The busy time flies by so fast, and a week has passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, before 7 o'clock in the morning, I heard Mr. Jia Zhang in the courtyard and didn't know what he was talking about.
The voice was so loud that it woke up Zheng Zhendong from his sleep.
As soon as he couldn't sleep, Zheng Zhendong got up, put on his clothes, and started practicing Ba Duan Jin in the yard.
After beating him three times, he felt comfortable all over and took a long breath. Zheng Zhendong put away his fists and went home to wash his face, brush his teeth and eat.
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After eating, Zheng Zhendong took his medical books and a stool and went to the bottom of the tree to enjoy the cool air and read.
The neighbors who were coming and going saw this scene, and no one came forward to disturb him, they just showed envious expressions.
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Time passed by around 10 o'clock, and Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu came out of the house.
Mrs. Jia Zhang hurriedly urged Jia Dongxu, who was dressed neatly and neatly, to go to the gate to greet people.
Jia Zhang turned around and went to Lao He's house with a smile on her face.
After a while, Shazhu ran out of the house with a gloomy look on his face and said before Zheng Zhendong could ask.
"Hey, Dongzi, you don't know that this Jia Zhang family is really shameless.
I was having dinner at home, so she opened the door and came in. She asked my father to go to his house to help cook at noon.
Let’s not talk about whether to give money or not. Good guy, listen to her, she doesn’t have much meat at home, let my dad get some from my house, there’s no way in the world to do things like this!”
Hearing what Silly Zhu said, Zheng Zhendong wondered if there was something going on at Lao Jia's house at noon.
Otherwise, why would he mobilize troops and mobilize people like this? I asked Silly Zhu.
Hearing Zheng Zhendong ask this, Si Zhu couldn't explain why he came, so he went home again.
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Now Zheng Zhendong became even more curious, and even his interest in reading had weakened a lot.
About twenty minutes later, I saw Jia Dongxu leading an aunt and a short girl into the middle courtyard.
Without making any stop, he was led directly to Jia's house.
Now Zheng Zhendong understood that this was a blind date for Jia Dongxu. No wonder the Jia family was so busy.
After a while, Jia Dongxu came out of the house and called Mom several times in the courtyard.
Jia Zhang was seen cursing, and the general family came out, walked up to Jia Dongxu and asked a few words, and then they went home.
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At this time, the women in the courtyard were talking about everything, and Zheng Zhendong also listened to the excitement.
After about an hour, the girl who came for a blind date walked out of Jia's house, asked the aunt in the courtyard about the location of the toilet, and then went out.
As a result, after the girl went out, she never came back. The Jia family was still waiting to come back to have dinner together, but she disappeared.
Now the Jia family was numb, and they quickly went out to look for someone. After searching around, the neighbor in the next yard said that they saw the girl and walked straight north.
Mrs. Jia Zhang returned to the courtyard and quarreled with the matchmaker again, and started to curse.
"Liu, you lousy bitch, what kind of filthy thing did you introduce to our Dongxu?
He just ran away without even saying hello. What do you mean? Are you deliberately making our family sick?"
This matchmaker's tongue is much better than that of Jia Zhang. How can she listen to others scolding her? She almost made Jia Zhang feel angry when she opened her mouth.
At this time, the good old man Yi Zhonghai came out again. He first persuaded the two of them to shut up, and then asked what the situation was.
Jia Zhang finally found an opportunity and poured out her heart to Yi Zhonghai.
After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai understood that this was a girl who didn't like the Jia family or Jia Dongxu himself, so she deliberately made an excuse to leave.
Thinking of this situation, Yi Zhonghai also had a headache, so he had to tell the matchmaker.
"Aunt Liu, please go there again and ask what the reason is.
He left without saying a word. This is not a good job. Sorry to trouble you, you will suffer a lot!"
Matchmaker Liu saw Yi Zhonghai and said a lot of good things to the Jia family, so she nodded in agreement and said she would ask in the afternoon.
Jia Zhang then went home satisfied, but Jia Dongxu seemed a little indifferent.
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At about 4:30 in the afternoon, Zheng Zhendong, who was reading a book, saw Matchmaker Liu and walked into Jia's house again.
After a while, Zheng Zhendong heard Jia Zhang's cries and howls.
"Nonsence!
She just doesn’t like my Dongxu, she looks like a short winter melon, who can marry her!"
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Hearing Mrs. Jia Zhang's shouting, the neighbors in the courtyard who were doing something bad ran out of their homes one after another and asked each other what was going on.
Seeing these neighbors watching the excitement, Zheng Zhendong, who was already in a good mood, felt even happier now.
Human happiness is based on the pain of others. This sentence makes sense when you think about it.
Jia Zhang cried for a while, and finally matchmaker Liu agreed to help Jia Dongxu introduce someone to her, and then she gave up.
However, Matchmaker Liu was in the yard and specifically said that it was difficult to find in the city and that she might have to look for him in the countryside next time.
Jia Zhang nodded helplessly and agreed.
When Zheng Zhendong heard this, he thought that there was not much difference between urban and rural wives now.
It’s not like that, after 58 years, there is no quota for marrying a rural wife, there is no indicator for turning from rural to non-agricultural, and it is impossible to change the household registration to an urban one. If a child is born, the child’s household registration will follow the mother’s.
The mother and son of the Jia family sent the matchmaker away. They also knew that they were very embarrassed in the courtyard today, so they went home quickly without stopping.
Everyone watched the Jia family, mother and son, go home, looked at each other for a few times, and all of them burst out laughing.
Hearing the laughter outside, the Jia family's mother and son were so angry that their lungs almost exploded.
He was about to go out immediately and argue with everyone, but was stopped by Lao Jia who was lying on the kang.
After all, the law does not punish the public, so the mother and son had no choice but to endure it.
In this way, the Jia family's matter became a topic of discussion for everyone before and after meals.
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At around 6 p.m., just as everyone was preparing to cook dinner, the director of the street office came to the courtyard.
First we went to Zheng's house and chatted with Zheng's mother for a few words. Then we went to Mrs. Lin's house in the backyard and sat there for a while.
Only then did Yi Zhonghai call everyone for a meeting.
After a while, everyone came to the middle courtyard.
There were a lot of people coming to the meeting today. Instead of sending representatives from each household as usual, everyone came to the meeting.
Seeing that everyone was basically here, Director Ma stood up and began to preach.
"Hello, comrades, there are two main purposes for holding this meeting today.
The first one is that some time ago, our hospital organized donations of money and materials to the frontline soldiers.
I was praised by my superiors and asked to represent the soldiers on the front line, thank you all!"
After speaking, Director Ma took the lead in applauding, and everyone followed suit.
When the drums were almost done, Director Ma raised his hand to signal, and when everyone stopped, he continued.
"As long as everyone keeps up, we will have a great chance of building an advanced compound this year."