Siheyuan: the beginning to realize the freedom of cooking

Xu family.

Xu Damao heard a knock on the door.

"Who—?"

Going forward to take a look, I recognized that the person who came was Lou Xiao'e who I met yesterday when I was catching the thief.

"Why are you here?" Xu Damao was still a little surprised.

"My dad said that you helped us yesterday, and the clothes were all torn. This is a small thing, and it must be done." Lou Xiaoe said, and handed the bag in her hand to Xu Damao.

"Da Mao, who is it?" Xu Fugui walked from the house to the door, and saw Lou Xiao'e in bright clothes: "Girl, hurry up! Come in and talk, don't stand outside and talk."

After all, Xu Fugui reached out to take the bag from Lou Xiaoe's hand, and kindly invited Lou Xiaoe into the house.

Lou Xiao'e just came to give the gift of thanks according to Father Lou's wishes, and didn't intend to enter the house. Seeing that Xu Fugui had already taken the bag, she said, "Uncle, don't go in and disturb me. Comrade Xu Damao, thank you!"

After speaking, he turned and wanted to leave.

Seeing that Xu Damao was not moving, Xu Fugui kicked him.

Xu Damao came to his senses and quickly followed Lou Xiaoe: "I'll see you off."

When sending Lou Xiao'e out of the courtyard, when she walked to the middle courtyard, she was greeted by Shazhu who was going home.

Seeing that there is a beautiful girl beside Xu Damao, Sha Zhu couldn't help being a little envious.

"Xu Damao, you're dating!"

Lou Xiao'e blushed when she heard the words, and quickly denied: "No, I just came to deliver something."

Xu Damao glared at Shazhu: "I want you to care so much!"

"Ask what's wrong?!" Sha Zhu looked innocent.

While Sha Zhu was talking to Xu Damao, Xiao Dang crouched in front of Xu Damao, playing with the mud on the ground.

Xu Damao didn't pay attention, and when he raised his foot, he staggered and bumped into Xiaodang.

Xiao Dang sat down on the ground and began to cry.

Xu Damao glanced at Xiaodang, followed Lou Xiaoe, and walked around.

Silly Zhu looked at Xu Damao's back, and cursed: "Virtue! I hit the child, and I don't know how to help him."

After scolding, he stepped forward to pull Xiaodang who was crying from the ground, and patted the dust off her buttocks.

"Xiao Dang, don't cry, go home and play."

Lou Xiaoe looked back at Xiaodang and frowned.

She was secretly displeased, she didn't like Xu Damao's attitude towards Xiao Dang.

Knock down a child, can't you help it?
When Xu Damao sent Lou Xiao'e off, he was extra careful, and after sending Lou Xiao'e home, he came back by himself.

Seeing that his son had come back, Xu Fugui hurriedly pulled him to the table, pointing to the Western-style snacks that Lou Xiaoe took out from the bag.

"Da Mao, where did you know this girl? This is not a snack that ordinary people can have."

"Dad, someone robbed this girl's bag in the street yesterday, and I happened to be nearby, so I helped catch the thief. I feel that her house is not ordinary, and she took me back by car yesterday. This Sijiu city , there are not many people who have a car at home." Xu Damao also began to use his brain.

"Da Mao, do you know what this girl's last name is?" Xu Fugui asked.

"My surname is Lou, and my name is Lou Xiao'e." Xu Damao replied.

Xu Fugui patted the table: "Da Mao, your Red Star Factory was surnamed Lou before liberation. What you met yesterday was a big capitalist!"

Xu Damao nodded, agreeing: "I think her food, clothing, and use are not ordinary. It should be their home."

"Da Mao, this girl, you have to find a way to marry her into the family. Although after the liberation, the big capitalists who remained were all public-private joint ventures, but none of them has private wealth, which is accumulated by ordinary people for several lifetimes. No way."

"Dad, I know this. Finding someone like this is different from the three generations of poor peasants." Xu Damao said.

Xu Fugui nodded approvingly.

~
In Lin Aijun's room.

Sanmao ate three big bowls of dog food in a row, and lay there motionless after eating.

"Junzi, who is that old woman who said that I killed me today? Why does she look so annoying!"

"Her?! Mrs. Jia Zhang, one widow, her son died, and now she lives with the widowed daughter-in-law and three children." Lin Aijun said.

"That's quite pitiful!" Sanmao exclaimed.

"Poor? You think too much. Their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are not simple." Lin Aijun said.

"The old woman looks really annoying, but the daughter-in-law looks very gentle!" Sanmao said.

"That's just a superficial phenomenon. I can tell you that you should be especially careful with this family in this courtyard. They are the most likely to kill you and eat dog meat!" Lin Aijun warned.

Sanmao sneered: "Just them? How is it possible?"

"Hmph, just watch...they are not far away from becoming demons." Lin Aijun said with a sneer.

~
As night falls, the Jia family.

Qin Huairu glanced at the three children who were already asleep on the bed, her thoughts kept churning.

Jia Dongxu has been away for more than three months, and the one-month salary that the factory gave to him as compensation has been spent on organizing funerals and so on.

My own salary is more than 20 yuan, and there are three children and two women in the family, with a total of five mouths, which is indeed a bit too much.

"Mom, this month, your hands are really tight. Do you have any extra money?"

When Jia Zhang heard it, he felt like he was facing a formidable enemy.

"Huairu, as you know, I don't have any personal money, I just hid a little coffin book. I really can't get it out!"

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Jia Zhang wiped her tears with her hand, glanced at Qin Huairu, and continued: "My little coffin book is absolutely immovable. See if this works. From tomorrow onwards, I will be Eat two meals, save one meal, it is my subsidy for the family, okay?"

Qin Huairu sneered in her heart when she heard the words, Jia Zhang just refused to take out the money and said words that disgusted her.

"Mom, since you can't take it, forget it. You can't just save one meal from your mouth for a family of five. If you want to save it, you can only save it together."

"Huairu, we have to think of a long-term solution." Jia Zhang mentioned suddenly.

"Mom, what do you mean?" Qin Huairu asked.

"We have to find a way to find someone who can help us for a long time!" Jia Zhang said.

Qin Huairu heard the meaning of Jia Zhang's words, lowered her eyes and pondered: "Mom, let me think about it!"

Jia Zhang didn't speak, nodded and went to bed to sleep.

Qin Huairu began to calculate.

The second and third uncles in the courtyard have a large population, so it is absolutely impossible to support her family.

The old couple has no children, and the salary of the old man is also high. This possibility is possible.

Although Xu Fugui's family has better conditions, he is also a calculating person, which is difficult.

It is even more impossible for the brothers and sisters Lin Aijun to help their family.

Originally, it could be seen that Shazhu had such thoughts on himself, but since Dongxu's death, Shazhu seemed to be getting farther and farther away from their home.

Which cat doesn't steal fishy, ​​men in the world are all the same.

Think of a way to try it tomorrow...