Zhou Juan, Zhou Fang, Zhou Sheng and their friends played around for a while.

Zhou Juan, a child who was forced to grow up, also had a smile on her face.

Wait until the kids are gone.

Zhou Qiang began to process river prawns, which he planned to make into shrimp paste.

Shrimp paste is generally fermented and takes more than ten days.

The next few days.

In the morning, Zhou Qiang sometimes went to the auto repair shop to make money, and sometimes went to school.

In the afternoon, Zhou Qiang usually goes fishing.

Most of the fish caught have changed their food, including white noodles, pheasants, eggs, vermicelli, etc., as long as they are eaten, Zhou Qiang has changed them.

In a small part, Zhou Qiang made smoked dried fish, grilled dried fish and other things that are easy to preserve.

In addition, Zhou Qiang made more and more shrimp paste.

These are foods that can be stored for a long time.

Zhou Qiang knew that in the future, food would be more scarce, which was a precautionary measure.

Zhou Hua didn't come to make trouble recently. He seemed scared.

A few days later.

It's the weekend.

In the morning, Zhou Qiang did not go out.

He supervises his younger siblings with their homework.

Finish your meal at noon.

In the afternoon, Zhou Qiang took his younger siblings to go fishing.

Walking with the three great masters Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui's salary was not high, and there were many people eating at home, so he had to go out fishing to supplement his family.

He and Zhou Qiang have become "fishing friends".

"Xiaoqiang, let me tell you, I found a place with a lot of fish"

"Three masters, I also found a place with a lot of fish"

"Then dare to be kind, go to the place you are looking for first."

"Yes."

"By the way, Xiaoqiang, can you give me more bait?" Yan Bugui always wanted to take advantage.

"Three masters, I don't have much bait this time, so I can't give it to you." Zhou Qiang directly refused. He wasn't embarrassed.

Yan Bugui touched his nose and helped the old glasses wrapped in white tape, but he was not angry, he was not embarrassed, and talked about other things.

Life made him, a self-proclaimed reader, very thick-skinned.

Miscellaneous courtyard.

After Zhou Qiang's family left.

It didn't take long.

A middle-aged man in his forties came, and two young people in their twenties.

The clothes of the three were patched, tattered, and dirty.

They are relatives of Zhou Qiang's hometown.

The middle-aged man, named Zhou Tong, is Zhou Tie's eldest brother and Zhou Qiang's uncle.

Two young people, Zhou Jiang and Zhou He, are the sons of Zhou Tong.

"Dad, the door is locked." Zhou Jiang tugged on the door lock of Zhou Qiang's house, but didn't pull it open. He had been to Zhou Qiang's house before.

"Locked? Isn't it a place where the door is not locked? Zhou Tong smoked dry cigarettes, lean, not tall, dark skin, triangular eyes, always squinting, giving people a sense of cruelty.

"Who are you looking for?" The three mothers came out, and a few neighbors also came out.

On weekends, there is no need to go to work, and there are many people in the courtyard.

"Let's look for Zhou Qiang." Zhou Jianghui's words.

"Who are you? What are you looking for Zhou Qiang for? The three mothers asked. Her family also recently ate the fish and meat given by Zhou Qiang, and she got a benefit, so she wanted to help Zhou Qiang take care of the house.

"I'm cousin Zhou Qiang, this is my father, this is my brother. We couldn't live in the village anymore, so we came to join Zhou Qiang. "Zhou Jiang and they had already thought about what they were going to do before they came.

They came to Zhou Qiang's house and ate nothing.

They are eyeing the Zhou family's job quota, the compensation of Zhou Tie and his wife, and the house.

They believe that the death of Zhou Tie and his wife is an opportunity for them to turn over.

From then on, Zhou Jiang and Zhou He will work in the city, and they will become city people.

The house in the village can be lent to Zhou Qiang's brothers and sisters to live in. For the sake of relatives, the rent can be charged less.

By the way, their village is in Hongxing Commune, Zhouzhuang.

Qin Huairu's mother's house is also in Hongxing Commune, in Qinjiazhuang, not a village.

"Can't get by? Come to the Zhou family? "The three mothers understood what was going on as soon as they heard it. While interrogating Zhou Jiang and the origin of several people, she made a look and asked the neighbor to go to the middle courtyard to find Yi Zhonghai, an uncle.

"Tell me where you are from?" The three mothers began to interrogate.

"We are Zhouzhuang, from the Red Star Commune." Zhou Jiang replied honestly.

"Red Star Commune? You wait, we also have a Red Star Commune here, let her come and see, recognize you or not. "The three mothers are talking about Qin Huairu.

"Is it Qin Huairu from Qinjiazhuang?" Zhou Tong interjected.

Qin Huairu's matter, Zhou Tong knew.

At the beginning, the Jia family married Qin Huairu, and they also inquired about the news of the Qin family here in Zhou Tong.

"Do you recognize Qin Huairu?" The three mothers were a little surprised.

"I know, when Qin Huairu got married, I went to help." Zhou Tong's words are not false.

Zhou Tong is a 'ghost' in the village, usually lazy to eat, wandering around, has been to Qinjiazhuang, and knows Qin Huairu's father, Qin Youfu.

When Qin Huairu married Jia Dongxu of the Jia family in the miscellaneous courtyard, Zhou Tong was present to see the excitement.

Just watched the excitement, not mixed with a meal.

At this time, He Yuzhu walked over from the middle courtyard with a swagger.

He Yuzhu is nicknamed 'Silly Pillar'.

He Yuzhu is the 'back-to-back' actor of "Love in the Courtyard", who likes to raise other people's children and doesn't care about his own son.

He Yuzhu's father He Daqing is a cook, and He Yuzhu is also a cook.

He Yuzhu is the chef of the Red Star Rolling Mill, specializing in Sichuan cuisine, Tan family cuisine, etc., and is a good cook with good cooking skills.

He Yuzhu and his father, He Daqing, ran away with the White Widow.

When He Daqing ran away with the White Widow, the He family was left, and He Yuzhu and He Yushui were two brothers and sisters. He Yuzhu's mother died early.

At that time, He Yuzhu should have just joined the work, He Yushui was still young and still in school.

He Daqing is also very ruthless.

For the sake of widows, in order to support other people's sons, he abandoned his own sons and daughters.

Later, He Daqing was kicked out of the house by the white widow's son, and he had nothing to rely on, so he could only go home and rely on He Yuzhu to support the elderly.

He Yuzhu is in "Love in the Courtyard", and his father's situation is similar, and he is reconciled with Qin Huairu and Qin Widow, raising Qin Widow's children.

He Yuzhu is worse than He Daqing, He Yuzhu has never married a yellow flower girl, if it weren't for the protagonist's halo, he wouldn't have had his own children.

Later, He Yuzhu was kicked out of the house by Qin's widow's son and froze to death outside. (This is partly heard, but it's highly credible.) Let's not talk about that time, let's just say that in today's society, the children of widows, when they get old, the old men who are driven away are not old and young. ）

He Yuzhu, 25 years old this year, is not small, and he is still single.

The reason is that there is no adult Zhang Luo marriage in the family. (This should be the main reason.) ）

The other is that He Yuzhu's heart is too high.

Ordinary girls don't look down on it.

The girl who can be seen, people dislike He Yuzhu, rude, ugly or something, she is still a cook, and she is uneducated.

He Yuzhu's nemesis, Xu Damao in the backyard, married a beautiful daughter-in-law, Lou Xiao'e, the daughter of the big businessman 'Lou Bancheng'.

He Yuzhu's neighbor, Jia Dongxu of the Jia family in the middle courtyard, married a beautiful village girl, Qin Huairu.

These two beautiful women raised He Yuzhu's eyes at once.

He Yuzhu is looking for a woman, and he must surpass these two.

It's a bit harder.

Therefore, He Yuzhu is twenty-five years old and has not found his daughter-in-law yet.

He Yuzhu should be a knife mouth and a tofu heart.

The mouth is not forgiving, and love to take advantage of the mouth.

If there is anything going on in the miscellaneous courtyard, he is willing to take care of it, so it can be regarded as a good fight.

Just now, someone in the front yard went to the middle courtyard to find an uncle, Yi Zhonghai.

happened to meet He Yuzhu, so he told He Yuzhu about the front yard.

He Yuzhu heard that someone from Zhou Qiang's hometown was going to bully Zhou Qiang's brothers and sisters, and suddenly his sense of justice exploded, and he hurriedly came to the front yard.

At this moment, He Yuzhu, the god of war in the courtyard, represents justice. (He Yuzhu fought in the courtyard and never lost, and the fight was more powerful, so he was nicknamed 'the god of war in the courtyard'.) ）

I saw He Yuzhu walking in front of Zhou Tong and the others.

"Where did you come from? What are you doing here? He Yuzhu put his hands in his pockets, squinted, and looked at Zhou Tong, Zhou Jiang, and Zhou He with some contempt.

"We are from the Red Star Commune, and our home is in Zhouzhuang. The family couldn't live anymore, so they came to Zhou Qiang. Seeing that He Yuzhu didn't look like he was easy to mess with, Zhou Jiang answered honestly.

"The village is fine, why can't it get by?" He Yuzhu asked casually, still with contemptuous eyes.

"It's not good in the village, big brother, it doesn't rain all the time, the crops are drought, and there is not much food. Now, we don't have a grain of food at home, and we've been hungry for days. "Zhou Jiang is a little yellow and thin, and he looks like he has been hungry for a long time.

"Hungry for days? It's not like you've been hungry for days. Although Zhou Tong and the three of them have yellow faces and thin muscles, they are still different from those who have been hungry for several days, He Yuzhu can see it.

"That's right, big brother, before we set off from home, we borrowed some food and had a full meal before we set out on our way." Zhou Jiang: They did borrow grain.

At this time, Qin Huairu and Yi Zhonghai also came over one after the other.

Jia Dongxu did not appear. He likes to shrink at home, not to get out, and if there is something, let his daughter-in-law come forward. His daughter-in-law is better at things than he is.

Qin Huairu can be regarded as the heroine in "Love in the Courtyard".

She is a native of Hongxing Commune, Qinjiazhuang, has good looks, and is a village flower.

When he was eighteen, he married Jia Dongxu, a native of the city.

In this era, it is a good thing for people from the village to marry people from the city.

People in the city generally do not marry people from the village.

The people in the village, because of the hukou problem, have no food supply in the city, no food stamps, and food is a problem.

In addition, there is no job and no income, which is considered a burden on the family.

Therefore, people in the city basically do not marry in the countryside.

In the miscellaneous courtyard, the reason why Jia Dongxu of the Jia family married Qin Huairu, the village aunt, should be because the conditions of the Jia family are not good.

Jia Dongxu's father died early.

Jia Dongxu's mother, Jia Zhang's family, is a rural household registration, has no food supply, and is lazy to eat, only spends money, does not earn money, and is addicted to painkillers.

Therefore, the conditions of the Jia family are very poor.

I want to marry a girl who has a job in the city, but I can't.

You can only marry a rural girl.

I even married the village flower!

Qin Huairu is now 28 years old and has a male Jia Terrier (the stick terrier is a drowning name, which is a nickname), about 7 years old. A daughter, Jia Xiaodang, is about 2 years old, and there is an unborn daughter in her belly, Jia Huaihua.

Qin Huairu is as beautiful as a flower and charming at the age.

You have to have a figure, you have to look good, and you have a pair of talking eyes.

As soon as she appeared, He Yuzhu couldn't help but look at it twice.

He Yuzhu, a bachelor, has long been thinking about the graceful and charming Qin Huairu.

It's just that He Yuzhu is bold and small, and he didn't dare to do what "Cao Cao" likes to do.

"Are you Master Zhou Tong Zhou of Zhouzhuang?" Qin Huairu recognized Zhou Tong.

"That's right, you are Qin Youfu's daughter, Qin Huairu. When you got married, I went to help. Zhou Tong said with a big grin. He finally saw someone he knew.

"I'm the housekeeper of this courtyard, Yi Zhonghai, what are you doing here?" Yi Zhonghai took a step forward and asked. He has the task assigned by Wang Xiuping, to stand up for Zhou Qiang's family.

"We can't live in the village, so we came to Zhou Qiang," Zhou Jiang and they were asked again.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai coming out, He Yuzhu took a few steps back, leaned beside Qin Huairu, and asked in a low voice, "Sister Qin, what's going on with copper this week?" ”

"Zhou Tong is a street runner in Zhouzhuang, he likes to run around, he doesn't do his job all day long, he doesn't farm, and he can't earn work.

Eating or something, it's either borrowing or cheating.

Not a good guy anyway. "Qin Huairu knows a lot about Zhou Tong. She occasionally came home and talked to her family about it.

"It's such a person, look at how I clean them up." He Yuzhu's mouth had unconsciously reached Qin Huairu's ears. The hot breath that was spit out made Qin Huairu a little itchy.

Qin Huairu was not annoyed, but gave He Yuzhu a wink.

He Yuzhu's heart suddenly bloomed, and his whole body was full of strength.

At this time, "Let's not go!" Zhou Tong and the three shouted.

It turned out that Yi Zhonghai asked them to go, but they didn't leave.

"We can't live anymore, come to Zhou Qiang's house to find a way to live." Zhou Tong and the others sat at the door of Zhou Qiang's house, but they didn't leave.

"The Zhou family has no income now, it is a poor household, and the Zhou family is about to be unable to open the pot, so they can't help you." Yi Zhonghai kept persuading, but it was of little use.

"Oh, what's the stubble?" He Yuzhu walked up to Zhou Tong and the others, "You want to be a scoundrel here, right?" ”

"If we don't play scoundrels, we just won't survive."

"This is trying to rely on not leaving, see that I don't beat you flat!" He Yuzhu is going to do it. He was inspired by Qin Huairu and was full of strength, and he wanted to show his skills.

"Okay, if you want to beat us, come and go, beat us here, it's better to beat us to death, come, come" Yes, Zhou Tong's father and son are all scoundrels, and the last thing they are afraid of is that there will be 'nobles' to beat them.

'Nobleman' means a person who has a job and money.

If a 'nobleman' beats them, they are right to be wronged by that person.

This kind of slanderous thing has been experienced a lot, and they have all experienced it.

Zhou Tong and the three of them stretched their heads towards He Yuzhu, waiting for He Yuzhu to beat them.

He Yuzhu couldn't help it, and was just about to do it.

But he was pulled by Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai is old and has experienced a lot of things, and he knows that Zhou Tong and the three of them want to blackmail He Yuzhu.

Seeing that He Yuzhu didn't dare to make a move, Zhou Tong became even more energetic, pointed at He Yuzhu's nose, and shouted: "Gua Wazi, you can't do it, what's wrong?" Aren't you going to beat us up? Come on, if we don't fight back, you can beat it hard, come on. ”

Zhou Tong forced He Yuzhu to take a few steps back.

Yi Zhonghai and the others looked at Zhou Tong helplessly, they had no choice.

They are all people who have jobs and don't want to be entangled in 'shit in the pit'.

Zhou Tong's father and son seemed to be victorious, leaning proudly at the door of Zhou Qiang's house, looking at the people in the courtyard unscrupulously.

"Gua Wazi, come on!"

"What kind of uncle is in charge, are you going to beat us up?"

"We can't survive anymore, just kill us."

"The daughter of the Qin family, are you comfortable in the city?"

"Where is the grain in the city?" Yes, Zhou Tong was thinking about how to buy food supplies after work.

A group of people in the courtyard looked at Zhou Tong and the three of them arrogantly, but there was no way.

Moment of truth.

"Who are you? Do you have a letter of introduction? "Wang Xiuping is here. Someone went to inform her just now.

"We, we went to relatives, and we didn't open a letter of introduction." As soon as he heard the letter of introduction, Zhou Tong immediately panicked. The three of them, father and son, are 'ghosts' and never open letters of introduction when they go out.

"Don't have a letter of introduction? Come, follow me to the police station and explain the problem honestly. Wang Xiuping stared at Zhou Tong and the three of them, looking down.

"Let's go back and open a letter of introduction." Zhou Tong, father and son, ran away in a smoke.

Zhou Tong, father and son, who made the miscellaneous courtyard helpless, fled in the desert under Wang Xiuping's two sentences.

"Isn't Xiaoqiang at home?" Wang Xiuping asked.

"Director Wang, Xiaoqiang and Lao Yan went fishing together." The three mothers hurriedly replied.

"Xiaoqiang went fishing again? He's good at fishing. Wang Xiuping smiled and nodded. Recently, Zhou Qiang has been sending her fish almost every day.

Of course, Wang Xiuping didn't ask for it in vain, and gave Zhou Qiang a few uncommon tickets.

"Yes, Xiaoqiang also invited us to eat fish." The three mothers laughed.

"That's right, my family ate it too."

"Xiaoqiang's stewed fish soup is delicious." The surrounding neighbors all praised Zhou Qiang.

Small talk.

"Lao Yi, if those three people come again in the future, notify me, and I will clean them up." Wang Xiuping said a few words and left.

The crowd dispersed.

Qin Huairu went home.

He Yuzhu followed unhurriedly.

Yi Zhonghai also followed.

The Zhou Qiang brothers and sisters are still fishing, and they don't know about the miscellaneous courtyard yet.

(End of chapter)