The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

After Darong and Zhong Yunxing had a simple meal, they sat in the east room watching TV. With the warm kang and the cozy fire, the newlywed couple finally enjoyed two days of peace and tranquility alone.

Just thinking about her parents-in-law coming back tomorrow, Darong still couldn't calm down.

"I'm still worried that my mother won't agree to move. Can we really move?"

Darong had no interest in watching TV. She leaned her head on Zhong Yunxing's shoulder and spoke softly.

"Since I promised you, I will definitely find a way to do it. Don't think too much about it."

Zhong Yunxing reached out and touched Darong's forehead twice. Although he was worried in his heart, she was his mother after all, so he was still better than Darong.

"Brother, are you home?"

Zhong Yunxing had just calmed Darong down when the voice of his brother Zhong Yunjiu was heard from the yard.

"Here I am, Lao Jiu!"

After Zhong Yunxing came out of the east room, he opened the door and saw Lao Jiu walking towards him from the courtyard gate with a frown and difficulty.

Lao Jiu is the ninth among his brothers. His father and Zhong Yunxing's father are brothers from the same mother.

When Lao Jiu was a child, he had a severe high fever and one of his legs suddenly became lame.

Although he was later treated at the town hospital, they did not find any cure. His right leg has been disabled ever since. Although he can still walk, he can only limp slowly.

"Brother, I don't know what happened to my dad. After he came back home at night, he lay on the kang and couldn't get up..."

Lao Jiu habitually lowered his head and looked at the ground when he spoke. At that time, it was a big deal for a boy in the countryside to have a disability. Not being able to work in the fields meant that he could not support his family, so Lao Jiu had been extremely inferior since he was a child.

"Okay, I'll go over and take a look."

Zhong Yunxing turned around and went back to the house to get some clothes. After giving instructions to Darong, he followed Lao Jiu out the door.

Zhong Yunxing didn't come back for a whole night. Darong fell asleep while waiting for him at home. When she opened her eyes again, it was already 4 o'clock in the morning.

After getting up, Darong put on her clothes and planned to visit her seventh uncle's house.

As Darong just walked to the gate of the yard, she saw a person wrapped up like a silkworm cocoon. It was still dark outside, and the light from the yard shone on her. Darong was so scared that she screamed "Ah".

The silkworm pupa man was also frightened by Darong's scream and slid directly from the bench to the ground.

"Sister-in-law, I'm Lao Jiu."

Darong covered her stomach, and after seeing clearly that it was really Lao Jiu, she was so angry that tears came out. This was only because she had been married for a short time. If she was familiar with Lao Jiu, she would have been kicked.

"Why are you here?" After Darong calmed herself down, she rubbed her stomach and asked Lao Jiu.

"My brother asked me to come back and give you a message. He is in the hospital with my father. Please don't worry." Lao Jiu wrapped himself in the quilt, still with his head down, and spoke in a low voice.

"What time did you come? Have you been sitting here all the time?" Darong looked at Lao Jiu's quilt covered with frost. This kid might have sat here all night!

"I left the hospital around 2 a.m., and I don't know what time I got home."

Lao Jiu basically answered one question at a time. He was not stupid and knew to go back to his home and get his bed and quilt before coming to work the 'night shift'.

After knowing where Zhong Yunxing was, Darong was no longer worried. She sent Lao Jiu home to sleep and packed up to go to work.

After Darong found a new way to resist yesterday, she suddenly became more determined to report to work. She had originally planned to work for three days and rest for two days, but now she arrived at the designated position as soon as she was given a shot of chicken blood.

As expected, Darong successfully spun another ingot of unfinished yarn today. When she handed in the work, the people in the warehouse were not surprised.

There were very few cultural and entertainment activities in that era, and Darong's deeds were enough to provide a topic of conversation after dinner in a factory.

"Rongzi, you are paying one ingot at a time, how many days do you plan to do this?"

The older sister who was waiting in line to hand in her work joked happily with Darong.

"Finish that half basket of rotten yarn." Darong responded softly.

According to Darong's method, she probably won't be able to finish the remaining half basket by the end of the month, so this kill she made this month will be in vain.

"Oh my, little aunt, you'll have to work until next month."

After hearing what Darong said, the elder sister still had a smile on her face, but she was cursing in her heart.

Because in fact, what Darong did was not just to evaluate Director Lu himself, but would also affect the ranking of the entire team. Without ranking, there would be no team bonus, and then everyone's bonus pool would be affected.

Darong smiled and didn't answer, she just queued up, handed in her work, and went off work.

When playing Landlord, the transition between enemy and comrade is just a matter of winning or losing a card, and the only element of an alliance is common interests!

The reason why Darong had another conflict with Director Lu was entirely because Ding Meiru refused to acknowledge that Darong had helped her out of kindness before.

But this happened in the workshop, how could no one have seen it?

Darong had also explained this very clearly when she was in confrontation with Director Lu and Ding Meiru.

Although no one spoke up at the time, when the matter escalated to affect the bonuses of the entire class, the drama of fairness and justice would naturally begin.

After get off work, Darong went straight to the town hospital. After asking around, she found out that Uncle Qi was bedridden because he was suffering from an acute attack of diabetes.

She met Zhong Yunxing and Aunt Qi who were accompanying her in the inpatient department.

"Do you have money in your pocket?" Zhong Yunxing pulled Darong out of the ward and asked in a low voice.

"Yes, I just received my salary yesterday. I forgot to put it at home, and it's still in my schoolbag." Darong patted the small schoolbag she carried with her.

"Can you give Uncle Qi the hospital fees first? The money Aunt Qi brought is not enough. His family is really poor, and this illness is a bit urgent..."

"Where do I pay? Give me the order."

Before Zhong Yunxing could finish his words, Darong interrupted him. Darong grew up with her parents. In her mind, the meaning of relatives is to help in times of crisis.

"But... I'm afraid it can't even reach ours..." Zhong Yunxing continued hesitantly.

Darong pursed her lips. She knew that the eldest child in Aunt Qi's family was disabled and the second child was still young, and the old couple had no source of income from farming.

Although the forty dollars was their monthly expenses, she ran straight to the payment window without hesitation.