The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

When the third brother heard that Xizi was sick, he quickly crawled out of bed. He was the one who picked up Xizi, so naturally he felt the most sorry for Xizi.

"Mom, do you have any medicine?" The third brother touched Xizi and he could clearly feel that Xizi was different.

"Yes, yes, can you eat it?" Darong's mother said as she turned around and went to find medicine.

"Let me try feeding it." The third brother frowned and kept stroking Xizi's body.

There were no pet hospitals in those days. Although Nanjiao was not big, it was still a town. There were usually no livestock in the town, so there were basically no veterinarians.

Darong's mother found two Pisces painkiller tablets from the cupboard. The medicine is usually used to reduce fever and relieve pain. If anyone in the family is sick and has a fever, one tablet can help with the symptoms.

"If a human takes one pill, how much should the dog take?" The third brother started to murmur as he looked at the painkiller in his hand.

"Give him half a tablet first and see if it works."

Darong looked at the hesitant look on Lao San's face, broke a white tablet into two pieces, and handed one of the pieces to Lao San.

The third brother put the medicine in Xizi's mouth. Maybe it was too bitter, so Xizi retched and spat out the pill.

"Xizi, you have to take this medicine. If you don't take the medicine when you are sick, you will die. If you die, you will never see us again."

When the third brother saw Xizi spit out the medicine, he anxiously lifted Xizi's head, looked into Xizi's eyes and spoke to it very seriously.

Xizi seemed to really understand what people were saying. He lowered his head and started licking the half-eaten pill on the ground.

That day, the third son insisted on sleeping with Xizi in his arms. Darong's mother couldn't persuade her third son, so she finally let him carry Xizi to the kang.

After a night's rest, Xizi seemed to have recovered well the next morning. Although he was not as energetic as before, he could eat something.

"This medicine seems to work. I'll give it some more." The third brother finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Xizi recovering well.

"Come here, Xizi, these are pills, you are not allowed to bite my hand!" The third brother said to Xizi who was squatting beside him, holding half a pill in his hand.

In fact, the third child is still just a child. No matter how bad his temper is, it can't cover up his childish nature. Now he is playing with Xizi again.

Xizi tilted his head and carefully picked up half of the pill with his teeth, without hurting the third brother's hand at all.

The third brother felt a great sense of accomplishment when he saw how good his dog was.

"Don't let Xizi pick me up tonight. Let it take good care of itself. Sibei'er, don't go out and do something crazy at night. Pick me up and take that road. Don't take shortcuts."

Darong gave instructions as she looked at Sibeier who was carrying his schoolbag and preparing to go to school.

"Okay, got it." Sibei'er has been an easy-going person since he was young. In the words of Darong's mother, the tempers of her two sons have been inherited from one person.

But she probably just didn't know how the fourth generation ruled the school, and his good temper was only limited to his family.

As soon as he walked out of the alley, Sibei saw Xiao Ling jogging, and she was chasing after him, panting.

"I knew you wouldn't wait for me again." Xiao Ling pouted and said to Sibei'er in a complaining manner.

Xiao Ling is actually a very pretty girl. She is tall and has a good figure. Although her eyes are not big, her facial features together reveal a delicate beauty.

"How would I know whether you would come today?" Sibei continued walking without raising his head or opening his eyes.

"When have I not been here? Go ahead and say something heartless like that." Xiao Ling's face turned red from running. She came out late today. If she hadn't run all the way here, she would definitely not be able to go to school with Sibeier.

People are really strange. Those who are loved are always unscrupulous, while those who love are cautious. Xiao Ling didn't know what she was obsessed with for four generations, but she was controlled by them.

"Here, if I hadn't been waiting for these fried cakes, I wouldn't have been late." Although Xiao Ling was sulking in her heart, she still tried to please him with her words.

"Wow, what a great offer? And three fried cakes!" Sibei looked at the fried cakes in Xiao Ling's hand, staring with a greedy look on his face.

Although conditions were difficult in those days, Xiao Ling's family had few children and she was the only and youngest daughter. Her brothers were not as favored as she was, so she would bring delicious food for her four generations as breakfast every day.

"My dad is in a good mood today. He queued up early in the morning to buy fried cakes for us. My brothers and I each got one." Xiao Ling felt proud when she saw Sibei'er's surprised look.

"One for each person?" Sibei looked at the three fried cakes in the paper bag with a puzzled look on his face.

"My dad put down the fried cakes and left. I locked my two brothers in the house, and I got all three out."

It has to be said that Xiao Ling was really good to Sibei. At that time, he might not be able to eat fried cakes once a month, but she snatched all the ones from her two brothers and gave them to Sibei.

But the flowers are so heartless, what if they give only one of the three fried cakes to Xiao Ling?

"Burp... This fried cake is too oily. It's so greasy." Sibei wiped the oil stains from the corner of his mouth with his backhand and strode towards the school.

Xiao Ling behind him was not angry at all. She happily followed Sibei'er's footsteps all the way, just to walk side by side with him when entering the school gate, and then hear the group of boys ask, "Sibei, this is your girlfriend!"

In that era, love between young people could really be that simple.

"Third sister-in-law, it's time to get off work!" Second sister-in-law Li walked towards Darong's mother happily.

"Ah, it's time to get off work. Are you going out, second sister-in-law?" Darong's mother also greeted Li's second sister-in-law happily.

The two families lived in the front and back yards. This area was full of dormitories for the South Suburb Construction Team. There were nine bungalows in the courtyard, one for each family. Opposite was the kitchen, and there were three rows in total.

Because Darong's father is the team leader and has many children in his family, he lives in a house with a small half-room. This house happens to be the first house in the middle row. Darong's father simply built half of the courtyard wall and made it a separate small garden.

Although this courtyard is not very spacious, it was a good house that everyone envied at that time.

The wife of Mr. Li has three children, and the whole family can only squeeze into a small bungalow of about ten square meters.

Li Laoer's family is famous in the alley because of the great earthquake in 76. Yutian was too close to the epicenter and the shaking was very strong.

When the earthquake occurred, everyone rushed out with their families and children, but this second brother Li picked up the thermos from home and rushed out a long distance.

All three children were carried out by Li Ersao alone, one at a time. After the reconstruction of the alley, this incident became a long-lasting joke in the alley.

"I'm not going out. I'm just waiting for you here." Mrs. Li Er didn't beat around the bush and directly stated the purpose of her visit.

"Is our Darong still single? I have a suitable guy here, and I am planning to give him to Darong."

"Oh, that's great, but Darong is only 18 after the Chinese New Year and is not old enough to get married. If this is successful, can she wait so long?"

Darong's mother actually didn't want to accept the offer, but she couldn't openly reject the other person's face.

"Yes, I'm not good at beating around the bush. I'll just say it straight. The guy has a crush on our eldest daughter, and he specifically asked someone to introduce me to him as a matchmaker."