Siheyuan: Rebirth 52, intercepting Qin Huairu

When Jia Haoyun heard this, he thought it was a surprise, but found out that it was actually a problem caused by eating sweet potatoes.

Why do we still eat potato products when we already have staple foods such as white flour and corn flour at home?

Jia's mother expressed her concern earnestly: "Do you have flour and corn flour at home? Why are you eating sweet potatoes again?" Jia Haoyun began to suspect the reason behind this.

She did have food stored at home, but the quantities of flour and cornmeal were limited and not daily necessities, and she would restock them every few days to ensure that there was enough food.

Since you already have these reserves at home, why do you need to buy extra sweet potatoes?

Realizing the problems caused by the slip of the tongue, Grandmother Jia decided to tell the truth - she and Qin Huairu were both from peasant families, and they had anticipated that food resources might be tight this year due to climate change, so they made a small amount of grain reserves in advance.

To ease family worries, especially by providing refined food options when family members are around.

In order to meet Jia Haoyun's needs, she always prepared fine rice and flour.

When he is working, he needs to prepare his own lunch, usually with whole grains such as sweet potatoes.

According to the information mentioned in the previous chapter: Under today's food rationing system, the choice of ingredients is limited, corn is classified as a special supply, and is treated differently from other grains.

The current situation is that although a certain amount of cornmeal can be obtained, most of the demand can only meet the basic sweet potato purchasing needs.

There were no such special restrictions when using food coupons; Jia Haoyun did not know that the food coupons used to exchange for daily necessities in the small treasury accumulated by Qin Huairu were also playing a role.

The grain she and Qin Huairu accumulated together included more than 100 kilograms of corn (unprocessed), about 30 kilograms of high-quality flour, about 20 kilograms of cornmeal, and a large amount of sweet potatoes.

Ever since Qin Huairu entered the Jia family, he rarely cooked for her personally.

Although the Jia family is not large, thanks to Qin Huairu, an expert in hiding things, these hidden treasures have not been exposed.

Even some of the sweet potatoes stored at home were accumulated without Grandmother Jia's knowledge.

They were exchanged for food coupons from Qin Huairu's vault.

After realizing that the news had been leaked, Jia's mother chose to confess. Faced with this problem at this moment, Jia Haoyun could only sigh helplessly.

Although he hopes to provide more white flour support, he cannot unconditionally withdraw large amounts of flour given the current complex environment.

Each time, only a small amount (for example, three to five pounds) is given to the master, "Nan Yi" and others, in order to avoid causing unnecessary trouble or triggering risks.

Although negotiations with "Yellow Rat" are frequent, measures are taken to conceal the identity after each transaction so that the opponent does not know the true identity.

However, the only troubling part is how to deal with a series of complex connections involving the small mountain village.

Fortunately, the small mountain village has been quietly sowing the seeds of hope among the mountains and forests, thus safeguarding its own interests in this secret way.

Although the production volume was not high, they did have some gains after all, which became their life-saving straw.

Coupled with the change in Xiaowang Village's attitude towards Jia Haoyun, he now realizes that he is relatively safe.

“Mom, and Ru, our grain stores are actually quite abundant, and we don’t need to consume excessive amounts of sweet potatoes.

If you are afraid of **, you can grind it into flour and use it to make vermicelli in the future.

"

Jia Haoyun seemed a little guilty, because there was always soft food on his table every day, and whenever he felt hungry, he could go to the "Space Supermarket" to improve his diet.

Even when they went out to eat with the factory manager - despite the widespread scarcity of resources - their meals consisted of little more than cakes made from cornmeal.

Today’s factory manager is no longer able to enjoy four different dishes alone. He has to eat the same corn flour pancakes.

It is not the most tense time now, and we can occasionally eat some delicacies made from wheat flour.

But the key is to set a benchmark that leads everyone to share the savings strategy.

During this period, the factory manager was always thinking about future trips, hoping to carry food coupons with him so that he would not have to eat the food prepared by others with great effort.

"Hao Yun, it was so rare to have enough sweet potatoes that we even shared them with cornmeal cakes.

"Qin Huairu explained gently.

“It’s the best food even at my workplace.

The meals for the webmaster uncle and Aunt Liu are all simple sweet potatoes.

Unless it is required for work, they will not eat dry sweet potatoes!" she said.

Through her counsel and understanding.

After reflection, Jia Haoyun found that this made sense. In order to avoid sensitive topics about food, the factory director often returned to the office to eat during lunch time.

Consider the different categories of canteen tickets: on the one hand, there are mainly types of tortillas, while on the other hand, there are other grains such as sweet potatoes and potatoes, reflecting the different treatment distinctions.

Due to practical conditions, Jia Haoyun could not change Qin Huairu's meal arrangements in the office without authorization, otherwise he would easily become the focus of attention.

Qin Huairu is different from him who has a "space supermarket" as a secret food storage place. Once she feels greedy, she may choose to hide for a short time to satisfy her temporary appetite.

At this point, Jia Haoyun couldn't help but think of the portable appliance that Ma Yunpeng gave him after their marriage - was that an electric stove? Qin Huairu knew about it, but was reluctant to use it.

In the office, this is undoubtedly a treasure that needs to be shared, and such frequent exchanges may damage the integrity of this valuable equipment.

However, considering the resources at home and one of the multiple sources of kitchen utensils in Jia Haoyun's hands, including the kitchen pot obtained from the exchange of Southern TV Public Society, Jia Haoyun decided to find a suitable opportunity to personally explore the collection in the "Space Supermarket", perhaps to understand what the objects called "old stuff" include.

At the same time, he also thought of the small longevity lock that had not yet been delivered to Qin Huairu?

He immediately took Qin Huairu into the room and closed the door gently.

Qin Huairu was so shy that she lowered her head to avoid Mrs. Jia's gaze, and followed his lead into the room, not daring to raise her eyes to look at her mother-in-law.

Mrs. Jia smiled and shook her head, observing the time shown on the clock, and nodded slightly apologetically: "Forget it, let's go to bed early tonight.

"

After silently sighing in his heart that 'young people are always full of vitality', Jia Haoyun stood up, turned off the lights, and ended the last interaction of the day.

Jia Haoyun mistakenly thought that Qin Huairu was not feeling well and reached out to touch her forehead.

At this time, Jia Haoyun did not notice the blush on Qin Huairu's face.

"Wife, your face looks a little red. Are you feeling unwell? Do you need to see a doctor?" His concern was evident in his voice.

Qin Huairu asked in confusion: "No, it's just...why do we need to turn on the lights when we sleep?" This sentence seemed to reveal a small doubt of Jia Haoyun.

And when he said, "How can you see clearly without turning on the lights?", the confidence in his tone seemed to make people laugh.

As her face turned redder and her head sank deeper into her sight, Qin Huairu felt a hint of embarrassment and shyness.

At this time, Jia Haoyun took out a small box from his trouser pocket and handed it to the other party.

His words revealed confusion and a bit of doubt: Could it be that the body's reaction to the discomfort was so violent?

The moment she saw the box, Qin Huairu realized that her previous guess was too naive and immediately regained her calm thinking ability.

Although she knew she had made a mistake, she was still very nervous about Jia Haoyun's unintentional words and quickly adjusted her attitude.

She gently opened the lid of the box and saw the "Longevity Lock" shining inside.

It seems that when faced with those glittering things, even a woman with a heart of stone cannot resist the shock they bring.

That's when she learned the precious little charms were actually their wedding gift - and would primarily be used for their future baby.

Qin Huairu seemed to cherish this courtesy very much, as it was a huge change in her life.

This might be the first gold product in her life! Without asking too many questions, she realized that this gift from her husband belonged only to her, so she just needed to keep it and not think about anything else.

At this time, under Jia Haoyun's gaze, Qin Huairu carefully stroked this precious thing for a while.

He started the process of embedding the longevity lock into the "box" again, that is, putting this precious decoration into the box at the bottom layer of the closet, and then making sure that the clothes were on the upper layer again before he felt at ease.

Finally, after they turned off the lights, they fell asleep.

Today, Jia Haoyun behaved very low-key and did not pay attention to whether Qin Huairu was really unhappy just now.

Although Qin Huairu's face still had a slight heat, he just hoped to fall asleep peacefully as soon as possible.

Qin Huairu didn't say anything about this. Perhaps the tranquility of this day was the best rest she needed.

Recently, she really felt some subtle changes in her body.

Could it really have happened? She recalled the date when her last "period" began...

She remembered that a few days ago she received several exquisite copper nose bottles brought to her by Nan Yi. Although they were not expensive treasures, they were exquisite enough to serve as companionship.

During this period of time, she always fell into a state of uneasiness for unknown reasons, and it seemed that she could never completely get rid of the memory of Nan Yi.

Although she hoped to forget the past, the memory became as solid as a rock, leaving an unforgettable memory in her heart.

Whenever the night is quiet, some strange dreams come uninvited, disturbing the originally peaceful mood and making it difficult to have peace.

During this period of time, she recalled from time to time every little detail since she met him. The most profound scene was when he hugged her and cried, as if it was that night on the simple collective farm, in a commune in Nantai, when their emotions were at their most vulnerable. At that time, Jia Haoyun's comfort seemed to touch the deepest part of her soul.

Of course, according to common sense, they did not actually have a very deep friendship, and it could even be said that he did not care too much about her; it was just a hug when they were in high spirits, and there was no more contact - the distance between them was far beyond ordinary friendship, but there was no close relationship between them.