Siheyuan: He Yuzhu since 1958

Chapter 180 Reduction of Quantity

Although Cui Qinghai hid it well, every family has two gossipers. In addition, when Lu Taishan and his two companions left, they did not avoid the villagers. Soon, under the "propaganda" of Cui Qinghai's eldest daughter-in-law, everyone in Sanjiadian Village knew that Lu Taishan and his two companions had found jobs in Sijiu City.

However, most of the villagers were just envious and did not dare to talk too much. However, the other wives of Cui Qinghai's family started to quarrel at home. However, Cui Qinghai was the village chief after all, so he could control it and took this opportunity to scold the other wives. At the same time, Cui Qinghai took this opportunity to divide the family. He divided the other sons, and Cui Qinghai and his wives lived with the second son's family.

Lu Taishan and his two companions didn't know about the Cui family's affairs. After arriving in Sijiu City, Lu Taishan and his two companions first went to the house that Huang Ying had found for them. After cleaning the house and putting away their luggage, Lu Taishan and his two companions had nothing to do, so they went shopping.

When the time was almost right, Lu Taishan took Lu Taihe and Dongzi to the entrance of the steel rolling mill. After meeting up with He Yuzhu, they went to He Yuzhu's house.

When He Yuzhu and his three brothers just arrived home, they hadn't even had time to catch their breath when Huang Ying and He Yushui came back. He Yuzhu saw that his wife and sister were back, so he didn't rest. He said hello to his wife and sister and went straight into the kitchen.

Huang Ying chatted with Lu Taishan and the other two for a while, then walked to the kitchen, looked at He Yuzhu who was busy in the kitchen, and asked, "Have you heard?!"

He Yuzhu asked back: "I go home right after get off work, how can I have time to listen to gossip?!"

Huang Ying said, "It turns out that the daughter-in-law of the Jia family who lives in the west wing gave birth this morning."

He Yuzhu said: "Whether she gives birth or not, what does it have to do with me?!"

Huang Ying said: "I don't know what happened. Although she gave birth to a boy, his buttocks don't have an anus."

"What?!" He Yuzhu was slightly stunned, then joked: "Isn't this because the son was born without an asshole?! Could it be that the couple has done too many immoral things?!"

Huang Ying said, "I don't know whether they did anything bad or not. But that Cripple Sun is a good person. At least he didn't dislike them."

He Yuzhu said: "The street office introduced so many people to Sun Quezi. None of them liked him. It's good enough that Qin Huairu liked Sun Quezi. What is there for him to dislike?!"

Huang Ying asked: "If I were replaced by Qin Huairu, what would you do?!"

He Yuzhu said: "You are you, and she is she. They can't be confused. Even if the child we give birth to has problems, medicine is so advanced nowadays that it will be cured. Besides, we are both young. We can still have children." As he said this, He Yuzhu suddenly came to his senses and looked at his wife.

Huang Ying smiled and asked, "What are you looking at?!"

He Yuzhu asked: "Wife, tell me the truth. Are you pregnant?!"

Huang Ying stared at He Yuzhu for a while and nodded silently. He Yuzhu was stunned! He looked at Huang Ying in disbelief and confirmed again: "She is really pregnant?! You didn't lie to me?! I am not well-educated, please don't lie to me!"

Huang Ying took out the test report from her pocket, handed it to He Yuzhu, and said, "Take a look for yourself!"

He Yuzhu took the test report and took a closer look. An excited smile immediately appeared on his face. He jumped up and shouted, "I'm going to be a father!"

He Yushui, who was chatting with Lu Taishan and the other two in the living room, heard the shouting from the kitchen, looked at Lu Taishan and the other two, and asked, "Did you hear what my brother shouted just now?!"

Lu Taihe said: "It seems like Brother Zhuzi is shouting that he is going to be a father."

He Yushui stood up suddenly, ran into the kitchen and asked, "Sister-in-law, are you pregnant?!"

Huang Ying replied, "Just two months."

He Yushui couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is great! I'm going to be an aunt!"

He Yuzhu then said, "Wife, there is a lot of smoke here. Don't stay here, get out!" He Yuzhu then looked at He Yushui and urged, "Yushui, you little girl, how come you don't have any sense at all?! Hurry up and take your sister-in-law out."

"Oh!" He Yushui came to his senses and responded, then hurriedly pulled Huang Ying out of the kitchen.

After Huang Ying and He Yushui went out, He Yuzhu felt like he had eaten bee poop, and he couldn't hide the joy in his heart.

Days passed by. The fact that Qin Huairu gave birth to a child without an anus did not cause much of a stir in Nanluoguxiang. It was just gossiped about by people living in Nanluoguxiang for a few days. When the clock was close to New Year's Day in 1960, one afternoon, Wang Xia appeared at the gate of No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

When Yan Bugui saw Wang Xia suddenly visiting, he was stunned for a moment, then he greeted her with a licking face and asked, "Director Wang, what's the matter?!"

Wang Xia asked: "Have all the people in your courtyard returned?!"

Yan Bugui replied: "Except for those who are going to work, almost everyone else has returned."

Wang Xia raised her wrist and looked at the time on her watch, then said, "Then I'll wait here for a while."

Yan Bugui asked: "Director Wang, what exactly are you going to announce?!"

Wang Xia replied: "Don't ask me. I'll tell you later."

After about a quarter of an hour, people who had been working came back one after another. He Yuzhu saw Wang Xia waiting at the gate and said, "Auntie Wang, don't sit here anymore. Come to my house and sit for a while!"

Wang Xia said, "No need!" Then she looked at Yan Bugui and said, "Old Yan, please notify everyone in the court to gather at the Intermediate Court for a meeting in five minutes."

"Hey!" Yan Bugui responded and immediately asked his three sons to notify them.

Five minutes later, everyone in the courtyard gathered in the middle courtyard. Wang Xia quickly scanned the faces of everyone present and said, "Since most people have arrived, I won't wait any longer. I received a notice from my superiors. Because of the reduction in grain production in some areas, starting from next month, except for children, the rations of others will be reduced by 20%."

When the residents of the courtyard heard that the ration was going to be reduced by 20%, they immediately started to discuss it. Wang Xia said, "Comrades, this is a difficult period. Please try your best to overcome it. If you feel that the ration is reduced and the salary you earn is not enough to support your family, you can apply to return to your hometown."

Although most of the residents of the Siheyuan have never left the city, they still know a little about the situation outside. Many places have starved to death. Anyway, at least there is food supply in the city. If it is not enough, you can go to the pigeon market or the black market to exchange some. Anyway, there are always more solutions than problems.

After a while, Wang Xia saw that no one in the courtyard responded, so she announced the end of the meeting. When most people had left, He Yuzhu walked up to Wang Xia and said, "Auntie Wang, it's getting late. Let's have dinner at my house before going back!"

Wang Xia said, "Zhu Zi, I won't have dinner at your house. I still have to go to several courtyards to announce this matter."

He Yuzhu took out two boiled eggs from his pocket, stuffed them into Wang Xia's hand, and said, "Since you don't want to eat, take these two eggs and fill your stomach."

"Zhuzi, I can't take this! Besides, your wife is pregnant, give it to her to nourish her body." Wang Xia was about to return the egg to He Yuzhu. He Yuzhu said, "Auntie Wang, we have food at home. Just take it! If you don't take it, I will be angry!"

Wang Xia couldn't persuade He Yuzhu, so she sighed and said, "Okay! I'll take it."

He Yuzhu smiled and replied: "That's right!"