Rebirth of Siheyuan: Starting from escaping famine in 42

Time flies and it’s the year 55. People’s lives have changed a lot.

In September of the same year, after a census conducted by the street office, grain and oil books were distributed to every household.

People with urban household registration have a quota, but people with rural household registration living in the city do not have food grain certificates and no quota.

Different rations of food and other rations are distributed according to the family composition and type of work.

The household registration gap seems to be placed in front of everyone in the city.

In the evening, every household would finish their meal at home, close the door and discuss the matter.

Li Qingfeng's family and his brother's family all had city hukou, and were all issued their own grain and oil books, even the young Li Weiqiang got one.

They are not worried about having no food to eat, but those who have no money for food and oil are shouting and making a fuss.

Among them was Jia Dongxu’s family, especially Jia Dongxu’s mother, Jia Zhang.

Ever since the grain and oil books were issued, Jia Dongxu was the only one in the Jia family who had them, which made the Jia family very worried.

Every day when the workers got off work, Jia Zhang would shout in front of her house, asking people whether they were going to live or not.

What that means is that they want the uncles in the courtyard to help them.

But Yi Zhonghai had his own children, so he would help with matters in the yard if he could. If he couldn't, he would hold a meeting or ask someone to notify the street office and the police station.

Yi Zhonghai was such a smart man! As soon as he saw Jia Zhang making a fuss and peeking at him, he knew what was going on.

He just said a few words of comfort and then hurried back home.

When Jia Zhang saw Yi Zhonghai coming home, she couldn't help but look anxiously at Liu Haizhong and Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui is such a calculating person, he even calculates against his own family members, and others also want to calculate against him.

Don't even think about it. Before Jia Zhang could finish her words, Yan Bugui turned around and hurried home.

Only Liu Haizhong and Jia Zhang were left staring at each other, and some residents of the central courtyard were watching Liu Haizhong's joke through the windows at home.

Even Yi Zhonghai was at home, watching through the window with a smile on his face.

Yan Bugui's family and the residents of the front yard were all at the moon gate between the front yard and the middle yard, watching with smiles on their faces, and occasionally leaning over to chat in low voices.

The residents in the backyard were watching secretly just like Yan Bugui and his group in the front yard.

Liu Haizhong's wife and three sons did not dare to go up and watch.

Even Jia Dongxu, his son Jia Geng and his wife were watching behind the window, hoping that his mother (grandmother) would bring back food, otherwise they would have to go to the Pigeon Market at night to buy food.

When Liu Haizhong saw that everyone had left, he immediately cursed Yi Zhonghai and Yan Bugui in his heart, saying that they were so unethical for not informing him when they left. Even if they couldn't say anything, they should at least give me a look to let me know!

He is the only one left. How can he face the rogue Jia Zhang?

Seeing that Liu Haizhong was the only one left, Jia Zhangshi couldn't let him go either, so she rushed to Liu Haizhong, hugged his thighs, raised her head and cried, "Old Liu, his second uncle, can you not just ignore our family?"

Liu Haizhong was stunned by what Jia Zhang did. He came to his senses, turned his head and looked, then said with a wry smile: "Jia Zhang, if you have something to say, just say it."

"What's the point of hugging my thighs? This is... How can you be so rude! Let go of me now."

As he spoke, Liu Haizhong reached out to pry Jia Zhang's hands apart, but he couldn't get them apart. He didn't know where Jia Zhang got the strength from.

Hearing this, Jia Zhang's eyes rolled, she clenched her hands, and pretended to cry and shouted: "Second Uncle, you have to help our family! We can hardly have food to eat."

“Ah! Woo! Woo! Woo…”

Liu Haizhong was at a loss because of Jia Zhangshi. He felt sorry for his family's food, but he had no other choice unless Jia Zhangshi let go.

If he didn't give it to them, how would the residents of these courtyards view Liu Haizhong? How could he still be the second uncle?

So Liu Haizhong said reluctantly: "Jia Zhang, please let go of my hand first, otherwise how can I go home to get you food!"

Jia Zhang shook her head and said, "No, what if I let you go and you don't come back home?"

Liu Haizhong asked with a dark face: "Then what do you say we should do?"

Jia Zhang's eyes rolled around, she lowered her head and smiled secretly and silently. Food was finally available. It was worth it for her to cry so hard that her voice was almost hoarse. I have to eat and drink more for dinner later.

Jia Zhang looked up, her eyes filled with admiration, and said with a smile: "Old Liu, if I can do it, let my daughter-in-law get it, or let his second aunt get it."

After saying this, Jia Zhang winked at Liu Haizhong.

Liu Haizhong was almost about to vomit up his overnight meal after being treated like this by Jia Zhangshi. He turned his face towards the backyard and shouted loudly: "Everyone is dead, why don't you go home and bring ten kilograms of corn flour."

After shouting, he turned around and said to Jia Zhang with a cold face: "Jia Zhang, you can let go of my hand now!"

Jia Zhang refused to let go until she saw the grain. She smiled secretly and shook her head, saying, "No, I haven't seen the grain yet!"

Hearing this, Liu Haizhong's already dark face darkened even more. He turned to the backyard and shouted, "Someone's dead! Hurry up and bring us some food."

"Coming! Coming!"

The second aunt came to Zhongyuan carrying a small bag of corn flour, looked at Liu Haizhong cautiously, and then threw the food directly to the ground.

When Jia Zhang saw that there was food, she no longer held Liu Haizhong's thigh, but quickly let go of him, quickly stood up, picked up the food, and trotted back home.

When the residents who were peeking in the courtyard saw that the show was over, they hurried back to their homes.

"Humph!"

Liu Haizhong glared at the second aunt in exasperation, then returned to his home with gritted teeth. As he walked back, he pulled out his belt and held it tightly in his hand.

In less than a second, the entire courtyard could hear the shouting from Liu Haizhong's home in the backyard.

That's really a scream!

But it’s hard for the brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu.

The contest between Jia Zhang and Liu Haizhong ended with Jia Zhang winning, Liu Haizhong losing, and the brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu being beaten.

Even Qin Huairu from the East Cross Courtyard heard it and asked Li Qingshan, who had just returned home from get off work, "Qingshan, why is there such a commotion over there? What's going on?"

Li Qingshan washed his hands, hugged his youngest son who had just returned, and said with a smile: "It's Liu Haizhong's daily routine to beat the children!"

Hearing this, Qin Huairu curled her lips and said, "Liu Haizhong has been beating me like this for three to five days. Could it be that the brothers Liu Guangtian and Liu Guangfu are really not biological children?"

Li Qingshan lit a cigarette, and after hearing what he said, he was choked. After a while, he smiled and replied: "Huai Ru, you are really good at thinking, how could it be that he is not a biological child."

Qin Huairu asked: "Then why do you think Liu Haizhong always beats children?"