Director Li from the sub-district office came to the courtyard early in the morning. Let a few stewards take care of it, and the residents of the courtyard gathered together.
"I am here to inform you of the good news. After such a long period of assessment and research, it was decided that the advanced courtyard house last year was your No. 95 courtyard."
"Okay, great. Everyone applauds." After hearing this, Yi Zhonghai and the others quickly stood up and applauded.
"Okay, okay, everyone be quiet for a moment. You three stewards will go to the office to receive your reward for advancing to the courtyard. Some melon seeds, peanuts, etc., although not a good thing, can satisfy everyone's cravings. Okay. , I’ll leave then, and the three of you will go and get it later. Let’s adjourn the meeting.” Director Li said and walked out.
Yi Zhonghai and the others hurried out to see off Director Li.
After the three sent Director Li away, they went back and talked to everyone and asked everyone to wait at home while they went to collect the prizes and come back to distribute them.
Yi Zhonghai took the two of them to the office of the subdistrict office. After collecting the prizes, he returned to the courtyard and began to distribute melon seeds and peanuts door to door.
In the evening, Yi Zhonghai's home.
"Master, I'm going to have a full-moon banquet for Banggeng, do you think it's okay?" Jia Dongxu asked, sitting opposite Yi Zhonghai.
"That's okay. I'll take you to your Uncle He's house to see if he's free."
After saying that, Yi Zhonghai got up and took Jia Dongxu to find He Daqing.
"Da Qing, are you free next Sunday?" Yi Zhonghai asked after sitting down.
"What's wrong? It's okay."
"It's like this. Dongxu wants to have a full-moon banquet for Banggeng. When you see it, can you take the lead and make a banquet?"
"This is no problem, Dongxu, what are you going to do about it?" He Daqing looked at Jia Dongxu and asked.
"Uncle He, it doesn't need to be too complicated. You can also see the conditions of my family. I'm going to clear out the people in our courtyard and Huairu's family. You can see how many tables there are."
"Well, if it's just our courtyard and Huairu's family, then 5 tables is enough. One table is 4 yuan, and 5 tables is 20 yuan. What do you think?" He Daqing thought for a while and said .
"No problem, Uncle He, but would you like to see how much it will cost to cook?"
"Forget what I say, I won't give you any gifts, just treat them as gifts, can you take a look?"
"Okay, okay, thank you so much, Uncle He." Jia Dongxu thanked him quickly.
"That's it, I'll leave this matter to you in the Qing Dynasty. Then you can make a menu in advance and I will arrange for people to buy food." Yi Zhonghai stood up and said.
"Sure, no problem."
The time soon came to Saturday afternoon.
After Jia Dongxu and Yi Zhonghai came back from get off work, they hurried to the vegetable market to pick up the vegetables and meat they had ordered a few days ago.
Early the next morning, He Daqing took He Yuzhu and his son to heat a pot and start preparing for the noon banquet.
Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu were the natal family members who received Qin Huairu.
Luo Xingchen walked out of the backyard with Fan Shasha.
"Teacher Yan, mark down one dollar for me."
"Okay, one yuan for Luo Xingchen. Okay, come and eat melon seeds in Xingchen." Second uncle Liu Haizhong held a plate of melon seeds aside for Luo Xingchen to grab.
"Okay, I'll grab some melon seeds to eat." Luo Xingchen grabbed a handful for himself and Fan Shasha, and they went into Jia Dongxu's house to look at the little sticks.
"Director Luo and his wife are here, sit down quickly." Qin Huairu was busy in the living room at this time and hurriedly asked them to sit down.
"Shasha, you look so fast." Qin Huairu said after helping Fan Shasha sit up.
"Yeah, it'll be almost next month. Is your son asleep now?"
"Probably not. My mother and the others are holding her inside. Come on, I'll take you to have a look."
After saying that, Qin Huairu led the two of them to the inner room.
"Huairu, who are these two?" Qin Huairu asked hurriedly after seeing the two of them wearing military uniforms.
"Mom, these are Director Luo and his wife who live in our backyard."
"You are wrong. Director Luo is now here, and Jiaodaokou Police Station is now the Chengdong Branch." At this time, Jia Dongxu came in from outside and said.
"Hello, brother Xingchen, hello, sister-in-law." Jia Dongxu said hello to the two of them hurriedly.
"Hello, Dongxu, how are you? Your father has become energetic this time. Yes, it seems that you have changed a lot." Luo Xingchen has not seen him for a long time because he leaves early and comes back late. Jia Dongxu is married. Sure enough, a person will change a lot if he becomes a father.
"Haha, it won't work if we don't change. There is another mouth in the family. We can't let the children go hungry."
"I didn't see it, Jia Dongxu. It's good that you still have this consciousness. As long as you have this attitude, I believe it won't be long before you can catch up with your master."
"Brother Xingchen is joking, I am still far from my master."
After seeing Xiaobanggeng, Luo Xingchen and his wife came out of Jia's house and walked back.
At noon, Jia Dongxu went to the backyard and asked Luo Xingchen and his wife to come over for dinner.
After the two came to the middle courtyard, they sat together with Lele Doudou. Then several stewards also sat at Luo Xingchen's table.
This left Luo Xingchen feeling a little speechless.
Luo Xingchen asked Liu Liuhai, Doudou and the other children to go to other tables.
As everyone sat down, the female comrades in the courtyard helped to serve the dishes and everyone sat down one after another.
"Zhuzhu, come sit here." Luo Xingchen looked at He Yuzhu walking over and shouted.
"Okay Brother Xingchen." After He Yuzhu and He Daqing came and sat down, everyone started to use chopsticks. Jia Dongxu began to toast everyone.
Time flies by very quickly, one day passes when you close and open your eyes, and more than half a month passes when you close and open your eyes again.
Early that morning, Luo Xingchen drove Fan Shasha to the military hospital. After a series of examinations, he admitted Fan Shasha to the hospital.
"Comrade Fan Shasha, don't be nervous. You can give birth in these few days. If you have nothing to do, just walk around the room. Then the birth will be smoother."
"Thank you, Director Yang, I trouble you every time I come here." Fan Shasha said to the middle-aged woman in a white coat in front of her.
"It's okay. What's the trouble? Are you ready with all the things I asked you to prepare?"
"Well, it's all ready. It's all in this bag."
"I'll check to make sure I don't forget anything later." After Director Yang said that, he started to look through it.
"Well, you're well prepared. Then you two can move around here for a while while I get to work. If you have any questions, call me anytime."
"Excuse me, Director Yang, please do your business first."
In the afternoon, Xiao Liu brought Lele and Doudou to the hospital.
Luo Xingchen told the two of them not to run around at home and go to bed early, then asked Xiao Liu to take the two of them back to the courtyard.
