Siheyuan: Rebirth 52 years later, escaping from famine in Beijing

When Jia Dongxu saw Lu Aimin eating sweet potatoes with relish, he felt a special sense of satisfaction. He could not tolerate others living a better life than himself; when he saw someone suffering like himself, he would feel much happier.

Qin Huairu felt mixed emotions. Seeing that the Lu family was also eating such simple food, her emotions were both contradictory and complicated: "The kid from the Lu family can actually eat sweet potatoes so comfortably, it seems that he usually eats these.

Although they had lived a life of luxury before, it seems that their situation is no different from that of ordinary people now, which also proves how difficult the current situation is!"

After playing all day, Lu Aimin returned home and said happily, "Dad, Mom, I never thought that after eating meat for a long time, these whole grains would become so delicious. I want to eat more!"

"Hush! My little one, the fact that my family can still eat meat must not be leaked to anyone else, do you understand?

Since you like to eat these whole grains, then enjoy them! It is also good for your health to taste some whole grains occasionally. "

As she spoke, Li Jing placed her slender white fingers against her lips as a gesture of silence, and warned her son.

"Mom, I get it!" Lu Aimin replied, then ran out happily with a sweet potato in his hand.

For those who have long been tired of eating sweet potatoes and are unwilling to touch them anymore, now that they see that even the children of authoritative figures like Chief Engineer Lu and Director Li "only" have sweet potatoes to eat, their attitudes have changed and they begin to discover that even sweet potatoes are quite flavorful.

night,

In the bedroom,

The wife was bathing in the bathroom with her baby, and from time to time the clear laughter of her little daughter could be heard in the house.

The eldest son, Lu Aimin, was alone at his desk, studying hard, completely immersed in the world of books.

Seeing this, Lu Weimin couldn't help but reveal a satisfied "fatherly" expression, and began to focus on learning the aviation engineering knowledge in the book. [Aerospace Engineering Ability +1]

The night is deep,

After the children fell asleep,

Lu Weimin and his wife were so deeply in love that they finally lost control of themselves and began engaging in intimate actions.

The situation here is different from the home in Ermingang Hutong. In Ermingang, the husband and wife lived in one room and the children lived in another; in the current place, the whole family lived in one room. Therefore, Lu Weimin and his wife had to be extra careful during intimate moments so as not to wake up the children. This restraint actually brought a special feeling.

As for the Jia family next door, Jia Dongxu was starving and tossing and turning. He said to himself, "I wonder how my mother is doing in the countryside? She must be living a better life than us, right?"

However, Grandmother Jia's life in the countryside was extremely difficult and she was almost on the verge of starvation!

As summer approaches, the disaster becomes more severe.

The extreme shortage of food made people live a miserable life.

In the countryside,

After finishing her work in the fields, Grandmother Jia returned. The scorching sun made her eyes see stars and her legs weak, so she had to stop and rest for a while after every few steps.

"Oh my God! Is there such a way to live in this world? I have never done anything bad in my life, why do I have to endure such pain now!" Jia's mother knocked the ground with her dry fingers and cried out in grief. If her relatives and friends in the city saw her like this at this time, they would definitely be shocked.

Now, Lady Jia’s face is full of wrinkles and her body is so thin that only a skeleton is left. She is completely different from when she first returned to the village.

Only after she was tired of cursing did Grandmother Jia reluctantly get up and stagger towards home.

After finally returning home, Jia's mother saw several neighbors moving items covered with straw mats out of a house, followed by a mother and children who were crying and sobbing.

"What happened?" she asked other neighbors, "Another one died of hunger." The neighbors answered expressionlessly.

This scene frightened Jia's mother. She couldn't even remember how many people had died of hunger in the past few days. "I don't want to die! I must not die!" She whispered nervously, then turned away and came to the door of the township leader's house.

She begged, "**, please let me go back to the city! At least that way I can save some of my food to distribute to you!"

This became the best reason that Jia's mother could think of. Her eyes were full of desire for life and she whispered humility. After hearing this, her face immediately darkened:

"Don't tell me, Grandmother Jia, you want to be a deserter now? When you first came back here, you were so enthusiastic about enjoying the food. Now that the town is in trouble, you want to escape?

This must not be allowed!

You should understand that desertion will be punishable by execution on the battlefield!

Although I do not have the right to execute you, I must give you the punishment you deserve. From today, for three consecutive days, your food rations will be reduced to half of the original amount! "

This sudden news shocked Jia's mother. They were already facing a crisis, how could they survive if the food supply was cut again? She burst into tears, "No! Leader, I really know I was wrong! Please don't cut my food quota, or I will starve to death!"

** With a stern look on his face, he yelled, "Get out of here now! If you keep crying, it won't be a matter of three days. It may turn into a week or even longer."

Hearing this, Jia Mu fell silent immediately. She knew very well that making a scene here was completely different from making a scene in the courtyard before - it would have no effect! Here, the leader had the final say, and if she offended him, the consequences would be disastrous.

Even if she really died, no one would sympathize with her. Such scenes were already commonplace here. Grandmother Jia could only leave quietly.

** His wife couldn't bear to see this, so she walked out and said to him, "You see, this Lady Jia is really pitiful. Since we don't have much food, why don't we let her go back to the city? This way we can save her some food."

Facing my spouse's words, ** replied,

"This Lady Jia is not a simple character. She has done a lot of evil in the city and even angered an important person."

The important person asked me to severely punish this woman, so I certainly couldn't let her off easily. This was one reason. There was another factor.

If she cannot survive here, she will definitely return to the city and make false accusations against our commune. Such remarks will be very detrimental to our reputation, so she will not be allowed to leave.

The leader's wife's expression suddenly brightened after hearing the explanation.

On the afternoon of the second day, because she only ate half of her usual amount, Jia Zhang was unable to resist hunger and eventually fainted on the ground. "One less person!"

The surrounding residents did not react much when they saw this scene.

Jia Zhang came here from the city, and there was a gap between them and those who had lived in the countryside for generations, and there was almost no human bond between them.