The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chen Ping and He Yuzhu both paid 5 yuan as gifts, and they didn't plan to have a banquet. They took He Yushui and Lu Zixuan to Beihai Park to play. They really didn't want to meet Yi Zhonghai. Besides, they hired an ordinary chef who was good at making banquets, so he must be not very good. They didn't want to let themselves down. It would be better to have fun for a day and then have a roast duck. How nice!

After playing and running for a day, and eating roast duck, everyone went home satisfied. As soon as they entered the middle courtyard, they saw someone sitting on the stone bench at the door of Gao's house, crying with his head down. Looking at the red clothes, they knew who was crying. She looked up and continued to look down. The moment Chen Ping looked up, she paused and hurriedly said goodbye to He Yuzhu and his sister and went home.

Chen Ping couldn't wait to gossip about the bride's past. "Son, I know this Qin Huairu. She is indeed a celebrity, but she is famous for her filial piety. To be honest, if she ruined Zhuzi's life, I don't believe it."

Her original name was Qin Erni, I don't know why she changed her name. She became famous during the famine. In order to earn a living for her parents, she sold herself to a local squire and gave her parents 50 kilograms of coarse grains. The coarse grains I mentioned are not only cornmeal, but also sweet potatoes, a total of 50 kilograms

At that time, she was less than ten years old. She had an older brother who was two or three years older than her. How should I put it? Maybe everyone would favor boys over girls. Almost all the food Qin Erni exchanged for was eaten by her brother. Her parents basically ate bark noodles.

It was only three months, after all, there was only so much coarse grain. One person could eat it for three months, but without coarse grain, who would want to eat bitter and astringent bark noodles? He could only secretly go to Qin Erni and ask her to steal food for him. After all, he was only a teenager, how could he dare to go?

At that time, he said he was scared and refused. His brother was not discouraged and went to the storeroom to steal. It was obvious that he was caught, but he falsely accused Erni of asking him to steal.

Qin Erni was beaten first, and then she had to pay compensation. How could her family afford the compensation? Her parents were forced to kneel down before her, and she softened her heart. The original contract was for ten years, and it could only be renewed for another fifteen years.

How many 25 years can a girl have? But she did it. I guess the high betrothal gifts were also asked by her parents for her brother. I felt bad when I saw her crying like that just now. It is a blessing for the Jia family to marry her... Oh... fate"

Lu Zixuan had a different opinion. [I just took a quick look and I can't make a conclusion, but don't you think she's too saintly? I'm not saying she's bad, I can only say that people like her have one characteristic: they're very nice, but they're too bad for the people around them. The better you treat her, the worse she'll be. You'd better stay away from her. Do you remember what I told you before about saintly people and love-brained people? You must stay away from these two types of people.]

[I'll give you another suggestion. Next time when you eat something delicious, can you let me stay away from you? I really can't stand drooling all the time...]

"Brother, the one crying is Brother Dongxu's bride, right? Why is she crying? She looks pitiful." He Yushui felt a little pity for Qin Huairu.

He Yuzhu replied firmly, "Don't worry about other people's affairs. You are an orphan, and you still feel sorry for them? If it weren't for my sister's kindness in raising us, you wouldn't even know if you could have food to eat. Why do you feel sorry for them? If you have that much free time, you might as well do some arithmetic problems. You can't even add 5 plus 8 without counting your toes, and you still have the nerve to feel sorry for them? Let's go, either do arithmetic or go to sleep." He Yushui glared at He Yuzhu, ran to his room without saying a word, and sulked. He Yuzhu quickly closed the door and went to sleep.

No matter how much Qin Huairu cried in the courtyard, the sun still came out the next day, still shining brightly. Before half past six, she heard a commotion in the courtyard, and Chen Ping had to get up to check.

In less than three minutes, Chen Ping rushed home. "Son, son, wake up, good news, great news, our yard is going to install electric lights, everyone is outside!" Chen Ping was so excited that she couldn't stop

Lu Zixuan was confused. [Ah? I always thought that everyone didn't turn on the lights to save money, but it turns out that they didn't? Then why am I so used to it? You, don't get excited yet. If the power is turned on now, I guess we can't use it for the time being. We can't decide without a meeting of the whole hospital. Maybe one meeting is not enough.]

"Why is it so troublesome? Isn't it just a matter of pulling the wires from the poles and installing the lights?" Chen Ping thought there was nothing wrong with this.

Lu Zixuan started to argue: "In principle, this is the case, but who pays for the electricity?"

"Nonsense, of course whoever uses it pays for it," Chen Ping said as a matter of course

Lu Zixuan continued to argue: "Okay, then my family has no money, so we won't install the light bulbs."

"Then don't pretend. How can it bother me?" Chen Ping thought it was a personal matter.

Lu Zixuan began to explain the reason. [Oh, you guessed it right. It really bothers you. The power supply company is only responsible for installing the lines. Moreover, with the current technology and resources, it is impossible to equip the electricity meters. So the whole hospital can only pay the electricity bill according to the average of each household. But I have no money and I don’t want to pay the electricity bill. If anyone is willing to pay the electricity bill for me, I will connect the electricity. If no one pays, then I will just waste it. Anyway, it has been so many years without electricity.]

Chen Ping said in disgust, "Ah? Who would be so disgusting?"

Lu Zixuan laughed in his heart [At least there are the Yan family and the Sun family. Those poor families are easy to deal with, but these two are difficult. Without the intervention of the street office, they can't be pretended. If you don't believe me, go out and see.]

Chen Ping carried Lu Zixuan to the middle courtyard and saw two groups of people facing each other. Both were angry, but no one spoke.

"Well, calm down first, and let's each family express their views. Those who disagree with pulling the wires, raise your hands." Yi Zhonghai performed the duties of the second manager. "Okay, Old Yan's family, Old Sun's family, and the new family that just moved in, I'll ask about your family's situation later. Who else? Okay, three families disagree, what should we do? Who has a good idea? ... No one has one. It's almost time to go to work, let's hold a meeting of the whole hospital in the evening to discuss how to solve it. Let's go, let's go to work first."

As soon as Chen Ping and her mother arrived home, He Yuzhu and He Yushui, brother and sister, followed.

Seeing them, Chen Ping directly ordered: "Zhu Zi, go and pick some millet. We will have millet porridge today. Yu Shui, go and get the modified sleeves and apron for your brother. Take them to work later. There may be a meeting of the whole hospital tonight. No matter what others say, Zhu Zi is not allowed to use his hands. In the future, try not to use fists when you can use your mouth. In the future, you must learn to reason. If there is no reason, use twisted reason. If there is no twisted reason, ignore it. Anyway, we have fists and others can't do anything to us."

"Ah? Wrong logic? You mean you have to make trouble even if you are not right? Haha, okay, I will try not to use force. It's true, sometimes I think words are more effective than fists. But when I am angry, I always feel that talking is too troublesome, it is better to hit it with a hammer, words are always hurtless and don't make me feel better. Hehe... then can we still use this electricity?" He Yuzhu gladly accepted

"Haha... You're not relieved because you didn't hit the point. Hitting the point can make him feel uncomfortable for the rest of his life. Hit him twice and he'll forget it in a few days. Do Yan Bugui and Yi Zhonghai dare to talk to me? They don't dare, because what I say is all reasonable, and they don't dare to refute.

Electricity can definitely be used, it's just a matter of time. The whole city has electricity, how can a courtyard house turn the world upside down? I guess it's not just us, other courtyards are the same as us. When Yan Bugui regrets it, he will probably bleed heavily again.

Don't look at me like that. It's not for us, it's for the power supply company. How can they afford to spend so much money on us? Zhuzi doesn't have to come back so early at night. This is everyone's business. "Chen Ping said confidently.