Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

"Old Liu, let me tell you something."

"What's wrong, Old Yan? You're so flustered. You're still a teacher, the third uncle in the courtyard. You need to be calm. You need to have the demeanor of someone who can do something big. You need to have the kind of face that collapses like a mountain... collapses..."

Liu Haizhong forgot the lyrics again.

"Even when Mount Tai collapses before you, you remain calm."

Liu Guangqi added.

"Yes! That's what I said. To have this kind of temperament, Old Yan, you still need to practice."

Liu Haizhong looked at Yan Bugui with a hint of contempt in his eyes.

"Old Liu, let's get down to business. Old Yi just came back."

"Just go back if you want. I can't stop him from going home."

Liu Haizhong said casually.

"Old Liu, this is what happened..."

Yan Bugui told Liu Haizhong that the deaf old lady became completely deaf after being bitten by an insect.

"Are you really deaf? From a bug bite?"

"Really? Don't say you don't believe it. I don't believe it either. I've lived for decades and this is the first time I've heard of someone becoming deaf from a bug bite. But there's no need for Old Yi to lie to us about this."

"It's time to tell everyone, let's go, let's go to the meeting. Guangqi, go and inform the residents in the backyard to go to the middle yard."

Liu Haizhong hurriedly found his cup, poured a glass of water, and followed Yan Bugui to the central courtyard.

Before long, almost everyone in the yard had arrived.

"Ahem, everyone, be quiet for a moment. I want to say a few words. We've gathered everyone here today, firstly to wish everyone a happy new year, and secondly, there's something important that concerns our entire hospital, and I want Third Uncle to tell everyone about it."

Liu Haizhong strategically took a sip of water and spat out a few non-existent tea leaves.

"Dear neighbors, it's mainly the deaf old lady..."

Yan Bugui explained the matter in a simple and clear manner, and asked Yi Zhonghai to come out and testify to confirm the matter.

Everyone was talking about it for a while?

"Are there really poisonous insects? Can they make someone deaf by biting their ear? Then if they bite their arm, wouldn't that arm be useless?"

"Don't even mention your arm, you might even lose your life. In our village, someone went into the mountains and got stung by a wasp, and died."

"It's so scary. How come this bug appeared in our yard?"

"Oh, stop talking. I can't sleep anymore."

For a moment, the middle court was filled with noise and the sound of conversation was disturbing.

"Quiet! Everyone be quiet!"

Yi Zhonghai stood up and spoke loudly.

Everyone stopped to see what the old man in front of them would say. Only Liu Haizhong looked at Yi Zhonghai with an unhappy expression.

"Director Wu of the Subdistrict Office is already aware of this matter. We must trust that the comrades of the Subdistrict Office will not ignore us. I believe that Director Wu will bring people to deal with this matter soon.

Don't worry, trust the leaders of the subdistrict office; they will help us handle this matter."

"Comrade Yi Zhonghai said it well! Our subdistrict office will definitely not ignore you and will give you a satisfactory explanation."

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Director Wu from the Street Office with several people wearing white protective suits and holding some tools in their hands.

Everyone made way for Director Wu, and Liu Haizhong ran over happily.

"Director Wu, I'm the second uncle who manages the courtyard. My name is Liu Haizhong. We're having a meeting to discuss the poisonous insect issue."

Liu Haizhong had a flattering expression on his face and followed Director Wu with his waist bent.

Director Wu ignored him and walked among the group.

"Everyone, rest assured. I have already understood the matter clearly. Comrade Yi Zhonghai explained it to me very clearly this morning. I feel deeply ashamed about the deaf old lady being bitten by a poisonous insect.

This is a dereliction of duty on our part. To prevent such incidents from happening again, I have requested that health experts come to protect us from pests and diseases.

Don't worry, our subdistrict office will definitely give you an explanation."

Director Wu's words were powerful and inspiring, and the fear in everyone's hearts dissipated a lot.

Chapter 48: Uncle Jiang and his family arrive

The arrival of Director Wu and the health and epidemic prevention personnel made everyone feel much more at ease.

Liu Haizhong wanted to put on a good show in front of Director Wu, but he was so nervous that he couldn't even finish his words. Finally, he stammered, "Director Wu is right!"

It was Yi Zhonghai who stood up and said, "Dear neighbors, I believe that under the leadership of Director Wu of our Street Office, we will be able to eliminate all pests and poisonous insects and restore peace and prosperity to our courtyard!"

Director Wu looked at Yi Zhonghai with admiration and thought to himself, Yi Zhonghai is such a good comrade.

"Okay, everyone, please don't gather together. Let's have the health and epidemic prevention personnel come and disinfect each household.

To save time, we will carry out the disinfection work in all three courtyards at the same time, regardless of whether anyone lives there or not.

The managers of the courtyards are responsible for their respective courtyards. Comrade Yi Zhonghai is in charge of the middle courtyard, and we will start with his home. After all, his home is a key prevention and control area.

Director Wu gave the order for everyone to go back home, pack up their things, and put away edible items such as food to prevent them from being contaminated by disinfectant.

I worked until 2:30 in the afternoon, finally spraying every corner of the yard with disinfectant. Of course, I didn't find any black scorpions, but I did kill a lot of insects.

Director Wu had also been staying in the courtyard today, chatting with everyone. He was very affable and approachable.

Liu Haizhong tried hard to imitate Director Wu's every move and asked Liu Guangqi to record it so that he could learn from it later. This is all learning material for improvement!

After the disinfection work was completed, the health and epidemic prevention personnel also explained to everyone the relevant knowledge of epidemic prevention, such as brushing teeth frequently, washing hands before meals and after defecation, etc.

Everyone nodded, indicating that they remembered it.

After the disinfection work was completed, Yi Zhonghai wanted to invite Director Wu and others to have dinner.

However, Director Wu refused. Before leaving, Director Wu said, "Yi Zhonghai is a good comrade. I think the head of the Intermediate Court can take on the responsibility again."

Everyone agreed. Although Liu Haizhong wanted to object, he didn't dare to speak out. He could only curse Yi Zhonghai in his heart for deceiving his superiors.

Yi Zhonghai immediately said that he had realized his previous mistakes and would never make them again. He would serve the neighbors in the yard wholeheartedly.

Director Wu left with satisfaction.

Yi Zhonghai was very happy to return to his position as the manager.

"Well, okay, everyone, go home. Go check carefully when you get home to see if there's anything you missed, and check for bugs or anything like that."

Yan Bugui looked at the happy Yi Zhonghai and the gloomy Liu Haizhong. Not wanting to get involved, he quickly dispersed the crowd.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong didn't say anything and went home.

In the evening, everyone eats as needed and cleans as needed.

The first day of 58 years just passed like this.

The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when married women return to their parents’ home. (This is the day we go back to our parents’ home.)

In the past, the Jiang family always returned to Jiang Erniu's home in Niujia Village on this day every year.

But this year is different. During the twelfth lunar month, Jiang Daniu took the time to go back home and asked Jiang Erniu to bring his family to Sijiucheng after the New Year.

This was Jiang Fan's idea. He still had job vacancies at a scrap collection station and a new workshop in a steel rolling mill, and he wanted to give them to his second uncle's family. It would be a waste if they were not used.

In this way, my second uncle's family will also be a dual-income family, and they can move to the city. With a job, they can get a city hukou and have a ration of food.

He hadn't forgotten that this was 58, the year the People's Communes began. Jiang Fan didn't know exactly when it began. He only knew that the next few years would be difficult.

In 58, rural areas began to eat free communal meals. At the beginning, it was fine. Pigs and sheep were slaughtered and everyone ate with their mouths drooling.

Then came the famine, which was not too severe this year but would be a real disaster next year.

In Beijing, at least I can survive for the next few years.

Jiang Fan didn't know much about this period of history, only that it was a difficult time. Back when Jiang Fan was in high school, the food at school was so bad he often couldn't finish it.

His friend said, "It tastes bad? If this were 58 years ago, you would starve to death!"

Jiang Fan didn't take it seriously at the time, but he didn't expect that he would really come to this era.

"Second brother, don't be stunned. You have good eyesight. Go to the door and see if your second uncle and his family have arrived."

The voice of father Jiang Daniu came, interrupting Jiang Fan's thoughts.

"I know, I'll go right away."

Jiang Fan came to his senses and walked to the entrance of the alley, holding a handful of melon seeds in his hand. He cracked them while waiting for his second uncle's family.

Not long after, Jiang Fan saw his second uncle's family carrying large and small bags.

"Second uncle!"

Jiang Fan ran to his second uncle as fast as the wind.

"Let me hold the things. You must be exhausted from the journey."

Jiang Fan took the package and knew without touching it that it was all mountain products from his second uncle's family.

"It's not that tiring. We took an ox cart here and went straight to the city."

Uncle Jiang didn't bother to be polite with his nephew Jiang Fan and gave most of the packages on his body to Jiang Fan.

"Brother Fan." ×3

The three brothers Jiang Dalei, Jiang Yang, and Jiang Yue greeted Jiang Fan.

"Uncle, Aunt, let's go. We're preparing dinner at home."

Jiang Fan led his second uncle's family back to the courtyard and ran into Yi Zhonghai who was about to go out.

Yi Zhonghai had also met Jiang Fan's second uncle's family. Jiang's second uncle's family had three sons, which made Yi Zhonghai very jealous.

back home.

"Dad, Mom, Second Uncle and the others are back."

Jiang Daniu and Shen Yue came out wearing aprons.

"Brother, happy New Year to sister-in-law."

"Uncle, aunt, happy new year."

When the three Jiang Dalei brothers saw Jiang Daniu and Shen Yue, they immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed.

"Okay, good kids, get up, uncle will give you New Year's money."

Jiang Daniu happily took out the prepared red envelopes from his pocket and gave three to Jiang Dalei, one for each of them.

"Second brother, come and sit by the fire. Jiang Yu, go get your uncle some tea. It's so cold, you must be freezing all the way here."

"Not bad, they're warm enough to wear, thanks to the cloth Fanzi brought back home. I made a new set of clothes for each of these brats."

Jiang Fan brought back some defective cloth from the textile factory and gave half of it to his second uncle's family. Jiang Fan also gave some cotton.

The Jiang Daniu brothers sat by the stove and talked, accompanied by Jiang Ping'an.

"Come on, you three, I'll take you out for a walk."

"Second brother, I'm going too."

Jiang Yu jumped out and wanted to go out and play with Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan took Jiang Dalei, three half-grown boys and Jiang Yu, and the five of them went out to play.

"Don't play too late, come back for dinner later."

"understood."

Chapter 49: Sending Work

out the door.

Jiang Fan looked at the four people behind him and said, "Tell me, where do you want to go?"