Chapter 11 Liu Family Courtyard

In the past two days, our compound has been bustling again, and people have died. Things can't start here, they have to start from the beginning.Let me tell you about myself first, I am a fortune teller.I have also sold jujubes and groundnuts, but that was a long time ago.Now I set up a hexagram stall on the street, well, I can also grab thirty-five cents a day.His wife died long ago, and his son pulls a rickshaw.Our father and son live in a north room in the Liu Family Courtyard. In addition to my north room, there are more than 20 rooms in the compound.How many families live in total?Who remembers clearly!There are not many people who live in two rooms, and I move in today and move out tomorrow. I don't have a good memory.Everyone greeted each other with "Have you eaten?" in a friendly manner; if you don't talk, it's nothing.Everyone is busy with their mouths all day long, and there is no time for gossip.Of course there are those who love to talk, but they have to be full first.

In other words, our father and son and the Wang family can be counted as old residents, having lived here for more than a year.I have long wanted to move, but my house is not very leaky when it rains; where in this world can I find a house that is not very leaky?Of course there are no leaks, and you have to afford it!Besides, if you move, you will have to spend three rents, so you might as well bear with it.Evening papers often talk about "equality", and there is no need to say anything about unequal.This is the truth.Let’s take the daughters-in-law as an example, if the mother’s family doesn’t give a bride price, they must be beaten less, right?

The Wang family lives in two rooms.Lao Wang and I are considered the most "civilized" people in the Liu family compound. "Civilization" is the third grandson, let's talk about it first.I am a fortune teller, and I can read the words in front of me quite easily.Every day I read the evening papers of the two eldest sons. "Civilized" people, just read the evening paper, don't pretend to be a grandson!Lao Wang worked as a gardener for a family of foreigners, so he finally mixed up with foreign affairs.In fact, he knows whether he can grow flowers or not; if he can't, he probably won't say anything.The one who mows the lawn in the foreigner's yard may be called a gardener; anyway, Lao Wang is a bit easy to brag about.What's the point?How about low lawn mowing?Lao Wang couldn't think about this layer.Otherwise, poor people like us are not doing well, are they poor, so it’s okay to brag a few words!There are too many people like this in the compound, and they always learn from the "civilized" people; it seems that the "civilized" people should be punished for blowing their beards and staring.Anyway, he doesn't make much money, whether it's a gardener or a caretaker.

Lao Wang's son is a stonemason, his head is not as smooth as a stone, and he has never seen such a dead man.He is a good stonemason, and he doesn't talk to his heart.Xiao Wang married a daughter-in-law who was ten years younger than him. She looked like an old corned bun, with yellow hair on her head.Lao Wang also has a daughter, who is about fourteen or fifteen years old, and she is a thief and a villain.The four of them live in two rooms. Apart from our two families, Zhang Er is an old resident; he has lived here for more than six months.Although I owed two months' rent, I still had to deal with it and didn't ask the landlord to evict me.Zhang Er's daughter-in-law has a really sweet mouth and can talk; this may be the reason why she hasn't been kicked out yet.Naturally, she was only sweet-mouthed when asking for the rent; when the landlord turns around, listen to her scolding.Who can not scold the landlord? With such a kennel, it costs one and a half dollars a month? !But no one scolded her so well and relieved her anger so much.Even an old man like me fell in love with her a little bit, not because of anything else, she really knows how to scold.However, no matter how much you scold, a kennel is still a dollar and a half.Now that I think about it, I don't love her anymore.Without real power, cursing is nothing.

Zhang Er and my son walked together, pulling the cart.His mouth is also not good, drinking two coppers of "cat urine" can make the whole courtyard dizzy; chewing!I just hate chewing, although Zhang Er is not a bad-hearted person.Zhang Er has three children, the older one inspects coal pits, the second one rolls ruts, and the third one crawls all over the yard. When it comes to the children, I can't tell what their names are.There are enough children in the yard to form a brigade, how can they remember clearly?Men and women are quite different, anyway, you can be naked if you can.Always be careful when walking in the yard; if you panic, you may step on someone.Anyone who steps on it will have to make a fuss.The adults don't want to feel wronged, why don't they just grab a quarrel and quarrel for a while.The poorer you are, the more children you have. Shouldn't the poor raise children?However, the poor really have to find a way.What will these small-minded people do in the future?Like my son again, pulling a rickshaw?I'm not saying that pulling a foreign cart is cheap, I'm saying that people shouldn't pull carts;However, many of them will not live long enough to pull a cart.Plague broke out this spring, and a large number of people died.The father who loves to beat his children the most also grinned and cried, how could his own children not feel distressed?But it's over after weeping, Xiaoxi rolls his head and goes out of the city; if he dies, he dies, it's true to save food.I have no money in my waist, but my heart is like iron, I often say that.This is not like a sentence, you have to find a way!

Besides our three families, there are many others.But it is enough for me to mention only these three families.Didn't I say that someone died in the Liu family compound?It was the young daughter-in-law of the Wang family who died.I said she looks like a wowotou, but this is not to beat the dead.I'm not saying that she "really" looks like Wowotou.I feel bad for her, for girls and wives who are similar to her.I often think about it, why should a good girl grow up like a wowotou?Children are not allowed to eat or drink since childhood, so can they still be smooth and smooth?Yes, yes, but why?

Let's stop gossiping; it's like this: Pharaoh's first is not a thing.Didn't I say he's easy to brag about?Yes, he always learned from those "civilized" people in everything.Married his daughter-in-law, drank, he didn't know what to do.Picking noses and eyes at his daughter-in-law all day long is a big show.For three dollars of oil and two dollars of vinegar, he can make troubles.I know that poor people have a strong liver and love to quarrel.Lao Wang was a little out to find fault; he got angry, not for anything else, but to imitate the style of "civilized" people.He is the father-in-law; damn it, the father-in-law has a few coins each!I really don't understand why the poor boy wants to pretend to be "civilization". What kind of poisonous gas is this?In the morning, he got up early, so he had to wake up his little daughter-in-law too. What's the matter?He wants to establish this rule, poor and poor!She got up a little later, listen, this beating!

I know that the little daughter-in-law's natal family gave a bride price of 100 yuan.The father and son will not be able to pay off the shortfall for about another year, so they always take out their anger on the young daughter-in-law.But it's fine to get angry just because of this one hundred yuan, although the little daughter-in-law has been wronged enough.He is not designed for this little money.He is a "civilized" person, and he must act like a father-in-law.Isn't his wife dead? He wants to take care of the mother-in-law's torture to his daughter-in-law.He picks her faults in different ways.And what does a seventeen-year-old know about her?Playing with her?I know where he got those pomps: from listening to "civilized" people in teahouses.That's the kind of person he is -- if he speaks to "civilized" people or blows a few words for others, his face will immediately turn red.When he was mowing the lawn at a foreigner's house, if the foreigner spoke to him, he could wag his tail for three days and three nights.He does have a tail.But he has been wagging his tail all his life, and he still lives in a fucking dilapidated courtyard and eats corned buns.I really don't understand!

When Pharaoh went to work, he gave his daughter the method of torturing his daughter-in-law for him.That thief girl!I don't mean to look down on girls from poor families at all; it's common for them to work as maids and second wives for others (not what they should do), so can you blame them?cannot!But I hate this second girl from the Wang family. She is as annoying as her father. She can find a place to wear shoes for her sister-in-law, and she can make up rumors to make her sister-in-law mess.I know why she is so bad, she is supported by that foreigner to study in a school, and she looks down on her sister-in-law more than 10,000 times.She also wears a pair of shoes, and a comb in her hair, look at her beauty!That's the way I think about it: there shouldn't be rich and poor in the world.But it is worse than nothing for poor people to follow rich people and climb to high places.Lao Wang and Er Niu are good examples.If her sister-in-law made a new pair of green cloth shoes, she would step on the mud in a different way, and then tell his father to scold his daughter-in-law.I don't have time to talk about these things in detail, anyway, this little daughter-in-law doesn't get angry every day; sometimes she can't get enough to eat.

As for Xiao Wang, Shichangzi is outside the city and doesn't live at home.If I come back every ten days and a half months, I will definitely beat my daughter-in-law.In our Liu family compound, beating the daughter-in-law is commonplace.Who told the wife to eat the man, who asked the mother's family to use the bride price, it is right to be beaten.But Xiao Wang didn't have to beat his wife, because he didn't come home so easily, would he still want to get angry?Hmph, Lao Wang and Er Niu are provoking by the side.Lao Wang punished his daughter-in-law to starve and kneel; after all, he couldn’t beat him himself, he considered himself a “civilized” person, how could he be a father-in-law to beat his daughter-in-law?So he instigated his son to beat him; he knew that his son was a stonemason, and beating him once was better than others beating him five times.After the son finished beating his wife, he was very kind to his son.As for Er Niu, although she often twisted her sister-in-law's arm, it was not enjoyable after all. She wished she could watch her brother treat her sister-in-law like a stone and crush her to pieces at once.Let me tell you, if a woman looks down on another woman, she is the enemy.Er Niu considered herself a female student; her sister-in-law was just a piece of cake bought for 100 yuan.

The young daughter-in-law of the Wang family has no way out.The more uncomfortable I feel, the more unfriendly I am to others; there is no one in the whole courtyard who loves her.She even forgot how to speak.There are also moments of joy, when I see gods and ghosts making trouble with bumper ①.Always after Xiao Wang beat her up and left, she cried and said that she was having a good time alone.My errand came, and Lao Wang and I borrowed the constitution letter to slap her on the mouth.He was afraid of ghosts and asked me to smoke.When I entered her room and comforted her from crying—I never smoked her, what she wanted was comfort and a few kind words—he came in, among those who pinched her, smoked her with toilet paper; in fact, he Knowing that she had slowly woken up, he deliberately punished her.Every time this juncture comes, Lao Wang and I quarrel.I don't care about their noise on weekdays; what's the use of caring?If I care, it must be towards the young daughter-in-law; wouldn't this add poison to her?So I don't care.However, whenever there is a collision, the two of us must quarrel, because I am there, watching, how can I not say a word?The strange thing is this, when we quarreled, the people in the yard always said I was wrong; the women said the same.They thought she deserved a beating.They also said that I was busy.A man should beat a woman, a father-in-law should discipline his daughter-in-law, and a sister-in-law should be angry with her sister-in-law. These men and women believe this!How can you believe this?Who taught them?Which bastard's "civilization" is ridiculous, but also crying! Two days ago, the mason came back again.For some reason, the old man had his heart set right for a moment, and he didn't ask his son to beat his wife. When the young daughter-in-law saw everyone happy, of course she liked it, and she actually looked like she was about to laugh.When Erniu saw this, it was as if she saw two suns rising from the sky.There must be something!Her sister-in-law was cooking in the yard, so she searched her house.Brother Mason must have bought something for his sister-in-law, otherwise she wouldn't have a smile on her face.After searching for a long time, nothing came out.When I said "half a day", I meant to read it in detail; is there more things in the little wife's house?There are not two whole tables in our compound, otherwise there will be no thieves.If we have bills, we put them in the sock. Er Niu became angry.Sister-in-law dare to have a smile on her face?Regardless of whether the private fraud can be found out, she must be punished anyway! The little daughter-in-law was carrying a pot of rice to make rice soup, and the second girl gave her a kick.Her one-pot meal was sold out. "rice"!If it wasn't for her husband's return, who would dare to come up with an idea to eat "meal"!Her life seemed to go out with the rice cooker.The rice soup hadn't dried up yet, and the gruel-like white rice was spread on the ground.She tried her best to hold it with her hands, but it was hot, and she didn't care about her hands; she herself was not worth as much as that pot of rice.It was too hot, so she took a few handfuls, and the pain hurt her heart, and her hands were covered with rice juice.She didn't dare to make a sound, she clenched her teeth, pinched her hands, and turned around in pain. "Dad! Look at her spilling all the rice on the floor!" Er Niu shouted. Both father and son came out.When Lao Wang saw the rice steaming on the ground, he went crazy immediately.He only glanced at Xiao Wang, and he made it clear: "Do you want a daughter-in-law or a father?" Xiao Wang's face turned purple at that time, and he went to grab the little daughter-in-law's hair and pulled her to the ground.The little daughter-in-law didn't make a sound, so she didn't know about the personnel. "Hit! Hit to death! Hit!" Pharaoh yelled from the side, kicking up a lot of dirt.Er Niu was afraid that her sister-in-law was pretending to be dead, so she went over and twisted her thigh. All the people in the yard came out to watch the fun, and the men didn't come to persuade, so the women naturally didn't dare to speak out; men just like to watch others beat their wives - to set an example for their own wife. I can't help it.Pharaoh really wanted to beat me up.But as soon as I came out, other men came over.It's hard to say, it's a persuasion. Early the next morning, Xiao Wang and Lao Wang all went to work.The second girl didn't go to school, in order to continue to annoy her sister-in-law. The second sister-in-law Zhang moved her kindness and came to see the little daughter-in-law.Because Mrs. Zhang is confident that she can speak, she offended Er Niu as soon as she comforted the little daughter-in-law.They both lifted up.Of course, Erniu can't do it, she can still speak for Mrs. Zhang! "How about you girl..., my surname is not Zhang!" Er Niu scolded Er Niu with one sentence, "The third bald man will give you two eldest sons, and you can tell him to kiss; you pretend I didn't see it? Is there such a thing?" Is there something wrong? Is there anything?" Er Niu's ears and eyes were blocked by the second sister-in-law, and Er Niu backed away, still unable to speak. After this scene was over, Er Niu struck up a conversation and went to the street, feeling ashamed to make trouble with her sister-in-law again. The little daughter-in-law is alone in the house, so it's a lot of work.Mrs. Zhang came over to take another look. The little daughter-in-law was lying on the kang, but she was wearing the red jacket she had when she got married.Mrs. Zhang asked her a few words, but she didn't answer, she just turned her face away.The second child of the Zhang family was fighting with a child at such a time, Zhang's second sister-in-law hurriedly ran to rescue the siege, because the second child was pinned down by the enemy. Er Niu didn't come back until it was almost time to eat, and went straight to the sister-in-law's house to see if she had prepared the meal.Er Niu never cooks with her hands, female students!As soon as she opened the door, she yelled as if she lost her soul, her sister-in-law was hanging on the beam!Everyone in the yard was frightened. No one thought of taking her off. Who would want to get involved in the matter of human life? Er Niu covered her eyes and was frightened into a grandson. "Still looking for your father?!" Someone said that, she turned and ran away, as if a ghost was chasing her.Lao Wang was also stupid when he came back.The little daughter-in-law is hopeless; this is nothing, if the house is dirty, can the landlord spare him?Marry another one, as long as you have money, but the last debt has not been paid off yet!The more he thought about these things, the more angry he became, and he really wanted to bite the hanged ghost for a few pieces to relieve his anger! People from her natal family came, although they made a lot of noise, Lao Wang was not afraid.He had already made preparations and asked Er Niu to understand that the little daughter-in-law wanted to hang herself because of Zhang Ersao's instigation; the Wang family didn't force her to die, and the Wang family didn't anger her.You see, Pharaoh learned "civilized" people really learned well, and can tell lies with staring eyes. Mrs. Zhang's sister-in-law was caught blind, no matter how eloquent she was, she couldn't help biting her to the bone!Human life, even if you can tell the difference, your husband will have to make a fuss when he comes back.Naturally, one would not fight a lawsuit. How dare the people in the Liu family compound go to court?But if Lao Wang and Er Niu insisted that the little daughter-in-law's natal family wanted someone from her, it would be difficult!The people in the Liu Family Courtyard have eyes, but since human life is at stake, they might not dare to help her, right?Sure enough, as soon as Zhang Er came back, he heard that his daughter-in-law had caused trouble.Who cares about indiscriminate, let's finish the beating first, because beating a wife is a matter of course anyway.Mrs. Zhang got a good meal. The little daughter-in-law's natal family doesn't litigate; she asks for money; if she doesn't have money, it's even worse.What Lao Wang is afraid of is what he has; the former has not paid off the money to marry his daughter-in-law, and now another one has come!However, no matter what, you have to promise to take the money, otherwise there will be a hanged ghost in the room, which is not a good idea. Xiao Wang also came back, very like a stone man, but I could see that he was very sad, no one cared about the dead daughter-in-law, only Xiao Wang went into the house and sat down beside the corpse. long time.If his father hadn't been "civilized", I don't think he would have hit her often.However, if the father is "civilized", the son must naturally be filial, let's fight!As soon as he hit it, he forgot that his arm was hitting a stone.He didn't make a sound, and sat in the house for a long time, and put on a new pair of trousers—no patch—for his wife.He didn't seem to hear what his father said to him.He kept smoking Bats, his eyes fixed on something—something no one else could see. The natal family asked for one hundred yuan-fifty was sent to the young daughter-in-law, and fifty went to the natal family.Xiao Wang still didn't say a word.Lao Wang agreed to take the money.He was the first to go to Zhang Er. "Your daughter-in-law is in trouble, there is nothing to say, you get fifty, I get fifty; otherwise, I will bring the hanged ghost to your house." Old Wang said gently, but at the same time insisted. Zhang Ergang drank the cat urine of the four elders, his eyes were red.He also came at a bad time: "Well, Mr. Wang, fifty? I'll take it! Do you see it? You can take whatever is in the house. Otherwise, I'll sell these two big boys to you, and it's not worth fifty yuan Little San’s mother! Send the two older ones to Uncle Wang’s house! They can run and eat, it’s no trouble, and you don’t have any grandchildren, just right!” Lao Wang touched a soft one.The furnishings in Zhang Er's house are probably not worth a few coppers!Let the two children be called Zhang Er and keep them.But Zhang Er can't be cheapened so lightly; I can't get fifty, can thirty be okay?Zhang Er sang Teeth Pai ①, as if he was very happy. "What's thirty for? It's better to be fifty. Write it on the account first. If you don't care, I'll be run over by a tram. If you don't, I'll pay you back." Lao Wang wanted his son to beat Zhang Er up.But Zhang Er is also quite strong, so he may not be able to beat him.The second sister-in-law Zhang didn't dare to speak all the time. At this time, she saw a move and took the opportunity to look for her face: "Wang, you just wait. If I don't go to your house and hang myself, I'm not a good wife. You wait." Let's go!" Lao Wang is a "civilized" person, so he can't argue with Zhang Ersao.And he also saw that this kind of wild bitch can do anything, if there is another hanging ghost, it will be even more unbearable and walk away.Lao Wang didn't beat Zhang Er. In fact, Lao Wang already had the idea of ​​"civilization", and this fight with Zhang Er was just a bluff.He went to the foreigner's house, but Mr. Yang was not at home, so he knelt down to Mrs. Yang and asked for a hundred dollars.Mrs. Yang gave it to him, but 50 of it was deducted from Lao Wang's wages, and no interest was charged. Lao Wang came back with his nose facing the sky. It cost eight yuan to open the list; if Yin Yangsheng didn't open this game, the trouble would be small.This money has to be spent. The little daughter-in-law finally died "worth it".A new suit of red foreign satin, new shoes and socks, and a pair of silver and copper jewelry.A coffin for twelve dollars.There were five other monks who recited a bald head three ①.My natal family got more than forty yuan; Lao Wang couldn't give it according to fifty anyway. The matter is over, but the second girl has been reported and dare not enter the house.No matter what she did, she always saw her sister-in-law hanging on the beam.Lao Wang has to move.But, who will live in the dirty house?If you live by yourself, the landlord may not pay attention to the truth; if you move, it is not called compensation.But it's also a problem that the second girl dared not go into the house to sleep.Besides, the daughter-in-law is dead, so why live in two more rooms?Give up that room, who would live in it?This is difficult. Lao Wang has another clever trick. Once his daughter-in-law dies, he will look down on women even more.Forty or fifty yuan was spent on the dead ghost, and her natal family was asked to take more than forty, which was really frustrating.Therefore, even Er Niu's identity has been dropped.He simply sent her away, took some dowry, and then hurriedly gave her son another room.Er Niu didn't dare to enter the house, just right, fuck her.The one who sells it for three hundred and two hundred, in addition to remarrying his son, also has to keep some coffin books for himself. He approached me about it.I thought Er Niu was going to be given to my son; no, he just asked me to be careful, if a foreigner is willing to pay 3200 yuan, it will be fine.I did not say anything. At this time, someone came to propose marriage to Xiao Wang. The eighteen-year-old girl, who could do laundry and work, only asked for a bride price of 120 yuan.Lao Wang became even more anxious, as if he would be happy to shovel Er Niu out immediately. The landlady came, because the hanging had blew into his ears.Lao Wang frightened him back: the house is dirty, I still live in it now!I can't blame me for this matter, I'm not at home all day long; can I still make my daughter-in-law angry?I can't help but have bad neighbors. If it weren't for Zhang Er's girls, would my daughter-in-law think of hanging herself?It's nothing to hang yourself, but now I'm making trouble for my son. Anyway, I'm busy with foreign affairs, I have no money, and I can still talk to foreigners and help out a little.Just based on this story, the foreigner gave me one hundred yuan! The landlord told him to be bluffed, and after asking others, it was indeed the money that was taken from foreigners.The landlord didn't say anything to Lao Wang, so it would be inconvenient to offend the foreigner.But Zhang Er is not a good transfer guy, he owes two months' rent, and let the girls pull their tongues and dustpans and drive him to move!No matter what Zhang Ersao can say, she still has to make up two months' rent, get the hell out! Zhang Er moved out, and on the day he moved out, he was drunk like a cat again.Mrs. Zhang scolded the landlord for a long time. Just wait and see.See how much Er Niu can sell, and see what kind of wife Xiao Wang will marry.What's the matter! "Civilization" is grandson, or that sentence!