Age: My Small World

October flies by.

By November, the Yang family had completely integrated into the compound at No. 69 Tangli Street.

Every time Yang Jun went in and out of the house, he would always be teased by Aunt Lin.

As time went by, Yang Jun also discovered that this aunt only said nice things, but no one ever revealed her fickle nature. Instead, everyone said that she was very conservative.

That night, Uncle Tang, who lived in the middle courtyard, initiated a meeting and asked each family to send a representative to talk. Li Xiaohua asked everyone to go as a way to take the initiative to get to know the neighbors.

Because the street office would not take the initiative to manage the problems of each household, when something happened in each courtyard, it was often the person in charge nominated by the courtyard who would mediate. The No. 69 courtyard nominated Uncle Tang and Old Man Li from the front courtyard.

Both of them are in their sixties. One is retired from the Grain Bureau, and the other is still working as a senior worker in a factory.

After dinner, everyone brought their stools to the central courtyard.

"Aunt Xiaohua, your whole family is here, even your daughter-in-law is here."

Wu Xier, a widow who also lived in the middle courtyard, smiled.

"Widow Wu, isn't it the same at your house? When you come alone, it's like the whole family is here."

Some people also teased Wu Xier.

She was a woman living alone in a room, and she dressed quite beautifully on weekdays, which attracted the attention of many men in the compound. How could she not disgust some aunts and grandmas?

"Haha, I can feed my whole family by myself, can you do that?"

Wu Xier had long been accustomed to these people's troubles.

In fact, when she first married into the compound, she was also gentle in character and got along well with her husband's family. However, who knew that things would be unpredictable. In the past few years when everyone was in a very difficult situation, their family was also very short of food. At this time, the mother-in-law would run out of the city to find some wild vegetables to fill their stomachs. Once, the mother-in-law brought back a large amount of wild mushrooms, and everyone ate them happily, but no one could get up the next day.

Only Wu Xier escaped death because she had a stomachache that night and ate less.

But from then on, people in the courtyard said she was a jinx and a husband-killer, and they put all kinds of labels on her.

Over time, Wu Xier was too lazy to explain anything anymore. At most, she would argue for a few sentences and then not want to talk anymore.

"Okay, okay, everyone, stop talking for now."

At this time, a smartly dressed old man with a flat head stopped the quarrel.

"Uncle Tang, what on earth do you want us to come here today? I haven't even washed the pot in my room yet."

He Yu, the aunt of the Lin family in the front yard, muttered and asked.

This Mr. Tang is a retired worker from the Grain Bureau. Everyone respects him very much on weekdays. After all, his son is still working in the system. The status of a cadre is not low. It can be said that nine out of ten people in the hospital have to give him some face.

"Brother Li, how about you tell me?"

Uncle Tang looked at another uncle. Uncle Li was wearing a factory uniform, with a head full of white hair, but he was full of energy. He puffed on his cigarette, waved his hand and said, "Old Tang, go ahead."

Uncle Tang then said, "It's not a big deal, actually. It's just that the main hall in the middle courtyard needs repairs, and the tiles on the roof are almost all falling off, so we need to get some new tiles back. So we've discussed it with everyone and asked them to think about it together."

As soon as these words were spoken, He Yu in the front yard immediately shook his head.

"Uncle Tang, we don't need the hall in the middle courtyard anyway, so why are you asking us to come up with a solution? My family can't afford it." "Coming up with a solution means getting everyone to contribute." "Yes, I think we can just have the families in the backyard contribute together. The front and middle courtyards don't need the hall anyway, so it's for the backyard."

The other family in the middle courtyard, the Wang family, also had an old lady come. She probably knew what was going on from the beginning, so she sent the most capable people over.

"Mr. Wang, I often see you going to the backyard. If we want to grow vegetables or something, we have to go through that door in the backyard. You said you don't need it, so will you still go there to grow vegetables in the future?" Wu Xier sneered and directly confronted her.

It was this Aunt Wang who had been playing tricks on her before, so she had to take revenge.

As the saying goes, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge after ten years, but for a villain, it is never too late for him to take revenge.

Some women hold grudges even more than real villains, and will naturally take revenge on the spot if they have a grudge.

"Wu Saoba, stop talking nonsense. Why do I leave so often? I only go there once in a while. Besides, I can go through the front door if I want to grow vegetables."

"Yes, you can get there from the front door, but it's two blocks away. If you don't mind taking a detour, then don't go."

"Uncle Tang, I'll pay for it. I have to leave anyway."

As soon as Wu Xier expressed her opinion, Uncle Tang nodded immediately.

"Okay, Xier, if you are willing to contribute, then that would be a good start."

He ignored Aunt Wang's grin and continued, "Look, Ren Xi'er is willing to contribute, and it's not much in total, so why don't we all help out? We see each other every day, and if you don't help when something happens in the backyard, who will help when something happens in the front yard?"

At this time, Mr. Li in the front yard also spoke up, "That's right. Originally, there was no need to say anything more about renovating the main hall. This is what everyone should do. But nowadays, everyone values collective opinion, so we held a meeting to let everyone express their opinions."

"Uncle Li, how much does it cost? It's too much. Can you wait and see? My kids have only been in school for a short time. I really can't spare much money."

The person who was speaking was from a family that lived next to the Lin family in the back house in the front yard. Their surname was Zhang. The male owner had a worried look on his face at the moment because he had four sons in the family. The youngest was seven years old and all of them were in school, which put him under a lot of pressure.

Even though he was also an employee of the factory, after spending the little money on family expenses and his sons, he could not save much money at the end of the year, and his life was very hard.

In other words, my wife doesn’t need to buy any cosmetics or make new clothes, otherwise raising children will become a problem.

"Zhang Cheng, everyone knows your family's situation. Don't worry, we will consider reducing your payment."

"Oh, there's such a good thing? Give me a little, my family doesn't have any money."

Aunt Wang from the Intermediate Court rolled her eyes and spoke immediately.

"Wang family, shut up first."

Uncle Tang glared at her, and Fat Aunt Wang immediately stopped talking.

Living in the same courtyard, Aunt Wang knew Mr. Tang's temper very well, and she had to give him face.

"Everyone should go back and discuss this with their families first, and then pay tomorrow. Five dollars per family."

Five yuan is not a small amount. According to the factory workers' monthly salary of 24 yuan, it is one-fifth of the monthly income, which is enough for a family to buy a lot of things.

(End of this chapter)