I am He Yuzhu in Siheyuan

Director Wang took He Yuzhu all the way to the relief station and entered the door.

It is called a relief station, but it is actually a dilapidated compound that was no longer habitable. The street was repaired urgently to accommodate the refugees. There is not only one relief station in the old city, but every district has one, and every street has a quota.

Most of those who fled famine were women, with very few men and children. China has been a clan society since ancient times, and if a disaster strikes, the first to die of starvation will be the elderly and women.

The elderly are too old to leave their homes and cross mountains and rivers. Children represent hope for the future, so girls may be sold, but boys are generally not.

Regarding the status of women, although great men have said that women hold up half the sky, and the government has been liberating traditional ideas, the idea of ​​male superiority and female inferiority has existed for thousands of years. It cannot be changed overnight and requires time accumulation.

Nowadays, women have a high status, and even female boxing has emerged. In fact, this is also a reincarnation. During the family planning period in my country, if the first child was a girl, you could have another one, but if it was a boy, you would directly get sterilized.

Therefore, those pretentious girls are doomed when they are born, and those who survive are all lucky ones, resulting in a situation where there are more boys than girls. That is why society has such a high tolerance for them.

That's going too far.

He Yuzhu followed Director Wang into the yard, and Director Wang introduced him to

"Most of those who come to the relief station are women, with the occasional elderly and boy. The younger ones are sent to welfare homes, the older ones sweep the streets, the young ones make military uniforms, shoes and hats, and those who can no longer work make matchboxes. They all make a living by working.

Director Wang led He Yuzhu to a place in the yard, where there were girls between 15 and 22 working hard, none of them were ragged or dirty. In the first year of the disaster, the foundation of the country was still there.

"Most of these girls are from Henan and Hebei. Of course, some are from other places. After the grain harvest this year, in order to fill the hole in their boastful reports, the countryside ran out of food and the big pot meals could no longer be run. These girls were driven out of their homes by experienced elders.

First, it was to save food, and second, they were young and could still make a living outside. They were the first to starve to death in their hometowns.”

Director Wang sighed and said

He Yuzhu followed Director Wang and watched them work. He saw a girl in his sight. She looked 6% like the heroine of a movie called The Shepherd in his previous life. The girl had a very thin figure and was about 1 meters tall.

The girl was folding the clothes, piling them up and tying them up with ropes. She was nimble and skillful. She picked up a pile of clothes with her thin body and moved them into the house. When He Yuzhu saw this, out of psychological consideration, he picked up the remaining two bundles of clothes and followed the girl into the house.

After the clothes were put into the temporary warehouse, the girl smiled at her and continued to work.

He Yuzhu returned to Director Wang and saw Director Wang looking at him with a smile.

"Zhu Zi, are you interested? If I am interested, I will tell you about the girl's situation. If you agree, I will give you a certificate when I return."

He Yuzhu touched his nose shyly and replied a little embarrassedly

"She does look good, works quickly, and is pretty. Although she is a little thin, I am a cook. I can make up for it in a few years. Let's see how she develops."

"Yes, it is true. This girl's name is Li Xingzhi. She is from Sichuan. She was originally headed to Beijing. She said that her uncle asked her to come and seek refuge with her uncle's apprentice. She had learned a few words of Beijing dialect from her uncle before, but not much. She has been here for half a month and can speak some basic words, but she has forgotten her uncle's apprentice's name and where he lives. When she came, her uncle wrote her a letter, but after traveling for a few months, when she took it out, it was already in tatters and nothing could be seen."

"Well, Director Wang, this is the one. I like her. The rest is up to you to arrange."

"Okay, I'll go talk to her. If possible, I'll give her a letter of introduction when I get back."

Director Wang walked towards the girl and whispered something about above her, occasionally pointing at him. The girl looked at him in the direction of her finger, quickly lowered her head, and finally nodded.

"Zhu Zi, it's done. Let's go to the street office to get a letter of introduction."

Director Wang rode his bike with the girl, and He Yuzhu followed on his bike, and they rode towards the street office. Along the way, the girl kept her head down and dared not move, which made He Yuzhu even more excited.

"Zhu Zi, I'll go get her a letter of introduction. You two can get to know each other first."

"Okay Director Wang, thank you for your help."

Director Wang nodded and walked towards the office, leaving He Yuzhu and Li Xingzhi with her head down.

He Yuzhu walked up to Li Xingzhi and extended his hand

"Hello, Comrade Li Xingzhi, my name is He Yuzhu, I'm a cook, I'm 24 years old, and we'll be a family from now on."

Li Xingzhi stretched out her hand and shook his, lowering her head and saying

"Hello, Comrade He Yuzhu, my name is Li Xingzhi, and I am 17 years old."

I don't know what she thought of. She suddenly opened her eyes wide and looked at him, muttering

"He Yuzhu, He Yuzhu, I remember now, your name is He Yuzhu, so you are He Yuzhu."

He Yuzhu looked at her in confusion

"My uncle's name is Li Qingshan. He asked me to come to his disciple He Yuzhu and told me that I would never go hungry in the capital."

He Yuzhu opened his eyes wide. He had not contacted his master since they last met in 52. There were no mobile phones in that era. Once he went far away, he basically could not contact him. In that era, even telegrams were not something ordinary people could send. The only way to keep in touch was by writing letters. He did not have his master's address.

"Originally, my uncle gave me a letter, saying that he would give it to you after he saw you, and that I could go to the police station to find you according to the address in the letter after arriving in Beijing. But the letter got rotten, and I couldn't read anything clearly. We were on the road for too long, and your address was too long, so I forgot where to put it."

He Yuzhu had never thought that there would be such a fate, so he said

"It doesn't matter. We have met after all. It proves that we are destined to be together. I will write a letter to Master tomorrow and tell him that we have met."

Director Wang had written the letter of introduction and when he came over he saw the two of them chatting animatedly and asked curiously what was going on.

He Yuzhu explained the whole story to her, and Director Wang sighed and said, "You two are really destined to meet."

"Zhu Zi, the letter of introduction is ready. Go to the steel mill tomorrow to get your own letter. Hurry up and register. I'll be waiting for your wedding candy."

"Got it, Director. Thank you. I'll take her away first and let her stay in Yushui's room tonight."

"Okay, as long as you have a place to stay, I'll leave the person to you. We're a single man and a single woman, so don't let anyone catch you. Hurry and register tomorrow."

"Well, OK, I got it, Director."

He Yuzhu first led the person to the courtyard. When the neighbors asked about her, he said that she was his master's niece who came to seek refuge with him and walked all the way home.

"Xingzhi, drink some water first. I'll go cook. This will be your home from now on. You can take a look around. You can stay in my sister's room tonight."

"No, no, I'll go cook. Don't worry, I might have done it."

"Hey, you just came today, I'll make it, I'm a cook, try my cooking skills."

When He Yuzhu was cooking, the courtyard was in an uproar. He Yuzhu brought a little girl into the courtyard, and everyone was talking about it.

After the two of them had finished their meal, Li Xingzhi took the initiative to wash the dishes and didn't let He Yuzhu do it. After she finished, she started sweeping the floor and wiping the table. The little girl was very diligent.

He Yuzhu takes Li Xingzhi to Yushui's house

"You will stay here tonight. This is my sister's room. You can use everything in it. Use this toilet when you go to the bathroom. I will help you empty it tomorrow morning."

"Well, I understand."

He Yuzhu returned to the room, closed the door, and then immediately jumped up. Having lived two lives as a human being and now he was about to marry his wife, he could no longer contain his excitement and started dancing with joy.

He Yuzhu started to search through the pile of money and tickets in the space, and took out more than 300 yuan, 60 kilograms of national food coupons, and some cloth coupons and non-staple food coupons. After years of hard work, he saved more than 2000 yuan. He was always willing to spend money on his brother and sister, and never wronged himself and his sister.

He Yuzhu now only hated that time passed too slowly. He was so excited that he could not sleep at all during the long night.

He was not the only one who couldn't sleep. Li Xingzhi couldn't sleep either. She didn't feel sleepy in a strange place. Although she had been prepared to marry a stranger, she still felt a little hesitant when the time came.

"My dear old lady, my dear Uncle Qingshan, I am going to get married soon. Although this man is 7 years older than me, I can feel that I have met the right person."

She murmured to herself in the darkness, her tears unknowingly wetting the pillow, and finally she fell into a deep sleep. She didn't know what she dreamed about, but a smile appeared at the corner of her mouth. That smile was called happiness.

He Yuzhu was so excited that he went to sleep at 3: a.m. He woke up when he heard the noise outside. When he got up, he saw that Li Xingzhi was already cooking.

After the two of them had dinner, He Yuzhu said

"Wait for me at home. I'll go to the factory to get a letter of introduction and be back soon."

Li Xingzhi nodded and started packing.

He Yuzhu rode his bike and took the lead, arriving at the factory twice as fast as usual, and waited directly at the door of Li Huaide's office.

The original procedure was to first find the canteen director to apply, and Li Huaide as the logistics director would approve it. However, the excited He Yuzhu didn't want to go through so much trouble, so he went directly to Li Huaide.

After Li Huaide arrived, he saw He Yuzhu at the door. After learning the purpose of his visit, he congratulated him, and then with a stroke of his pen, a letter of introduction was prepared. He also gave him a ticket for a sewing machine and two kilograms of milk candy, and approved him for three days of leave.

He Yuzhu first found the canteen director and told him about it. The canteen director said he knew and gave him half a pound of sugar coupons. Then He Yuzhu rode back to the courtyard in a hurry, took out a chicken, a duck, a fish, and a leg of lamb from the space, put them at home, and rode outside with Li Xiuzhi on his back.