Siheyuan: My wife is Xu Huizhen

He Yuzhu walked up to her and asked, "Mrs. Zhang, what are you doing?"

When Jia Zhang saw He Yuzhu, she was a little scared and said, "I didn't do anything."

He Yuzhu turned around and looked at Wen Yuping. She said, "Zhuzi, you came at the right time. Aunt Zhang suddenly asked me to get her 10 kilograms of food today."

He Yuzhu turned his head and looked at Jia Zhang again, frowning and asking, "Are you looking for a fight today?"

"I"

Jia Zhang was so frightened that she shuddered, but she still shouted stubbornly:

"He Yuzhu, don't think I'm afraid of you. I want 10 kilograms of food today. What's wrong?"

He Yuzhu was so angry that he laughed and said, "How can you be so self-righteous as a beggar? Others at most ask for leftovers, but you actually open your mouth and ask for 10 kilograms of food?"

Jia Zhang shouted, "He Yuzhu, you came just in time. You must give us 10 kilograms of food today, otherwise I will sue you."

He Yuzhu was surprised: "Why are you suing me? Why should I take care of your food and drink? I'm not your parent."

Jia Dongxu came out at some point, and after hearing what He Yuzhu said, he shouted:

"He Yuzhu, if you keep talking nonsense, I'll beat you up."

"Come on." He Yuzhu raised his arm and pretended to hit Jia Dongxu, who was so scared that he quickly backed away, protecting his head.

Jia Zhang shouted, "He Yuzhu, stop showing off here. If you don't give me an explanation today, I will send your whole family to jail."

He Yuzhu said, "Okay, how about I invite someone from the police station over for you, and we'll see who's in jail today."

He was extremely curious. Did Jia Zhang take the wrong medicine today? She was not afraid of him at all and acted as if she had the upper hand over him.

I really don't know where he gets the confidence from.

At this time, Yi Zhonghai said, "Zhu Zi, calm down. Old sister-in-law, you too, if there is anything, just speak it out calmly. Why do you have to send people to jail? If there is anything, let's solve it in the yard."

He Yuzhu said: "Haha, do you still think you are a great man?"

Yi Zhonghai said: "At least the street office didn't remove me from my position as an administrator."

He Yuzhu really didn't bother to pay attention to him before, and even after so many things happened, he didn't say anything in the street about removing Yi Zhonghai's title of uncle.

"Okay, let me see what you guys want to do."

Yi Zhonghai pretended to ask Jia Zhang: "Sister-in-law, what do you want to do?"

Jia Zhang was very proud: "What am I going to do? I'm going to send He Yuzhu to jail."

He Yuzhu said indifferently: "Okay, go to the police station, don't think I'm afraid of you."

Jia Zhang was a little dumbfounded. This answer was not what he had imagined and was somewhat beyond his expectations.

"Are you really not afraid of me?" asked Jia Zhang.

He Yuzhu asked back: "Why should I be afraid of you?"

Jia Zhang was very proud, thinking she had already won, and asked:

"Let me ask you, there is no rice or flour in the rations now, so why can your family still eat steamed buns and meat every day? Where does all this food come from?"

"What do you care where I come from?" He Yuzhu was not polite at all.

Only then did I understand why Jia Zhang actually thought that her family’s grain was embezzled.

Otherwise, why does she think that she can control me and ask for food at will?

Jia Zhang was very proud: "I knew that the grain you had must have been embezzled from the machinery factory."

Wen Yuping shouted, "Stop talking nonsense here."

Yi Zhonghai said, "Zhu Zi, I think it's better not to make a big fuss about this. No matter where your grain comes from, just give 10 kilograms of grain to your Aunt Zhang, and this matter will be over."

He Yuzhu just chuckled twice and then spat at him.

What Yi Zhonghai said sounded nice, but if he really did what he said, it would mean that he was guilty and the source of the food was not legitimate.

When the time came to really take out the grain to settle the matter, Jia Zhang would just run directly to the police station or the street to report herself for embezzling grain.

He Yuzhu now suspected that Jia Zhang was causing trouble like this because she was instructed by Yi Zhonghai.

I'm taking this opportunity to test myself and confirm whether the grain was embezzled.

He Yuzhu quickly figured out the other party’s possible follow-up tactics.

However, this matter needs to be settled as soon as possible, otherwise if they spread more words, it is hard to know what version it will become.

After all, it is easy to throw mud at someone, but it is not easy to prove your innocence.

He Yuzhu asked: "Why do you also think that I got the grain through corruption?"

Although Yi Zhonghai didn't say anything, his expression was very clear. What he meant was, isn't it?

He Yuzhu said: "Do you remember the food crisis in 51 and 52? There was not enough food at that time, and the price had increased several times?"

"Of course I know. Why do you mention this?" Yi Zhonghai asked with some surprise.

He Yuzhu turned around and said to everyone in the yard, "While all the neighbors are here, I want to solemnly clarify why our family has so much food."

Yan Bugui asked: "Why?"

"Everyone knows that I made a lot of money selling braised meat a few years ago."

Everyone nodded, and Yan Bugui said, "Yes, you made a lot of money at that time. Jia Dongxu even wanted to sell pig heads."

At that time, Jia Dongxu didn't have the formula, and he wanted He Yuzhu's formula.

He Yuzhu gave him a fake one, which contained a large opium stack, so that Jia Dongxu could be put in jail again.

Jia Dongxu was standing nearby, and was furious when he heard Yan Bugui say this.

He shouted, "Uncle, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Yan Bugui suddenly realized that he had made a slip of the tongue, apologized, and the matter was over.

He Yuzhu said: "Ever since I had money, I knew that no matter how much money I had, it was useless. Without food, I would starve to death. So since 52, I used all my earnings to buy food and saved it. Now there is still some food stored in Qianmen."

"Do you still have any food left?" Yi Zhonghai asked in surprise.

I had thought about it before and thought that He Yuzhu had embezzled the grain from the factory by taking advantage of his position.

Unexpectedly, He Yuzhu said that he had stored food at home.

He Yuzhu continued, "Since 1954, I have been storing grain every year and then eating the old grain and storing the new grain. This has never been a problem."

Everyone listened with great enthusiasm, and then Yan Bugui said, "He Yuzhu, can I borrow some food from you?"

He Yuzhu said: "We are all old neighbors in the courtyard. If people are really in trouble, we can lend some money, but there are some people I definitely won't lend money to."

He Yuzhu had long passed the initial development period and had not only money and food, but also enough of it.

There were many poor families in the courtyard who were indeed short of food, and He Yuzhu didn't mind lending them some food.

But a family like Jia Zhang's would definitely not lend it out.

Jia Zhangshi did not expect this result. She thought that after her intimidation, He Yuzhu would obediently take out the food, and then she would report it.

Then he turned to look at Yi Zhonghai, who shook his head slightly and told him not to cause trouble again.

Jia Zhang might not understand it, but Yi Zhonghai was someone who could understand it. Many wealthy families would store grain for emergency use in years of disaster, and this was also an old tradition.

If they report it without understanding the situation clearly, it will be Jia Dongxu and his family who will be embarrassed.

That would really break up the relationship and offend He Yuzhu.

On the contrary, making a fuss like this is more like the style of the Jia Zhang family and nothing will go wrong.

"Okay, now that He Yuzhu has explained the situation clearly, let's all go. There's not much food at this moment, so we might as well go back and lie down."

It is indeed like what Yi Zhonghai said, now we don’t have enough to eat at every meal and we don’t do much activities in our spare time.

Just lie there, reduce the amount of activity, and don't let yourself get too hungry.

After everyone had gone back, He Yuzhu entered the house.

He Yushui also asked: "Brother, is there really no problem with food?"

He Yuzhu said, "There is a warehouse behind my house where a lot of iron is stored and a lot of sacks are piled next to it. Don't you know?"

Yu Shui tilted his head and thought about it, and seemed to have this impression.

"Is that all food?"

"Yes, these are all the food I stored. Besides, do you remember that I have a yard outside the city where I have been raising pigs?"

He Yushui said: "I know this. You were deceived at that time. There was swine fever in the Northeast."

He Yuzhu said: "Yes, later I bought the yard and I am still raising pigs. The pork I sent to you is from the pigs I raised myself."

He Yuzhu has always kept that yard specifically for raising pigs in order to deal with the current situation.

The pig farm was very secretive and no one cared about it when it was a public-private partnership.

All the pigs raised now still belong to He Yuzhu.

In the west wing, there were several bowls on the table, filled with today's dinner, which was cornmeal porridge.

It would be inaccurate to say that it was a paste, mainly because there was too little corn flour. There was only a little corn flour at the bottom of the bowl, and the surface was all water.

Qin Huairu looked at the bowl of rice in front of her, sighed, and then used a spoon to scoop two spoonfuls of the thicker corn flour at the bottom into Bangbang's bowl.

Jia Dongxu sighed and said, "When will this day end?"

Jia Zhang thought that if she hadn't gotten 10 kilograms of corn flour from Xu Damao, the whole family would have starved to death now that they had run out of food.

After thinking for a while, he said, "I think there is something wrong with Shazhu's food. Why don't we report it and try."

He didn't quite believe what Sha Zhu said, and still thought that the grain was embezzled by him.

Jia Dongxu said, "Mom, please don't meddle in my business. He is the deputy director of the machinery factory and has become an official. If he knew that you reported him, he would really tear his face off and tell the steel mill about it. I would lose my job."

Jia Zhang was shocked and asked, "How can he be so powerful?"

"You don't even know, the machinery factory now has more than 5000 people, and they even took away one of our machine repair shops, and Director Yang didn't say a word."

"Isn't the machine repair shop the factory where the boss of the Yi family works?"

"Yes, the whole factory is leaving and becoming a branch of the machinery factory."

Jia Zhang sighed. Although he was unreasonable, he also knew what it meant to bully the weak and fear the strong. There were some people whom he could not afford to offend.

Jia Dongxu advised: "Nowadays, many families only eat two meals, one at around 9 o'clock in the morning and another at three or four o'clock in the evening. This way, they can save food. Why don't we do the same?"

Jia Dongxu can eat in the steel mill’s cafeteria. Although the ration is smaller, it is still more than what he eats at home.

If we continue to eat like before, the little food we have at home will not last until the end of the month.

"It can only be the."

Jia Zhang was thinking in her heart that she would squeeze more food from Xu Damao later.

Qin Huairu suddenly whispered, "I have nothing to do at home, why don't I go to work on the street? I heard it's easy to find a job now."

Qin Huairu was very worried about the situation at home. Recently, she heard that the machinery factory had been recruiting people, regardless of gender, age or status, as long as they could work.

Qin Huairu thought about going to work in a machinery factory to relieve the pressure at home. Of course, he did not mention the machinery factory directly, but just said to go to the street.

There are only about 2 people in Jiaodaokou Street, mainly unemployed young people or women in the area who sign up, and all of them will be sent to the machinery factory to work.

Even if you cannot get a regular job, you can work as a temporary worker doing various service jobs such as moving things around and cleaning.

Jia Zhang directly shouted: "No, there is only one factory in the street, that machinery factory. If you go in, won't you be working under Sha Zhu?"

The more difficult the family situation became, the more Jia Zhang had to be on guard against Qin Huairu, fearing that her pretty daughter-in-law would be seduced by other men while she was working outside.

She had an affair with other people and cuckolded Jia Dongxu.

"My family can't get enough food, so I go to work and eat at the factory. They also provide some food subsidies, so I can save some food for Banggeng." Qin Huairu explained.

In fact, she did have the idea of ​​looking for He Yuzhu in her mind, after all, he kissed her twice for nothing last time.

Thinking back on it, I felt a little bit wrong and should have asked He Yuzhu for some food.

If I just go find him again, at least I can get an easier job.

You know, the machinery factory now receives subsidies because it needs sufficient labor, so the superiors gave them an extra batch of food so that they can have enough to eat.

Jia Dongxu was somewhat tempted and didn't think that his wife would be seduced by other men as long as she went out to work. It was not that easy.

It’s just that my mother has always been against Qin Huairu going to work, so I didn’t insist before.

"Let me think about this matter again."

Jia Zhang was also somewhat tempted. She had indeed been keeping a close eye on him before, but Banggeng was already three or four years old, and Qin Huairu had been married into the family for nearly ten years since 51.

He has been well-behaved for all these years and has not had any affair.

There is not enough food right now. If Qin Huairu could go to work and eat three meals a day in the factory, it would indeed save a lot of food.

"Wait two more days."

Because tonight is the date that Jia Zhang and Xu Damao had agreed on, they have to find Xu Damao to see if they can get more food.

If food could be obtained every month, Qin Huairu would not have to go to work in public.

After another fruitless discussion, everyone took a shower and went to bed to sleep to save energy. After an unknown amount of time, Qin Huairu suddenly woke up.

My stomach is rumbling, as if I'm about to have diarrhea.

Although there is a urinal in the room, it is used for urination. If you want to defecate, you still have to go to the toilet.

I went out of the yard with a flashlight and went to the toilet. On the way back, when I passed a small alley, I suddenly heard a popping sound.

It was late at night and everyone was asleep, so the slightest noise could be heard far away.

Qin Huairu has been married for almost 10 years, so of course she knows what the noise is in the alley.

I was curious and wanted to see who would do such a thing in the alley.

In order to save electricity, I didn't turn on the flashlight just now. Now I am standing at the entrance of the alley, turning on the flashlight and shining it inside, and I see two white pieces shaking up and down, and swaying left and right.

"who is it?"