Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

When Jia Zhang saw Banggeng coming back empty-handed, she hurriedly asked, "Banggeng, didn't Xu Damao cook?"

Bang Geng curled his lips and said, "What dishes are we going to make? Xu Damao is not at home. Only my mom and Xiao Dang are at home eating steamed buns. Where can we get the dishes?"

After hearing this, Jia Zhang was furious and scolded: "Xu Damao, you miser, why didn't you prepare delicious food at home during the New Year? Where did you go?"

Bang Geng said impatiently: "Grandma, stop talking and go cook dumplings for me. I'm hungry."

As Jia Zhang got up and prepared to cook dumplings, she continued to mutter, "Your mother is the same. She didn't even bother to bring us some food during the New Year. She has no ambition at all."

"Bang Geng, now you know how good grandma is, right? Your mom is also unreliable, and grandma loves you the most. I made dumplings for you."

"I know, grandma. You're the best to me. When I grow up, I will definitely be filial to you. You've said it eight hundred times. Aren't you tired of it?"

When Jia Zhang saw that Banggeng was unhappy, she hurried to the kitchen to cook dumplings.

These dumplings were made from the flour she had Banggeng secretly take from Xu Damao's house. Today, she took them all out and made some dumplings stuffed with cabbage.

Otherwise, she and Banggeng would only be able to eat steamed bread tonight.

In the backyard, Yi Zhonghai, an old lady, and a deaf old lady were sitting around the table.

There was only a plate of stir-fried cabbage, a plate of stir-fried shredded potatoes, a serving of cold-mixed radish and a dish of peanuts on the table.

Yi Zhonghai poured himself a glass of wine with his left hand, picked it up and drank it.

During this period, Yi Zhonghai kept training his left hand and now he can solve some basic problems.

Things like eating and going to the toilet can be done by my left hand alone.

The deaf old lady looked at the dishes in front of her and sighed deeply. When had she ever lived such a hard life? She was really blind to offend He Daqing, the scourge.

Yi Zhonghai heard the sigh of the deaf old lady and said, "Old lady, just make do with this this year. Next year, I will make a big table of delicious food for you. Let you eat your fill!"

What has the deaf old lady not experienced? She just smiled and said to Yi Zhonghai's big words, "It's okay. Everyone is having difficulties this year, not just our family. Compared to those places where people are starving to death, our family is much better off."

After saying that, he picked up a shredded potato, put it in his mouth and started eating it.

The old lady looked at it and lowered her head to eat.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the deserted scene and thought about last year. Shazhu's brother and sister, Jia Dongxu's family of five, and the couple and the deaf old lady.

So many people were surrounding him, it was such a lively and warm scene. Now there were only three of them left, half buried in the soil.

This made him hate He Daqing even more.

Because Chen Xueru was pregnant, He Daqing's family's New Year's Eve dinner ended early.

Originally, He Daqing wanted Chen Xueru to stay up all night to celebrate the New Year, but he asked her to go back and rest early while he stayed there alone.

At twelve o'clock, firecrackers were heard everywhere outside. He Daqing also took out the firecrackers prepared at home.

He deliberately found a place far away from the bedroom to light it.

There was a crackling sound.

He Daqing looked at the dark sky.

I have been traveling here for three or four months. I have my own wife here and will soon have my own child.

Now I have completely integrated into this world, far away from the precarious life in the apocalypse.

No matter what brought him here, he still wanted to be grateful for it.

Shaking his head, He Daqing returned home, quietly got into bed, hugged his wife, and fell asleep.

The next day, Sha Zhu and I got up early and cooked dumplings.

When He Daqing and Chen Xueru got up, the dumplings were already cooked.

After dinner, He Daqing took Chen Xueru to the hospital for a check-up.

Sha Zhu, Yu Li and Yu Shui were resting at home.

Anyway, there is nothing to do on the first day of the New Year, so everyone starts visiting relatives and friends on the second day.

After He Daqing and Chen Xueru left for a while, Liu Haizhong sent Liu Guangtian to call people to a meeting.

After a while, after breakfast, everyone gathered in the backyard.

Every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the three uncles would organize a meeting for everyone to celebrate the New Year and give everyone a lesson on the concepts of respecting the elderly and loving the young, and unity and mutual assistance.

But in previous years, Yi Zhonghai was the one showing off his power, and Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui could only listen.

But this year, Yi Zhonghai became disabled and is still a toilet director.

Liu Haizhong felt that this year was his turn as a level 7 worker to show off his power.

So he was very proactive and sent his son to inform everyone early on.

In the backyard, Yi Zhonghai sat in the middle of the table with his right hand in a sling and bandaged.

Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong sat on both sides of him.

Across the street were the neighbors living in the courtyard, who were lowering their heads and whispering to each other.

Liu Haizhong coughed twice and saw that everyone was still talking about this in private.

He slammed the table angrily and shouted, "Everyone be quiet! Now we start the meeting. Who hasn't come yet?"

Everyone looked around and no one spoke.

Suddenly someone shouted, "He Daqing and his wife didn't come!"

Sha Zhu and Yu Li were eating melon seeds in the corner. When they heard someone looking for trouble with their father, they immediately looked in the direction of the voice.

Just buy a corner. I looked for a long time, but I didn't see who shouted.

Liu Haizhong looked around and really didn't see He Daqing and his wife.

So he looked in the direction of Shazhu.

"Silly Zhu, where are your father and the others? Why didn't they come?"

Sha Zhu ignored Liu Haizhong and said, "My dad is out for something. Just tell me what you want to say. I can still make the decision on these small matters in my house."

After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai slapped the table and said, "He Daqing really doesn't take us neighbors seriously, does he? He couldn't come to the meeting because of something. Who among us doesn't have something to worry about? Can you see that we are all absent?"

"This is disorganization and lack of discipline. Everyone should criticize him."

He Yuzhu said unscrupulously, "Why? What crime does the uncle want to charge my father with? Should we report him to the public security bureau or the street office to deal with him?"

"My dad goes wherever he wants. What's it to you?"

Seeing that the scene was about to start another quarrel, Yan Bugui hurriedly stood up and said, "Okay, okay. I guess Daqing just came back and doesn't know the rules. We will explain it to him when he comes back. Let's start the meeting now."

Yan Bugui's words made Yi Zhonghai look at Sha Zhu with hatred, and he sat down angrily without saying anything.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything, Liu Haizhong stood up and said, "Okay, since He Daqing has something to do, let's continue the meeting."

"As in previous years, the three of us will wish everyone a happy new year. I wish you all the best in the new year!"

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai had no intention of standing up to speak, Yan Bugui stood up and said, "I wish you all a new year with a new look and further progress."

After Yan Bugui finished speaking, everyone looked at Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai stood up and said with a sullen face: "I also wish you all good health. Let's go and pay New Year's greetings to the old lady. She is very old and is the ancestor of our courtyard."

"As the saying goes, an old person in the family is like a treasure. She has made contributions to the country. We should be grateful and respect the elderly."

"Everyone will go in and kowtow to the old lady to make her happy. This is what we, the younger generation, should do."

"In the future, everyone who talks about our courtyard will give us a thumbs up and say that the people in our courtyard are well-educated. This year, our courtyard will be an excellent courtyard."

Yi Zhonghai said a lot, and everyone looked at each other. No one took the lead to pay New Year's greetings to the deaf old lady.

After all, no one wants to have such an unclear ancestor above him.

In previous years, after Yi Zhonghai said this, Sha Zhu would take the lead in kowtow to the deaf old lady and wish her a happy new year.

Later, in order to show his filial piety, Jia Dongxu would follow Sha Zhu to pay New Year's greetings to the deaf old lady.

With these two people taking the lead, those behind them have no choice but to go.

But today, after Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, no one took the lead at the scene.

Yi Zhonghai was getting anxious. Seeing the indifferent people below, he shouted, "What's the matter? Go quickly! The old lady has been waiting for you all since early morning."

In response to Yi Zhonghai's shouting, none of the neighbors were willing to be the first to speak out.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the people in the yard. He was very angry. These people are ungrateful. Have they forgotten what he taught them all these years?

He shouted to Shazhu, "Shazhu! You go first. The old lady always talks about you the most. You should go see the old lady early."

Sha Zhu stood there without moving, looking at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Yi Zhonghai, are you teaching me how to do things? Who do you think you are? Our family has long severed ties with you. Do you still want to continue to order me around? Are you daydreaming?"

Sha Zhu's words not only made Yi Zhonghai so angry that he vomited blood, but also made many neighbors turn their heads to look at him.

Seeing so many people looking at him, Sha Zhu said even more complacently, "Yi Zhonghai, you are now the director of a toilet, and you still want to continue to show off in our compound, what do you want?"

"I'm too embarrassed to tell others that you are from our compound. If others knew that a man in our compound is the director of a toilet, how embarrassing would that be?"

Yi Zhonghai was so angry that he pointed at Sha Zhu and cursed: "Sha Zhu, is this how you talk to an old man? Do you have any manners? After all, I am a generation older than you. Don't you have any manners to respect the elderly and love the young?"

Sha Zhu curled his lips and said, "Yi Zhonghai, if society wasn't better now, I would have killed you, the old beast. You're talking to me about character? Why don't you tell me how you treated me and Yu Shui? Get out of here!"

Yi Zhonghai cursed directly: "I didn't expect you to become like this now, Shazhu. You are really a bastard who has no one to take care of you!"

When Sha Zhu heard this, he got so angry that his eyes turned red.

He was about to push away Yu Li's arm and rush forward to hit Yi Zhonghai.

Suddenly there was a loud noise.

"Yi old dog! You are looking for death!"