The courtyard: the atmosphere of human life

Mr. Zhong didn't say anything and went straight into the east room. Mrs. Zhong looked at everyone in a daze and asked about the situation without knowing the reason.

"Mom, it's nothing. Erlangzi was just fooling around and grabbed Xiaoping's arm." Zhong Yunhong's tone softened and he answered while looking at Mother Zhong.

Mother Zhong glanced at Xiaoping, who was sitting on the sofa feeling a little guilty, and instantly understood what she meant.

"Alright, alright, it's getting late. The children are tired after working all day. Let's go back and rest early."

After hearing what Mrs. Zhong said, the group of young men who were surrounding the room all tactfully retreated, and Erlangzi also left the Zhong family among the crowd, feeling relieved.

"You come out too."

After everyone left, Mother Zhong spoke to Xiaoping who was still sitting on the sofa with her arms crossed.

"Hey, Mom!" Xiaoping gave a sly smile and ran over to hold Mother Zhong's arm.

"Furong, you're exhausted today. Take a rest early." Mother Zhong closed the door of the small west room happily.

Darong glanced at Zhong Yunxing who was still unconscious on the bed, and sat on the sofa to eat a piece of dessert.

I drank a lot of water during the day and didn't eat anything for dinner, so I feel a little hungry now.

After eating something, Darong sat on the sofa, somewhat bored, listening to Zhong Yunxing's snoring.

Maybe Darong was really tired after the wedding that day, so she dozed off on the sofa in a daze.

"Water... Erhong... bring me some water..."

Darong heard the drunk Zhong Yunxing asking for water in a daze, so she quickly poured a glass of water and handed it to Zhong Yunxing.

Zhong Yunxing was also sleeping in a daze, and seemed to have completely forgotten that today was his wedding night. After drinking the water, he bent over and picked up the urine bucket on the ground.

"Oh my god..."

Zhong Yunxing had just finished peeing and hadn't even pulled up his pants when he saw Da Rong standing in the room with her back to him. He was finally sober now, and the hand holding the urine bucket trembled, spilling a large amount of urine on the brand new mattress.

At this time, Darong was holding the water cup in both hands, standing in the room with a flushed face, at a loss as to what to do.

Zhong Yunxing calmed himself down, looked at Da Rong with a stiff back and smiled slightly, then he got out of bed and turned off the annoying light.

The next morning, after hearing the noise in the outer room, Darong got up, packed her things, and left the west room.

"Mom, let me help you." Darong took the basin from her mother-in-law and naturally began to prepare breakfast for the family.

After Darong got up, Zhong Yunxing did not sleep in either. Today he was going to take Darong to visit relatives and elders, so he packed up and went early and came back early.

"Brother, did you wet the bed?" Xiaoping looked at Zhong Yunxing taking the quilt from the yard and shouted at him very seriously.

"Go away, I knocked over the urine bucket. Hurry up and eat your meal and go to school." Zhong Yunxing blushed in embarrassment when Xiaoping asked this.

Darong kept her head down the whole time, busy with the work in her hands without saying a word.

After graduation, Zhong Yunhong was assigned to work at the town's Finance Bureau. In the morning, after having breakfast with Xiaoping, he pushed the bike out together.

"Ping'er, please be careful with what you say at home next time. Look how embarrassed our brother was when you asked that question just now." Zhong Yunhong looked at the innocent Xiao Ping and taught her seriously.

"I know, second brother. I thought it was my brother who peed and didn't think much about it. Who knew it would be my sister-in-law."

"Ah? What is that?" Zhong Yunhong looked at Xiaoping with a question mark on his face.

"I'm leaving now. Go slowly, brother." Xiaoping said and turned onto the main road.

Zhong Yunhong looked at his naive and silly sister in silence, snorted and chuckled, and continued to pedal his bike to work.

"Mom, you have to talk to Yunsheng about his schooling. If he fails the entrance exam next year, he really can't continue studying. This is already his third year."

While eating breakfast, Zhong Yunxing suddenly talked about Zhong Yunsheng to his mother.

At Darong's wedding yesterday, Zhong Yunsheng just went home to eat and then hurried back to school. He was hit hard by failing the college entrance examination for the second time this year.

Actually, no one expected that Zhong Yunsheng would fail the college entrance examination for the first time. After all, his academic performance had always been among the best in the school. His pre-exam simulation scores even surpassed his second brother Zhong Yunhong.

But sometimes people just cannot fight against fate. When he really arrived at the college entrance examination hall, Zhong Yunsheng could not control his nervousness at all. He suffered severe psychological headaches before the exams twice, which resulted in him failing to make the list when the results came out both times.

"Well, he said himself that he would read it one last time..." Mother Zhong sighed, feeling a little distressed and helpless.

"If you fail the exam again, just go back to work. This year, he and Xiao Ping are taking the exam together, so he must be under more pressure."

Zhong Yunxing is the eldest brother in the family. The family conditions were not good back then, so he replaced his father and went to work in the factory after graduating from junior high school. In fact, he and his parents supported his younger brothers and sisters together so that they did not delay their studies.

Now that I have started a family and my second son, Zhong Yunhong, has been assigned a good job, there is finally hope for family life.

"Mom, this is what my mom brought back for me. Here, I give it to you." Darong took out a small envelope from her dowry, which contained five hundred yuan in cash.

"This is the money your mother gave you as a dowry. Keep it for yourself. You will have to have a foundation when you start a family."

Mother Zhong looked at Da Rong in front of her, and at that moment she really liked this sensible daughter-in-law.

"You can take it. I know you have borrowed money for our marriage. Pay it back first. We will both work and earn money slowly in the future."

Darong finally stuffed the 500 yuan into Zhong's mother's pocket. At that time, she simply wanted to live a good life with Zhong Yunxing.

In her opinion, once you marry into the family, you become a member of the family and you should share the joys and sorrows with your husband's family.

"Isn't that money for us to take wedding photos? Why did you give it all to my mom?"

After going out, Zhong Yunxing looked at Darong happily. Although he said that, he actually liked Darong even more in his heart.

"You can take pictures anytime. Pay off the debt first, so your family doesn't have to live with debt."

In fact, wedding photos can never be made up for the time other than the wedding. In the more than 30 years since then, Darong has never been able to wear a wedding dress and take a real wedding photo.