Siheyuan: There are seven fairies in my house, I am so busy

Because Zhang Jialiang would bring food and vegetables home from time to time, and every few days he would take Zhang Jiamei to the old place outside the city to stew a pot of meat and bring it back secretly.

The Zhang family had no shortage of grain, meat, and vegetables, but because they had to keep it secret, they could only enjoy them secretly behind closed doors.

Because the confidentiality work was done well, no one in the entire compound found out about it, and therefore it did not arouse their jealousy and cause any trouble.

A month after Liang Ladi came in, Zhang Jialiang exchanged a 300-pound wild boar for a formal job in a garment factory.

He considered it for a while and felt that it would be more suitable for his wife to work in a garment factory.

The work in the garment factory was relatively labor-saving, and Liang Ladi also had a certain foundation and talent in making clothes, so Zhang Jialiang contacted his old friend, Director Ma of the garment factory.

After telling Director Ma about his idea, the two of them hit it off and got it done quickly.

Zhang Jialiang found a job for his wife, and Director Ma gained even more. He used this big wild boar to gain a lot of fame in the garment factory, which made his position as director more secure and once again greatly improved his work performance.

Liang Ladi and her second sister Zhang Jiani worked in the same factory. With the care of her second sister and Liang Ladi's strong working ability, she quickly adapted to the garment factory and achieved certain work results.

Zhang Jialiang did not deliberately avoid his wife from getting pregnant. He liked children. In his opinion, everything was up to fate. There was no control anyway. If the child was possible, then he would have it. In this era, every family had many children, which was exactly what he wanted.

The result may be because both he and Liang Ladi had very good physical fitness, and soon one month before the New Year, his wife was found to be pregnant.

Zhang Jialiang had already had his plans at the steel rolling mill. He had no intention of making any progress and was just idling away his time.

Every month he only had to complete his own purchasing tasks, and occasionally cooperate with Li Huaide.

He provided Li Huaide with large prey, and Li Huaide gave him more compensation in private.

He gained practical benefits, while Li Huaide used the materials provided by Zhang Jialiang to hype up his reputation and work performance in the steel mill.

In this way, both people got what they wanted. Zhang Jialiang gained practical benefits and kept his fame and honor, while Li Huaide also got what he wanted and his career progressed steadily.

The most important thing is that through many collaborations, Zhang Jialiang and Li Huaide have become closer and closer. This is exactly what Zhang Jialiang wants. He just wants to hide behind others and live a stable and prosperous life.

At the same time, because of his better relationship with Li Huaide, when times come, Zhang Jialiang will not be at risk with him as a big tree to shelter him from the wind and rain. This is very good.

There is a phrase called: the gap between the old and the new.

In normal years, people's lives are always a little difficult during the spring period. At this time, the new food has not yet come down, and last year's food has been eaten up. Not only food, but also vegetables are like this, so people's lives are naturally not easy.

This was always the case in normal years, not to mention difficult times. Today, the drought situation has not improved and the difficulties are still continuing. It is also the time when there is a shortage of food, and people's lives are even more difficult.

After the torment of the past year, people now have fewer and fewer means to deal with the predicament. Except for people like Zhang Jialiang who have a system, most families have fallen into extremely difficult situations.

To make matters worse, life was already extremely difficult, and now the street issued another notice: everyone's food ration standard would be reduced again, by two kilograms for adults and two kilograms for children.

Suddenly people's lives became more difficult, and hunger became a common occurrence.

In the compound, on the streets, in the factories, and in the schools, whether adults or children, everyone was so hungry that their faces were pale and their bodies were thin, and they walked unsteadily.

Adults have lost their strength, children have lost their energy, and people in general have lost their spirits.

Today's lunch for Yan Fugui's family is a piece of sweet potato and a bowl of wild vegetable porridge for each person.

Yan Fugui, who works to earn money, can eat another steamed bun. When Yan Jiecheng has work to do, he can eat one more steamed bun like Yan Fugui. When he is not working, he is the same as everyone else.

"Come, let's eat. Each person has a piece of sweet potato, a bowl of wild vegetable porridge, and three pickles. No more, no less, it's all divided for everyone."

The three aunts invited the family to start eating.

"Boss, you don't have any work to do today, so you can't eat steamed bread."

Yan Jiecheng looked at a piece of sweet potato, a bowl of wild vegetable porridge, and three pickles in front of him, and he felt that it was not enough.

"Dad, do you think I should still go out and do odd jobs?

Go to work. You won’t have energy if you don’t eat enough. Several of us who were doing odd jobs together fainted while working.

If I don't do odd jobs, I won't make any money. Now the food rations have been lowered. If I don't work and just eat the food rations, I'll still starve. I'm so conflicted now."

Yan Fugui made a rule for Yan Jiecheng that he could only eat more when he was working. If he didn't work, he would be the same as everyone else in the family. This made Yan Jiecheng very conflicted.

The key point is that the price of food outside has risen too much. The price of coarse grains on the black market is now 1 yuan per catty, and the price of fine grains has reached 2 yuan per catty. The money he earns from odd jobs is almost the same as the extra meals he eats.

"It depends on how you think about it. Anyway, I have made it clear to you. If you want to eat more, you have to earn more money. As long as the money you earn is enough for you to eat more, it's fine.

If you calculate at 9 yuan a month, you can only buy a little over 7 kilograms of coarse grains, which is almost the same as the extra meals you eat every month, so now you are in a dilemma between whether to go or not.

If you want to eat more, then do odd jobs. If you want to save more energy, then eat less. It's the same. It depends on your choice. It's up to you. "

Yan Fugui did not make the decision for Yan Jiecheng. He was relatively open-minded in this regard. As long as the interests were clearly divided, it was up to his eldest son to make the choice.

Yan Jiecheng was struggling with this point. If he didn't go to work, he would be like his younger brothers and sisters and would have to eat sweet potatoes all day long. Eating too much sweet potatoes would not make you feel good.

If you go to work, you will work yourself to death but won't save any money.

The work he did was all heavy physical labor. He ate little and had little strength. Doing this kind of work was still very risky. During this period, several people who worked with him fainted, which put a lot of pressure on Yan Jiecheng.

"I'd better go to work. After all, it's better to have more food in my stomach. Otherwise, it will be empty and I will feel depressed."

In the end, Yan Jiecheng couldn't resist the temptation of food, so he chose to eat and go to work.