Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

In addition to growing crops, Wang Jianjun also tried to cultivate Yuan Lao's hybrid rice.

It just didn't go smoothly.

He only knows the general principles of hybrid rice.

But I don’t know where to get so many varieties of rice seeds.

Without sufficient variety samples, hybridization is impossible.

He has already sent people to collect the information in Hong Kong, but the process is not going smoothly.

When the city began to restrict the purchase of grain, Wang Jianjun guessed that the situation in the countryside was not optimistic.

Especially the people in the purchasing department can’t buy anything when they go to the countryside now.

You can imagine how bad the situation is in the countryside.

Fortunately, he prepared enough food for his uncle before the New Year, and he should be able to bring some food back after a while, which should be enough to cope with the situation.

Wang Jianjun recalled that the country did not start purchasing grain from abroad until the last year of the three-year famine.

In order to make early preparations, Wang Jianjun asked Shen Maiqiu to register a grain trading company in Hong Kong.

When China starts purchasing food from abroad, I will be able to help.

Instead of buying expensive grain from foreign countries, China would rather buy its own affordable grain.

As time goes by, the food problem becomes more and more serious.

Less than three months after the New Year, people from the street office came again.

This time the news is still bad.

The monthly food supply per person will be reduced by another 10%.

This news caused an uproar among everyone in the courtyard.

The food supply was already not enough to eat after a 10% reduction before, and now they are going to reduce it by another 10%. This is simply leaving no way for people to survive!

But this is not something that can be solved by complaining.

After the people from the street office left, Liu Haizhong was surrounded by people in the yard.

Everyone asks the same question.

What to do if you can’t buy food?

But Liu Haizhong didn't know what to do.

Even he himself can't even guarantee an fried egg every day.

If we were to say who the most troublesome people in the courtyard are, it would definitely be the Jia family.

Because only Jia Dongxu in the Jia family has an urban household registration, Jia Zhangshi, Qin Huairu and even Banggeng Xiaodang all have rural household registration.

Rural households are naturally supplied with food.

The Jia family had to go to the pigeon market to buy some expensive food to have enough to eat.

In the past, Jia Zhang’s land in the countryside could provide some income.

But now the land has been taken away by the commune.

It became difficult for the Jia family to have food.

It would be useless even if Jia Dongxu was promoted to a third-level worker.

The salary increase is not enough to offset the increase in food prices in the pigeon market.

So Jia Dongxu is also having a huge headache now.

There are four mouths to feed at home.

In particular, Jia Zhang had a good appetite and one person could eat as much as two people.

So as soon as the people from the street office left, Jia Dongxu took Qin Huairu to Yi Zhonghai's house.

"Master, if this continues, our family will not have enough to eat."

Jia Dongxu complained to Yi Zhonghai with a bitter face.

Yi Zhonghai naturally knew the situation of the Jia family.

He stole a glance at Qin Huairu and then sighed and said:

"We can always get by. We have survived tougher times than this before."

"But adults can endure it, but children can't. Huairu hasn't had enough food and milk recently, and Xiaodang keeps crying because of hunger at night."

When Yi Zhonghai heard this, he subconsciously glanced at Qin Huairu's grain bag.

It seems to have shrunk.

His heart warmed up, and he immediately retracted his gaze and said:

"Well, I'll bring you ten kilograms of corn flour later. Let Huairu eat first and don't let the child starve."

When Jia Dongxu heard that there were ten kilograms of corn flour, his face looked better, but these were just a drop in the bucket and the family still had a big gap.

"Master, is there no place to get food?"

"Besides the grain station, there is only the Pigeon City that sells grain."

When Jia Dongxu heard the word Pigeon City, his face turned green.

The price of food in Pigeon City has risen the most dramatically.

Originally it was only 30% to 40% higher, but now the price has doubled. This is clearly a money grab.

"There is another way, but I don't know if it will work."

Yi Zhonghai thought about it and said hesitantly.

"Master, what do you mean?"

"Now you can only hope that the pillar can help you."

"Silly Pillar?"

"Yes, that's him. Zhuzi is the chef of the cafeteria, and he can occasionally bring some food back from the cafeteria. With his ration, it is definitely enough for one person. If he can share the lunch boxes he brings back from the cafeteria with you, it can also relieve your pressure."

Jia Dongxu hesitated, "But Master, will Shazhu be willing to give it to me? His relationship with me is not that good right now."

"Right now, only Zhuzi has extra food, but you also know my current relationship with him, so Huairu has to do this."

"I?"

Qin Huairu was a little surprised. Why did she get involved?

Yi Zhonghai looked at Qin Huairu and explained:

"Huai Ru, this matter really depends on you. Zhuzi is a kind person. As long as you say something nice to him, he will definitely be willing to help."

Qin Huairu was a little hesitant. She felt very embarrassed when the Jia family asked her to go to He Yuzhu to ask for meat.

Now she is asked to go again, and she really doesn't want to.

Jia Dongxu also thought it made sense. He looked at Qin Huairu and said:

"Huai Ru, it seems that this matter really depends on you. Just say a few good words to Sha Zhu and see if you can get him to leave the lunch box for our family."

Qin Huairu originally wanted to refuse, but when she thought of her two children at home, she finally nodded and agreed. Children will always be her weak spot.

But she still made a request to Jia Dongxu that Jia Zhangshi could not make trouble with her because of this matter.

She knew very well what kind of person her mother-in-law was.

Normally, he doesn't like me.

If I go to Shazhu to ask for a lunch box.

Jia Zhang had to make a big fuss at home.

That would be a thankless task for me.

When Jia Dongxu saw Qin Huairu agreed, he naturally agreed.

A few people thought that this matter should be dealt with sooner rather than later.

Besides, with so many people watching during the day, it was not convenient for Qin Huairu to talk about this matter with Sha Zhu alone.

So Qin Huairu went to find Sha Zhu that night.

When Qin Huairu arrived at Sha Zhu's house, she even tidied up her clothes and hair.

Although I don't have any idea about Shazhu.

But she still did it subconsciously.

Qin Huairu didn't even dare to knock on the door and just pushed it open and walked into Sha Zhu's room.

It just so happened that Social Idiot Zhu was about to eat the lunch box he brought back.

I saw someone push the door open.

He looked up and was about to ask who it was, but he saw the person he had been thinking about day and night.

"Qin, Sister Qin. Why are you here?"

Sha Zhu didn't expect that the person coming was Qin Huairu.

Ever since Chen Li left, the object of his fantasy has changed back to Qin Huairu.

Especially after Qin Huairu gave birth to Xiaodang, her figure became much plumper.

For a young boy like Shazhu, it is quite attractive.

"Zhu Zi, I want to discuss something with you."

Qin Huairu hesitated and didn't know how to start.

Although it is for the children, it is still begging for food.

"Sister Qin, please tell me what's going on."

Because of Yi Zhonghai's incident, Sha Zhu no longer has a good impression of the Jia family, except Qin Huairu.

So the attitude of speaking is still pretty good.

Qin Huairu hesitated for a while before blushing and whispering:

"Well... Zhuzi, you also know that the food ration has been reduced. We only have Dongxu as a city resident, so our family is in a difficult situation right now.

I heard that you often pack up some unwanted leftovers from the kitchen. Can you see if you can give them to our family? "