Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Zhu Guiying looked at Gao Dajun dully and said, "I never thought you would become so selfish now!"

Gao Dajun replied, "It's not that I've become selfish. If I wasn't selfish, your family would have eaten up everything. During the years I was in the army, how much of the money and food I sent back did my son eat? How much did he spend? Don't you have an idea? I was demobilized and came here. Other families can be reunited, and their wives would have come here long ago. What about you? You said you didn't have the money for the trip, so I sent it to you. Once is not enough, twice. If I hadn't gone to pick you and your son up, you probably wouldn't have come to Beijing now."

Gao Shuang then added fuel to the fire, "Dad, I couldn't eat the delicious food you sent me. Even if I occasionally ate a bite, my uncle's family would find out and beat me. They also locked me up in the woodshed and didn't let me eat. Mom didn't help me, but instead blamed me."

Gao Dajun's expression changed instantly, and he asked, "Why didn't you tell me when we were back home?!"

Gao Shuang glanced at Zhu Guiying secretly and lowered his head. Gao Dajun wanted to slap his wife twice. But the incident had already happened. What's the point of slapping her? ! Gao Dajun took two deep breaths, suppressed the anger in his heart, turned his head and looked at his wife, and said, "I'm warning you for the last time. You are not allowed to send a penny or a grain of rice to your parents' home! If I find out, our marriage will be over! You can take care of yourself!" After that, Gao Dajun took a big bite of the steamed bread in his hand.

Zhu Guiying knew that her husband was angry and it was useless to say anything to him now. She planned to wait for a while until her husband calmed down before talking to him about sending things and money.

The next morning, around four o'clock, He Yuzhu got up. Looking at his wife who was sleeping soundly with her child, He Yuzhu smiled and tiptoed out of the room. After going downstairs, He Yuzhu simply washed up and walked into the kitchen. After working for about half an hour, he made breakfast, ate a quick bite, and then pushed his bicycle out.

A little after 5:30, He Yuzhu appeared at the entrance of the police station on his bicycle. The police on duty saw He Yuzhu and asked, "Master He, what's the matter with you coming here so early?!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Who is on duty today?!"

Zhang Hu just walked out of the reception hall and asked, "He Yuzhu, what's the matter?!"

"Uncle Zhang!" He Yuzhu called out, "Didn't you promise your wife yesterday to get you some New Year's goods?! I went there this morning and brought the things for you." Then he asked, "Where do you put the things?!"

When Zhang Hu heard He Yuzhu's words, his eyes suddenly lit up and he hurriedly said, "Send it to the kitchen!"

He Yuzhu didn't say much, and pushed his bicycle to the kitchen. When he arrived at the kitchen door, He Yuzhu parked his bicycle, took the meat on the back seat, and walked into the kitchen. Zhang Hu followed him in, and when he saw the meat on the table, a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

He Yuzhu said, "I'll put the meat here first. After you weigh it, just give the money to my wife. There are two hundred kilograms of meat in total, and I'll pay one yuan per kilogram."

Zhang Hu asked: "Zhu Zi, what else can you get?!"

He Yuzhu said, "Uncle Zhang, don't you know what's going on outside right now?! It's already good enough to get so much meat."

Zhang Hu said: "I know it's difficult now. But there is no other way. I just want everyone to have a good New Year."

He Yuzhu replied, "Uncle Zhang, you can't just take advantage of me, right?! Doesn't your wife work in a textile factory?! They must have some defective products. Can't you just find a way to exchange some of the defective products with your wife?"

The defective products of the textile factory were used as hard currency to exchange with other factories. Even if they were consumed internally, it would not be much for each person. Even if Zhang Hu wanted to exchange, he had nothing. Should he use handcuffs to exchange for things? ! Zhang Hu smiled awkwardly and said, "I want to exchange, but I have nothing."

He Yuzhu smiled and said, "I'm leaving first! Don't forget to give the money to my wife later."

After leaving the police station, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to a deserted place, took out the things Li Huaide wanted, put them in two sacks, and then carried the two bags to the place where he had an appointment with Li Huaide.

The bicycle sped along, and after more than 20 minutes, He Yuzhu arrived at the place. Without waiting for He Yuzhu to knock on the door, the door opened, and Li Huaide appeared in front of He Yuzhu, smiling and saying, "I guessed that you are almost here. Come in!"

He Yuzhu pushed the bicycle into the door and asked, "Brother Li, where do we unload the stuff?!"

Li Huaide said: "Just help move it into the house!"

"Okay!" He Yuzhu responded, put down the bicycle kickstand, then picked up two sacks and walked into the house according to Li Huaide's instructions. After putting the things down, He Yuzhu said, "Brother Li, do you like these things?!"

Li Huaide opened both sacks in front of He Yuzhu. Seeing the things in the sacks, Li Huaide's eyes glowed with gold, and he said with a smile: "Zhuzi, these things are really good!"

He Yuzhu replied: "How can the food from Sijiucheng Restaurant be bad?! These are all we have before the New Year. If you want more, you have to wait until after the New Year. But there won't be so many later."

Li Huaide patted He Yuzhu on the shoulder and said, "Zhuzi, you have worked really hard today. I will come back to you after the New Year."

"Okay! Brother Li, I'll leave first!" After saying that, He Yuzhu walked out of the house and pushed his bicycle out of the yard.

After He Yuzhu left, Li Huaide muttered, "This He Yuzhu is really capable. With these things, many things can be settled."

When He Yuzhu returned home, Huang Ying and He Yushui had already gotten up. The two sisters-in-law were sitting face to face eating breakfast. He Yuzhu pushed the bicycle into the house and asked with a smile: "Are you eating?!"

He Yushui asked: "Brother, where did you go so early in the morning?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "No, your sister-in-law gave me a task. I went to deliver something to them." Then He Yuzhu looked at Huang Ying and said, "Wife, don't forget to ask your director for 200 yuan. Also, don't take this job in the future."

Huang Ying asked: "What's the matter?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "Nothing! If I tell you not to take it, then don't take it! Also, don't take out the food that we have stored away to be good people. When I went to get something today, they told me that the next two to three years will be even more difficult. I'm not a saint, and I can't help everyone. I can only ensure that our family doesn't go hungry."

Huang Ying was not stupid, she understood what He Yuzhu meant, nodded silently and said, "I understand!"

He Yuzhu said, "Wife, I'm not trying to stop you. You should do as much as you can. Nowadays, the problem is not the distribution of wealth, but the lack of it. If you don't accomplish good things, you will be hated by others."

Huang Ying smiled and replied, "I know what's going on. Don't worry!"

Seeing his wife recover, He Yuzhu finally let go of his worries and urged her, "Eat quickly! Otherwise, you'll be late for work."

Seeing that the crisis was resolved, He Yushui also became more active and asked, "Brother, when are you going to have a holiday?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "If there is nothing to do today, you can have a day off tomorrow." Then he asked, "What's the matter?!"

He Yushui replied: "Of course it's to buy New Year's goods! Are we not celebrating the New Year this year?!"