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Seeing everyone's reaction, Yi Zhonghai breathed a sigh of relief and then adjourned the meeting.

After the meeting, as soon as He Yuzhu entered the room, Li Caijuan closed the door.

Even her mother, Cai Xiaohua, chased her to the room in the rain.

"What's wrong, Juan'er?" He Yuzhu looked at Li Caijuan with a bewildered expression.

Li Caijuan immediately grabbed He Yuzhu and pinched him: "Didn't you say I had no compassion? Now you know, you're so stupid! He has plenty of money, and his ration is no less than ours. Why would he need your help?"

"He Yuzhu, I think you've got your eye on Qin Huairu and want to be Banggeng's father! Or should I take the child back to my parents' house and make room for you two?"

Chapter 148, Buying Bicycles, Quantity Restored! (Please Subscribe!)

Li Caijuan's two sentences left He Yuzhu speechless.

After a long pause, she finally stammered, "Juan'er, it was my fault! You know I can't stand seeing others suffer."

“You said Brother Jia was a good person, skillful and clever, and then he suddenly passed away. Seeing the orphan and his widow crying on the side, I really couldn’t bear it.”

"But don't worry, I will definitely be devoted to you and Huanhuan."

Upon hearing He Yuzhu's words, Li Caijuan released her grip on He Yuzhu's waist.

Sunday arrived quickly again.

Xiao Shan slept in late.

Just as he finished breakfast and was about to begin his cultivation, a huge commotion erupted outside.

Xiao Shan went outside out of curiosity and saw a brand new bicycle parked in front of Liu Haizhong's house.

Upon closer inspection, the paint was chipped and the handlebars weren't very shiny.

It seems Liu Guangtian has once again fooled his father into buying a second-hand bicycle.

New ones require a ticket, but used ones don't.

In the courtyard, a group of people were praising Liu Haizhong.

"Second Uncle, this is the first bicycle in our courtyard!"

"That's right, that's right!"

"Second Uncle is truly capable!"

……

Seeing Liu Haizhong's mouth twitching into a wide grin, Xiao Shan walked over and said with a smile, "Second Uncle, impressive! This is the first bicycle in our compound! It must have cost a lot of money!"

These words struck a chord with Liu Haizhong: "Haha, a used car from the trust store, 120 yuan, 90% new, no receipt needed. Xiaoshan, you can totally afford it, why don't you buy one and ride it?"

“It’s because Uncle San hasn’t bought it yet. I can’t outdo you guys!” Xiao Shan waved his hand and said, “I don’t think Uncle Yi is planning to buy it. I’ll buy it after Uncle San buys it.”

Liu Haizhong laughed and said, "Xiaoshan, you're so insightful! If Guangtian had your brain, I wouldn't have to beat him up every day."

At this moment, Yan Bugui finally shifted his gaze from the bicycle: "Sigh, there's a food shortage now, let's wait until this is over. Let's solve the problem of food and clothing first, then the problem of transportation."

“Uncle, buying a bicycle is definitely a good deal! You can go fishing in the distance!” Xiao Shan said with a smile. “When you catch a big fish, you can sell it to the steel mill to improve the workers’ meals; and you can make fish soup with the small fish and have a meaty meal. Money won’t grow on trees if you just keep it, but buying a bicycle will immediately increase your income.”

Yan Bugui was deeply moved: "Xiaoshan's words make sense! I need to think about it carefully. A bicycle is a big purchase, so I can't be careless. I'll go home and discuss it."

After saying that, he didn't even look at Liu Haizhong's bicycle and hurriedly went home.

In the afternoon, the sound of bells echoed in the courtyard.

Yan Bugui rode his secondhand bicycle around the yard, showing off.

However, his car was much older than Liu Haizhong's.

That one was about 90% new, while this one is only about 60% new.

"Uncle, that's a really nice bicycle. How much did you pay for it?"

"Uncle, I'll have to borrow your bike sometime if I ever need it!"

"Haha, not much, less than eighty! You asked me to borrow your bicycle, and I charged you fifty cents for each use. Don't say I'm stingy, I still have to maintain it and clean it after you ride it back. I'm just making money by cleaning the bike."

The person who wanted to borrow the car could only laugh awkwardly and make a few jokes, and the topic was over.

Seeing everyone's reactions, Xiao Shan sighed inwardly: It has to be Yan Laokou who has a trick up his sleeve, a way to deal with those who want to take advantage of others!

“Third Uncle, Jie Cheng isn’t getting any younger. Shouldn’t you be looking for someone? You’ve already bought this bicycle, it’s time to start arranging the wedding.” Xiao Shan said to Yan Bugui, who was showing off.

Yan Bugui suddenly realized that he had forgotten about this matter because of the famine: "I should find someone to date. I'll go find a matchmaker tomorrow."

Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi are about the same age. Yan Bugui plans to wait until Liu Guangqi starts looking for a partner before he sets up a match for Yan Jiecheng.

Neither early nor late.

As a result, Liu Guangqi left directly, and now Yan Jiecheng is the only older single person left in the courtyard.

In early July, Director Wang came to the courtyard and announced the resumption of quotas.

Upon hearing this news, many people in the hospital almost jumped up in excitement.

Most families in the courtyard still have some sense of shame; they feel embarrassed to receive subsidies from others every month.

After Director Wang left, someone said to Yi Zhonghai, "The quota has been restored, sir. I think the hospital should cancel the subsidy."

Someone immediately chimed in, "That's right, sir, we're saving you some money. Once the rations are reinstated, we'll all have enough to eat."

"Yes, we can't always let our uncles spend money. We can be self-sufficient now."

Upon hearing the demands from the people in the courtyard to cancel the subsidies for the courtyard, Jia Zhangshi and Qin Huairu's expressions changed instantly.

Although their family had rural household registration and were not subject to rationing, they did not need to buy grain. Every month, Yi Zhonghai would deliver the grain subsidized by the courtyard to their family.

The Jia family no longer receives Jia Dongxu's ration, but they also have one less person to eat, so things haven't changed much from before.

The couple also found it troublesome and wanted to wait until after they had a child to discuss changing their household registration.

Unexpectedly, now that the quota has been restored, everyone in the hospital is demanding that the subsidies be canceled.

Then Jia Zhangshi immediately wailed, "Old Jia, Dongxu, come up and take a look! The grain subsidy has been canceled, how are we, a widow and orphan, supposed to survive!"

"Huairu is pregnant with another one! Dongxu, this is your child. If you don't want to see the child go hungry, take them all down with you!"

Many people looked at Jia Zhangshi with disdain as she wailed.

At this moment, Xiao Shan said with a smile, "Aunt Jia, Brother Dongxu must miss you terribly! He is the most filial person. Why don't we have Brother Dongxu come up and take you down, so you two can catch up and stay for a couple of days before he sends you back?"

As soon as Xiao Shan said this, the scene turned into a sea of ​​joy.

Someone immediately chimed in: "Old Jia probably misses Sister Jia too! Not only can Dongxu fulfill his filial duties, but Old Jia can also see his sister-in-law and ease his longing."

"Don't talk nonsense!" Madam Jia said angrily to Xiao Shan, "Xiao Shan, you're the only one in this courtyard who loves to stir up trouble. You have no compassion at all and you even bully us orphans and widows."

Xiao Shan said slowly, "Aunt Jia, that's not how it works. It's not that whoever is unreasonable is right! The rationing has been restored, and there's enough food to eat."

"Oh dear, I forgot, Aunt Jia, your family still doesn't have a quota! Uncle, I have to say something to you about this. I told you before that you would help transfer Jia's sister-in-law and children's household registration to the city, but you still haven't gotten it done! Is it because Brother Dongxu is gone that you've stopped caring about their family?"

Chapter 149. Advising Qin Huairu to remarry in front of Jia Zhangshi! (Please subscribe!)

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Yi Zhonghai quickly said, "Xiao Shan, don't talk nonsense! I've been advising my sister-in-law and Huai Ru to transfer their household registration, but they said they'd do it after the baby is born. What can I do?"

Qin Huairu also knew that they had to rely on Yi Zhonghai now, so she helped Yi Zhonghai smooth things over: "Xiaoshan, this really isn't Uncle's fault. We wanted to wait until the baby was born before we could transfer the household registration!"

At this moment, Xu Damao, who was watching the commotion from the side, suddenly spoke up: "Sister-in-law, if you ask me, wouldn't it be better to wait a year or two and then remarry? The neighborhood committee is now encouraging widows to remarry, which can not only reduce the number of bachelors but also give widows someone to rely on."

After Xu Damao said this, everyone present fell silent.

Many people looked at Xu Damao with admiration.

Only Xu Damao would do something like persuading his daughter-in-law to remarry in front of her mother-in-law.

Lou Xiao'e, who was standing nearby, quickly tugged at Xu Damao's clothes and whispered, "Damao, don't talk nonsense!"

Li Caijuan smiled and said, "Zhuzi, isn't Xu Damao's idea pretty good?"

"How is this good? It's utterly immoral!" He Yuzhu whispered to Li Caijuan, "The Jia family will soon have three children, plus a mother-in-law. Do you think Sister Qin will take the children with her if she remarries? Will the children change their surname? If she doesn't take the children, the three children will starve to death if they stay with Jia Zhangshi; if they stay with Sister Qin, Jia Zhangshi won't be willing. Isn't this going to cause the Jia family line to die out?"

Li Caijuan whispered, "Jia Zhangshi is no good person! What kind of good life do you think Qin Huairu can have if she stays in the Jia family? Making Qin Huairu, a pregnant woman, wash clothes outside in the freezing cold, only Jia Zhangshi, as the mother-in-law, would do such a thing! With a mother-in-law like that, Qin Huairu should remarry."

He Yuzhu thought about it for a moment and felt that what Li Caijuan said seemed to make some sense.

From this perspective, Xu Damao's idea doesn't seem to be without merit.

"Xu Damao, you've committed a heinous crime! Advising your daughter-in-law to remarry in front of your mother-in-law is utterly despicable! May your children be born without an anus!" Jia Zhangshi pointed at Xu Damao's nose and cursed, "Uncle, you have to stand up for me today! If you don't, I'll hang myself at Xu Damao's doorstep and haunt him as a ghost."

Yi Zhonghai said somewhat helplessly, "Sister-in-law, don't worry!"

Then he said to Xu Damao, "Xu Damao, shut up! Do you have any right to speak on this? Qin Huairu hasn't even said anything yet, what are you stirring up trouble for? Have you thought about what will happen to the three children in the future? All you do is cause trouble!"

Yi Zhonghai is currently thinking about retirement.

Jia Dongxu is dead, but Qin Huairu is still alive.

Based on my observations over the past few days, Qin Huairu is a filial child.

But it's too much pressure for a woman to raise three children and a mother-in-law, making it difficult for her to support them in their old age.

Just like Xu Damao said, we need to find a man for Qin Huairu, and a filial and capable one at that.

It would be perfect if the couple could support him in his old age together.

But in Yi Zhonghai's mind, it was definitely not about Qin Huairu remarrying and abandoning her mother-in-law.

For Yi Zhonghai, nothing else matters; filial piety is the most important thing.

Hearing Yi Zhonghai's words, Xu Damao sneered, "If you won't let me speak, I'm going back. Don't call me to any more meetings! What do you mean by a college-wide meeting? A college-wide meeting is one where everyone speaks freely, not one person's monologue!"

"This is because someone wants to restore the old social system and achieve their goal of controlling everything."

Yi Zhonghai's expression immediately changed: "Xu Damao, don't talk nonsense! Who told you not to speak? Who wants to run a one-man show?"

“But you can’t talk nonsense. Qin Huairu has no opinion, yet you keep urging her to remarry. What about the children? Who will they live with? What about your sister-in-law? These are all issues that need to be considered! Do you think it’s as simple as I’m telling you, that you can just remarry as soon as you say it?”

Xu Damao said disdainfully, "Uncle, according to you, a widow has to remain a widow, and if she remarries, she has to bring her mother-in-law with her and let her be bullied by her mother-in-law for the rest of her life?"

"Xu Damao, don't talk nonsense! Who bullied your daughter-in-law? Our family is harmonious!" Jia Zhangshi shouted loudly.

Xu Damao chuckled: "Whether we're harmonious or not, everyone in the yard can see it! My sister-in-law washes clothes in the yard every day with her big belly, but I've never seen you wash clothes even once, Aunt Jia. Everyone in the yard can testify to that."

"Isn't this a typical wicked mother-in-law who bullies her daughter-in-law? I often hear about this in plays, but this is the first time I've seen it in real life!"

Xu Damao's words left Jia Zhangshi speechless, and she was about to start arguing again.

Seeing that things were getting increasingly chaotic, and that she was being asked to remarry, Qin Huairu couldn't bear to leave her three children: "Brother Da Mao, my mother-in-law treats me very well, I won't remarry! I still have to take care of my mother-in-law in her old age and watch Bang Geng and Xiao Dang get married."

"I know you mean well, but you don't understand our family's situation!"

“Sister-in-law, since you’ve spoken, I won’t offer any more opinions!” Xu Damao’s eyes flashed. “But regarding the household registration transfer, I think Xiaoshan is right. You should transfer it as soon as possible so that there will be a quota!”

Yi Zhonghai took the initiative to take the matter upon himself: "I'll handle this! I'll go to the steel mill to get the certificate so Huairu can go back to Qinjiacun to transfer her household registration! Lao Liu, Lao Yan, if there's nothing else, let's adjourn the meeting!"

Liu Haizhong stood up and said, "This conference has been quite successful. We are now officially adjourning."

Xiao Shan had just returned home when Liu Guangtian followed him in.

After closing the door and finding a stool to sit down, Liu Guangtian said to Xiao Shan, "Xiao Shan, you don't know, but my dad's attitude towards me has changed drastically. He's started to listen to my opinions on many things."

"You've come here to show off, haven't you!" Xiao Shan said with a laugh. "Any news about your older brother?"

Liu Guangtian shook his head: "Not a single word! Since my elder brother left, apart from sending back two letters, there has been no other news."

"But it's better if he doesn't come back. If he suddenly comes back one day, I guess I'll be in trouble again!" Liu Guangtian said with some worry.

Xiao Shan laughed and said, "If your older brother finds a girlfriend in Shicheng, he probably won't be coming back!"

“But how am I supposed to know if he’s found someone if he doesn’t write back?” Liu Guangtian said helplessly.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Shan said, "If he doesn't write back, can't you write back to him?"

"Don't you know my dad's temper? If my older brother doesn't write back, how could he possibly write to ask?" Liu Guangtian said helplessly.

Xiao Shan's lips curled up slightly: "If your dad doesn't want to write, you can! He's just embarrassed right now, but he really misses your older brother! If you write to ask about his brother, he'll definitely think you're very sensible!"

Chapter 150, Liu Haizhong Still Talking the Talk! (Please Subscribe!)

Upon hearing Xiao Shan's words, Liu Guangtian also felt that they made sense.

However, she looked at Xiao Shan with some hesitation and said, "But, Xiao Shan, what should I say to my elder brother in the letter?"