Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

This year's summer grain harvest was 30% less, and in some places in Central Plains Province it was even 70% less than in previous years!

When the news came out, the price of grain in the black market in Yanjing rose three times a day. Even so, many people were still secretly buying these high-priced grains.

It’s impossible not to buy it!

Food shortage this year is a foregone conclusion. Even if autumn grain production does not decrease, many people will not have enough to eat.

In order to save food, many families simply let their children take leave from school and study at home.

Faced with such a situation, the school had no choice but to ask for instructions from its superiors. After receiving the request, the leaders were helpless and had to approve it.

The result was that when the children of the Chang family went to school every day, they found that there were fewer and fewer classmates in their class. Finally, out of desperation, Guo Huiying asked for leave from the school and let them come back.

Although the Chang family had no shortage of food, everyone was in difficulty, so there was no need for them to show off like that.

The adults were worried, but the children were so happy that they played happily every day even if they didn’t have enough to eat.

In the world of children, eating is eating and playing is playing; these are two different things and do not interfere with each other.

In order to ease the food pressure in rural areas, the food ration in the city was reduced by one kilogram per person per month.

The supply of non-staple foods such as meat, eggs and milk has also become increasingly tight.

Du Shengli, an old client of Chang Zhengyang and deputy chief of the logistics department of the meat processing plant, once told him that the number of pigs slaughtered every day at the meat processing plant was only half of that of the same period last year.

At this time when everyone was worried, Chang Zhengyang finally graduated with a degree in pharmacy. His graduation thesis was an analysis of the application direction of yew tree bark extract.

Taxol, an extract from the bark of the yew tree, is known as the miracle drug of liquid gold. It is a natural medicine with significant effects on tumors and viruses.

Yew trees are widely distributed in southern China, which means that the production of paclitaxel is also considerable.

The main reason why China had very little foreign exchange before the 1990s was that during this period China could only export primary agricultural products and some rare minerals, and the foreign exchange earned was very limited.

After Chang Zhengyang submitted his paper, it immediately attracted attention. His superiors immediately realized that paclitaxel would become a flagship product that would not only earn a large amount of foreign exchange, but could also be used to exchange benefits with other countries.

After the superior leaders consulted Chang Zhengyang for his opinion, Chang Zhengyang's paper was no longer published publicly.

At the same time, in order to maintain confidentiality, the name Paclitaxel could no longer be used and was replaced with other names that had nothing to do with the yew tree.

In order to commend and compensate Chang Zhengyang, the superior asked Chang Zhengyang what he wanted. Chang Zhengyang thought about it and asked for the abandoned courtyard house in Yuer Hutong with only the foundation left.

So Chang Zhengyang had a courtyard house under his name, of which only the foundation was left.

However, Chang Zhengyang did not make this matter public. He only told his father and mother that he planned to rebuild the courtyard house after the secret of paclitaxel was figured out by the international pharmaceutical groups.

With the powerful public relations and technical teams of those international pharmaceutical groups, the secret of paclitaxel can be kept for no more than ten years.

Anyway, the house is big enough for us now, so there is no need to move out.

"Well, this place can be turned into a studio. I want to teach my grandson to paint here in the future. This place can also be turned into a tea room..."

Early this morning, after learning that this courtyard house, of which only the foundation was left, had been transferred to Chang Zhengyang's name and became his private property, Ms. Guo brought Chang Baichuan and Chang Zhengyang here, pointing and discussing with great interest, planning the use of each room.

The father and son were helpless. How could she be so energetic in such a hot day?

"Did you write down what I said?"

Ms. Guo suddenly turned around to look at Chang Zhengyang. Chang Zhengyang weakly raised the small notebook in his hand, which was already filled with densely written records.

"Don't worry, I've got it all memorized."

"Bring it to me and see..."

Ms. Guo snatched it away, glanced through it quickly, and nodded with satisfaction. Very good, her idea was not missed.

Snapped!

Ms. Guo closed the notebook and said to Chang Baichuan, "Mr. Chang, you have to prepare the furniture for your son's wedding room now, as well as the beams, doors, windows, etc. needed to build the house..."

"stop!"

Chang Baichuan raised his hand to interrupt his wife's endless chatter, and hurriedly said in her dissatisfied eyes: "Didn't Zhengyang say that the house might not be built until ten years later? If we prepare now, where will we put so much wood?"

"Well, it seems so. No, I don't care. You have to find a way!"

Ms. Guo was stunned for a moment when she heard this, then she waved her hand unreasonably and left angrily.

Chang Zhengyang and his father looked at each other, saw each other's helplessness, and then chased after him.

"Mom, there's no rush for the house. I have to go to the hospital to study tomorrow. I might be busy later and may not be able to come back for dinner."

Chang Zhengyang's words immediately took effect and diverted Ms. Guo's attention.

"Yes, you have to go to work tomorrow. Let's go to Wangfujing Department Store. My son has to go to work, so he must wear new clothes."

"Mom, I'm not going to work, I'm going to study..."

"You are now a lecturer at the medical school, and you get paid the same as me. Besides, your hospital is affiliated with the medical school, so you are all part of the same family. How can this not be considered going to work?"

Faced with Ms. Guo’s powerful logic, Chang Zhengyang remained silent. What she said made so much sense that he was speechless!

This matter was still related to the paclitaxel issue. The superior leaders felt really sorry when they saw that Chang Zhengyang only asked for a courtyard house with only the foundation left, did not ask the country for a penny, and did not make any other requests.

So after a meeting to study and discuss, they consulted Chang Zhengyang's opinion and offered him a job as a lecturer in the medical school. The employment procedures were completed yesterday.

Ms. Guo was proud that her son was only 19 years old and was earning the same salary as herself, but she also felt very unbalanced and felt that her hard work for more than ten years was meaningless!

Later, she changed her mind and realized that Chang Zhengyang was her son, his flesh and blood. Her son’s achievements were also her achievements as a mother!

Thinking of this, her mood immediately improved!

After returning home, Chang Baichuan slipped away, leaving Chang Zhengyang alone to push the tricycle and bring Ms. Guo to Wangfujing Department Store.

When they arrived at Wangfujing Department Store, they locked the tricycle and followed the crowd into the department store.

Wow, the weather is so hot, but there are still so many people in this department store!

Most people come here not to buy things, but to browse the mall.

Since there are not many entertainment venues these days, many people choose to go shopping in department stores, resulting in a lot of people in the department stores.