Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

With the military district's guarantee, Zeng Wangcai has been a little more relaxed in the use of materials.

The most common thing in the bed of a Jiefang truck is fish, followed by pork. The chopped pork, plus some game such as pheasants and badgers, put together, appear to be the product of nature.

Except for a small amount of sensitive materials thrown into the space, he placed all the regular materials in the truck bed.

"Oh my God, there are so many fish, I'm afraid they must weigh one or two thousand kilograms, right?"

"Hey, there's meat, frozen hard meat!"

"Pheasant, that's a hog badger. Did he rob the food station or something?"

"You're kidding. The food station has so much fish? Go check the food station's warehouse to see if there is any..."

A cartload of fish and meat made the neighbors envious.

The girls and sisters-in-law surrounded Chen Yumei, pulled her out, and stood beside the truck.

The third aunt said greedily: "Yumei, you have so much fish and meat, can you eat it all?"

This is a nonsense question. How can we possibly finish all this?

It is obvious that the third aunt's intention is not here. Their family has a hard time celebrating the New Year. Since the ice froze, Yan Bugui has not gone fishing. Not only does it require tools to break ice, it is also dangerous.

So, Yan Bugui's family saved some tickets, but they couldn't buy any meat.

Not to mention the Siheyuan, the situation is similar in almost the entire city. Few people can stock up on meat for the New Year.

Moreover, the time for companies to distribute benefits has passed, and the benefits distributed to workers by the unions of various factories have already arrived. There are few benefits related to food and drink, and most of them are related to factory production.

For example, in a soy sauce factory, the welfare is soy sauce; in a towel factory, the welfare is towels, and so on.

So every family is now worrying about the New Year’s Eve dinner.

"Yumei, talk to Wangcai and ask him to sell some to us."

"Yes, Yumei, my family didn't buy any meat. We can't make all vegetarian dumplings for the New Year. Please ask your Wangcai to be kind and sell some to us."

"We don't need much, one pound is enough. I'll give you the ticket and double the price."

"My family pays three times..."

For a time, Chen Yumei became the most popular figure at the scene, and the Zeng family became the most dazzling family.

The situation that Yi Zhonghai had painstakingly built up for several months collapsed in an instant with the appearance of supplies.

This proves the saying that in the face of hard power, everything else is nothing.

Chen Yumei had already been taken care of by her son, so she did not agree to any of them and waited for Zeng Wangcai to speak.

Zeng Wangcai saw that the atmosphere was getting heated, so he clapped his hands to quiet everyone down, and then said, "I understand your feelings. The things cannot be sold. If I sell them, I will be speculating.

"But we are all neighbors, and we see each other every day. I can't just watch my family eat meat while everyone else is starving during the New Year. So, don't make it public. If you need anything, go register with my mom and wait for news."

My goodness, once this secret was opened, Chen Yumei became a Bodhisattva and was almost carried up for worship.

The news that Zeng Wangcai was going to help his neighbor spread faster than the wind. Within a few minutes, almost everyone in the courtyard knew about it. All the young girls and wives went to Zeng's house and trampled down the doorstep.

The news reached the Central Courtyard, the Jia family.

Originally, Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru were planning to go out for a walk to see if they could buy anything for the New Year. The term "New Year's goods" is no longer suitable for ordinary people to use.

"What? Zeng Wangcai dares to sell fish?" Jia Zhang was shocked when she heard what Qin Jingru said, and then her face was filled with hatred. "How many fish does he have? How dare he sell them?"

She didn't go out to watch, not because she didn't like watching the fun, but because she had a falling out with the Zeng family and couldn't watch.

Qin Huairu and Qin Jingru were not afraid, so they just watched the excitement and saw the truckloads of supplies with their own eyes.

"There's a carload of fish. You didn't see it. Zeng Wangcai drove it back." Qin Jingru said with a face full of longing. "This is a capable person. He can't even finish the fish he pulled. He's nothing like Sha Zhu, who brings leftovers from the cafeteria every day like a beggar."

"A cart of fish? A tricycle?"

"What tricycle? A big car? They say the car is loaded with at least 3,000 kilograms..."

"What? Three thousand pounds..."

Jia Zhang's jaw dropped to the ground, she felt both envious and jealous.

When Qin Huairu saw her mother-in-law like this, she knew that she was greedy. Without saying anything, she went in, picked up the hungry Xiaodang, undressed her and fed her.

Unfortunately, she eats poorly now and doesn't have enough milk. She has a pair of big granaries, but they are never full. Xiaodang starts crying after taking a few bites.

Qin Jingru said, "Sister, if you ask me, why don't we go to Zeng's house and look for Aunt Yumei to see if we can buy some meat? If you keep going like this, the child will starve. I see many people have registered. If we go too late, there will be no share for us..."

"You are not allowed to go. Even if they starve to death, we cannot let them earn our money." Jia Zhang hated the Zeng family so much that they even ignored their children. "I want to see how he dares to sell fish. If he dares to sell fish, I will report him to the street office immediately and make sure his family can't celebrate the New Year."

"It's New Year's Day, why are you making such a fuss!" Qin Jingru curled her lips. "You can be hard on anyone now, but you can't be hard on yourself. The most important thing is to have enough food. There are so many speculators on the streets, and there is also a black market. Can you report it to me?"

"I can't control other people, I just control their families."

"Dead-headed..."

Qin Jingru's current status is not what it was before, so her repressed personality is slowly being released and she is not very afraid of Jia Zhang.

Qin Huairu finally coaxed Xiaodang to sleep and carried him into the house. Her son Banggeng was clamoring for meat and wanted to set off firecrackers like Zeng Xiaoqiang.

Helpless, she thought for a while and said to her mother-in-law: "Mom, why don't we ask Uncle Yi to help with this matter? Uncle Yi and Zeng Wangcai are not at odds, and he is Uncle Yi. Maybe he can help."

Jia Zhang's eyes rolled around, and after a while she nodded: "Okay, I'll go talk to him when he comes back in the evening."

Then Jia Zhang suddenly sighed: "How come Zeng Wangcai is so capable that he can get supplies even after joining the army?"

"You don't know yet?" Qin Jingru recalled the news she had heard, "Zeng Wangcai is now an officer and a platoon leader. I just heard Uncle San tell his boss that Zeng Wangcai manages dozens of soldiers and gets paid more than fifty yuan a month."

"Over fifty dollars a month? He didn't even have that much when he was in the steel mill. Who said Zeng Wangcai has no future if he joins the army?"

"I don't know. It was said by the first uncle. He is less than 20 years old, and this is only more than 50 yuan a month. The only ones in our hospital who can compare with him are the first and second uncles, right?"

Jia Zhang nodded. In the entire courtyard, these two were the only people whose salary income could match Zeng Wangcai's.

That’s not all. They can also get scarce supplies, which is much more than a salary…

When she thought of this, Jia Zhang felt as if she was being scratched by a cat and felt uncomfortable.

On the other side, Zeng Wangcai took a tricycle and loaded the divided supplies, a total of three bags, each bag contained two fish, ten kilograms of meat, ten kilograms of flour, two kilograms of oil, and two kilograms of sugar.

The three pockets correspond to three families, all of whom are close relatives that must be visited, the families of Lin Huyang and Huang Liang, and then the family of teacher Zhou Yuanbai who has finally returned.

However, before going to the three companies, Zeng Wangcai had to go to the street office first, and then go to the purchasing station to find Director Qian.

These two places are related to Zeng Wangcai's subsequent stripping operation. In addition to these two places, there is also the steel rolling mill to go to in the end.

There are many people to meet and many things to do, so Zeng Wangcai is very busy.

Lin Fusheng and his men were asked to watch over the truck. In this day and age, with so many supplies, it would not do if no one was watching over them.

The rest of the work could only be done by Zeng Wangcai and Zhang Xiuzhi together. They came to the street office, which was very lively. As it was near the end of the year, the work of the street office was numerous and complicated.

"Hey, Brother Li, is Aunt Zhang here?" Zeng Wangcai parked his car in front of the street office and happened to see a familiar clerk from the street office.

"You are... Hey, Wangcai, you're back? You were wearing so much that I almost didn't recognize you. Are you looking for Director Zhang? Just go in, I'll help you push the cart. What's on the cart? It's so heavy..."