After saying goodbye to Director Yang, Li Qinghe hummed a song as he left the factory with a bag hanging on the handlebars.
I strolled back to the courtyard. It was not yet time to get off work, so the courtyard was rather deserted.
The weather is cold at this time and not many people go out of the house. Even if they are doing laundry, they will try to stay indoors.
At this time, Lou Xiao'e was reading in the room. Seeing Li Qinghe, she was surprised and asked, "Why are you back so early? Did you skip work?"
Li Qinghe was also surprised, "Sister Xiao'e, didn't you say you wanted to go home?"
The last time Lou Xiao'e came back, she said she wanted to go back, and her father had almost arranged everything.
"I was preparing to go back. I'm about to leave now. I have packed my things. Since you are back, let's leave tomorrow." Lou Xiao'e said, touching her belly.
I don’t know if she is pregnant or not. The time is too short and I can’t feel any movement at all.
Now that Li Qinghe is back, let’s try harder.
Li Qinghe sat next to him, took out some vanishing cream and some snacks and handed them over, "Okay, remember to take these things with you, don't treat yourself badly."
"Yeah, I remember." Lou Xiao'e took it happily, opened the vanishing cream, smelled it, and put some on her face with her fingers.
In fact, these things were not rarely used in the past, but times have changed. Since I married Xu Damao, I dare not use them.
It’s not that they can’t afford it. The Lou family is a big capitalist after all, and a lean camel is bigger than a horse. But in order to save their lives, they can only be as low-key as possible. They dare not use things like vanishing cream.
If someone gets jealous and reports it, I won’t even have a place to cry.
After that, the two of them stayed together for a few minutes. Fearing that someone might come out, Li Qinghe went back to stay next door.
He lit the stove and took out a book to read.
As time passed, the children who went to school came back and the yard became much livelier. The children's noise added a bit of liveliness to the originally deserted yard.
It was not until the sun was about to set that the workers returned home one after another.
At this time, in Yang Jianjun's home in the Central Courtyard, an old woman with a weather-beaten face was looking at the rice jar with worry.
Not far away, Yang Jianjun was sitting on a stool, doing his homework, and he did not run out to play like other children.
Seeing grandma standing by the rice jar without moving, he asked with concern, "Grandma, what's wrong?"
When the old woman heard her grandson's voice, she immediately put away her sorrowful expression, opened her toothless mouth, and said kindly, "It's okay, grandma is thinking about getting something to eat for my eldest grandson in the evening. You've worked hard at school, you need to eat something good."
Yang Jianjun shook his head, his pale face full of seriousness, "Grandma, there's no need to prepare anything delicious, just eat something casually."
"Okay, you do your homework first. Grandma is going to go out for a while."
As soon as she went out the door, the smile on the old woman's face disappeared immediately, and a look of sadness returned to her face.
He sighed, looked up at the neighbors in the yard, and wanted to take a step over, but in the end he did not move.
He gritted his teeth, encouraged himself, and walked towards Yi Zhonghai's house diagonally opposite.
Boom boom boom~
"Uncle, are you there?"
At this time, Yi Zhonghai was sitting at the Eight Immortals Table smoking a pipe. When he heard the knock on the door, he said casually, "Come in, the door is not locked."
The old woman awkwardly pushed the door open and walked in, "Uncle, I hope I didn't disturb you?"
"It's the eldest sister-in-law of the Yang family. Please sit down. Is there anything I can help you with?" Yi Zhonghai greeted the person hurriedly when he saw her.
Sister-in-law Yang waved her hand. "No, no, I'll leave in a moment. It's like this, I want to... I want to borrow some food. Can you see if there's any surplus food at home? I'll pay it back on time next month."
Yi Zhonghai frowned and looked towards the corner of the inner room, where there were more than 20 kilograms of corn flour. He said in embarrassment: "Sister-in-law Yang, it's not that I don't want to help you, but I don't have much left at home. You know, I have to take care of the deaf old lady, and the food is rationed, which is enough for a few of us.
"I paid out the food on the 25th of last month, and only half of it has been used up today. By the end of the month, I might even have to find a way to borrow some."
Sister-in-law Yang rubbed her feet awkwardly and laughed dryly. "Is that so? Fine then. I'll go back first. Sorry to bother you."
Yi Zhonghai was also embarrassed and said: "I'm sorry that I can't help you. How about when the quota is determined next month, I'll give you some?"
"No, no, I'll think of a way."
Sister-in-law Yang quickly declined and walked out with difficulty.
What about paying more next month? It's just a polite remark. I really don't want to borrow.
With a helpless sigh, Yang's sister-in-law looked towards the front yard again, hesitated for a moment, and walked over.
Inside the room, an old lady poked her head out and asked, "Lao Yi, who came just now?"
Yi Zhonghai took a puff of his cigarette calmly, "Yang's."
"It's her, why are you here?"
"What else can I do? Borrow food."
An old lady came out from the inner room and said, "Why didn't you lend her some? She still had a lot of corn flour."
Yi Zhonghai glanced at her and said, "If we give it to her, what will the Jia family do?"
The aunt frowned. She knew the situation of the Jia family. Although they did not live very well, at least they were not hungry and could eat some fine grains from time to time.
With the help from He Yuzhu, the whole family has become rosy-cheeked, and Jia Zhang's weight has never dropped.
"Old Yi, you know the situation of the Yang family. An old woman has a primary school-age child and doesn't have a job. She relies on odd jobs to survive. She can't even afford to eat. Our family doesn't need this. If you can help, please help. Otherwise, I'll send some corn flour to them."
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