Xu Zhiguo's home is in the middle of the two. He, Fang Yunqing, and Fang Ben all had a partition wall with thick wooden planks as partitions. Xu Zhiguo also shared a wooden staircase with Fang Yunqing to go up and down the stairs. The wall panels on both sides have already been eaten by termites and are crumbling. The wooden staircase treads babbled in the night, and the inky tiles of the roof were covered with black dust and dense succulents. A few swallows hovered over the low eaves, and their "love nests" were built under the eaves, which was the only scenery that made Xu Yunqin's heart move.

Fang Yunqing's youngest daughter, Fang Caili, is no more than eight years old, and she loves to wear a fine and shredded floral cloth blouse, dotted with small white flowers densely arranged, wearing a pair of dark blue pants, two small pigtails of different thicknesses, and a pair of bare feet. A strange neighbor suddenly moved in next door, which made her curious. I saw her poke her little head in from the door for a while, and then open her big round eyes, look here, touch it with her hand there, and want to ask but dare not ask. Xu Yunqin walked over and pushed her the back: "You get out of here, who let you come into my house"? The little girl muttered and was pushed out by Xu Yunqin, protesting as she went.

Fang Caihe was the first new neighbor to enter Xu Zhi's country. This is a young and beautiful woman in her thirties, with clear and fair skin, a beautiful face, and neat and clean clothes. Her long hair fell over her narrow shoulders, her eyelashes were not thin and long, her eyes were shining, and her voice was slightly magnetic. Before the person saw it, the voice had already entered the house: "You are moving, and you don't say hello to us in advance, are you afraid that we will come over to eat?" ”

Jin Xiaoju had no choice but to greet her, and said with a soft smile: "Where, we don't have many things at home, and we moved here all at once, so we won't trouble everyone." Sit, sit down, please. As he spoke, he moved a stool.

"I won't sit down, this will hinder you from moving things, what do you need me to do, just ask, now they are all neighbors, don't be embarrassed to say, everyone will help in the future."

"What the girl said is that I was thinking, when I am tidy up, I will go to visit you one by one." Jin Xiaoju said with a smile while rolling one arm to wipe the sweat on her forehead.

"Don't worry, although the people in the courtyard are all with the same surname Fang, the old lady is also the same, our Fang people are all straightforward, and they are all very talkative, and you won't let you be wronged when you come."

"I believe this, although I lived far away in the past and had no dealings with you, your yard still has a good reputation for unity and harmony."

"I don't know what the reputation is outside, but we people with the surname never bully others, you must have heard of it, right?"

"What I've heard is good, which is also rare." Jin Xiaoju saw that Fang Caihe refused to sit, so she had to move out of a place for her to stand.

"Let me help you get it, this box needs to be placed in this position so that it doesn't take up space." Fang Caihe bent down and picked up a wooden box and folded it on top of a half-height cabinet.

"You rest, I still need you to help with this little work, so that everyone knows, I don't know what to say about me?"

"It doesn't matter, these are relatively light, one person can hold them, those stupid things in clay pots and jars, we women can't move, you just ask Brother Zhiguo to find a few men to move them, and I'll help you sort out the fine pieces first."

Jin Xiaoju had no choice but to let Fang Caihe move together. Fortunately, there are really not too many things, and Jin Xiaoju has already sorted out for more than an hour, so it didn't take long to sort out everything that could be moved.

At this time, Jin Xiaoju's house began to gradually become lively. He Xianxiang, Zhang Xueyun, Zhu Xiuya, Zhang Shupo, Fang Caiyu, Wang Biqin and other old women and young women in the same courtyard all rushed over to help when they heard the sound. The small things were moved, and the stupid things they didn't dare to touch for fear of breaking them. I called a few men to help out, and a few men did it in three or two clicks. Jin Xiaoju and his wife asked everyone to sit down and drink saliva, and everyone quietly quit again.

When the neighbors were gone, the house was deserted. After eating, the children went upstairs to sleep. There were only two people left in the room, Xu Zhiguo and Jin Xiaoju. Xiao Ju said: "Zhiguo, I moved home for a day today, you are also tired, go to bed early, I will sweep the floor and go to sleep." ”

Xu Zhiguo said: "It's okay to leave the land until tomorrow to sweep, since you are tired, go to bed first, I still have a little thing to go out to deal with." ”

Xiao Ju asked what was the matter, did she have to go out at night? Zhiguo said: "It doesn't have to be done, but if you don't do it at night, you won't have time to do it tomorrow, and I don't know how long it will be delayed." ”

Xiao Ju said: "In this case, you can go, I don't insert the latch in my house, when you come back, push the door lightly, and you wake me up, I can't sleep anymore." ”

Zhiguo said: "You don't sleep well when you get closer, maybe you're tired, you can buy some medicine to eat when you go back, it may be better." ”

Xiaoju said: "It's good to take a break, it's good to buy some medicine to eat, and it's not that there is so much money that there is no place to put it." ”

Zhiguo said: "I didn't mean that, and it won't cost a few more pills for a few dollars." ”

Xiao Ju said: "Now I don't know where the money is for inviting the neighbors to eat and buy vegetables, so you can talk big, don't tell you, you can go and do things quickly." ”

Xu Zhiguo turned around and said, "Let's talk about this matter in a few days, there are a lot of important things to deal with, how can there be such idle time." ”

Xiao Ju said: "This is a small matter for you, but it is a heart disease in my heart, you don't take it seriously, there are so many pairs of eyes staring at us in the yard." ”

Zhiguo is gone, and his wife's words are still ringing in his ears: There are so many pairs of eyes staring at us in the yard.

Fang Caihe seems to be very idle these days. She would go to Jin Xiaoju's house every day to do homework, and from time to time she would carry some things in her arms, as small as lifting one or two liters of rice, wheat, noodles, glutinous rice flour and the like. The big ones are old-fashioned clothes, outdated hats, and torn cotton clothes. Jin Xiaoju rejected her kindness one by one and said: "Auntie, no, your family also needs these things, how embarrassed are we to accept your things every day." ”

Fang Caihe was a little unhappy: "Since you call me aunt, then I have the obligation to help your family, I am very happy to see my nephews and nieces all alive, I can't see them starving and cold, don't I?" Besides, these things are also ready-made, and the children in my family don't need them anymore, and it's a waste to keep them, so don't shirk them. ”

Jin Xiaoju couldn't shirk it, so she picked the worst clothes and stayed. Don't do anything else, and send rice, noodles, and noodles back as much as possible.

Jin Xiaoju got up a little late today. She may have been physically exhausted during this time. When people get up, their spirits are also sluggish. It turned out that Jin Xiaoju was already pregnant again, and after a busy day, she looked even more tired. Xu Zhiguo cared about her and said: "You can rest more these days, I see that you are very tired, don't do your housework, it's not too late to do it when your body recovers." ”

Xiao Ju shook her head and said: "Don't be nervous about this little thing, make it as if I'm seriously ill, you go and do what you should do, and the rest is not your concern." ”

Xu Zhiguo no longer forced his wife and went to work with farm tools on his back.

Fang Caihe came over again today, she thought that she was already more iron with Jin Xiaoju now, and she spoke much more directly than usual. As soon as she entered the door, she shouted: "Sister Xiaoju, pour me a bowl of water to drink, I have something to say to you." ”

Xiao Ju also joked: "Sister Caihe, you put up a big shelf, I don't feel embarrassed at all when I get up, I tell you, you have to drink water and pour it yourself, I don't know if the water is hot or not, I haven't touched the kettle in the past few days." ”

Fang Caihe smiled and went to get the boiling kettle, shook it in his hand a few times, put it to his ear and listened, and finally sniffed it with his nose and said, "It's at the bottom of the kettle, I won't drink the water you stink." ”

Jin Xiaoju quipped: "If you are not thirsty, what kind of water do you drink, as for whether it stinks or not, it is not your concern, if you don't drink it, put it back, break my boiling kettle, and my whole family will have no water to drink." ”

After Fang Caihe put the kettle away, he said to Xiao Ju: "Sister Xiao Ju, there is something I have always wanted to ask you, but I think it is a little funny, thinking that my Cai He has a mouth in his mouth, and he has nothing to do when he thinks about eating and drinking every day." Jin Xiaoju took her hand: "Sister Caihe, if you have something to say, just say it, don't spit it out." ”

Fang Caihe said: "This is also everyone's business, but everyone is also a person with brains, not as stupid as my Fang Caihe, straightforward, but I think I said it, you won't blame me for being too talkative." ”

Jin Xiaoju asked with a smile while folding the quilt: "You hurry up and say it, if you don't say it, you will kill me in a hurry." ”

Fang Caihe then said: "Have you comrade brother Guo considered inviting everyone to have a meal, this is the rule in our yard, I am the best with you, I am afraid that you will forget this matter, even if you forget it, it is not a big deal, but in the future, it is not worth it to be pointed at and poked by others, saying that it is not worth it, what do you think?" ”

Jin Xiaoju pretended to be surprised and said: "Sister Caihe, it wasn't you who reminded me today, we really don't know this rule yet, this is to make a joke in the neighborhood, okay, when Zhiguo goes home, I will tell him that we will have a treat in three days." ”