Siheyuan: Grassroots Counterattack

Although Aunt Yi was reluctant, she was persuaded by Yi Zhonghai, "Old Yi, you have to be careful. If you take a hundred at a time, our family's savings will be exhausted."

"I know, this is just the first time. From now on, we can just give him a few kilograms of corn flour each time."

While Yi Zhonghai and his wife were grumbling, Jia Dongxu returned home in high spirits. As soon as he entered the door, he took out 50 yuan and said, "Mom, this is what the master gave me to buy food."

"So much?" Jia Zhang grabbed the money and said, "Why buy food? We still have enough food at home. Let's talk about it later."

As she said that, she put the money into her pocket. Qin Huairu wanted to step forward to stop her, but was stopped by Jia Dongxu. Qin Huairu was really sad this time. It would have been fine if her mother-in-law didn't give her money, but her husband didn't care about the life and death of her family. Qin Huairu felt that she had really married the wrong person.

Thinking of this, tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing. Jia Dongxu took advantage of Jia Zhang's inattention and stuffed the 50 yuan in his hand into Qin Huairu's pocket. Qin Huairu looked down and was shocked, and then a sweet feeling arose in her heart.

It turns out that her husband is not without concern for her parents' home. Look, isn't he secretly giving her money?

Qin Huairu quickly stuffed the money into her pocket, then pretended to be disappointed, picked up the basin, and went outside to wash clothes at the sink.

When Jia Zhang heard the noise and saw Qin Huairu walk out in a daze, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She was also afraid that Qin Huairu would ask her to take out the money to buy food in person. After all, her son was next to her, and if she did too much, her son would definitely not agree.

By the pool, Qin Huairu turned her back to the Jia family, took out the money from her pocket and counted it. She found that there were exactly 50 yuan. Qin Huairu was very happy. Then she took out three 10-yuan bills and put them away. This was her private money. As for the remaining 20 yuan, she planned to go out and find a way to buy some food to send to her parents' home.

Early the next morning, Qin Huairu told Jia Zhang that she wanted to go back to her parents' home. Seeing that she had nothing to do, Jia Zhang let her go without worry.

After leaving the courtyard, Qin Huairu did not go to the station, but went to the Pigeon Market. The Pigeon Market was a market spontaneously organized by the surrounding people. Although the government did not support it, it did not ban it. After all, every family needs oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.

The meaning here is different from the black market. The black market is the target of severe crackdowns by the government because the goods in the black market are basically shady.

The idea is ideal, but the reality is cruel. Food has long been a scarce commodity in the pigeon market and will be snapped up soon once it appears. Although Qin Huairu arrived early, she found nothing after a round of inspection.

There was no choice, Qin Huairu had to go to the station empty-handed. The car swayed all the way to the Jianguo Commune. After getting off the car, Qin Huairu walked to Qinjia Village.

At this time in Qinjia Village, no sound could be heard, the crops in the fields were listless, and cracks appeared on the land due to drought.

There are no big rivers near Qinjia Village, only a small stream passing by their village, but now the stream has dried up. Qin Huairu knew that life in the village was hard now, but she didn't expect it to become like this.

When she arrived at her home, Qin Huairu knocked on the door. After a long time, a voice came out. The door was opened, and she saw her mother standing there with a pale and thin face.

Qin Huairu's mother did not recognize Qin Huairu at first. After all, Qin Huairu had not been home for two years. Even during the holidays, Jia Zhang would not allow Qin Huairu to come back.

"Who are you looking for?" Qin's mother asked weakly.

"Mom, I'm Huairu!" Qin Huairu said with tears in her eyes and choked.

"Ah? Huairu?" Qin's mother screamed, then covered her mouth and pulled Qin Huairu into the house. When she closed the door, she looked around and found that there was no one outside, so she felt relieved.

The people in the house naturally heard Qin's mother's shouting. Qin's father and Qin Huairu's younger brother Qin Weidong also walked out weakly. As soon as they went out, they saw a young woman standing in the yard. At this time, thinking of Qin's mother's shouting just now, they also reacted and realized who was standing in the yard.

"Huai Ru, why did you come back alone?" Qin's father asked worriedly.

"Dad, you guys sent me a message, so I came back to see you!"

"What about your son-in-law?" Qin's mother asked worriedly.

"Dongxu has gone to work, don't worry, Mom."

The three members of the Qin family were relieved. Qin Huairu followed Qin's mother into the house and asked, "Mom, what's going on in the village? Why is there no one here?"

"Ah." Qin's father sighed and took out his pipe to smoke. Qin's mother said at this time: "Huai Ru, don't you know that we implemented the big canteen last year? It was really great at that time. We could eat as much as we wanted and even take the steamed buns home. But at the beginning of this year, the canteen was disbanded and every household was given a little food. These grains were not enough to last until the autumn harvest."

As he spoke, he wiped away his tears. "Besides, it's so dry this year that the crops in the fields don't grow at all. We don't know what to do during the autumn harvest! So in order to save food, the villagers basically stay on the kang and stay there."

"Mom, don't cry. This is the 20 yuan I saved. Take it and find a way to buy some food. I went there before I came back, but I didn't see anyone selling food."

Mother Qin hesitated a little and looked at Father Qin. Father Qin nodded, and then Mother Qin took the money and said, "Huai Ru, does your son-in-law know about this money?"

Qin Huairu nodded, "I know, don't worry."

"Dad, you must be careful when buying food. There are too many people committing crimes for food nowadays."

"Don't worry, my daughter, I understand. We went to buy food with your uncle before, but we ran out of money, so I sent you this message."

Qin Huairu saw that her parents had understood the matter, so she planned to leave, but Qin Xiaodi stepped forward and grabbed Qin Huairu's clothes, "Sister, you just came home and you want to leave again?"

"Little brother, you are already 10 years old. You should be sensible and help your parents with more housework. I will come to see you when I am free."

Although Qin's mother was reluctant, she still did not try to keep Qin Huairu. The food at home was running out, and there was nothing left to entertain her daughter.

After Qin's father sent Qin Huairu out of the village, he went to find his younger brother, Qin Jingru's father, to discuss the matter of buying grain.

After some trouble, Qin Huairu finally returned to the courtyard. It was already evening and the people who worked in the steel mill in the courtyard had already returned from get off work.