Siheyuan: I am different He Yuzhu

The day after Lou Xiao'e told He Yuzhu that she wanted to donate to promote polio vaccines, He Yuzhu called Director Wang of the Nanluoguxiang Subdistrict Office. "Hello, is this Director Wang? This is He Yuzhu."

"Hello, Xiao He! We haven't seen each other for a while. I heard from Yi Zhonghai in your courtyard that you moved into your father-in-law's house?" Director Wang asked cheerfully.

"That's right. Xiao'e gave birth to three more sons for me last year. My father-in-law's house happened to be empty and close to my workplace, so it was convenient for me to go home and take care of the children. So Xiao'e and I temporarily moved into my father-in-law's house, and we will move back to my own house when the children are older." He Yuzhu explained with a smile.

"Xiao He, you are so lucky. You gave birth to triplets again. Including this one, your wife has given birth to triplets twice in a row. Xiao He, do you have any secret recipe?" Director Wang praised.

He Yuzhu said modestly: "Director Wang, you are joking. There is no secret recipe. It just happened by chance. By the way, Director Wang, I called you today because I have something to tell you."

Director Wang responded readily, "What is it? Xiao He, just tell me. I will do whatever I can for you."

"Director Wang, my wife Xiao'e heard on the radio yesterday that our country successfully developed a vaccine to prevent polio last year. She wants to donate the rent collected by your street office every month to the vaccine research and development unit to promote the polio vaccine, and she will not buy government bonds in the future. I called Director Wang to tell you about this, and on the other hand, I want to ask Director Wang how much this vaccine costs to vaccinate a child. I plan to use part of the rent collected in the past few years to see how many children can be vaccinated for free. Please let me know the result after you find out."

"Xiao He, you two are really kind-hearted. Leave this matter to me!"

"Then I'll trouble you, Director Wang." After saying goodbye to Director Wang, He Yuzhu hung up the phone and began to calculate how much money he could give to support polio vaccines. In 1956, with the help of his father-in-law Lou Bancheng, he took out 200 million RMB to build more than 400 courtyard houses in Sijiucheng. These houses brought in 72 yuan in rent every month. In total, the couple had at least RMB in income over the years.

However, all this money is used to purchase national construction bonds through the street office every month. If you want to cash it out, you have to wait until the bonds mature. But since He Yuzhu got these bonds, he has never planned to cash them out. Instead, he decided to treat these bonds as precious collections and keep them properly.

For many years, He Yuzhu has been secretly instructing Zhang Hu and others to quietly buy back treasury bonds at the face value of the bonds in the market. The purpose of doing so is to cope with possible funding needs so that sufficient funds can be provided at critical moments. And now, when the money is needed, he only needs to take out the treasury bonds that he had previously recovered from the people.

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Ring ring ring......

The phone on the table rang, and He Yuzhu picked up the phone casually, "Hello, hello, this is He Yuzhu."

"Xiao He, I'm Director Wang from Nanluoguxiang. I found out what you asked me to find out. The vaccine you mentioned is produced by the Institute of Medical Biology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in Chuncheng, Caiyun Province. The leader of the collaborative team responsible for the research and development of the vaccine is named Gu Fangzhou. He currently works in the Ministry of Health of Sijiu City. If you want to donate, just go to the Ministry of Health to find him."

"Thank you, Director Wang. I will find time to look for Team Leader Gu later."

"As I should. What I did is nothing compared to what you and your wife Xiao'e did."

"Director Wang, after I meet with Team Leader Gu, I will ask for their company's account number. Then I will trouble you to arrange for someone to transfer the monthly rent to this company's account."

"Okay, just leave this matter to me. I promise I'll do it for you." Director Wang said readily.

"Director Wang, if you don't have anything else to do, I'll hang up first."

"Goodbye, Xiao He." After saying that, Director Wang hung up the phone.

As a man of action, He Yuzhu stood up from his chair immediately after putting down the phone. He decided to go find Team Leader Gu right away. Later he would go to Western Region Province with the farm workers, and the round trip would take at least one month.

He Yuzhu first came to Fan Youxiang's office next door and said, "Deputy Director Fan, I have to go out for a while for something. Please help me deal with it if you have any problem." After saying that, he hurriedly walked towards his car in the parking lot.

He Yuzhu drove an off-road vehicle to the Ministry of Health. After explaining his purpose to the guard at the gate of the Ministry of Health, the guard politely took He Yuzhu to the downstairs of the laboratory where Team Leader Gu worked.

After talking to the receptionist in the laboratory, the security guard returned to He Yuzhu and said, "Comrade He, please wait a moment. I have already told the staff in the laboratory that Team Leader Gu is now in the laboratory. He has already gone to inform Team Leader Gu."

"Thank you, Comrade Guard."

"You're welcome. This is what I should do. You wait here and I'll go back to the door." After saying that, the guard walked towards the gate.

A moment later, a thin middle-aged man wearing a mask and a white coat walked towards He Yuzhu and said, "Hello, do you have something to talk to me about? I am Gu Fangzhou, the leader of the Polio Vaccine Research Collaborative Group." As he finished speaking, Leader Gu took off the mask on his face.

"Yes, Team Leader Gu, hello!" He Yuzhu nodded and greeted with a smile.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?" Team Leader Gu looked at He Yuzhu puzzledly.

"Oh, it's like this. My wife heard about the live polio vaccine you developed. She admires it very much, so she wants to donate some money to support your research. I came here today to find out about the current progress of your project." He Yuzhu explained seriously.

Team leader Gu looked He Yuzhu up and down, with a hint of doubt in his eyes, and asked, "How much money do you plan to donate?"

He Yuzhu smiled slightly and replied firmly: "My wife and I have already discussed it. We plan to donate 12,000 yuan to your group every month."

When Team Leader Gu heard the number, he couldn't help but widen his eyes and said in surprise: "One... twelve thousand yuan?" He was obviously shocked by the amount.

"Yes, twelve thousand yuan." He Yuzhu confirmed again.

Team leader Gu took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then quickly said, "Well, our team is responsible for the research and development of live polio vaccines. The donation you mentioned needs to be discussed with our superiors. We can't make the decision."

He Yuzhu nodded and said with understanding: "No problem, then Team Leader Gu, can you take me to see your leader?"

"Of course, I'll take you to meet our leader right away." Team Leader Gu agreed readily.

After that, Team Leader Gu took He Yuzhu to the office building of the Ministry of Health. Along the way, Team Leader Gu was full of curiosity and expectation, wondering why this mysterious man would be so generous. He Yuzhu seemed calm and composed, knowing that everything he did was worth it.