Men and women eating in the courtyard

Mrs. Li touched the quilt folded by her grandson and patted it.

"Xuewu, is the quilt dirty? Do you need grandma to help you take off the quilt and wash it?"

"Grandma, it's not dirty. I washed it when I came out. It was wrapped in outer skin on the way."

"Okay, okay, as long as it's not dirty"

Li Xuewu took out his spring, summer, and autumn clothes again, and folded them again, including new ones and old ones, neatly folded.

Finally, I took out my ID and the military G badge wrapped in a handkerchief from my bag. The ID and the military G badge were for reporting to the streets and factories. Now I took them out to show to my grandma, grandpa and mother.

Seeing Li Xuewu packing the things he brought back, and thinking of coming over to help his son pack them, Liu Yin wiped her hands and sat by the kang, looking at the three military G medals in the handkerchief, silently shedding tears, feeling sorry for whose son it was.

This little military G medal was earned by my son with all his life, and he holds it heavily in his hand.

Li Xuewu wiped his mother's tears and patted her back.

"It's all over. My son is back, isn't he? I will be filial to you at home from now on."

Liu Yin shed more tears.

Mrs. Li leaned forward, moved to the kang, and patted Liu Yin on the shoulder.

The eldest grandma smoked the pipe pot twice hard.

Liu Yin waited for a while, then looked at Li Xuewu sorting out his documents and asked, "Do you know where they are assigned?"

Li Xuewu: "I don't know. Before I came out, I was told that I would be resettled and asked to go to the street with a letter of introduction, documents and certificates."

Liu Yin wiped her tears and said, "Let's go today, don't delay."

"Well, I'll go right away"

Li Xuewu put away his ID and military G badge, put them in his satchel, put on a military coat and a winter cotton hat and went out.

As soon as I went out and looked at the yard carefully, I saw that it was roughly the same as what I would see in later generations.

The structure of a standard courtyard house, with cotton door curtains and small glass windows in every house, looked shabby in his eyes, but this shabby house was full of fireworks.

Li Xuewu raised his legs and walked towards the Chuihua Gate. Everyone he met on the way who was older than him nodded and said hello. When he passed the threshold, a thin figure in front of him was carrying a broken bicycle to move out. Li Xuewu quickly helped lift it.

The man in front felt that someone was helping him and looked back at Li Xuewu, saying thank you: "Thank you!"

"Hey! Are you?! Li Xuewu? Hey, you've changed! Why are you back?"

Li Xuewu was confused.

The man in front of him had his spectacles wrapped with white medical tape. He narrowed his eyes and looked at him awkwardly.

Why does this person look so familiar? Isn't this the third uncle Yan Fugui who lives across from his house?

"I am Xuewu, Third Master"

Li Xuewu said hello.

"Hey, let me tell you, you are so promising! Your dad said you were quitting, why did you come back suddenly?"

This old man was still stubbornly pushing himself away and scolding himself in the morning. His feelings have already been blown away by others.

Li Xuewu turned around to let others pass, and then walked out of the door himself.

"I was injured, changed my job, and came back. Third uncle, are you going fishing?"

Looking at Yan Laoxi'er holding two pairs of fishing rods and a tin bucket, it seemed that he was going to do "serious things" that "cost nothing".

Few people go fishing in the moats around the capital, because there are mostly catfish in them, and it is rumored that during the chaos, many dead people who could not be dealt with were thrown directly into the rivers. Those fish grew from eating human flesh, and gradually no one in the moats ate them. of fish.

But the third uncle is different. He moved here from the south. As long as he doesn't need money, he can do it.

"Well, it's just my hobby. There are no classes today and I can't spend much time at home. How about you go for a walk with me?"

Li Xuewu didn't have the leisure to do so. Besides, the polite words of these three uncles were just for fun. He hurriedly declined: "I don't have your patience and skills. I wish you success and a lot of hooks. I have something else to do." I'm leaving".

In fact, Li Xuewu doesn't believe those people either. If you are hungry or anxious, let alone the fish, the trees will be skinned for you.

Besides, which river, lake and lake are free of death? But there is no need for me to squat all afternoon and compete with fish, and then I can go fishing in the river further outside when I think of a good idea.

Hahaha, even though I said I didn’t believe it, I was very upset after hearing the rumors.

Yan Fugui looked at Li Xuewu's back and muttered.

"Hey, we haven't seen each other for two years, and the little bastard can say polite words now! He's not called the Melting Pot for nothing. Hey, why did you change your job? What kind of injury did you get? You can't just let me be a pawn because you're embarrassed, right? Got into trouble again? 80% chance, we can’t prepare for it.”

Are you going to die or not? Can you control it or not?

Li Xuewu never imagined that these three uncles were muttering to him behind his back. He watched the black and white world in his memory become colorful and vivid. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart. He walked to the subdistrict office and asked a few passers-by before entering. The courtyard at the place.

The layout is similar to that of a courtyard house. When you enter, you first pass a cigarette to the doorman. The doorman is very careful and takes Li Xuewu's ID card before taking the cigarette.

"Uncle, I am from Courtyard No. 95. I have changed my job and come back to report. Do you think I should go to which house and find whom?"

The old man took the cigarette and looked at Li Xuewu's face. He consciously could see that there was righteousness in his face, so he pointed to an office in the courtyard.

This guy also doesn't have good eyesight, otherwise he wouldn't be able to come as a janitor.

"There, in the third room, go find Director Liu."

"Thank you!"

Li Xuewu nodded and walked to the office.

He came closer, knocked on the door, heard a man's voice answer, then opened the door and walked into the office.

The office was not big, and there was a bald man in his forties sitting, wearing glasses, looking up at him.

"Hello, Director Liu, I am the second son of the Li Shun family in No. 95 Courtyard. My name is Li Xuewu. I left your place two years ago. I returned this year due to injury and changed jobs. According to the resettlement plan when I left the team, I was asked to report to the street first. ".

Director Liu took a careful look at Li Xuewu and said: "Ah, you are the one from Dr. Li's family... Oh, his second son, your dad transferred the files for you from me the year before last, and someone from the Armed Forces Ministry told me about it some time ago. But, it’s because of you, please sit down and drink a glass of water.”

Li Xuewu smiled and took out two bottles of Fenjiu from his satchel and put them on the writing desk.

"My dad is busy going out today, so I can only come here by myself. This was arranged by my dad in advance. He said that Uncle Liu is his good friend and asked me to take care of Uncle Liu."

Director Liu pushed the wine over with a smile.

"Oh, Dr. Li, why are you so polite? This is such a big deal. We usually sit together. This is so bad. Put it away quickly."

Of course Li Xuewu would not accept it. This wine was not left by his father at all. He bought it at the supply and marketing cooperative at the door. This is always the case when you are looking for someone to do things with nothing.

"Uncle Liu, I can't take this back. My dad gave it to his friend. If you want to return it to him, you have to wait until he comes back, hehe."