Siheyuan Great Craftsmen

"Your grandpa is killing it today. He has already beaten Old Li five times. Old Li is getting a little anxious about losing, so he's holding on to your grandpa and won't let him leave!"

Mr. Liu lit the cigarette, took a deep puff, and said with a smile.

"Really? I didn't expect the old man to have such good luck today!"

Listening to what Mr. Liu said, Zhou Tian couldn't help but respond with a smile.

He knew in his heart that although his grandfather was obsessed with chess, he was as bad at chess as his father-in-law Shen Jie, and the two were simply rivals.

It’s just that the old man is fond of chess, while Shen Jie prefers fishing.

"Of course not. Many people are dissatisfied, so I became a military strategist or a staff officer!"

Mr. Liu explained with a smile.

"By the way, President Zhou, there is something I don't understand. As a cadre, you should know more than me. I wonder if you can give me some advice!"

Mr. Liu was smoking a cigarette, and suddenly seemed to remember something important. He turned his head and looked at Zhou Tian and asked.

"Okay, what's the matter? Just tell me directly. If I know anything, I will definitely give you some advice!"

"It's about the bill. Director Chang from the Street Office has been promoting the benefits of bills in the hospital, but I always feel that they are a bit unreliable!"

Obviously, Mr. Liu has doubts about the vouchers that the street office has been promoting recently. Back then, as long as you had money in your pocket, you could buy as much grain as you wanted, but now, to buy grain, you not only need to carry the grain book, but also the grain vouchers.

The same goes for oil coupons and cloth coupons. In this way, if there are not enough food coupons, it will be extremely difficult to stockpile more food.

When food coupons were first tried out in 53, no one took it too seriously. But who would have thought that this year the country would vigorously promote the use of coupons, which made many families worried.

Especially for large families with many people, they only have a limited amount of food coupons every month. If they cannot buy extra food, it is not enough for the family to support themselves.

"bill?"

After hearing what Mr. Liu said, Zhou Tian couldn't help but pause his smoking.

Although he had known that the country would implement the bill system throughout the country sooner or later, he did not expect that it would be promoted on a large scale in 55.

However, he found it difficult to judge whether this matter was good or bad.

But deep down in his heart, he felt that this should be considered a good thing.

If there were no tickets to control it, the state's overall coordination of grain would become empty talk, and grain coupons have an active role in stabilizing prices that cannot be underestimated.

Of course, even if he explained these things to Grandpa Liu, the old man would probably only have a vague understanding of them.

"Mr. Liu, why do you think the bills are unreliable?"

After thinking about it, Zhou Tian asked back.

"Of course it's unreliable. Think about it, everyone has a certain amount of food. If the family has more people in the future, how can they be full with that amount of food?"

Old Master Liu poured out all his confusion.

"Grandpa, you should look at this matter this way. Our country's grain output is fixed at the moment. If we don't implement the unified management of grain coupons, then every Chinese New Year or when something big happens, many grain merchants will raise prices significantly. In this way, wealthy families will naturally be able to stockpile more grain, so won't there be less grain left for ordinary people like us?"

Seeing Mr. Liu's thoughtful expression, Zhou Tian continued to explain patiently: "You must still remember what happened a few years ago. If the country hadn't intervened, how many people would have starved to death? If the country didn't include food in the overall plan and didn't implement the food coupon system, if prices soared again, who do you think would suffer, the common people or the rich?"

"Of course it's the common people!"

Mr. Liu blurted out without thinking. After he finished speaking, he seemed to come to his senses suddenly, and his eyes lit up. "So this food stamp has this function?"

"Of course, only when the state issues food coupons and oil coupons can the rights of ordinary people be better protected. At least, no matter when, we can be guaranteed to have food to eat. So, old man, do you still think this is unreliable?"

Seeing that the old man had understood, Zhou Tian smiled and asked back.

"Reliable, reliable, am I wrong, or is it that you, Dean Zhou, have thought it through carefully!"

Mr. Liu suddenly came to his senses and said with a smile on his face, at the same time he couldn't help but secretly admire the wise decision of the country's leaders.

"It's good that you understand. From now on, it's definitely right to follow the national policies. After all, our country is a socialist country where the people are the masters!"

Zhou Tian finally said something earnestly to the old man.

At this time, Grandpa's chess game came to an end amid everyone's chatter. When he saw his eldest grandson chatting enthusiastically with Old Man Liu, he stood up and said goodbye to everyone one by one.

"Grandson, why are you here?"

As Grandpa spoke, he strode over to the two of them, looked at Zhou Tian with a smile on his face and asked.

"Grandpa, I have nothing to do at home, so I came to watch you play chess?"

Zhou Tian hurried to explain.

"Nonsense, there must be another quarrel at home, right?"

The grandfather did not believe his eldest grandson's words, but spoke with a teasing tone.

Zhou Tian didn't say anything, but just touched his nose subconsciously. It can be seen that quarrels between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have been commonplace recently, otherwise the old man would not have joked like this.

"Okay, let's go."

Seeing that his eldest grandson was silent, the grandfather did not say anything. Instead, he exchanged a few words with a few old people, and then took Zhou Tian out of the courtyard and walked towards home. As they walked, the grandfather laughed and said, "Now, there is a lot of noise at home every day. The old man has no choice but to come here to hide away!"

What could Zhou Tian say about this? On one side was his mother-in-law, and on the other was his own daughter-in-law. It was said that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was difficult, but in his case, there was no open or covert fighting between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. Instead, the relationship between the mother and daughter became increasingly tense.

He couldn't help but shook his head, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

When I got home, my father-in-law Shen Jie and the two little ones were also back.

Seeing the old man and son-in-law come in, the father-in-law couldn't help but step forward and patted his son-in-law on the shoulder gently.

"Oh my god, it's hard for you!"

Zhou Tian looked at his father-in-law speechlessly. He wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

In the evening, the family sat around the dinner table to eat. There was still some awkwardness between the mother-in-law and Shen Yulin, which made Zhou Tian, ​​grandfather and father-in-law all silent.

After dinner, Zhou Tian played with the children for a while, then he and Shen Yulin took Xiao Zhiqiu and Xiao Zhiming back to the room.

"Hey, wife, can't you be nicer to your mother? Isn't it okay to quarrel every day?"

Looking at his wife feeding the child, Zhou Tian couldn't help but persuade her softly.

"Hmph, Boss, do you think I want to quarrel with her? It's because she always speaks irrationally!"

When Shen Yulin heard what her husband said, she couldn't help but retort.

"Okay! Okay! Okay! It's Mom who is unreasonable, but the problem is that she is still your mother. Can't you give in to her a little?"

Seeing that his wife was still looking indignant, Zhou Tian couldn't help but frown slightly. He really couldn't understand why the relationship between his wife and mother-in-law, who were obviously mother and daughter, had become so tense.