The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

"Mom, thank you for your hard work these past two months."

After Yu Li sat down, she looked at Liu's mother with gratitude and said.

During these two months, Yu Li has been taken care of by Liu's mother in every possible way, and she is treated just like her own daughter.

"What's the big deal? I'm not some stubborn old man who would act like a mother-in-law and torture her daughter-in-law."

"Besides, you married the third son of our family and gave him a son. You are a great contributor to our family."

Mother Liu looked at Yu Li and said with a smile.

"Mom has to go back tomorrow, so it's a good opportunity for us to go back with the kids tomorrow."

Yu Li looked at Liu Minghui and said.

"That's fine, it's a good opportunity for Dad to give me a name."

Liu Minghui said it was no problem, as Pangpang's name had not yet been chosen.

"That's good. You haven't come back many times since you got married."

Mother Liu said happily.

After dinner, Liu Minghui and Yu Li stayed in the house and did not go out. The main reason was that there were not many people outside at that time. Everyone stayed at home after dinner and did not go out. If they did not exercise, they would not get hungry so quickly.

"Honey, what should we bring back to my parents' house tomorrow?"

Yu Li was sitting next to Liu Minghui, sewing a few small pieces of clothing.

These are for Fatty to wear. Yu Li has made a lot of them after she became pregnant. Now she makes some larger ones so she can replace them later.

"Just bring some food with you, but don't take too much, otherwise the countryside won't be safe."

Liu Minghui thought about it and decided to bring only 10 to 20 kilograms of corn flour. Liu Dazhuang would go back every week anyway, so there was no rush to bring it if needed later.

"That's fine. Food is the best thing right now."

Yu Li also agreed with this suggestion. Yu Li knew that Liu Minghui had other channels to buy food. Since she got married, Liu Minghui was the one who bought the food. She had never seen the grain jar at home empty.

"It's a good opportunity to go back and see if there's anyone in the village who needs help. After all, most of the people in the village are relatives."

This was Liu Minghui's idea. He had told Liu Wu before that he could come to him if he had any trouble, but Liu Minghui was afraid that Liu Wu would be embarrassed to say it, so he would ask him about it when he returned this time.

Since the second half of this year, the food ration for adults in the city has been reduced to an average of 28 kilograms per person per month, and that for children has been reduced to 14 kilograms per month. Liu Minghui feels that the villagers are probably not having an easy time either.

"Alas, I don't know how long this will last. I can only hope that things will get better next year."

Yu Li also sighed when she heard what Liu Minghui said. She worked at the supply and marketing cooperative and naturally knew all this. As for non-staple foods, the food that came in every day was never enough to sell out. There were often many people lining up to buy things as soon as the doors opened early in the morning, and most things were sold out within two hours.

"Maybe."

Liu Minghui shook his head. He couldn’t say that it would be worse next year.

"Go to bed, we'll go out early tomorrow."

Liu Minghui didn't want to talk about this topic anymore and directly pulled Yu Li to bed.

The Jia family in the Central Courtyard were also discussing the matter.

"Dongxu, the food is gone again. Can you see if you can go to the Pigeon Market to buy some?"

Jia Zhang rarely talked to Jia Dongxu about the issue of food.

The main reason was that Jia Zhang hadn't eaten meat for several months, and eating steamed buns every day made her mouth water.

"Look, Bang Geng is so skinny from hunger. We need to go buy some meat."

"Mom, we can barely afford food now, and you're still thinking about buying meat?"

Jia Dongxu tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, mainly because his monthly salary was not enough to buy food. Now Jia Zhang wanted to eat meat, which made him speechless.

Jia Dongxu also wants to eat meat. If the lunch at the steel rolling mill wasn't quite oily, he might not have the energy to go to work.

Seeing that Jia Dongxu disagreed, Jia Zhang had no choice. In the past two months, Jia Zhang also knew how much money the family spent on buying food every month. Jia Dongxu's salary was basically spent, and he didn't even give her any monthly pension money.

"It's all this idiot Zhu's fault. He locked the door every day. Otherwise, we Banggeng would have been able to get some delicious food."

Jia Zhang turned around and cursed in the direction of the He family.

"Mom, would he have done this if you hadn't blocked his door that day and asked for three dollars?"

Speaking of Qin Huairu, she was helpless. After the meeting that day, Yi Zhonghai said everything was fine and the two families reconciled, but the next day Jia Zhang blocked the door of the He family and demanded money.

He said that He Yuzhu was slandering Banggeng, and when he refused to give him the money, he rolled on the ground and made a scene. In the end, He Yuzhu had no choice but to give him three dollars.

"Who was that stupid guy who said that first? I only asked him for a few dollars because I was giving face to his father, He Daqing."

Jia Zhang said complacently that she didn't think she had done anything wrong since the money was in her hands anyway.

"So now He Yuzhu doesn't care about our family anymore, and Bang Geng won't let us go."

Qin Huairu added silently.

"Qin Huairu, what are you talking about? You are from our Jia family, so why do you always say good things to Sha Zhu?"

Jia Zhang was left speechless and could only curse Qin Huairu in anger.

Qin Huairu suddenly felt aggrieved, and tears were about to fall when she looked at Jia Dongxu.

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about the past."

"Huai Ru is not that kind of person. I believe her."

Jia Dongxu couldn't bear to see Qin Huairu cry, so he immediately came out and spoke for Qin Huairu.

He also knew that the last time was 100% a misunderstanding, but at that time, Jia Dongxu was being watched by too many people and he could only fight back against He Yuzhu.

"Forget it this time, but the food problem still needs to be solved."

Seeing this, Jia Zhang had no choice but to let Qin Huairu go and continued talking about food.

"Mom, I don't know what to do. Corn flour in Pigeon Market is 20 cents per pound now. It costs more than 20 yuan to buy food every month."

Jia Dongxu said helplessly that this price was still the same as the last time he bought it, and he didn't know if the price had increased again.

"God damn it, it used to be 5 cents a pound, but now it's quadrupled. They really want to squeeze us dry."

Jia Zhang was also cursing. You know, this would cost her money. If Jia Dongxu's salary was not enough, he would naturally have to use Old Jia's pension, which was her savings, to subsidize the family.

"Why don't you go and cry about your poverty to your master."

Jia Zhang gave Jia Dongxu an idea.

"I'm not going. Last time I told him, he couldn't do anything. I guess it will be the same this time."

Jia Dongxu shook his head and didn't want to go.

"Or Huairu, you go over there."

When Jia Zhang saw Qin Huairu crying beside her, her eyes lit up. Neither she nor Jia Dongxu wanted to go, so they could only tell Qin Huairu to go, hoping that it might work.

"I?"

"That's right. I'll teach you. As soon as you enter the house, you should cry as hard as you can. Even if Yi Zhonghai is not willing to help, he will have to give you some food anyway."

Jia Zhang gave Qin Huairu some advice.

In the end, Qin Huairu was pushed out by the two men in a daze.