Siheyuan: Wandering between Two Worlds

The weather was very bad, but the weather was very bad.

In the afternoon, when the rolling mill was off work, Sha Zhu was locked up in the small dark room again.

He was also notified of the afternoon working hours by the whole factory, but he didn't care who Sha Zhu was, he was used to it.

After Jiang Yang got the watch, he went home only after get off work at the rolling mill.

As soon as he entered the gate today, he was immediately stopped by Yan Bugui.

"Xiao Jiang, Third Uncle, please help me!"

"Oh, Third Uncle also asks for help?"

This was the first time Jiang Yang had seen this. In the past, he had always relied on his eloquence to beg for help.

Yan Bugui's face was solemn, without a trace of playful mood.

"Ahem, Xiao Jiang, stop teasing the third uncle. I really have something serious that I want you to help me with."

"Okay, tell me, let me make it clear first, my ability is limited."

"Xiao Jiang, the third uncle went to exchange food today and found that the quota has been reduced again. You know, the third uncle's family depends on me alone. Can you help to change the fine grains into coarse grains?"

Most of the food they can get in this era is cornmeal or white flour. And in these two types of flour, there are fine flour and coarse flour.

Of course, there is refined flour above that. Refined flour is extracted from the essence of wheat, and the price is not comparable to ordinary cornmeal and white flour.

Most of the most common meals at home in this era are cornmeal-based steamed buns, white flour-based steamed buns, and two-grain steamed buns made of a mixture of cornmeal and white flour.

The cornmeal and white flour they used were fine flour, or fine grains. Below the fine grains, there was a kind of coarse grain, which was generally only used to cook porridge.

The price difference between the two was 3 times, so in this era, it was a luxury to eat a steamed bun with two taels of flour.

And those people with urban household registration had grain books, and they would have a fixed amount every month, in which the ratio of fine grains to coarse grains was 3:7.

And Yan Bugui's idea of ​​exchanging fine grains for coarse grains was just this idea.

However, in this era of bills, this behavior was not allowed.

"Uncle, don't say that I can't help you. Even if I can, I can't help you. You are harming me, don't you know?"

Yan Bugui knew it, otherwise he could just go and exchange it himself!

"Xiao Jiang, the factory definitely doesn't care. You purchase some coarse grains and I will help you exchange them for fine grains. It won't affect you at all."

Yan Bugui's words are trustworthy, and sows can give birth to Yan Jiecheng. He opened his mouth and said that it was indeed no problem, but if someone reported him, he would be in trouble. Thinking about these monsters in the yard, the probability of such a thing is more than 90%.

"Uncle San, this is definitely not okay, but I can give you a suggestion."

Yan Bugui sighed leisurely, his eyes dimmed. His family was already hungry, and now the ration is reduced again, the price of grain will definitely rise again, this is a triple critical hit.

"What do you suggest?"

"Uncle San, you can go to the pigeon market, sell the fine grains and buy coarse grains, maybe you can't get three times, but more than 2 times is still very likely."

Yan Bugui's mouth twitched, and he thought to himself: Is this your good idea? I have lived for decades and still don't know it?

While Yan Bugui was thinking, Jiang Yang got away.

This old Bidden also started to dig a pit. Maybe he just wanted to take advantage, but if he really fell into the pit, Yi Zhonghai would definitely make a fuss.

When Yan Bugui was in a daze, several residents had already walked into the courtyard, making him complain for a long time.

Put aside these distractions and return to the position of watchdog.

When Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong entered the courtyard together, Yan Bugui hurriedly pulled them, "Old Yi, Old Liu, I went to exchange food today, and the ration has been reduced again. My family can't bear it anymore."

"What? Reduced again?"

Yi Zhonghai was fine, but the Jia family, his elderly care recipients, were in trouble at home.

Liu Haizhong looked at Yan Bugui's ugly appearance and couldn't help asking, "Old Yan, what do you want to do?"

"Ahem, that, can you donate money to my family as well?"

Yan Bugui hesitated for a few times, but still said it out.

"Old Yan, what are you thinking about? Have you forgotten why Old Yi was fired? Do you still want to donate?"

Yi Zhonghai felt even more pain in his teeth after hearing this.

Yan Bugui was touched by this and pointed out the Jia family's affairs again. "Old Liu, speaking of this, the Jia family's refund has not been completed yet."

"What's the point of telling me? Jia Dongxu said that the money was hidden by Jia Zhangshi, and now Jia Zhangshi is in labor reform. Can we go and rob him?"

Liu Haizhong was very angry when he talked about this. Every time he donated money, he

Nothing was gained. Yi Zhonghai's family donated money for retirement. Yan Bugui subsidized Yi Zhonghai for several donations, but he only spent money because he was competing with Yi Zhonghai.

"What do you say, Old Yi?"

"Let's wait for Jia Zhang to come out. Can the Jia family still run away? Didn't I donate the most that time? Do you think I'm anxious?"

Yi Zhonghai glanced at the two with disdain. They were all small scums and wanted to do something to him. What a waste.

"Alas! I wanted Jiang Yang to help change the fine grains into coarse grains to smooth out those rations, but he didn't want to."

Seeing that Yi Zhonghai was unwilling to take responsibility, Yan Bugui couldn't help complaining.

Yi Zhonghai's eyes lit up. Yan Bugui's words gave him some inspiration. If he was caught for changing grains, the crime would be serious.

"It's okay. I'll go home first. You guys can chat."

Yi Zhonghai left the two and went directly to the old lady's house in the backyard.

"Godmother, I have an idea. Please give it to me."

"Tell me about it."

She was very satisfied that Yi Zhonghai came to discuss things with her. She enjoyed the feeling of control.

"Godmother, you know that the quota has been decreasing. Yan Bugui asked Jiang Yang to help convert fine grains into coarse grains. Do you think we can let Jiang Yang help the people in the courtyard to do it?"

"Xiao Yi, do you have a backup plan?"

As soon as Yi Zhonghai stuck out his butt, the deaf old lady knew what he was going to do.

"Hehe, you are my godmother. Now the upper level is very strict about this kind of private transaction. If someone points out Jiang Yang in the future, what do you say..."

"The idea is fine, but do you think Jiang Yang will agree?"

"Let's try it. It's best if he agrees. If he doesn't agree, the residents in the courtyard will hate Jiang Yang, and I won't lose anything. The main reason is that Jiang Yang has been causing trouble for us. We can't let him live so comfortably."

"Well! Not bad." The deaf old lady was very satisfied. Yi Zhonghai finally grew up. "You'd better inform all the residents first, and then hold a meeting. If you use your power to suppress him, Jiang Yang will not have an easy time."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements in the evening. Tomorrow is the weekend, and Lao Liu and others will hold a meeting to discuss this issue in the evening."

Yi Zhonghai began to get ready. He finally took the first step of the counterattack.

"There is one more thing. Zhuzi was arrested again and needs to be detained for three days."

"Why was he arrested again, this stupid Zhuzi."

"He beat Xu Damao's shit out of him at the factory and paid more than 500 yuan in compensation. This Zhuzi is too simple-minded."

"Oh! Never mind. It's only been three days and it will pass quickly."

For such a small matter, it's okay as long as stupid Zhuzi doesn't die. The deaf old lady can't do anything about it.

Jia's family.

Jia Dongxu hurried home with a bag of grain, his face serious.

He took the grain book to exchange for grain today, but was told that the ration was reduced. There were five people in his family, but only he had a ration. How could he have enough to eat?

Fortunately, his mother's pig was not at home for these three months, otherwise this amount of grain would not be enough for her to make.

"Dongxu, you're back."

"Yeah."

Jia Dongxu responded expressionlessly and sat on the stool in thought.

"Dongxu, what's wrong with you?"

Qin Huairu asked him when she saw that he looked unhappy.

"The ration has been reduced again. This month's food is here. You can arrange it."

"Got it."

Qin Huairu felt bitter. Recently, Jia Dongxu's attitude towards her has been getting worse. She didn't feel it before because Jia Zhangshi was there, but this feeling has become stronger with Jia Zhangshi not being at home.

Moreover, Xiaodang has been born for almost a year, and Jia Dongxu hasn't touched her for several months.

"How long have you not been back to your mother's house?"

Jia Dongxu's unreasonable words made Qin Huairu stunned for a while, and she asked in confusion: "Dongxu, you are not going to drive me back, are you?"

Jia Dongxu shook his head, took out 10 yuan and slapped it on the table, explaining,

"No, you know, our family is seriously short of food now, and the price of food in the city is skyrocketing. Tomorrow is a holiday, you take the money home and see if you can buy some cheap food from the countryside."

He didn't say another word, if possible, free is better.

Banggeng is now 7 years old. He has not yet become a complete thief, but his desire for money has begun to show. He knows that money can buy a lot of snacks and a lot of comic books. Looking at the big black ten on the table, his eyes can't move away.

Qin Huairu smiled and nodded, put the money into her pocket, "I know, I'll go cook first, you look after Xiaodang and Banggeng."

Since he married into the Jia family, he has never gone back once, without him, because he has no face.

She can't touch a penny of the Jia family's money. People envy her for marrying into the city. If she goes back too shabby, she will be looked down upon by others.

Digest, if she goes back empty-handed, she will be laughed to death by the people in the same village.

So she simply didn't go home in these years, but now she can. She touched her pocket and had already figured out what to buy and bring back to Qinjia Village.

When every household in the courtyard started to eat, Yi Zhonghai began to take action and began to lobby door to door. Among them, Yan Bugui and Jia Dongxu were the most in favor.

Jiang Yang naturally didn't know about this kind of thing, and going to bed early was the right thing to do.

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Blue Star.

At 7 o'clock in the morning, Jiang Yang was awake again.

At this moment, the sky was bright, and when he opened the window, a gust of cool breeze blew in his face, with a fragrance of leaves.

In this summer, it is very painful to not turn on the air conditioner in the city, but in the countryside, basically a fan can solve the problem.

Especially in places with many mountains and trees, it will be very cool in summer.

After washing up and going downstairs, he saw that his mother and grandparents had already started making lotus seeds. In summer, this thing can occupy most of the time.

"Xiaoyang, get up, go eat, it's all in the pot."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Breakfast was simple, white porridge with last night's leftovers, he drank two bowls and was almost done, then they gathered together and started to work.

"Mom, how many acres of lotus seeds did your family plant this year?"

"Not much, only 2 acres."

"That's not bad, what about Dad, is he working in the fields again?"

"Well, after the rice is harvested, we start to divert water into the canal and start preparing for the late rice."

They can plant early, mid and late rice in their solar terms, but generally only choose to plant two seasons, which is more suitable in terms of time.

"Oh, how about buying a rice transplanter and harvester for the family? This way we don't have to hire anyone in the future."

"Your dad can't drive, why buy it? Anyway, you don't need us to worry about you now, so don't worry about the things at home. We can handle it ourselves."

"Okay!"

Jiang Yang was helpless, his parents had their own ideas.