Soul of the Siheyuan: Zhuzi, I can still give birth

The New Year of 63 was quite dull.

Due to certain reasons, food was in short supply this year and many places were short of food.

However, food was still delivered to the steel mill's canteen continuously, and there was no sign of food shortage at all.

Many factory managers came to Han Erye and asked him to supply some food to their factories.

Mr. Han didn't dare to accept the offer, so he went to He Yuzhu and told him about it, but He Yuzhu flatly refused.

I’m afraid that I’ll earn the money but not spend it.

However, although He Yuzhu wanted to keep a low profile, he was called home by his leader.

Seeing his leader sitting on the sofa in the living room with a serious face, He Yuzhu walked over in silence.

"Zhu Zi, you didn't even tell me you had a child. You treated us like outsiders, didn't you?"

The leader had a stern face, holding a newspaper in his hand, and spoke to He Yuzhu with dissatisfaction.

He Yuzhu said to the leader with a grin.

"Boss, the baby is just one month old and it's freezing cold. When it gets warmer, I'll bring my wife and the baby to visit you in person so you and your wife can see it with their own eyes."

At this time, the leader's wife came over with two cups of tea.

"Remember to bring your child here next time. You've been married for so long and you didn't even bother to bring your wife over for us to see."

The leader's wife said with a hint of blame.

He Yuzhu smiled and nodded.

"Next time, next time I will definitely bring my wife and children with me."

The leader then said to his wife.

"Okay, Zhuzi said he would bring it next time, so we'll just wait. If he doesn't, I'll show you how I'll deal with him."

"Zhu Zi, I came to you this time because I want your help with something."

The leader's face quickly became serious, and even the leader's wife sat aside and didn't dare to speak.

He Yuzhu also sat up straight and didn't dare to smile anymore.

"You know what I'm saying now, but if a third person knows, your fate will be miserable."

The leader frowned and said to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu thought that this was 1963, and the leader was talking about something so seriously, he could probably guess what it was.

"The country is short of food now. Not only food, but also oil, vegetables and everything else. Do you have any solution?"

The leader said this calmly, which made He Yuzhu feel agitated.

This caused He Yuzhu's hand holding the teacup to shake accidentally, but he recovered the next second.

"Could it be that my business with Mr. Han has been known by my superiors?"

"That's not right. Only Mr. Han, me and Mr. Chen know about this. How did the leaders know about it?"

He Yuzhu was panicking and was thinking about how to respond to his leader's questions.

The leader saw He Yuzhu's eyes rolling around and knew that this kid was going to quibble again.

Without giving him a chance to quibble, he spoke directly.

"Don't try to trick me. Han Zhengshan has confessed everything!"

Han Zhengshan is the real name of Mr. Han.

"That is to say, Master Han has been exposed, and he dared to betray me."

He Yuzhu cursed Master Han in his heart, and then said with a grin.

"I really can't hide anything from you, my leader! But... well... I do have some ways to get some food, vegetables, fruits, etc., but the quantity is not much, not much!"

The leader then put down the newspaper in his hand and looked at He Yuzhu with a smug look in his eyes.

"My old comrade asked me to come to you for this matter. Of course, it's not forced. It's all voluntary."

"There is a huge project in the Northwest region right now, which is crucial to whether our country can gain a foothold in the world in the future."

"Now is a critical moment, but there is a large-scale food crisis. The international community has imposed an embargo on us. We can hold on, but those comrades in the Gobi Desert can't hold on. The comrades are moved. Due to lack of nutrition, their bodies are swollen."

When people lack nutrition for a long time, their immunity will decrease, they will become swollen, and some may even die.

"So, old comrade, I would like to ask you to get some food and vegetables, preferably fruits and meat, and send them to the Gobi Desert in the northwest!"

"Ah!!! I'm sending it to the Gobi Desert in the northwest. It's thousands of miles away. How can I send it?"

He Yuzhu exclaimed.

From the northernmost city of Sijiu, to the northwestern Gobi Desert, the most northwestern part, how can you get there?

The leader also realized that he had expressed his meaning incorrectly and explained it immediately.

"You don't have to deliver it yourself. We have reserved a warehouse for you at the train station, which is specially used to store grain. Just ask Han Zhengshan to send someone to deliver it. As for the price, we can only offer the price that Han Zhengshan pays for the goods. If you don't agree..."

Having said that, the leader paused, and then spoke very seriously.

"From now on in Sijiu City, you won't be able to sell even a grain of food!"

He Yuzhu was helpless. Isn't this forcing himself? And he didn't dare to refuse.

"Okay, I'll talk to Master Han about this, but I don't have more than that. I can only provide for a maximum of one thousand people. If there are more, I can't do anything."

Of course He Yuzhu would not reveal all his secrets at once.

"It's only a thousand, can you get more?"

The leaders were not very satisfied with the scale of only being able to supply a thousand people.

He Yuzhu shook his head and said.

"And this thousand, we have to deduct a portion from Mr. Han's black market. Unless Mr. Han stops providing food in the black market of Sijiu City, we can supply 5,000 people in the northwest!"

After hearing this, the leader did not dare to let He Yuzhu do so.

The city of Sijiu is now stable, and the black market has played an indispensable role in this. Otherwise, with the current food crisis, the city would have been in chaos long ago.

This is also the fundamental reason why the government turned a blind eye.

"Nothing can happen to the black market. Not to mention me, even the old comrades won't agree. You should think of a solution. The army and scientists over there total about 5,000 to 6,000 people. This amount of food is simply not enough!"

It seems that the leaders are at their wits' end, which shows how severe the food shortage is in the country right now.

He Yuzhu lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. The leader did not dare to disturb him and let him sit there to think.

After a long while, He Yuzhu finally spoke.

"I have a condition. Promise me and guarantee that I can provide food supplies for another thousand people."

Although the leader still felt a little regretful, at least there was an extra thousand people's food quota.

"Okay, any conditions, as long as they are not illegal, I believe the old comrades will agree."

He Yuzhu nodded.

"My request is very simple. The fewer people who know about our provision of food, the better. I believe you leaders understand my concerns. It is better to be safe than sorry."

The leader and his wife both nodded, and the leader patted his chest and made a promise.

"Don't worry. So far, only the two old comrades and my husband and I know about this. Apart from them, no third person will ever know about it. Of course, Han Zhengshan also knows about it."

The leader's words have already reminded us that Mr. Han is a time bomb.

I can betray you, He Yuzhu, today, and I can betray you again if someone comes to me in the future.

If you, He Yuzhu, want to live in peace in the future, you cannot keep this Mr. Han.

He Yuzhu had thought about this problem, but the problem was that in the past year or so, the two of them had never had a quarrel.

Suddenly, someone asked Mr. Han to disappear. He Yuzhu was not a heartless person and was a little reluctant.

"Don't worry, Han Zhengshan is also a talent. But if I can find him, I believe that people with ulterior motives can also find him. He can't stay in this city anymore. Let him go to the south under an assumed name."

The leader saw that He Yuzhu couldn't bear it, so he put forward a relatively mild suggestion.

He Yuzhu also meant this.

"Since the leader has said so, let's follow his advice."

The leader nodded.

"Don't worry, no one will know about your affairs. Don't worry, you don't need to show up at all during the process of providing food, so you are very safe."

"We have prepared a warehouse at the freight train station. No one dares to approach it within a two-mile radius. Except for you and your people, no one dares to go there, so you are absolutely safe."

After the leader finished speaking, he looked at He Yuzhu expectantly.

He Yuzhu was cursing in his heart.

You said that no one dared to get close within a two-mile radius. There were troops watching the perimeter, so of course no one dared to get close.

But if it is really as the leader said, there will be no mistakes in providing food.

"Okay, I'll have Han Zhengshan's people deliver a quarter's worth of food to the freight station as soon as possible."

After hearing what He Yuzhu said, the leader immediately felt relieved, even though there was only food rations for two thousand people each month.

It’s a little less, but at least it solves the urgent problem.

The important business had been completed, and the leader was in a good mood, so he hurriedly greeted He Yuzhu.

"Zhu Zi, come and play chess with me. I haven't met an opponent in a long time."

"The leader has a dog-like face, he changes his face at any time."

But he still got up and followed his leader to the small living room.

"Go to the kitchen and tell Chef Zhao to make some home-cooked meals for lunch. I want to have a couple of drinks with Zhuzi."

The leader said to the leader's wife, who nodded and went to the kitchen.

In the small living room, the record player was playing melodious music.

He Yuzhu closed his eyes and listened to the music, tears streaming down his face.

He recalled his previous life when he was with Lou Xiao'e. When he listened to this symphony of fate, he felt the grievance in Lou Xiao'e's heart.

I also recalled the joy of listening to this symphony of fate with Yu Haitang in my previous life.

The leader saw He Yuzhu listening to the music with his eyes closed, and didn't want to disturb him, so he just quietly accompanied He Yuzhu to listen.

After a while, He Yuzhu finally regained his composure. When he opened his eyes, he saw his leader looking at him happily.

"How, do you know what song this is?"

He Yuzhu pursed his lips.

"This is the Beethoven symphony of fate."

The leader was shocked to hear this.

Looking at He Yuzhu with interest.

"I can't believe that you, a cook, know Beethoven?!"

He Yuzhu felt secretly dissatisfied.

"It was thanks to this song in my previous life that Lou Xiao'e gave birth to a son for me. Who am I looking down on?"

"I not only know Beethoven, I also know Mozac. Who are you looking down on, leader? Why should a cook be illiterate? Leader, you need to improve your awareness!"

He Yuzhu wiped away her tears and said to the leader with a smile.

The leader saw the tears in He Yuzhu's eyes but did not point it out to him, knowing that he also had a story.

"Do you like this record player? If you like it, I'll give it to you!"

The leader pointed to the record player.

He Yuzhu shook his head. There was no need to make up for the regrets of his previous life in this one. He wanted a different ending and did not want to have a tragic ending like in his previous life.

"Forget it. It seems to be the leader's favorite thing. I can't take away his favorite thing."

"Let's have some punishment for playing chess today, otherwise every time you lose, there will be no punishment at all."

The leader is a terrible chess player. He is not only bad at chess but also addicted to it. He is a typical person who is both a novice and a playful person.

"Punishment, what kind of punishment?"

The leaders also showed interest.

It's interesting to punish people if they lose a game of chess.

"The loser has to drink a pot of tea! And you are not allowed to go to the toilet."

He Yuzhu pointed at the teapot beside him. It was full of tea and he was half full after drinking it.

The leader looked at the teapot and swallowed.

Is this a test of my prostate?

If you drink this pot, you won’t have lunch today.

However, seeing He Yuzhu's annoying expression, the leader gritted his teeth and nodded in agreement.

The two men sat in the small living room and began to fight on the chessboard.

By lunchtime, He Yuzhu's stomach was so bulging that his belt had loosened.

Today, the leader played chess like a god, and defeated He Yuzhu without leaving a single piece of armor, losing several games in a row.

After drinking several pots of tea in succession, my stomach was so full that I could hardly stand up.

When the leader’s wife saw He Yuzhu like this, she pointed to the toilet for him.

He Yuzhu then ran to the toilet.

After leaving the leader's house, He Yuzhu went to see Mr. Han.

Mr. Han was obviously not in a good mood. When he saw He Yuzhu coming, he knelt on one knee in front of him.

"Zhu Zi, I'm sorry. For the sake of my family, I...!"

He Yuzhu helped Mr. Han up without blaming him.

"Master Han, you can't stay in Sijiu City anymore. Go to the south, preferably to Hong Kong Island. If you can arrive safely, call me and say you are my friend. I will help you."

He Yuzhu took out a piece of paper with a string of numbers on it, which was a phone number.

Mr. Han nodded gratefully and wrote down the number on the note carefully.

"Zhu Zi, I don't know how to thank you. Don't worry, if you need anything in the future, just let me know. If I, Han, frown, I will be struck by lightning!"

He Yuzhu nodded, patted Han Erye's shoulder, and then left Han Erye's house.

He went to Mr. Han's warehouse again and filled it with food from the alien space.

Then he left the warehouse, locked the door, and walked towards home.

Just like that, everything went on peacefully.

It was soon spring, and Qin Huairu was about to give birth, and Jia Zhang's due date was not far away.

Yi Zhonghai has already gotten more than a hundred yuan from Qin Huairu.

It is no longer possible to get more out, and Qin Huairu has become alert.

Yi Zhonghai has almost paid off his debts, and it's time to prepare for a divorce.

Of course, Qin Huairu didn’t know Yi Zhonghai’s plan, and was still expecting Yi Zhonghai to give her the money back.

Yi Zhonghai was waiting, waiting for the moment when Qin Huairu gave birth to the child.