Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

"Suitable? Are you crazy? She's the eldest daughter of the Lou family! How could she be interested in our Damao?"

Xu's mother thought that Xu Wude had a brain seizure due to the stimulation.

Who is Lou Xiao'e? The eldest daughter of the Lou family! Even if she wasn't born to the wife, she's still the eldest daughter of the Lou family.

How could Xu Damao be worthy of her?

"It's precisely because she's the eldest daughter of the Lou family that Damao has this opportunity. Don't forget, the Lou family is a capitalist family.

Even though they don't have much business now, they are still capitalists. Lou Zhenhua will definitely find someone with a good background to neutralize their family background."

Xu Wood analyzed that the facts proved that he was right.

Lou Zhenhua is known as Lou Half City. Even if he doesn't have any industries now, the wealth he has accumulated is enough for an ordinary person to work hard for hundreds of years.

There are many people who want to target the Lou family, but Lou Zhenhua is still known as a red capitalist, so it is not easy to act openly now.

Lou Zhenhua's daughter Lou Xiao'e became a hot commodity in the eyes of some people. Although her background was a little poor, the wealth of the Lou family was enough to offset it all.

The more Xu's mother listened, the more it made sense. It seemed that Xu Damao had a chance. After all, she had been a servant in the Lou family before, so she had some ties to the family.

In other words, times have changed. In the past, if a servant's son dared to covet the eldest daughter of the master's family, he would have no chance of redress even if he was beaten to death.

When Xu Damao was working in the countryside showing movies, Xu Wude and his mother began to plan how to help their son marry Lou Xiao'e.

A week later.

Sha Zhu was discharged from the hospital and returned to the courtyard with a reluctant heart. He Yushui had already started school and was living on campus in high school. Similarly, Jiang Yu also went to school and lived on campus.

The neighbors knew the truth and ignored the rumors, but that didn't stop them from imagining.

For example, why do Xu Damao and Sha Zhu not get along? Where did Sha Zhu's hemorrhoids come from? Why haven't Sha Zhu and Xu Damao gotten married yet, even though they're so old? Are they waiting for each other?

However, no one said it in front of Sha Zhu, and Yi Zhonghai did not tell Sha Zhu the news.

Sha Zhu plans to rest at home for a few days before going back to work. He also needs to make a living.

He has been eating at Yi Zhonghai's house these days. Now it hurts for him to walk, let alone cook.

"Damn Xu Damao! Don't let me catch you! Otherwise, you will be in big trouble."

Sha Zhu gritted his teeth and held onto the door frame.

A few more days passed.

Xu Damao returned from the countryside to his courtyard with two large baskets on the back of his bicycle, filled with grain and mountain products.

After listening to Jiang Fan's words, Xu Damao decided to stock up more food.

Doorway.

Yan Bugui continued watering the flowers. Seeing Xu Damao coming back, he walked over happily. "Damo is back. What are those two big baskets in the back?"

Whether Xu Wude or Xu Damao went to the countryside to show movies, they would give Yan Bugui some benefits in order to gain an ally in the yard.

However, after Xu Damao and Jiang Fan became familiar with each other, he no longer planned to give the things to Yan Bugui, but instead gave all the things to Jiang Fan.

Xu Wude said that the family was not lacking in any way, so there was no need to offend Yan Bugui because of this.

The Jiang family didn't care about the three stewards, because all seven men in the Jiang family lived in the courtyard. Who in the courtyard dared to mess with them?

The Xu family only had the two of them, father and son, so Xu Damao insisted on coming back to get some things for Yan Bugui.

But the basket at the back is full of food, and we can’t let Yan Bugui know about it.

Xu Damao took a string of peppers and put it in Yan Bugui's hand.

"Uncle Third left early again to water the flowers? It's hot out, don't let the flowers die from the sun. It's all right, I'm going home now. We'll talk later."

After Xu Damao finished speaking, he didn't give Yan Bugui a chance to speak. He pushed the cart through the hallway in three or two steps and left the front yard.

Yan Bugui held the chili peppers in his hand, his mouth closed again, and stared at the two large baskets, wondering what was hidden inside them.

Xu Damao returned home and took out the mountain products and vegetables. There were more than 100 kilograms of grain, more than 30 kilograms of white flour, and the rest was cornmeal.

He had to go to several villages to buy this, and he also showed an extra movie in each village, which made him exhausted.

Xu Damao put the grain away, along with the grain his father had bought privately. When Xu Wude learned that Jiang Fan was talking about stockpiling grain, he also started buying, buying a total of 200 to 300 kilograms in batches.

No one thinks food is too much; just eat it slowly. Xu Damao gave Jiang Fan some mountain products, which he brought for him and would give to him when he got home from get off work.

After packing up his things, Xu Damao lay down on the bed and prepared to take a nap.

As soon as I lay down, Yan Bugui came.

It turned out that someone from the subdistrict office had just come to inform that Director Wang would come to issue a notice in the evening, and asked Yan Bugui to notify each household in advance.

Yan Bugui didn't even have time to water the flowers and hurried to notify every household.

"Okay, Third Uncle, I got it. We'll go to the middle courtyard after dinner tonight. I need to get some sleep. This trip to the countryside has exhausted me."

"Okay, Damao, you take a rest. I still have two families to notify."

Yan Bugui stood at the door of Xu Damao's house and quickly glanced inside, but unfortunately he didn't find anything wrong.

In the evening, Jiang Fan and his colleagues came back from get off work.

"Director Wang is here to inform us? Is there any new instructions?"

Jiang Daniu was puzzled. During the past six months of 59, a lot of things had happened in the Jiang family. Pengpeng was born and Jiang Yu went to technical secondary school, which were considered big events.

There are many major social events. This year, our relationship with Russia broke down, a lot of aid was withdrawn, and we were hit by a drought.

The last time Director Wang came over, he once again emphasized the need to be careful and on guard against the enemy.

"Why are you bothering so much? Are we going to start a fight now? I think it's probably about food. The harvest isn't very good this year."

Shen Yue guessed.

Speaking of food, everyone's attention was focused on Jiang Fan. Because of Jiang Fan, the Jiang family had stockpiled a lot of food, and so did the Chen family.

"Why are you all looking at me? Eat your meal. We have a meeting later." Jiang Fan picked up the bowl and ate with chopsticks.

In the evening, everyone in the courtyard gathered in the middle courtyard again, waiting for Director Wang's arrival.

"Jiang Fan, I went to the countryside this time and bought some mountain products. I'll send them to you later. I originally wanted to send them when you got off work, but I ended up sleeping until dinner time."

"Thanks, Damao."

"You're welcome. What's the relationship between us?"

Asking Xu Damao to bring mountain products is also a way for Jiang Fan to get food, and a little bit of it will add up to a lot.

Director Wang arrived at the courtyard soon after. Perhaps because she knew Liu Haizhong's behavior, she interrupted him before he could even speak.

"Comrades, time is of the essence for us, so I'll keep this brief. I'm mainly here to convey the message about reducing food rations."

Director Wang's words shocked the whole courtyard. This was food!

Chapter 88 Food

Everyone was shocked. Since ancient times, all the people wanted in their lives was to have food to eat.

"Director Wang, why are we cutting the quota?"

"How much should we cut, Director Wang?"

"Director Wang, I'm the only one in my family with a city hukou. What will I do if the ration is cut?"

Everyone was talking at once, and the situation on the scene was a little out of control for a while.

"Everyone, be quiet, be quiet! Listen to me!"

Director Wang roared, drowning out the entire hospital with his own voice.

Everyone stopped talking and stared at Director Wang.

"Comrades, I know you're not happy with this decision, but we still have to think about XX. This time, not only everyone's rations are being reduced, but mine as well. Everyone from top to bottom is getting a reduction, including him."

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent and lowered their heads.

"Comrades, this year has been tough for us, and it's even tougher for our compatriots in the disaster-stricken areas. We must carry forward our spirits and make dedicated efforts!"

After Director Wang's repeated persuasion, everyone accepted this fact. The main thing was that the matter had been decided, and the next time they went to buy food, they would buy it at the current price of 90%.

For those who do not have urban household registration, Director Wang’s meaning is very simple: they can return to the countryside.

Director Wang left and went to another courtyard.

The people in the courtyard turned their attention to the three managers, wanting to see if they had any ideas.

Yi Zhonghai and the other two looked at each other, they had no idea what to do.

"Everyone, don't stay here anymore. Let's go home. Director Wang has made his point clear just now.

If everyone doesn't have enough to eat, they should find ways to buy grain at a negotiated price, or exchange fine grains for coarse grains. I believe this situation won't last long.

Besides, more than a decade ago, we lived in worse conditions than we do now, but we still managed to get through it. It's just a matter of a few more days, what's the big deal?"

Yi Zhonghai opened his mouth and spoke slowly.

Everyone felt a little relieved.

"What the uncle said is right. It's no big deal. We've eaten everything before. There are even stones in the noodles."

"That's right, the old man has already reduced his dosage, so why should we argue about it?"

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Jia Dongxu returned home and quickly took out the food coupons and money. His family usually bought food at a negotiated price, or went to the pigeon market or the black market. Otherwise, they wouldn't have enough to eat.

Although the quantitative reduction is only 10%, it has put more pressure on Jia Dongxu.

And no one knows when the quota will be restored or whether it will be reduced again.

Jia Dongxu could only take advantage of the situation before it became too serious and hurry up to buy more food.

"I'm going out tonight to see if I can buy some food. You and the children can go to sleep first."

Qin Huairu looked at Jia Dongxu with heartache, complaining that she did not have a city hukou, and at the same time, her resentment towards Jia Zhang increased.

At the beginning, she had the opportunity to transfer her household registration to the city, but Jia Zhang was wary of her, fearing that she would divorce after transferring her household registration to the city, so she always refused to agree.

At this time, the child's household registration follows the mother, so Banggeng and Xiaodang also have rural household registration.

As a result, Jia Dongxu was the only one in the Jia family who had a ration. He was a heavy laborer, and his monthly ration of 31 kilograms of grain had now been reduced to 27.9 kilograms.

The average ration for urban residents is 24 jin, with a ratio of refined grains to coarse grains of 3 to 7. (I checked online)

Jia Zhang also knew that she did not have a city hukou and had delayed Qin Huairu, so she hid in the house and dared not make a sound.

Ever since she became pregnant, her status in the family has plummeted. If she acts like a troublemaker again, Jia Dongxu might really ignore her.

Jia Zhang originally wanted to go back to the village to ask for an explanation, but after Jia Dongxu asked who those second-rate guys were, she almost got angry to death.

Jia Zhang said, "There were so many people that I couldn't remember them all."

Not only Jia Dongxu planned to do this, but other families in the yard also planned to do so.

When Yan Bugui returned home, he asked Yan Jiecheng for money to buy food.

"Dad, what do you mean by this? You're asking me for money to buy food? Don't I give you living expenses every month?"

Yan Jiecheng was shocked and angry, looking at his father Yan Bugui as if he was looking at an abacus.

"You paid for living expenses, but what's the situation now? If you don't pay for food, don't even think about living according to the current standards in the future. Of course, you can also buy it yourself."

Yan Bugui said as a matter of course, with a shrewd glint in his eyes.

"I'll buy it myself."

Yan Jiecheng said angrily, he was really speechless towards his biological father.

At Yi Zhonghai's house, an aunt asked him if he wanted to buy some food for emergencies.

"Buy some. I'll go find Dongxu and Shazhu later. We'll go buy some together tonight. There's also some for the old lady."

The deaf old lady is still a five-guarantee household. Firstly, she really has no descendants or relatives, and secondly, she donated some of her houses and properties, so after careful consideration, the status was not cancelled.

(In the previous article, because the deaf old lady left the house to Yi Zhonghai, she should have cancelled her status as a five-guarantee household even though she had an heir. I didn’t know this. Because the plot I saw was that the house was left to Sha Zhu, I didn’t think much about it. I’m making a patch here.)

Sha Zhu didn't care about the reduction in rations. He was a cook, and cooks wouldn't starve to death even in a year of disaster, so their family actually provided two people's rations to He Yushui alone.