Chapter 442 A group of refugees moved into the yard

Chapter 442 A group of refugees moved into the yard

Chapter 442 A group of refugees moved into the yard

After the blind date failed, Sha Zhu returned to the yard in a depressed mood, as if his mother had died.

There weren't many people going to the blind date party in Siheyuan, just a few.

Yan Jiecheng in the front yard, Chen Tongjing, the boy from the Chen family, in the backyard, a few passers-by, and Xu Damao who ran over to join in the fun.

Yan Jiecheng had a crush on someone, but he didn't take him away, mainly because he had no money. Most of his salary had been handed over, so he had so little money.

Chen Tongjing looked around and found nothing he liked, so he brought his people back.

He is a third-level worker with a monthly salary of 45 yuan, so he has no worries about not being able to find a wife. Besides, he is only in his early 2s and has plenty of time to look for one.

Xu Damao ran over to watch the fun, also wanting to see if he could find someone as good as Sai Fengxian. However, after looking around, he found no one who could compare to her, so he decided to just continue hugging Sai Fengxian.

Originally, Li Kailang was also invited by Director Wang, and it was she who personally found Li Kailang and asked him to attend.

After all, Li Kailang is a driver and a college student. He is a powerful weapon. If he appears at a blind date meeting, he will be someone that people will fight for.

The marriages of college students are sometimes the achievements of some street offices.

But Li Kailang said: "Dating is not allowed in Yeda University."

This immediately dispelled Director Wang's idea. She knew that college students were not allowed to fall in love, although night college was not like university.

But there might be a teacher who doesn't allow students to date, so Li Kailang has the spare money to sleep in.

Li Kailang was not the only one who slept in. Everyone in the yard who had nothing to do and didn't want to go to see the fun was sleeping in.

It was the first week of work and there was so much to do that we didn't even have time to rest.

After work, I feel sore all over. I finally get a day off, so why don’t we just lie down at home and take a nap?

"Pap-ta-ta-ta-"

Suddenly, a loud noise came.

Judging from the footsteps, there are at least ten people.

The group entered the courtyard in a mighty procession.

Everyone looked at Director Wang bringing so many people in, and they were all very curious.

Mainly the people following behind Director Wang, they were all ragged, pale and skinny, and they looked like refugees.

"Director, what are you doing?" Yan Bugui hurried out to greet him.

"Teacher Yan, it's just right that you asked everyone to come to the middle courtyard for a meeting. I want to tell you something."

"Okay, I'll call someone now." Yan Bugui turned and looked at Yan Jiecheng and Yan Jiefang.

The two of them notified everyone to hold a meeting with sad faces, and complained to Yan Bugui in their hearts, "You got all the credit, but we have to do the hard work."

"Let's go." Director Wang led people to the Intermediate Court and asked them to stop when they arrived at the Intermediate Court.

Then he took the people from the street office to the back room to check out the situation.

The rear wing and the back wing are architectural forms with similar status in the courtyard.

They both have front eaves facing the courtyard, and the back eaves are built against the street, one at the front and the other at the back.

The lighting in the rear room is better than that in the back room, and it has better privacy, but the living conditions are not very good. There are too many rooms and they are too close to the interior. To go home, one has to pass through the back room and the front, middle and back yards.

In Feng Shui, the back room is used to block unfavorable airflow or evil spirits, which means "good luck doesn't go out and bad air doesn't come in."

As a "semi" standard three-in-one courtyard, there is naturally a back room in the yard, but this back room has never been mentioned before.

Because the back house of the courtyard was not there at the beginning, but was built later.

Generally, the backyard and the back house are connected by a corridor, but the back house built behind the yard does not have one, it just has a door on a wall.

The door is only about 60 centimeters wide, which is slightly larger than the doors of other houses. It only takes two people to pass through sideways, and any larger furniture cannot fit in.

As a result, no one lives in the back room, and it is used by everyone to store their unwanted things.

The reasons why people avoid talking about it are not just the ones mentioned above.

"Where does the smell come from? It's so stinky? So dirty?"

Director Wang took people to the back-covering room. The smell arrived before they arrived.

As soon as I entered, I was stunned by the shabby scene in the back room.

There was a pile of garbage on the ground, including leftovers, burnt coal slag, wood debris, etc., forming small hills.

Director Wang covered his nose and pushed open the back room. The room was full of all kinds of things that were unwanted and stored there.

There were cracked wooden tables, rusty iron pots, broken shovels, pickled vegetables, and other things that should or should not be thrown away.

This back room has become a place where people discard their garbage and a storage gathering point.

The back room stinks and has a lot of garbage. Even children don't come here, and people basically don't come in very often, so naturally not many people mention it.

Liu Haizhong wanted to buy a new house for Liu Guangqi, and he never thought about adding a house to the back.

"It doesn't make sense! It doesn't make sense!"

Director Wang was so angry at everyone's actions, and also felt dizzy from the smell. He didn't dare to stay there any longer and left in a hurry.

Back in the middle courtyard, everyone gathered there, waiting for Director Wang to speak.

Everyone looked at the refugees in the center, pointing and talking.

"Look at the girl in the middle. She's pretty, isn't she? It would be great if I could marry her."

"Is she pretty? She's just so-so. As for marrying her, are you crazy? Didn't you see that she has a younger brother? If you marry her, you have to take care of her younger brother. Are you willing?"

"Yes, there is no food for both of them. How are you going to feed them? It's hard to feed yourself, let alone two people. Forget it."

"That? She's alone. What do you think of her?"

"She's even worse. Didn't you see the mole on her face? It's so big and disgusting. How could you eat it?"

"Forget it then."

There were a total of 7 refugees, 3 men and 4 women. The men were not very old, the oldest was in his early twenties and the youngest was twelve or thirteen years old.

The four women were all little girls, some older and some younger, the oldest was in her twenties and the youngest was five or six years old.

Looking at their positions, there was a pair of siblings, a pair of sister and brother, and the remaining 2 girls and 1 boy, so they should be 5 families.

Director Wang returned to the middle courtyard and saw that everyone was clearing their throats.

"Now that everyone is here, I'll be frank. There are only two things to say."

"The first one." Director Wang turned sideways and pointed at the refugees behind him.

"You have seen these people. Recently, more and more people have fled to Sijiu City. Our subdistrict office can only do our best to arrange them."

"Look, many of the houses at the back of your yard are vacant. The Street Office should arrange some for them first."

Li Kailang nodded. When he first came here, he found that there didn't seem to be as many people in the yard as in the plot. There were only a dozen households and sixty or seventy people.

Now I finally understand why there are many remote houses that are empty and no one lives in them.

The plot begins 5 years later than the present, and it is estimated that many residents moved in during this period.

However, there are only a dozen households, and three uncles are needed to take care of them. One uncle is responsible for about 4 households, which is not too many.

After all, it was managed according to the front, middle and back courtyards. At that time, it was mainly to deal with enemy spies. It was not safe for one person to manage more than a dozen households, and there would always be times when they were not paying attention.

It is better to separate them, let each take care of its own business, and manage fewer households to ensure accuracy.

After all, it doesn't cost any money to ask them to manage people, and they just give them a few unnecessary rights.

Everyone nodded. Since no one was living in the back room, they just gave it to him.

Suddenly, someone thought of the waste stored in the back room.

Sure enough, the next moment Director Wang mentioned the sundries in the back room.

"I just went to the back room and saw a pile of garbage. How did you create so much garbage? It's like a garbage dump."

"Also, what's in those houses? Are they yours? Pack them up and take them home quickly, or else throw them all away."

Hearing this, some people smiled bitterly and felt a little embarrassed.

There are 6 back rooms, which are about the same size as the back rooms, only about a dozen square meters.

These rooms were basically divided up by people from the middle courtyard and the back courtyard. None of the rooms in the front courtyard were given, so they were all placed in the unused back houses.

Among them, the Jia family had the most things, and one person occupied a room to himself.

When the vegetable plots were divided among the families last year, the sundries piled up in the Jia family's vegetable plot could not be taken home and could only be placed in the back room.

"Okay, I've finished what I've said. Do you have any questions? If not, quickly clean up the garbage in the back room and take the things away."

"They left a clean area for people to live in, but now it stinks. What a mess. They really treat it like a garbage dump."

After saying that, Director Wang looked at everyone.

Yan Bugui immediately stood up and said, "Director Wang, I have a question."

"You said."

"Director Wang, will they live in our courtyard permanently in the future?" Director Wang shook his head. "It depends on the situation. The fastest they can stay is one month. If they can find a job, they may be able to settle down in your courtyard."

Director Wang had already agreed with them that if they didn't find a job, they would stay for a month at most and leave the city after a month.

If you can find a job and live in a suitable place, the best outcome would be to settle down directly in this city and live there permanently.

Everyone was puzzled, but Director Wang did not explain too much, "Any other questions?"

"Director Wang, what are their names? You can't just call them "Aiyaaiai"."

Director Wang nodded and introduced it to everyone.

The first pair to be introduced are a brother and sister, the elder brother is Bai Xiuwen, 20 years old, and the younger sister is Bai Chi.

"Bai Chi? Isn't that a waste? Why did they give it this name? What were their parents thinking?"

Everyone burst into laughter when they heard the name.

Bai Chi hid behind her brother. Bai Xiuwen said nothing and just hugged his sister tightly. When you are under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.

Next is the second pair of siblings, the older sister Song Qiunan, 23 years old, and the younger brother Song Yujie, 8 years old.

"Song Qiunan, the name is good, and the girl is pretty, but it's a pity that she has to take care of this brother."

Everyone sighed inwardly, didn't think much about Song Qiunan's name, but soon expressed their condolences for her.

Then he introduced two more girls, "This is Xu Sinan, and this is Zhao Ruonan."

When everyone heard their names, they remembered Song Qiunan's name. These three people were kicked out of their homes.

Qiu Nan - Seeking a boy.

Sinan - Thinking of men.

Ruonan——Ruonan.

The meaning is self-evident. Seeing how old they are, it is obvious that boys were born in their families and they cannot afford to raise a money-losing child, so they were kicked out.

Everyone looked at them with sympathy.

Director Wang asked again: "Are there any other questions?"

Yi Zhonghai stood up and said, "Director Wang, how should we treat them? If they steal

Before Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, Director Wang waved her hand. She understood Yi Zhonghai's concerns.

"Just treat them how you want, just like everyone else, as long as you don't bully them on purpose."

"If they stole something, you should call the police and report it to the street office. The street office and the police will give you an explanation."

"Okay, any other questions?"

Seeing that everyone was silent, "Okay, clean up the back room quickly and make room for them to live in. It's still early, so hurry up and clean it up."

Director Wang arranged a blind date meeting and then arranged for people to enter the yard.

Each household in the yard selected a strong man to go to the back room to take care of the cleaning.

Looking at the narrow gate, Director Wang directly asked everyone to tear it down and make it wider.

Fortunately, this door is not next to any house, so it will not have any impact if it is demolished and expanded.

"Oh my god, it stinks!" Everyone was dizzy by the smell. Fortunately, it was only early spring and the temperature was low, so the smell was not strong.

"You know it stinks, right? Look at what you did. There is a garbage station outside, but you chose to dump it here. Please clean it up quickly."

Everyone worked on it reluctantly, but the refugees were the ones who did the most work. They didn't mind the smell and worked on it with their bare hands.

After all, this is their temporary home. If they don’t take it seriously, who will?

But everyone couldn't stand the smell, and some people took away their own belongings and stopped helping.

Seeing this, others followed suit and watched from the side.

Director Wang didn't say much, he just asked them to hand the tools to the refugees and let them do it.

They were naturally happy to see this happen, and no longer asked for tools, they were just thrown to them.

The refugees said nothing about this insulting thing and just worked hard.

"Fortunately, Jia Zhang is not here. If she were, she would probably make trouble and delay things."

"That's true. The Jia family has so much garbage. Now the back room won't let them put it there, and there's no room at home. I don't know where the Jia family can put it."

The Jia family has a room full of miscellaneous items, which cannot be placed at home, so they can only be placed outside.

There was a pile of garbage in the back room. Director Wang had other things to do and couldn't just watch it. He gave a few instructions to the people in the street office and went back to deal with his work.

When everyone saw Director Wang leave, they naturally went home without any constraints. Why do such a dirty thing?

Fortunately, the people left, but the tools were left behind, such as gloves, brooms, mops and so on.

If seven people work slowly, they can always finish the task.

Some people sympathized with them and helped out, including Yima, Qin Huairu, and Sai Fengxian.

Auntie is a well-known good person in the yard. She will help any family in need, even if no one says it. Therefore, Auntie's character is extremely popular in the yard.

Everyone's attitude towards her is much better than towards Yi Zhonghai.

Qin Huairu is an old green tea girl. Although the fastest they stayed there was only one month, there was no guarantee that one of them would become successful and, in recognition of her help, might be able to help her in the future.

It is a long-term investment, so it doesn’t matter if it fails.

As for Sai Fengxian, she was out of sympathy and had no evil thoughts or purposes. She just wanted to help.

Perhaps out of sympathy, if she had not followed Xu Damao into the city, she might have become a rootless refugee like them.

Of course, the big work is still done by the seven of them.

The seven people didn't even eat a bite of food. They worked hard from day till night and finally cleaned all the rooms.

There are 6 rooms and 5 families. You can live in whichever one you like.

After all, for them, if they don't find a job, they can only stay there for a month at most.

When I entered the room, there was nothing inside, no coal, no bedding, no pots and pans, nothing at all.

"Grunts—"

The seven men had worked all day without eating or drinking anything and were already starving.

"Brother, I'm hungry." Bai Chi hugged his brother Bai Xiuwen's thigh and said pitifully.

Bai Xiuwen touched his sister Bai Chi's head, looked outside the door carefully, took out a dry steamed bun from the innermost part of his clothes, and handed it to Bai Chi.

"Eat, I'll get some water." Bai Xiuwen intentionally left some broken bowls behind when he was cleaning the house.

Take the bowl to the central courtyard and get some tap water to drink.

"Brother, you eat too." Bai Chi moved half of the steamed bun away.

Bai Xiuwen smiled slightly and pushed it back, "You eat it, brother is not hungry."

Feeling his stomach growling, Bai Xiuwen left quickly and closed the door before leaving, for fear that someone would discover his sister eating steamed buns.

Bai Chi hid in the corner of the room, squatting on the ground and eating a steamed bun bit by bit.

When the people in the middle courtyard and the back yard saw Bai Xiuwen, they all hid far away.

On the one hand, they felt that refugees like Bai Xiuwen were unlucky, and on the other hand, they smelled bad after working all day.

Seeing this, Bai Xiuwen didn't say anything.

At this time, Director Wang came again with people from the street office.

They carried worn-out bedding, pots and pans, coal and other necessities for daily life.

After all, if they don't find a job after a month, this place will be left for the next person to live in, so it's better to fully equip it to avoid running around.

And the most important thing is food, 10 kilograms of coarse grains per person, and give these things to them.

"Eat this food first. I will give you more food after 10 days."

"Thank you, Director. Thank you, everyone." The seven people hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

"You're welcome. Be well, I've already told everyone in the yard, no one will bully you. If anyone bullies you, just tell me and I'll take care of it for you."

A few people would not take this seriously. If they were really bullied, they would just have to endure it. After all, they were outsiders and how could they possibly defeat the local bully.

"Thank you, Director Wang."

Director Wang waved his hand and said, "I'll bring you the clothes tomorrow. Just don't mind if they're not clean and pretty."

Several people said in panic: "No, no, it's good enough to have it, why would we dislike it."

Director Wang nodded and led his people away.

So far, seven people are living here temporarily.

(End of this chapter)