Siheyuan: From the time I became a fool

It was not until the next day that He Yuzhu learned that the deaf old lady seemed to have disappeared. Later, it was rumored that the deaf old lady had donated the house, and someone was seen cleaning it up.

He guessed that the old lady must have hidden a lot of things in the room, but he didn't find them at that time. Of course, he didn't have the ability to dig three feet into the ground, and space was not omnipotent.

Half a month later, the deaf old lady came back, still receiving a 5 yuan subsidy every month, and lived with Yi Zhonghai and his wife. A 5-square-meter ear room in the backyard was given to the old lady for free.

Since then, the old lady seemed like a different person. She kept a low profile, never went anywhere, and never had any conflicts with anyone again.

He Yuzhu guessed that the deaf old lady must have donated all her treasures, or that the old lady had other treasures and donated them all, or that the amount donated satisfied the other party.

An old lady who doesn't have much to live on just wants to spend her old age in peace, and only needs 5 yuan a month for the minimum living allowance. Her requirements are low, just someone to take care of her and give her food.

The 5 yuan was returned to Yi Zhonghai and his wife. Even if they knew that the old lady's identity was questionable and that she was probably the mistress or concubine of a wealthy family, their superiors probably felt that it was pointless to embarrass her.

At this moment, he fully realized that the so-called beasts in this yard were actually just a group of ordinary people struggling to survive.

There will always be friction in life. Where there are people, there will be all kinds of conflicts, and you cannot force a dog into a dead end.

Everyone lives their own life, and as long as you don't think about taking advantage of others, if someone takes advantage of you for the first time and you refuse them in a firm attitude, life will basically be peaceful.

Of course, everyone has that bad habit of taking advantage of soft-hearted and honest people.

As for the people in Siheyuan, they all came from the war-torn era, and the honest people with truly soft hearts will not survive.

As for those who throw tantrums and try to take advantage of you, it's actually you who spoiled them.

The black market was too chaotic. Although He Yuzhu wanted to make a little money, he didn't want to put himself in danger. There was really no need. He felt that there would be more opportunities in 66.

After that, he went to the pigeon market with Han Ruoshui several times, but they didn't make much money. One time, Han Ruoshui helped him identify a gold bracelet that was real. He exchanged it for 10 kilograms of Fuqiang powder, and the gold bracelet was only about to grams.

This also made him understand how difficult it is to find a bargain, and in his opinion, Han Ruoshui's vision might not be absolutely correct.

He wanted to give the bracelet to Han Ruoshui, but Han Ruoshui refused to accept it, saying that they were not married yet and that she would feel like a bad woman if she accepted such an expensive gift from him.

He Yuzhu had no choice but to keep it for himself, because it would belong to his wife in the future. Or maybe it would belong to their children a hundred years later, but who could say for sure? After all, his life had just begun, hadn't it?

But the overall environment is getting worse and worse. He Yuzhu has now started to cook big pot dishes, and of course the big pot dishes are becoming more and more bland.

The small kitchen at the steel rolling mill hasn't been opened for several months. Li Huaide doesn't look very well now, although he doesn't know the details.

But it seems that he has rarely looked for Liu Lan recently, although I suspect he has already supported her and promised her many benefits.

But in fact, Xuanyuduo and his wife were both regular employees after half a year. They were both working part-time. It was not that Li Huaide was stingy, but there was nothing he could do. After all, he had not even attended high school, so he did not meet the minimum standard to get a backdoor.

Later, he and the people in the courtyard went to the black market several times and bought food, although the quality of the food was getting worse and worse and the price was getting higher and higher.

Let's put it this way, he has spent all his money and tickets on this. The more he lives here, the more he finds that you really can't underestimate the wisdom of any ordinary person. It is always wise to follow the crowd.

The Internet was not well developed in this era, and most people came from the war-torn era. They were all very smart, and their eyes were more powerful than radar.

And he would occasionally secretly give a small amount of money to support his wife's family, and most of the money he used was bought on the black market.

Later I discovered that my wife and father-in-law actually have a talent for fishing.

Apart from anything else, this guy’s fishing skills are better than those of the third uncle, and he can occasionally get a few big fish from his father-in-law’s family.

However, the situation is getting worse and worse, and this big fish can only be steamed or boiled.

Fortunately, he had good skills, and then he found that his wife's skills in cooking fish were not worse than his, except that some parts did not look very good.

It's definitely not good. Han Ruoshui bought the recipe for braised fish, but she was reluctant to use oil. However, the taste is still good. By coincidence, she won't be suspected.

After all, you are just an ordinary girl. Who would believe that your cooking skills are better than those at state banquets?

Sha Zhu is from a royal family of chefs. So, he started following He Daqing as soon as he could walk, learning and practicing all kinds of things. Otherwise, why is his education level so low? Is his brain really not working well?

As for He Yuzhu, even if he got some fish from his father-in-law's family, he would wait until Yu Shui and his wife were together before eating together. Most of the time, they would even go back to his father-in-law's house and cook for them himself to eat together.

Because of the shortage of oil, of course even if there was oil, we wouldn't dare to waste it too much. It is said that there is oil in fish, but these days everything is in shortage, and there is very little fish oil in fish.

Fortunately, he had a complete range of seasonings, so as soon as it was made, everyone quickly snatched it up, and even the fish bones were ground into powder and eaten.

Everyone was short of oil and water, so he didn't dare to show it too much. He even let the meat he stewed cool down.

I waited for my younger sister to come back and put some in the steamed bun made of two-grain flour and let her eat it secretly.

After finishing the meal, I let my sister eat the vegetables, trying my best to prevent the smell of meat from spreading.

But even so, their faces were better than those of ordinary people, and they were not muttered. But he was a chef, and chefs must have more food than other ordinary people. He really took advantage of the chef's profession.

In the blink of an eye, it was 1960. Everyone spent the New Year very quietly. At noon, I took my sister to my father-in-law's house to celebrate the New Year and had a very simple meal.

The only meat dish was cured fish made from two fish that my father-in-law had caught.

He contributed half a pound of braised beef that looked like it had been dried for a very long time.

It was very chewy, but I didn't dare throw it into the pot to cook, for fear that someone would smell it and come over.

He also started eating cornmeal openly, and it was already very good if it could contain less of those so-called unscrupulous fruits.

Cabbage and radish are very difficult to buy at this time. Even if you have money and tickets, you cannot spend them in the legitimate market.

He just cooked some cabbage and added a little bit of vermicelli during the Chinese New Year, just to show how difficult life was!

Everyone ate in silence during the meal, knowing that this was already very good compared to other families.

There was really no rumor in the factory that Li Huaide and Xuanyunduo had any improper relationship. The contact between the two was normal, and no one had ever encountered them in private.

The only thing we know is that Li Huaide made many phone calls every day, begging everyone for help to find all kinds of supplies.

At this time, as the deputy director of the steel rolling mill in charge of logistics, Li Huaide was actually under a lot of pressure and suffered a lot, and he also had to free up his hands to fight with Director Yang.

These two people belong to different factions and can be said to be natural enemies.

Although everyone knows that the environment across the country is very bad, and there are even people starving to death on the roadside.

But no one cares about this. As long as they are hungry, they will naturally blame the person in charge of logistics.

Occasionally, some minced zombie meat that has been frozen for a long time appears in this factory, and the quality is getting worse and worse. The only thing is that it has not reached the point of being moldy or spoiled.

But the soup from other factories was bland. Only the steel rolling mill could occasionally have some minced meat and poor quality pig intestines, which were put into the stewed dishes. Li Huaide really did his best.

Even if he gritted his teeth and fed the workers enough to eat, the workers had families, many of whom had agricultural household registration. The workers couldn't just watch their wives, children, parents starve to death!

Your brother or sister is starving to death, and comes to you, kneels down, and begs you for a bite to eat. Most people cannot ignore human life, especially the life of the person closest to them.

This problem cannot be solved, especially when the materials in the factory are in short supply.

Don't say that Li Huaide has the ability, connections, and backing, but this is just a steel rolling mill after all, and there is a head office above it.

People are dying of starvation now, where can you find pigs? Look for big animals. Without big animals, where can you find their internal organs? Even if there are some, there are very few.

Everyone knows that pig intestines are good things, so of course we should focus on the most important and hard-working ones...

To be honest, compared with other steel plant branches, this job in this rolling mill is easy.

Director Yang has become a well-behaved man now. He looks sullen every day, or it can be said that none of the factory leaders seem to be in a good mood.

During this period, we really have to grit our teeth and get through this difficult time together.

Now some people have suggested that the Security Department should take Mucang to the mountains to hunt, but the more cruel facts tell everyone that it is impossible.

There aren't any big mountains in the capital, so where can you find bears or tigers?

And don't underestimate the farmers in the mountains. They don't have enough food to eat and many even starve to death.

They have risked their lives to go to the mountains to find food, and many mountain people already have wooden barns in their hands.

So I can only endure, endure as much as possible...

Besides, my father-in-law’s family can no longer catch any fish. Let’s put it this way, there are more people fishing than there are small fish and shrimps in the river, and people are starving.

My father-in-law has bad legs and feet, and my mother-in-law is a woman and not young anymore, so they naturally can't go there with us. If something unexpected happens, we don't know who to turn to.

And even if you find it, so what? The other party is starving to death, what compensation can you ask for?

In the past two or three months, more than a dozen workers have died in accidents at the steel mill.

Upon closer inspection, some of them actually committed suicide, and their situation was similar to that of the Jia family.

The ration for one person was shared by three or four people, so they thought of sacrificing him. They asked the factory for some compensation and asked their family members to take over the work...

Some fainted from hunger. When they died, people found that their lunch boxes still contained blackened steamed corn bread and some mushy wild vegetables, cabbage and tree bark, which were left for their children to eat.

By April, life had become even more difficult. A five-year-old girl from a family living in the backyard almost starved to death and was about to die.

Everyone is watching, but no one can do anything, or no one dares to be the first to step forward.

Finally, He Yushui couldn't bear it any longer, so she soaked 1/6 of a steamed bread in water and fed it to the child, thus saving the child's life.

As a result, they got into trouble, and the whole family knelt down before He Yuzhu. They insisted on selling a room to He Yu in exchange for food, and the family only wanted 10 kilograms of corn flour.

After all, He Yuzhu is the only cook in this courtyard who is better than what everyone thinks.

And that family has three private houses. The one sold to He Yuzhu is 18 square meters and has the best orientation and appearance.

He Yuzhu said that he didn't have enough corn flour to eat, so he could only give the other party 8 kilograms of black dried sweet potatoes.

In fact, this was He Yuzhu taking care of them. They knew in their hearts that these dried sweet potatoes were better than corn flour that was mixed with too many weird things, and He Yuzhu even gave them two more pieces, but it was really just two pieces.

At this time, even if you have a heart of a saint, you have to hold on tightly. If you dare to show off your wealth at this time, you are seeking death, even if it is just a little bit, even if everyone thinks you are showing off your wealth.

The other party agreed, and the house was transferred under the witness of an old man. He Yuzhu directly put the house under his sister's name, which made Yu Shui cry.

Everyone in the courtyard had different expressions, but no one said anything. Everyone was short of housing, but what they lacked more now was food to save their lives.

And He Yuzhu gave this house to his sister. Let me put it bluntly, even if the wind blows, he won't have any problems here.

But it must be said that this new uncle is indeed ruthless. No matter how severe the famine is, no one in the courtyard dares to steal, not even the children. There is no such thing as a widow throwing a tantrum to blackmail someone.

Compared to Yi Zhonghai, his methods are indeed powerful, and he doesn't want that kind of empty fame.

It can be said that if this person had not led everyone to the black market to exchange food, several people in the Siheyuan would have starved to death.