Siheyuan: Spring and Autumn

"Okay, stop laughing. We are all from the same courtyard. Don't let what happens in the courtyard spread outside. Let's all go home."

Yi Zhonghai was worried that Jia Zhang had said something she shouldn't have said, and worried that someone would report her, so he made a special explanation.

"Brother Qin Zheng, I also joined the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill."

Everyone was chatting when Xu Damao walked up to Qin Zheng and said.

"Oh, you're already working? What kind of job?"

"Follow my dad and learn how to project movies."

Xu Damao had a smile on his face and was very proud in his heart. During the time after he graduated from high school, he followed his father Xu Wude and had a lot of delicious food and drinks. He had plenty of food to eat and fun and was respected. He was quite satisfied with this job.

"Yes, once you graduate, your income will be quite high."

"Yeah, it definitely pays more than being a cook."

Qin Zheng laughed secretly. This kid would step on He Yuzhu whenever he had the chance, just thinking of taking advantage of him with words. No one knew what was going on in his mind.

"What are you talking about, kid?"

A voice came from behind the two of them. It was He Yuzhu.

"Zhu Zi, we didn't say anything."

Xu Damao was startled and quickly explained.

"Tsk, even if you admit that you just said that the projectionist is better than the cook, can I still hit you?"

He Yuzhu sneered at his timidity and looked down on him very much.

Qin Zheng did not participate in their eyebrow lawsuit and directly said to Xu Damao: "Da Mao, if I want to watch a movie in the future, I will find you."

"No problem. As long as there's a new movie and you want to watch it, I'll play it for you."

He Yuzhu said: "Then you have to take me with you."

Seeing Xu Damao was somewhat reluctant, he asked again: "Why? Do you look down on me?"

"How about we do that? Together, together."

"Hey, that's right, buddy is a messenger, right?"

He Yuzhu patted Xu Damao on the shoulder and spoke earnestly. After that, he said hello to Qin Zheng and took He Yushui home.

"Pooh."

Xu Damao spat at He Yuzhu's back, but didn't say anything unpleasant.

Looking at the residents who were still chatting in the courtyard, Qin Zheng sighed. From now on, Hongxing Courtyard would probably not be so peaceful.

Soon, various food coupons flooded into society. In the following decades, urban residents in my country entered an era of "eating with coupons".

The family most affected is probably the Jia family. Jia Dongxu is the only one in the family with a city hukou. Now, among the four of them, only Jia Dongxu has a ration. From Jia Zhang's increasingly perverse face, it can be seen that even with the output from the land allocated to Jia Zhang in the countryside, the family is still short of food.

"This Jia Zhang's personality has changed a lot in the past two years!"

Qin Zheng sighed inwardly. Jia Zhang used to be more careful and would not deliberately offend people in the courtyard. However, now she is very aggressive and likes to make trouble unreasonably. Especially when she feels that Bang Geng is being bullied, she becomes extremely stupid and completely biased without principles.

In September, a major event occurred involving Qin Zheng. The army implemented a military rank system, and Qin Zheng was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel and his rank was promoted to deputy regimental level.

The wheel of history rolls forward, and no one can stop the trend. Public-private partnership has finally entered a substantive stage.

On October 10, when the first snow of 25 fell, the Dazhalan Residents Committee organized a mobilization meeting for public-private partnership.

The compound was crowded with people. Under the leadership and organization of the neighborhood committee, business owners of all sizes in the entire Xiheyan Street were called together. In front of the office building, there was a rostrum. Above the rostrum, there was a banner that read "Mobilization Conference to Firmly Support Public-Private Partnership." It was clear at a glance that the content of today's conference was about public-private partnership.

This matter was related to the Qin family and involved Chen Xueru and Xu Huizhen, both of whom came to the neighborhood committee.

Aunt Li, the neighborhood committee director, stood in front of the microphone and said loudly:

"Comrades, friends from the business community, I can tell you clearly and responsibly that the climax of our country's socialist transformation is about to arrive. In September 1954, the government passed the General Principles of Public-Private Partnership, implemented a redemption policy for capitalist industry and commerce, and gradually completed the socialist transformation. In public-private partnerships, the socialist elements are in a leading position. Of course, the legitimate rights and interests of private shares must also be protected. In enterprises that have already implemented public-private partnerships, both the public and private sides should conduct a specific assessment of existing property, and we will clear the debts and claims in the enterprises..."

Although the weather was cold and it was snowing, Aunt Li was speaking passionately, while the merchants below had their own thoughts and were whispering their opinions.

"What do you think?"

"We'll see. I won't be active anyway."

"If he doesn't force me to cooperate, I don't want to do it."

Most people who talk about this hold this opinion.

Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru were also sitting in the audience, whispering to each other and sharing their views.

In the evening, the business owners who had just finished the mobilization meeting gathered in the tavern to continue their discussions.

Xu Huizhen stood at the counter, and apart from serving food and drinks to the customers, she just listened quietly to the discussions.

Mr. Jin, the boss of the trading company, said, "Mr. Qiu, I am different from you. You run a tea shop and purchase goods twice a year. You have a warehouse and your working capital is obviously there. It is suitable for the government to acquire the tea shop and you also hold shares. But I can't do that. Our trading company relies on capital turnover. Can I stock large quantities of goods? It's not suitable."

Boss Qiu asked, "Is there any difference between this rented house and your own house?"

Fan Jinyou followed these business owners to the tavern today with the intention of getting information. He continued, "Of course there is a difference. If the owner owns the house, the appraisal value will definitely be higher."

Another business owner immediately said, “Okay, I don’t think I’m suitable then either.”

Niu Ye was very happy today. He just liked the atmosphere of the tavern and liked to listen to national affairs. He drank a glass of wine and said cheerfully, "I understand. You guys, you don't want public-private partnership, right?"

Mr. Jin said: "That's right. Anyone who wants to cooperate is a big fool."

After saying this, several business owners burst into laughter. They all made up their minds that they would never agree to a joint venture.

Unexpectedly, before their laughter died down, a clear voice rang out: "I am willing to be the big fool."

Suddenly, the tavern fell silent, and everyone stared at Xu Huizhen. The words just now were said by her.

Boss Jin was the first to react: "Boss Xu, do you really want a public-private partnership?"

Xu Huizhen said, "Really? Why don't you believe it?"

"I really can't believe it. So, let's see it with our own eyes. If you tell the director of the street committee tomorrow and promise to agree to the cooperation in person, I will believe it."