Siheyuan: Starting to work in the security department

Time doesn't stop for anyone.

Yan Jiecheng has a good appearance and successfully attracted Yu Li.

Although the Yan family was a bit stingy, Yu Li still agreed to date Yan Jiecheng.

Qin Huairu went to the factory to screw screws with her big belly.

With Yi Zhonghai's care and because she was pregnant, her co-workers did not make things difficult for her and she just lounged around in the workshop every day.

Every time I went to the cafeteria to get food, Sha Zhu would take care of me and my lunch box would be filled to the brim.

Rumors about the two of them spread in the factory, and Xu Damao was naturally responsible for this.

But all this seems to have nothing to do with Niu Ping'an.

Ever since the aunt agreed to help Niu Ping'an with washing clothes and cleaning the house, the relationship between the two families seems to have become much closer.

Niu Ping'an understood the aunt's plan and wanted to change himself like a frog in boiling water.

Niu Ping'an also had bad ideas in mind, but he had never found a suitable opportunity, so he accepted the kindness shown by the old lady.

In late autumn and early winter, the taste of cabbage begins to become sweet after frost, and it is time to store cabbage.

At this time, every household stores cabbage, and people and cars are coming and going on the streets.

The cabbage siege is a memory that almost everyone in Beijing has had. In the winter vegetable market, 95% of the sales come from cabbage.

The winter is long and the summer is not short, spring and autumn come in the blink of an eye. The winter in the old city is very long, and the main dishes are winter stored cabbage, radish and potatoes.

Winter storage cabbage is also supplied based on capital and distributed according to population.

Niu Ping'an followed the large group and lined up in front of the grocery store in the middle of the night.

Men, women, old and young, wrapped up tightly and carrying their grocery books, lined up in long winding queues on the street, slowly moving forward.

When selling cabbage, outside the grocery store and on the roadside, people are busy unloading vegetables from trucks, queuing up to pay, weighing vegetables, and loading them onto trucks.

Winter storage cabbage is divided into grade one, grade two, grade three and other grades and displayed separately for citizens to purchase according to quantitative grades.

Before it was put on the market, the Price Bureau had already graded and priced the cabbages. Cabbages with tightly packed green cabbages were first-grade cabbages; cabbages with more than 70% of heart were second-grade cabbages; and the worse third-grade cabbages were even more expensive.

Several grades of cabbage are sold together, and each store has a fixed limit. Even if you have money, you can't buy all first-grade cabbage.

Since there are fewer varieties of vegetables in winter, many families start preparing for winter in the summer.

Some families dry vegetables, while others hang bunches of eggplant peels in front of the porch to dry, and use them to stew meat in winter.

Many families pickle Chinese mustard greens in jars, and some also store Northeastern sauerkraut.

Many families in the courtyard have dug vegetable cellars. The vegetable cellar of Sha Zhu's family in the middle courtyard is the largest, and several families share it.

Niu Ping'an didn't have a vegetable cellar, and he was alone, so the ration was not much, so he just threw the vegetables into the space he carried with him.

It is fresh and safe. Niu Ping'an remembers that the vegetables of Sha Zhu's family in the TV series were badly damaged by the sticks.

Preserving winter vegetables is not that simple. The room needs to be ventilated during the day, the vegetables need to be moved to another place after a few days, and the vegetables also need to be taken out of the cellar and aired to prevent them from getting moldy and rotting.

It's really a whole winter of eating and tossing.

To store radishes, dig a hole in the ground, put the radish in, and cover it with loose soil. Dig out one as you eat it.

At the end of the year, the state issued industrial coupons again.

Industrial coupons are issued to employed persons in proportion to their wage income, with an average of one coupon for every 20 yuan of wages.

The range of goods that can be purchased with industrial coupons is wide, including a variety of daily necessities, even chocolate bars and cigarettes, tea, and liquor outside the fixed quantity.

With the addition of industrial vouchers, the circulation of materials has become smoother, greatly stimulating consumption.

周六

Because he had to be on duty on Sunday, Niu Ping'an took a day off.

After delivering food to the deaf old lady, an old lady saw that Niu Ping'an had not gone to work, and could not help but ask curiously:

"Ping An, why didn't you go to work today?"

"Auntie, I'm taking a day off today and will go to work tomorrow!"

During this period, an old lady always hung around Niu Ping'an and helped him with a lot of housework.

Niu Ping'an was also happy to have some free time and was always looking for opportunities to point fingers at her.

Unfortunately, there was an old deaf man next to me, and he refused to move, so some things were inconvenient to say.

"Oh, then I'll come and clean the house for you later."

"Okay, thank you for your help."

"You are so polite, kid!"

The lady smiled and joked and left.

Niu Ping'an was not idle either. He tidied up the room and put out the dirty clothes.

Niu Baoguo's house is not big and there is no kitchen, so cooking in winter is a real pain.

Niu Ping'an wanted to set up a kitchen outside, so he pushed his bicycle to the street office.

With the help of Director Wang, things became much simpler. He approved the procedures directly and introduced the construction team affiliated with the street office.

This small job only costs about 30 yuan including labor and materials, and can be done in one day.

Because of the document from the street office, no neighbors in the yard found fault.

Besides, what’s the point of finding fault? Niu Ping’an didn’t occupy their land.

After finalizing the matter, Niu Ping'an took his newly made clothes to the factory bathroom and took a hot bath in the afternoon.

It must be said that the big factories of this era are indeed fully equipped, just like a small society, with everything they should have.

After taking a comfortable hot bath and putting on new clothes, Niu Ping'an's temperament changed instantly.

He doesn't look like the child of a worker or a peasant, but rather like a child from a compound.

Yan Bugui didn't have to go to work on the weekend, so he spent the whole morning fishing and caught a few small Chinese minnows the size of a palm.

In the afternoon, I kept strolling around the door and enjoying the free time.

During this period, Niu Ping'an has been very low-key. He basically does not bring any vegetables home after get off work. He only cooks steamed corn bread and never stir-fries.

Of course, all this is an illusion, just to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Of course, the food they eat is the food stored in the space. Some of it is cooked food made by themselves, and others are stir-fried dishes bought from outside.

Niu Ping'an will never treat himself badly, and his body has long recovered from the deficit.

"Wow, Ping An boy, this outfit is really bright."

Yan Bugui has always wanted to take advantage of Niu Ping'an, but unfortunately he never found the opportunity.

Seeing Niu Ping'an's outfit today, I got some new ideas.

"Uncle, you are still comfortable. You can have two days off a week!"

Niu Ping'an parked his bicycle and had a rare chat with Yan Bugui.

"What's the use? I earn so little that my life is so tight!

As an uncle, I only earn 27.5 yuan a month and have to support a family of six.

These days are hard!"

Yan Bugui seemed to have found someone to talk to and poured out his grievances to.

Niu Ping'an didn't believe Yan Bugui's nonsense. This old guy was very shrewd.

After teaching for so many years, I don’t know how much my salary has increased.

As for why he always complained about being poor in the courtyard, Niu Ping'an didn't know the deeper reasons.

"Isn't Jie Cheng at work?"

"Hey, in order to get a job for the boss, all the family savings for emergencies have been emptied!"

Yan Bugui shook his head repeatedly. In a word: the Yan family is poor.

It was still early, and Niu Ping'an had nothing to do when he returned, so he was happy to listen to his nonsense.

He took out a cigarette from his pocket and gave one to Yan Bugui.

"Wow, Daqianmen, Ping'an, you are living a good life."

Yan Bugui took the cigarette, put it to his nose, sniffed it intoxicatedly, and sighed.

Daqianmen is a Class B cigarette, priced at a little over 40 cents a pack, and is considered a relatively good cigarette.

There is a saying that goes: County Party Committee secretaries are divided into two sides (Daqianmen), and commune cadres are divided into four corners (Feima).

"If I am full, my whole family will not be hungry. I should save when I should and spend when I should. There is no need to put myself in a difficult position!"

Niu Ping'an didn't think it was a big deal, but he lamented the shortage of supplies in this era.

"That's right! Your outfit is not cheap!"

Yan Bugui's face was full of envy. Just for Niu Ping'an's new clothes, he didn't know how many cotton and cloth coupons he had to buy. It was a huge expense.

As for reporting it, that is impossible.

Who doesn’t exchange tickets? Even if you report it, no one will pay attention, and you will be despised instead.

"The weather is getting cold, there's nothing we can do." Niu Ping'an explained casually.

Yan Bugui nodded in agreement. He had been observing Niu Ping'an these days and knew that he was very frugal in his eating habits.

I eat steamed corn bread every day and I don’t even dare to fry some pickles.

"How was your fishing catch today, Uncle?"

"Don't mention it. There are more people than fish in Shichahai. I caught a few small fish the size of a palm."

Speaking of Yan Bugui, he looks depressed. Fishing is his way of earning extra money. If he catches few fish, it is even more painful than losing money.

In Niu Ping'an's opinion, Yan Bugui is actually the most stylish in the courtyard house.

Apart from being stingy on food, they are not stingy at all when it comes to entertainment.

He was proficient in the first bicycle and radio in the hospital, as well as fishing and flower-raising.

“What can we do in this year? Everyone is working hard to make up for the stuttering.” Niu Ping’an sighed.

After smoking a cigarette, he said goodbye and pushed his bicycle back to the yard.

Passing by the Intermediate Court, Niu Ping'an greeted an old lady and said hello. There was more work to do!