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Chapter 372 Thank you!!

Yan Bugui knew that malted milk was a very rare commodity in that era. If the Zhang family only had a little bit, he would not dare to ask for it.

But didn’t Grandma Zhang bring three bottles from outside the Great Wall? You have three bottles at home, so what if you give me some? ? ? This is what Yan Bugui was thinking at this time.

He wasn't sure whether the Zhang family would give it to him, but his mind was empty and his desire to take advantage of others reached its peak, and he couldn't help but want to try.

If it comes, it's because I turned the key myself. If it doesn't come, the worst that can happen is that Tang Danniu will find out and block me at the door and scold me, but there's no loss, right? ?

Although Yan Bugui before 1959 was stingy, calculating, and liked to take advantage of others, he did have some bottom line after all.

For example, he dared to ask Xu Damao and Xu Fugui for things because he was sure that the father and son would save face and would not say bad things even if they did not give it to him.

However, when facing people like Jia Zhangshi and Tang Danniu who are so domineering and ruthless in their words, he would never go up to them with the intention of taking advantage of them.

It was not for any other reason, but because he considered himself a scholar, and being pointed at and scolded by others was really an insult to his civility.

But now, after more than two years, the last bit of literary pride in his bones has been worn away...

Otherwise, he would not have made such a request when Tian Xiaozao was in confinement after giving birth.

Let's try it out...

What's more, although the Zhang family has been eating coarse food like everyone else in recent years, Grandma Zhang, who just came back, has a rosy complexion, and it can be seen that she has eaten a lot of good food outside the Great Wall.

This made him feel a little indignant...

Feeling Yan Bugui's gaze on her, Grandma Zhang slowly smoked her pipe and blew out smoke rings.

After a long time, when the bag of cigarettes was finished, the old lady took out the brass pipe, knocked it, and picked out the ash inside.

"Uncle Yan, our two families have been neighbors for decades. Even without you telling me, I can see that Aunt Yan is really hungry.

All these things I brought back are for Zao'er, but since you asked, I'll give you a can of malted milk."

Hiss!!! Give me a whole can of malted milk? ? ? ? Yan Bugui was shocked. When he came to his senses, he hurriedly walked to the cabinet in two steps, trying to grab the tin box.

"Wait a minute..." At this moment, Grandma Zhang said slowly, "Now that malted milk is in great demand even outside the Great Wall. Each box costs eight yuan, and you need a nutrition ticket.

Consider this box of malted milk as something I bought for you, and I don’t want your ticket anymore…”

The implication is that you have to give the money.

Yan Bugui immediately retracted his outstretched hand: "Old lady, you know that our family...eats sweet potatoes every day..."

"It's true that we eat sweet potatoes, but one pound of fine grain can be exchanged for five pounds of sweet potatoes, and one and a half pounds of flour can be exchanged for three pounds of sweet potatoes, right? If you exchange grain for sweet potatoes, your family can only have half a meal..."

"Nowadays, the ration is insufficient and every household has to buy food at a high price. Many families' savings have been wiped out or even hit rock bottom because of this.

But you old people are different. You exchange your grain for sweet potatoes and eat only half full. You lie on the kang after dinner every day and don’t go out to reduce consumption… But you have never bought grain at a high price.”

If you never buy expensive food and don’t spend money on nutritional supplements, then won’t you save money? ? ?
So even though Yan Bugui complained about his hardship and hunger every day, he actually had a lot of savings in his hands.

Grandma Zhang can give him malted milk, but she can’t give it for free.

The world is so difficult now. Even if we give it to Yan Bugui, there are still fifteen other households in the courtyard who are watching.

If I don’t give it to others at that time, I’m afraid it will cause a lot of trouble.

But if you sell it, it’s a different story.

Nowadays, whether in Pigeon City or other places, the buying and selling of food, nutritional supplements, meat, eggs and milk is almost impossible. As long as the amount is not too large, the higher-ups will turn a blind eye.

What's more, they support exchanges among the masses, which cannot be considered as speculation.

Ah, well… Seeing that Grandma Zhang made it clear that she was rich, Yan Bugui stopped crying poor.

Realizing that he could not take advantage of the situation today, he just said that he would go home and discuss it with his wife later, and then he was the first to leave the Zhang family's door.

After learning about this from the old lady, Tang Danniu rolled up her sleeves and clamored to take the children to Old Yan's house to teach them a lesson on how to behave.

The nine great Vajras also stood up, looking eagerly. They were just waiting for their mother's order to destroy the old Yan family, punch Yan Bugui, kick Aunt Yan, and as for the three sons, they would punch them one by one! !

Grandma Zhang waved her hands helplessly: "Everyone sit down, let's just forget about this matter, don't mention it again..."

"Don't mention it again? You are too soft-hearted, old lady..." Tang Danniu said indignantly, "Is there anyone like Yan Bugui who bullies others? My sister-in-law is still in confinement after childbirth, and he dares to come to our house to ask for things."

"Alright, I rejected him then. This matter ends here. If Yan Bugui has anything else in the future, you can come forward later..." Grandma Zhang glared at Tang Danniu, then sighed and looked at Zhang Shenfei, "I have been doing simple things in Yunju Hutong for the past two years. After returning to the Siheyuan these few days, I feel heavy in my heart when I see how everyone is doing."

I didn't argue with Yan Bugui, it wasn't because she was easy to bully, but didn't the old saying go, "When the granaries are full, people know etiquette; when they have enough food and clothing, they know honor and disgrace."

At this point, no one has taken advantage of me, so there is no need to make a big deal out of it...

Zhang Shenfei also sighed: "Not only that... Life in the countryside is even harder..."

Although he had never left the city, his classmates came from all over the world, and many of them were from rural areas.

Zhang Shenfei learned a lot of inhumane things from their mouths, which was much better than the days in their courtyard.

After hearing those real and naked things, Zhang Shenfei said it was impossible for him not to be touched. There were even many times when he felt deep and powerless pain in his heart.

Fortunately, fortunately the most difficult days are about to pass. After we get through them, there will always be a day when spring comes and flowers bloom.

After the Chinese New Year, the disaster situation was alleviated and grain production began to increase steadily. In three or four years, it would recover to the level of 1957 and 1958.

If Yuan Longping's hybrid rice is successfully launched, perhaps this time will be shortened again.

After another day of hammering stones in Luoquaner Hutong, Zhang Shenfei returned to the gate of the courtyard in the golden afterglow, and saw Xu Damao squatting in the front yard smoking.

Seeing him appear, Xu Damao immediately stood up and forced a smile that was uglier than crying: "Brother Dafei, you're back? Have you eaten??? If not, I'll treat you and we'll go out for a bite???"

Oh, it's waiting for me.

Zhang Shenfei nodded and said, "Let's go to the Shanxi noodle shop at the entrance of the alley and eat some sliced ​​noodles. I'll be out soon after I park my car at home."

When he arrived at Chuihua Gate again, the cigarette in Xu Damao's hand had already burned out.

The two men walked out of Nanluoguxiang side by side. Xu Damao was in a very low mood, but he was an open-minded person, and having worked in the office for many years, he also became more profound, so he did not speak directly.

Arriving at the noodle shop, Xu Damao ordered two servings of chicken sliced ​​noodles, one serving of cold shredded vegetables, one serving of cold chicken liver, and a bottle of Erguotou. Seeing Zhang Shenfei's slow pace of eating, as if he had already finished eating, he spoke up, "Brother Dafei, can you still get the red medicinal wine you sold to the old man?"

Zhang Shenfei squinted at him: "Why did you suddenly want to play with that?? Are you giving it as a gift, or..."

It's not that he looked down on Xu Damao, it's just that this guy has a problem...

Xu Damao's emotions, which had been suppressed for a long time, suddenly broke out: "Brother Dafei, my wife wants to divorce me..."

"Don't cry, talk slowly." Zhang Shenfei wanted to take out his handkerchief and give it to him, but his hand changed direction halfway and took out a pink handkerchief from Xu Damao's trouser pocket and handed it to him.

Xu Damao wiped the corners of his eyes with the handkerchief, and then told Zhang Shenfei that he and Guan Hongguo had been married for three years, but they had no children.

Before, he and his parents always thought that the problem was with Guan Hongguo, so they forced him to get checked out, using both Chinese and Western medicine, and taking medicine like meals every day.

After a long time, there was still no effect, and the Guan family became suspicious.

"This morning, I was taken to Union Hospital by a few of Guan Hongguo's brothers... After a series of examinations... I, I... Brother, how come I got this disease???"

As Xu Damao spoke, tears of a man's heart flowed again and slowly flowed down his cheeks. Perhaps because Xu Damao had a long face, Zhang Shenfei noticed that it took much longer for his tears to fall than those of others.

Although Xu Damao spoke hesitantly and vaguely, Zhang Shenfei already understood.

"Didn't the doctor give a treatment plan?"

"He gave it to me, but he said that the possibility of curing my disease is very small..." Xu Damao sobbed, "After my wife knew that it was my problem, her whole family stood up and insisted that Hongguo could not spend her whole life with me and that she should divorce me..."

Zhang Shenfei picked up a piece of braised pork liver and put it in his mouth, chewing it: "What does Guan Hongguo mean?"

When Guan Hongguo married into the courtyard house, he was already studying at Yenching University. In addition, the front and back courtyards were far apart, so the two had little contact.

I remember that woman working in a food factory, she was very arrogant and aggressive. Women with urban hukou and jobs don't have to worry about finding a partner, not to mention how hard it is to live without children these days? ?

It is normal that the girl’s family does not want to continue to waste time with Xu Damao. After all, everyone loves the child.

However, it is not enough for the parents to decide on this matter. Whether to divorce or not depends mainly on Guan Hongguo's opinion.

Speaking of his own daughter-in-law, Xu Damao finally had a trace of comfort on his face: "I told Hongguo that you have a secret recipe. It was your secret recipe that gave birth to Yi Weihong... Hongguo promised to give me two years to recuperate."

At this point, he grabbed Zhang Shenfei's hand across the table and said, "Da Fei, my life is in your hands. You must help me!!!"

Zhang Shenfei sucked his teeth and said: "I can get you some wine, but I can't guarantee that it will be effective.

We are all brothers, and I will tell you the truth. The wine is mainly for strengthening the kidneys and consolidating the essence. It is useful for the old man because he is really weak.

I later asked an old lady in private, and she said that the old man only took a dozen or so times, in the blink of an eye. If he took off his pants slower, he would not have enough time..."

Afterwards, after drinking a bottle of red-haired medicinal wine, he could at least hold out until all the clothes were taken off before going into action. This was considered to be a cure, and the old Yi couple were very happy.

Otherwise, they are not idiots, so how can they really give money to buy wine? ?

Zhang Shenfei said this with the intention of telling Xu Damao that each person's body is different, and the red hair medicinal wine may not be able to cure his illness.

Who would have thought that Xu Damao would get excited when he heard this, and slammed the table: "Then this medicine will work for my symptoms! It's a sure thing, it's a sure thing!!!"

Ah, this...

Zhang Shenfei lowered his gaze and looked at the part of Xu Damao that was covered by the table.

It seems like he knows something extraordinary!!!

In order to cure his illness, Xu Damao didn't care about anything else. He simply took off his face and put it in his pocket, telling his troubles in detail.

“I remember it wasn’t like this before. Back then, when I was with Sister Chunhua, or when we went to the countryside to show movies… I could last three to five minutes, and sometimes even six to seven minutes if I performed exceptionally well.

But later on, I don’t know why, it became less and less effective… My father brought me some supplements from the countryside, and I tried them, but they never worked…”

At this point, Xu Damao became sad again, with red eyes, but Zhang Shenfei understood the crux of his problem.

Even though novels often take an hour to finish, they are at least half an hour long. But that is just an exaggeration, plus the BUFF that the author adds to the protagonist.

Most of the time, for most men, it is considered normal if it lasts more than two minutes. At least if you go to the hospital, the doctor will not prescribe any medicine.

Xu Damao could last three to five minutes before, but now he can only last thirty seconds. It is obvious that he has done too much and damaged his energy.

From this point of view, he is indeed different from Yi Zhonghai, because old Yi is congenitally deficient, while he is exhausted after birth.

But no matter which one it is, using red hair medicinal wine can have an improving effect.

Thinking of this, Zhang Shenfei offered a high price of thirty yuan per catty without any psychological burden.

I used to sell it to Lao Yi for 15 yuan per catty, but that was several years ago. At that time, we had not yet entered the JH economic era. Now you need a ticket to buy wine.

Moreover, under his guidance, the red-haired medicinal wine had long been taken off the shelves in the tavern, and after several twists and turns, it was completely reasonable for the price to double.

In the past few years, Xu Damao and his wife have made a lot of money from the food substitute business. Thirty yuan per pound is a lot for them, but it is definitely not a big deal.

Not to mention that he was betraying his brother. Zhang Shenfei felt that even so, Xu Damao would probably still have to say thank you to him.

really,

Upon hearing that the man had indeed found a way to get the red medicinal wine that had disappeared from the market for several years, Xu Damao was immediately delighted. He immediately took out a stack of Da Tuanjie and stuffed it into Zhang Shenfei's hands.

"Brother, give me three pounds first, and the rest of the money is your hard work fee."

He has always been open and honest in his work, which is why he can function so well in the steel mill office.

Zhang Shenfei put the money into his pocket without hesitation. After the two separated at the door of the noodle shop, he rode his bike towards Yunju Hutong.

After Old Mrs. Zhang moved out, only Xu Huizhen and her daughter were left in the courtyard.

Xu Jingli was six years old. She had two ponytails and was wearing a floral short-sleeved shirt and bamboo cloth pants made by her mother. She was reading a picture book under the big paulownia tree in the yard.

When the little girl saw Uncle Zhang appear, she dropped her book in surprise and pounced over like a little sparrow.

(End of this chapter)