Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

He Yushui thought about it, nodded in agreement, and asked, "Brother, what about you?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "I'll go wash it after dinner." Then He Yuzhu walked into the kitchen, pretended to open the cabinet, took out some biscuits, shaqi ma and other snacks, and about half a pound of White Rabbit milk candy from the supermarket space, and said, "Take it! But eat sparingly! This thing is not easy to buy!" Although there are so many things in He Yuzhu's supermarket space that He Yushui can't finish them even if he eats them 24 hours a day. But he still needs to control it. No matter how much he likes and spoils this sister, he can't spoil her.

When He Yushui saw what He Yuzhu took out, his eyes suddenly lit up. He took the thing from He Yuzhu and asked, "Brother, is this really for me? When did you buy it? How come I didn't know?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "I bought them yesterday. If I told you about this, would there still be any left?!"

He Yushui smiled, agreeing with what He Yuzhu said, and said, "Brother, I'll take my things back to my room first and come right over."

"Go!" After sending He Yushui away, He Yuzhu walked into the kitchen and started cooking. Today, He Yuzhu was too lazy to cook, so he took out two bags of two-pound cabbage and pork dumplings from the supermarket. When He Yushui came back, He Yuzhu just came out of the kitchen with two large bowls of dumplings.

"Dumplings?!" He Yushui shouted excitedly when he saw the things in the basin, and quickly covered his mouth. He walked to the table and asked in a low voice: "Brother, what day is it today?! Why did you think of making dumplings?! Besides, I didn't see you making dumplings!! Where did these dumplings come from?!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Do you want to eat?!"

He Yushui replied: "Eat!"

"Then why are you talking so much nonsense?!" He Yuzhu put the basin on the table and went back into the kitchen. Then He Yuzhu came out with two bowls of dumpling soup and gave one to He Yushui. Then he handed the chopsticks in his hand to He Yushui and said, "From now on, we will live our own lives behind closed doors. We don't care about what's happening outside. If someone asks you what we eat, just tell them, pickled cabbage and steamed bread. I did well in the exam, so my brother rewarded me with two-grain steamed buns and some vegetables. As for what kind of vegetables, just tell them that we will cook whatever we buy according to the situation."

He Yushui picked up a dumpling and put it in his mouth, chewing and saying: "Brother, don't worry! I know how to tell them. Don't look at my young age, but I'm not stupid." Then He Yushui changed the subject and continued: "Brother, this dumpling is really delicious. But it's not as delicious as the stuffing you made during the Chinese New Year."

He Yuzhu smiled and joked: "You are such a foodie, little girl. It's good to have something to eat these days!"

"That's right!" He Yushui agreed and quickened the pace of eating the dumplings, fearing that if she ate too slowly, her brother would finish all the dumplings.

At the same time, next door, Yi Zhonghai's house.

Ever since he lost his position as the manager, the smile on Yi Zhonghai's face has disappeared. He looks sad every day and sighs from time to time. Even when his wife asked him what was wrong, Yi Zhonghai always said it was nothing. At dinner today, Yi Zhonghai looked sad again, as if someone owed him tens of millions. Auntie couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Old Yi, I don't think we can live like this anymore. Let's get a divorce! Find someone who can give birth to a son for you."

Yi Zhonghai came back to his senses and said, "Guixiang, what do you mean by that?!"

The lady said, "You haven't been in a good mood since you came back from the neighborhood office. I haven't done anything to let you down except not giving you a boy or girl."

Yi Zhonghai immediately smiled and said, "Guixiang, you misunderstood! I have received a task these days. This job is very difficult. The pass rate has not been improved. Am I not thinking about how to do the job well?!" Yi Zhonghai said this, but in fact he was thinking about where to have fun these days. Originally, there was Qin Huairu who could help him relieve his heat, but now Qin Huairu is pregnant. He is not interested in the way his wife looks. In the past, he could go to the Eight Great Hutongs, but now the Eight Great Hutongs are gone, and the half-closed doors make him dissatisfied. He is afraid of getting involved with those young widows in the factory and not being able to get rid of them. Anyway, Yi Zhonghai is uncomfortable everywhere now.

"So it's for work?!" The aunt muttered, and her face turned from gloomy to bright. She said: "Even if it's for work, you can't live without it?!" After that, the aunt picked up a piece of food with chopsticks and put it into Yi Zhonghai's bowl, saying: "Old Yi, you should eat more and replenish yourself."

Yi Zhonghai took a bite of the dish and asked, "Do you still have meat coupons at home?!"

The lady replied, "There are still three or two more."

Yi Zhonghai thought for a moment and said, "I'll go out and get some meat tickets tonight. You buy some meat tomorrow and make a boiled pork dish." He then reminded, "When you cook the meat, keep it a secret. Don't let the people in the courtyard find out. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble."

The lady said, "There aren't many people in the middle courtyard during the day, just Dongxu's wife and children."

Yi Zhonghai said: "No matter what, it's always better to be careful."

Time passed little by little, and it was completely dark. A little after ten o'clock in the evening, the whole courtyard was quiet. Yi Zhonghai's door opened. Yi Zhonghai looked outside, and after making sure that no one was there, he walked out of the house.

He Yuzhu, who was about to go out, saw Yi Zhonghai go out, frowned slightly, and muttered in his heart: "It's so late, where is he going?!"

When Yi Zhonghai left the gate of the middle courtyard, He Yuzhu immediately followed him out. Not long after, He Yuzhu followed Yi Zhonghai to the vicinity of Pigeon City. He Yuzhu looked around, walked into an empty alley, and turned into the supermarket space.

Soon He Yuzhu came to the meat counter of the supermarket, weighed the meat according to one pound and two pounds, put it into a sack, and took a hat with a scarf, and left the supermarket. After putting on the hat, He Yuzhu carried the sack and walked to the entrance of Pigeon City.

The person guarding the Pigeon Market stopped He Yuzhu and asked, "Sell or buy?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Sell!" Then He Yuzhu took out a dime from his pocket and gave it to the person watching the pigeon market.

The man watching the pigeon market took the money and casually asked, "What are you selling?!"

He Yuzhu looked around, opened the sack, and exposed the meat inside. When the two pigeon watchers saw the things in the sack, their eyes lit up immediately. However, these two pigeon watchers were not bad, and they were not as greedy as some pigeon watchers in other places. The person who collected the money said, "The goods are good?! Come in quickly!"

"Hey!" He Yuzhu responded and carried a sack into the pigeon market.

This pigeon city is a well-connected alley. There are guards in front and behind the alley to collect protection fees. As for the alleys leading to the alleys, there are guards to prevent people from entering or leaving. If someone comes to arrest them, someone will warn them in advance, and then the people in the pigeon city can quickly leave through these alleys.

When He Yuzhu entered the pigeon market, he saw Yi Zhonghai bargaining with a ticket seller. After a while, Yi Zhonghai seemed to have bought what he wanted and left. He Yuzhu didn't care much, found a place, took out a piece of meat from the sack, and put it on the sack.

Meat is a hot commodity. As soon as He Yuzhu took out the meat, someone came over and asked, "How do I buy meat?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "One dollar with a ticket, one dollar and fifty cents without a ticket. Grain tickets and meat tickets are used throughout the country, and one cigarette ticket, alcohol ticket, sugar ticket, and snack ticket can all be exchanged for one pound of meat."

"I have a cigarette ticket and a wine ticket, give me two pounds of meat." After that, the man standing in front of the stall took out two tickets and handed them to He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu took the tickets, looked at them, and confirmed that there was no problem. He took out a piece of meat strung with a hemp rope from the sack, handed it over, and said, "Here is exactly two pounds."