Era: Starting from divorce from female college student

Chapter 11, Don’t Come Over Here

Courtyard No. 18, Huguo Temple, east wing of the central courtyard.

Zhao Mancang came back after eating outside. The reason was very simple: he couldn't buy any food at the moment.

From 1951 to 1954, only cotton, grain and oil were listed as commodities subject to unified purchase and sale.

But since July 1954, with the instructions on strengthening market management and reforming private business, the unified purchase and marketing policy has covered almost every aspect of people's lives.

Especially since the coupon era that began in 1953 and the emergence of residents' grain and oil supply books, food control has become more stringent.

In the monthly food ration, flour, cornmeal, dried sweet potatoes, etc. are all purchased according to a fixed ratio of six to three to one, and people line up to buy food on the 25th of each month.

There was no other way, everyone could only live beyond their means, so after the food coupons were issued on the 24th, everyone rushed to buy them.

The quota in Zhao Mancang's grain book was used up on the 25th of last month.

Now he could only use some food coupons and ten yuan borrowed from Li Baoguo to temporarily get through the recent difficulties.

"Are you the new neighbor?"

Not long after Zhao Mancang entered the house, a man came to the door, pushed the door open casually, and looked him up and down.

The tone was also full of casualness and provocation, and the dissatisfaction was almost written on his face.

"Get out!" Zhao Mancang's face turned cold, without saying another word.

"Heh, aren't you the Zhao Daqingtan from Yongheng Hutong? What's wrong? Just because you divorced that female college student, you're straightening your back now?"

Jin Wenliang raised his eyebrows and continued to mock.

Zhao Mancang’s identity could not be hidden from the elderly people in the hospital, so Jin Wenliang found out very quickly.

Zhao Mancang, who was deeply in love, was surprisingly tough today and actually divorced Huang Xiuling, a female college student.

I've been supporting the Huang family for eight years and they're almost getting through it, but he's getting divorced?

He should not be called Zhao Daqingzhong, but Zhao Dashazi.

"Get out! I don't want to say it a third time!"

Zhao Mancang was too lazy to get angry with the other party. He just wanted to rest and think about the future.

Since he came here last night, he has not thought about this matter carefully.

Now he has a better understanding of his current situation, so he can think about it carefully.

"Hey, I'm not going out. What can you do to me?"

Jin Wenliang folded his hands over his chest, leaned against the wall like a scoundrel, and continued to provoke in a suicidal manner.

"I don't know how you, a fool, moved here, but I'm telling you, you're not welcome in the Eighteenth Courtyard. Do you understand?"

"You, go back to where you came from. How can a fool like you deserve to live in a house like this?"

Hearing what the other party said, Zhao Mancang immediately understood what the other party meant.

So the house he applied for should have been reserved by the person in front of him a long time ago?

But he applied for this house from the steel plant and got it approved by Guan Shicong, director of the Shichahai Sub-district Office. A lot of "favors" were involved in the process.

In the morning, Zhao Mancang thought Guan Shicong was a good person, so he arranged a nice house for him in the east wing of the central courtyard. However, he didn't expect it to be a trap!
The courtyard houses in the capital city have main houses, side rooms, ear rooms, back rooms, living rooms, and back rooms.

Although they are all houses, there are huge differences in specifications and functions.

Not to mention the main house, that is, the north house and the upper house, its height, depth, width, and materials and decoration are the best in the courtyard.

Among the wing rooms, the east wing is the most prestigious and the west wing is the most humble. Generally speaking, the east wing is occupied by the eldest son and his wife, so there is a slight difference in height between the east and west wing rooms in the building, with the east wing being slightly higher and the west wing being slightly lower. However, the difference is so subtle that it is difficult to see with the naked eye.

Therefore, the east wing of the central courtyard that Guan Shicong arranged for Zhao Mancang was the best house in the entire courtyard except for the north house.

Zhao Mancang believed that Guan Shicong must have other good houses and there was no such pitfall.

It seems that he was too stingy with the two packs of Daqianmen he gave, so he had to take over such a hot potato.

Zhao Mancang, who had figured out what was going on, let out a long sigh.

He looked at Jin Wenliang expressionlessly, then stood up and took out a kitchen knife from the luggage beside him.

This kitchen knife was something he took away specifically when he moved out of the Huang family this morning.

In order to please Huang Xiuling, Zhao Mancang used to work hard in many aspects.

This kitchen knife is one of them. Because Huang Xiuling likes to eat meat, he often buys meat.

Not very often, because meat is so precious in this era.

If you buy meat frequently, you won’t be able to do it without a good knife.

A shiny kitchen knife was not at all conspicuous under the dim candlelight.

But Jin Wenliang, who had been watching Zhao Mancang's movements, saw it clearly because he was not nearsighted and did not have night blindness.

Whoosh!
Just the moment he saw the kitchen knife, Jin Wenliang's brain had already imagined a novel of more than one million words about gang vendettas, and his brain was instantly overloaded.

But even so, Jin Wenliang fled the scene as soon as possible.

"Tsk, is that how courageous you are?"

Zhao Mancang sneered, picked up the kitchen knife and walked out the door, heading straight for the laundry sink.

Although Jin Wenliang was trying to act like a rogue just now, Zhao Mancang was not prepared to take action. Instead, he was thinking of leaving the house first and asking Mei Chunyan for help to call the police.

why?
To deal with a scoundrel like Jin Wenliang, beating or scolding him is useless. Just calling the police and falsely accusing him of stealing your money will definitely teach him a lesson.

But then he thought it would be a bit too deliberate to go out like this, so he decided to rummage through his luggage first.

Then unexpectedly this kitchen knife appeared.

When I took this kitchen knife this morning, it had a chip on it. Now that I have some time, I might as well take it out and sharpen it.

There must be a whetstone next to the washing machine chute, so it's just right.

Poor Jin Wenliang, he never expected Zhao Mancang to be so reckless and impulsive, actually chasing him out. He was so scared that his face turned pale and he ran to the backyard in a panic:

"Don't come over."

In the yard, human figures appeared on the doors and windows of many neighbors' houses.

Although it was dark, everyone could vaguely see Jin Wenliang fleeing and Zhao Mancang holding a kitchen knife.

In an instant, all the neighbors in the main house and the west wing came out.

Jin Wenliang was already frightened by Zhao Mancang's expressionless face. Until the neighbors came out, he immediately hid behind everyone.

"Comrade Zhao, what are you doing? Put down the knife first."

A 45-year-old man pointed at Zhao Mancang and said in a trembling voice.

(End of this chapter)