Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

After Yan Bugui and Liu Haizhong entered the yard, he closed the door and returned to his room with a heavy heart. The third aunt heard the noise and asked, "Old Yan, are you back?!"

"It's me!" Yan Bugui replied, walked to the bedside and sat down. Auntie noticed something was wrong and asked, "Old Yan, what's wrong? Did you fail to buy food?!"

Yan Bugui said: "Originally, Lao Liu and I planned to get a feel for the market and wait a few days to see the situation before buying. But now we have no choice but to buy."

The three aunts asked hurriedly: "What's the matter?!"

Yan Bugui said: "Zhu Zi said that now the countryside is not growing crops, but smelting iron."

The third aunt said, "Old Yan, didn't you know about this a long time ago?!"

Yan Bugui was stunned for a moment and asked, "How could I have known this long ago?!"

The third aunt replied, "Didn't my relative from my mother's side come to us in the summer and ask us to find a way to get him some iron?! Have you forgotten about this?!"

Yan Bugui had already remembered this, and he reached out and patted his face, as if he had realized something belatedly, and said, "How could I have forgotten this?!"

The third aunt replied, "A few days ago, my brother and his family wrote to me, saying that it was fortunate that we got them some iron. Otherwise, they would have no tools to grow crops. They are now rushing to grow sweet potatoes in Zuojia Village."

Yan Bugui sighed and said, "No more talking! Let's go to sleep!"

Liu Haizhong returned home and told his wife about the situation in Pigeon City. He asked her to exchange all the extra food coupons in the house for food as soon as possible, and then went to bed.

There was no conversation that night. At dawn the next day, He Yuzhu had already gotten up. Yawning, He Yuzhu walked out of the house. After washing up, He Yuzhu put his things back home, took out the key, walked to the east wing, opened the door and walked in, and began to check the furniture in Yi Zhonghai's house.

After working for nearly an hour, He Yuzhu checked all the furniture in Yi Zhonghai's house. You know what, Yi Zhonghai is really cunning. Many of their furniture were made with interlayers by Yi Zhonghai. Some were empty, probably taken away by a middle-aged woman. Some contained either a few big unity or a few tickets. Anyway, after a round of hard work, He Yuzhu earned more than 100 yuan and a lot of tickets. After He Yuzhu put these things away, he suddenly remembered that people of this era wanted to hide things on the wall or underground. He Yuzhu started knocking on the wall again.

When more people came to the middle courtyard, He Yuzhu stopped looking for treasure, walked out of the east wing, returned to his room, and started making breakfast.

He Yuzhu had just finished making breakfast when He Yushui walked in from outside, yawning and asking, "Brother, what are you having for breakfast this morning?!"

He Yuzhu replied, "This morning, we'll have bone noodle soup. After that, take the chili sauce I made for you, and buy some steamed buns or cornbread at school for lunch. We'll have a good meal when we get home in the evening."

He Yushui nodded and said, "Brother, I understand!" Then he asked, "When are you going to your master's house?!"

He Yuzhu replied: "It should be fine this Sunday. I'll take you there."

He Yushui smiled and said, "Brother, I have an appointment with my classmates to watch a movie on Sunday, so I won't go with you. If anything happens, you should handle it yourself!"

"You little girl! I really love you for nothing!" He Yuzhu took a piece of meat from his bowl and put it into He Yushui's bowl, saying, "Eat it quickly!"

"Hey!" He Yushui responded and started eating voraciously.

After breakfast, He Yuzhu washed his things, pushed his bicycle and took He Yushui out. When passing by the door of Jia's house, He Yuzhu felt that Jia Dongxu was looking at him with a murderous look. Based on He Yuzhu's understanding of Jia Dongxu, if looks could kill, he would have been eaten alive by Jia Dongxu long ago.

After sending He Yushui to school, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle to the street office. He found Director Wang and filled out two application forms for house repair. After getting the certificate of permission to repair the house issued by the street office and the housing management office, He Yuzhu rushed to Master Lei's house without stopping. He gave Master Lei the house repair certificate and the 200 kilograms of flour agreed yesterday, and agreed to start work the day after tomorrow, and then He Yuzhu went to Master Shen's house.

Master Shen's house was in a remote location, and it was a small courtyard with a single door. He Yuzhu became bolder, found a hidden location, took out fifteen bags of flour, covered them with something, ran to the door of Master Shen's house, and knocked on the door.

"Who is it?" Master Shen, who was about to go to work, opened the door when he heard the knock. When he saw He Yuzhu, he was stunned for a moment and was about to speak. He Yuzhu said, "Master Shen, ask your family to come over and move the food." After that, He Yuzhu turned around and ran towards the electric pole on the ground.

Master Shen stuck his head out and looked to the right. Seeing no one, he immediately turned back home. Not long after, Master Shen came out with his two sons and his wife. When Master Shen saw the pile of flour bags, he was stunned. He Yuzhu said, "One bag weighs 100 kilograms. Here are 15 bags. Please check them."

Master Shen counted the food and immediately took his family to carry the food back home.

After putting the last bag of grain into the utility room at home, Master Shen gave He Yuzhu a thumbs up and said, "Zhuzi, you are worthy of being a man of our Sijiu City, you are very generous!"

He Yuzhu said: "Master Shen, I am in a good mood. But this bad mood costs money."

"Haha!" Master Shen understood what was going on immediately after hearing what He Yuzhu said. He laughed and said, "Zhuzi, you are very nice. I am not someone who takes advantage of others. Just wait and see!"

After He Yuzhu left, Master Shen's wife said, "Boss, this He Yuzhu is really generous! He gave so much food at once."

Master Shen said, "It's not that he's generous, but he's honest. In fact, he knows the current price of grain better than anyone else. If it were someone else, they would have lowered the price long ago. It's a blessing for our family to meet such a person." Then Master Shen looked at his two sons and said, "You two should keep your mouth shut and don't tell your wives that there is grain at home."

It is said that it is difficult to guard against thieves in the family. Although Master Shen's two daughters-in-law are not bad people, who can guarantee that they will not side with their own family when it comes to food? ! What if they know that there is so much food at home, and they reveal this to their own family, and the in-laws come to borrow food, should they lend it or not? !

Master Shen's wife said, "Master, we can't keep the food here. I think we should put it in our house. I think we should put it in the cellar before they come back."

Master Shen thought about it and felt that what his wife said made sense, so he immediately took his wife and son and moved the fifteen bags of flour to the cellar under their house.

Master Shen never thought that these fifteen bags of flour would save the lives of his family. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for now.

After leaving Master Shen's house, He Yuzhu rode his bicycle straight to the steel mill. When he arrived at the mill, He Yuzhu parked his bicycle and just walked into the canteen kitchen. The canteen director Gao Yao came. Gao Yao saw He Yuzhu and asked with a smile: "Zhuzi, how did you do on the exam yesterday?!"