Siheyuan: Banggeng and I are classmates

"These are the pigs we raised. The big one is called Hu Dazhuang and the small one is called Hu Xiaozhuang."

Li Yujie asked: "It's not surprising that pigs have names, but why do they have surnames?"

"Because the nanny who takes care of him is named Hu Lai, and he is the breeder of our brigade, we simply let him raise pigs, so that he can earn money and have meat to eat at the end of the year!"

Xu Yan still said sadly: "I have never raised pigs, but you are raising one!"

After hearing this, Li Muhua pointed to the other side and shouted, "Chickens, you must have raised chickens before, right?"

"There are also ducks. We also grow vegetables in the back yard..."

Li Muhua, who was chattering a lot, took the two of them for a walk around the yard, picked a watermelon and tied it in the river, saying that he wanted to eat it as an after-meal fruit.

Xu Yan started muttering again, saying that there was not even a well here.

Li Muhua was so angry that he pointed to the rushing river and said, "There is a vast world with a lot to do."

"Why would I need a well when I have to guard this Fu River?"

Only then did Xu Yan stop being sad, and the three of them went back into the courtyard.

At this time, Li Haifu and Ma Decai had already sat in the hall. They were smoking and chatting warmly, as close as brothers who had not seen each other for a long time.

Thanks to Li Muhua's explanation, Xu Yan no longer looked down on Ma Decai.

The few of them had a very pleasant conversation. As a salesperson, Xu Yan naturally managed to act like a petty bourgeois.

When Ma Decai kept chatting with a smile and occasionally agreed, when the conversation was getting more interesting, Ma Decai stood up and invited:

"Brother Li, Sister Xu, it's not easy for you to come all the way here, why don't you come to my house for lunch today? I'll go back and ask my wife to cook some delicious dishes."

Li Haifu stood up and held him back, saying, "Captain Ma, that doesn't make sense."

"You take care of our Mu Hua, we should treat you to a meal, how can we go to your house to eat for free?"

Li Haifu said this and looked at Li Muhua.

"Well, at noon, you kill all the chickens and ducks and make a meal. I'll pay for it. I want to thank Captain Ma for taking care of you and see the comrades you live with."

After hearing this, Ma Decai had no choice but to give up and agreed.

Xu Yan and Li Yujie went out to help, and in this yard in a foreign land, they were busy as if it were New Year's Day.

Unfortunately, the material conditions were so poor that even Ma Decai couldn't bear it and went home to get a lot of dried mushrooms.

The yard was filled with the rich aroma of chicken and duck meat.

After Li Decai had greeted them, naturally no villagers would come to join in the fun. Only Zhao Quan and Zhou Ru, who had just finished work, went back to the yard first.

Zhao Quan and Zhou Ru met the two elders in the room, and Li Muhua, Xu Yan and Li Yujie introduced the two to each other in turn.

When Xu Yan heard that both of them were from Sijiu City, her eyes lit up and she asked again, "Are you both from Sijiu City?"

Zhou Ru nodded and said, "Aunt, you are right. We are all from Sijiu City."

"When we came here last year, we happened to sit next to each other on the train. I recognized Li Muhua, so my two female classmates and I, as well as his seatmates Zhao Quan and Hu Lai, made an appointment to go to the same place."

“Finally I was assigned here!”

"Oh!"

Xu Yan nodded thoughtfully and asked tentatively: "You mean recognizing Li Muhua?"

"Mom, why are you asking this?" Li Muhua wanted to interrupt Xu Yan and winked at Zhou Ru.

Zhou Ru had already answered: "He and I were desk mates in elementary school."

"Red Star Primary School!" Zhou Ru added, fearing that Xu Yan would forget.

Xu Yan's wariness instantly turned into surprise after hearing this. She looked at Zhou Ru and said, "So you two are classmates. No wonder you recognized him."

After saying that, Xu Yan looked at Li Muhua and said, "When I asked you to go with your classmates, you were unwilling, weren't you?"

Li Muhua shook her head helplessly and said, "I can't help it. She was my elementary school classmate!"

At the same time, he winked at Xu Yan, hoping that she could understand what he meant, but Xu Yan ignored him and looked at Zhou Ru carefully instead.

He praised, "The girl is really pretty, but she's a little tanned. No wonder Mu Hua was willing to join you in the queue!"

Zhou Ru's face was somewhat happy after hearing this, but she still said modestly: "That's not the case. He didn't recognize me at the time. As for beautiful, I only heard Li Muhua use this word to praise his sister..."

Wearing a light green long skirt, Li Yujie stood in the mud house like a jade disk covered with dust. Zhou Ru's words were not compliments, but rather the truth.

Ignoring Zhou Ru's compliment, Li Yujie looked at Li Muhua inquiringly. Li Muhua's face was wrinkled like a black bitter gourd. He shook his head at her, hoping that she could understand what he meant and help him pull Xu Yan.

Unexpectedly, Li Yujie glanced at him, then turned to Zhou Ru and said, "Don't say that. After you graduated from elementary school, he and I were classmates in junior high school for two years. He was so annoying that I don't know how many female classmates who pestered him scolded him!"

"When I was in high school—"

Li Muhua couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted, "Sister, that's enough, stop talking nonsense."

Li Yujie glanced at Li Muhua, then looked at Xu Yan and said, "If you don't believe me, ask mom if I was the one who deliberately made sure we weren't in the same class when we were in high school."

"I've suffered a lot for this. People pointed at me and said that I was the sister of Li Zhezi."

On one side was Ma Jie, and on the other was the educated youth who would live with her in the future. Li Muhua simply stood up and pulled Zhao Quan and said, "Come on, my parents brought a lot of candies and cakes from Yecheng. I'll take you to try some."

After saying this, without waiting for Zhao Quan to speak, Li Muhua dragged him out of the hall, out of sight and out of hearing.

Zhou Ru watched Li Muhua walk out angrily, and was a little hesitant about whether her action was right or wrong.

Xu Yan patted the back of her hand and said, "Don't worry about him. This kid has always been annoying. If he dares to bully you in the future, just write to me and I will help you deal with him."

Without waiting for Zhou Ru to say anything, Li Yujie took out her account book and pen from her pocket, quickly wrote down the address of the yard, and stuffed it into Zhou Ru's hand.

"This is our home address. Just send your letter here."

Zhou Ru stared blankly, and before she could reply, Xu Yan asked again: "Girl, did you go back home to celebrate the Spring Festival last year? Why didn't you come to our house to visit?"

"I didn't go back last year. The road here is too far, and the round trip fare is more than 50, which is not worth it." Zhou Ru told the truth.

When Xu Yan heard this, she immediately said generously, "It's only 50 yuan. What's the point of it? You must go back to celebrate the New Year, okay?"

"You must go back to celebrate the New Year this year. If you don't have money, I'll send it to you. You and Muhua were classmates in elementary school, and you happened to be in the same place. Our two families should get closer!"

"Cough cough cough~"

The kitchen was not big to begin with, and Ma Decai stopped smiling at this time. Li Haifu coughed lightly a few times.

Xu Yan turned around and scolded, "I told you to smoke less, smoke less, but you didn't listen."

"Cough cough cough~~"

Li Haifu coughed a few times after being scolded. Xu Yan walked up to him, patted his back a few times and said, "Smoke less, can you please smoke less?"

At this time, Li Yujie took out a wad of money from her pocket, counted it sideways, and then stuffed it directly into Zhou Ru's hand.

Zhou Ru wanted to shirk, but Li Yujie grabbed her hand and whispered in her ear:

"Last year, my second brother brought back a country wife, and they almost got sick from all the anger. If someone plots against me, my parents will definitely go crazy."

"Keep this money first. Just go back to Sijiu City at the end of the year. We will send you food and daily necessities when we have time. You and Li Muhua can share them. This is all I can help you with. The rest is up to you."

Zhou Ru was stunned after hearing this, not quite understanding what Li Yujie meant, but she nodded immediately.