Siheyuan: I am the Smart Pillar

Xu Gaoshan lived in the middle courtyard, living alone in two rooms, which was quite cool. He had a wife in his early years, but she was shot dead by soldiers during the war. Xu Gaoshan simply did not remarry. He had about 30 yuan a month, which was quite cool for him to spend alone.

The two of them knew each other when Old Jia was here. Although their relationship has faded over the years, they can still be considered friends. A few years ago, the relationship between the two was still a little unclear, but in the end, the relationship between the two was severed due to reality. When she came to this courtyard again, Jia Zhang was still very uneasy.

After knocking on the door, a very unhappy voice came out from inside the room, saying, "Who is it? Don't you know that I was on duty all night last night?" After opening the door, Xu Gaoshan rubbed his eyes first, then asked in surprise, "Zhang Zhang Xianhua, why is it you? What are you doing in our house? I haven't seen you for so many years, and you seem to be getting older and older."

Jia Zhang's old face turned black, and she curled her lips and said, "When old Jia died, didn't you say that I was very beautiful? Why are you saying that I'm old now? Am I, Jia Zhang, very old now?" Xu Gaoshan smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, okay, I was wrong. Is it okay if I was wrong? Old sister-in-law, come in first. What do you want to talk to me about today?"

Jia Zhang touched her face. Was she really old and unattractive? When Xu Gaoshan, the bastard, used to hang out with her, he always called her Sister Zhang. She didn't expect that after only a few years of not seeing each other, Sister Qiao had become her old sister-in-law.

Although she felt very uncomfortable, Jia Zhang still told her purpose. Xu Gaoshan pointed at himself and said, "You asked me to prepare the wedding banquet for your son. Have you forgotten what I do? Although I am also a chef, I work in prison. Don't you think it's unlucky?"

This is true. Although Xu Gaoshan is a chef, no one invited him to the wedding banquet. They all thought his job was unlucky. If Xu Gaoshan hadn't thought that working in the prison would allow him to meet many leaders and the salary would be very high, he would have gone out to make a living.

Jia Zhang curled her lips and said, "You don't have to worry about this matter anymore. My son and I don't care about this at all. See if you can do it tomorrow. You have to help me with this. At least we had a good relationship before."

Xu Gaoshan waved his hand and said, "Okay, okay, I'll do it, okay? Go back and buy the vegetables, and I'll be the chef tomorrow morning." Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang's old face smiled, and she asked embarrassedly, "Gaoshan, how much do you want for this? We used to..."

Xu Gaoshan waved his hand, signaling him to shut up and said, "Okay, okay, sister-in-law, you don't need to say the rest. This is an apology to Brother Jia, so just give him 5 yuan as a token of your appreciation." Jia Zhang nodded with a smile on her face and said, "Okay, then I really thank you."

After finishing the most important thing for her son, Jia Zhang returned to the courtyard. As soon as she stepped into the front yard, she saw several women chatting in whispers. Jia Zhang came over curiously and asked, "What are you talking about? Including me."

Jia Zhang's old face was smiling, looking very kind. But this smile made several people feel very scared. Sister Hua said awkwardly, "It turned out to be Aunt Jia. We were just chatting and you came back from a walk outside."

Jia Zhang nodded and said, "Tomorrow is a big wedding day for our family, you all have to come and help. Did Dongxu send you the invitations?" Several women looked at each other and nodded involuntarily. This can be regarded as sending it to them indirectly, so there is nothing wrong with saying it. Thinking that I have to go shopping later, I don't have time to chat with these people. I smiled and said, "Okay, you can come tomorrow."

Jia Zhang walked towards the middle courtyard with a smile on her face, looking very happy. There were more than 30 households in the courtyard, and if each household contributed 3 yuan, that would be nearly 100 yuan. Add to that the workers and leaders who contributed things, and they would have to contribute another 100 yuan. This was the retirement money that Jia Zhang had been planning for, and thinking that her retirement money would be increased again, Jia Zhang's old face could not stop smiling.

After Jia Zhang walked away, Ma Xiaoya asked everyone, "Are you going to attend the Jia family's wedding banquet tomorrow?" Sister Hua pouted and shook her head, saying, "I'm not going. This old woman wants to make money, she's crazy. There are more than 30 families in our courtyard, and each family pays 3 yuan, which is already close to 100 yuan."

Aunt Liu curled her lips and said, "What's even more infuriating is that only one person from the family can go. Isn't this absolutely disgusting? This family has young and old, who should go and who shouldn't go?" Ma Xiaoya didn't want to go in her heart, but after thinking about it, she asked, "Then what excuse can we come up with not to go?"

Mrs. Hua pouted and said, "Tomorrow is a day off anyway, can't we go visit relatives and friends? If it's really not possible, can't the children at home go somewhere for a walk and come back after dark?" Ma Xiaoya nodded. Their family is considered poor in this courtyard. Her husband can only earn more than ten yuan a month, and they naturally won't be willing to give out 3 yuan of share money at once.

When she returned to the Jia family's house, she found that only the new daughter-in-law Liu Chunhua was sleeping on the kang, and her good son Jia Dongxu was nowhere to be found. Jia Zhangshi felt a little unhappy. Why did the new daughter-in-law sleep on the first day? She wanted to wake him up and have a good talk with him. After all, there were so many houseworks in the house. Didn't he know how to do the housework?

The displeasure in her heart was suppressed by Jia Zhang. Although she was very unhappy on the surface, she thought that she would follow her mother-in-law's rules after setting up the banquet tomorrow. She took out some money from the drawer, counted out 20 yuan, and prepared to go to the market to buy some things.

Although Jia Zhang was reluctant to part with the 20 yuan, she thought that he was her son after all, so she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, enduring the heartache and walked towards the vegetable market. She had made up her mind on the way that she must not spend all the 20 yuan. Although it was her son's salary, it was also her retirement fund.