The couple made a living in the 1950s.

"I told him that I was busy at work and I would have to wait until next Sunday to take him to the Children's Palace to choose a musical instrument."

"Our Mingyang has played with Ah Heng and Ah Jin from the Wanyu family since they were young."

"Now that Ah Heng and Ah Jin have gone to the Children's Palace for classes, he must be feeling lost as he's the only one left."

When Li Ze heard this, he looked up at his wife.

"Then tell him to take him to the Children's Palace next Sunday to choose a musical instrument."

"Is he happy?"

"Happy! That sad little face suddenly became happy."

"When I go to the kitchen to get some water, he always follows me around happily."

"Just don't let the child feel inferior because of this. Recently, you have been paying more and more attention to your daughter-in-law."

"Don't ignore these two children from Fang Xu's family because of this."

"If Zhang Yun hadn't gotten hurt at work, she would have come to our hospital to preserve the pregnancy."

"I wouldn't bother with that."

At night, the area around the courtyard was quiet with only a few lights on.

When Erbao finished washing up and went upstairs, the youngest son was already fast asleep.

After his two daughters slept in separate rooms, they lived together in the south bedroom on the first floor of the main house.

The eldest son also lived with Ah Heng in the north bedroom next to his sisters' bedrooms.

The couple only had their two-year-old son sleeping with them.

Erbao looked at his little son sleeping in the small bed before lying down on the big bed and looking at his wife who was sitting in front of the dressing table and was reluctant to go to bed.

"Leilei, why don't you come over?"

"Brother Qingxiang, look at this."

Erbao looked at the gold bracelet on his wife's hand, with a look of doubt in his eyes.

"Why is there this?"

"The dowry my mother gave me today was something left behind by my grandparents."

Upon hearing this, Erbao stood up, took the bracelet and examined it carefully.

This gold bracelet is exquisitely crafted, and each bracelet weighs about one or two ounces.

A pair of bracelets weighs two taels, which is not a light amount.

"This thing your mother-in-law gave you is worth a lot of money, keep it well."

Now we both have to go to bed, he said as he put away the bracelet, picked up Li Fanglei and put her on the bed.

I also attached it.

Time flies, and it is December in a blink of an eye.

Nothing new happened in the courtyard during this period.

Mingyu's wife is staying at Jiang's house to take care of her pregnancy, and the neighbors in the yard don't know that the couple wants to divorce.

Fang Xu's eldest son, Mingyang, also studies violin and Chinese dance at the Children's Palace.

The second daughter-in-law also serves as a companion when she takes the children to the Children's Palace for violin lessons with Fan Xiaojuan.

All the residents in their newly purchased yard No. 21 have moved out.

At this moment, the two of them were walking in the huge yard, discussing how to decorate the house next year.

During this period, a family moved out of the yard, so the two of them came over to change a new lock.

Last night, all the door locks in the yard were finally replaced.

The sky was getting darker and darker. Lin Manyu held Bai Ye's arm and the two of them came out from the back house in the east wing.

Only after they walked out of the bright gate of the courtyard did Bai Ye hand her the kerosene lamp.

I turned around and locked the door with the newly bought door lock.

After locking the door, the two of them walked home while talking.

"Aye, I went to watch an opera with Lanyu, Qiulan and Guiying last Sunday."

"Guiying's implication is that after the new year, the retired people in the Personnel Bureau will be reinstated."

"The personnel departments of all units will also begin to process retirement procedures for those who meet the retirement conditions."

"If I can apply for retirement in August, I will receive 21% of my original basic salary of 110.5 yuan per month based on my 75 years of service as retirement salary."

"If everyone goes to apply for retirement, it would be bad for us to pretend we don't know."

"When that time comes, if you have one year less of service, you will receive a pension at 70% of the rate you would receive."

"It's the only way. If I can't make it until August, I'll go with everyone else to go through the paperwork."

"Meimei and her friends are the best. Those who started working before September 1949, 9, are given 30% of their original basic salary as pension."

"We are also very good. There are not many people like Li Ze and his wife."

"Yes, we are good too."

It was dark, and Lin Hanyu was not afraid of being seen holding Bai Ye's hand.

The two of them walked into the courtyard gate with a smile.

Today is Saturday and my grandchildren are all attending classes at the Children's Palace. My eldest son is on a business trip and has not returned yet.

The second son went to the hospital to work the night shift.

At this moment, there are only two of them at home.

Lin Hanyu and Bai Ye entered the house and went straight to the kitchen. The children still had half an hour before school was over and they would go home.

Cook some food so they can eat it directly when they come back hungry.

dong dong dong...

Just as the two men put the rice into the pot, there was a knock on the door.

In the living room, Lin Hanyu looked at Wang Laidie who was sitting on the sofa and eating an apple.

I was thinking about going with her to see the courtyard house tomorrow morning.

She wouldn't want to miss out on the courtyard in Nanluoguxiang if the price was reasonable.

"Laidi, thank you, auntie."

While Lin Hanyu was talking, she did not stop pouring tea for her.

"What time should I go to the neighborhood office to see you tomorrow?"

"Auntie Yu, I'm on duty after 9:30, so you can come see me anytime."

"I'll take you and Uncle Bai to the yard."

"Okay, Lai Di, sit down and wait for me for a while."

As she spoke, she went up the stairs to the second floor where she and A'ye's bedroom lay.

Lin Hanyu stood in front of the top box cabinet where fabrics were stored. She opened the cabinet and saw layers of fabrics inside.

She reached out, picked out a piece of light blue cotton fabric and took it downstairs.

"Laidi, take this piece of cloth back and make clothes for the children."

"Auntie Yu, I can't accept it."

"Laidi, you are doing a great favor for the family by helping me keep an eye on the house."

Wang Lai Di looked at the cloth in her hands, a little dazed.

This was the first time in her life that she had received so much cloth at once.

Seeing that she was a little hesitant, Lin Yu smiled and picked up the Begonia cup on the coffee table.

He lowered his head and took a sip of tea.

"Laidi, if you don't accept me, how can I have the nerve to ask you for help in the future?"

Bai Ye came out of the kitchen, and Lin Manyu was the only one left in the living room.

He walked over to her and sat down, leaning gently against the sofa.

"Aye, I just asked Lai Di to take a piece of cloth home to make clothes for the child."

"I thought, let's go to the street office at 10 a.m. tomorrow to find her and go to see the yard together."

"After we have time after looking at the yard, we can go to the department store to buy a refrigerator."

"Okay, wife, I'll listen to you."

"Aye?"

"Ok?"

“Will there be no stock when I go to buy a refrigerator tomorrow?”

"There are not many refrigerators now. The refrigerators in department stores have not sold a single one in half a year."

"After get off work this evening, I went to the department store and saw that there were only five refrigerators left out of the six."

"It'll be in time tomorrow afternoon."