Siheyuan: After I moved in, the compound became a mess

"Yushui, look what I brought you?"

Pushing open the ear room next to Yi Zhonghai's house, Sha Zhu put the sweet potato on his back and looked at his sister sitting at the desk with a smile.

He Yushui saw Sha Zhu holding his brother's hands behind his back and knew that he had taken food. When he saw the hot sweet potatoes, his eyes were full of surprise, "Great, my silly brother, you still remember your sister. It's not in vain that I washed your clothes."

"What are you talking about? I'm your brother, not your stupid brother. If you keep talking nonsense, be careful and I'll beat you up."

Sha Zhu pretended to be angry, put the sweet potato on the table, and said, "Hurry up and feed it while it's hot. I bought two and will send one to the old lady in the backyard."

"You only bought two, so I'll give you half."

As he spoke, He Yushui picked up the sweet potato and started to break it open.

However, before she could finish, Sha Zhu had already closed the door and left.

He came to the backyard, pushed open the door of the deaf old lady's house, went into the house and saw that the old lady was sleeping soundly wrapped in a quilt.

Without waking up the deaf old lady, Sha Zhu heated up the sweet potatoes on the kang and helped the old lady poke the stove to prevent it from falling off and freezing her.

I have to say that in this compound, Sha Zhu and the deaf old lady are the only two people who are truly committed to the cause.

Perhaps it was because Sha Zhu poking the stove made too loud a noise, the deaf old lady startled and sat up on the kang, picked up the walking stick at the head of the kang, and looked at Sha Zhu sitting beside the stove with a frown.

"Oh, it's Zhuzi. You came here without calling me and scared me."

As the deaf old lady spoke, she put down her crutches and saw the sweet potatoes wrapped in newspapers at the head of the kang.

Only these days can newspapers still be used like this.

In ten years, this newspaper will have two uses. One is to read, and the other is to paste it on the wall. If you dare to use it to wrap things or wipe your butt, you might end up breaking it if you try.

“Hey, this is roasted sweet potato.”

The deaf old lady reached out and touched it. It was still warm. "Zhu Zi, did you bring this?"

Sha Zhu started to collect the ashes in the stove downstairs. Now that the old lady had woken up, he was not afraid of making any noise.

"Yes, I just bought it from Yan Jiecheng and his wife in the front yard. Grandma, you have bad teeth, so eating this is different. Just peel off the skin and eat it quickly. It's sweet."

The deaf old lady looked at Sha Zhu and sighed: "You are still my grandson. You always think of me when you have something delicious. Your grandma loves you well."

As she said this, the deaf old lady peeled the sweet potato and took a bite: "Oh, this is really delicious, and not hard to eat."

"You are my grandma, if I don't care about you, who else should I care about? Besides, Uncle Yi also wanted to buy it for you, but he didn't give it to you because he saw that I bought it." Sha Zhu cleaned the ash and put it aside, then sat on the edge of the kang and chatted with the old lady.

The deaf old lady smacked her sweet potatoes and raised her eyelids: "You said you bought these sweet potatoes from the eldest couple of Yan Bugui's family?"

"Yes, there's a movie going on in the theater, so Yan Jiecheng and his wife are planning to set up a small stall to sell sweet potatoes. They just tested the stove today, so I'll just buy one for you and Yushui."

Sha Zhu was laughing beside her. He was happy to see the deaf old lady eating with relish.

"Humph, showing a movie has caused so much trouble for the few people in the courtyard. Not only does Yan Bugui's wife sell melon seeds and peanuts, but now his son and daughter-in-law are selling roasted sweet potatoes. All the money goes to their family."

As she spoke, the deaf old lady threw a piece of sweet potato peel on the ground and said, "They should have sent it to me as soon as they baked the sweet potatoes. You even paid for it. That's really a piece of crap."

"Oh, my grandma, these sweet potatoes are not from our family. They were bought by Yan Jiecheng from outside. Let's spend some money. Your grandson still has some money."

"Is this about money? This is a matter of attitude. Yan Bugui is now the second-in-command in the hospital, but his awareness has not improved at all. Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui did not learn from what Zhong Hai did when he was in power."

The deaf old lady was getting angrier and angrier. "No, I must find a reason to teach these two a lesson. Don't think you can do anything just because you are the boss of a big compound. It's not good enough for me."

Sha Zhu waited for the deaf old lady to finish eating the sweet potatoes, then helped her clean up and put the ashes in a dustpan before leaving.

"That's enough, old lady. You've eaten such a big sweet potato and you're full. Go lie down and get some sleep. You'll have enough energy to watch a movie in the evening."

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In the front yard, when they saw Wang Dabao getting up and preparing to go back, Liu Haizhong also decided to go home and take a short rest, otherwise he would get hungry if he stayed awake for a while, and this sweet potato would not last him long.

Wang Dabao, Liu Haizhong and his son, Xu Damao and their group walked towards the backyard while chatting.

As soon as they walked to the moon-shaped door in the backyard, they heard a noise coming from inside.

Wang Dabao really wanted to slam his head on the table and ask, which compound could be as chaotic as the Red Star Courtyard?!

Liu Haizhong quickly took two steps into the backyard and saw that Second Aunt and Qin Huairu were having an argument.

Because they needed to make room in the central courtyard to show movies and also for aesthetic reasons, all the clothes drying areas in the courtyard were moved to the backyard.

It's winter now, and sometimes the clothes can't dry in a whole day, so they have to hang here.

The diligent ones who live close to their homes will pick the fruits and take them back home for fear that they will freeze at night, and then put them back to dry when the sun comes out the next day.

Although Yan Bugui's house is not close to the backyard, Second Aunt is very hardworking.

As soon as it got dark last night, I took the clothes back. After roasting melon seeds early in the morning, I hurried back to get the clothes.

When I came back, I found that the place where I hung clothes was occupied by Qin Huairu.

When the second aunt saw that Qin Huairu took up too much space to hang clothes, she couldn't help but grumble a few words.

Qin Huairu also felt quite aggrieved. She had three children at home and they wanted to wash their clothes every day. There was originally a large area at the door for hanging clothes, but in the backyard she could only fold the clothes, and they would not dry for two days, let alone one day.

The two of them were arguing with each other and seemed to be having a hard time getting along.

Seeing Qin Huairu wiping tears with red eyes, Xu Damao felt that he should say a few words. Before Liu Haizhong could speak, Xu Damao approached.

"Aunt, Sister Qin, we are all neighbors in the same courtyard. Why should we hurt each other's feelings over such a small matter? It's not worth it. Let me find two bamboo poles to set up a rack for you to use later."

"Okay then, I'll leave this matter to you, Damao."

Seeing Xu Damao's enthusiasm, Liu Haizhong snorted coldly, finished his instructions, said hello to Wang Dabao, turned around and walked home.

Liu Guangtian smiled and wanted to go home, but Liu Haizhong turned around and gave him a task, "Guangtian, stay here for a while, and watch Damao set up the shelf before coming back."

After Liu Haizhong left, Liu Guangtian approached Xu Damao and said, "Brother Damao, you are really kind-hearted and try to be a good person everywhere."