In this era of house decoration, there is no putty powder or latex paint. The house can be lived in just by applying white paint on the inside.
Dabai is lime.
The residents in the courtyard were very enthusiastic. After learning that Nan Yi was a new neighbor, they all rushed to help before Li Dong came to speak.
Applying Dabai is not a simple job. You need to boil quicklime to make hydrated lime. In rural areas, commune members will dig a pit, pour the quicklime in, and then pour water. After the water boils, the lime taken out becomes
Ripe lime.
However, there was no place to dig a hole in the courtyard, so Li Donglai helped Nan Yi find some enamel basins.
The children were very well-behaved and helped the adults nearby, and called aunties and uncles from time to time.
Especially Da Mao, like a little grown-up, he picked up a pole and carried water from the central courtyard.
The adults gave a thumbs up: "Look at these children, they are really good. They are much better than the children of the Jia family and the He family."
Banggeng was watching the excitement, but when he heard this, he felt jealous.
He was very unhappy during this period, mainly because Jia Zhang was arrested.
Although the police station has not yet given a clear explanation and has only temporarily detained Jia Zhang, the residents in the compound feel that she must be a bad element.
Normally, the Jia family is not welcomed in the courtyard, but because of this incident, the Jia family's reputation has plummeted.
Residents usually walk around Qin Huairu when they see her.
When Bangge was playing with the children in the compound, the children all called Bangge the grandson of an enemy agent.
Seeing Da Mao and the others being so popular, Bang Ge felt as uncomfortable as killing him.
In his opinion, Da Mao and the others were dressed in rags and should not live in the courtyard at all.
Bangge felt that he had to find a way to teach Da Mao and the others a lesson. It would be best if he could drive them away.
But there are four brothers and sisters in Da Mao, and there are only three children in his family. Among them, Xiao Dang and Xiao Huaihua are both without a fight.
When the two families fight, the Jia family is no match at all.
How about saying that Bangge is smart!
He soon thought of a way to kill someone with a borrowed knife.
Bangge ran to the window of He's house and knocked: "He Wentao, have you left the house?"
He Wentao opened the window and saw the stick, and curled his lips disdainfully: "Hey, little cripple, what do you want from me?"
After Banggeng became disabled, in order to take care of his self-esteem, the residents in the compound never told Banggeng about his disability in front of him.
However, He Wentao didn't care about this. In his opinion, in this huge courtyard, only Bangge could rival him.
He will never give up any opportunity to hit the stick.
Bangge was furious when he heard this and wanted to tear He Wentao in half. However, for his plan, he could only hold back his anger and put on a smile: "He Wentao, didn't you say you are the most powerful in our compound? This
Another group of children came to our compound. The leader, Da Mao, is about the same age as you. Do you dare to fight him?"
"What are you afraid of fighting? Just wait for me!"
He Wentao realized that this was a good opportunity to demonstrate to Banggeng, so he opened the window and jumped out.
The posture was very cool, but when he landed, he happened to step on a stone and sprained his foot.
"Oh, oh, oh, oh, it hurts!" He gasped in pain as he covered his feet.
Bangge looked at it and shook his head. Just like that, he still wants to be my opponent, Bangge. It’s really ridiculous!
He pretended to be concerned, walked to He Wentao, and asked: "He Wentao, how are you? Do you want me to help you back?"
"No, no need!" He Wentao couldn't accept that he would die before his birth, so he endured the pain and stood up, walking on the same spot twice.
Hey, don't tell me, it really doesn't hurt anymore.
"Come on, I'll show you how powerful I am!"
He Wentao followed Banggeng to the backyard. Banggeng pointed at Da Mao who was helping the adults stir the lime and said, "Did you see it? That child's name is Da Mao. He just told me that the courtyard will be covered by him from now on.
Of course I was not convinced, so I told him that the leader of the children in the courtyard is you, He Wentao.
Guess what?
That big hair actually spit and said you are a waste."
It has to be said that Bangge perfectly inherited Qin Huairu's ability to stir up trouble. This seemingly flawed statement was immediately taken seriously by He Wentao after Bangge's perfect interpretation.
With a cold expression on his face, he gritted his teeth and said, "I will let Da Mao know how powerful I am today!"
He said harsh words, but He Wentao did not take action immediately. After all, there were Er Mao and San Mao beside Da Mao. He alone could not be the opponent of the four of them.
Seeing that He Wentao was still unmoving, Banggeng whispered beside him: "Oh, I blew it so hard just now, and it turned out to be a waste!"
He Wentao couldn't bear it any longer. He rolled his eyes and thought of a way. He turned around and said, "Bangge, just wait!"
After saying that, He Wentao tiptoed towards a bag of white lime next to Da Mao, stretched out his hand to pick up the white lime, and rushed towards Da Mao, preparing to slam it on his head.
Da Mao, on the other hand, was concentrating on stirring the quicklime and didn't notice He Wentao's actions at all.
Seeing that He Wentao was about to succeed, his feet were caught by something, and he even couldn't help but lean forward, causing his mouth to gnaw in the mud.
Only this time, what he gnawed was not mud, but quicklime.
Quicklime is corrosive, and He Wentao subconsciously wanted to close his eyes, but it was too late.
I saw him covering his eyes and shouting "Ahhhhhh": "My eyes, my eyes!"
Banggeng was stunned as he watched from the side. He never expected that He Wentao would trip over a stone.
Oh, He Wentao is really unlucky. This is the second time he tripped over a stone today.
Seeing that He Wentao seemed to be injured, Banggeng felt guilty and took advantage of the chaos to sneak away.
Li Donglai was reading in the room when Silly Zhu burst in angrily: "Master, it's not good, the children of the He family were blinded by quicklime."
"What!" Li Donglai immediately threw away the book in his hand and ran outside.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! As soon as he went out, he saw He Wenhui bringing a basin of water and was about to wash his eyes with He Wentao.
"He Wenhui, you must not! Quicklime will dissipate heat when it encounters water. If you do this, He Wentao's eyes will be useless!"
"Ah?! What should we do!" He Wenhui looked at the crying He Wentao and started crying anxiously.
Li Donglai walked up to He Wentao and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
At this time, He Wentao's face was covered with quicklime, and his skin had been corroded. More importantly, as He Wentao cried, the tears in his eyes began to react chemically with the quicklime.
It is foreseeable that if there is any further delay, He Wentao will go blind.
Li Donglai said loudly: "If you want eyes, don't cry." He turned to look at He Wenhui: "Get some vegetable oil right away, the more the better."
"Vegetable oil?" He Wenhui was stunned for a moment.
Only then did Li Donglai remember that there was no vegetable oil in this era. Most of the edible oils in the capital were soybean oil and peanut oil.
"Soybean oil, peanut oil, the more the better."
"I'll go."
He Wenhui rushed home, ran to the kitchen, picked up two pots of oil, and ran out.
As soon as he reached the door, he was stopped by Yu Qiuhua: "Wenhui, there is only so much oil left at home, where are you going to take it?"
He Wenhui explained anxiously: "There is quicklime in Wen Tao's eyes. The uncle said that he must wipe them with oil, otherwise Wen Tao's eyes will go blind."
"What, quicklime got into Wen Tao's eyes?" Yu Qiuhua became anxious when he heard this, and followed He Wenhui to the backyard.
Halfway through, she suddenly grabbed He Wenhui and said, "No, daughter, we can't take all the oil. We only have this little oil left at home. If we take all of it, what will we eat?"
"Mom, Wen Tao is going to go blind! Are you still worrying about these oils?" He Wenhui looked at Yu Qiuhua in disbelief. In her impression, Yu Qiuhua cared about He Wentao the most. What delicious food does she have at home?
, Yu Qiuhua would hide it secretly and leave it to He Wentao.
Yu Qiuhua glared at He Wenhui angrily: "How can I not know this truth, but think about it, there are so many people there, they can't just watch Wen Tao's eyes go blind, right? As long as the first uncle makes a mistake,
If that’s the case, they still have to take out the oil at home, why don’t we just save a bottle of oil?”
He Wenhui was speechless for a moment. She didn't expect that at such a critical moment, Yu Qiuhua actually thought of saving a bottle of oil.
Seeing that He Wenhui was disobedient, Yu Qiuhua said coldly: "You also know the situation of our family. All this money depends on my salary. If I don't plan smartly, how can I raise you guys?"
"
He Wenhui has always listened to Yu Qiuhua's words, otherwise in the original work, he would not have given up the opportunity to go to college for Yu Qiuhua.
She could only run back into the house and put back the oil bottle.
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Seeing He Wenhui bring a bottle of oil, Li Donglai frowned: "He Wenhui, you only have an oil bottle at home?"
The so-called oil bottles are actually made from discarded medicine bottles.
It can only hold less than fifty milliliters of oil, and it has a plastic cap on it for easy screwing up when not in use.
In the past, some people used soda bottles as oil bottles, but they were easily knocked over by children.
Gas is very expensive these days. It feels so sad to waste a soda bottle of gas.
The oil bottle is too small, and most people will have two or three oil bottles. This way, there is no need to always go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy oil.
Facing Li Donglai's questioning, He Wenhui hesitated and was speechless.
Yu Qiuhua started to cry beside her and wiped her tears: "Master, you don't know that our family's life is hard, so we can't prepare two oil bottles like the big guys do. If any of you has oil at home, please lend it to my family first.
One thing, I promise, I will definitely pay it back in the future.”
They are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are they pretending to be a fairy tale?
The residents all understood what Yu Qiuhua had in mind, so they remained silent and just looked at Li Donglai.
If Yi Zhonghai was the boss, Yi Zhonghai would definitely have asked the residents to use oil to help the He family.
However, from Li Dong's point of view, He Wentao's matter is the Yu family's matter. The Yu family is unwilling to come forward, and the residents have no obligation to help him.
Li Donglai looked at Yu Qiuhua and said: "I'm afraid one bottle of oil is not enough. I advise you to go back and get another bottle of oil, otherwise He Wentao's eyes may not be saved."
Yu Qiuhua was a little dissatisfied. She still believed that the residents would not die without saving help, so she cried and said: "Master, I really only have one bottle of oil at home. If Wen Tao's eyes are blind, it will be his life!"
Hearing this, He Wentao shivered with fright, hugged Yu Qiuhua's legs and shouted: "Mom, I remember we have two oil bottles at home, please take them out quickly! I beg you."
What an idiot! Yu Qiuhua slapped He Wentao hard: "That bottle of oil has been eaten up a long time ago. It is an empty bottle."
After saying that, she was afraid that He Wentao would say something that would embarrass her again, so she shouted at Li Donglai: "Master, just wash Wen Tao's eyes. If he is blind, we will admit it."
Even at this time, Yu Qiuhua still believes that residents will lend a helping hand.
But she didn't know that the residents had been deceived by the Jia family for many years.
When something happened to the Jia family, they began to cry for poverty in the courtyard. Yi Zhonghai immediately organized residents to donate money.
As a result, the residents found that life in the Jia family was good for them.
Kindness is ruined in this way.
Besides, He Wentao has already exposed the He family's background. Anyone who helps the He family now is a fool.
Li Donglai received Yu Qiuhua's assurance and said nothing more. He first cleaned He Wentao's eyes with oil, then found a cotton cloth to wipe away the lime from his eyes, and finally cleaned He Wentao with the water brought by He Wenhui.
s eyes.
Since He Wentao's whole face was thrown into the lime bag, the final result was not ideal and he was still blind in one eye.
The residents looked at Yu Qiuhua with eyes full of contempt. They were bent on taking advantage. Did they suffer a big loss this time?
Deserve it!
Yu Qiuhua wanted to cause trouble, but she had already said in advance that she would not pursue the matter, so now she could only grit her teeth and swallow the bitter pill.
"Wenhui, help your brother, let's go home!"
Yu Qiuhua hated the residents of the courtyard house.
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As night fell, the courtyard that had been bustling all day fell into silence.
It was getting dark these days. After everyone finished eating, they turned off the lights and got into bed.
Only a few houses still have lights on.
Among them is He Jia.
"Mom, I only have one eye left, what will I do in the future?" He Wentao squatted on the ground and cried loudly.
Yu Qiuhua sat in front of the table, his face so gloomy that he could squeeze out water.
She recalled what happened in the afternoon and wanted to find someone to come out and bear her anger.
But I found that I couldn't find it at all.
Li Donglai was busy trying to save He Wentao and was noticed by everyone. If she dared to cause trouble, she would definitely be kicked out of the courtyard by the residents.
Those residents did not borrow gas and did not break the law. Even if they went to the street to make trouble, she would not take any action.
Suddenly, Yu Qiuhua remembered something. She walked up to He Wentao and said coldly to He Wentao: "Wen Tao, stop crying! Let me ask you, weren't you doing your homework at home today? Why did you come here?
I went to the backyard and fell into a bag of lime."
He Wentao wiped his tears and said: "It's Bang Gang. Bang Gang said that a powerful kid came to the courtyard. The kid kept saying that I was no match for him, so I went to teach him a lesson."
He Wentao recounted what happened in the afternoon in detail. After Yu Qiuhua listened, he gritted his teeth and said, "The Jia family's trouble, it turned out to be your kid behind it!"
