Go back to the prosperous days and become a layman

Chapter 757 Chapter 756

The wind was strong and the sand was heavy. All you could see along the way were people walking in a hurry. Many people who wore hats either took them off and put them in their pockets, or held them down with their hands, otherwise they would be blown away by the wind.

Before the two of them reached the entrance of Chunshu Hutong, dark clouds caught up with them. Raindrops as big as beans began to fall, splashing up a small flower of dirt on the dust on the road.

"Let's go to Chunshu Hutong and the Women's Federation dormitory first to avoid the rain!" A storm was about to come. Tang Zhitong saw that it was bound to rain heavily. It was still far away from the Flower Market Street. If he rode back in vain, he might get soaked. Seeing that Chunshu Hutong was just around the corner, Tang Zhitong chose to avoid the storm temporarily.

Coincidentally, the rain started to get heavier as soon as the two entered the corridor.

The city, covered by dark clouds, seemed to have suddenly turned dark, and the corridor was pitch black.

The two of them entered the house in the dark and turned on the light. Xiao Wang found a towel and handed it to Tang Zhitong first: "Wipe it quickly."

"I'm fine, you go first." Tang Zhitong looked towards the door. The drawings of the two-way switch had been given to Director Ye for some time, but there had been no news. If it was installed in the corridor, there would be no need to grope in the dark this time.

Seeing that her husband refused to wipe it first, Xiao Wang didn't waste time talking to him. She just rubbed his head and muttered in dissatisfaction: "I told you to wipe it, why are you talking so much nonsense."

"Hey, aren't we worried that you'll catch a cold? Why don't you find some clothes to change into?" Tang Zhitong suggested while enjoying Xiao Wang's rub.

Since the Wang family has two sisters, Xiao Wang, most of her clothes are saved for Jingying.

After the two got married, Xiao Wang picked out some of his frequently worn items and brought them to the Flower Market Street, and he also kept some at home.

"No, it's a little small." After rubbing her husband's head, Xiao Wang let her long hair down and wiped her hair with her head tilted.

"Hehe, you have grown up." Tang Zhitong took a glance. He once obtained first-hand data about Xiao Wang in this room. Compared with that time, the rabbit has grown stronger and stronger.

"What are you looking at? You're so annoying!" Classmate Xiao Wang seemed to have sensed something. She said to her husband coquettishly, stomped her feet, and turned around.

"Hahaha, wait until you finish drying your hair and find your raincoat. I'll wear it and go back to get our raincoat to pick up Jingying and Fengzhen." Tang Zhitong looked at his watch and there was still time.

"Okay." Xiao Wang glanced out the window. It was already as dark as night. The bean-sized raindrops were hitting the windows under the blowing of the north wind, making crackling sounds.

The Wang family only has one raincoat, but they have two umbrellas.

Tang Zhitong saw Xiao Wang holding two umbrellas and guessed that she wanted to give them to Director Ye, so he stopped her and said, "It's windy and rainy outside, it's too cold, you're not wearing enough, so don't go out. Find one of your mother's coats and I'll take the umbrella and coat to her on the way."

"Okay." On the way here, Xiao Wang had already experienced the power of the north wind in early spring in Beijing. He did not argue and nodded in agreement.

Tang Zhitong stuffed Ye Zhijuan's clothes into his bag, and then began to put on his raincoat. As he put on his raincoat, he told Xiao Wang: "It doesn't matter what size the clothes are. Put on a coat first. I'll bring you some clothes when I pick them up, and you can change them later."

"Well, there's still time. Just drive slowly." Xiao Wang helped her husband fasten the opening of his raincoat, and considerately put the green hat on the raincoat on her husband before opening the door.

"Don't worry, it's okay." Tang Zhitong waved his hand, went downstairs and disappeared in the rain.

After hurriedly handing the clothes and umbrella to Ye Zhijuan, Tang Zhitong rode his bicycle again and headed towards the Flower Market Street.

When it just starts to rain, the air is still filled with the scent of raw earth, and there is a hint of yellow sand in the raindrops, which leaves a shallow sand mark when hitting tiles or glass.

But after a heavy rain, not only did the air become humid, but even the yellow sand disappeared.

It is said that spring rain is as precious as oil. Although the spring rain this year came late, it was abundant in quantity.

In a year of severe drought, rain represents the hope of life.

Before this, Tang Zhitong had never felt that rain could be so pleasant. He did not try to pull it out, but let the rain drip on his body. The rain from the rain hat dripped from the eaves to his face, finally gathered on his chin, and then slid to the raincoat on his chest without any reluctance.

When Tang Zhitong arrived home, Zhang Guifang was standing at the door of the main house wearing a cotton jacket, observing the vegetable garden in the yard, fearing that water would accumulate.

"Mom, don't worry, there will be no water accumulation in the yard. Come into the house quickly, it's cold outside." Whether it was building a wing room or digging a cellar, the excavated soil was not wasted. It was all used to pad the family's vegetable garden, raising the height of the vegetable garden by five or six centimeters.

While raising the mountain, Tang Zhitong paid special attention to the slope, which overall showed a trend of being higher in the east and lower in the west.

The rainwater stayed in the vegetable field for a short time. The rainwater that could not be absorbed by the vegetable field slowly flowed toward the west wall of the courtyard, and flowed into the outside ditch through the drainage holes reserved on the west wall.

"King, why don't you wait until the rain is a little lighter before coming back?" Zhang Guifang lifted the door curtain and welcomed her son into the house.

"It's raining, so I plan to pick up Fengzhen and Jingying." Tang Zhitong unbuttoned his raincoat, took out the lunch box from his shoulder bag and handed it to Zhang Guifang, then fastened it again: "Mom, I'll go back to the wing room to find a raincoat and pick them up first."

"Hey~ Don't forget Wenwen. Fengzhen will be fine for a while." Zhang Guifang said worriedly.

"Whose biological mother are you?" Tang Zhitong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. To reassure his mother, he explained, "No one can be delayed. Wenwen is with Director Ye. I'll pick up the two children and go to Chunshu Hutong, and then pick up Wenwen and come back together."

In order to save time, Tang Zhitong went into the room and first wiped the water off the raincoat, then found the raincoat and Xiao Wang's coat and planned to put them in his bag.

However, the capacity of the shoulder bag is limited. It is okay to put some clothes in it, but it is a bit difficult to put a raincoat in it.

Although Tang Zhitong really wanted to throw the raincoat into space, Zhang Guifang was worried and came out to see him off with an umbrella. He couldn't perform magic under her nose.

There was no other choice, Tang Zhitong could only find a rope to tie the raincoat and then hang it on the beam under the seat.

When men ride bicycles, they usually open their legs widely. The raincoat on their body can cover this area and avoid raindrops falling on it to the greatest extent.

"Drive slowly." Zhang Guifang stood at the gate holding an umbrella and watched her son turn around the alley and enter the yard.

Zhang Guifang held the umbrella handle with her arms and cheeks, lifted the tarpaulin at the base of the south wall of the yard, and began to pull out the bamboo shoots one by one from underneath and piled them in front of her chest.

She just took a look at her son's shoes. Not only were his shoes wet, but even his trouser legs were wet. Plus, the temperature was dropping now, so Zhang Guifang felt that she had to light the stove.

When Tang Zhitong arrived at the gate of No. 49 Experimental Middle School on Erlong Road, the rain had subsided, but there was still no sign of stopping. Fortunately, the dark clouds had dispersed a little and visibility had improved.

It didn't take long to pick up the two sisters, but it took a lot of effort for the three of them to move out of the alley from the school gate.

The weather was bad, and there were more sedans at the school gate and in the alleys. I didn't know if any of these people would take the 4+4 route in the future. When I sent Jingying home, Director Ye had already taken Jingmin home.

Perhaps sensing the darkness of the corridor, Director Ye finally remembered the two-way switch: "Anzi, the switch you drew has been made, and the test results are good."

"Hey, that's great. Mom, can we try it out here? The corridor is too dark at night, which is not very friendly for people who come home late." Tang Zhitong unbuttoned his raincoat, pulled out the coat from the package and handed it to Xiao Wang.

"It consumes too much wires. We should overcome this difficulty." Ye Zhijuan shook her head firmly and slowly. Although some units in China are using it, they are only testing safety and stability.

The main purpose of the Women's Federation's contact units in producing all products, including two-way switches, is to obtain foreign exchange, and this purpose has never changed.

Ye Zhijuan has read the selected letters from readers. Since the beginning of spring, although all things have come back to life and there are more things to eat to satisfy hunger, health problems are still occurring among the people in many areas outside.

According to feedback from readers of the Handbook, the water quality of many small rivers has changed from clear to dark green due to the long-term use of wild vegetables, leaves and tree bark, probably because the juice in the wild vegetables and leaves has precipitated.

Some readers also reported that if glutinous rice and elm seeds are not eaten properly, it can easily cause malnutrition, which can lead to edema. After edema, the belly will swell and become shiny, just like a woman about to give birth.

In addition, there are many diseases that were rarely seen in the past, such as liver disease and uterine prolapse.

What can the Women's Federation do? Although there are many departments that can be contacted, it does not have the final decision-making power...

After hearing this, Tang Zhitong could only scratch his head. If it doesn't work, then it doesn't work. He was still thinking of pressing one for his own family, but now there is no chance.

It was still raining outside, so the couple did not stay for long. Xiao Wang put on the raincoat that Jingying had taken off and went home with her husband and sister-in-law.

As for the raincoat that Tang Zhitong was wearing from Chunshu Hutong, he naturally did not take it off.

Raincoats are limited, and Tang Zhitong only hopes that the spring rain can take a short break early tomorrow morning, so as to give his two younger sisters and himself and his wife a window of time to go to school and work.

If the rain keeps falling, these three raincoats will become useless.

As soon as they got home, there was hot food and with the help of the stove, the Tang family was full of joy and welcomed the spring rain.

In sharp contrast to this is the Liu family in the backyard, who are now gloomy and look like eggplants hit by frost, and both the couple look listless.

Of the originally lively family of four, only Liu Chengzhi and Chu Chunxue are left.

Ever since Liu Chengzhi borrowed money from Lu Dexian last time, although their relationship at work remains the same, their lives are not as good as before.

Liu Chengzhi clearly felt that Lu Dexian was intentionally keeping a distance from him. Every morning Lu Dexian would ride his bicycle out early, and when he got off work he would also leave ten minutes earlier, always going in a different direction.

Liu Chengzhi was very angry. They went their separate ways and vowed secretly that he would never ride on Lu Dexian's bicycle again.

After a few days, he felt a little regretful. No matter what he was doing, he could not go against the means of transportation. Walking was not only slow but also tiring. He was already hungry, and the commuting back and forth every day was just making his already tight stomach even worse.

When Liu Chengzhi went out for work today, the sky was clear. He never thought that the temperature would drop and it would rain, so he did not prepare any rain gear.

When he got off work, Liu Chengzhi was dumbfounded. What should he do?

We all work in the same unit, and basically everyone knows what goes on in daily life.

Everyone saw the estrangement between Lu Dexian and Liu Chengzhi. Everyone knew how to choose an eighth-level fitter, an ordinary fitter with mediocre skills and poor interpersonal relationships.

Therefore, no one thought of helping Liu Chengzhi at this time.

I saw some colleagues walking out under the same umbrella as two or three others after get off work, and I saw family members coming to give them umbrellas and walking together.

Liu Chengzhi was hoping that Chu Chunxue would come and bring him an umbrella, but no matter how long he waited, she showed up in vain. Finally, he gritted his teeth and rushed into the rain curtain with his schoolbag on his head.

Not long after rushing out of the factory gate, Liu Chengzhi saw Chu Chunxue holding an umbrella and walking towards him with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

People are all made of flesh and blood. Although Liu Chengzhi is a little muddleheaded, has a bad temper, likes to beat his wife and likes to chisel his wife, he still has two nostrils to communicate with people.

Of course, I don’t have the strength to chisel now.

"It's been raining for so long, why did you come just now?" Liu Chengzhi hid under an umbrella, and the first words he said were complaints.

Chu Chunxue tilted the umbrella as much as possible towards her husband and murmured, "I felt exhausted. I rested twice on the way."

"Let's go back." Liu Chengzhi saw Chu Chunxue's wet shoes, then looked at her belly, and finally sighed and reached out to take the umbrella.

After arriving home, Chu Chunxue's eyes went dark. She took off her wet shoes at the door and slowly slid down while holding onto the wall.

Liu Chengzhi was not in a much better condition. The wind was blowing on the way back and most of his clothes were wet. He also took off his shoes and sat on a mat to rest.

After Chu Chunxue recovered, she opened the valve of the honeycomb coal stove and heated up food for her husband.

"That's all." Chu Chunxue placed the pot on the stove and sat on a stool, staring at the pot. Her mouth secreted saliva uncontrollably and her throat kept rolling up and down. Although her stomach was burning, her reason told her that she could not eat it and that the man had to eat first.

"Damn! What a damn world!" Liu Chengzhi held his head in his hands, feeling very painful inside. There were two people in his family but only one of them had a fixed quota, and one of them was a pregnant woman.

Not only had this month's ration been bought out early, but the twenty or so yuan that he had scraped together had also been used up to buy food.

The current situation is that there is no surplus food at home and no money can be borrowed.

Liu Chengzhi just remained silent and searched through all the places where he could borrow money in his mind.

After a long while, Liu Chengzhi raised his head and said, "Let's split it in half. After we finish eating, we'll go to sleep. Tomorrow I'll ask my coworkers to borrow some more at work. You can try again at Tang's house."

Chu Chunxue nodded woodenly. At this moment, she just wanted to eat quickly, even if it was cold...

(End of this chapter)