Siheyuan: The opening earthquake of stealing and replacing pillars

Today is New Year's Eve, and people are going to have a reunion dinner in the evening, so there are a lot of people going out to buy things. Every store entrance is crowded with people. He Yuzhu saw this situation and thought, "I'd better go first." He rode his bicycle and came to Dongdan Vegetable Market again. Unexpectedly, this place is also crowded with people.

"Give me thirty pounds of pork~"

"I want 20 kilograms of vermicelli~"

"Don't push me, I came here first, comrade, two sausages~"

"..."

Everyone was holding up money and tickets, shouting and trying their best to squeeze into the middle.

He Yuzhu was shocked by the scene in front of him. Although there were many people at this time in previous years, it was not chaotic. It was nothing like now, where people were looting. It was really strange.

"Sister, why are there so many people here today?" he asked, grabbing a woman.

"Oh, you don't know yet?"

"What happened?"

"Hey, the war is about to start, and the price of game meat has gone up!"

"No way, are we really going to have a war?" He Yuzhu had heard people discussing this at school. He always thought it was a rumor and didn't believe it at all.

"How could I lie to you? Look at the quality of the meat I bought?" the elder sister asked, pointing at the big pork knuckle in the net bag.

"Frozen meat?"

"Now you understand!"

After saying this, the elder sister ran away, leaving He Yuzhu deep in thought.

Is there really going to be a war? Frozen meat is a war reserve material. It is not in a war reserve state and generally will not appear in the market on a large scale. It seems that the rumor has come true.

However, even if the war breaks out, He Yuzhu is not worried. In 1953, our army defeated MacArthur into autism, and in 1962, we defeated India into a coward. So history has proved that China is not easy to bully, and whoever dares to invade will be punished even if they are far away.

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu felt much better. He then went to the Xidan vegetable market and bought three fish, twenty kilograms of pork, ten kilograms of mutton, and about twenty to thirty kilograms of dried goods such as mushrooms and vermicelli. His bicycle was full.

Before returning to the courtyard, he bought some biscuits and chocolates from the system mall. These things are sold in department stores and are not too unusual.

After checking that everything was OK, He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle into the gate. Third uncle Yan Bugui was still standing at the door of his house as usual, observing everyone who entered the yard with his eyes and ears open.

I have to admire the uncle. He is worthy of being a teacher. He is so dedicated that he is not afraid of freezing even in such a cold weather.

"Hey, Third Uncle, you're still standing guard here. It's cold, be careful not to catch a cold!" He Yuzhu teased to the Third Uncle.

"What are you talking about? I just felt stuffy in the room, so I came out to get some fresh air!" said the third uncle unhappily.

In fact, the third uncle didn't want to talk, because He Yuzhu accused him of taking advantage of his age. But when he saw the fish and meat on the boy's bicycle, the unhappiness in his heart disappeared instantly.

"Okay, you continue to keep watch, I'll go home first!" He Yuzhu couldn't stand Yan Bugui's look and pushed the cart inside.

"Hey, Zhuzi, wait a moment and listen to me!" The third uncle ran over to stop He Yuzhu, "Look, it's Chinese New Year, and we all have to put up Spring Festival couplets, right? I've already written yours. We all live in the same courtyard, so it's only natural for us to help each other. Don't thank me, I'll send it home for you later!"

I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen someone so shameless and even willing to force you to buy something!

He Yuzhu was speechless. "Uncle, why didn't you check around the yard early in the morning?"

The third uncle was stunned and asked, "What are you looking at?"

He Yuzhu was speechless again, "It's too late for you to say it now, my house has already been posted!"

The uncle got anxious when he heard this. "Why didn't you tell me? What do you think we should do now? I have already written it for your family~"

In fact, he didn't write it at all, but it didn't matter. As long as he could fool people first, it wouldn't be easy to get them to write a few words. He had no choice but to do this. Business was not doing well. In previous years, it was others who came to ask for help. Now the situation has changed, so he had to resort to this last resort.

He Yuzhu was not fooled and said bluntly, "You can do whatever you want. I didn't ask you to write it. Stop pestering me, or I will sue you on the street!"

Although he didn't mind the few cents, he felt disgusted at the thought of being taken advantage of by others.

The third uncle was so scared that he let go of his hand immediately, "You, you, I, I——"

If this matter gets reported to the streets, he will definitely be charged with speculation.

He Yuzhu ignored the distressed Third Uncle and pushed his bicycle into the middle courtyard. Before he reached the door, he heard bursts of laughter coming from the house. When he lifted the door curtain, he saw that there was a guest.

"I was wondering who it was, Qingqing, why are you here!" Although Qingqing was a member of the song and dance troupe, her main job was to do odd jobs, similar to Qiu Peining, serving tea and running errands.

"I must be here for something. The situation has changed. Our performance tonight has been cancelled!"

"Cancelled? Why?"

"I don't know either, I'm just a runner!" Qingqing said aggrievedly.

Seeing her like this, He Yuzhu knew that he couldn't get anything useful out of her, but he could also guess roughly. Such an important performance was cancelled without instructions from above. Who would dare to do it? So it was self-evident why it was cancelled - only war!

“By the way, Director Guan also asked me to give you some movie tickets!” Qingqing reluctantly took out a few movie tickets from her pocket and handed them over.

He Yuzhu took it and looked at it. "Xiaohua? Starring Liu Xiaoqing?"

"Uh-huh!"

Qingqing nodded hurriedly. She also wanted to watch it, but she couldn't get a ticket, so she could only sigh in despair.

Liu Xiaoqing is indeed very popular now. This year, the calendar issued by the steel mill is of her and Chen Zhong. However, when He Yuzhu thought of the old grandmother who liked to act young and coquettish decades later, he wanted to laugh. The word "Dad" almost drove the audience away. It was too scary.

The movie tickets must have been Professor Guan’s compensation to himself. The old man was quite thoughtful, and He Yuzhu was a little touched.

"Wife, the show is cancelled, how about we go to the movies tonight?"

Zhu Lin shook her head, "I don't want to go. It's so nice to watch TV at home!" There was no heating in the cinema, and her feet would be numb after watching a movie. She didn't want to go through that pain.

In fact, He Yuzhu didn't want to go either, but there was no other way. As a modern person, he is used to watching movies on giant screens and in high definition, so he really has no feeling for today's movies. It just feels awkward no matter how he watches them.

There were four movie tickets in total. Two were given to Qingqing so that she wouldn't make the trip in vain. The remaining two were given to Ma Ling so that she could take her classmates to watch the movie. Young people nowadays have a mysterious adoration for watching movies. No matter the quality of the movie, as long as they can sit in the cinema, they feel superior.

In the afternoon, my father-in-law and mother-in-law came over because they had agreed to have a reunion dinner together. Mother Zhu was thinking about Zhang Baosheng's family and felt that it was very inconvenient for them to live outside the city, so she asked He Yuzhu to send some meat and vegetables over. There was nothing to say about it because they were all relatives.

He Yuzhu packed a large bag of fried fish, chicken and meatballs and sent it to Zhang Baosheng, and of course, aunt Leng Qiuyue and nephew. Then he pasted couplets in the courtyard, checked the water pipes and wires, and went home.