Siheyuan: The wife was intercepted after returning from the battlefield

It was almost unnecessary to think about what Yan Fugui was here for. He let Yan Fugui into the courtyard and asked, "Third Master, what are you doing here?"

Yan Fugui was also forced to do so. Otherwise, how could he come to borrow grain with his self-proclaimed literary character? However, he had no choice but to do so. So he blushed and said, "Pingzi, I think you can guess why I'm here. Third Master really has no choice. Our family is running out of food. You can borrow some grain from Third Master first, and I'll pay you back next month. Is that okay with you?"

Lin Ping knew the situation of Yan Fugui's family. The whole family relied on Yan Jiecheng and Yan Fugui. It was a bit difficult to feed seven people with more than fifty yuan. Now there was not enough food. Even the Yan family had to buy negotiated grain, so they were really stretched.

Seeing Yan Fugui's embarrassed look, Lin Ping sighed and said, "Uncle San, wait for me to get you some food." After that, he turned around and went to the kitchen.

Yan Fugui said gratefully: "Thank you, thank you Pingzi, I will remember this favor."

I went to the kitchen and saw that there were still 30 kilograms of corn flour. This was because of Jia Zhang's report last time. In order to avoid trouble, I bought some and placed them in the kitchen. They were hardly touched.

He came out with 30 kilograms of corn flour and handed the food to Yan Fugui, saying, "Uncle San, my family is not well off. You can take these 30 kilograms of corn flour for emergency use."

Yan Fugui said a lot of words of thanks and then left quietly like a thief. This was also to avoid causing trouble to Lin Ping. After all, they were not able to eat enough now. If people knew about it, they would come to borrow food, which would cause trouble for the Lin family. So Yan Fugui understood this truth.

Lin Ping returned to the inner room, and Lin Qingyan asked, "Brother Pingzi, is Third Master's family really short of money?"

Lin Ping nodded and said, "Well, there are seven people in his family, and each person is short of 30% of the ration. All of this has to be bought at a bargain price. Even if the coarse grains are replaced with sweet potato chips, it is not enough. Besides, we are not all fools. Everyone knows that sweet potato chips can fill the stomach. So it is not so easy to exchange for sweet potato chips now. Do you think his family is short of food?"

Lin Qingya nodded and said, "Yes, sister, don't you think about how much it would cost to have a small ration for seven people? You know the current food prices in Pigeon City. The Yan family must be having a hard time."

Lin Qingyan sighed and said, "If even the calculating Third Master can't handle it, what about the other neighbors?"

Lin Qingya curled her lips and said, "Sister, you can't control the people of the world. Besides, other families have few people and can barely make ends meet. As for the Jia family, there is Yi Zhonghai and Shazhu, and our mother won't watch over the Li Qing family. As for other people, you can't control them either."

Lin Qingyan sighed and said, "Let's send some food to Grandma Zhang's house. Look how thin that child is."

Lin Ping nodded and said, "Okay, go buy 50 kilograms of corn flour tomorrow and keep some at home to send to Grandma Zhang and Li Qing's family."

It was not just Yan Fugui's family that was worried about food. The Jia family in the central courtyard was also worried about food.

Jia Zhang was lying on the kang and said to Qin Huairu, "Huairu, go and ask Master Yi to borrow some food tomorrow. If that doesn't work, you can ask Shazhu. We don't have much food at home, and we'll have to wait a few days before we can get the money."

Qin Huairu hummed and nodded, "Mom, I know."

The next morning.

Lin Qingyan went to work, Lin Qingya went out to buy food, and Lin Ping also went to work in the district, after all, he still had tasks to complete.

Lin Qingya returned to the courtyard carrying fifty kilograms of corn flour, left thirty kilograms at home, and then carried ten kilograms of corn flour to Grandma Zhang's house in the front yard.

Grandma Zhang was doing handicrafts. She got some money from the street to supplement the family income. Although she and her grandson were the only ones at home, she still had to spend money to buy the small amount. When she saw Lin Qingya coming in, she smiled and said, "Qingya, come in and sit down. Don't be disgusted by the mess at home."

Lin Qingya put the food on the table and said, "Grandma Zhang, I won't sit down. Here are ten kilograms of corn flour. Eat it first. If you have any difficulties in the future, please tell us."

Grandma Zhang's eyes turned red when she saw the food, and she declined, "Qingya, you can't do this. You haven't got your ration yet. Keep the food for yourself. Qingyan gave us the food some time ago, so my family won't starve now."

Lin Qingya left the food and said with a smile: "Grandma Zhang, don't refuse. You have to take care of your grandson even if you don't take care of yourself. I know you will definitely not treat your grandson badly, but think about it, if you really get sick from hunger, who will take care of your grandson?"

Grandma Zhang did not refuse after hearing this, but said to her grandson, "Maodan, kowtow to your sister Qingya."

Lin Qingya quickly helped Maodan up and said, "Grandma Zhang, what are you doing? This is not allowed."

After saying that, he said goodbye and left. He went home and took ten kilograms of corn flour to Li Qing's house. Li Qing and his wife were at work. Li Wan, Li Xiu and her brother were at home. When they saw Lin Qingya coming in, Li Wan came up to her and smiled, "Are you Sister Qingya?"

Lin Qingya smiled and said, "My sister has gone to work, who else could it be if not me? Here are ten kilograms of corn flour, you put it away first."

Li Wan knew that the Lin family had helped her family a lot. If it weren't for the Lin family, her mother would have no job, and her father would be the only one with a fixed amount of food. Under the current circumstances, the family could not survive at all. Even if they didn't sell their children, they would probably starve to death.

Therefore, Li Wan was very grateful to the Lin family, and she also remembered her mother's words that she would repay them when she grew up. So she didn't hesitate to put the food away with Lin Qingya. After all, she owed them too much favor, and she could only repay them slowly in the future.

After instructing the three children, Lin Qingya went out and happened to meet Lou Xiaoe. Lou Xiaoe saw Lin Qingya coming out of Li Qing's house and asked, "Qingya, what are you doing at Li Qing's house?"

Lin Qingya smiled and said, "Xiao'e, I'll send some food to Li Qing's family. They have too many people and can't survive."

After hearing this, Lou Xiao'e thought for a moment and said, "I have some food at home too, I'll send it to her house later." Then she went home to get some food.

Lin Qingya didn't care and returned home.

Lin Qingya had no way of avoiding the Jia family when delivering food. Qin Huairu saw all of this and secretly sighed, wondering if she hadn't had a falling out with the Lin family, would they be able to help her family?

Jia Zhang cursed, "This damned little bitch, she doesn't even have enough food to eat, and she's using the Lin family's food to help others. Isn't she afraid of retribution?"

Qin Huairu heard this and advised: "Mom, please stop talking. If someone dares to send it, it must be Lin Ping who asked him to send it."

Upon hearing this, Jia Zhang raised her eyebrows and asked, "Which side are you from?"

Qin Huairu smiled bitterly in her heart, secretly regretting her short-sightedness. At this moment, Xiao Huaihua in the room started crying, and she hurried to feed the child.

Steel rolling mill, canteen.

Sha Zhu was sitting on a special chair drinking tea. When he saw Yi Zhonghai come in, he quickly stood up and asked, "Uncle Yi, why are you in the cafeteria?"

Yi Zhonghai had no choice. The Jia family asked him for help from time to time, and he was tired of it, so he tried to trick Sha Zhu into helping the Jia family so that he could get away.

Pulling Sha Zhu to a deserted place, he whispered, "Zhu Zi, can you give Qin Huairu some meat to replenish her body? After all, she still needs to feed her baby. As neighbors, we can't be as cold-blooded as the Lin family. Don't you think so?"

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu said with a bitter face: "Uncle Yi, you know that we are not allowed to bring lunch boxes to the factory now, what can I do?"

Yi Zhonghai took out five yuan from his pocket and handed it to Sha Zhu, saying, "Go to the pigeon market after get off work and buy two pounds of meat for the Jia family."

Sha Zhu knew the price of pork in the pigeon market, and he knew that five yuan would be enough to buy two kilograms, so he said without thinking too much, "Okay, then I'll go to the pigeon market after get off work."

Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "Okay, but have you ever thought about why the security department suddenly stopped allowing people to bring lunch boxes?"

Sha Zhu was surprised when he heard this: "Didn't they say that food is in short supply now?"

Yi Zhonghai shook his head and said, "I've thought about it, but it doesn't make sense. It would be a waste if you don't bring the leftovers. Besides, who would care about these leftovers?"

Sha Zhu suddenly realized, "Master Yi, are you saying that someone is doing something bad?"

Seeing that Sha Zhu understood, Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "It can only be like this. However, to target you like this, it must be someone from our courtyard. I can think that the Lin family and Xu Damao are the most suspicious."

Upon hearing this, Sha Zhu was furious: "Damn it, I was wondering why the security department was meddling in such trivial matters, it turns out it was that grandson of Xu Damao, I'm going to take care of him right now!"

Yi Zhonghai quickly grabbed Sha Zhu and said, "It may not be Xu Damao, maybe Lin Ping is more suspicious."

Sha Zhu was puzzled and said, "Uncle Yi, what does this have to do with Hepingzi? I have no grudge against him, and he no longer works at the steel mill."

Yi Zhonghai sighed, "Why did Lin Ping do this? It's because of the Jia family. If it weren't for Jia Zhang's report, the Lin family wouldn't have gotten into such a bad situation. Now that Section Chief Lin Ping is gone, do you think he wouldn't hate the Jia family? Although Lin Ping is no longer working in the security department, he still has the favor, so it's not difficult to do this little thing."

Sha Zhu thought that what Yi Zhonghai said made sense, so he nodded and said, "Don't worry about this, Master Yi. I'll go back and ask Pingzi first."

Seeing that his goal had been achieved, Yi Zhonghai nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back to the workshop first."

Sha Zhu was not stupid either. He strolled to the security department after coming out of the kitchen. Seeing a security guard passing by, he quickly went up to him, handed him a cigarette, and asked about Lin Ping.

As it turned out, the security guard had no idea what happened to Sha Zhu that day, so he confidently gave a thumbs up and said, "Chief Lin is like this. Anything that happens to him is the business of our security department."

When Sha Zhu returned to the cafeteria, he began to doubt Lin Ping. However, the Lin family was kind to Yu Shui, and he was grateful to them, so he decided to ask Lin Ping in the evening.

Siheyuan.

Sha Zhu brought two pounds of meat back to the yard. Uncle San looked at the meat with envy and said, "Sha Zhu, are you going to improve her life when the rain comes back tomorrow?"

Sha Zhu didn't think much about it and said casually, "No, this is for the Jia family. Qin Huairu needs it to produce milk to feed the baby."

After saying that, he returned to the Central Courtyard, but he didn't expect that the news would spread so quickly. This was Yi Zhonghai's real purpose, to let the gossip about Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu spread slowly, so that it would be difficult for Sha Zhu to find a partner by then.

Qin Huairu took the meat with surprise, and looked at Sha Zhu with her watery peach blossom eyes and said, "Thank you, Zhuzi, you are still thinking about Sister Qin."

Jia Zhang's eyes turned red when she saw the meat, and Bang Geng was clamoring to eat meat. At the door, Yi Zhonghai looked at the neighbors' inquiring eyes and felt extremely satisfied.