The booming era begins with the director of the Propaganda Department!

Chapter 311 Fate!!
"Da Fei, watching Ping An's back getting farther and farther away, why do I feel so sad???

It’s just like, it’s like being punched in the heart…” Zhang Shenliang said in a muffled voice.

Zhang Shenfei stopped and looked at his elder brother with a complicated expression on his face. He opened his mouth and swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth.

When he spoke again, he just smiled and said, "Children are like fledglings. When they are young, they naturally need their parents to feed them carefully, but you can't raise them for a lifetime, right?

When children grow up, it is natural to let them fly and explore on their own.

All the love in this world is for meeting each other, except that the love of parents for their children is to send them away.

Ping An is the boss, and there are eight others behind him. You have to adapt to this feeling as soon as possible.

I'm not saying anything, but when the child was in front of you just now, you didn't say a word and your face was livid. If Ping An saw your expression, would he be able to leave with peace of mind???"

The child went out to defend the country, which was an honor. The father did not say what kind of support he would provide.

But we can’t add psychological pressure to children when we are separated, right? ? ?

Recalling the sudden change in his eldest son's expression when he saw him just now, Zhang Shenliang looked embarrassed: "Why didn't you tell me this earlier..."

Zhang Shenfei glanced at him and said, "There are still eight more to come. It's not too late to talk now."

Thinking about his eight grown-up sons who would leave him one by one, Zhang Shenliang suddenly had a bitter face again.

"At least you have to keep two of them by your side..."

"What to leave behind? A good man has great ambitions!!!" Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Tang Danniu, "Liangzi, let me tell you this, you can't restrict any of our children, as long as they are boys..."

"If Little No. 10 was a girl..." She touched her already bulging belly, "she could stay with me."

Zhang Shenliang is a henpecked husband, and his wife is pregnant with a baby. Upon hearing this, he immediately fell silent and did not dare to argue with Tang Danniu.

After seeing Zhang Pingan off, an iron sheet was nailed on the door of the back room in the backyard of old Zhang’s house, with a few big words written on it - Home of Glory!!!

This is a symbol of honor, and all the neighbors in the courtyard are envious.

The deaf old lady was holding her crutches, looking at the glittering characters under the scorching sun. And old lady Zhang, who was standing on tiptoe with a rag to wipe the iron sheets over and over again, had mixed feelings in her heart.

Why is it that my life in the Siheyuan is becoming more and more unpleasant? ? ?
After Grandma Zhang finished wiping the plaque of the Glorious Home for the ninth time, she turned around and saw the deaf old lady, and her eyes suddenly lit up:
"My deaf grandmother, you came just in time. What's written on this plaque? Why can't I recognize it? If you can read, please read it to me..."

Deaf old lady: “…”

I stretched out my hand, pointed at my ear, and waved my hand, indicating, "What did you say? I can't hear you."

I believed your lies! I didn't know you were wiping the wool over and over again! ! !
Seeing the deaf old lady running home briskly with her cane, Grandma Zhang stamped her feet anxiously:

"Hey, you old deaf man!!! You're not even 70 years old yet and you're already deaf!!!"

The deaf old lady pretended not to hear and continued running. When she got home, she was afraid that Old Lady Zhang would catch up with her, so she locked the door with a click and blocked it with an armchair.

Finally, he sat down on the armchair blocking the door and breathed a long sigh of relief.

……

When the old Qian family in Fangshan learned that Zhang Pingan had enlisted in the army, they specially sent their son Qian Tiezhu to see the child off.

Qian Tiezhu got up very early and arrived at the courtyard at 9:30 in the morning, but no matter how hard he tried, he was still late.

Qian Tiezhu was so angry that he stood at the gate of the courtyard and stamped his feet: "There is such a soldier in my family, and I haven't even had time to send my child to school... Tell me, what kind of thing is this!!!"

Zhang Shenfei comforted him: "Brother Tiezhu, what you said is not true. I heard from my mother that my uncles went to the army to fight the Japanese more than 20 years ago."

By calculation, this is much earlier than Zhang Ping'an.

Qian Tiezhu had never seen his uncle since he was born, and for a moment he could not remember them. After Zhang Shenfei said this, he came to his senses:

"That's true... but my uncle and second uncle have been gone for so many years, and there's no news from them..."

I guess he is no longer in this world.

"Your uncle and second uncle's names are not on the commemorative album of anti-R heroes!!!" The old lady was still emphasizing this point when she was dying.

The old lady’s thought is that as long as there is no news of his death, the person is still alive.

But young people are not optimistic.

There are so many heroes, how could the yearbook miss more than one or two? ? ?

Because of Qian Tiezhu's arrival, Zhang Shenfei went out specially and came back with five kilograms of meat, a rooster and a big carp.

The chickens were raised in the space, and the pork was from before the public-private partnership, when he asked Wen Ruanruan to kill two pigs and store them in the space.

Only that fish was bought by him after he went to the pigeon market in the lotus market and paid a high price.

It’s not that he doesn’t want to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy it, but things like fresh fish may not be available at the supply and marketing cooperative, so he has to come across them.

Second, he needs a ticket, but he doesn’t have one.

He returned to the courtyard carrying a bunch of things. The wife of Yan Bugui in the front yard might have lived with Yan Bugui for too long and had picked up some of his habits. Seeing this, she suddenly became excited and came over.

"Da Fei, if you ask me, your Zhang family is the only one living the best life in our courtyard.

Look at all this chicken, duck, fish and meat. Who else would take advantage of these except you? ! ! ! "

Zhang Shenfei sighed: "Aunt Yan is wrong, our life is not better than others.

If you are talking about salary, I am currently in college and only make about 20 yuan a month, plus the half I get from the steel mill, although 70 or 80 yuan is not a small amount, is there no one in the yard who earns more than me? ? ?

Besides, among those who earn 70 or 80 yuan a month, whose family has as much burden as ours? ? An old man and eight or nine half-grown children..."

It was already the second half of 1958, and hard times were about to begin.

Zhang Shenfei didn't want to give his neighbors in the courtyard the impression that his family was rich and had no worries about food and drink.

Seeing Aunt Yan's eyes lingering on the straw rope he was holding, Zhang Shenfei sighed again: "You only see the meat in my hand, but you don't know that this is the meat from my uncle's family. We have collected all the meat coupons from the whole family to buy everything.

Aunt Yan, you know the rules. It is said that mothers are more important than uncles. My mother is gone, and when someone from my uncle's family comes, shouldn't we give them something good to eat?"

Although Aunt Yan is stingy, she is not ignorant of human affairs. Since ancient times, there is indeed a saying that one's mother is more important than his uncle.

So he nodded in agreement: "Who else can I blame but my uncle's family? There is nothing we can do about it.

You're talking about our family? ? Our old man is like that..."

He pursed his lips and said, "Every time his uncle comes back, he will give him two salted duck eggs."

Zhang Shenfei was shocked. Two salted duck eggs for a meal, rounded off, isn't that the same as asking for the life of their Master Yan?
He gave a thumbs up: "My Uncle Yan is a man who knows the rules!!!"

Yang Ruihua's face darkened: "What a joke! His uncle got to eat the duck eggs, but what about my uncle???" Well, it seems that the two uncles did not share the spoils equally, Zhang Shenfei thought to himself.

Yang Ruihua had said this much and immediately began to complain about Yan Bugui's partiality for not treating her uncle as a human being, only giving him stinky tofu to go with his rice and not even giving him two drops of sesame oil.

The evil in the city of Sijiu will come to you if you mention it.

Before Yang Ruihua could finish his words, Yan Bugui came out with a sullen face.

Seeing that the couple was about to fight, Zhang Shenfei hurried to the central courtyard.

"Go to the alley entrance if you want to pee, why are you going to the middle courtyard???" Yan Bugui shouted at his back, then turned to look at his guilty daughter-in-law, "What were you talking about with Dafei? Why did you bring up my uncle eating duck eggs again???"

Yang Ruihua repeated what the two had said, and at the end he sighed: "Although Dafei earns a little more than our family, he also has a lot more pressure than us..."

Every family has its own problems!!!
Yan Bugui blinked her eyes behind the stone mirror and immediately calculated the whole matter: "Da Fei's calculation is not correct.

He is only getting half of his salary now. It is good that Tian Xiaozao has no salary. But the neighborhood committee director does not pay salary but food!!! In this world today, isn’t food more valuable than money? ?

Besides, the Zhang family has eight kids to support, but Zhang Shenfei is only the kids' second uncle, not their biological father, so how can he be considered a burden? ? ?

Even the old lady in their family, although she lives with Zhang Shenfei and his wife, her two daughters outside the customs still send her five yuan every month!!!"

So, Zhang Shenfei's family earns 80 yuan a month, and also gets free food.

There are only three people to support, and the life is no worse than that of an old man!!!

That’s it, he hasn’t even counted the money Zhang Shenfei made from writing novels before!!!
The more Yan Bugui calculated, the clearer his eyes became, as if he had already seen through everything cleverly.

"Yeah, how did I let him fool me?" Yang Ruihua came to his senses and slapped his head. Afraid that the old man would think of the duck eggs again, he tried to please him, "You are still the best old man!!! No one can hide anything from you.

Zhang Shenfei is also a bad boy. He even complained about being poor to his old neighbors. Is he afraid that we will lend him money? "

Yan Bugui was thoughtful after hearing this: "Zhang Shenfei is not a low-key person. He suddenly started to cry poor... There must be a deep meaning behind it."

Aunt Yan didn’t understand: “What’s the problem??”

"Nothing, don't tell anyone what I just said to you."

After Yan Bugui gave her the warning, he ignored her and started sweeping the floor with a broom, thinking.

Zhang Shenfei is the deputy director of the steel rolling mill and a student of Yenching University. Yan Bugui believes that he would not suddenly do such a thing.

Could it be that something had happened? Or something was about to happen? Considering the increasingly tight food supply recently, it was not difficult for Yan Bugui to guess.

Zhang Shenfei carried a pile of meat to the central courtyard, and immediately attracted the attention of Jia Zhang, who was sewing shoe soles at the door.

"Director Zhang, what day is it today? Why did you buy so much meat?"

"Well, I'm a student now, Aunt Zhang, please don't call me the factory director anymore." Zhang Shenfei walked over and looked at the shoes in Jia Zhang's hand, "You are a glorious working class, why are you making shoes again???"

Jia Zhang took the awl and drilled the sole of the shoe vigorously: "Isn't it getting cold soon? I have to make you a pair of shoes to wear in autumn."

"You have been wearing the shoes I made for six years since 1952. I have been promoted from propaganda officer to factory director. I think even if you become a college student, you can't look down on the shoes I make, right? "

Jia Zhang looked up at Zhang Shenfei with a flattering smile, swallowing her saliva.

She was craving for meat, really craving for it.

Although the Jia family now has two and a half people earning money, she and Lao Qin count as two.

Qin Huairu's processing factory doesn't have work every day, so she can only be counted as half a person.

There are many people who earn money. She and Lao Qin give a combined thirty yuan to the household expenses every month, and Qin Huairu gives a little more.

Normally, this living allowance is not small, but I don’t know if that damn Jia Dongxu is taking advantage of it, the food at home is getting worse and worse.

She often didn't see any money for ten days or half a month. If she didn't have to rely on that bastard to help take care of the second child, she would have fallen out with this shameless eldest son long ago.

I haven't eaten meat for a long time, and I feel craving for it when I see Zhang Shenfei's meat.

But now Jia Zhang is no longer the old pious woman she used to be. As a glorious working class person, she has to have some dignity...

The experience of following Zhang Shenfei over the years also made her understand that what Dafei gives is hers, and if Dafei doesn't give it to her, she can't ask for it.

So even though he was going crazy with greed, he didn't dare to open his mouth to ask for it.

Zhang Shenfei also smiled happily. Look, look, who said that Zhang Cuihua eats other people's food but does nothing for other people, what nonsense???

Isn't this very reasonable, knowing how to say things and how to deal with things? ?
The two chatted for a while, and then Zhang Shenfei turned around and went to Sha Zhu's house.

"Dafei, do you need auntie to help you cook fish? Auntie's fish is delicious." Jia Zhang finally couldn't help but spoke.

"No need. Let Sha Zhu prepare the food for me today. I want to invite my cousin from Fangshan to dinner." Zhang Shenfei paused and said, "But after dinner, I'll have to trouble Aunt Zhang or Qin Huairu to come and help clean up the mess."

His sister-in-law is pregnant now, and Tian Xiaozao is very busy, how can she have time to do these things???
Clean up the table??? Then wouldn’t the remaining profit be hers??? Jia Zhang’s dim eyes brightened up again.

There is some leftover meat to eat, so happy!!!
Zhang Shenfei placed the meat at Sha Zhu's house and told him to prepare the meal and have a couple of drinks with them in the evening.

The old lady in their family goes to bed early at night, and there is not enough space at her brother and sister-in-law's house in the backyard, so they still have to use Sha Zhu's house to eat and drink at night.

Of course Sha Zhu agreed without hesitation. Not to mention that he could have a good meal with Zhang Shenfei, even if Zhang Shenfei didn't give him food, he was happy to let the Zhang family use his own place.

He loves to be lively and noisy. If the eight great warriors of the Zhang family come over, the house will be so noisy that the roof will be blown off? ? ? ?

"Okay, let's call Yushui along in the evening so we can have a good meal with him." Zhang Shenfei made the decision.

Cai Quanwu just happened to walk in and heard the conversation between the two. He was immediately happy: "What a great relationship! I just bought two kilograms of the best Erguotou from the tavern on Qianmen Street. Let's drink together tonight."

"That's fine, but this time the banquet is mainly for my cousin, so I won't invite anyone else except us." Zhang Shenfei nodded.

He went home and talked to the old lady with Qian Tiezhu.

Sha Zhu quickly prepared the braised pork, pork with preserved vegetables, twice-cooked pork, roasted bean curd sheets and cold cucumber and preserved egg.

Because Mr. Zhang has a large family, he needs to set up two tables, so he makes two servings of each dish.

The big carp was braised in Zhang Shenfei's favorite way, and the chicken was made into chicken soup.

The old hens in the space had plump meat and were simmered over low heat on a honeycomb coal stove. The fragrance wafted out of Sha Zhu's house and filled the air above the courtyard.

Banggeng squatted at the door of his house, sucking his fingers and drooling.

Although he had rarely eaten chicken in his life, he didn't know why, but he felt a sense of fate when he smelled the chicken.

I feel like he was born to be a chicken eater!!!
But the chicken soup is a little bit lacking, roasted or grilled chicken is more delicious!!!
(End of this chapter)