Siheyuan: From Being Called Shazhu

After leaving the courtyard, He Yuzhu arrived at Yuan'ensi Hutong, where the community was located, with ease.

As soon as he entered the compound, He Yuzhu could chat with anyone.

The staff here are either He Yuzhu’s former colleagues or his former neighbors in the alley who have been recruited here.

After a lot of effort, He Yuzhu finally arrived at the director's office and started shouting as he stood at the door.

"Sister Hong, Sister Hong, I came to see you."

"Tsk, you little bastard, are you kind enough to come and see me? Forget it."

Sister Hong opened the office door and saw He Yuzhu, and her tone suddenly became teasing.

"Well, look at it. I just graduated yesterday and I'm coming over today. Is that okay with me?"

As he spoke, He Yuzhu took out a handful of candies from his bag and placed them on Sister Hong's table.

Before Sister Hong could speak, He Yuzhu spoke first.

"Don't refuse, Sister Hong. These are not much. If I give one to each of my colleagues, there will be nothing left. I've just graduated from a technical secondary school, so I'll just let everyone share in the good news."

"Okay, then I'll take advantage of your joy."

Since He Yuzhu said so, Sister Hong didn't hesitate and pushed the candy to the side of the desk before speaking again.

"Tell me, what's the matter with you coming back?"

"Hehe, Sister Hong is Sister Hong, she's good at calculating."

He Yuzhu was not polite and took out He Yushui's documents and procedures from his bag.

"Isn't there a fixed amount now? I didn't have time to get it because I was in school a while ago. Now, I'm coming to get the fixed amount for my sister."

"You are such an incompetent brother. The rations are about to be distributed this month, and it's been three months since you came here."

Sister Hong, who took over the formalities, glared at He Yuzhu with dissatisfaction.

"That's why they say that a man with a thick tongue can't do anything. It's almost like we wasted more than 70 kilograms of food."

"Hehe, hehe, I couldn't get out of school a while ago."

In response to Sister Hong's kindness, He Yuzhu just pretended to be stupid as usual.

However, Sister Hong was just talking.

In fact, the process for He Yuzhu has already begun.

"Well, I'll report it this afternoon. When the grain permit is approved in two days, I'll send someone to deliver it to you."

As she spoke, Sister Hong finished registering the things that needed to be registered. After pushing the paperwork back to He Yuzhu, she took out a document from the pile of papers on the desk.

"Zhu Zi, according to the procedure, I have to tell you again."

Then, Sister Hong flipped through a few pages of the document and began to read.

"According to the sixth sub-clause of Article 22 of the Provisional Measures for the Rational Supply of Food in Cities and Towns, the general population and children over ten years old are not allowed to have 26 to 25 catties, and the average is no more than 25 catties. Therefore, the ration for Xiaoyushui is temporarily set at catties."

"Yeah, okay, thank you Sister Hong."

To be honest, He Yuzhu doesn't care at all about the quantitative amount of light rainwater.

Because it is not He Yuzhu's turn to take care of Xiao Yushui's meals.

Seeing that He Yuzhu didn't seem to care at all, Sister Hong glared at him.

"Next year, when Xiao Yushui goes to middle school, remember to come and exchange your copy. Article 26 of the fifth rule stipulates that college and middle school students should weigh 33 to 32 kilograms per month, with an average of no more than kilograms."

As she spoke, Sister Hong became more serious.

"Don't underestimate the extra 1-2 kilograms of food every month. But when the rain comes and you can eat it, you will start to complain."

"Why wait until later? The little rain water now is good to eat."

Now, He Yuzhu started talking.

"Sister Hong, you don't know that Xiao Yushui has to eat four meals a day now, and she always complains about being hungry."

"No, I saw your master's guard bringing Xiao Yushui back a while ago, and she didn't look fat. But she has grown taller. She is no longer the tiny girl she was a few years ago."

Sister Hong was a little bit unbelievable about what He Yuzhu said.

After all, He Yushui is not even 11 yet, she is just a 10-year-old girl.

Who has ever seen a 10-year-old girl eat four meals a day and still complain of hunger?

"Really, Sister Hong."

Seeing Sister Hong's confusion, He Yuzhu began to complain.

"You don't know, this little girl has been away from home since she moved to my master's place. Now, if she didn't have to go to school, I think she would have gone wild. Even so, the little girl is not well behaved in school. Wherever she goes, there is a group of kids following her."

"Pfft".

Sister Hong couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Okay, Zhuzi, you two are really alike. Don't talk about your sister. Back then, you were known as the Little King of Hell in the alley, and you were surrounded by people. Your sister is even better than you."

"Well...."

He Yuzhu pretended to be aggrieved and looked at Sister Hong.

"Sister Hong, you always interrupt me and don't want to be with you anymore. I'm sad and I'm leaving."

Having said that, He Yuzhu stood up.

After all, we had spent some time in the courtyard in the morning, and also spent some time with Sister Hong, so it was almost time for lunch.

Staying is not good.

Sister Hong also understood what He Yuzhu meant and nodded.

"Okay, then I won't keep you for dinner, go back early."

As she spoke, Sister Hong also stood up to see He Yuzhu off.

"By the way, Zhuzi, Xiao Yushui's grain certificate has been processed. Should it be sent to you at the Siheyuan or to your master?"

"Oh, don't bother, Sister Hong. I'll leave it here when I'm done. I'll come get it when I have time."

Seeing He Yuzhu's indifference, Sister Hong pushed him.

"You better be careful. The grain certificate will be invalid after a month. You didn't collect it in the last two months, and you could still use the unissued grain certificate as an excuse. This time, the grain certificate has been issued, and if you don't collect it, there will be something to blame."

"Oh, really?"

Originally, He Yuzhu thought that since it was just a grain book instead of grain coupons, he should be able to save them up.

Anyway, Master Sun has no shortage of rainwater. When the time comes, we can just collect it once a year. That would be more convenient, right?

But who knows if you won’t save up the grain, so forget it.

It’s troublesome, but we still have Xiao Li, hehe.

He Yuzhu shrugged.

"Okay, Sister Hong, if I don't come over in a few days, I will ask Xiao Li, my master's guard, to come over. Don't worry, I remember that."

"Okay, then you remember this and take it as a matter of fact."

They were about to leave the compound, but Sister Hong still reminded He Yuzhu.

"Don't worry, Sister Hong."

He Yuzhu agreed and pushed the bike out of the neighborhood committee compound.

But when this happened, He Yuzhu didn't know what to do.

Go back to the courtyard to clean up the house?

Forget it, those old women are coming over, should He Yuzhu clean up the house or deal with the old women?

Then go back to the compound?

But if he went back to the compound, the few friends that He Yuzhu knew who he could chat with would have to go to work or school as usual and would not be able to go back to the compound.

After returning, won’t He Yuzhu still be alone?

"Oh~~~"

He Yuzhu picked up a cigarette and sighed.

It seems that there is a reason why people get married early in this era.

Forget it, don’t think about it anymore, just let nature take its course.

Anyway, it's noon, time for lunch.

But when it came to eating, He Yuzhu was in trouble again.

Let’s go back to the compound and eat in the cafeteria, but He Yuzhu doesn’t want to.

Then do it yourself in the compound?

Forget it, He Yuzhu is just being lazy.

As for going back to the factory to eat in the cafeteria...

Forget it, I’m too lazy to do it myself when I get home, let alone having to ride such a long distance. He Yuzhu was not willing to move at all.

Well, just find a restaurant, order two dishes, and celebrate your graduation from technical secondary school.

Now that he had a goal, He Yuzhu didn't hesitate.

As soon as he stepped on the pedal, he slipped out onto West Chang'an Avenue.

First of all, Emei Restaurant must be removed.

If He Yuzhu goes back, it is hard to say whether others will serve him or he will serve others.

After wandering around, He Yuzhu finally found a Shandong cuisine restaurant.

Not to mention, now, it may be a problem of just implementing public-private partnership.

This unassuming little restaurant serves authentic food.

But when it came time to pay the bill, He Yuzhu was dumbfounded.

"Sir, I need 1 jin of food coupons and 8 cents in total."

? ? ? ?

I forgot, now you need food coupons to go out to eat.

But He Yuzhu has been eating in the school cafeteria recently. Even when he came back yesterday, he ate at Master Sun's house.

There was no chance to use food stamps.

Moreover, He Yuzhu didn't even have the grain book with him, so it was too late to exchange it now.

Just when He Yuzhu was about to pawn his work ID to see if he could buy it on credit.

The waiter noticed He Yuzhu's embarrassment, looked around, and found that no one was paying attention to their table, so he spoke in a low voice.

"Dear guest, please come to the back hall for a chat. Our host will come up with a solution that everyone is happy with."

"okay."

He Yuzhu pretended to be generous and followed the second brother to the back hall.

"Boss, this guest doesn't have any food coupons."

The waiter simply said something to the owner of the restaurant and left.

He Yuzhu didn’t know what was wrong with this boss. Didn’t he say he could come up with a solution?

But now, since He Yuzhu came in, this boss has been staring at He Yuzhu with wide eyes.

Although He Yuzhu didn't bring the food coupons and couldn't pay the bill, he was in the wrong.

But He Yuzhu is not afraid.

He opened his eyes wide and looked at his boss.

Well, these two started to stare at each other.

After a long while, the boss finally spoke through gritted teeth.

"My dear guest, you are not Eagle Claw Sun or Leng Zidian, right?"

"Ok?"

This sudden arrival of spring ceremony surprised He Yuzhu.

However, He Yuzhu smiled.

"Boss, although I don't know what you mean exactly, I roughly understand it. Don't worry, I'm just me, I don't have an official position."

Not really understanding what the boss meant, He Yuzhu didn't dare to make any noise.

I just simply told my boss the whole thing.

Now, the boss breathed a sigh of relief.

"That's good. When you walked in with such righteousness, I thought the government was fishing to catch me."

"oh..."

That's true. After all, He Yuzhu has only been in formal training for three months, and his every move is very different from those of the soldiers who have been training for years.

However, in the eyes of outsiders, it is still a little special.

Just when He Yuzhu was about to explain, he didn't expect the boss over there to grit his teeth.

"My dear guest, your meal is on my table."