Soul of the Siheyuan: Zhuzi, I can still give birth

"Kid, are you okay?"

Seeing that someone had been hit, He Yuzhu hurriedly prepared to help the child up.

Before He Yuzhu could bend down, the child climbed up by himself.

"It's okay, it's cold so wear something warm. It won't hurt."

He Yuzhu felt pity for the three children when he saw that they all looked pale and thin.

"Why aren't you going to school? It's not time to go home yet!"

He Yuzhu was curious. The three children looked a bit alike, so they must be brothers.

The one who fell was the oldest, about eight or nine years old, not much older than Banggeng.

One looked about six or seven years old, and the other looked about five years old.

He was holding a sack in his hand, which was bulging with stuff.

"Brother, your hand is bleeding!"

The youngest child nearby was about to follow his brother, but he found that his brother's hand was bleeding.

He Yuzhu also noticed that the child's hands were covered in blood.

"Your hand is broken. Come on, I'll take you to the health station."

As he spoke, He Yuzhu picked up the child and ran to the health station.

There are usually residential areas next to factories, with many shops and residents, and of course health stations.

After entering the health station, we asked the doctor to clean the child's wound and apply mercurochrome, and that was all.

He Yuzhu saw that the child clenched his teeth in pain when the medicine was applied, but he did not utter a single cry from beginning to end.

If this was replaced with the Thief's Stick meme, there would have been a lot of wailing.

So He Yuzhu couldn't help but like this child a little.

"What's your name, kid?"

He Yuzhu asked softly.

The child smiled at He Yuzhu.

"My last name is Peng, they are all my brothers, my nickname is Damao, this is Ermao, this is Sanmao, and I have a little sister at home, her name is Xiuer!"

"We just arrived in the city and haven't found a school yet. My mom said she would find a school for us once we're settled."

After hearing what Damao said, He Yuzhu also felt emotional.

In this day and age, having four children means life is so difficult for a family!

"By the way, where are your parents? Don't they care about you and let you come out to pick up these things?"

He Yuzhu thought that these children’s parents must not love them, otherwise why would they let them come out to pick up trash.

"My father died a long time ago, and my mother raised the four of us alone. Today she went to the welding factory to learn."

This is what the youngest Sanmao said.

"My mom is amazing. She said she is a level 6 welder. Uncle, level 6 welder is amazing, isn't it?"

'Level 6 welder! Widow! Liang Ladi! ! '

Looking at these skinny and pale children, He Yuzhu recalled Liang Ladi's compromise this morning.

He understood why Liang Ladi compromised.

"Are you hungry? Uncle will take you to eat, okay?"

He Yuzhu touched the heads of several children. It was still lunch time, and several children were still picking up scraps outside. They must not have eaten yet.

"My mother will be home soon. Let's go home for dinner. Will uncle join us?"

Damao said timidly.

He Yuzhu shook his head, reached into his canvas bag, and took out a piece of pork weighing more than one pound from the alien space.

"Uncle won't go. He still needs to rent a house. Take this piece of meat back and let mom cook it for you. We'll see each other again someday."

He handed the pork to Damao, then said goodbye to his three children as he still had to rent a house.

"Thank you uncle!"

The three children bowed to He Yuzhu to express their gratitude, and He Yuzhu waved goodbye to them.

When Liang Ladi returned home, she saw that Xiu'er, who was only four years old, was home alone. She knew that the three of them must have gone out to pick up scraps again.

Liang Ladi would not allow people to go out and pick up scraps. She had her own dignity and she did not want others to see her. Although she was a widow, she could still support her children.

but…….

In fact, although she has the skills of a level 6 welder, she often takes leave because she has to work and take care of her children.

As a result, I can't stay in any place for long.

So this time, Liang Ladi came to the welding factory and heard that the factory would be expanded and converted into a machine repair factory in the future.

So she decided to work hard here and raise her four children.

but……!

Now I haven’t even started working officially, but one month’s salary has been deducted. How am I going to live from now on?

Thinking of this, Liang Ladi wanted to drink another glass of wine.

"Mom, my brother and his friends went out and said they would buy me something delicious when they come back. Mom, I'm hungry."

Xiu'er has two braids. When she talks, her head shakes and her braids swing as well. She is very cute.

Liang Ladi took out a lunch box from her bag, which was full of potatoes stewed in water.

Xiuer looked at the stewed potatoes and her face looked unhappy.

The bland stewed potatoes made her feel sour in her stomach every day.

But he still spoke sensibly.

"Mom, is this another dish from your factory? It must be delicious!"

Looking at her sensible daughter, Liang Ladi suddenly felt that she was not a qualified mother.

Liang Ladi hugged Xiu'er and then put her down.

"Just sit here and let mom cook. We'll have noodles for lunch."

She rented this house temporarily for five dollars a month, for one room only.

To cook or something like that, you have to move the coal stove outside.

If we stayed in the house, the whole family would be suffocated.

Just as the coal stove was lit, the three brothers Damao came back.

He was holding a large piece of pork in his hand.

"Mom, look what this is."

Damao shook the pork in his hand and said happily to his mother.

'Snapped'

Before Damao could finish feeling proud, he was slapped in the face by his mother.

"Da Mao, I've told you so many times that our family is poor, but we can't steal things. How dare you steal other people's pork?"

Such a big piece must weigh at least one kilogram.

Not only does it cost fifty cents, but you also need meat tickets.

So Liang Ladi concluded that the meat was stolen by Damao and his gang from other people's homes.

Thinking of this, Liang Ladi became extremely angry.

He picked up the broom, pulled Damao over and started beating him hard, cursing as he did so.

"I told you not to be a good student. I told you not to be a good student. You stole things by yourself and even brought your brother with you. I will beat you to death."

Damao was beaten so hard that his feet kept jumping and he kept explaining.

"Mom, stop hitting me, we didn't steal it, someone gave it to us!"

Liang Ladi would believe him then.

This is more than a pound of pork. Who would give it as a gift, especially to three little kids?

Ermao then hugged Liang Ladi's legs.

"Mom, please stop hitting my brother. It was really given to me by an uncle. The uncle accidentally knocked my brother over and he got hurt. The uncle took him to get some medicine and gave us this big piece of meat after that."

Although Sanmao was still young, when he saw his older brother being beaten, he still hugged his mother's legs.

"Mom, it's true. It was really given to me by an uncle. Originally, the uncle said that I invited us to dinner, but we didn't go, so the uncle gave me the meat."

When Liang Ladi saw the gauze wrapped around Damao's palm and the eye-catching red medicine, she believed that the children were not lying.

Liang Ladi threw down the broom, hugged Damao and said while crying.

"Da Mao, I'm sorry. Mommy has wronged you. Does it hurt?"

Damao rubbed his red buttocks and said while wiping his tears.

"Mom, it doesn't hurt, I don't feel any pain, just stew the meat for my brothers and sisters."

Damao held the piece of pork and said to Liang Ladi while crying.

Liang Ladi held the children and cried for a while. After she stopped crying, she picked up the meat, washed it, and cut the white radish and stewed it together.

He Yuzhu finally found a nice courtyard.

Except for the quilts and bowls and chopsticks, everything else in the yard, such as tables, stools, beds, etc., was there.

It is also an independent courtyard with a small pergola.

He Yuzhu fell in love with this courtyard at first sight.

The rent is just a little expensive, fifteen dollars a month.

For an ordinary family, this rent is absolutely outrageously high.

But to He Yuzhu, this is nothing.

I paid one month's rent readily.

As for quilts, mattresses, pots, pans, and other things, He Yuzhu brought them with him in the alien space and used them directly.

I looked at the time. It was already past four o'clock. If I waited a little longer, Ran Qiuye would be off work.

"Let's go, pick up my wife from get off work."

He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle out of the newly rented courtyard and went to Hongxing Primary School.

Hongxing Primary School also has a welding plant next to the steel rolling mill. No, it will soon be a machine repair plant because the factory is being expanded.

The two abandoned workshops next to it can be put into operation as soon as they are picked up. Hongxing Primary School is between the two factory areas.

Therefore, children from the steel rolling mill and the machine repair factory all go to school in Hongxing Primary School.

After picking up Ran Qiuye, the two returned to the newly rented courtyard together.

Ran Qiuye also fell in love with this courtyard at first sight.

"Zhu Zi, this courtyard has several rooms. I really like it. It would be great if it could be our home."

Ran Qiuye was in the yard, touching this, looking at that, and said happily to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu picked up a few red bricks from the corner of the wall.

In the yard, a long stove was built, and it looked like they were going to have a barbecue.

"There are three rooms, a master bedroom, a side bedroom, and a utility room. If you tidy it up, it can be used as a room. Why are you asking this?"

He Yuzhu brought out a basin from the house, in the basin were various skewers strung on bamboo sticks.

Sure enough, this is going to be a barbecue.

"It would be great if this was our own yard, so we wouldn't have to live next to those beasts."

Ran Qiuye helped put the dishes away, and He Yuzhu took out charcoal and kerosene and started to light the charcoal.

"Why, you don't want to live in a courtyard?"

He Yuzhu said with a smile.

Ran Qiuye thought about it and shook his head.

"Well, actually, that courtyard is quite interesting, but I'm afraid we'll have children in the future. I'm afraid of children..."

After hearing this, He Yuzhu also felt that this was a big problem.

But in this era, houses were not bought and sold casually. To be clear, except for those houses bought with money before liberation, the rest were state property.

Ran Qiuye's words really made He Yuzhu feel troubled.

You definitely can’t buy a house now.

He was not qualified enough to get a house, so he had to work hard to climb up.

Or you can just hide away and rent a house outside.

However, renting a house is not a long-term solution. After all, there are still more than ten or twenty years before the reform and opening up.

So, we cannot leave the courtyard, but we have to keep a distance from those beasts.

"Oh my, my head hurts so much, what should I do?!"