Siheyuan: I Raised Ten Thousand Wild Boars

"Beep beep..." Li Guohua drove the car carefully in the alley.

What surprised him was that usually when he went home at this time, there weren't so many people around. Why was it so lively today?

"Guangfu! Guangfu! Where are you going?" Finally he saw an acquaintance in the crowd.

Liu Guangfu was holding a carrying pole and a rope, and walking with a few other boys of similar age. He seemed quite happy.

"Brother Guohua!" Liu Guangfu shouted.

At first he was wondering who was calling him, it sounded so familiar, but when he saw it was Li Guohua's car, he immediately ran over.

"Guangfu, where are you guys going? Why are there so many people here today?"

"Brother Guohua, we are acting as porters, helping people transport things! There are so many people today because everyone is going to the supply and marketing cooperative to grab things!" Liu Guangfu touched the door of the small jeep with envy and said happily.

He felt that Li Guohua was willing to talk to him, which made him feel very proud and he would have something to brag about in the future.

"Robbery? Why are you robbing? You can't just live your life anymore."

What Liu Guangfu meant by robbing must have been buying. Whoever is stupid enough to go to the supply and marketing cooperative to rob things will have guns there.

"Brother Guohua, you don't know, people outside are rushing like crazy now, especially those rushing to buy food and salt. They are borrowing money and tickets to buy them. The transport trucks from the store came, and the goods were sold out before they were even put on the shelves. I heard that there are not many supplies left in the warehouse, and everyone is afraid that they will run out of them!" Liu Guangfu said in a daze, with clear eyes.

He had never really thought about the issue of how to make a living. He just knew that today was a happy day because he earned a dollar by helping people pick things up.

"What's so good about this? Why don't the people on the street care about it?"

I recalled it over and over again, and I haven't heard of any major incidents in these years. Besides, you need tickets to buy things, so how much can you steal?

"Hey, everyone is talking about it, and the street office has come out to refute the rumor, so it's almost certain, so hurry up and buy it. Some people who didn't buy anything today are already lining up at the store entrance, ready to wait for the store to open tomorrow to grab the first batch of supplies."

The stores under this supply and marketing cooperative need to purchase goods from the warehouse within the system, which will go directly to the manufacturer. Every day when the workers go to work, the warehouse trucks will deliver the goods to the stores.

Li Guohua was silent. What you said makes sense.

When he returned home and passed by the front yard, he found that every household was standing at the door, hammering salt with a small hammer or a kitchen knife.

Uncle Sanye's family was no exception. Yan Bugui was beating the salt with his head down, and Aunt Sanye was putting fine salt particles into the jar.

The salt supplied at this time is mostly rock salt, which comes in different sizes and must be crushed before it can be put into small jars and bottles.

Sometimes, when adults are too tired from work during the day, they may accidentally put a large salt grain into the dish when cooking. When eating, if someone eats the large salt grain, it will be so salty that they will doubt their life.

"Third Auntie, why did you buy so much salt?" Li Guohua finally couldn't help but ask

The main thing is that he has too much salt, a whole basket of salt blocks, which will last until next year.

"Guohua, your third aunt is going to pickle more pickles to eat in the winter, so she bought some more!" Yan Bugui looked up and saw that it was Li Guohua, and hurriedly said.

He is a people's teacher and there cannot be any stain on him.

"Uncle, why did you buy so many bowls and chopsticks? Is your Jie Cheng getting ready to get married?" Li Guohua asked, pointing at the sink nearby.

Wow, there are hundreds of freshly washed dishes that can be taken out to open a store.

"Prepare them, prepare them. You don't need tickets to buy these things now. The Jiecheng, Jiefang, and Jiekuang tickets will be useful when you get married in the future!" Yan Bugui said happily.

He seemed to feel that there were a few too many plates and bowls, so he quickly pulled Yan Jiekuang up as well.

You can be tough all you want, and it will be useful for your marriage. Yan Jiekuang is only in his teens, and you will have a chance to cry!

When I passed the central courtyard, I saw a similar scene.

When he returned to his home in the backyard, he saw Chahua and Lou Xiao'e squatting side by side, also dealing with a large piece of salt. Li Guohua could only smile bitterly.

"Guohua is back!" Lou Xiao'e greeted.

Lou Xiao'e has changed a lot since two years ago. Her clothes are a bit rustic and she doesn't have her hair done. She just casually found a hairband and tied a ponytail behind her head.

"Well, I'm back. You guys bought some salt. There should be enough salt at home, right?"

The Xu family's food conditions were no worse than the Li family's. In fact, from outsiders' perspective, they were a little better. The Xu family had no shortage of things like oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

"I saw that the first and second aunts bought one, so I bought one too." Lou Xiao'e said happily.

Maybe in her opinion, it's more for fun.

"I said I didn't want to buy it, but mom insisted. After she bought it, she didn't play with it herself and made me knock on the door!" Camellia said with a pout, looking reluctant.

"You stay at home every day, go in and out but never go out, and you can't study well. Why don't you get some money?" Li Guohua said with a stern face.

Fortunately, there were no plates or bowls in his house, and there was only one piece of salt, which made Li Guohua feel relieved.

"Stinky second brother, bad second brother, I knock, knock, knock!"

When Camellia saw that her second brother, who loved her the most, didn't speak up for her, she got angry and took out her anger on a block of salt.

During dinner, the family started talking about shopping again.

"You don't know, the goods only arrived at 8 o'clock in the morning, and they were all sold out before 10 o'clock. Guohua, do you think we should also queue up in the evening?" asked the mother Chen Lan.

Ever since Li Guohua drove home, he began to take charge of some matters at home.

"Mom, that's totally not necessary! For example, if you just find a salt lake, the whole country can eat it for hundreds of years! Not to mention sea salt and well salt, don't worry!"

Faced with his mother's doubts, Li Guohua still gave a reasonable explanation.

"Then I'll be relieved. You don't know what the situation was like at that time. Everyone was like crazy.

I saw the deaf old lady in the backyard throw away her stick and hold on to the two salt blocks. The two young women couldn't fight her. The scene was too scary!" Chen Lan patted her chest and said with lingering fear.

Li Guohua was surprised that the deaf old lady was so powerful.

"I told you to trust your superiors and trust the country, but you didn't believe it. But when your son told you, you believed it!" Li Chuwu said after drinking a glass of wine, shaking his head.

"That's because my son made it clear!"

Chen Lan glanced at Li Chuwu, blaming him for exposing her shortcomings.

"Okay, don't worry about it. The country has relaxed some restrictions in recent years because of the difficulties, so this kind of thing happened. When everyone has no tickets, the fire will stop!"

Li Guohua even suspected that this was a lie made up by ticket scalpers in order to raise the ticket prices.

That evening, a street notice came down, strictly prohibiting looting of supplies.

The three uncles in the courtyard did not dare to neglect the matter and immediately convened a meeting. They also invited Li Guohua over, read out the street documents together, and all promised not to make random purchases in the future.