Siheyuan: From the time I became a fool

"Master Zhang, what you said makes sense, but I am physically and mentally weak, and now I am the only one in my family who can have enough to eat.

My family is still hungry. I am worried. My father and I are the only ones with urban hukou. My mother and grandmother, my three sisters and two brothers are all rural hukou. What did they say at the beginning? They wanted more food. Now it’s good. There is really not enough food!”

Another boy named Wang Xiaoming, who was about the same age as Ma Hua, suddenly sighed.

"But let them go back to the countryside to earn work points! They refuse to do so, but there is only a ration for my father and I... Oh!"

"Wang Xiaoming, just be content. Our steel mill is the only one with good welfare. Even the textile mill has people selling their jobs and fleeing back to the countryside."

Liu Lan patted Wang Xiaoming on the shoulder and tried to act generous, but when she thought about the troubles at home, she couldn't be generous anymore.

Even so, Li Huaide still subsidizes and takes care of me, otherwise it would be really hard to endure...

"Let's get back to work. The worse it is, the better we need to work. I heard Director Li is looking for supplies everywhere! Our factory is really good. In other factories, people have fainted while working and been injured by machinery."

He Yuzhu was also infected by the atmosphere, with an expression of inextricable sadness.

"I hope so. Let's work hard, but this is not profitable. What can we do in the kitchen? I see a lot of wood chips mixed in this corn flour. I heard that they are all sawed off by the furniture factory when making furniture. This stuff is okay for heating the stove in winter, but it will be eaten by people." Another old lady who helped in the kitchen curled her lips and said

He Yuzhu ignored her. It was good enough to have something to eat whenever possible. Everyone ate the same way, but she was the only one who was troublesome.

But he was thinking that he would have to go to the Pigeon Market again, or even go to the black market to buy a little food and frozen meat.

This was not to make money, but to find out the situation inside. If his guess was correct, everyone in the courtyard should be organized to march into the black market soon.

After all, it is very difficult to buy food in Pigeon Market. How to say it, he always thought that Pigeon Market and the black market were the same place.

They are all illegal, and he only then realized that the Pigeon Market was not too legal either, but it was relatively allowed to exist by the authorities as a way out for the common people. It was also relatively safe here, and if there was a problem, the crackdown would not be too severe.

As for the black market, let’s put it this way, the black market has what the pigeon market has, but the black market has what the pigeon market doesn’t.

For example, the old and young people often sell their treasures on the black market to get some scarce materials. There are even people who sell people, guns, and various intelligence. It can be said that everything written in the criminal law can be found on the black market.

"Zhu Zi, something happened to Jia Dongxu!"

It was time for him to get off work. As he was walking out, Xu Damao walked towards him excitedly.

"What happened?" He Yuzhu actually wanted to ask what Jia Dongxu had done again?

"When Jia Dongxu was cleaning the toilet, he fell into the toilet because he was hungry. Oh my god, that smell, and then he passed out.

Anyway, he said that his condition was very serious and he couldn't go to work, so it seemed that Qin Huairu, the pregnant woman, would have to take over his job.

I heard that he will be directly converted to a regular employee.”

Xu Damao's face was like a palette, He Yuzhu understood. This time when he mentioned the Jia family and Qin Huairu, it was rare that he didn't show a sarcastic expression.

Although they are not good people, it is a fact that the Jia family is currently having a hard time. It is dangerous for anyone's neighbors to be at the end of their rope. It has nothing to do with backbone or anger.

"Well, once Qin Huairu takes over and becomes a regular employee, there will only be one Jia Zhang in their family, with a rural household registration. This is a great idea!

And pregnant women can’t work too hard! The key is that Director Li can’t refuse! "

"Yeah, yeah, Jia Dongxu was smart for once, but he was also ruthless enough to stab it directly inside. I feel sick just thinking about it now."

Xu Damao clicked his tongue twice

"Well, let's go together after get off work. Do you want to go to Pigeon Market for a walk?"

"Yes, let's go together. I just want to see if I can buy some food there. We don't have enough food stored here. I'm worried!"

"That's not..."

The two of them rode their bicycles straight to Pigeon City.

As a result, I felt even more disappointed when I got there. He Yuzhu had been there at noon today.

Corn flour has now been fried to 5 cents per pound, and bacon has been fried to yuan per pound.

The key point is that there are very few of them. For example, there is no one selling sweet potatoes, but there is one selling dried sweet potatoes.

It costs 6 cents per pound, and you have to pay two taels of food coupons. This is a sky-high price. The key point is that the amount in front of this person is no more than 5 pounds.

He Yuzhu didn't want any, so Xu Damao bought them all.

What frightened him the most was that there was a tall girl with a sign on her body that said that she could be taken away as long as her father was given 100 kilograms of food.

He Yuzhu couldn't bear to see this, but he also knew that being a saint would only lead to his own death. He could only be cruel and drag Xu Damao home quickly.

Xu Damao rubbed his hands and said with a lewd look, "Oh my god, Zhuzi, that girl just now was so pretty. Are you regretting that you decided on it earlier? You can definitely come up with 100 kilograms of food, and you can enter the bridal chamber tonight. What a wonderful thing."

"Screw you, I'm not interested in this girl. Can I really buy her out by giving her 100 kilograms of food? Are you stupid or am I?"

He Yuzhu sneered and rode his bicycle towards home.

"Okay, Zhuzi is a bit calculating, isn't that the truth? Today, this girl is willing to sell herself in order to exchange 100 kilograms of food for her family.

But her family had eaten up the 100 kilograms of food rations, and we couldn’t just watch them starve, right? In the end, wouldn’t the person who bought the girl be responsible?

The key is that our country has this tradition and this foundation, and buying a wife cannot be abolished. "

Xu Damao sighed and looked at the pedestrians on both sides.

"Hey! Zhuzi, my buddy got two sets of pig intestines today, let's eat them together!"

"No problem, but you have to call my sister and my wife to come along."

"Okay, I'll go get those two women for you, you can do it! Now we can only eat some pig intestines. Go to the backyard to find my wife, and once you knock on the door, my wife will know what's going on."

"A word is settled!"

As expected, when He Yuzhu returned to the courtyard and knocked on Xu Damao's door, the two pig intestines that were tangled in a net bag were thrown out by Lou Xiaoe, pinching her nose.

"Tsk, Lou Xiao'e, if you have the guts, don't eat what I've cooked! What's there to be disgusted with? Hurry up and open the window to ventilate!"

He sneered

I turned around and went back to the middle courtyard, chopped some dried vegetables, prepared the seasoning, prepared the cornmeal, and made a dozen or so vegetable dumplings to steam.

Then I used some wood ash to clean the pig intestines. Don't even mention using flour. Flour is so precious! If you dare to use flour to clean the pig intestines in this day and age, your neighbors will beat you to death.

Seeing that it was almost washed, he took the pot off the stove. However, he did not need to prepare the oil. He used some of the intestinal oil he had prepared earlier to lubricate the pot. He then stir-fried it, added chili peppers and various condiments, and added about half a pound of pork skin, mustard seeds, and dried carrots to stew it.

After thinking about it, I washed the sweet potatoes, cut them into pieces, and steamed half a small pot.

But he had a few small pieces of sweet potato left, so he found an old flowerpot that had not been used before and planted them.

He didn't do it for the sake of eating the sweet potatoes, he did it so that he could eat tender sweet potatoes for a long time in the future.

"Oh my, Zhuzi, your house smells so good, and you're making meat dishes again!"

This fragrance immediately filled Jia Zhangshi's mind.

"Aunt Jia, this pig intestine was given by Xu Damao. Xu Damao will come to my place to eat it later." He Yuzhu explained with a smile.

"It's Xu Damao! I think it's this kid! My family is having a hard time. Dongxu is still in the hospital and Huairu is still there with the baby and Banggeng guarding him. I'm so worried!"

When she heard Xu Damao, Jia Zhang didn't dare to rob openly. Of course, if she dared to rob openly, He Yuzhu would have to take action against the old lady first today.

If you are soft in times of famine, if you show a little bit of generosity, then you will really be bullied.

"Zhu Zi, I got some sheep offal and half a pound of cornmeal. Let's share them. Xu Damao will definitely agree."

At this moment, the second uncle came with a pair of sheep intestines and a handful of dried vegetables, but there wasn't much.

"Okay, no problem, leave it to me!"

It was just a matter of convenience, so he naturally wouldn't refuse. "You can also call Second Auntie! My sister and my unmarried wife will be here soon."

"Your second aunt won't come. Just bring us some soup later and let your second aunt cook the cabbage."

The second master has one good thing about him, he is not so greedy. Jia Zhangshi is very kind.

"Please give me half a bowl of soup, otherwise there will be no oil or water. I am really worried that my son can't stand it. His uncle..."