I am in the courtyard, animals are just vegetables!

"Dongfang is back. Do you want to have chicken stewed with mushrooms for dinner? I could smell you stewing chicken in the yard." Cao's mother said after she came back.

"Brother, you're back from hunting. The dishes you prepared yesterday were delicious. Mom and I have finished them all." Cao Jiajia said happily when she saw her brother coming back.

"Mom, I'm off work. Tonight we're going to have a big chicken stewed with mushrooms. The chicken weighs three and a half pounds.

There are also boiled shrimps and steamed sea bass, cold cucumber salad, and steamed buns for the main course. The meal will be served in ten minutes. "Cao Dongfang said.

"Okay, Jiajia and I will wash our hands and prepare to eat." said Cao's mother.

"Brother, there is so much chicken. It must be delicious." Cao Jiajia said, staring at a large bowl of chicken stewed with mushrooms.

You, Cao Jiajia, must be delicious if you have a lot of meat!

"It's a lot. We can't finish it. Let's send some to your Grandma Wang and Sister Chen." said Cao's mother.

Cao Dongfang did not object. He used a lunch box to take 1/4 of the meal for his family, and ate the remaining half himself. He then took Cao Jiajia with him to deliver the food to the two families.

"Chicken stewed with mushrooms tastes better than braised pork. Braised pork is too oily. With chicken stewed with mushrooms, you can drink the soup and it is lighter." said Cao's mother.

"The braised pork is too greasy. It's better to stew chicken with mushrooms. Let's make it more often in the future." Cao Dongfang said.

"Mom, brother, braised pork is also delicious. My sister Yushui and I both like it." Cao Jiajia said quickly when she heard that braised pork was rejected by Cao's mother and Cao Dongfang.

"It is not good for children to eat too much braised pork. Greasy food is difficult to digest. It is better for them to eat more fish and shrimp. They can eat braised pork when they grow up." Cao Dongfang said.

"Well, fish and shrimp are delicious." said Cao Jiajia.

"Jia Jia thinks everything is delicious. Eating more vegetables will help her grow taller." Cao's mother said with a smile.

"Okay, Mom, I will eat the vegetables. I want to grow up and be taller than you." said Cao Jiajia.

"It's been a year, and you're still thinking about braised pork. Your food can be among the top 100 in the city. Little Cao Jiajia, you are a greedy pig who only cares about eating every day." Cao Dongfang said with a smile.

"Hmph, I'm not going to pay attention to you. I'm going to eat the food."

.......

The next morning, someone shouted at the gate of the courtyard, "Cao Dongfang, who is Cao Dongfang? There is a letter."

It was the messenger brother, a young man who was about thirty years old.

"I am Cao Dongfang." Cao Dongfang said after coming out of his house.

"You are Cao Dongfang. There is a letter for you. Please sign for it." said the delivery boy.

“Okay.” Cao Dongfang signed the letter and received it. “Thank you, comrade.”

I opened the letter and saw that it was an admission letter from the Automobile School. It’s already mid-August and school is almost over. I think Ma Kangri and the others must have received their admission letters as well. Let’s get together the day after tomorrow.

It’s enough to get together three times in less than two months of vacation. We need to maintain the relationship. Having more friends will open up more paths in the future.

"Dongfang has been admitted to an automobile school, which is close to home and a technical secondary school. He will be a cadre after graduation," said the third uncle Yan Bugui.

"Uncle Xie, you go to technical secondary school to be closer to home. Going to high school or college will take a long time and be far away from home," said Cao Dongfang.

"You are a family man, so it's good for you to go to technical secondary school. You are a cadre. I don't know if you can get into university if you go to high school. If you can't get into university, it's better to go to technical secondary school.

You, with your academic performance, really should go to university." Third uncle Yan Bugui said with regret.

"Technical secondary school is good." Cao Dongfang smiled.

"You went hunting the day before yesterday, and Yi Zhonghai got into trouble again that night. He was stripped naked and knocked unconscious in the women's restroom. The murderer even left a note.

Saying that Yi Zhonghai is a "little earthworm" who peeks at women using the toilet. "Yan Bugui's eyes flashed with a light that all men understand.

Damn! Yan Bugui, so you are this kind of Yan Bugui!

"What happened next? Didn't the street office and the industrial safety department intervene?"

"This is a big deal. Gong'an and Director Wu are here. They are almost mad at what happened in our compound." Yan Bugui said, "At most, there is no evidence to accuse Yi Zhonghai of being a hooligan, but he will be fined to sweep the yard for half a year."

"Hahahaha, one sends people off in the middle yard, one cleans the yard, and one cleans the toilet in the back yard. That's good. It gives them a lot of things to do." Cao Dongfang laughed.

"Dongfang, after Liu Haizhong was dismissed as the second uncle, he broke Liu Guangtian's left arm at home. He just came back last night. Liu Haizhong was too cruel, even though he was his own son." Yan Bugui said.

"Biological son, there is only one Liu Guangqi in Liu Haizhong, Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu were picked up from the garbage dump.

"I'm ruthless in fighting, and Liu Haizhong will be old in twenty years...haha!" Cao Dongfang sneered.

"Hiss...it's really possible."

"Let's watch the fun! Goodbye, Third Uncle. I'm going back.

......

"Hello, Brother Dongfang, I'm back." He Yushui and Sha Zhu came back in the afternoon.

"Hello, brother Dongfang!"

"Brother Zhuzi, Yu Shui is back. It seems that he has met Uncle He. I think Uncle He is doing well in Baocheng." Cao Dongfang said.

"My father lives well in Baocheng. He works in a big restaurant in Baocheng and earns 50 yuan a month, which includes two meals.

You can also take home two dishes, one meat and one vegetable, and take on some private jobs. "He Yushui answered quickly.

"As long as Uncle He has a good life, it's good enough. You just need to live your own life well and don't think too much about other things." Cao Dongfang said.

"That woman climbed into my dad's bed when he was drunk. She also knew that my dad worked as a cook for people in a steel rolling mill before liberation, and that my family was not a poor peasant family," said Sha Zhu.

"Tsk tsk, it's not the widow who knows. The widow is a city guard and knows too much. Someone said that Uncle He drank too much with someone." Cao Dongfang said disdainfully.

"Yi Zhonghai! Damn! It's this bastard." Shazhu is not stupid.

"Drinking with Yi Zhonghai? Yi Zhonghai is not a good person. Just look at the fact that his 'little earthworm' has never had a child. He is also a pervert. Let's put this aside for now and wait for an opportunity in the future.

Jia Zhang will be sent back to the countryside tomorrow for a year at most, Yi Zhonghai, the middle courtyard master, will be dismissed and will have to clean the courtyard for half a year, and Liu Haizhong, the back courtyard master, will be dismissed... "Cao Dongfang told what happened in the courtyard these days.

"Damn! The compound is so lively. I come back less often than a week, so I can't see the excitement. Liu Haizhong and Jia Zhangshi are really good at having fun!" Sha Zhu said regretfully.

"Silly brother, what do you want to do? Why do you get involved? You're just causing trouble." He Yushui said when he saw Sha Zhu's look.

"I won't get involved. I'll go to work and earn money and ignore them." Sha Zhu said, scratching his head.

"You just got off the train. Have you eaten? Are there any leftovers at home?" Cao Dongfang asked.

"Not yet, I had it this morning." Sha Zhu said bluntly.

"Please sit down for a while while I heat up the food."

After a while, the food was served.

"Brother Dongfang, your food is delicious, big meat buns, chicken stewed with mushrooms, and fish.

Yu Shui said the food at your house was good, but she didn’t tell me what it was, so I still didn’t believe it. “Sha Zhu said enviously.

"Silly brother, don't tell anyone when you go out. There are a lot of people in the backyard, and they are bad people." He Yushui said.

"clear!"

......

"Ma Hua, where are you going to work? Kangri and I are in high school, and Dongfang is in technical secondary school." In a small shop, Cao Dongfang, Ma Kangri, Lu Fang and Ma Hua were talking while drinking.

"I can still go there. I don't want to be a worker. My father wants me to go to the supply and marketing cooperative so that I won't starve to death if the economy is bad in the future." Ma Hua said indifferently.

"The national economy has been bad in the past two years. It's a good idea to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. I'll come to you when I buy things in the future." Ma Kangri said with a smile.

"It's good to go to the supply and marketing cooperative. My mother also works in a supply and marketing cooperative. The work is easier in some places. The national economic situation is really not optimistic." Cao Dongfang said.

"I don't care. I have no objection to going to the supply and marketing cooperative as long as you don't have to work as a labor security guard." said the fat boy Ma Hua.

"It's enough to have a job. I and Kangri probably can't go to college. It's a pity for Dongfang. The top student in the senior high school entrance examination in the old city goes to a technical secondary school." Lu Fang said.

"It's not a pity. It doesn't matter whether I go to college or not. It won't affect me. No matter how hard you and Kang Ri work, going to college is still a good thing! Come on, everyone, have some food." Cao Dongfang said.

Six dishes for four people. It's not a big restaurant, just an ordinary one. With a bottle of Erguotou, it only costs six yuan. It's cheap and the taste is not bad. Cao Dongfang and his friends basically eat here.

"Dongfang has made up his mind. After graduation, he will drive and travel all over the country. It's okay, but some places are not safe now," said Ma Hua.

"It's a small matter. There are guns and there are many people in the convoy. Just be careful." Cao Dongfang said.

"In the blink of an eye, we have grown up and started working. I miss my childhood a little bit." Lu Fang said with emotion.

"I think it's good to grow up. At least I can work and earn money, and I can have a drink in a restaurant." Ma Kangri said with a smile.

"Everyone lives differently."

"Let's keep in touch and get together more often in Beijing."

“Done!”