Siheyuan: Stab at Louzi at the beginning

The two people only said they didn't want money, they didn't say they didn't want candy.

Xu Damao had no shortage of White Rabbit milk candy, and the two of them left with smiles on their faces.

"Hey, you two brats, you posted a copy for Director Xu, but you didn't even bother to post one for me. I'm not refusing to pay you..."

The more the second uncle talked, the faster the two children from the Yan family ran.

Helpless Liu Haizhong could only go to the front yard to get the couplets himself.

Of course, he would have to spend money.

There was also movement next door: "Jingru, go to the front yard and get a couplet from the third brother, and tell him that it's what I want."

"okay."

Qin Jingru acted in a hurry and ran to the front yard in a hurry.

The deaf old lady said she would take it, but it really was just a white-collar worker who didn't want to pay. Even if Yan Bugui wanted money, the deaf old lady wouldn't have to pay it, because Yi Zhonghai would definitely take the initiative to step forward.

The morning in the courtyard passed in the bustle of pasting couplets.

Even Ran Qiuye didn't come today to help at home.

After the few people had lunch, Xu Damao drove to the steel billet factory. On New Year’s Eve, he went to pick up his family to have a reunion dinner together.

The roads are icy and slippery this winter, so riding a bicycle is a bit dangerous. It is safer to drive on four wheels.

After bringing the people over, the backyard really became lively.

There was a constant stream of people coming to see Mr. Xu to reminisce about the past.

In the end, they could only follow the old rules and set up a table in the yard, prepare some peanuts, melon seeds and a thermos of hot water, and anyone who wanted to come could just bring a stool.

Xu Damao didn't go anywhere in the afternoon. He just sat next to Xu's father and nodded.

This may be the human touch of neighbors.

Fireworks in the world.

"Go to the countryside and mountains to join the labor front,"

"A thousand times of hard work will cultivate a talent of both civil and military affairs."

"The horizontal scroll reads 'Prosperity is rising day by day'. Old Xu, what do you think of the couplet I wrote for your family?"

"Good, very good, Old Yan, your couplet writing is getting better and better, and your calligraphy is getting better and better..."

"Uncle San, why are you still writing the same old thing to my family?"

"What are the old three?"

"Say goodbye to the old year and send off the days of suffering, celebrate the new year and welcome the happy time. This is the same as always. Uncle San has been writing for more than ten years and is still writing now."

"Director Xu, you can go and take a look at the couplets. Every household has them. In fact, there are only the three old pairs. There is no more than one pair. This year, you have prepared a couplet for your family to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. You must have thought about it for several months. Could it be that you thought about it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year and then came up with such a good couplet?"

"Hey, what are you talking about? How can you spend a year thinking about a couplet? What if you learned it from somewhere else?"

After a few teasing words, the third uncle was almost embarrassed. People in the courtyard had never made fun of him like this before because he was a teacher and after all, all the children in his family had to go to school.

This year... think about last year... think about Yan Jiecheng... he is already thirty years old, and the civilized and advanced courtyard house is gone. Those who are well-informed even know about the compensation. It is normal to tease him at this time. If there is no compensation, it would not be a verbal teasing.

"What do you mean by stealing? Can what scholars do be called stealing? I borrowed from others, and only borrowed part of it. But the horizontal scroll was my own idea, and I spent several days thinking about it."

There was a sudden cheerful atmosphere in the chat room.

"Director Xu, you don't know what kind of person Uncle San is. He always tries to save ink and brush when writing couplets. He never uses seven words when he can use five. If we don't agree with a four-word couplet, he will only write a four-word couplet."

"My favorite thing to write is something like 'Thousands of Families Happy in the Prosperous Times' or 'Hundreds of Families Happy in the New Year'. The horizontal banner reads: 'Celebrate the Holidays with Joy'. I put this up every year. I can recite it even though I don't know the characters."

Yan Bugui was really annoyed now: "Four-character couplets are also couplets. A good couplet is not about the number of characters, but about neatness and beauty, just like the five-character couplet 'Smoke locks the pond and willows'. Although it is only five characters, it is a good couplet..."

"Some people also say that I am trying to save words. I have never been vague about the couplet on the gate of our courtyard. Last year, I wrote 'Don't forget xxx's hard struggle and the victory of reform' and 'Thanks to the wise leadership of the good chairman, the people have risen up'. Counting on my fingers, there are thirteen words in total..."

"There is also the couplet for the courtyard gate written this year, 'Sighing for swallowing vegetable soup in the past, on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, my wife and children complained about hunger', 'Happy to eat steamed buns and meat today, on the first day of the new year, relatives and neighbors talk about turning over a new leaf', this is a couplet of 17 characters, the gate is the gate of all of us, I didn't charge a penny..."

After the third uncle finished speaking, there was a moment of silence.

If I had the glorious title of advanced courtyard house, I could really eat dumplings, which would be considered eating meat, but unfortunately I don’t have it.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai really stood up and said, "Mani, Mani, I won't tell you what our lives were like in the past. If anyone has not eaten a bite of meat this year, come and sign up with me now, and I will give him two taels of meat."

Two taels of meat was really a lot, and the meat coupons of the workers were reduced, so there was only so much left. Sometimes I could get two taels a month, sometimes two taels every two or three months.

These two taels of meat are given away for free without any meat coupons or money. It is just given away for free, which is already very generous.

Everyone looked at each other. How could a family be so poor if they hadn't eaten meat for a year? Although some families lived on cornmeal, they hadn't reached the point where they had to sell their meat coupons.

The Jia family was in a difficult situation, but after Jia Dongxu passed away, their lives became noticeably better, because the number of people in the family who ate free rice increased from four to one.

Yi Zhonghai sat down with satisfaction, and someone actually raised his hand.

"My family hasn't eaten meat for a year, uncle, do you think your words count?"

The person who was speaking was from Cao Dawang's family, who lived in the back house, and life there was indeed hard.

"Of course my words count. You can go to my house and get the two taels of meat later..."

Seeing that some people were getting ready to make a move, Yi Zhonghai changed the subject and said, "But you need to find someone to explain it, and you need everyone's vote, and everyone needs to agree."

Cao Dawang's family pushed their three children out.

They all looked pale and thin, and wore patched clothes.

"My eldest son has reached school age, but he has not been to school because he cannot afford the tuition..."

The poorer you are, the poorer you are.

Hoping that a great person will emerge in the next generation to change their destiny, or simply believing that having more children means more blessings.

Of course, the most important point is "strength in numbers, have more children, plant more trees, and have more children to build the motherland." The country also encourages having children. Mothers with five or ten children will be awarded the title of "glorious mother, heroic mother."

In this situation, some families who wanted to make a living have given up the idea.

This is poverty visible to the naked eye.

Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything about raising his hands to vote, but immediately said that he would go to the house with the aunt to get it.

I just bought two taels of meat this morning, and now I'm giving it away to give away.

Yi Zhonghai did a good job in this regard. Although he always suppressed others with morality and was a bit hypocritical, he did do a lot of good things for Siheyuan.

It’s no wonder that he is so prestigious in Siheyuan.