Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Chapter 172: Confidence Brought by Money (First Update)
He Yuzhu had no worries about whether he could pay back the 20 kilograms of flour to Wang Dong in a year.

Faced with Wang Dong's handwritten IOU, he signed and put his fingerprints on it without even thinking about it.

After finishing, she took the ten yuan Wang Dong handed to her and happily went back to the kitchen to continue cooking...

"Master He, are you or I going to serve the dishes today..." Master Wang, the assistant chef who serves the dishes, comes over on time every day and asks.

He Yuzhu was like a warrior who had regained his fighting spirit. He answered confidently: "No one can take the job of serving food from me today. You take the money..."

After playing for twenty minutes in a row, He Yuzhu finally saw Qin Huairu in the crowd.

The whole person felt as if he had taken a dose of chicken blood. The arm that was sore just now was no longer painful, and the amount of food put into the lunch boxes for the workers increased as a result.

"Zhu Zi... today I'll get three steamed breads and a portion of cabbage..." Qin Huairu saw He Yuzhu getting the food himself at noon, and his eyes lit up and he realized that he could get it for free again today.

He originally wanted to make some braised tofu to take home for Banggeng to eat in the evening, but after seeing He Yuzhu serving the dish himself, he decisively put away the two cents he had prepared in advance, and only took out ten cents and half a pound of food coupons and handed them to Master Wang who was collecting the money.

Many times, money is a man's confidence.

When he has money in his pocket, he speaks much louder than usual. He Yuzhu is such a person.

Seeing that Qin Huairu only ordered a vegetarian dish like yesterday, he immediately called out, "Sister Qin..."

"How can just one dish be enough..."

"You still need to feed Kuihua, and Banggeng and Xiaodang are growing up, so I'll give you two meat dishes. I'll pay for them later... and take them back to Banggeng to nourish him..."

"I felt a little bad for not letting him eat meat yesterday. As his godfather, I must make sure he has a meat meal tonight."

He Yuzhu was just about to extend the iron spoon to the braised tofu when Master Wang, who was collecting money, suddenly said, "Master He..."

"There are rules in the kitchen that no one can keep accounts..."

"Two servings of braised tofu are 40 cents. Pay first before you can get the food..."

He Yuzhu knew that this rule in the kitchen was specially set for him, and he snorted coldly and replied: "Who are you looking down on? I'll pay you now..."

After saying that, he handed the fifty cents he had prepared in advance to Master Wang, and at the same time poured two large spoonfuls of braised tofu for Qin Huairu. The lunch box was almost full.

Qin Huairu was so excited that she almost jumped up from the ground. She really wanted to shout: Shazhu, you are such a fool. I ordered two meat dishes for myself without saying anything.

But in order to further strengthen the relationship between the Jia family and He Yuzhu and continue to suck blood from He Yuzhu, he immediately pretended to be grateful and said, "Zhuzi..."

"Sister Qin doesn't know how to thank you..."

"You're so kind to Bang Geng..."

"Starting tonight, I'll let Banggeng boil water for you to soak your feet every day..."

"You've been busy in the kitchen all day, standing and swinging a big spoon. Your legs and feet must be very tired. Banggen is still young, so this is all I can do for you."

He Yuzhu's face immediately lit up with joy, and he felt that it was a very wise decision to help Qin Huairu add more dishes today.

That bastard Banggeng would never boil water to warm his feet.

The boiling water Qin Huairu mentioned to soak her feet must have been the same as last night, and she did it all herself.

When He Yuzhu thought of the scene of Sister Qin washing his feet last night, his face turned red. Seeing He Yuzhu suddenly froze on the spot, Master Wang quickly reminded him: "Master He, what are you thinking about? Your Sister Qin has gone far away, hurry up and serve food to the workers."

That night, He Yuzhu once again enjoyed Qin Huairu boiling water for him to wash his feet. There was only one word to describe that feeling, that is: awesome...

The next day at work, I had a smile on my face from the moment I entered the kitchen.

At this time, Wang Dong had already sent home in batches the 600 kilograms of flour that Director Zhou from the kitchen sold to him.

Together with the white flour bought from the black market and the white flour exchanged for food coupons, the amount of white flour stored in the ear-room cellar has exceeded two thousand kilograms.

When supplies were most scarce in the city of Sijiu, the price of flour in the Pigeon Market rose by almost thirty times compared to usual, to five to six yuan per pound, and there was still no demand.

If I had sold the flour at that time, I could have gotten at least 10,000 yuan in return.

The cellar also stores thousands of kilograms of cured meat, cured fish, cured pork intestines, cured pork liver, cured chicken, cured duck...

The price of flour rose to more than five yuan when supplies were most scarce in the city. The price of fresh pork was at least five times the price of flour. As for the cured products stored in the cellar, it was possible that they could increase ten to fifteen times, which is sixty or seventy yuan per catty.

If you sell them all, you might get 50,000 yuan in return. If you exchange them for small yellow croakers, that would be more than 200 pieces.

With these capitals as a foundation, when the country opens up in the future, I can do nothing but exchange them all for antiques and the surrounding courtyard houses, and then sell them after the prices go up. This will be enough for me to use for several lifetimes!

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At around six o'clock in the evening, Wang Dong had just entered the courtyard when he heard Xu Damao's cursing voice coming from the middle courtyard, which made him look puzzled.

"Sister Jun...what is Xu Damao yelling and cursing in the middle courtyard? People outside the courtyard can hear it!" Wang Dong asked directly after seeing Chen Jun.

Just as Chen Jun was about to answer, he saw the third uncle Yan Fugui hurriedly walking towards him: "Dongzi..."

"One of the two chickens that Damao brought back from the countryside was stolen, and he was cursing in the middle yard!"

"The eldest uncle wants to discuss with us. We will hold a meeting of the whole hospital in half an hour to find out the chicken thief!"

"Did you remember to come to the meeting on time?"

Wang Dong was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that He Yuzhu was no longer the monitor of the cafeteria, and Yi Zhonghai's family was no longer the only one in charge of the courtyard. However, the chicken stealing incident still happened.

In the original novel, He Yuzhu was blamed for the chicken stealing incident.

At that time, he was a canteen team leader, in charge of the factory's small kitchen. He happened to have stolen half a chicken from the canteen on the night when the chicken theft incident happened. In order to save Bang Geng, he took the initiative to take the blame.

Now He Yuzhu is no longer a canteen monitor, nor is he in charge of the small kitchen. He goes home empty-handed every day and has no time to steal chickens, nor does he have chicken to eat. It is unreasonable for him to want to take the blame for Banggeng.

If the old hen in Xu Damao's house was really stolen by Banggeng, Wang Dong especially wanted to know how Qin Huairu planned to exonerate Banggeng this time.

As he thought about it, Wang Dong actually showed an expectant expression on his face, and then he said to the third uncle Yan Fugui: "Third uncle..."

"I can't be left out when it comes to catching chicken thieves!"

"We are a civilized courtyard, and chicken thieves are absolutely not allowed to exist."

"Now it costs at least five yuan to buy an old hen at the pigeon market. This is a big deal. If the police are notified and the chicken thief is caught, three months of hard labor would be considered a light sentence."

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