The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

Walking out of the main building, it was still early, and he suddenly had the urge to visit the campus.

Follow the boulevard to the left of the main building and walk towards the campus.

There are 5 main buildings, namely the main building, the geology building, the refining building, the south classroom building, and the north classroom building.

There are also supporting staff residential areas, student dormitory areas, dining halls, sports fields, sports facilities and swimming pools, school medical buildings, affiliated schools, kindergartens, and living service areas.

Thinking that there are seven such universities in the surrounding area, Li Yuan couldn't help but sigh that the country is so difficult but there is still such investment in education.

After a brief browse, I have a preliminary understanding of what I will study in the next year.

Years later, he could boast that he was a graduate of the Kyoto Petroleum Institute.

Back in the city, I found a joint-venture hotel that looked good.

Even though it was not a meal, it was still full of people.

And looking at the arrangement, they are all members of the same family, which was unimaginable in the past.

In the past, going out to restaurants was considered a waste of money, except under special circumstances.

It was also the first time for Li Yuan to see this phenomenon where most families went out to restaurants.

The restaurant was full, so Li Yuan had no choice but to share a table with a family of three.

Li Yuan ordered a bowl of beef noodles, while the family opposite ordered shredded pork noodles and a cage of more than 20 large white steamed buns.

During the break between meals, Li Yuancai remembered that the supply of supplies had begun to be reduced.

For this reason, the food is rationed according to age: 3 pounds for infants, 6 pounds for children, 8 pounds for children, and 21 pounds for adults. The proportion should be increased appropriately for heavy physical work.

Starting this year, the Kyoto City Commerce Bureau has printed purchase certificates and implemented quantitative and limited supplies of certain commodities such as edible alkali, baking soda, and soap based on purchase certificates.

A year later, more and more types of goods were purchased with purchase certificates, and supplies became even more scarce.

Li Yuan woke up and realized that the three-year famine was about to begin.

Last year, a lot of farm work was done by the elderly and children, and the harvest dropped sharply.

A lot of food was not harvested in time, and when it rained, it all rotted in the ground, making the food problem worse.

Beginning this year, pork will be purchased based on tickets instead of last year's purchase of certificates.

Each person is issued three meat stamps per month, one each for the first, middle and last days.

Each ticket can supply 1 to 3 taels of fresh meat. The specific amount you can buy depends on the supply of fresh meat.

For ordinary people today, it doesn't matter whether they eat meat or not. The key is to get food.

Now every month, Yan Fugui has to exchange fine grain stamps from Li Yuan for his coarse grain stamps.

The exchange ratio is 1:1.5, and 10 pounds are exchanged every month.

This has already made their family burst into tears. The third aunt took great care of the wood that Li Yuan piled under the eaves, and not one of them was lost.

I even heard that some people are now willing to replace coarse grain stamps with a 1:1 ratio.

Because whole grains are not only cheap, but you can also buy sweet potatoes at a ratio of 1:5.

During this period, although whole grains are unpalatable, it is not easy to get hungry.

Given the choice between being hungry and eating poorly, everyone will inevitably choose the food that tastes terrible.

As soon as Li Yuan finished his meal, a woman holding a child sat on Li Yuan's seat.

At this time, the waiter shouted in the restaurant: "There are no more steamed buns, no more noodles...".

The woman who had just sat down looked frustrated.

Suddenly she saw half a basket of steamed buns on the table, and her eyes lit up.

"Sister, I want to discuss something with you." She smiled brightly and looked at the family of three opposite with eager eyes.

The woman said nothing, but took out a cloth bag, and her man skillfully poured the steamed buns in the cage into the bag.

The woman tied the bag tightly and said, "Sister, what can I do for you?"

She smiled brighter than the woman who asked the question.

The woman looked embarrassed and said with difficulty: "No, no, it's okay."

In the middle of the night, he heard the sound of the courtyard door. Li Yuan didn't want to care about it, but out of curiosity, he let it go.

At the edge of the range of his mind, he saw Qin Huairu.

Li Yuan climbed out of bed and opened a corner of the curtain, just in time to see Jia Dongxu carrying a smaller bag to the door.

There were two men outside the courtyard gate. Without thinking, they knew they were Widow Qin's natal family.

"Dongxu, we will take these back this time, and you must protect the others.

It’s so difficult in our village now. The adults can still survive, but the children and the elderly have nothing to eat and their limbs are all swollen.”

"Dad, why don't you bring more back?"

Without waiting for Jia Dongxu to answer, Qin Huairu quickly suggested in a low voice.

"It can't be too much. The water needs to flow steadily. When the new grain comes out this year, there will still be a long time to endure."

"Okay, listen to dad!" Jia Dongxu pulled Qin Huairu behind him.

"Then let's go first."

"Dad, can you leave after dinner?" Qin Huairu was already crying.

"No, it's not easy to carry dry food with you when you leave in your city."

After saying that, the two men waved their hands and left the door decisively, rushing towards Red Star Commune.

Qin Huairu looked at her emaciated father and elder brother, and her heart felt like a knife.

Tears flowed uncontrollably.

Jia Dongxu stamped his feet on the spot and gave her a hand, "Go back, it's cold, don't freeze the child in your belly."

Qin Huairu turned around and looked at Jia Dongxu, "Dongxu, those grains can't be moved anymore."

Jia Dongxu said perfunctorily: "It's up to you."

Then he locked the door bolt and headed towards the middle courtyard.

Qin Huairu wiped away her tears with hatred in her eyes.

He couldn't help but glance at the dark east wing, lowered his head and walked towards the central courtyard.

The next morning, Li Yuan completed his morning class seriously.

In recent days, he felt that as he devoted himself to practicing Qigong, his mood became more and more peaceful.

It seems that there are signs of schizophrenia. He stands high and looks at his daily behavior with cold eyes.

He plays the role of himself in the secular world, commanding the body and experiencing the rolling world of mortals.

After Li Yuan finished his work, he shook his head to drive away the fantasy feeling.

I muttered silently in my heart: "I am just a little fart who wants to live a good life."

Wearing autumn clothes and long trousers, sitting by the fire, making a cup of tea, thoughts enter the space.

There are still piles of things inside, which looks very messy.

On the coffee table against the wall were a wad of money, folded documents and other items.

Under the coffee table are wooden trays, each with gold bars on them.

Recently, he likes to play with these Adu things. Every time he finishes playing with them, his painful mood will feel better.

Just like now, he uses his mind control to lay the trays flat on the ground one by one.

Then he "watches" these idiots being silly and happy. Sometimes he looks down on such behavior.

But the other one would smile and say: "I know you are noble, but I just like these stupid things."

In order to avoid schizophrenia, he had no choice but to play along.

When you've seen enough, gently stack them together.

My mind came to the coffee table again. There was a stack of 1000 big black tens on it, which was the harvest of the last "bribery".

Next to it are some scattered money, including 10 yuan and cents.

The total amount is almost eight or nine hundred, the bulk of which is the cash purchased by the Yan family.

He didn't dare to look at the pile of documents because there was a cement withdrawal voucher underneath.

Silly, he exited the space, thinking about going out to buy some jars, cabinets, etc. today to organize the space.