The sky is clear and it is not yet evening. The setting sun hangs at the end of the sky, and the afterglow cast by it makes the winter afternoon look particularly special.

Especially in the past two days, it has not snowed once and it is sunny again. The snow on the roof of the compound is frozen and hard like white eggshells. It is very dazzling under the setting sun.

The snow on the wall melted a little, and the snow water slowly flowed along the wall, soaking the mottled and old wall, leaving behind stains.

Water was dripping on the eaves. Xu Qing was holding his son and standing at the door of the house, talking to Silly Zhu about some trivial matters during the festival.

"Brother Silly Zhu, Yuyu is getting married. You are alone this year. Why don't you do anything else and just come to my house to celebrate the New Year together on New Year's Eve."

Silly Zhu held a cigarette in his mouth, stretched out his hand to tease Xiao Hongzhi, and said to Xu Qing: "Forget it, the uncle told the aunt to let me go to their house and partner with them. As you know, they are the only two in the house.

, I’ll just go to him.”

Xu Qing thought: "Last year, you and Yuyu spent the New Year at the uncle's house, right?"

"Hmm."

Silly Zhu nodded and raised his hand to flick the cigarette ashes away.

Xu Qingdao: "Last year you spent the Chinese New Year at the uncle's house, so come to my house this year. Anyway, Feng Ming is here this year, so it will be more lively with more people. I will call the old lady over then."

"This..." Shazhu hesitated.

Xu Qing said directly: "Brother Silly Zhu, you can't stay with the first uncle every year, right? This year you come to my house, it's settled, I will go and talk to the first uncle tomorrow morning."

Silly Zhu scratched his hair, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

Before Xu Qing got married, he and Yuyu came to the backyard, and the two families celebrated the New Year together several times.

It was just last year that Yi Zhonghai told him that Xu Qing was married. It was different from before. He had a wife and children to support his family, plus his younger brothers and sisters, and a whole family. It was not appropriate for him to go to Xu Qing's house to celebrate the New Year.

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In fact, Shazhu has also thought about this. After all, being married is different from being unmarried.

Xu Qing is not married, and he visits Xu Qing's house every now and then, even if he goes to Xu Qing's house every day, it doesn't matter.

Anyway, none of them have married, they are just old men. When other people in the courtyard see it, they have nothing to talk about.

But Xu Qing got married, and there was Ma Jinghong in the house. It was inappropriate for him to go to the backyard to look for Xu Qing when he had nothing to do.

A good relationship is a good relationship, but since he is a bachelor, he is not afraid of people in the courtyard gossiping, but it would be bad if Xu Qing and Jinghong were in trouble.

In any case, he had a deep understanding of the character of these people in the compound earlier than Xu Qing.

However, Xu Qing did not give Si Zhu a chance to refuse.

Early the next morning, Mrs. Jia Zhang from the Zhongyuan came to the backyard with Xiao Dang, the first uncle Yi Zhonghai and the first aunt, all carrying soybeans and preparing to use the iron roller that Xu Qing had brought.

Xu Qing took the opportunity to pull Yi Zhonghai aside, took out a cigarette and handed one to him, then said:

"Master, during the Chinese New Year this year, I discussed it with my wife, my younger siblings, and I want Shazhu to come to my house to celebrate the Chinese New Year, along with the old lady."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Xu Qing and said with a smile: "Does your wife agree?"

"Hey, Sir, what does my wife have to disagree with? In the past few years, Brother Shazhu helped my family a lot. My younger brothers and sisters were often taken care of by him. In those years, our two families also spent the New Year together. .

The old lady helped Jinghong and I look after my son a lot this year.

Now that I am a cadre of our compound, I have to help you and the second uncle and the third uncle share the burden."

Yi Zhonghai looked at Xu Qing with a smile and took a puff of smoke:

"Well, as long as your wife has no objection, then Zhuzi and the old lady will celebrate the New Year with you."

While Xu Qing and Yi Zhonghai were talking, Jia Zhang, who had a sharp ear, heard the conversation between the two, told Xiaodang to use a bucket to grind the soy milk with an iron mill, and hurried over.

"Master, Silly Zhu can't come to Xu Qing's house. Didn't our courtyard agree to celebrate the New Year together? Silly Zhu is the cook. Without him, I don't have the energy to make dumplings and stuffing."

Jia Zhang was talking about chopping stuffing, but actually she wanted Sha Zhu to watch and buy the New Year pork.

Sha Zhu didn't get married and earned a lot of money. They spent the Chinese New Year together in the courtyard, but it wasn't up to Sha Zhu to buy meat.

Even buying the work for him, Shazhu was completely satisfied, so Jia and Zhang were naturally reluctant to let Shazhu spend the New Year at Xu Qing's house.

In fact, Yi Zhonghai didn't want Sha Zhu to come to Xu Qing's house. He and his aunt had no children, and he wanted Sha Zhu to help them take care of themselves until they died. He had been helping Sha Zhu arrange blind dates in the courtyard over the years. Why did he let Shazhu and Yuyu come to his house during the New Year and the holidays?

I don’t just hope that Shazhu will remember him well, so that he and his aunt can take care of them when they grow old.

As for taking advantage of Silly Zhu, Yi Zhonghai has never thought about it.

Yi Zhonghai himself is an eighth-level fitter, and his salary in the factory is considered to be the highest among the young workers.

Even for Xu Qing, a first-level clerk, his salary is not as high as his. Naturally, Silly Zhu’s little money will be looked down upon.

Even Yan Bugui, the third uncle of the front yard, said before that Lao Yi was destined to be rich. He had no children to collect debts and earned a high salary. He was not willing to spend money on weekdays. In the compound, who was the richest? It’s none other than a great man.

But in the past two years, Yan Bugui no longer said that, because there are a couple named Xu Qing and Jing Hong in the courtyard. They both work and are cadres. Their salary plus one dollar is higher than that of Yi Zhonghai.

Furthermore, there is Xu Damao, who is the deputy director, and his salary is not low.

In addition, Qin Jingru was assigned to work by Xu Damao. Although she was just an ordinary worker, the two of them earned a lot of money together every month.

Yan Bugui calculated all the wages of everyone in the compound with a little calculation in his heart.

However, if you want to ask who has the most money in Yanbu Guiyuan, for now, it is Yi Zhonghai.

Xu Qing and Jing Hong got married not long ago.

Xu Damao was promoted to deputy director only in the past one or two years.

Over the years, Yi Zhonghai has already been an eighth-level fitter, but he and his aunt have been living frugally, not even willing to buy a bicycle.

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Naturally, this man is the richest.

The main reason why Yi Zhonghai acted like this was because he had no children. The couple was scrimping on food and clothing, thinking that when they got old, they would have to save money for retirement.

The candidate to help them provide for their old age is naturally Silly Zhu.

Because except for Silly Zhu, there is no way they can count on anyone else in the compound.

In the front yard, there are four brothers and sisters, Yan Jiecheng, and Yan Bugui and his wife.

In the backyard, Xu Damao has his parents.

The three Liu Guangtian brothers are naturally the oldest couple with Liu Hai.

As for the four Xu Qing brothers and sisters, Yi Zhonghai had never thought of helping or providing relief in the early years. Even in the factory, he was not willing to let Xu Qing be his apprentice.

So, if they wanted to rely on Xu Qing in the future, Yi Zhonghai would not have thought that it would be difficult to reach the sky.

Although he and his aunt have tried desperately to maintain their relationship with Xu Qing's family in the past few years.

But when Xu Qing was in the most difficult time, they did not reach out to help him, and the subsequent remedies were as useless.

Therefore, Yi Zhonghai and his wife placed their bets on Fuzhu.

For this reason, Yi Zhonghai does not want Si Zhu to go to Xu Qing’s house during the Chinese New Year.

If Shazhu is estranged from his family, who will he and his eldest mother expect to provide for them in the future?

However, what Xu Qing just said was so serious, how could Yi Zhonghai refuse?

Xu Qing is now a cadre, and he is no longer what he used to be. His prestige in the courtyard is no less than that of a senior official like him.

Although Xu Qing is young, he is only in his twenties, but Yi Zhonghai knows that if Xu Qing says a word in the courtyard, it will be even better than him, who is a big man.

What's more, today, everyone in the compound has to use the iron roller made by Xu Qing to make tofu at home, but Xu Qing is not like Lao Yan in the front yard, taking the opportunity to ask for some benefits and let them go to waste.

Everyone in the courtyard, including him, was all in Xu Qing’s favor today.

Even if Yi Zhonghai could be embarrassed, he would still be embarrassed to open his mouth.

After all, he is just the steward of the Intermediate Court, not Shazhu’s parents. Whose house does Shazhu want to go to for the New Year? Can he stop him?

At this time, Jia Zhang, who was standing in front of Xu Qing and Yi Zhonghai, winked hurriedly when the elder did not speak, but Yi Zhonghai turned a blind eye and took two puffs of cigarette before saying:

"Sister-in-law, if Silly Zhu isn't here, you still have my old bones. I'll chop up some dumpling stuffing."

How could Yi Zhonghai not know about Jia Zhang's calculations, which were just to take advantage of Silly Zhu?

For other people, Yi Zhonghai would not argue with Jia and Zhang, but Silly Zhu, he would not allow Jia and Zhang to be caught and plot against death.

Silly Zhu is his candidate for retirement. If Jia Zhang does this, how can Yi Zhonghai, the middle-aged steward of the courtyard, sit idly by?

Speaking of which, just because the Jia family always treated Sha Zhu like a silly boy, Yi Zhonghai secretly helped Sha Zhu to save the Jia family.

However, Jia and Zhang always push for an extra mile, which makes Yi Zhonghai very angry.

Since they all live in the middle courtyard, he usually just opens or closes one eye.

But at this moment, Ms. Jia and Zhang were still thinking of taking advantage of Silly Zhu again before the Chinese New Year, and Yi Zhonghai was completely annoyed.

And Xu Qing knew very well what happened to Silly Zhu.

It's just that Shazhu is in love with Qin Huairu, so it's hard to say more.

Who makes Silly Zhu take the initiative to help Jia's family every time, just like he helped his family from time to time?

Xu Qing knows that Silly Zhu is kind-hearted, likes to fight against injustices, and doesn't like people being bullied. If someone's family is having a hard time, he likes to help.

It would not be appropriate if Xu Qing tried to stop Shazhu.
To be continued...