Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

After drinking tea, it was almost time, so Zhang Jialiang carried a bench and went to the central courtyard.

When we arrived at the central courtyard, we saw that quite a few people had already arrived, gathering in groups of three or four chatting with each other.

Xu Damao went to the countryside to show movies again today. Usually when there were meetings, Zhang Jialiang was either with Xu Damao or with Sha Zhu.

These two people have their own characteristics, and each of them has his own characteristics, so it won’t be boring to be with them.

Xu Damao is not here today, so let's go find Sha Zhu.

"Silly Zhu, do you know what the meeting is about today?"

"I don't know. The three uncles are big shots in the hospital. Who can afford to offend them? If you want to hold a meeting, just hold it!

Maybe they are bored and want to chat with us, we have no choice but to cooperate! "

"I say you are quite courageous. You dare to gossip about the three managers behind their backs in the compound. Aren't you afraid that they will punish you if they hear you?"

"Scared, I'm terribly scared.

Just clean it up, at most I will not be allowed to attend the meeting, which is good enough for me to have some peace and quiet, and go home to take care of my wife. "

"You have a nice thought, are you talking about punishing you?

That's for you to enjoy, okay? Be careful or the three brothers will ask you to sweep the yard and do inspections!"

"Come on, Grandma!

If they ask me to sweep the yard, will I sweep the yard?

What's the matter? I am the third generation of a poor peasant. If they dare to oppress me, I will go to the streets to have a good talk with them.

Getting a checkup is even more impossible. I have never had one since I was a child, and I won’t do it in the future!”

Although Sha Zhu has changed a lot now because his wife is pregnant, his temper has not changed, and he is still the same carefree person as before.

Sha Zhu not only disliked Xu Damao, but was also somewhat dissatisfied with the three uncles who were bossing things around in the compound all day long.

He was better to Yi Zhonghai, but he always disliked Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui. Sha Zhu felt that one of them was pretentious and the other was full of calculations, so he didn't even look at them.

As for the punishment measures, Sha Zhu didn't take them seriously. He didn't do anything, so there was no way to punish him. It was good enough that he didn't cause trouble. It was absolutely impossible for others to bully him.

Ever since his father He Daqing abandoned him and his sister and ran off with the widow, Sha Zhu has been like a hedgehog, with sharp thorns all over his body. He will explode if anyone provokes him.

Zhang Jialiang handed Sha Zhu a cigarette, and the two of them soon started puffing smoke.

"Silly Zhu, I heard that the price of food has increased a lot recently."

"Yes, it has indeed increased a lot, about doubled.

This year's grain production has decreased, and the price of grain on the black market has skyrocketed, changing every day. The current price is not the highest, and I think it will go up."

“Are your cafeterias adequately supplied?

Is there any change compared to previous years? "

"We can still cope with it, but there is definitely a lot less food than last year, not only food but also vegetables.

I heard from the logistics staff that the supplies allocated to the canteen will have to be reduced in the future.

Grandma’s!

Now there is not much oil or water in this big pot of food. If we reduce it any further, it will really become boiled food.

For dishes like that, do you really need a chef like me?

Anyone can do it. When the time comes, I will just quit and let the apprentices chop the vegetables and stew them with water."

"So how's your cafeteria?

Do leaders still have dinner together often?

Do you still take a lot of jobs outside now?"

"Speaking of this, I get even angrier. The supplies in the canteen are much less now, and the leaders don't eat there as often. I don't have many opportunities to bring some good food for my wife.

This is even more true when I take on jobs outside, and the quantity is not much. It is really not easy to let my wife eat some good food now.

And you, kid, the prey you provide has become less and less. It's been a month, and you've only given me one pheasant. This is too little. Can you think of another way?"

When talking about these things, Shazhu was full of complaints. As the chef of the steel rolling mill, he could often bring some dishes back from the canteen, usually some leftovers. If he happened to have a dinner with the leaders, then his harvest would be even greater.

When they took work from outside, they not only earned money but also brought back a lot of meat and vegetables. Combined with the prey Zhang Jialiang caught, their family had a good meal in the past period of time.

Unexpectedly, the situation took a turn for the worse all of a sudden. Now it is very difficult for him to get some meat and vegetables. He only has two meat coupons every month, which are not enough for his family to make ends meet.

Think about it, as a chef, when has Sha Zhu ever suffered such an injustice? It is so difficult to have a good meal. So now that Zhang Jialiang asked him these, he quickly seized the opportunity to ask Zhang Jialiang to provide more prey.

Zhang Jialiang didn't take Sha Zhu's complaints seriously. He thought to himself that this was just the beginning, the difficulties had just begun, and they hadn't even officially started. The days to come would be even more difficult.

Now Sha Zhu's family can still eat meat a few times a month. Let's wait and see. It will be even more difficult to eat meat. They will even be lucky if they can get enough to eat. After that, there will be no meat at all. At that time, they will be lucky if they can have a meal, let alone get enough to eat.

However, Sha Zhu's family all have city hukou, and he's a chef so he can bring back some staple foods and vegetables from the canteen every day. No matter what, their family can still cope, and it's better off than most families in the compound.

Although Sha Zhu's family is not too difficult, that is only in terms of food. Ever since he got married, Yang Qingrou has been unemployed, and now she is pregnant again and the baby is about to be born. In the future, Sha Zhu's family will have four people, and money will not be so sufficient.

"What can I do? There is really nothing I can do. God doesn't give me food to eat, and I am even more helpless. Now I can't catch any prey."

Zhang Jialiang said there was nothing he could do.

Not only the two of them, most people in the compound are now discussing the reduction in grain production and the soaring grain prices. After all, this is related to everyone's lives, and everyone cares about it.

While everyone was discussing the matter in the courtyard, Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui arrived at the meeting with heavy faces.

Looking at the expressions of these three people, the people in the compound knew that something must have happened, and it must be something serious.

Sure enough, when Liu Haizhong opened his mouth to make a announcement, everyone present was shocked when they heard the news.

The whole hospital meeting still followed the previous procedure. Liu Haizhong cleared his throat first and started to preside over the meeting.

"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. Today's topic is quite heavy, but we still need to say what needs to be said.

Today, the three of us went to the street office for a meeting. We have some heavy news to inform everyone. We hope everyone can remain calm. This is the general trend. It is not a matter for one household or another, but a unified standard for the entire capital.

Everyone knows that this year's drought is severe across the country, and summer grain production has been severely reduced, so the government has decided to lower everyone's food ration standard, with adults reducing it by two kilograms per month and children reducing it by one kilogram, starting next month."