Scholars in the courtyard

Chapter 18 Don’t live better than me

After everyone left, Yang Xiaotao returned to the house with a kitchen knife. Only Jia Zhang stood there and reacted at this moment.

What happened just now? Why was there no one in the blink of an eye?

How could they leave?

Don't you care about her as an old man anymore?

The three uncles won't let her make the decision?

A series of doubts filled my head like paste.

The cold wind blew by, and Mrs. Jia Zhang shivered, her stomach growled, she spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm at the Yang family, turned around and walked home.

He opened the door curtain and looked at Qin Huairu slapping Jia Dongxu on the back. This guy drank too much and vomited all over the room. There was still a disgusting smell.

"Hurry up and get some food, I'm starving."

She originally complained that the two of them didn't go out to support her, but now they lost their temper when they saw Jia Dongxu like this.

Qin Huairu immediately responded and heated up the steamed buns and stick noodle porridge, and then the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law started eating.

I chewed the coarse grain in my mouth again and again, but I couldn't swallow it. In the end, it was the porridge that made its way into my stomach.

Mrs. Jia Zhang looked bad, put down the dough head in her hand, rolled her triangular eyes, and said unkindly.

"What kind of day is this? I've been exhausted all day, and I don't even have any meat. I might as well starve to death!"

"Mom, I only have thirty cents left now."

"What? Didn't I just give you ten yuan two days ago?"

"Mom, we are not allowed to eat at home. Yesterday, after Dongxu invited his friend to dinner, he took all the food for him."

Jia Zhang didn't say anything, and Qin Huairu felt bitter in her heart. All the money she received from the wedding was in Jia Zhang's hands. To prepare the new year's goods this time, Jia Dongxu had to pay her salary to buy them, but she saw what it meant to be without money. .

He secretly decided that Dongxu’s salary must be in his hands from now on.

Jia Zhang didn't know what Qin Huairu was thinking, so she didn't eat. After thinking for a while, she said to herself.

"Huairu, mom wants to tell you something."

"Look, our family has repaid the little beast's gift for your family. Why don't you go back to Qinjia Village and get the money back?"

Qin Huairu was shocked, why did this happen?

Besides, it was given by the first uncle. Even if it comes back, shouldn’t it be returned to the first uncle?

"Huairu, that's for the good of this family!"

"Don't look at the money we collected this time. We have to pay it back wherever we go. In the future, we will have to pay back everyone who gets married, has children, and attends weddings and funerals."

"I'm not making things difficult for you. Think about it, Dongxu is the only one making money in our family, and I'm not in good health. You still have to take care of the house!"

"Don't worry, if you want the money back, take out three or five yuan, and you can just keep the remaining ten yuan."

Qin Huairu's originally unhappy heart was also attracted by the ten dollars. If she had ten dollars, she could buy a lot of meat.

He narrowed his eyes and immediately responded with a smile.

"Okay, Mom. I'll go home tomorrow."

"Well, eat, eat!"

In the middle courtyard, Yi Zhonghai and Silly Zhu were drinking in the house.

Today's incident once again reminded Yi Zhonghai that Yang Xiaotao has become very good at asking people to label him, especially when he seizes the loopholes in his words to label others, which is more serious than his own moral kidnapping. It's powerful, it works repeatedly, and it makes the opponent disgraced.

Yi Zhonghai also thought about trying to blame others, but this was inconsistent with the persona he had developed over the years. If he really wanted to do this, would he still be a generous, philanthropic, and mediator of conflicts?

However, it would not do to ignore it. With the ability Yang Xiaotao has shown, something will happen sooner or later, and his plan will be affected by then.

After thinking about it, there is still no way.

Opposite him, Silly Zhu was also drinking wine, and he also had opinions about Yang Xiaotao.

The other party doesn't follow his own ideas at all, as if the two people are not on the same level.

Yi Zhonghai looked at Shazhu and suddenly thought of a good idea.

The front yard is Yan Fugui's house.

"You are stupid, why don't you seize this opportunity, it's only two dollars!"

Yan Fugui watched Wang Xiaohu get two yuan one after another. He was heartbroken and criticized his three sons.

"Dad, didn't you tell me not to get involved with Yang Xiaotao and the Jia family?"

Yan Jieping explained, but Yan Fugui became even more angry.

"Why did I, Yan Fugui, give birth to you three stupid sons with no brains?"

"Is this mixing? This is a fair sale, a fair transaction, he pays and you contribute, it's reasonable!"

"You three idiots, if you can't see through this, how are you going to start a family and start a business, and how are you going to live a careful life!"

Among the three, Yan Jiefang understood and immediately said to Yan Fugui.

"Dad, I understand. If something like this happens again, I will be the first to go. In future conferences, I will stand at the outside and I will definitely be the first to react."

Yan Fugui nodded, turned and left, still thinking about the two dollars.

As for Yang Xiaotao's changes today, he didn't care about it for a long time.

Whether it has changed or not has nothing to do with his family.

Live your life behind closed doors and take care of yourself.

"Old man, where are you going? It's time to eat!"

"If I'm not in the mood, I'll get some bait and go fishing tomorrow."

Yang Xiaotao, who returned to the house and was about to have a big meal, was in a dilemma. He wanted to have a big meal, but after all the vegetables were chopped, he found that there was no oil, no soy sauce, and no salt at home?

As for other condiments, they are not rich these days. In this compound, only the cook Shazhu's family probably has more, and the other families only have a few daily necessities.

"No salt? How to eat it?"

Yang Xiaotao shook his head helplessly. He was not an expert at cooking. I only know how to add more oil and salt when cooking.

Now I don’t have either, what should I do?

Scratching his head, Yang Xiaotao had no choice but to take out the braised pork for tomorrow, put it in a pot, stew it with potato cubes, and add water to boil.

As for oil and salt, I’ll borrow some from Uncle Chen’s house tomorrow.

These days, it’s all trivial to borrow a few needles, threads, or a piece of cake from neighbors.

Of course, it is a matter of affection for someone to lend you money, but it is a duty not to lend you money.

Don't hold a grudge because others reject you, because no one's things come from the strong wind.

As for those like the Jia family who only want to take advantage of others and who are Pixiu themselves, they are only a minority.

I stewed a pot of braised pork with potatoes. Fortunately, the braised pork was delicious, with enough oil and water. When heated over fire, the aroma suddenly rose.

After a while, the whole room was filled with the smell of meat.

Yang Xiaotao took out two more steamed buns and started eating.

At this time, Mrs. Jia Zhang had just finished eating a piece of steamed buns and was sniffing the air with her nose.

"Whose family eats meat?"

Qin Huairu also raised her head after hearing this, and finally walked to the door and stuck her head out, and came back after a while.

"It came from the ear room."

Mrs. Jia Zhang was stunned for a moment, and then she threw the cornbread on the table with a bang, "Damn little beast, you eat meat at home and don't know how to consider everyone's feelings. You are such an uneducated beast."

Qin Huairu listened to Jia Zhang's complaints and felt suffocated.

It had only been a few days since she got married, and she realized that it was completely different from the love she had before getting married.

Jia Zhang is no longer the doting old mother, and Jia Dongxu is not a good-tempered man.

On the contrary, Jia Zhang's mischievous and stingy attitude and Jia Dongxu's treacherous behavior made her feel regretful in her heart.

However, when I saw the lives of other families in the yard, I thought that in the countryside, where they earn work points day and night, life is pretty good now.

But now, smelling the aroma of meat in the air and looking back on the past, she suddenly felt that it would be good to follow Yang Xiaotao.

It's a pity that she has lost her way.

"I will definitely live a good life, and you will never be better than me."

A resentment arose in my heart for no reason, and then it was buried deep in my heart, but I will never forget it.

Xu Damao was lying on the bed in the backyard, covering his waist with one hand and stroking his vital parts with the other. Pain came in waves and he screamed involuntarily.

In the back room, Xu's parents were talking quietly, not knowing what they were planning, and ignored Xu Damao's ouch.

After so many years in this yard, Xu Damao and Silly Zhu's incidents have long been accustomed to it, and the old couple don't care, as long as they are not beaten to death.

What's more, Xu's father thinks that boys should be more naughty, and they won't be effective if they don't fight.

"Silly Zhu, you little grandson, if I hadn't protected you, I would have sent you to the police a long time ago!"

After lying on the bed for a while, he realized that no matter how many times the two of them fought over the years, they would only be regarded as a slap in the face by the neighbors. He just wanted to go to the street office to sue Silly Zhu. A joke by the neighbors would kill him. Emboldened.

This is the harm of being skinny since childhood.

I cried wolf too many times, but no one responded.

There were many fights, but no one responded.

In the end, they all hurt themselves.

While cursing, Xu Damao suddenly smelled the aroma of meat. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that the north wind often blows in winter, but this smell definitely did not come from behind.

"Bastard Yang Xiaotao!"

Finally determining that it was the aroma coming from the back window of the front room, Xu Damao immediately sat up with a twisted face.

"That's my family's money. I can buy meat and eat you to death!"

My heart aches when I think of the ten dollars I paid.

Moreover, the beating he received tonight had something to do with Yang Xiaotao.

"Damn it, these two guys can't just let it go!"

"I can't defeat Silly Zhu, so I can't defeat you, Yang Xiaotao?"

"I want you to be an apprentice for the rest of your life. You will watch me from behind for the rest of your life. Don't even think about being better than me!"

"snort!"

Rolling his eyes, Xu Damao looked at the front room sinisterly, turned around and covered himself with a quilt.

Yang Xiaotao had finished his meal and cleaned the rice bowl. The cold water was almost freezing. Fortunately, he was in the house.

"It's really freezing to death!"

In his previous life, Yang Xiaotao lived in a seaside city, and the coldest time in winter was only minus three or four degrees Celsius. But now, in this Forty-Nine City, it is already minus ten degrees Celsius before it reaches the coldest time. If he were outside, he would probably freeze to death.

"It's better to stay at home tonight!"

Yang Xiaotao carried the bucket into the house, filled it with two briquettes, and then lay down on the quilt.

Yang Wei didn't know where she had gone, but she felt in her heart that she was still in the house.

This guy was a wood spirit. He would get into the table and emerge from the bed. In the end, Yang Xiaotao didn't care about him, as long as he didn't go out and freeze to death.

Although the quilt is cold and tends to be "cold as iron", the quilt is just a quilt, and it can still maintain the temperature when pressed against the body.

I took a book from the cabinet. These were the textbooks I used when I was in school. I lit a kerosene lamp and started reading.

"When I have money, I will definitely pull a wire."

Touching the tears stimulated by kerosene, Yang Xiaotao missed the electric lights, televisions, computers, and electricity in his previous life even more...

A mathematics book, from beginning to end, the most rare thing is just a linear equation of two variables. I finished reading it in a while, put it aside casually, took a look at the system, and gained three points of experience.

"Alas! The road is long and the journey is long!"

"Turn off the lights and go to sleep!"

In the middle of the night, the north wind became stronger and stronger, and there was a squeaking sound from the back window. A stream of cold air rushed into the house through the gaps in the window, making the sleeping Yang Xiaotao shrink his neck.

咻咻

Just as the sound on the window became louder and louder, Xiaowei suddenly came out, and then with a move of her little hand, the window with a gap in it actually moved. The wood made a rattling sound, and after a while, there was no gap left between the windows.

The squeaking sound of the wind suddenly disappeared, and the room became quiet again.

咻咻

Xiaowei's body flew up in the air, landed accurately on the bed, and then disappeared.

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