Siheyuan: The wife was intercepted after returning from the battlefield

After solving Feng Dani's work, Lin Shanhai finally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "This will make life a little better for my eldest sister's family."

Wang Xiuzhi naturally knew her husband's guilty conscience and consoled him, "Shanhai, don't worry. Everything will be better with Pingzi around."

Lin Shanhai laughed and said, "Of course, don't you see whose son he is?"

Upon hearing this, Wang Xiuzhi rolled her eyes at her husband and said, "Look at how capable you are. Could you have given birth to a child without me?"

Lin An, Li Jing, and Lin Yun all held back their laughter and wiped their mouths, saying, "Mom and Dad, we're going to work."

Lin Shanhai glared at Wang Xiuzhi and said, "Don't you even bother to save some face for me in front of the child?"

Wang Xiuzhi rolled her eyes at Lin Shanhai and turned to clean the table.

After get off work in the evening, Lou Xiao'e came to Li Tong's house in the front yard.

Li Tong had just gotten off work and saw Lou Xiao'e coming in. She smiled and asked, "Sister Xiao'e, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Lou Xiao'e was not really willing to ask Sha Zhu about this, but she had to come for the sake of the deaf old lady, so she smiled and said, "Li Tong, I'm here this time because someone asked me to be your matchmaker."

Li Tong was startled when she heard this, and then said, "Sister Xiao'e, I don't have any plans in this regard yet. I'll talk about it when my sister is older."

Li Tong thought that what Lou Xiao'e could say about matchmaking was nothing more than these few people in the courtyard, so she simply refused.

After hearing what Li Tong said, Lou Xiao'e didn't know how to start talking, but she couldn't help but speak about the deaf old lady's entrustment. After thinking about it, she said, "Li Tong, I was entrusted by the old lady in the backyard to be a matchmaker for Sha Zhu. You should think about it. After all, it's hard for you to raise your sister alone."

Li Tong felt uncomfortable when she heard this. She had heard of who Sha Zhu was. She had also heard rumors about Sha Zhu and Widow Qin after being in the hospital for so long. Sha Zhu also liked Sister Qingya. She didn't know what he was thinking. With his appearance, he had the nerve to covet Sister Qingya. He really didn't know what he was thinking.

Now she is targeting me, she is just daydreaming, so she said with a gloomy face: "Sister Xiao'e, I didn't offend you, did I?"

Lou Xiao'e was stunned when she heard this and asked in confusion: "Li Tong, what do you mean by that?"

Seeing Lou Xiao'e's expression, Li Tong shook her head and said, "Sister Xiao'e, you must have heard the gossip about Sha Zhu and Qin Huairu. What's your intention in introducing such a person to me?"

How could Lou Xiao'e not have heard of this? It's just that she didn't think too much about it. Now she thought about it and felt that she was too reckless. She blushed and said, "I'm sorry, Li Tong, I didn't think too much about it."

Li Tong waved her hands and said, "Okay, I don't mean to blame you. But you, don't just listen to what others say. Be careful not to be tricked by others."

Lou Xiao'e was born a young lady, and she felt a little unhappy when she heard Li Tong's words, but after all, she was the one who made the mistake first, so she said, "Okay, you go ahead and do your work, I'll go back."

Li Tong looked at Lou Xiao'e's back and shook her head secretly, then turned around to cook.

Third Aunt, who had been observing this, also shook her head, wondering if Lou Xiao'e was stupid enough to take the blame for Sha Zhu's crimes. If Xu Damao knew about this, the couple would definitely have a fight.

It was getting dark when Xu Damao came back from the countryside. Yan Fugui picked a few mushrooms from his house at the door. Then he came to the west wing and shouted, "Pingzi, are you home?"

Lin Ping heard the noise and came out to ask, "Da Mao, is there any news about the little piglet?"

Xu Damao whispered, "I did find a pair of piglets, but they wanted to exchange them for food."

Lin Ping was not short of food, so he asked, "How much do you want?"

Xu Damao looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, so he whispered: "I need 150 kilograms of coarse grains. If you have food, I will take you to the countryside tomorrow."

Lin Ping smiled and said, "Okay, I'll trouble Damao tomorrow."

Xu Damao thought that if the Lin family could take 150 kilograms of food, they would definitely not be short of food, so he smiled and said, "Okay, let's go directly to the countryside tomorrow morning."

The next morning.

Xu Damao and Lin Ping went to the countryside. After they arrived at a fellow villager's house and exchanged a pair of piglets, Lin Ping said to Xu Damao, "Da Mao, you go back first. I'll go deliver pigs to someone. We'll go back to Donglai tonight."

Xu Damao also understood that it was not appropriate for him to interfere in what happened next, so he nodded and smiled, "Okay, I'll wait for you tonight." After that, he rode his bike back to the city.

Lin Ping came to a secluded place, threw the piglets into the kingdom of God, went into the mountains to get a few pheasants and rabbits and put them in, then slowly returned to Sijiu City.

In the blink of an eye, another month passed and it was mid-March of 1961. Although the ration had not been reduced, there was less food on the market, which made the people even worse off.

Sub-district Office, Director Wang’s Office.

District Chief Hu was sitting in Director Wang's chair and said earnestly, "Xiao Wang, we can't always think about ourselves when we have benefits. The district is also in trouble."

Because of food shortage, the district head came to investigate the living conditions of the people in the area. When he arrived at Nanluoguxiang Street, he saw that all subsidies for poor households and martyrs' families were in place, and he became suspicious.

With the grain allocated by the district, the sub-district office should be stretched to the limit, but Nanluoguxiang is able to be self-sufficient, so we came to the sub-district office for an on-site inspection.

But when we arrived at the street office, we found a clue. The staff of Nanluoguxiang Street Office was different from those of other street offices. It was obvious that the staff of Nanluoguxiang Street Office looked better.

So the district chief understood that Nanluoguxiang must have its own sources of unplanned materials, and that led to the conversation just now.

Director Wang was furious when she heard this. She thought Ma Jianguo had exposed her secrets, but she couldn't accept this, so she said with a bitter face: "District Chief, did Ma Jianguo say something to you? Don't listen to his nonsense. I just got some unplanned materials by accident, and he extorted 500 kilograms from me."

District Chief Hu got angry when he heard this. Not only did Ma Jianguo get the food, he must have distributed it to the people in their office. However, he could also understand that everyone was having a hard time now, so Ma Jianguo would naturally think of his subordinates first when he had the food.

But in order for the entire street office to work smoothly, it is not something that can be solved by just a little food, so he said: "Xiao Wang, I can understand your thoughts. Everyone is in trouble now. It is not Ma Jianguo who said that the street has food. Besides, your street office has been able to operate smoothly for such a long time, and it is not something that can be solved by just a little food. You are not telling the truth."

When Director Wang heard that it was not Ma Jianguo, he immediately realized that it was the district mayor who came to conduct research and discovered the tricks of Nanluoguxiang Street.

However, she was still not ready to mention Lin Ping, so she explained: "District Head, our subdistrict office is not easy either. It is a pleasant surprise that we can solve our own problems. How can we be able to help the district? Aren't you making things difficult for me?"

After saying that, he spread his hands, looking like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.

District Chief Hu was very patient. He looked at Director Wang and said, "Xiao Wang, are you worried about something? Don't worry. There are documents from above. As long as you can get unplanned materials, we will not ask where they came from. Just do it with confidence and think about those comrades who are starving."

After saying this, District Chief Hu sighed.

Director Wang came from the grassroots and of course understood the hardships of the common people. However, it was already a pleasant surprise that Lin Ping could get so much food. Wouldn't it be too much of a burden for him to ask him to get more food?

But thinking about the current situation, he couldn't bear it, so he sighed and said, "District Chief, I'll give it a try, but I can't guarantee whether it will succeed or not."

District Chief Hu was overjoyed when he heard this, and slammed the table and said, "I told you, Comrade Xiao Wang is so heartless."

Upon hearing this, Director Wang said angrily, "District Chief, I may not be able to do it yet, so don't blame me if you fail."

District Chief Hu laughed and said, "How is that possible? I also know how difficult it is to get food. Don't worry, we won't let them suffer a loss. We will just follow the price in Pigeon Market."

In the afternoon, after seeing off District Chief Hu, Director Wang went straight to the courtyard. She didn't even bother to greet Auntie San and hurried to the west wing.

West across the courtyard.

Lin Ping was alone at home, smoking and drinking tea, when he heard Director Wang's voice. He came to the door, let Director Wang in, poured a cup of tea, and asked, "Auntie Wang, how come you have time to come to my place?"

Director Wang smiled bitterly and told the whole story of what happened in the office. "Pingzi, can you still get some food? Of course, it doesn't matter if you can't."

Lin Ping now had food and wanted to contribute to the country, so he smiled and said, "Auntie Wang, how much food do you want? I'll go ask for you."

Director Wang's eyes lit up when he heard this and said, "Can you really get some food?"

Lin Ping nodded and smiled: "Let's try it. Tell me how much you want first?"

Director Wang thought about it and held up three fingers, thinking that out of the 30,000 kilograms of grain, he could keep 10,000 kilograms for himself and give the remaining 20,000 kilograms to the district, which would be considered as completing the task of district chief. Although 20,000 kilograms was a drop in the bucket for the district, it was better than nothing.

Lin Ping frowned and said, "Three hundred thousand jin is not easy to get, but I can ask for you."

Director Wang was dumbfounded when she heard this. How much? Three hundred thousand catties! She only wanted thirty thousand catties, but of course the more food the better, so she stuttered, "Ping... Pingzi, you... you... you said three hundred thousand catties, you're... you're not kidding, right?"

I thought that if there were 300,000 kilograms of grain, I wouldn't have to worry about food for at least a few months, after all, there was grain allocated from above.

The reason why Lin Ping said 300,000 kilograms was intentional. Now that his kingdom of God has piles of grain like mountains, he naturally wants to make some contribution to the country.

"I can only say try it, but I can't guarantee whether it will work or not."

Director Wang said excitedly: "Pingzi, if you can really get so much food, I don't know how many families you can save. This is a great merit."

Lin Ping said in a deep voice: "However, we still follow the old rules. If it works, I will ask them to put the grain into the warehouse, and then you can find bags to carry the grain yourself."

Director Wang slapped his thigh and said, "Okay, I'll wait for your good news. Don't worry, I won't let your friend suffer any loss this time. I'll settle the bill according to the pigeon market price."

Lin Ping shook his head and said, "Aunt Wang, my friend is also patriotic. We can't make money from national disasters. We should still follow the market price, 1.8 yuan for white flour, 2.3 yuan for refined rice, and 1 yuan for corn flour."

Upon hearing this, Director Wang stood up and bowed, saying solemnly, "Pingzi, on behalf of all the poor households and martyrs' families in the district, I bow to you."

Lin Ping quickly helped Director Wang up and said, "Auntie Wang, you are embarrassing me. There is a saying that goes, when the country is in trouble, every citizen has a share of responsibility."

Upon hearing this, Director Wang said loudly: "Well, well said!"