Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Chapter 120: Stupid Zhu Lowers His Own Value (First Update)
Three days later, He Yuzhu just returned home dragging his tired body, and Qin Huairu followed him in.

"Zhu Zi...you must help Sister Qin...Sister Qin is having a hard time again!"

Hearing Qin Huairu's voice, He Yuzhu was like a chicken with its blood injected. He stood up from the bed, took Qin Huairu's hands and asked.

"Sister Qin..."

"Just say whatever you want to say!"

"We have such a good relationship... I will definitely help if I can!"

Qin Huairu sighed and continued, "Sister Qin's family can't make ends meet anymore!"

"I couldn't bear to see them starve to death, so I gave them all the money I had saved to exchange for food."

"As a result, today Bangteng is making a fuss and wants to eat meat again!"

"As a mother, I want to go to Pigeon Market to buy meat for him, but I have no money!"

"Can you lend Sister Qin five dollars..."

"Sister, please!"

As he said this, he grabbed He Yuzhu's hands and looked at him with pleading eyes, as if He Yuzhu would kneel down to him if he didn't agree.

He Yuzhu couldn't stand this.

The moment Qin Huairu pinched his hands, his face turned red. The little bit of rationality in his heart was replaced by impulse and passion, and he answered immediately.

"Sister Qin..."

"Your business is my business..."

"I definitely can't watch Bang Geng and Xiao Dang suffer, let alone you, Sister Qin!"

After saying that, he took out five dollars from his pocket.

Perhaps in order to catch this free wallet, Qin Huairu did not leave immediately after getting the money, but said several words of thanks before leaving the house!

After Qin Huairu completely disappeared at the door, He Yuzhu slowly calmed down, and then a look of regret appeared on his face, thinking that he should not have lent Qin Huairu so much money just now.

The five dollars not only includes the remaining two or three dollars of salary for this month, but also two dollars for living expenses!

Now that it has been borrowed by Qin Huairu, it means that he will have no money to buy food for at least the next ten days.

This is a big deal.

So the first priority for He Yuzhu now is to make money, otherwise he will starve.

But the salary at the steel mill is fixed. Unless you steal something from the canteen kitchen and sell it, your monthly income will not increase at all.

Although He Yuzhu is a bootlicker, he still disdains to do petty thefts.

Finally, he thought of a way to make money: just like before, he would take advantage of his monthly break to take on banquets...

Not only can I earn money, but I can also bring food back to eat...

This way, Qin Huairu will definitely be more grateful to me, and I can touch Sister Qin's hand more often...

He Yuzhu did it as soon as he thought about it. He put on his coat and went straight to Yi Zhonghai's house.

Yi Zhonghai is an eighth-level fitter in the factory and has extensive connections. With his help and coordination, we will definitely be able to get the banquet!

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The home of Yi Zhonghai in the Central Courtyard.

After hearing He Yuzhu's purpose, Yi Zhonghai was very happy.

As long as they don't come to borrow money from him or take his retirement money, Yi Zhonghai doesn't mind helping out his retirement savings.

After all, when his income increases, he can help the Jia family more.

This is a good thing that kills two birds with one stone.

But soon Yi Zhonghai showed an embarrassment on his face: "Zhu Zi..."

"It's a good thing that you are ambitious!"

"But it's not a big shot who hits you..."

"The news that you were sent to a labor camp has spread around."

"Before, you were an eighth-level cook in the steel mill, responsible for the factory's small kitchen. You were good at cooking and your salary was high, so you were hired by cadres."

"Now that you've been punished, those officials will definitely not ask you to cook for them in order to avoid suspicion." "I heard that these people now ask Wang Dong from the front yard to cook for them."

It was obvious that Yi Zhonghai's words were meant to flatter He Yuzhu, making him completely hate Wang Dong and stand on his side.

He Yuzhu didn't think much about it and just followed Yi Zhonghai's words and cursed: "Wang Dong, that bastard..."

"When I become a canteen monitor and get promoted to an eighth-level canteen cook, I will definitely trample him under my feet and see how he can still be so arrogant in front of me."

After cursing, he stared at Yi Zhonghai and said, "Uncle..."

"I can't prepare a banquet for those cadres... I'll just prepare it for the ordinary residents around here!"

"There are so many residents around us who need chefs to cook for weddings and funerals. We will definitely get some work!"

The uncle was afraid that He Yuzhu was stubborn and would not lower his status.

It was annoying that he took the initiative to offer seats to ordinary residents. I was very happy and immediately replied: "Zhu Zi..."

"It will be easy if you can think like this!"

"Before, you had to charge at least three dollars for a banquet..."

“Ordinary people only have one dollar!”

"If you think it's okay, I'll help you find out tomorrow!"

He Yuzhu felt that one dollar for a banquet was a bit too little.

But when you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head, and the most important thing now is to survive.

It’s one dollar per time, and you can do it at least four times a month, which means you’ll earn four dollars.

Including the meat and vegetables that he brought back from the host’s house, his income was at least six or seven yuan.

Thinking that even a small mosquito is still meat, he answered readily: "Thank you, uncle..."

"As long as I can make money, one dollar is one dollar!"

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The next day He Yuzhu received good news!

A worker in a workshop held a full-month banquet for his child and asked He Yuzhu to help with the cooking. The wage was one yuan, and there were four tables in total.

Early in the morning of that day, He Yuzhu brought Ma Hua to the yard where the family was!
The tables, chairs and benches had been set up by the neighbors who came to help. The stove was temporarily built with earthen bricks in a corner of the yard and was very simple.

There was a table next to it that served as a chopping board, on which were placed a piece of pork, a big fish, and two chickens.

The pork weighs only about four or five pounds.

The bamboo basket beside the table was filled with cabbage, radishes, potatoes...

If He Yuzhu remembered correctly, this should be the worst banquet he had ever hosted!

"Master He...you are here!"

The owner of the house worked at a steel mill and often went to a canteen to get food. He was very familiar with He Yuzhu's cooking skills.

He felt that he had made a great deal as he could hire He Yuzhu to cook for him for only one dollar.

When he met He Yuzhu, he was very polite, fearing that he would get angry and leave if he said something wrong.

Seeing He Yuzhu looking at the banquet ingredients on the table with a hint of dissatisfaction, the host was embarrassed to answer.

"Supplies are in short supply in the city right now... I spent a lot of effort to get these pork, chicken, and fish!"

"Master He, please help me prepare four tables of dishes..."

"One braised pork, one braised fish, one stewed chicken, one shredded pork and radish, one braised cabbage with lard, and one shredded potato..."

"Finally, use eggs to make a soup. A total of six dishes and one soup!"

He Yuzhu was in a very difficult situation.

There were only five pounds of pork on the table, and the host wanted both braised pork and stir-fried pork with shredded radish. Isn't this making things difficult for him?
If this had happened in the past, he would have simply quit the job.

But not now.

He is short of money and has to make money by sitting at the table!
Although it was very embarrassing, he still frowned and nodded to indicate that it was okay!
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