The ups and downs of life in the Siheyuan

He stood up and walked to the large vat behind the cabinet, took down the stone, and opened the lid.

I dug out almost 30 kilograms of stick noodles.

He restored the vat, turned around the cabinet, and handed them the flour bag he was carrying.

"I don't know my scale, I weigh about 30 pounds."

Su Wagong weighed it and said, "It's almost the same. After we go back and weigh it, we'll make up the difference to you."

"Row"

Su Wagong collected the 50 yuan and handed Li Yuan 3 yuan.

Next, the four people started loading wood onto the flatbed truck according to the demand for materials.

A total of two trucks finally transported all the required wood.

The neighbors in the courtyard saw the movement in Li Yuan's house and came over to inquire.

Li Yuan briefly explained the situation to everyone, and everyone asked about it. They were all curious about what Li Yuan wanted to make the house look like.

Time is quickly approaching the end of the year, and today is February 1959, 2, New Year’s Eve.

Li Yuanda finished cleaning the house in the morning and exchanged a handful of peanuts for a pair of couplets.

He also used 5 peanuts in exchange for Yan Jiefang to help put them on.

This is great, you don’t have to prepare the paste yourself.

This Spring Festival, supplies are becoming increasingly scarce.

I heard that many places have begun to supply food substitutes, which are made from the inner core of corn stalks or other plant roots and ground into powder.

The taste and nutrition are definitely very poor.

There was also a shortage of food supplies in Kyoto.

Now there are people queuing up at the grain store every day, and as soon as the supplies arrive, they are sold out immediately.

If you don’t have food stamps, don’t even think about it.

Now everyone is holding oil stamps and trying to exchange them for vegetable oil. However, the supply of supplies is insufficient, and everyone can’t buy gas even with their tickets.

I heard that today each person can redeem 1 tael of sesame oil, so the whole family went to queue.

Therefore, the courtyard seemed unusually empty, with only some children chasing around the courtyard carefree.

This Spring Festival will definitely be a Spring Festival that people will remember for a long time.

Now there is only Yan Fugui in the front yard, with a table set up, sitting under the sun, busy writing couplets.

Li Yuan leaned forward and watched him write.

"Xiao Li, the third uncle's calligraphy is pretty good, right?" He looked proud.

"Needless to say, your writing is the only one in the entire compound that can be featured on the stage."

"Hey..." Yan Fugui was very happy to be recognized by the student boy Li Yuan.

He wrote a few more couplets, put down the pen, and patted his back with his hand.

"Xiao Li, why do you think the supplies are getting less and less now?"

In fact, he didn't expect Li Yuan to give an answer, but expressed his feelings.

Li Yuan hesitated for a moment, "It's a coincidence, but it's also inevitable."

"Oh? It's quite new. I'd like to hear the details." Yan Fugui looked surprised and suspicious.

“When was our country’s heavy industry built?”

Li Yuan started by asking questions.

Yan Fugui looked up and thought about it, "It should be 50 years. If I remember correctly, we and Big Brother loaned more than 3 million US dollars at that time."

"You remember it accurately. I just checked the information and it's really 3 million."

Yan Fugui is so beautiful, with the corners of his mouth turned up and his eyes narrowed into crescents.

“Do you remember how many aid programs there were?”

"This doesn't trouble me. There used to be a teacher in our school named Gobinov, and he knew very detailed information.

From 50 to 57, a total of 156 projects were assisted.

At first there were 50, mainly heavy industries, all concentrated in the Northeast.

Later, it began to assist projects in other provinces and cities, including a large number of light industries."

"So, have all the projects been put into production?"

"How is that possible? After Big Brother left, many projects were put on hold."

"The third uncle knows so much.

Do you think our Chinese people can master the management and technical capabilities required for industrial production? "

"Hey, how is that possible? It's all Big Brother who teaches me step by step.

From management to technology, we rely heavily on Big Brother, and their experts serve as management and technical personnel."

"Then, Big Brother has evacuated, what should we do?"

"Yes, the ones that are put into production are fine, but the ones that are not put into production are in trouble."

"Third uncle, which edition are our primary and secondary school textbooks?"

"In the past, it was copied from Big Brother. Starting from this year, the second version is used."

"Then do you think that in terms of politics, economy, education and culture, our surname is still not Hua?"

"Oh, you're asking the third uncle now."

"The state has invested so much and is about to transform from an agricultural society to an industrial society. How do you think we should choose?"

"Oh, you're a hammer guy, you've even confused the third uncle."

Yan Fugui's expression was tangled and he kept thinking.

"Forget it, third uncle, you go ahead and get busy, I have to leave beforehand."

"Go, go, don't worry about me."

Yan Fugui's eyes were full of thoughts, and he stood in the sun and fell into deep thought.

Li Yuan smiled and felt a little bored. Why did he talk to Yan Fugui on such a beautiful day.

I went home, picked up a basket, and rode out of the compound.

快到53号院时，筐里多出一只鸡、一条3斤多的鲤鱼、3斤羊排、1斤牛肉、5斤带肉的猪排。

Of course there are some cabbage, potatoes, eggs, apples and peanuts and melon seeds.

These are all taken from Jiugonggri.

Perhaps because the New Year is approaching, the system issued a Spring Festival gift package.

There are all kinds of meat, fruits, vegetables, seeds and peanuts in it, but the quantity is not large, and the two of them can eat it for up to 5 days.

When I looked at the nine-square grid in the morning, I saw that the supplies stored were sufficient.

The first grid: 760 yuan of soft girl coins, household registration book, food book, house deed, cement approval slip;

The second grid: 380 jins of white flour and 100 jins of rice;

The third grid: 10 roast chickens, 50 eggs, 20 jins of pork belly, 10 jins of beef, and 15 jins of mutton;

The fourth grid: 20 kilograms of vegetables, 5 kilograms of tomatoes, 30 apples, 10 persimmons, 10 kilograms of peanuts with skin, and 10 kilograms of melon seeds;

The fifth grid: 2 huanghuali armchairs, a matching coffee table, a pile of wood, and several carvings;

The sixth grid: 25 bottles of chrysanthemum white, 10 bottles of Fenjiu;

The seventh grid: "Small fan", engraving tool kit;

Box : Commonly worn clothes;

Ninth box: empty.

Recently, the consumption of vegetables and fruits has been relatively high, and stocks have decreased instead of increasing.

As soon as Li Yuang entered the courtyard, Wu Qiaoqiao ran out to greet him.

Li Yuan wanted to take the basket, but Li Yuan didn't give it to him.

"You park the car, the basket is a bit heavy, I'll do it."

Wu Qiaoqiao happily took the bicycle and set up the stand.

"I have tidied up the house and posted couplets."

"So capable! I'll go back and show up tonight, give something to Uncle Song, and then spend the New Year with you."

"okay".

She smiles happily, joyfully and healingly.

The two of them spent the whole day together, chatting, cooking, bathing, and having fun. . .

It wasn't until after dinner that Li Yuan reluctantly left.

Li Yuan first returned to the courtyard. The whole courtyard was boiling with the sound of children playing everywhere.

Although it was cold, they didn't seem to notice anything. They ran out of the yard, ran from one house to another, and ran into the yard again.

No matter how difficult it is, women gather at home to make dumplings, and whether there is meat filling depends on the situation of each family.

The men gathered together to play cards, chat, and drink tea.

Li Yuan went to Yan Fugui's house to sit for a while, put down half a catty of melon seeds, and left the compound regardless of the third aunt's obstruction.

I saw Uncle Song in the concierge. He was also making dumplings.