As night falls, the noisy courtyard falls into silence, and every household lights up.
Li Dong came home.
Under the dim light, Li Donglai, Yan Bugui and Li Xiaomei were all staring at the square table.
On the enamel plate on the square table, there is a thick stack of banknotes.
Li Xiaomei's eyes shone: "Brother, how much is this?"
Li Dong came to look at Yan Bugui.
Yan Bugui took a deep breath and slowly exhaled: "Eighteen students donated tea money."
"Eighteen students, two yuan each, that's thirty-six yuan." Li Xiaomei counted on her fingers.
After the calculation was clear, she was so happy that she couldn't help but smile.
In the blink of an eye, my brother earned a month's salary.
These days will be like sesame blossoms, growing taller and taller.
Li Donglai frowned, "So, we still owe you eight hats?"
"It's not just eight hats, it's eighteen hats. There are ten parents who said that they will pay for it during class tomorrow. They asked us to make the hats." Yan Bugui seemed to not believe what he said.
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A small hat can actually attract parents to come to his house overnight to give him money.
This Li Donglai is really a capable person.
Yan Jiedi is too young. Otherwise, if she had married Li Donglai, wouldn’t my father-in-law have a good life in the future?
After checking the account, Yan Bugui didn't stay long and left in a hurry. He had to go back to prepare the lesson plan for tomorrow's class.
Li Xiaomei closed the door and scampered to the table. She looked at the banknotes on the plate and rubbed her hands. Her face was full of expectation: "Brother, do you want me to save this money first?"
With these thirty-six yuan, we are one step closer to saving enough forty-eight legs.
These days, Li Xiaomei often chats with the sisters-in-law and aunts in the courtyard.
From them, Li Xiaomei knew that the capital city was not as good as Qinjiagou. To get married, all she had to do was pull out two feet of floral cloth, buy a washbasin stand made of steel bars, two small end boxes, and a mirror.
The girls in the capital are so proud that in addition to formal greetings and salutations, they also have to perform three functions.
The third one is a sewing machine, a watch, and a bicycle; the first one is a radio.
This adds up to quite a bit of money.
The money in the small box is far from enough.
Li Donglai naturally understood what she was thinking, but the money had great uses.
Douai rubbed her little head: "It won't work this time, let's wait until next time."
Under Li Xiaomei's reluctant gaze, Li Donglai put the banknotes into his pants pocket.
Hey, don't tell me, these thirty-six yuan may not seem like much, but it makes my trouser pockets bulge.
Wash your feet and go to bed as usual.
Staring at the dark roof, Li Donglai began to plan his next move.
The fame of the cram school will become bigger and bigger, but the wind will damage the trees and the anger will harm the body.
It is not easy for cram schools to expand wildly before they have fully established themselves.
Well, let's keep the quota of 200 students for the time being, otherwise it will be too conspicuous.
There are only two teachers for 200 students. Isn’t that a little small?
Do you want to invite another one?
Well, it's better to be free like Teacher Ran.
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Silly Zhu’s house in the middle courtyard.
He Yuyu didn't eat, but it wasn't that she wasn't hungry.
But there was no food at home, not even cold steamed buns.
Silly Zhu was sitting at the square table drinking tea. In the evening, the factory leader treated him to a treat. He had a full meal in the kitchen and even gave Qin Huairu a box of leftovers.
Before Ran Qiuye formally accepted him, he felt that he should have a good relationship with Sister Xiao Qin.
Although cucumber is old, it can quench your thirst!
He Yuyu walked up to Shazhu and said angrily, "Brother, why don't you buy some food?"
"Buying food? You give me money? I just lost 200 yuan to Jia Zhang's family, and I have no money!" Silly Zhu was not stingy in his mischief, and glared at He Yuyu.
Silly Zhu's attitude made He Yuyu furious.
She has not had food at home for nearly a week.
Driven by hunger, she had to give up her face and go to her classmates' home, to Li Xiaomei's home, and even to Yanbu Gui's home to get food.
Food is the second most important thing. If you don't have enough food, drink more boiled water.
But the tuition fees have to be paid.
Junior high school tuition is 5 yuan per semester, plus incidental expenses, it costs 7 yuan per semester.
Without this money, she would not be able to go to school.
He Yuyu inquired, except for those who take over from their parents, if they want to join the textile factory and become a formal worker, they need to have a junior high school education.
This is a matter that affects her whole life. How can she not be anxious?
He Yuyu moved a bench, sat in front of Sha Zhu, and stared into Sha Zhu's eyes.
"Okay, let me do the math for you today. When our father ran away with the widow, he left 121 yuan for us, brother and sister. At that time, you said that I was young and you were responsible for the money. I agreed.
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"Then you took over my dad's job and earned thirty-seven and a half yuan a month. In our courtyard, the salary is already quite high."
Seeing that his sister was about to settle accounts, Shazhu suddenly became cold and put down the enamel jar.
He Yuyu became emotional as he spoke. He stood up and pointed at the patched coat, "But, look, the clothes I'm wearing are old clothes from my classmates, and the shoes belong to Aunt Wang next door."
"All these years, you haven't even spent fifty yuan on me. Now you don't even buy food. Do you want to starve me to death?"
"Have you forgotten the promise you made to He Daqing when he left?"
What He Yuyu said was true, making Si Zhu unable to refute it.
Seeing He Yuyu's seriousness, he knew that it wouldn't work for him to act like he did in the past.
Silly Zhu smiled shyly: "Good sister, isn't my brother not married yet? In these years, my brother's money has been spent on finding a sister-in-law for you."
"You don't want your brother to have no heirs and let our old He family have no heirs!"
As he said that, Shazhu thought of Qin Huairu's white body again, and his eyes turned green again.
He Yuyu looked at Sha Zhu's squinting look and sighed in his heart.
Over the years, He Yuyu was often angry with Shazhu because Shazhu helped Qin Huairu.
But it's of no use at all.
No matter how much she begged, Silly Zhu still gave all the leftovers to the Jia family.
He Yuyu now understood that this brother was useless and had been fascinated by women.
Even if there is no Qin Huairu, there will still be Wang Huairu and Zhang Huairu.
There will never be any rain in his heart.
The endless anger turned into darkness and drowned He Yueyue. In the darkness, He Yueyue seemed to see that Silhu was driven out of the house by Qin Huairu and Bangge after he grew old, and could only wear a tattered blanket, like a wild dog.
Like this, he hid under the overpass and made a living by begging.
In the scorching summer sun, he could only drink dirty water from the sewage ditch.
The cold wind was raging in winter, so he could only curl up into a ball and hide in a pile of straw.
By the time spring comes and the flowers are blooming next year, the silly pillars already stink and are covered with blowflies.
This ending is so wonderful!!!
He Yuyu felt very happy, as if he had eaten a popsicle in the dog days of summer.
Thinking of popsicles, He Yuyu became greedy.
When he was young, He Daqing was rarely willing to spend 2 cents to buy one for each of his brother and sister.
The two of them were happily licking popsicles on the street, talking and laughing.
Silly Zhu met a female classmate. Regardless of He Yuyu's objection, he snatched He Yuyu's popsicle and gave it to the female classmate.
He Yuyu now understood that Silly Zhu was not licking the popsicle at that time, he was licking the female classmate.
Such a brother only deserves to be suppressed by Qin Huairu.
Thinking of Qin Huairu, He Yuyu felt mixed emotions in his heart.
Since He Daqing ran away with the widow, He Yuyu has changed from a happy little girl to a girl with a sensitive nature.
She made a mask for herself so that no one could see her thoughts clearly.
Then, behind the mask, she secretly observed the people around her.
