Yi Zhonghai's Siheyuan

Yi Zhonghai was cleaning the table when Yan Bugui came over hypocritically with a glass of wine in his hand and said, "Old Yi, are you guys done? Oh, I really came at an untimely time. Please accept this wine." Then he pushed the wine to Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai said, "Old Yan, there are no leftovers at my house." Then he took out the freshly washed dish and showed it to Yan Bugui. After seeing the dish, Yan Bugui could not help feeling annoyed, wondering why he didn't come earlier to pick up the leftovers.

Yi Zhonghai smiled and thought, my cooking is so delicious, how could there be leftovers? Yan Bugui could only leave in disappointment and took the wine back before leaving.

Yi Zhonghai started to clean up on his own, and took advantage of the sun to wash and dry the table. All the clothes in the house were washed by Yi Zhonghai quietly when he entered the space cabin at night. Winter clothes are difficult to dry without a washing machine.

After finishing all these, Yi Zhonghai took a reclining chair to the center of the yard to sit in the sun. Huang Yulan came over and said, "Old Yi, you really know how to enjoy yourself."

Yi Zhonghai smiled without opening his eyes and continued to enjoy the sunshine.

Just when Yi Zhonghai was basking in the sun, the arrival of Director Wang from the Street Office broke the tranquility!

Director Wang instructed two staff members to call everyone to the meeting, and then he moved the table out and sat in the middle waiting for everyone to arrive.

Many people don’t understand why Director Wang came to the yard for no reason.

"Why is Director Wang here in our yard? Did something happen again?"

"Who knows? Maybe some policy will be announced, or something will happen in our yard."

Yi Zhonghai was also very surprised when he received the notice. Why did Director Wang hold a general meeting without saying anything? With such a mood, Yi Zhonghai and Huang Yulan moved their stools and sat down waiting for the meeting.

At this time, Liu Haizhong came over and said, "Old Yi, do you know what Director Wang means?"

Yi Zhonghai looked at Liu Haizhong's appearance of joining in the fun and said, "How would I know? I was at home today and nothing happened in our yard."

Liu Haizhong looked at Yi Zhonghai with disdain and said, "Tsk, I thought your leader had inside information."

Yi Zhonghai ignored Liu Haizhong. Director Wang saw that everyone was present, so he knocked on the table and said, "Everyone, today, since it's Sunday, I'm going to announce the latest notice from above. Everyone is currently getting 25 kilograms of food per person per month, and starting next month, it will be reduced to 18 kilograms per person."

The people below were in an uproar, especially Yan Bugui and Jia Zhangshi. Both families depended on the fixed grain to survive. Yan Bugui often exchanged fine grain for coarse grain to solve the problem of food for his family. This was a big trouble! The reduction in the fixed grain would definitely affect the problem of food.

The Jia family has always eaten fine grains. Jia Dongxu and Qin Huairu saved food for Jia Zhangshi and Banggeng. In addition, Jia Dongxu was the only one in their family who had a fixed amount of food, and they could usually get by with the help of Sha Zhu. The sudden reduction in food grain caught the Jia family off guard.

Yan Bugui said, "Director Wang, how long will this reduction in food rations last?"

Director Wang: "We'll have to wait for notification from above. You know that the harvests in many places have been poor since the beginning of this year." What Director Wang said was indeed true. People in the countryside were so hungry that they ate all the grass roots.

Jia Zhang stood up and cried, "Director Wang, what should we do? Dongxu is the only one in our family who has a city hukou, and we have two children."

Director Wang looked at Jia Zhang's sad face and said unhappily, "I remember that I asked you to transfer your household registration to the city, but you didn't, right? And your daughter-in-law Qin Huairu is the same, right? Even your two children still have rural household registration."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang stopped making a fuss and said, "Director Wang, can I move in now? Qin Huairu, I and our two children have their household registration. Do you think this is okay?" After she said this, her face was as smiling as a chrysanthemum.

Director Wang slammed the table and said, "Ms. Jia Zhang, Comrade Yi Zhonghai and I persuaded you to transfer your rural household registration here. What did you say at the beginning? You refused in every possible way, and in the end you even thought we were going to harm you!"

Xu Wu approached Yi Zhonghai and said, "Master Yi, I didn't expect that you had advised Jia Zhangshi before?"

Yi Zhonghai does have this memory in his mind. In his previous life, he did it for the good of the Jia family. When Qin Huairu had just married into the family, he and Director Wang went to persuade Jia Zhangshi, but Jia Zhangshi refused to listen and even scolded him for meddling in other people's business.

Yi Zhonghai: "Hey, Xiao Wu, there's nothing I can do. I tried to persuade them but they didn't listen!"

Xu Wu: "Uncle Yi, what do you think this old woman wants? Really, now she is asking for trouble!"

Yi Zhonghai: "She just wants the rural commune to allocate food to her. As long as her household registration is not moved out, the commune will allocate coarse grains every year, but it can satisfy her hunger."

Xu Wu nodded to show that he understood. On the other side, Jia Zhang said to Director Wang with a flattering smile, "Director Wang, can we still move to the city household registration now?"

Director Wang: "It's not possible now. The household registration is fixed unless you have a job and go to school! There is no other way!"

There was another round of discussion below. This time it was Director Wang who said in person that the household registration could not be transferred.

"From now on, we can't marry women from the countryside. There's no quota."

"Yes, you must have a city hukou to find a wife! Otherwise, you will be in big trouble."

Jia Zhang was upset when she heard that she could not transfer her household registration, so she said shamelessly, "Director Wang, can you ask everyone to donate some food to our family? Not much! Just 2 kilograms of white flour per person will be enough."

Looking at Jia Zhang's shameless face, Director Wang hadn't said anything yet when the neighbor below said, "Jia Zhang! Why should we donate food to your family? Is your family in need? There is only one person left in our yard, Old Zhang's family, and there is also Old Lady Li's family, and there is also the family of Wang the Lame! Which family is not in more need than you, Jia Zhang?"

Jia Zhang wanted to launch a verbal attack on everyone, but stopped when she saw Director Wang's unhappy face.

Director Wang saw that everyone was blaming Jia Zhang, and he didn't want to make things worse, so he said, "Everyone, be quiet! The notice has been sent out, and the meeting is adjourned!"

When Jia Zhang heard that Director Wang was going to adjourn the meeting, she couldn't accept it, so she said, "Director Wang, you can't just ignore our family! Our ration is really not enough!" Qin Huairu, who was standing by, saw how hard her mother-in-law was working, and she hugged Xiaodang and started crying too.

Director Wang saw that Jia Zhang was still playing hard to get, so he said, "Jia Zhang, since your household registration is in the countryside, then you should go back to the countryside. You can let Qin Huairu take care of the child here! After all, Qin Huairu took care of the child during the more than one year you were in labor reform! If you go back to the countryside, you will not only have food and drink, but also reduce the burden on your son!"

Before Director Wang finished speaking, Jia Zhang moved aside. She knew that Director Wang would really send this old woman back.

After Director Wang left, everyone prepared to leave and go home...