Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 886: Heavy Snow Blocks the Gate
Two days later, as expected, Yi Zhong was sent on a business trip overseas to do technical support work, leaving only the aunt at home. If it weren't for the need to take care of the deaf old lady, the aunt would probably have gone with him as well.

But unexpectedly, Jia Dongxu also went there. Sha Zhu was a little surprised. He looked down on the current Jia Dongxu. He felt that this person said one thing in front of others and another behind their backs. His honest and well-behaved appearance in front of Yi Zhonghai made Sha Zhu associate him with the person who had reported his master behind his back.

Sha Zhu resumed his previous daily work and life. He still went to the police station whenever he had time, followed Chief Li, and helped with work within his ability. Gradually, Chief Li also liked this young man and would tell him some principles of life from time to time, which benefited Sha Zhu a lot.

Wang Zhan started his school life with a few friends and of course his sister. What made Wang Zhan more angry was Xiaowu. Xiaowu's grades were a little behind after one month of school. Later, when a few friends got together, they found out what was going on after listening to Xiaosi's explanation.

The root of the problem lies with Xiaowu's parents. Both of them are orphans, especially Xiaowu's father, who came to the old city to escape famine. They themselves don't attach much importance to academic qualifications. Ever since Xiaowu's mother gave birth to a daughter, the focus of the family has been placed on the newborn child.

Xiaowu's father still has to go to work, otherwise he would have no money to live. Plus, the birth cost a lot of money, so he had to work even harder. As a result, all the miscellaneous chores at home fell on Xiaowu.

Although Xiaowu is naughty, he listens to his parents. As a result, his studies are delayed. Xiaowu thinks it is no big deal and he can just make up for it later. However, he did not expect that the junior high school curriculum is much more intensive than that of elementary school. If he misses one class, he may fall behind. As a result, his grades are widened. In the classroom quizzes, Xiaowu always ranked last in math, physics and chemistry.

After knowing Xiaowu's situation, Xiaosi went to discuss with Wang Zhan and Da Laotie. What advice could Da Laotie give? He was a man without any ideas, so Xiaosi could only ask Wang Zhan and He Yushui.

After Wang Zhan found out, he and Xiao Si went to find the head teacher of Xiao Wu's class. The matter of persuading the child's parents had to be left to the teacher. In the end, whatever decision Xiao Wu's family made was not something they and their classmates should persuade.

November was almost over when Xiaowu finally got rid of the chores at home and went to school normally without asking for leave. Wang Zhan, He Yushui and Xiaosi began to take turns to give Xiaowu extra lessons. In the end, Xiaowu was so tired that he felt dizzy and had the urge to escape from Wang Zhan's house, but he held back in the end. He knew that his friends were helping him by doing this, and it would be unreasonable if he didn't work harder.

After Yi Zhonghai left, the No. 95 Courtyard became a harmonious place with harmonious neighbors and every family lived a peaceful life. This was a bit weird. Wang Zhan also heard He Yushui talk about the changes in the courtyard and didn't think there was anything strange.

Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu were not in the yard, and Jia Zhang from the Jia family did not come out to make trouble because she had lost her backing. The Jia family did not cause trouble, and that foul-mouthed Sha Zhu was not at home either. Of course, no one in the yard caused trouble. At most, Yan Bugui would try to take advantage of someone and then have a small quarrel because he was bullied by others. Then the yard would be peaceful.

The winter of 1955 and 1956 came a little early. Just after November, a heavy snow fell, from morning to night, and from night to the next morning.

Perhaps because they received news of heavy snow in the past few days, people from the police station and the street office were checking everywhere, mainly to see if there were any dangerous houses, and also to check on the living conditions of the martyrs' families to see if any of them needed help.

Although Wang Zhan's family is a martyr's relative and Director Wang also came to visit, she was too familiar with Wang Zhan's family's situation, so she just gave Wang Zhan a few instructions at the door and then turned and left.

On the morning when the snow stopped, Wang Zhan still had the habit of getting up early. He habitually picked up the kettle and planned to go outside to get a pot of boiling water, and then get some coal in. However, Wang Zhan put on his cotton jacket and went directly to push the door of the main room. The door did not open. Wang Zhan thought that the door latch was still closed. After a careful look, he found that the door was not locked at all yesterday.

As soon as Wang Zhan thought about leaving school, he guessed that the door was blocked by the heavy snow. Wang Zhan thought to himself, "Oh, if I had known earlier, I would have followed Master Lei's advice and opened the door inwards."

When the house was being repaired, Master Lei said that the doors of the courtyard houses all opened inwards. Wang Zhan felt that his door was double-opened and 2.2 meters high, and it would take up more space in the main room if it opened inwards, so he decided to open it outwards. Wang Zhan saw that he had to leave the house, so he put on his clothes, tied his trouser legs, took a shovel, pushed open the window next to him, and jumped out of the window. As soon as he left the main room, Wang Zhan was stunned. Everything he saw was white. The snow on the ground was already above his calves.

How heavy must the snow be? Thinking about how busy his master has been these days, he knew that his master must be busy. With such a heavy snow, some old houses must have been affected. After thinking about it, he decided to clean up the snow at home first and then go to see his master.

When she had just finished clearing half of the snow in the backyard, she heard her sister's scream from the door of the main room. When Wang Li saw such heavy snow, she became excited and ran along the path cleared by Wang Zhan.

Wang Zhan shouted, "Lili, go back and put on your coat. You haven't even combed your hair yet and you're running out."

Wang Li stuck out her tongue at Wang Zhan, turned around and went back to her bedroom. She also felt a little cold, so she had to listen to her brother and put on her coat before coming out.

Wang Li ran out again not long after. This time, she put on a scarf, a hat and gloves. The excitement on her face did not fade. She pulled Wang Zhan and asked him to help her build a snowman. At this time, Wang Zhan had a lot of work to do, so he said, "I have to clear a path quickly. You see, the roof is full of snow, which also needs to be cleared. Another thing, didn't you notice that Dayu and Xiaoyu didn't call this morning?"

Wang Li walked on the snow, struggling towards the door. She had to go check on her two friends, and make sure nothing happened to them. Although she played less with Dayu and Xiaoyu now, their status in her heart had never diminished.

One morning, she followed Wang Li to the pond, but soon returned and said, "Brother, Da Yu and Xiao Yu are fine. They have been staying in the nest with their children and won't come out. I have brought their food bowls over."

"Is the water in the pond frozen?" Wang Zhan asked.

Wang Li said: "It was frozen, but I didn't dare to go up because I saw the water below was not frozen."

Wang Zhan was shocked when he heard this and quickly said, "No, Lili, don't think that's all. It's just frozen and can't hold you back. If you fall off, you'll get sick again."

Wang Li nodded and said, "Don't worry, brother, let's finish breakfast before cleaning up. I'm a little hungry."

Wang Zhan put down the work in his hands and said, "You just woke up and you've been running around for so long. You must be hungry. Let's go. Don't stay outside. Help your brother cook. It's warmer there."

Wang Li followed her brother obediently and walked towards the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)