The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

When Zhong Yunxing and Darong were taking Xiao Ruyi home, they saw a crowd of people gathered in the open space behind Nanjian as soon as they arrived.

"What's wrong, sister-in-law?"

When Darong approached, she saw Jin Er's wife standing on the side, and she went over to ask.

"Something happened. The people who went to the town government in the afternoon were arrested by the police." Jin Er's wife leaned close to Darong's ear and whispered.

"Ah?" Darong looked back at Zhong Yunxing in surprise. Fortunately, she was stopped by Zhong Yunxing.

"There was nothing wrong with petitioning, but I don't know who started it, but they took stones and smashed the windows of the town government. The leaders were arrested."

Sister-in-law Jin Er continued.

"Then why are all the people gathered here?"

Darong looked at the crowd in front. It was not just the employees of Nanjian who gathered here, but also the families of employees from several factories living in this area. They were all gathered together.

"Aren't we all here waiting for Dajiang's father? He went to the police station to inquire about the situation and hasn't come back yet."

While they were talking, Dajiang's father also turned in on his bike.

A group of people saw Dajiang's father and surrounded him, asking about the situation.

"I've inquired about it. The two leaders will definitely be detained. The rest will be criticized and educated, and they can come back after completing the procedures." Dajiang's father told everyone what he had found out.

"Oh, what shall I do..."

When Aunt Sun heard that they were going to be detained, she was scared to death. Her uncle Sun was one of the ringleaders. He started by smashing the glass and injuring a staff member.

"This is only possible if the injured person doesn't pursue the matter. Stop crying and go to their home to negotiate so that they don't sue you."

After adding this sentence, Dajiang's father prepared to push the cart back.

"Oh, his uncle, can you please ask Dajiang to find someone to help? We can't detain him."

Aunt Sun grabbed Dajiang's father's bicycle and shouted while crying.

"Old Sun's, Dajiang is just a small policeman. What connections can he have? Didn't I tell you that detention is not a big deal? He will be back in a few days. The important thing is that we can't let the people who were beaten sue. You should go and appease them first."

Dajiang's father tried his best to reason with Aunt Sun, but Aunt Sun seemed not to understand at all. She kept crying and pulling at Dajiang's father's bicycle, insisting that Dajiang release Uncle Sun no matter what.

After listening for a long time, Darong was speechless about Aunt Sun's train of thought.

When the others heard that their family members were not in any serious trouble, they also breathed a sigh of relief and turned to comfort Aunt Sun and another family member living in the cold food factory dormitory.

Zhong Yunxing pulled Darong from behind, motioning her to go home through the crowd. Darong understood and pushed the bike back to her home.

There is never a shortage of stories about Mr. Dongguo in this world. Dajiang's father was just kind enough to help find out the information, but Aunt Sun held a grudge against him and refused to let him go. For a long time afterwards, the conflicts and disputes between Dajiang's mother and Aunt Sun never stopped.

"Luckily you stopped me, otherwise I would have been arrested too."

After returning home, Darong still sighed with some fear.

"Remember not to get along with these uncles and aunts in the future. They do things without considering the consequences."

Zhong Yunxing patted Darong on the forehead cheerfully and gave instructions very seriously.

Xiao Ruyi took part in the entrance examination at the end of August. Although his name was still written in a mess, fortunately his cognitive level and numerical awareness were good, so he was successfully admitted to the first grade and was in the same class with Jindan.

"Mom, I don't want to do this homework, I want to go out and play!"

After coming home from school, Ruyi confronted Darong again. Doing homework every day became a tough battle between mother and daughter.

"What kind of student doesn't do his homework? If you don't do your homework, the teacher will make you stand in the corner tomorrow. You can go out to play only after you finish it." Darong said with a frown.

"Why do I have to do this homework? I already know it, why should I do it? I don't want to do it." Little Ruyi pushed the notebook away with a proud look on her face, and walked to the empty space in the closet to stand there as a punishment.

"What are you doing?" Darong looked at Xiao Ruyi's irritating look and really didn't know how to treat her.

"I won't write. I won't write even if I'm punished to stand. Why do I have to do homework? I clearly know all the knowledge, so why do I still have to write it!" Xiao Ruyi stuck out her neck and shouted more righteously than Darong.

"Then just stand there. I want to see how long you can stand there." Darong was so angry at Xiao Ruyi that she really wanted to slap her, but it was just that she was her own child and there was nothing she could do about it.

Xiao Ruyi stood there until Zhong Yunxing came back, and she didn't write a single word of her homework. Darong's patience had really reached its limit.

"Ruyi, you are wrong this time. How can you go to school without doing your homework? Daddy always spoiled you no matter what you wanted to do, but daddy won't tolerate you if you don't study hard."

Xiao Ruyi thought that Zhong Yunxing would help her out after coming back as he did before. Unexpectedly, this time, not only did he not help her, he also stood with Darong. This made Xiao Ruyi's arrogance drop a lot.

After Zhong Yunxing gave the child enough excuses by first criticizing him and then comforting him, Xiao Ruyi took the opportunity to start doing his homework obediently with his notebook.

After the winter of that year, Zhong Yunxing and Darong scraped together enough money to buy a bulldozer. Although it was only a second-hand Dongfanghong, it was already very difficult for the young couple.

"Now that I have a car, I can feel at ease from now on." Zhong Yunxing towed the bulldozer back to Erdaohezi and parked it in front of the gate of Zhong's mother's house.

"Now that I have a car, where can I find a job?"

"Erhong said that he could help with the introduction. All the projects of their highway bureau are outsourced. He asked those contractors and they also have to go out to hire forklifts and scrapers."

Zhong Yunxing and Darong seemed to see hope in life again. In those years full of opportunities and extremely difficult times, their mutual dependence and support became the most important attachment in each other's lives.

As Ruyi and Jixiang grew up, the Spring Festival in the Zhong family became more and more lively. Every year before New Year's Eve, the sound of firecrackers could be heard from time to time in the Zhong family's yard.

“Buying so much again?”

Looking at the two boxes of fireworks and firecrackers that Zhong Yunhong brought back, Zhong's mother happily lifted the curtain for him and let him into the house.

"Children love to play, so let them play to their heart's content. When we were kids, we couldn't play even if we wanted to."

Adults always want to make up for their regrets as much as possible on their children. The Zhong brothers grew up in a difficult environment and never dared to ask their mother Zhong for too many firecrackers. Now that they have the ability, they hope to let their children have fun.

Because all the fireworks and firecrackers were piled up in the small west room, Mr. Zhong was the fireworks guard of the small west room throughout the Spring Festival. Anyone who dared to light a cigarette and enter the small west room would be beaten with a stick by the old man.