To get rich quickly, you need to be simple and rough

Yi Zhonghai and his wife don’t want to think about anything else now. They just want Aunt Yi to keep the pregnancy.

Yi Zhonghai no longer lived a frugal life. After receiving his salary every month, he would always buy some meat, fish and other foods to nourish his wife.

My daughter-in-law is over 30 and is an elderly mother. If she doesn't eat well, it will harm her health, which will be terrible. There are no secrets in the slum. Yi Zhonghai's family eats meat every now and then, which makes the whole courtyard very greedy.

At that time, no one was so shameless as to beg for food with his bowl in hand.

These days, people have to live beyond their means, and those who can make ends meet are considered first-class people.

If you go to someone to beg for food, first of all, they won't give you anything, and secondly, you will lose face and everyone will look down on you. It is a common human problem that people get angry when others do and laugh at others when others don't.

It is understandable that the Li family in the next yard eats well. Both the couple are doctors with high incomes, and they only have one child, so the population burden is small.

The three members of the Li family all love to listen to operas, which is something only high-income people do these days.

Dad Li, I don't want to listen to opera all the time. The key is that there's nothing to do right now, and there's nothing to do for fun. Smoking opium and visiting brothels—how can a decent person do that?

It’s great to listen to opera. The four famous actresses were still young at that time, and every move they performed showed real skill.

Even Li Zhiyuan can sing a few lines now. This is what makes life unpredictable. I don’t want to be reunited today. Looking back at the prosperity is like a dream, and the rest of my life is spent on the turbulent waves.

Li Zhiyuan also chatted with the little friends in the yard, and Boss Cheng's sleeves danced like two pieces of seaweed.

He Yuzhu: Yuanzi, I know this. My father saw Master Jin Liu treat Uncle Li to a meal at the Emei Restaurant yesterday. They had a table of top-notch dishes. The restaurant reserved a private room at the Chang'an Grand Theater for Master Jin Liu. Did your family go to see it, too?

Li Zhiyuan was very careful and Mr. Jin Liu showed favor to her. After taking the medicine for a while, the nanny of the Jin family finally recovered.

Mr. Liu couldn't refuse the dinner invitation, so he also invited his family to watch Boss Cheng's "The Golden Purse". He came yesterday and Boss Cheng gave a full house of applause!

The boys all looked envious. The ticket price for a private box show alone was two yuan, not counting tea, snacks, and towels. Since they were sitting in the private box, how could they not give the actor a flower basket? This flower basket alone cost ten or eight yuan.

While Li Zhiyuan was chatting with a group of kids, Li's dad took on a big job, and the Red Party asked Li's dad to act as a matchmaker with Lou Bancheng.

This job is difficult and it gives Li's father a headache. The Li family and the Lou family have an employment relationship. Every time Li's father sees Lou Bancheng, he calls him "boss".

Now Dad Li has the opportunity to go to Lou's house once a month to check Ping An's pulse. He has no choice but to go.

Businessmen like the Lou family will not offend anyone. With Li's father acting as a middleman, the Lou family also established a good relationship with the Red Party.

Dad Li knew that the Lou family had purchased a batch of medicines and shipped them out of the city.

By the end of the year, Aunt Yi gave birth to a big fat boy weighing 7.2 jin.

More than half of the retirement group has officially collapsed.

Having a son makes Yi Zhonghai and his wife content, so they just focus on raising their child.

He Daqing's wife also gave birth to He Yushui safely.

He Daqing was very thoughtful and had asked Li Ma to deliver his wife's baby early on.

So there was no such thing as He Daqing's wife's early death. He Daqing's plan to run away with the widow was ruined.

The other families in the yard are all busy making a living.

By the end of 1948, life in the city had become extremely difficult, with a large army surrounding the city.

In the city of Beijing, people were short of food and drink. Taking advantage of the chaotic fighting and lax supervision, Li's father disguised himself and stole a large amount of food and supplies. People were starving, so he traded a gold ring for a potato. This time, Li's father made a fortune.

Foreign currencies became popular again. Due to the collapse of the credit of the gold yuan and the desire of dignitaries to flee abroad, there was a huge demand for lightweight currencies such as the US dollar and the British pound.

Taking advantage of this momentum, Li's father lent out all the foreign currency he had obtained from the Japanese.

The gold, jewels, and various precious wood furniture and antiques that I exchanged for were all stored in the space. Antiques from prosperous times, gold from troubled times. This way, you can never go wrong.

When the New China is established, the Li family will behave themselves honestly and dutifully.

If you are not honest, the government will make you behave honestly.

There is no shortage of food, clothing and shelter at home, and the money is enough to last for several lifetimes, so there is no need to take risks.

If you dare to challenge the iron fist of the New China government, you must be prepared to be beaten into a meat pie.

A mouse is working as a mistress for a cat, making money at the risk of his life!

Those old people and young people from the previous dynasty are the most profligate. They spend their days walking their birds, fighting crickets, and smoking opium, doing nothing good. Even if the sky falls, it won't stop them from enjoying themselves.

The gold yuan and legal tender in the city were almost like toilet paper. You had to carry half a sack of banknotes to buy rice.

Jia Zhang brought Jia Dongxu to beg Li's father, "Uncle Dongxu, please take a look at the acorn flour Dongxu is eating. He hasn't had a bowel movement for eight days."

When Dad Li touched Jia Dongxu's belly, he found it was very hard. He took a handful of senna leaves and told him to boil some water for the child to drink.

Dad Li didn't ask for the consultation fee, just a handful of senna leaves. If he took the money, Jia Zhang would tell the whole yard tomorrow that he was greedy and cruel.

There is a war going on now. There are rumbling sounds of artillery around Sijiu City. The doors and windows in Sijiu City are closed and no one dares to go out. The Lou family's steel rolling mill has also stopped operating.

Everyone in the compound was sighing. They could stop talking but they couldn't.

When the fight first broke out, Li's father also told the neighbors to buy more food, but some families with many children really didn't have much savings.

The Li family didn't dare to cook meat openly, and just took out ready-made meals to eat at home. The hospital stopped working, and no one had the time to spend money on medical treatment when they couldn't even get enough food.

The closer it gets to the Chinese New Year, the harder life becomes. There is not even a speck of meat on the market, and every family closes their doors and dares not even breathe.

Li's family knew that this was the darkness before dawn, and that these days would soon be over.

A new era is about to dawn.

Why are we setting off firecrackers when the New Year in Beijing is so dull? Aren't the cannons outside loud enough?

The third day of the Lunar New Year is destined to go down in history. On January 31, 1949, the Red Party army entered the city and the city was peacefully liberated.

The entire city was bustling with activity, with citizens spontaneously coming out of their homes to welcome their soldiers.

Dad Li is here this time, and our family can be said to be witnessing history.

Li Zhiyuan, who is already eleven years old, is now in the second grade at Dazhong Middle School. The school has been on vacation recently.

After the liberation of Sijiu City, the shortage of supplies was immediately resolved. Large amounts of grain, meat, and vegetables were transported to Sijiu City by large and small carts.

The new government had something important to do, so a major cleanup began in the entire city in March.

People from all walks of life must be sent to each street and then distributed to each group.

The whole city was in an uproar. People were transporting garbage to the sewers, cleaning toilets, and clearing out the yellow and white things in the alleys. Vehicles organized by the Military Control Commission were constantly transporting garbage out of the city.

The entire old city has been transformed into a new one, and there is now space to walk in the alleys.

The air in the old city has become fresher, and the smell of urine is gone.

The new government issued the first set of new currency, with one dollar being exchanged for 100,000 gold yuan coupons. The Li family did not have many gold yuan coupons. The Blue Party had praised the gold yuan coupons so much, but the Li family did not exchange a single cent for them.

The Li family started their commuting life again.

Lou's Steel Rolling Mill also resumed production with the help of the Military Control Commission.

Everything was developing in a positive direction. The New China was established, and this ancient city that had experienced many hardships was rejuvenated.

In June 1950, Old Jia from the Intermediate Courtyard was killed by a collapsed steel ingot.

Jia Zhang felt like the sky had fallen, and she sat down on the ground and burst into tears.

Mr. and Mrs. Li were the first to receive the news in the hospital. Mr. Li originally wanted to rescue the child, but Lao Jia was dead when he was brought in, and his chest was collapsed.

Since they were neighbors, Mr. Li told the hospital manager and came back to help.

Everyone in the courtyard is present, and in situations like this someone has to speak up.

The entire hospital unanimously agreed that Mr. Li was a man of great learning and integrity, and that Mr. Li's father had to take care of this matter. No one else could do it.

Father Li advised Mrs. Jia Zhang, "Sister Jia, please stop crying. Old Brother Jia has passed away. You should also mourn for Dongxu."

Jia Zhang: How are we, mother and I, going to survive?

Dad Li then advised, "Sister-in-law, what are your plans next?"

Brother Jia was in an accident at the steel mill. This is considered a work-related injury, and the mill will provide compensation. If you have any requests, you can contact the mill.

For example, if you want to arrange a matter for yourself and Dongxu, you can discuss this with the steel mill.

What Li's father said was simple and clear. He asked Jia Zhang to ask for a job at the steel rolling mill.

Jia Zhang asked tearfully, "As a woman, can I also work in a steel mill?"

Li Wenting immediately brainwashed Jia Zhang, saying, "Sister Jia, this steel mill doesn't just produce steel. We can use women for things like canteen cleaning." "Besides, our new Military Control Commission government serves the working people. You should also explain your difficulties to the factory."

If you have a job, you can raise Dongxu to adulthood and help him start a family. Otherwise, relying on that little compensation money alone is not a long-term solution.

This time, Jia Zhang finally understood what was going on. Not only could Jia Dongxu work in the steel mill, but she could also go to work in the steel mill.

Life became easier for the two of them after their salaries were cut. They had enough to eat when working in the canteen. Just look at He Daqing's family, they never went hungry.

As for explaining the difficulties to the factory, Jia Zhang felt that he was good at this. His uncle Li just wanted more compensation and two workstations.