Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

The people in the courtyard have different ideas. Zhao Shanhe and Xu Damao don't care. Both families don't expect to survive on a fixed amount of food. Especially in Zhao Shanhe's small world, the shipments have decreased a lot recently. Rabbits and pheasants are beginning to proliferate again. The fish in the fish pond are thrown into the static space when they grow to 3 kilograms. Now there are tens of thousands of them.

The hundreds of acres of black soil only planted potatoes and sweet potatoes, both of which had abundant yields. Zhao Shanhe planned to wait until the summer harvest to find Uncle Deng San to do a big deal. Although these things were insignificant, for people who ate bran and grass roots, being able to eat potatoes and sweet potatoes meant a happy life.

Yan Bugui and Peng Yimin did the same thing, they started counting the amount of property in their home as soon as they got home. These two were used to living frugally, and they were ready to go to Pigeon City immediately to buy some corn flour. Once the notice of reducing the ration came out today, the price of food in Pigeon City would skyrocket tomorrow.

Sha Zhu went home and fell asleep immediately without thinking about commercial grain. Wang Dawei's family were all city dwellers, and even if the ration for a family of four was reduced, they would not starve.

Liu Haizhong was still a little worried at first, but when he got home and heard Liu Guangqi say that he had a girlfriend, he immediately forgot about the reduction in dosage. What he was thinking about now was how to save face when the girl came.

The deaf old lady had a wealthy family, and with the help of Yi Zhonghai and Sha Zhu, she didn't even consider whether she could get food.

The only ones who are really troubled in the entire No. 95 courtyard are those poor families. However, they also know that this matter still depends on the eldest uncle and they can't rely on other families at all.

The next day, January 1th, was the first Monday in January.

Zhao Shanhe held regular meetings for the three purchasing teams as usual.

When he took out the unplanned purchase list for last month, he found that almost everyone's purchase volume was zero. Although he knew that the rural areas could not purchase anything now, he, as the deputy section chief, still had to say a few words.

"My dear brothers, your procurement mission was so poorly completed that I don't even know where to begin."

Wang Tiecheng looked down at the wood patterns on the table as if he was looking at a gorgeous flower. Zhao Shanhe ignored him. It was obvious that his old leader was just slacking off, and he had been nice to him in the past, so he didn't say anything.

He looked at Wang Gang, Shen Li, Zhao Chunjiang and others again. It was obvious that they didn't want to speak, so he had to call out their names.

"Wang Gang, can you tell me what difficulties you are facing with unplanned purchases?"

Wang Gang and Zhao Shanhe have always had a good relationship, so there is nothing they can't talk about.

"Zhao Ke, we brothers have traveled all over the rural areas near Sijiu City. It's not that we don't work hard, it's just that the situation down there is too difficult.

Wang Lizhuang Village used to be a major egg producer, but now there is not a single chicken left. We asked the village chief why he didn’t continue to raise chickens, and he said that people are barely able to eat, so who would want to raise chickens?

This is the largest chicken-raising village near Sijiu City. If it has become like this, you can imagine how difficult it is for other rural areas.

Then there is Qinjiatun. In the past, people lived off the mountains and could still see some wild game. Now the militia of the commune has blocked all the mountain roads. You can go up the mountain to hunt, but you can't bring the game out. If the militia sees it, they will confiscate it. We offer a high price but they won't sell it to us. No matter how powerful we are, we can't act tough with those with guns, right?

This is not the hardest part. I heard that many villages almost had their seeds and grains confiscated, and there were almost mass incidents. Anyway, we brothers dare not go to the countryside to purchase anymore. It is not worth it to risk our lives for a salary of more than 20 yuan. "

Zhao Shanhe frowned. Although he knew the difficulties in the countryside, he was different from Wang Gang and the others. He did not have to go to the countryside and saw the difficulties with his own eyes. However, he knew that Wang Gang would never dare to lie to him. If he lied about this, Zhao Shanhe would expose it as soon as he went to the countryside.

"Okay, stop complaining there.

In view of the current difficulties in purchasing unplanned materials, I decided to transfer the personnel of Procurement Group 1 to Groups 2 and 3.

In this way, Wang Gang and Shen Li went to Group 2, and the rest went to Group 3.

As for the unplanned procurement tasks, let's stop them for now. We are not gods and cannot make things fall from the sky.

I will report this matter to Director Li Lianjie later.

Do you have any other questions?"

Wang Gang and the others knew that Zhao Shanhe was helping them find a way out. Otherwise, according to the factory regulations, if the members of the purchasing team failed to purchase anything for three consecutive months, at the very least they would have to go out on field work, and in serious cases they might be directly transferred.

Although the factory does not have the ability to fire employees, they have to transfer them to the cleaning team to clean toilets, and they have to do it.

Many people think that the most unpleasant job in a steel mill is cleaning toilets. In fact, this is wrong. The most difficult job is steel plate cutting.

After the steel plate is rolled, if the length and width specifications of the steel plate do not meet the requirements, the four sides of the steel plate need to be cut off before it can be delivered for use, which requires manual cutting.

Some alloy steel plates are prone to cracking after cutting, so they need to be cut with heat, and the general cutting temperature is 150-180c.

The cutters need to squat on the steel plates for a long time to operate the cutting machines. The hot steel plates and the long-term squatting position can make the workers sweat all over in just a few minutes in the hot summer. The amount of sweat is like taking a shower.

Moreover, when you walk on a hot steel plate wearing safety shoes, although you may not feel too much heat at first, this is thanks to the heat-insulating effect of the safety shoes. However, while insulating, they also have a heat-keeping effect. Once the heat accumulates in the shoes, it is difficult to disperse. Even if you get off the steel plate, the shoes will still be very hot, and you can only take off your shoes to cool down.

So don’t think that sweeping the toilet is a bad job. Compared with many workstations in the workshop, people can at least feel the cool breeze.

At the end of the meeting, Zhao Shanhe reported to Li Lianjie the difficulties encountered in unplanned procurement and explained the reasons for stopping procurement.

Li Lianjie, this fool, didn't care. After all, there were so many sheep to carry, and the leaders would not have any objections in the short term. Once the sheep were eaten, the food shortage would probably improve, right?

Zhao Shanhe knew from the guy's reaction that he didn't listen, but he had already reported the matter, so there was no need to worry about it anymore. He turned around and heard the lunch bell, so he went to the cafeteria.

At noon, I had a meal of cabbage soup without any oil in the factory. I don’t know how it was made in the canteen, but it tasted just like the water used to wash the pot. When I got home from get off work in the evening, I had half a roast duck as compensation for my stomach.

In the evening, Zhao Shanhe gave Hou Kui and Chen Xueru the remaining half of the duck. Just as the three of them had finished their meal and put down their chopsticks, they heard the sound of a gong in the central courtyard.

"Xue Ru, do you believe that the uncle will definitely take the lead in donating money to the Jia family today?"

Zhao Shanhe picked up the bowl and drank the remaining half bowl of duck bone soup and said.

"No way? This is a meeting of the whole hospital. No matter how partial the uncle is, he has to pretend, right?"