Courtyard House: Drunk and tipsy, the whole courtyard exposed at the start.

"You're wearing a hospital gown, where did you get the cigarettes?"

"Is it my brother? No, this is a filtered cigarette, my brother can't afford it or buy it. It's either Liu Guangqi or Xu Damao, I'm going to settle accounts with them when we get back!"

"Do you still have any cigarettes on you? Hand them over. You're a patient now; you can't smoke!"

"..."

Zhang Dabiao...

Holy crap, I can't take the concern from these two girls. Please, sisters, can you go back home?

I really just need one more day to get better, I can be discharged from the hospital right now!

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By the time the doctor made rounds on the third day, Zhang Dabiao's wound had already been determined to have healed. The hospital staff were amazed by his recovery and made an unreasonable request—

Draw some blood for testing.

Zhang Dabiao...

"So you're finally going to analyze my slice, huh?"

Without hesitation, he reached out his hand. "Just draw blood, that's all."

This is a rule-based refresh; you can even be resurrected after dying. If you can figure out how it works, I'll consider you amazing!

Then, Zhang Dabiao was forced to stay in the hospital by the two women for a whole week before he was discharged... He gained 5 pounds!

During this time, he was provided with plenty of good food and drink in the courtyard. Liu Guangqi gave him eggs, Xu Damao went to find an old hen, Sha Zhu cooked and taught Qin Jingru how to cook, and Xiao Jingru brought him food every day. He even put aside the matter of Li Huaide ordering a cake.

The day after Zhang Dabiao's surgery, Aunt Mu came to the hospital to thank him. If Zhang Dabiao hadn't pushed Mu Wanqing, she might have died.

However, Zhang Dabiao disagreed, thinking that perhaps her excess fat would save her from trouble. Of course, he dared not say this aloud, for fear of being accused of being a pervert.

As for why he pushed him back then, Zhang Dabiao still doesn't understand his mindset; he just considers it an act of heroism.

Aunt Mu brought Zhang Dabiao a lot of nutritional supplements, which cost her quite a bit of money. There was malted milk powder, canned yellow peaches, and red dates to replenish blood.

She also gave Zhang Dabiao a 100 yuan thank-you gift, which was all her family could afford.

Zhang Dabiao refused to accept it. "I have Mu Wanqing's blood flowing in my veins now, so we're practically family. There's no need to talk about money."

I'm not interested in money.

He was seriously trying to show off, but his words reached Mu Wanqing's ears—

If you're not interested in money, what are you interested in?

Mu Wanqing blushed, while He Yushui stood beside her, laughing and clenching her fists so tightly they cracked.

Then in the afternoon, she went back and cooked a delicious meal for Zhang Dabiao with Sha Zhu!

In this respect, she has a huge advantage.

In addition, Zhang Dabiao also got to eat what was considered a nutritious product in those days—malted milk powder and canned yellow peaches. How to describe it?

It's very rich and cloyingly sweet... This kind of product from 1960... Could it have contained saccharin?

impossible?

On the other hand, it wasn't without its gains. The people arrested by the Jiaodaokou Police Station were given a banner in the name of the Jiaodaokou Police Station that read "Heroic Act." After all, Zhang Dabiao saved people, and no one died in their jurisdiction while they caught a murderer, so they had to show some appreciation.

Li Huaide also made a special trip to the hospital to visit Zhang Dabiao. He didn't mention the cake, but only told Zhang Dabiao to take good care of his health. This guy knows how to handle people.

On the day he was discharged from the hospital, Ye Liangshen's mother was executed by firing squad. Even if Zhang Dabiao wanted to take revenge, he didn't know who to turn to.

Ye Liangshen's father, son, and wife were all murderers, so that was his fate. He probably went to the Northwest and would never come back.

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Back at the courtyard house, Zhang Dabiao treated his brothers to a meal in the middle courtyard to thank them, since they had all gone to the river to rescue people. Normally, they were all bickering and never gave in to each other, with Sha Zhu constantly beating Da Mao. But when something big happened, the young men in the courtyard were truly willing to help and worked together as one.

When blood transfusions and matching are needed, these young people all come.

This could also be due to Zhang Dabiao's victory over the elderly care group and Sha Zhu, as well as Liu Guangqi's continued presence in the compound.

However, the Jia family was not involved in any of these events; they simply refused to contribute. They had many reasons, such as Qin Huairu needing to take care of the children, and Jia Dongxu having injured his back at the factory and unable to help.

In fact, they wished Zhang Dabiao would die out there.

Zhang Dabiao didn't care. Fine, they were going to never see each other again anyway, that's how it should be.

After eating and drinking to their hearts' content, Zhang Dabiao announced something in the courtyard.

From the beginning of the month when everyone teamed up to pick wild vegetables and go fishing, to now that I've had this accident and everyone is busy helping me.

He felt that the young people in the courtyard were united and of one mind.

Therefore, we plan to establish a "Youth Mutual Aid Association of Courtyard No. 95".

Everyone looked at each other, wondering what the point of setting this up would be.

There was an old man named Liu Haizhong in charge of the courtyard. Although everyone felt he might not be very capable, nothing bad had happened in the past few months. It was also possible that Jia Zhangshi had been sent to a labor camp, and Yi Zhonghai had quieted down.

Yi Zhonghai has already started working. He sweeps the streets in the morning, works all day, cleans toilets after get off work, and goes to the neighborhood office for training on weekends...

There was simply no time to bother with it.

Yan Bugui was the same; he no longer had time to block the door or skip work to go fishing.

So the courtyard was peaceful and harmonious, and all that was left was the issue of food and drink. What kind of "youth mutual aid society" are you, Zhang Dabiao, setting up now?

What's the point of doing it?

Can't we do something substantial? Empty fame is of no use to us.

Jia Dongxu, Yan Bugui, Yi Zhonghai, and others were still watching the spectacle unfold, thinking Zhang Dabiao was overstepping the established system of authority and trying to establish some kind of youth mutual aid society—

Mutual aid is nothing more than lending food and money. How long can you, Zhang Dabiao, last by yourself?

This is completely unrealistic.

As expected, Zhang Dabiao first explained that members of the mutual aid association could help each other and exchange supplies with him, and he would do his best to do so.

This isn't particularly appealing, because those he's on good terms with can borrow from him, but those he's not on good terms with are only Jia Jiayi, Zhonghai, Yan Bugui, and the deaf old lady, and even if he wanted to, he couldn't borrow from them.

But Zhang Dabiao's second suggestion was to donate money or goods if possible. This was even less appealing to everyone. Hadn't the neighborhood committee said that private donations were prohibited? What was the point of this? Who would receive the donations?

It's impossible for it to be donated to the Jia family anyway.

Zhang Dabiao's explanation was that the donations would be pooled together to establish a housing provident fund, which would be available for young people from disadvantaged families to apply for, to be used for living expenses and medical treatment.

After the money is collected, it will be reported to the local street office for supervision and inspection, and the funds will be used for their designated purpose. Young people in need can apply, and after approval by the mutual aid association, they will register and receive the money. This money can only be used to buy food, pay for medical treatment, pay tuition—and…

Buy a workstation!

However, you'll have to pay it back later when you make money. There's no interest. If it's convenient, you can donate some money or food as a token of your appreciation.

As soon as he said that, the whole courtyard was in an uproar. Was Zhang Dabiao serious?

Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu were both stunned. Would Zhang Dabiao really be so willing to give up something like that?

According to him, how much is this housing provident fund?

Isn't this just throwing money away?

Why not just give it to the Jia family directly?

Zhang Dabiao took the lead in investing – depositing 300 yuan into this "provided housing fund"!

He's serious!

The adults in the courtyard were all stunned. What was going on? Were they giving up on life?

Liu Guangqi gritted his teeth and said, "Da Biao, you know my situation here..."

"I'll offer 100."