Siheyuan: Space takes me to exchange!

When Zhao Dantong got home, she handed the melon she bought for three yuan and a few cloth coupons to her mother.

Zhao's mother asked, "Where did this melon come from?"

Of course Zhao Dantong couldn't say that she bought it on the black market. "I met Sun Weiguo and he gave it to me."

"Weiguo? What is he doing here so early in the morning?"

Mother Zhao was a little confused. Her family lived in East City, and Sun Weiguo lived in West City. Wasn't the distance a bit far?

"Maybe something happened. Mom, is breakfast ready? I'm hungry."

After Zhao Dantong's interruption, Zhao's mother stopped thinking about this problem and went to the kitchen to busy herself.

While eating, Zhao Dantong thought about her father's early years in the war, when he fought in many battles all over the country, so he must know a lot.

"Dad, do you know what the sea breeze smells like?"

Zhao's father was puzzled. Why did his daughter mention the sea breeze so early in the morning? Could it be related to solving the case?

Clearing his throat, Father Zhao said, "Because the sea water is salty, the sea breeze also has a bit of saltiness..."

In fact, Zhao's father had only been to the beach once, but that did not stop him from showing off his tall image and profound knowledge in front of his daughter. His academic qualifications were not as high as his daughter's, but he had fought all over the country and had been to many places, so he definitely had more experience than his daughter.

"Salty? Salty! He said I was free!" Zhao Dantong was very smart and understood what Li Xiuyuan meant at once.

This guy must have recognized her a long time ago, but he just played dumb and said that I had nothing to do after eating!

Zhao Dantong was so angry that she couldn't control her voice, and both Zhao's father and mother looked at her in shock.

Their daughter doesn't usually act like this, and it's even rarer to see her lose her composure like this. Such a scene hasn't been seen in many years.

The old couple immediately tasted a different flavor.

"Tongtong, are you okay?" Zhao's mother asked worriedly.

Zhao Dantong quickly shook her head: "Mom, it's okay, I just thought of something, let's eat quickly, the food will get cold soon."

The old couple looked at each other and didn't ask any more questions, but just observed silently.

……

After get off work in the afternoon, Li Xiuyuan saw that coal briquettes had been piled up in layers in front of every household. There was a large black mass of coal briquettes in front of almost every house. Everyone had begun to prepare supplies for the winter.

Only the front doors of his house and Lou Xiao'e's house were still clean.

"Sister-in-law, when will your family buy coal briquettes?"

When Lou Xiao'e heard Li Xiuyuan's question, she got angry!

Xu Damao has been hiding for many days and hasn't come home yet. It's not that she is looking forward to Xu Damao's return home, but it's time to prepare things for the winter, but Xu Damao is not at home, and everything in the house depends on her.

Coal briquettes need to be bought, as well as cabbage and radishes for winter storage. It is almost time to collect food grains this month.

"I won't wait for Xu Damao. I'll go and queue up tomorrow." Lou Xiao'e asked, "Li Xiuyuan, are you buying it? If not, I'll queue up with you."

Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "That's what I want. Thank you, sister-in-law. No wonder they say that a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor!"

Lou Xiao'e rolled her eyes in her heart. This guy never said a word seriously. Don't think she couldn't see through it.

The more he called her sister-in-law, the happier he was.

"Then sister-in-law, you wait in line first. When it's our turn, I'll go pick up the coal briquettes."

As the weather gets colder, more people buy coal briquettes, and each family no longer buys dozens of coal briquettes to use first, or buys a month's supply, as they did before.

The winter supplies are usually enough for the whole winter, so you have to queue up. Since the workers are too busy, you also have to help pick up coal briquettes next to the coal briquette machine, otherwise you don’t know when it will be your turn!

The coal shop has a cart that will deliver coal to your home for free, but you have to move the coal briquettes yourself, or you can pay a coal briquette worker to help you move them.

But most families are reluctant to hire people, like Yan Fugui's Jia family, there are many men in his family, so it is not too tiring for the whole family to move.

But it was not so for Qin Huairu's family. In previous years, Sha Zhu would help, or her son Bang Geng would also be able to help. But Qin Huairu and Sha Zhu had been in a cold war these days, and Sha Zhu did not help Qin Huairu. So, this winter, she had to move all the coal briquettes by herself.

Normally, every household in the capital is supplied with 300 kilograms of coal per month, and 400 kilograms in winter. The average family needs to store coal for at least three months in winter, which means more than 1,000 kilograms of coal.

One coal briquette weighs about one pound, so one thousand two hundred pounds means about one thousand two hundred coal briquettes.

Would a rich lady like Lou Xiao'e bend down to unload coal for you? Even if she was as capable as Qin Huairu, she would be exhausted after unloading a thousand kilograms of coal briquettes.

However, for lazy people like Li Xiuyuan, that’s another story.

After having breakfast early in the morning, Lou Xiao'e took the coal books of the two families and went to the nearest coal shop to queue up.

As a result, they had to wait in line until noon before it was their turn.

Li Xiuyuan changed into a set of old dirt-resistant clothes, put on a pair of old gloves, and started helping to pick up coal briquettes.

A basket weighs 50 kilograms. After picking up enough to fill a cart, she asked the master to deliver it to her home. Lou Xiao'e waited for the master to come at home.

Of course, the two families hired craftsmen to move the coal briquettes.

After picking up more than 2,000 kilograms of coal briquettes from the two families, Li Xiuyuan felt that his waist was no longer able to survive.

From this we can see how hard the workers in the coal shop work.

Li Xiuyuan concluded from this: I will cherish my job more.

In the evening, Lou Xiao'e graciously prepared a table full of delicious food to reward Li Xiuyuan, who had made great contributions. She also washed Li Xiuyuan's clothes and had dumplings for dinner in the evening.