Siheyuan: Return to the Era of Prosperity

Chapter 59 Impetuous
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After Jia Dongxu entered the room, he saw Sha Zhu drinking wine and eating peanuts, and he felt envious.

He, Jia Dongxu, is also a top figure. How could his life be like this? He even has to borrow food from Sha Zhu, whom he has always looked down upon. It's a shame just to think about it.

"Brother Dongxu, would you like something to drink?" Sha Zhu asked with a smile.

"No, Shazhu...Do you have any extra food at home? Lend me some." Jia Dongxu said this with a sense of shame.

Sha Zhu narrowed his eyes, glanced at Jia Dongxu and said, "Brother Dongxu, there are still some left. I'll get them for you."

Sha Zhu opened the corn flour jar, used a gourd ladle to scoop about five pounds of corn flour for Jia Dongxu, and handed it to Jia Dongxu.

Seeing that Sha Zhu only scooped a little for himself, Jia Dongxu really wanted to smash it on Sha Zhu's head, but he thought of the rice waiting to be cooked at home, so he endured it.

After seeing Jia Dongxu off, Sha Zhu sat back down at the table, drinking some wine and eating some peanuts while humming a little tune.

Sha Zhu was well aware of the Jia family's situation, and he felt sorry for his sister Qin who was not able to eat enough.

Originally, he wanted to lend grain to Qin Huairu, but later he thought that it was not a good deal to force her, so he waited for Qin Huairu to come to him.

Sha Zhu has already decided that if anyone else from the Jia family comes to visit, he will lend them three to five kilograms, and if it is Qin Huairu, he will lend them more.

Qin Huairu's every smile and frown was so alluring that Shazhu was completely confused. As a result, every time he went on a blind date, he would subconsciously compare the person with Qin Huairu, and the result was naturally nothing.

Sha Zhu didn't care about himself, and he wasn't anxious if he didn't succeed. He just stole glances at Qin Huairu more and more often.

He thought he was doing it secretly, but in fact everyone in the courtyard knew it, but no one was bored enough to expose it.

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Shen Zhiyu harvested food again in the space, so his family had no shortage of food.

But living in this era, what we worry about is not the scarcity of wealth but the inequality of wealth. If other people knew that his family eats flour and rice every day, they would definitely not live in peace.

Therefore, Shen Zhiyu adopted the approach of his neighbor, and cooked the meat in the space before taking it out. When his younger brothers and sisters asked, it was cooked food bought outside.

They eat white flour and rice behind closed doors, but if they eat cornmeal and whole-grain porridge, they will try to let others see them so that others will not pay attention to them.

Before they knew it, summer was approaching, and the Jia family was barely surviving with the sporadic support of Sha Zhu.

On this day, Shen Zhiyu ended another day of slacking off.

The entire steel rolling mill is now very impetuous, and an atmosphere of working hard and fast is everywhere.

But this is different from the positioning of a steel rolling mill. A steel rolling mill emphasizes technology. In such an atmosphere, if technology is ignored, product quality will naturally deteriorate.

The production technology department where Shen Zhiyu worked had almost lost its business and was only doing sampling and counting. It was extremely boring, so he could only put all his energy into studying, hoping to make a difference after the reform and opening up.

Today, after entering the courtyard, Shen Zhiyu saw Yi Zhonghai at the door of Yan Bugui at first sight. He saw him carrying large and small bags and was stopped by Yan Bugui.

Shen Zhiyu also stopped the car to see what was going on with Yi Zhonghai.

"I'm not leaving. My work in Tianjin has ended. Starting tomorrow, I will go back to work at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill." Yi Zhonghai said to Yan Bugui who was stopping him from leaving.

Yan Bugui stared at the package in Yi Zhonghai's hand and said, "Old Yi, did you bring this fried dough twist back from Tianjin?"

Yi Zhonghai was stunned for a moment and said, "Yes, Jinmen Eighteenth Street Mahua. I'll bring some back for the old lady to try."

As he said this, he prepared to leave the front yard.

"Is this fried dough twist delicious? The last time I ate fried dough twist was many years ago." Yan Bugui's family was not having a good time, and when he saw the fried dough twist made from Yi Zhonghai, he wanted to get some of it.

Yi Zhonghai didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he took a fried dough twist and handed it to Yan Bugui, saying, "Uncle San, please try it. I'm going back now."

As he said this, he quickly left the front yard. He was really afraid that Yan Bugui would catch him.

Seeing Yi Zhonghai coming back, Shen Zhiyu knew that the courtyard would not be peaceful anymore. Without Yi Zhonghai as a glue, the elderly care team was not united. Now that Yi Zhonghai was here, the courtyard would be turned upside down by them.

Yi Zhonghai was carrying a lot of bags, and the first thing he saw was Qin Huairu squatting in front of the faucet in the middle courtyard. The sight of her dazzling butt made Yi Zhonghai, who hadn't tasted meat for half a year, stand at attention and salute.

Using the package to cover his thighs, Yi Zhonghai suppressed his thoughts and said to Qin Huairu, "Huairu, go wash clothes."

When Qin Huairu heard Yi Zhonghai's voice, she turned around and said, "Uncle, you're back. You must be hungry on the way. Would you like to eat at my house?"

Jia Zhang heard the conversation between the two, opened her sleepy eyes, and said unhappily: "What to eat? There is only enough corn porridge and noodles left at home. It's good enough that you don't starve to death, and you still have the time to feed others."

Qin Huairu was speechless about Jia Zhangshi. Couldn't she understand that she was being polite?
Besides, with the wealth of an old man, would he eat his own food for free?
"No, I'm going to go see your aunt and the old lady."

Then he took out two fried dough twists from the package and handed them to Qin Huairu, saying, "I brought these fried dough twists back from Tianjin. Give them to Banggeng and Xiaodang to try."

Banggeng and Xiaodang were so hungry that they didn't want to move at home. But when they heard that there was food, they quickly ran out.

Bang Geng said anxiously: "Give it to me, give it to me, I'm almost starving to death."

Banggeng took the fried dough twist and started eating it.

Yi Zhonghai looked at the smaller Banggeng and asked in confusion, "Huai Ru, what happened to Banggeng? Is he sick? Why did he lose so much weight?"

As he said this, he handed a fried dough twist to Xiaodang who was walking over.

Qin Huairu heard this and said with red eyes: "There is only a ration for Dongxu at home. The price of food has risen sharply. It is not enough to feed him."

Yi Zhonghai felt a little distressed when he saw Qin Huairu's tearful face. He took out a few twisted dough sticks from the package and handed them to her, then said, "I'm going to go see the old lady first. Ask Dongxu to come to my room after get off work so that we can talk."

"Well, thank you, uncle!" Qin Huairu took the fried dough twist.

Jia Zhang quickly stood up and tried to snatch the fried dough twist from Qin Huairu's hand.

"Mom, Dongxu has to go to work, and he can't do without nutrition. Banggeng also has to go to school. Leave the Mahua to them and we will drink corn porridge." Qin Huairu dodged Jia Zhang's big hand.

Jia Zhang was about to start scolding.

Jia Dongxu came in from the middle courtyard and said, "You and mom can eat too. It's not a big deal for me."

Jia Zhang looked at Jia Dongxu, who was almost skinny, put down the fried dough twist in her hand, and said distressedly: "Dongxu, Mom won't eat it, you and Banggeng can eat it."

After saying that, he turned his head and swallowed hard.

Jia Dongxu walked into the house, took the fried dough twist from Qin Huairu, handed one to Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu respectively, and then he took one and put it in his mouth with tears in his eyes.

"Mom, Huairu, you guys eat too."

The family of five finished eating the fried dough twists given by Yi Zhonghai in this weird atmosphere.

"Dongxu, the old man is back and wants you to go to his room." Qin Huairu swallowed the last bite of fried dough twist, leaving a lingering taste.

"Well, now that the master is back, our lives will be better." Jia Dongxu said as he opened the door and went out.

"Huai Ru, if Yi Zhonghai doesn't care, we can only find a way from Sha Zhu, and we can only rely on you. But you can't do anything to let down the Jia family behind our backs." Jia Zhang said in a low voice.

Qin Huairu didn't say anything. Jia Dongxu was too proud to let her go to borrow. He could only borrow a little corn flour each time, and it was getting less and less recently.

If there is really no other way, she can only give it a try. Dongxu is not well fed and still has to work, so something could easily get into trouble.

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