Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

By June 59, although disastrous weather in some parts of Rabbit Country caused losses in agricultural production, the affected area was not particularly large. In addition, He Yuzhu risked his life to advise the great leader Li De, which enabled the government's top leaders to adjust the rural policies in a timely manner. In addition, there was no impact of the Great Steel-making Movement on agricultural production in 6, which enabled Rabbit Country to calmly deal with the impact of the agricultural disasters in 58.

Although He Yuzhu did not feel the shortage of food supply in the market, Jia Xudong's family in No. 95 Siheyuan had clearly felt the fluctuation of black market food prices due to disasters in some areas. Since the mass commune movement, the Jia family could no longer obtain food from the countryside, and the whole family relied on Jia Xudong's salary to live. At the beginning, it only took 10 yuan a month to buy the food that the family lacked. This amount of money was not a pressure at all for the Jia family who could make money by selling eggs on the black market.

However, because He Yuzhu was worried about the trouble, he decisively decided to completely terminate the sales of eggs and pigs in advance. He only instructed Zhang Hu and a few others to let their subordinates inform the fixed big customers of the situation. As for the neighbors in the No. 95 courtyard, since their purchase quantity was relatively small, Cui Xiaowei and Du Haoran were always responsible for handling related matters. And these two people actually mistakenly thought that the other party would inform the residents of the No. 95 courtyard that they would no longer supply eggs from then on.

So, this scene appeared - when Jia Zhang arrived at the place for trading eggs with a basket in her hand at the agreed time every week, she waited happily, but she never saw Du Haoran and Cui Xiaowei. Instead, she waited for the neighbors from other courtyard No. 95 who also came to trade eggs. Everyone looked at each other and saw that the other party was also holding a basket in his hand. They immediately understood what was going on and smiled awkwardly. Then, Jia Zhang greeted very politely: "Oh, you are here to buy vegetables too! I have bought them, so I will go back first! You can continue to buy slowly." After speaking, Jia Zhang picked up the basket, turned around and walked slowly towards the courtyard No. 95.

When Jia Zhang slowly pushed open the slightly old door of her home and stepped into the house, Qin Huairu quickly stepped forward, stretched out her hands to take the basket from Jia Zhang's arm, and asked with concern: "Mom, why did you come back so late today?" However, Jia Zhang did not seem to care about Qin Huairu's words. She calmly put the basket in Qin Huairu's hands and walked towards the water tank. When she came to the water tank, Jia Zhang skillfully picked up the ladle, scooped up a full ladle of cool well water, and then raised her head and swallowed it in big gulps, making a "gulp gulp" sound.

The moment Qin Huairu took the basket, she immediately felt something was wrong - the basket was obviously much lighter than usual. Puzzled, she quickly lifted the coarse cloth covering the basket and took a closer look, only to be surprised to find that the basket was empty! Qin Huairu was immediately anxious and hurried to Jia Zhang's side, lowering her voice and saying, "Mom, why did you sell all the eggs at once? I promised Banggeng in front of you that I would buy a few eggs today and cook them for him to eat, so that he can have a good health."

When Jia Zhang heard this, her face turned a little ugly, and she responded unhappily: "Who said I sold all the eggs? I couldn't buy any eggs at all! Am I an old hen that can lay eggs by itself?" After saying that, she glared at Qin Huairu fiercely, with a bit of dissatisfaction and irritability in her eyes.

"What! Mom, you didn't buy eggs? Could it be that you went too late and the other party had sold out all the eggs?" Qin Huairu widened her eyes, her face full of disbelief, and she asked anxiously.

"How is that possible? When I first got there, I didn't even see the shadow of the egg seller. At first, I thought that maybe I came too early, and the egg seller might have been delayed on the way, so he hadn't arrived yet. So I just stood there stupidly waiting, but who would have thought that I waited there for a long time, and even the neighbors in our yard had seen him several times, but still there was no sign of the egg seller. In the end, I had no choice but to find an excuse that I was out buying vegetables, and then I ran back in shame." Jia Zhang explained the whole thing to Qin Huairu while gesticulating.

"Mom, maybe you remembered the date wrong? Maybe today is not the day we agreed to trade eggs?" Qin Huairu frowned and asked back in confusion.

"Hmph! Huairu, are you really such an old and confused mother that you can't even get the date wrong? This is not the first time we've done this kind of business. Over the years, we have agreed to trade eggs only on Wednesdays. I just want to ask you one question now, is today Wednesday?" Jia Zhang retorted somewhat unhappily, with a hint of blame on her face.

"Today is Wednesday, but why didn't the egg seller come? We have been trading eggs with them for so many years, why is there no sign and we just don't see him anymore?" Qin Huairu asked with a puzzled look on her face.

After a moment's thought, Jia Zhang replied, "Huai Ru, you're right. Logically speaking, we've been working with them for several years. They shouldn't disappear without any warning. Even if they don't plan to continue selling eggs to us, they should have told us. I guess the two guys had something happen at home, so they didn't come today. I'll go check on them tomorrow morning. Maybe they'll be there after they're done with their work."

"Mom, what if they really don't plan to sell eggs to us? Maybe someone else offers a higher price than us. There is no need for them to leave the extra money unearned and sell the eggs to us instead. After all, no one can resist money!" Qin Huairu asked with a worried look on her face.

"Hmph! If they dare not sell eggs to us, I will report them to the government. They are unwilling to let our family live a good life, so they can forget about living a comfortable life. When the government catches them, they will definitely reward them with a peanut." Jia Zhang said viciously.

"Mom, do you think it's appropriate to do this? After all, some of their eggs are sold to our family. If the government catches them, and they know that it was our family that reported them, they will definitely reveal the fact that they sold eggs to our family. What should we do then? Think about it, they know our address very clearly!" Huairu said worriedly, her face full of anxiety.

Jia Zhang didn't take it seriously after hearing this. She rolled her eyes at Huairu and said, "Huairu, you really are a person who has never seen a big scene! Who says that the informant must leave his name? You can report anonymously! As long as I secretly hand over a letter of accusation to the government, who would know that the letter was written by our family? As for your worry that they will reveal the fact that they sold eggs to our family, that's even more groundless! We did buy eggs from them, but we can claim that the whole family has eaten up all the eggs! As long as Xudong is not caught selling eggs in the pigeon market, and he denies it, everything will be fine. Just relax, everything is under your control." After saying that, Jia Zhang raised her chin, revealing an expression of confidence and sure of victory.

"Mom, you are so amazing! You can think of everything. It just proves the old saying - 'An old person in the family is like a treasure'!" Qin Huairu praised Jia Zhang with a smile on her face.

After hearing this, a look of pride suddenly appeared on Jia Zhang's face. She puffed out her chest and said, "Huai Ru, mom knows a lot of things! If your father-in-law hadn't passed away early, how could mom, a woman alone, raise Xudong!" After saying that, she patted her chest gently, as if showing her abilities to Qin Huai Ru.

"Okay, Mom has walked such a long way today, I feel a little tired, I have to go to bed and rest for a while. Wake me up when lunch is ready." As soon as she finished speaking, Jia Zhang climbed onto the kang swiftly. Not long after, Jia Zhang's deafening snoring could be heard from the room.