Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

"Liangzi, you have really become smart recently. I can't hide anything from you.

Okay, there are 30 kilograms of glutinous rice in total. I left three kilograms for our family. I can save as much as you want for you.

But you have to exchange something for it. They don't want money or tickets because they are afraid something might happen. Anything like soap, alcohol, cigarettes, cloth, etc. will do.

I won't accept your favor, I'll give it to you at the original price, we're brothers, who's on whom!"

"Okay, then leave five pounds for our family. When do you want the food?"

"You are so dark, you will lose five kilograms in one go, and we only have three kilograms left, so 30 kilograms are left out of 22 kilograms.

Forget it, 22 kilograms is enough for everyone in the compound to have a meal. If you hadn't helped me beat up Sha Zhuer recently and treated me to a meal, I wouldn't give you so much.

Actually, to be honest, I did receive some benefits but not much. This is a matter of principle. Benefits must be received. It is impossible to contribute and help for free. This is not what I, Xu Damao, do.

That's it, the people in the compound should thank me too, don't you think?"

This grandson of Xu Damao is really like him. He never helps others for free. But what he said does make sense. Although his words are rough, the logic is there.

Sometimes voluntary help is not necessarily a good thing. Only by doing it like him can it last long and benefit many parties.

Soon, everyone in the courtyard came to the middle courtyard one after another, and the three old men were the last to enter.

It was still the second uncle Liu Haizhong who stood up and started the speech:

"Everyone, please pay attention. I called you to this meeting today for nothing but one thing.

Isn’t it the Dragon Boat Festival?

The three of us would like to discuss with you how to celebrate this festival. "

“How?

Just live like this, what else can you do? It’s not that easy to eat zongzi.

There is nowhere to buy sticky rice, and even if there is, it is not our turn."

"In addition to glutinous rice, there are also zongzi leaves. Our family can't get these. During the Dragon Boat Festival, we can only smell the smell of other people's zongzi."

"It's just that glutinous rice is too difficult to get. There's none at the grain station. I went to ask a few days ago, and they only had a small amount of it, and it was already taken away by someone long ago."

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After hearing what the second uncle said, everyone in the compound began to complain, saying that glutinous rice was too difficult to make and that eating a zongzi was harder than climbing to the sky.

After seeing the situation at the scene, the second uncle smiled, which was rare, and stood up and continued to say to everyone:

"I know what everyone said, and the three of us also know that it is really not easy to eat a bite of zongzi in the current difficult conditions.

However, the purpose of our meeting today is to let everyone in our compound have a peaceful Dragon Boat Festival and eat a bite of authentic glutinous rice dumplings. This is a small contribution made by the three of us uncles for everyone in the compound.

Now, please allow an old man to give a detailed introduction to this matter. Everyone is welcome! "

"Second uncle, you three brothers are quite capable. Can you really get glutinous rice for the people in the compound so that everyone can eat rice dumplings?

If that's the case, I, Shazhu, will respect you. You three are worthy of being the three masters of our compound, and you have not held the title in vain!"

You know, even though Shazhu has a foul mouth, sometimes what he says makes sense, especially when it comes to things that make people feel comfortable, it’s really comfortable.

So sometimes it’s not that he has a foul mouth, he just does it on purpose to make you angry. He is also very good at saying nice things, but he just doesn’t say them normally.

When the second uncle heard Sha Zhu, who usually always said annoyance to him, start saying nice things about him, and what he said today made him feel very comfortable, he couldn't help but pat his belly with his fat hands and put on a smile. He felt very proud in his heart, and he felt better than eating a plate of scrambled eggs.

The old man saw that the atmosphere on the scene was almost created by Sha Zhu and Liu Haizhong, and it was his turn to come on stage. The old man paused with the teacup in his hand.

"Everyone calm down, just like what everyone said just now, it is not so easy to eat a proper zongzi nowadays.

But today the three of us uncles held a meeting just for this matter. In order to let everyone have a bite of rice dumplings on the Dragon Boat Festival, we specially appointed Xu Damao to go to the commune in the countryside to exchange some glutinous rice. As a result, Xu Damao lived up to everyone's trust and actually got it done.

But the commune said that they don’t want money or tickets, so I just want to exchange some things, such as cigarettes, alcohol, cloth, soap and other daily necessities.

I think this is a good thing. We can exchange some things for glutinous rice so that we can eat some rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. The villagers in the commune also get what they need. This is a great thing.

This is not really illegal. We are not buying things with money from the people in the commune. We are just exchanging things with the farmers.

Damao, how many kilograms of glutinous rice can you exchange for it?

Xu Damao really did a great job on this. We can eat zongzi thanks to Xu Damao. Let's all give him a round of applause!"

Xu Damao had heard the two old men, the first and second uncles, trying to flatter themselves and attribute the success of the incident to them, without even mentioning his name at the beginning.

This made him extremely unhappy and he was about to lose his temper, but the old man mentioned him again at the end and asked everyone to applaud him, so he calmed down.

Forget it. If these two old guys want a good reputation, then let them do as they please. Who doesn’t have some selfish desires?

No matter what, I have become famous in the compound, so I should be more generous.

“My dear uncles, brothers, sisters, and younger brothers and sisters in the compound, although I, Xu Damao, am not usually well-liked by everyone, I do not consider myself a stingy person, and I have never done anything wrong to anyone in the compound from the beginning to the end.

But there are always a few people who secretly ruin my reputation. Three uncles came to me and asked me to find a way to get some glutinous rice for everyone in the courtyard so that they can have a comfortable Dragon Boat Festival.

After I learned about this, I immediately agreed. It is my duty to serve the people in the compound!

After all, I am a part of this compound. I was born here, grew up here, and will live here in the future. You all are my relatives.

I am very happy to do something for my family. I am not like some people who say nice things all day long but do nothing serious!

People in the commune said that there were a total of 22 kilograms of glutinous rice. There were about a hundred people in our compound, and each person had about two taels on average. One tael of glutinous rice could make one zongzi, and each person could eat two. Although it wasn't much, it could be considered a feast for the Dragon Boat Festival.

But first, we have to make it clear that the things have to be prepared in advance, otherwise the commune will not agree to it, and then there will be no food and no glutinous rice.

OK, I have finished what I want to say. Let the three uncles continue to preside over the meeting. "