coupons."

The three aunts laughed.

"Minghui, our family is having a hard time right now, and your uncle is reluctant to use this meat coupon."

"If you need it, use it so you don't waste it. It's almost the end of the month and there's still some next month!"

"That's fine, Third Auntie. Take your meat coupons and go buy some side dishes like potatoes and vermicelli. Make some meat dishes today so that my brothers and sisters can have something good to eat."

"Hey, Minghui, you are great. Third Aunt and your brothers and sisters thank you."

The three aunts came to Zhang Minghui's kitchen to see if there were enough ingredients. If anything was missing, they would buy it directly.

After wandering around the kitchen for a long time, the third aunt didn't say a word.

Zhang Minghui slapped his forehead and thought, "I haven't paid them yet! Look at how this matter has been handled."

He turned and went into the house, pretending to be looking for money. After about 2 minutes, Zhang Minghui took out five yuan from the house and handed it to the third aunt.

"Third Aunt, just buy what you want. You know better than me what is missing from cooking."

"That works."

The third auntie happily responded and rushed out like the wind.

Zhang Minghui looked up and saw that the weather was good today, so he went into the house, took out a recliner, and lay down on it.

Unexpectedly, the deaf old lady next door came out of the house with a small stool.

Seeing the old lady coming out, Zhang Minghui quickly sat up and started chatting with her with a smile.

"Old lady, the weather has been nice lately. You should get out more often to bask in the sun. The doctor told me that my body is too weak and I need to take more supplements and get more sun."