Siheyuan: From the time I became a fool

"Dad! You are so awesome! These sweet potatoes are really good. The big ones are as big as a fist, and the small ones don't have many lumps. They are also easy to cook.

I'll wash and steam them right away. Oh, there are two potatoes in there! They are so rare!"

The children who had suffered so much, especially those who were almost starving to death, were moved again.

He excitedly ran to the faucet to wash them. These sweet potatoes had many scratches! The weather was already quite hot, and if they were not cooked quickly, they might rot. It would be so heartbreaking if they really rotted.

Yi Xiaoer first picked out all the injured ones, washed them very clean, cut the larger ones into slices and steamed them. His pious attitude was like the disaster victims worshiping the gods, which was both funny and sad.

It is said that one should judge by deeds rather than intentions. No matter what Yi Zhonghai's purpose was, no matter how hypocritical it was, he was able to feed him, give him a place to stay, and allow him to study.

It is already far beyond most people, for example, the third uncle's family, the Jia family, and many families in this courtyard. In this year of disaster, how many people are willing to take in and adopt the victims.

They all complain that they are single and cannot afford to marry, but among so many beautiful women who have fled famine, how many of them are willing to marry their husbands?

They all want to get married, as long as she is young and beautiful, they don’t care about anything else. Anyway, they don’t rely on women to make money.

But now that the wife is given away for free, everyone is backing off.

Some were reluctantly taken back, but were beaten and taken away again soon after, with their bodies injured. They were accused of being irresponsible and saying they couldn't afford to support them. What can you do about it? Even if the rescue station forcibly sent them back, what can you do about it?

Those women were beaten every day, some couldn't stand it...they could only run away or they would be beaten to death. Besides, with this attitude, who would give them food?

It is true that human nature is selfish, and everyone is selfish, but at this time, it is indeed too much to ridicule and suppress those who were adopted by the disaster victims. At least what the third uncle said about Yi Zhonghai at this time was too much, and his vision is not as good as that of the third aunt.

The third aunt felt sorry for the child and only took one sweet potato. She then used Yi Zhonghai's old clothes and pants to make several sets of clothes for the child to change into.

Yi Zhonghai was touched when he saw how skillfully and sensibly he worked, and his excited tone was filled with joy.

"Waiter, why are you in such a hurry? I came back to tell you something, but we have to get up in the middle of the night to line up at the grain station to buy grain.

You are lucky, kid. Just this morning, you have completed the procedures for settling in. You are 13 years old. Your full name is Yi Xiaolong. You will be able to eat a fixed amount in the future."

"Dad, this is great. I am a city dweller now, and I can eat a certain amount of food. I will never be nearly starved to death again. Let's line up early and try to buy those two back as soon as possible. If anyone dares to steal our food, I will kill them!"

When the words "food being stolen" were mentioned, Yi Xiaoer, or Yi Xiaolong in the future, a fierce look flashed across his eyes.

He really didn't completely scare Jia Zhang and Bang Geng. He was extremely hungry, but he fought with wild dogs for food and killed them. When he was pushed into a corner, he could do anything.

"What can I say to you, kid? You are my son, how can I let you starve to death? It's just that I earn less now, so you have to live with us old couple and eat simple meals."

Yi Zhonghai sighed helplessly and decided to wait and see. At least this kid is much better than Jia Dongxu in recent years.

"Dad, being able to eat a simple meal and feel half full is already very good, how could I dislike it. Dad, I will always remember that you gave me a second life and you are better than my biological parents."

Who says that people who haven't read books don't speak sweetly? Look at what this kid said! But he was really speaking from his heart at this moment.

"Grown up as a man, don't be so sentimental. I'm just a rough machinist and I can't stand hearing this.

Eat more sweet potatoes and less vegetable dumplings! Even if you must make it, add more cornmeal. We will have food soon, it doesn't matter if we make a little bit, Dad has savings!

"Well, I saw your mother, you better take good care of the house! There's a thief in our yard now, if you don't take good care of it, you'll go hungry!"

Yi Zhonghai left in a hurry, without even drinking a sip of water. It was like he was running away in a panic, but he had to save face.

"Dad, don't worry. If anyone dares to steal a grain of our food, I will chop off his hand and make soup with it!"

Yi Xiaolong made a promise seriously, and there was no exaggeration or anger in his tone. He was just saying, if you dare to invade my house, I will definitely cut off your dog's claws.

The Jia family members couldn't help but tremble their eyelids after hearing what happened. Jia Zhang stopped scolding and Bang Geng stopped making a fuss.

Jia Zhang had truly survived the war years. As soon as she saw the boy's red and fierce eyes, she knew that if he was pushed to the limit, he could kill her entire family.

He Yuzhu couldn't help but twitch his lips when he heard this. Yi Zhonghai adopted a ruthless guy!

Why does it feel like this kid is just like those kids that were given birth to and then thrown away by very young working girls when he was working in the south!

This kind of child has been wandering since he was young, and no one cares about him. And then... he is almost the same as this kid...

As for condemning the mothers of these children, they have no choice. They are very young, some come from very remote mountainous areas, and some are completely illiterate.

It's pitiful, but...

However, in the past five or six years, there are no such wandering children anymore. They should be resettled!

"Brother Zhuzi, time flies. Another month has passed and I have to queue up to buy food again!"

Han Ruoshui couldn't help but sigh. Mom was right. The days of having enough food and clothing always passed quickly. If you don't have enough food and clothing, you're just struggling day by day!

"Don't worry, this time Ma Hua, Uncle Yi, and Chief Liu will go with me to buy food, you just wait at home! I will also help buy the food from our parents.

As a female comrade, don't go there and crowd in. There are also disaster victims and I'm worried they will fight over it. It's better for us men to go there."

"But I will worry about you!" Han Ruoshui couldn't help but frowned.

"What are you worried about? If you, a female comrade, follow me, I will have to think about you and protect you, which will cause trouble for us. Listen to me and wait at home obediently."

"Okay then, I'll listen to you!"

Han Ruoshui agreed

To buy grain, there was already a long queue at the grain station before it opened. He Yuzhu and his group were relatively early in the queue, but by coincidence, Yi Zhonghai and Yi Xiaolong were the second in line after him.

Jia Zhang and Jia Dongxu were not far from him.

He Yuzhu frowned slightly, but didn't say anything!

Let's queue together, and it's no big deal to go back together. After all, the old man is here! Other accommodations in Siheyuan are also here!

At this moment, we cannot allow internal strife to arise because of personal reasons. Now he can already sense that there are several waves of people planning to rob.

Some of these groups are disaster victims, and some are local residents, alas!

"Hey! Hey! Stop pushing, stop pushing, what are you going to do if you push people away?"

At this moment a young wife screamed.

She didn't know how her pants got squeezed off by someone when she opened the door. It was definitely intentional. Even the belt was cut with a knife!

"Stop making trouble, stop making trouble, what are you doing! Anyone who dares to make trouble will be sent directly to the police station."

Someone from the grain station shouted. This was the reason why He Yuzhu didn't want his wife to come here to buy grain. The more chaotic the situation is, the more trouble female comrades will cause!

There are a lot of bachelors these days. It’s okay during the day, but at night, their hearts feel like they’re being scratched by cats’ claws. With so many people crowded together, won’t they all reach out their perverted hands?

Don’t even talk about taking refugees home as wives. I can’t even feed myself, so what’s the point of taking them?

Most of the men in the capital are very concerned about their reputation. They would rather not marry a woman than have a refugee. And it is not just a matter of face. If they really marry a woman, then the child's household registration will follow the mother's rural household registration.

The family is already poor, and if they have to support a few more people, it will be even more difficult for the child to find a job in the future.

This is like you are already very poor compared to your peers, with nothing, and then marrying a wife makes you even poorer and even more despised! In the end, you become like garbage in the eyes of everyone, and no one can stand this!

Of course, there are also some people who marry refugees and get along well with them, but they are rare.

And if they really have that ability, who would marry a refugee as a wife? If they keep her as a lover, that would be wrong, but who would have the mood to do that now?

Of course, some people say that this does not apply to those who have cheats, but your ration is so high, your salary is so high, and there are several more people in your family, and they all have rosy faces from eating so much. Do you think everyone is blind?

Even if the disaster victim looks healthy, do you know what her specific condition is? Is there an infectious disease in her family? Has anyone in her family ever been crazy or mentally ill? That kind of disease is truly hereditary. Once it is infected in this life, the child's next life will be ruined.

"Zhu Zi, let's be alert. After buying food, we will go to my son's place. If we are robbed now, it will be a death sentence."

The uncle said with a sullen face, and Yi Zhonghai nodded repeatedly after hearing this. He could be said to be convinced by this new uncle. He wanted to organize something, but he really didn't have the ability to do so, and chaos was possible.

"Everyone, form a group, especially the female comrades, stay close to your family and our hospital, don't let others take advantage of you."

Indeed, there are already several lesbians whose hair is messy and whose clothes have been torn.

He Yuzhu thinks that a married girl really cannot come to buy food, otherwise what will she do if she finds out she is pregnant two months later when she returns home?

.........

Liu Lan returned home in a daze and had a hysterical quarrel with her mother-in-law.

Then came the mixed doubles match. Her parents-in-law thought she was useless and that the duck they had in their hands had flown away. Instead, they refused to admit that it was their fault that they had lost the tempting benefit of taking care of Xuanyunduo.

Then they scolded Liu Lan for being a prostitute, and the kind of woman who couldn't even be sold for a good price, a worthless bitch! They said that if Liu Lan wasn't so incompetent, their son wouldn't have left.

Then the son also followed his mother-in-law in scolding her. She couldn't beat him or argue with him. She suddenly had the urge to hang herself with a rope like Xuanyueduo.

It’s better to die, it’s better to die, when you die, all is over!

She was also a girl from a good family, a well-behaved girl. If she hadn't been forced to do so, who would be willing to be someone's lover?

Her family now hates her so much that whenever she returns to her family or that area, they point fingers at her.

Well, there is no one working in the steel mill, if there is one, we should give her some face.

They quarreled and fought, got beaten up and covered in bruises, and had to follow their parents-in-law to buy food!

I was pushed to the front by my parents-in-law again, and I even ran into the kind of person who was taking advantage of me in secret!

A few of them recognized Liu Lan and kept hurling obscene and shameless words at her.

My parents-in-law looked very gloomy and kept shouting about the misfortunes in their family.

But isn’t it really because of their bastard son that their family is so unlucky?

But what can we do? If we can’t buy the food, we will starve. It’s ok if I starve myself, but will my children starve too?

No matter how angry you are, it’s for the children, for the children?

But another idea came to Liu Lan's mind?

what about me?

Is my life not a life? I married the wrong person and gave birth to a child, so I am no longer a human being? Am I not worthy of being a human being?

I sold myself for my children, and I also had to ensure that they had enough food and clothing, but what did I get?

My children look down on me and my parents-in-law look down on me, but most of what they eat and use is earned by selling my body?

Without Li Huaide's help, not only would the family members starve to death, but the couple would also be half starved to death.

The whole family only eats Liu Lan, even though this workstation belongs to her father-in-law. Even if they are all city dwellers, what does it matter if they have a fixed amount?