Siheyuan: Xu Damao, I want to go to the moon

The gift that the Lou family gave to Xiaodang was a small courtyard.

It is located in Shajing Hutong, not far from Hongxing Siheyuan at No. 95 Nanluoguxiang. It is only about 300 meters away after turning a corner. Not far to the north of Shajing Hutong is Heizhima Hutong, where is Heizhima Hutong Primary School. It was converted into the private Hongren Primary School in 49, and into the Children's Primary School of the Coal Administration Bureau of the Ministry of Coal Industry in 54. After being taken over by the Dongcheng District Education Bureau in 58, it was renamed the current Dongcheng District Heizhima Hutong Primary School.

It can be said that this location is quite good, and Hu Zi and Qin Jingru will also be able to go there when they go to school in the future.

As for why not go to Red Star Primary School?

Because that was the primary school affiliated with the steel mill, and Hu Zi and Qin Jingru were not children of workers at the steel mill, so they had no way to go.

This place is taken over by the Dongcheng District Education Bureau, which makes it more convenient to operate.

The two large main rooms can actually be transformed into one bedroom and one living room by partitioning them.

Each room is 5*8 - 40 square meters in size, and the small yard outside is 10*3.5, a total of 35 square meters. There is a washbasin and a shed to shelter from the rain, so it is no problem to store coal and firewood for cooking here.

There are some bamboos and flowers planted in the yard, but they have not been taken care of for a long time and have long since died.

There is also a small wooden shed in the middle of the yard, with grape vines climbing on it. Underneath is a small round stone table with a chess board carved on it, and there are four small stone benches next to it.

A very quiet little courtyard.

The entire house and yard total 115 square meters, and this is the pure usable area that is being calculated.

Qin Huairu was also stunned by the huge house. You know, she was in Jia's house, although there were 3 rooms (divided into 3 rooms according to the beams and pillars), but each room was only about 12-13 square meters. But the room here was as big as the whole Jia's house!

The yard alone is as big as the Jia family’s!

Widow Zhang was even more dumbfounded. The house she lived in the brigade headquarters was only 9 square meters!

Qin Dashan was wondering, if he divided the house into four rooms and brought his eldest and second son over, would they be able to accommodate him?

If that doesn't work, how about setting up another room in the yard?

Qin Dashan whispered to Qin Huairu: "Huairu, why don't you..."

How could Qin Huairu not know what her father was thinking?

"Nothing is worse than that!"

"Dad, you have to think clearly. The Lou family gave this house to Xiaodang because Damao and his wife recognized Xiaodang as their goddaughter."

"The head of the household is Xiao Dang, not me, and certainly not you!"

"Da Mao even found me a job. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to eat commercial grain. If that were the case, I wouldn't have been able to survive in the city with Xiao Dang."

"All this is based on the fact that Damao and his wife like Xiaodang."

"If you all come here and anger Damao and his wife, what do you think will be the outcome for me?"

"Not to mention what are the eldest and second brothers doing here? What are they eating?"

"You can't ask me, an apprentice, to support both of them, right? I don't have the obligation to do so!"

Qin Huairu spoke rapidly, and Qin Dashan was unable to get a word in.

"I'm just thinking about it, why do you have to--"

"Tell me, can you ask them to find a job for your elder brother in the city?" Qin Dashan came up with another plan when his first one failed.

Qin Huairu's face turned cold.

"Dad, you should be content with what you have."

"Besides, what kind of year is this? Do you think work is cheap?"

"The current salary for a workstation in the steel rolling mill is 600-800, and that in the speaker factory is 1000-1300. If you are willing to pay, I can help you with some connections, but you and your elder brother must not live here! No room for negotiation!"

Qin Dashan was shocked: "So many?"

"What do you think? Urban residents have a ration and can buy food at the grain station. The factory also provides benefits and the work position can be inherited."

"What era is this? You know the importance of workstations, don't you?"

"If you don't believe me, you can go to the pigeon market and ask the price yourself to see if I am lying to you."

Qin Dashan was anxious: "Then why did they give you a workstation?"

"It's all because of Xiaodang. She was infertile before, so she loved Xiaodang. I even wrote an IOU for this job, and I pay 10 yuan a month."

"But now he has been cured, and his wife is pregnant, so if you don't want to kill Xiaodang and me, you'd better not have any inappropriate thoughts."

Qin Huairu also made her words clear directly, in case Qin Dashan really brought his eldest brother and second brother's family, then she really didn't know what to do.

She really wrote the IOU, but she knew Xu Damao wouldn't want it, so she gave it to Lou Xiao'e.

The 10 yuan was not given because Lou Xiao'e refused to accept it, but Qin Huairu saved 10 yuan every month so that she could pay it back to Lou Xiao'e in one lump sum in the future.

Whether they accept it or not is one thing, but whether you give it or not is another. You have to let the first wife know your attitude.

Qin Huairu cherishes her current life very much, so she dare not make any mistakes.

Even if he is my biological father, he can’t have any ideas about this house!

Qin Dashan still wanted Qin Huairu to hand over her work station to her elder brother, but when he saw Qin Huairu glaring at him, he stopped talking.

There is absolutely no way she would give it.

The people arrived and had a lunch here. Widow Zhang gave some food to Qin Dashan and Qin Dahe, and the two of them pulled the cart back to their hometown.

Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru, Widow Zhang and Hu Zi began to collect the things. They had to go to the courtyard later to meet the mistress Lou Xiao'e.

As for the issue of Hu Zi and Qin Jingru going to school, let’s talk about it after Damao comes back.

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In the evening, Xu Damao and Liu Guangtian arrived at Mayu Village, which was even poorer than Qinjiatun. The banquet they received was beyond words.

After the village chief and the secretary left, Xu Damao took out a few steamed buns for Liu Guangtian to eat. These steamed buns were made with cornmeal that had been sifted several times. They tasted much better than those made with cornmeal. Of course, they were still not as good as the pure cornmeal steamed buns of later generations.

But Liu Guangtian showed off 4 of them!

When we left Qinjiatun, the village chief and the secretary gave us a bag of local specialties, which included some dried mushrooms, potatoes, corn cobs, sweet potatoes and so on. It was no longer possible to get the old hens we had before.

With the money and bills that he and Liu Guangtian had on them, plus some gifts given by each village when they left, they should have no problem getting through these seven days. Xu Damao couldn't keep taking food out of his bag to share with Liu Guangtian in front of him, so he could only let the child suffer.

As for Xu Damao himself?

You can find any corner to replenish food at any time, there is everything in the space.

I have to make a trip to Sijiu City alone in two days to restock supplies for Brother Lou Er.

Go at night, secretly and no one will know.

As usual, movies are shown in the evening. Now Liu Guangtian shows the movies alone, and Xu Damao sits on the side and watches. If there are any problems, he will come forward to help, and if there are no problems, he will be left alone.

The only thing that made Xu Damao nervous was that every village had mothers-in-law? Would this village also have its own situation?

There really is one!

But after seeing the real person, Xu Damao gave up.

She has remarried and her belly has grown big.

Moreover, I don’t know if it’s because his aesthetic taste is different from before or what, but Xu Damao always feels that this woman has a mean face and looks a bit like a slut, so he has no interest in her.

It's too late for others to distance themselves from him now. Seeing her like this, Xu Damao naturally won't get close to her. They should just pretend they don't know each other and just be well with each other.

Safety!

At night, Liu Guangtian snored loudly as usual. After he fell into a deep sleep, Xu Damao became busy again.