Siheyuan, don't mess with me

Gu Yunshu was completely shocked! Oh my god! I was just joking!

Chapter 16: Foodie Mother and Daughter, Donation Meeting

Although he was depressed, Gu Yunshu didn't dare to say in front of Wang Shumei, "I was just joking with him." Gu Yunshu knew that if he said that, his vacation would be ruined! Wang Shumei would definitely nag him every day!

I could only shyly say, "Didn't he agree?"

"Then you won't pursue him? Decide on him first, don't let him be snatched away by others!" Liu Shumei said angrily.

"Aren't there a few good-looking students in your class? How is your relationship with Xiao Chen?"

"It's fine. We get along well. We often study and work on projects together!" Gu Yunshu hadn't realized the seriousness of the matter yet.

Wang Shumei asked anxiously, "How do you mean very good?"

"Ah! Sister Yuehua often washes clothes for him, Sister Huihui often brings him breakfast, and Sister Yuechen makes lunch for him every day." Gu Yunshu counted on her fingers and said, there are not many girls in their class, just a few, and they all treat Chen Zhiguo like a spoiled child!

"Then what are you doing?" Wang Shumei asked with eyes wide open?

"As for me, I eat it every day!" Gu Yunshu still didn't understand what her mother meant.

“You, you…” Wang Shumei was almost mad. This stupid thing, he is already 22 years old, how come he doesn’t understand anything! If he hadn’t gone to college, how old would he be! God knows, Wang Shumei was almost possessed by greed for the child. If Gu Yunshu hadn’t been admitted to college, she would have no choice. Otherwise, Wang Shumei would have married Gu Yunshu off long ago!

Liu Shumei thought that during this holiday, she should let Gu Yunshu do the training, laundry, cooking, and cleaning! Otherwise, she would not be competitive at all!

Sad Gu Yunshu still doesn't know about her mother's arrangements. Should she be resentful or resentful?

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Chen Zhiguo rode on his bicycle and suddenly felt like a handsome guy! With a bicycle, he could get home faster. He unlocked the door and his sister ran out of the room when she heard the noise.

"Brother, where did you get the bicycle?" the sister asked curiously.

"Brother, borrow someone else's bicycle,"

"Son, why did you borrow the bicycle?" Wang Meihua, who had heard the conversation and came out curiously, asked in confusion.

"Grandpa's village shot a few wild boars that ran down the mountain the day before yesterday. I helped contact my classmate's father and sold the pigs. It would be convenient for me to borrow his car to run errands back and forth!"

Hearing that it was to help the village, Wang Meihua felt relieved and turned back to the room. Chen Zhiguo found a rag and wiped the bicycle. The bicycle had been in the shed for a long time and the body was covered with dust. Chen Zhiguo wiped it carefully. The bicycle was quite new. Since he had the space, Chen Zhiguo couldn't stand these dirty things, as if he had a mysophobia!

Back in the room, the mother and daughter were really happy. They shared a handful of peanuts, one each. How childish! Chen Zhiguo curled his lips.

"Brother, do you have any more fruit?" The brother's long tone and hopeful eyes instantly conquered Chen Zhiguo, "There are still some, don't eat hawthorn anymore!" Chen Zhiguo took out another handful from his pocket.

"Thank you, brother!" Chen Zhiguo was instantly elevated!

Regardless of how the mother and daughter divided the things, Chen Zhiguo returned to his room. He had to pack a shoulder bag, otherwise it would be inconvenient to take things out of the space! You can't have a lot of things in your pocket when your pockets are empty! It doesn't matter at home, but if you are seen outside by Xinran, it will be hard to explain!

Chen Zhiguo emptied the schoolbag he brought back from school, and naturally put the books directly in the space, which was very convenient! Chen Zhiguo tidied up the room. Although he had only been in school for a few years, he had a lot of books. In order to place these books for Chen Zhiguo, Chen Dayong specially built a bookshelf. A whole wall was filled with all of Chen Zhiguo's books from elementary school to university. Chen Zhiguo flipped through them. Some of the books were very new and had never been opened. Of course, they were limited to elementary school textbooks. Chen Zhiguo had read the textbooks for junior high school and high school. After all, reviewing the old is good for learning the new!

As for the university books, they were neatly placed on the desk. Chen Zhiguo looked through them, sorted them into categories, and put them all away!

He poured a cup of hot water. There was no tea at home. He sat at the desk, calmed down for a while, and then picked up the book to read seriously. Chen Zhiguo's meditation exercises in the past few days have greatly expanded his mental power and he is very into reading. He chose to start again from his freshman year courses.

In one afternoon, Chen Zhiguo finished reading three books. After closing the books and closing his eyes, the knowledge points in the books reappeared in his mind, clearly organized, and all the knowledge threads emerged! After reading through this course I had learned before, I had a clearer understanding of the knowledge, as if it was all engraved in my mind!

Chen Zhiguo never expected that meditation was such a good method and it helped him so much in his studies!

Pour out the cold water in the cup, Chen Zhiguo poured a cup of hot water again, sipped it gently, and felt comfortable! The thoroughness of knowledge is more comfortable than eating any dragon liver and phoenix gall! Look at the weather outside, it's almost time to make dinner!

Leaning his head to take a look at the mother and daughter, Chen Zhiguo felt envious. In the warm room, on the heated kang, the mother and daughter had already fallen asleep in each other's arms. Fortunately, Wang Meihua knew to pull open the quilt to cover both her and her sister!

On the kang table, all the leftover fruit cores were piled up! Chen Zhiguo reached out to gather the garbage and cleaned it up. He ate and slept, slept and ate. Who wouldn’t envy this life?

Just as I was about to walk towards the kitchen, I heard someone knocking on the courtyard door. "Who is it?"

"Zhiguo, it's me, Yan Jiecheng!"

"Brother Jie Cheng, what's the matter?"

"We'll have a meeting of the entire hospital tonight, right after dinner!"

"Okay, I got it!" Chen Zhiguo was too lazy to open the door and take out the key.

What else is going on? Chen Zhiguo thought about it and threw the garbage in his hand into the bucket!

For dinner, wild boar meat stewed with cabbage and cornmeal pancakes, Chen Zhiguo can barely be considered a chef now! At least better than Wang Meihua! Although the seasoning was lacking, the fat wild boar meat was still delicious for the mother and daughter. Chen Xiaoli ate three pieces of cornmeal pancakes with broth! Chen Zhiguo quickly stopped her, she couldn't eat anymore!

Chen Zhiguo picked some cabbage to eat, but he still felt that the wild boar meat was a bit fishy! Seeing the mother and daughter eating and drinking, half lying on the kang with a satisfied look on their faces, Chen Zhiguo was speechless. He picked a few hawthorns from his pocket and went to the kitchen to boil some hawthorn water for them. In a big pot, Chen Zhiguo put more than a dozen cornmeal cakes. He ate three of them, and the rest were all eaten by the mother and daughter. The cakes were dipped in the broth and eaten piece by piece! Chen Zhiguo really doubted whether they had lunch at noon?

The cooked hawthorn water was placed on the table. The mother and daughter cheered and rushed to drink it, "Leng Leng, drink it! It's hot!"

Chen Xiaoli looked at him eagerly, hey! What should I do! Chen Zhiguo ran to the kitchen and brought two porcelain spoons over, "Here, drink slowly and blow it!"

"Thank you, brother!" Chen Zhiguo suddenly felt relaxed all over, and all his dissatisfaction disappeared in an instant!

"You guys drink, I'm going to the yard to hold a meeting!"

"What's going on?" Wang Meihua asked worriedly.

"I don't know. It was Yan Jiecheng from the Third Uncle's family who came to inform me. I didn't ask anything!"

"Then when you go, don't quarrel with them!" Wang Meihua was still a little worried and warned.

"I know, I have nothing to quarrel with!" Chen Zhiguo was not worried at all. If you mess with me, I will make your life miserable!

Under Wang Meihua's worried eyes, Chen Zhiguo waved his hand and left!

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Chen Zhiguo didn't want to take a stool, so he found a place to stand outside. The meeting was still held in the middle courtyard. Chen Zhiguo was happy when he walked in. The big hole on the roof of the Jia family has not been repaired yet! Do you want to wait until spring to do it?

Just when Chen Zhiguo was making malicious guesses, he suddenly felt something was wrong. Could this be a fundraising event? It was really possible!

Just as Chen Zhiguo was guessing, several uncles also arrived. The weather was so cold, if they kept waiting for too long, some of them would become impatient!

There was a tattered octagonal table with Yi Zhonghai sitting in the middle, with Liu Haizhong on his left and Yan Bugui on his right. He was the manager of the compound, responsible for publicizing street notices and mediating small matters like neighborhood disputes. Was it necessary for him to be so pretentious?

Yan Bugui looked at the crowd around him, counted the number of people, and nodded to Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong. Liu Haizhong coughed and stood up. "I called everyone together tonight because everyone has seen the current situation of Jia Dongxu's family. Now they need the help of our neighbors in the compound! Let's lend a hand to their family!"

"Our compound is a united and friendly one, and this has been registered with the street office. Helping Jia Dongxu's family this time is also a reflection of our mutual help. I plan to report this activity to the street office, which will be of great help to our evaluation of excellent courtyards!" Yi Zhonghai and other people stood up to cheer Liu Haizhong after he finished speaking!

At this time, Yan Bugui took out a cardboard box from under the table, and Yi Zhonghai stood up and took out twenty yuan from his pocket, "I'll take the lead and donate twenty yuan!"

"I'll donate ten dollars," Liu Haizhong followed closely behind.

Yan Bugui wrote it down in his notebook and said, "I'll donate five dollars!"

Chen Zhiguo felt something was wrong. It was normal for Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong to donate money, as they had high salaries. But why was Yan Bugui so generous today? It was unlike his usual style! He usually wanted to split every penny in half, so why was he suddenly so generous today?

Although Yan Bugui kept crying poor and saying in the courtyard that his salary was 37.5 yuan and he had to support a family of six and that life was very difficult, Chen Zhiguo did not believe what Yan Bugui said.

First of all, Yan Bugui has been a teacher for more than one or two years. I don’t know if his previous years of service count, but his ten years of service since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, plus various subsidies, should have earned around fifty or sixty. How could he have been paid so low all the time? This is a judgment based on his salary.

Secondly, in the TV series and movies about Siheyuan, Yan Bugui bought a car, a TV, and lent money to Yan Jiecheng to open a store. These are all in the TV series and movies. How can he save money with such a small salary? By saving money or being stingy? It is impossible! So, Yan Bugui's salary is high, but he keeps crying poor. On the one hand, there are many people in his family and the food expenses are high. He keeps a low profile! On the other hand, no one cares about him!

But when asked to donate five yuan to the Jia family, which had no interest in him, Yan Bugui was stingy and it was normal for him to donate one or two yuan, but five yuan, Chen Zhiguo could only laugh! There was something weird in this!

But Chen Zhiguo didn't think about questioning anything. Since he hadn't been provoked, there was no need for him to be the bad guy!

Chapter 17 Donation? I'll embarrass you!

After the three uncles donated, the atmosphere was silent for a while. Everyone wanted to be the first to do so! At this time, Sha Zhu jumped out and said, "If you have any difficulties, everyone should help. The three uncles have set a good example for us. I will also donate ten yuan!" After saying that, he waved the big black paper in his hand and handed it to Yan Bugui.

After donating the money, Sha Zhu looked around proudly, and finally, he stared at Xu Damao and said, "Xu Damao, I have donated ten yuan, why don't you take action? Do you want to be a coward?!"

"You idiot, you are so proud of donating ten dollars. Today, I, your grandpa, will donate eleven dollars!" Xu Damao is actually a very smart man, but his intelligence becomes lower when he meets Sha Zhu. After being provoked by Sha Zhu, he jumped up immediately when he wanted to wait and see. For some unknown reason, these two people have been enemies since childhood, and they always confront each other and go against each other in everything!

Just as Sha Zhu was about to speak to mock him, he heard Yi Zhonghai cough and immediately changed the subject, "Okay! You have a conscience!" He sat back on the stool angrily.

This disappointed Jia Zhang, who thought Sha Zhu was going to add more money and fight with Xu Damao. She looked at Yi Zhonghai and thought, "Why is this old man coughing for no reason? He lost several dollars? It's all my money!"

With Sha Zhu and Xu Damao taking the lead, others also stepped forward and started donating one or two yuan. Following the crowd, Chen Zhiguo also donated one yuan. Behind him was Grandma Hu who lived in the front yard.

Grandma Hu stepped forward and said, "My family will donate 1 cent."

As soon as these words came out, Jia Zhang was immediately unhappy, "You did it on purpose! I won't tell you how much you donated, everyone else donated one or two yuan, you want to disgust our family, don't you?"

Mrs. Jia Zhang's scolding confused Grandma Hu. She wanted to explain, but couldn't open her mouth. She sighed, and took out a handkerchief from her waist with trembling hands. Chen Zhiguo, who was standing next to her, saw that the largest denomination in the handkerchief was one cent, and the most were one cent and two cents! Just as Grandma Hu was about to count the money, Chen Zhiguo pulled her back, "Grandma Hu, wait a minute!"

He picked up Sha Zhu who was sitting next to him and said, "Go away, let Grandma Hu sit down!"

Just as Sha Zhu was about to stab, he remembered the kick he received that day, and immediately curled his lips and stood aside. Chen Zhiguo pressed Grandma Hu down on the stool, "Grandma Hu, don't be in a hurry, wait for me to say a few words!"

Chen Zhiguo stood up straight and said to Yi Zhonghai, "Uncle, do we have to be forced to donate a certain amount? It turns out that it's not everyone's charity! Do we have to be forced to donate a certain amount? And we are scolded for donating money! Does this make sense? If this gets out, the reputation of Siheyuan will be ruined!"

Yi Zhonghai was also annoyed by Jia Zhang's behavior just now. He almost messed up the donation. He was really a person who could not do anything to help, but was always causing trouble!

Yi Zhonghai glared at Jia Zhang who was still indifferent and said, "Donation is of course not mandatory, it is entirely voluntary. Jia Zhang is talking nonsense! Don't take it to heart, she is just used to speaking without restraint, so don't take it too seriously!"

With just one sentence, he wanted to erase Jia Zhang's disgusting behavior. How could Chen Zhiguo let it go?

"Uncle, you said that we are a united and friendly compound. I believe that under the leadership of the three uncles, our compound is indeed a united and friendly compound. The donation campaign just now also shows that our compound is working together! This is all thanks to the three uncles! But I don’t understand, how much money does it cost for the Jia family to repair the roof? Everyone needs donations. Can you talk to everyone and let everyone know?"

Yi Zhonghai was stunned! How could he know how much it would cost to repair the roof? He could only look at Jia Dongxu. Before Jia Dongxu could get up, Jia Zhang jumped up and said, "You little bastard, what do you want to know? Why should I tell you how much it will cost to repair my house?"

"Jia Zhang, if you're spewing shit from your mouth, I don't mind cleaning it for you!" Chen Zhiguo's cold gaze reminded Jia Zhang of that night, and she immediately became depressed.

"Uncle, I think you are being a bit rash. Holding a meeting without prior investigation is not a good work style!"

Yi Zhonghai was blocked and cursed Jia Zhang in his heart, calling her a real troublemaker!

"This matter is indeed my fault. It's mainly because Jia Dongxu was injured and hospitalized. I saw that there were only two women in the family, the mother-in-law and the daughter-in-law, and it was really difficult, so I wanted to gather everyone to help!" Yi Zhonghai gave in tactically.

"Uncle, let's not talk about how much money the Jia family needs to repair the roof! I just want to ask, is the Jia family short of money now? Jia Dongxu is not unemployed, he has been working for three years, with a monthly salary of 27.5 yuan. Will a family of three be short of money? (It is not based on the time point, and the time of Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu is pushed back. Now it is set that they have just got married and are in their early twenties.) Why, the family has no savings?"

What Chen Zhiguo said reflected what everyone else in the compound was thinking. Everyone had a scale and an account in their hearts, and they could roughly figure out the situation of the Jia family. As for food, everyone ate almost the same and spent about the same amount of money. If someone's family ate something good, the smell would have spread throughout the compound long ago!

Moreover, in this era of using tickets, it is impossible to have a good meal every day! I have already been reported and explained how I bought these things. Where did the tickets come from?

Yi Zhonghai couldn't explain it. Jia Dongxu hadn't been working for just a year, so the money spent on the wedding was also limited! And everyone was also paying the price, so the wedding expenses couldn't be an excuse! While thinking of a solution,

At this time, Jia Dongxu stood up and said, "Zhiguo is right. My family has saved some money, but it is not enough this time! It will cost more than 200 yuan to repair the entire roof. My family does not have enough money, so I asked the master to find a way to help!"

"Brother Jia, how much money does your family have now? How much money do you still need?"

"This..." Jia Dongxu was in a dilemma. How should he answer? After hesitating for a moment, Jia Dongxu said, "My family is still short of more than 100 yuan!"

"Brother Jia, that's not right. You've been working for three years, how come you can't save 200 yuan? I'll assume you save 5 yuan a month, that's 180 yuan in three years. Did you spend all that money? Or did you eat it all?"

Jia Dongxu was speechless. He really didn't know how to answer. If he said he didn't eat, then he couldn't explain how he spent the money. If he said he ate it all, then other neighbors would look down on him, hiding at home and eating and drinking every day!

"Why do you care about how our family spends money? You are just a little kid, but you are involved in a lot of things. You are meddling in other people's business!" Jia Zhang jumped out to help Jia Dongxu out.