Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

Knock, knock, knock... There was a knock on the door.

"Please come in." He Yuzhu was concentrating on reading the book in his hand. When he heard the knock on the door, he answered casually without even raising his head.

"Deputy Director He, I'm here to report to you again." Xu Damao gently pushed open the door, with a flattering smile on his face, and walked into the office cautiously.

He Yuzhu put down the book in his hand, leaned back in his chair, and looked at Xu Damao with a smile: "Da Mao, you are not busy again! Tell me, what do you want to report to me this time?"

Xu Damao walked quickly to He Yuzhu and handed him a document respectfully: "Deputy Director He, I'm here to report to you my recent work experience. This is the work summary I wrote. I hope you can take the time to read it and give me guidance and suggestions."

He Yuzhu took the work summary, flipped through a few pages at random, then put it aside and said with a smile, "Okay, I got it. I'll read it when I have time. By the way, Damao, how is the courtyard recently? It's been more than half a year since I moved out, and I haven't had a chance to go back and see the neighbors in the courtyard. Is everyone okay?"

"The courtyard is the same as before you moved out. Everyone is doing well. It's just that the Jia family and Yi Zhonghai family in the middle courtyard are a little bit bad!"

"What happened between the eldest master's family and the Jia family?" He Yuzhu asked with great interest after listening.

"Originally, Yi Zhonghai's family lived well, but unfortunately he had to deal with the Jia family, a burden. Among the five members of the Jia family, only Jia Xudong had a food quota. In order to help the Jia family tide over the difficulties, Yi Zhonghai paid a lot of real money, but now the real money alone can't buy food and they will starve. In order to help the Jia family solve the food problem, Yi Zhonghai spent a lot of thought and thought, and he looked a lot more haggard."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu couldn't help but frown: "This Jia family is too troublesome, can't they find a way to solve the problem themselves?"

"What can we do? There are five people in the Jia family, and only Jia Xudong has a food quota. The others have no food at all. They can only sneak to the pigeon market to buy food at night. They rely on Jia Xudong's salary as a second-level fitter. If it weren't for Yi Zhonghai's subsidy, the Jia family would have starved to death long ago."

"Isn't it the autumn harvest now? And the food ration for people with urban household registration has also increased by one kilogram. Is the Jia family still having such a hard time?" He Yuzhu asked with a puzzled look on his face.

After October, as the autumn grain harvest was completed in various places, the problem of tight food supply caused by drought was further alleviated. Therefore, the senior government officials of Sijiu City decided to increase the food ration of urban residents by one catty per person from October. For the Jia family, although the food ration increased, it was still difficult to meet their needs. However, due to the increase in food rations, the price of food in the pigeon market fell significantly, which relieved the pressure on the Jia family to a certain extent.

Xu Damao couldn't help but sigh: "The Jia family has been able to hold on until now, all thanks to Yi Zhonghai's savings. The savings he has are really amazing, and they can actually help the Jia family to survive for so long."

He Yuzhu asked curiously: "Has the uncle thought of other ways? For example, calling on the people in the courtyard to help the Jia family together?" He remembered a classic plot in the original work - the whole courtyard meeting. Whenever the Jia family encountered difficulties, Yi Zhonghai would always bring out the magic weapon of the whole courtyard meeting and call on the residents of all the courtyards to donate to the Jia family. Now that he has moved out of the No. 95 courtyard, why didn't Yi Zhonghai use this method again to help the Jia family?

"The residents in the courtyard can barely fill their stomachs, so who has the energy to help the Jia family? If Yi Zhonghai dares to ask for help, the people in the courtyard will definitely line up to seek his help. He is not that stupid!"

"Oh, this is really a headache. I just hope the drought can be alleviated soon." He Yuzhu sighed helplessly.

According to the current situation, if we want to completely ease the food supply, according to this year's situation, at least after the harvest next summer, the tight food supply situation may be further improved. The current situation is entirely due to the newly built urea factory. If there were no urea factories, I am afraid that the food rations of urban residents would not only be reduced by 4 kilograms, but also reduced by more, and many strange things would be mixed in the food supply. In rural areas, it is likely that a large number of people will die of hunger.

"I think, judging from the current situation of the Jia family, even if the drought is over, their life will probably not be easy. Unless Qin Huairu and the children's rural household registration can be changed to urban household registration, they will have to go to Pigeon City to buy food every month. The price of food in Pigeon City is not cheap, and the Jia family will definitely live a very tight life in the future. However, if Jia Xudong can pass the fourth-level fitter exam, perhaps the Jia family's life will be a little better. By the way, Deputy Director He, Jia Zhang is now much thinner than before! This is the first time I have seen her lose weight since I was a child. If she suddenly appeared in front of you, Deputy Director He, you might not recognize her."

"Is it so serious? By the way, Damao, I haven't been back to the Siheyuan for more than half a year. Is there no happy event in the courtyard? I remember there are several young people in the courtyard. If they are going to have a baby, you must tell me. Although I don't live in the Siheyuan for the time being, the proper etiquette must not be neglected!" He Yuzhu took the opportunity to ask Xu Damao to find out if anyone in the Siheyuan was pregnant.

"Brother Zhuzi, you also know that in this day and age, adults can't even get enough food to eat, so who would dare to have a child? If you really get pregnant, won't you suffer after giving birth to the child?" Xu Damao said helplessly.

He Yuzhu frowned, thinking that Xu Damao had some truth in what he said, but he still couldn't help asking, "Other families in our yard don't dare to have children, but you, Xu Damao, don't dare to have one? Is your wife pregnant?"

Xu Damao chuckled, a hint of pride on his face, and said, "Brother Zhuzi, to be honest, our Gao Meihua has already started preparing for pregnancy and plans to have a baby next year!"

Hearing Xu Damao's words, He Yuzhu was delighted and said with a smile: "Then you must work hard and try to get Gao Meihua pregnant as soon as possible. When the baby's full moon banquet comes, remember to call me so that I can give you a big red envelope."

Xu Damao nodded repeatedly, his eyes gleaming with anticipation. Then, He Yuzhu thought of the deaf old lady's house again, and asked curiously: "By the way, Damao, it's been half a year, how are you doing with the deaf old lady's house?"

"Well, I talked to the deaf old lady, but she didn't agree to me. I asked my wife to talk to her, but she still didn't agree. Finally, I asked my parents to talk to her, but she still refused. Seeing that there was no way to communicate, I gave up." Xu Damao said helplessly.

"It doesn't matter if it doesn't work out. Anyway, you still have your parents' house, so you won't be short of a place to live in the future." He Yuzhu comforted Xu Damao.

"Well, it's okay. I need a house to live in anyway. Deputy Director He, I have finished my work report and I will not disturb you to continue your work." After saying that, Xu Damao turned around and left He Yuzhu's office.

After Xu Damao left, He Yuzhu sat on a chair, looking at the scenery outside the window, lost in thought. He thought of the conversation he had just had with Xu Damao, and couldn't help but secretly guess various possibilities in his heart.

He recalled that he had just asked Xu Damao about whether anyone in Courtyard No. 95 was pregnant, and from Xu Damao's answer, it could be inferred that no one in Courtyard No. 95 was pregnant. This made He Yuzhu start to think, if that was the case, then Qin Huairu was probably not pregnant either. If Qin Huairu was not pregnant, then according to the development trajectory of the previous life, Jia Xudong should not have died next year. You know, in the TV series, Jia Xudong died in 1961 when Qin Huairu was pregnant.

After all, in this life, due to his appearance, the impact of drought on Rabbit Country was greatly reduced, and Jia Zhang even became thin because of not having enough food. In this situation of family financial difficulties and food shortages, Jia Xudong is naturally unlikely to take the risk of having a third child. Then the magical thing is that in the plot of the previous life, despite three consecutive years of drought and tight food supply in the city, Jia Zhang still maintained a relatively obese body shape, and Jia Xudong also had the courage to have a third child. The mystery here is really confusing and full of doubts and puzzles.