Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

In a flash, more than two months have passed.

Wang Dong got his wish and changed his worker status to cadre status, and also received ten kilograms of meat of his own from the steel rolling mill convoy returning from the Northeast.

Although I paid for it, compared with the price of meat on the black market in Beijing, the money I paid was just a fraction.

The courtyard houses have also undergone tremendous changes.

Ever since I was targeted by the kitchen staff of the steel mill, Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu have never plotted against me again, let alone caused me trouble.

The only difference is that the relationship between Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu has improved.

Ever since Jia Dongxu's death, Yi Zhonghai began to find ways to kick out this burden from the Jia family.

If He Yuzhu had not adopted Banggeng as his godson, Yi Zhonghai would have had no relationship with the Jia family long ago.

No one knew what tricks Qin Huairu used, but Yi Zhonghai actually gave up the idea of ​​kicking the Jia family out, and his relationship with the Jia family returned to the state it was before Jia Dongxu's death.

He even asked He Yuzhu to help the Jia family more in many public occasions...

Wang Dong couldn't understand them, nor did he want to understand them.

Because at this moment he was preparing to do something very important.

If successful, I will have two more rooms in the courtyard.

At the same time, another major event happened in the Siheyuan.

He Yuzhu is going on another blind date.

Under his constant urging, Qin Huairu had to fulfill his promise and bring his cousin Qin Jingru from his hometown to the courtyard.

He Yuzhu was attracted by her at just one glance.

Compared with Qin Huairu, Qin Jingru looks younger and is also very beautiful. If He Yuzhu marries her, he will wake up with laughter in his dreams at night.

Little did he know that Xu Damao had also set his eyes on this little girl from the countryside and was thinking of stealing her away.

He had a grudge against He Yuzhu, and would not let He Yuzhu get married easily no matter what.

And Qin Jingru was indeed very beautiful, and Xu Damao was very envious when he saw her.

In his opinion, only he was qualified to pick such a beautiful flower like Qin Jingru, and she must not be stuck on the cow dung like He Yuzhu.

Just as he was racking his brains, thinking about how to trick Qin Jingru into his trap and destroy He Yuzhu's fellow villagers, Wang Dong directly called He Yuzhu out of the courtyard.

"He Yuzhu...it's been more than a year since you first asked me to borrow money. It's time to pay me back...I wonder if you are ready?"

As Wang Dong spoke, he took out the IOUs he had prepared in advance, and placed them in front of He Yuzhu one by one, pointing to some of them and introducing them directly.

"This part of the IOU has already expired. According to the agreement, you must return me 140 kilograms of flour immediately..."

"Remember, I only want flour, not money..."

"The money I lent you was used to buy flour to nourish Uncle Chen and the others, so I asked you to pay back the flour directly when you pay me back."

"The total amount of unexpired IOUs is 180 kilograms of flour, which adds up to a total of 320 kilograms..."

"I don't know how long it will take you to gather all this flour."

"I've given you several months' grace. You can't wait any longer, otherwise Uncle Chen and the others will starve."

When asked specifically how much money Wang Dong had borrowed, He Yuzhu knew it clearly. Just one glance at the IOU Wang Dong showed him and he knew the amount he said was true.

But He Yuzhu now can't afford so much flour.

Not to mention more than 300 kilograms, we couldn’t even produce 10 kilograms of flour.

Of course, he also wanted to go to his godfather Yi Zhonghai and ask him to pay the money, but in the end he gave up the idea.

Since he recognized Yi Zhonghai as his godfather, he has caused Yi Zhonghai many troubles and spent thousands of dollars, which made Yi Zhonghai very disappointed in him. Because he did not make any mistakes during this period, the relationship between the two of them has improved a lot.

If I tell Yi Zhonghai about this, he will take out more than a thousand yuan to buy food as compensation to Wang Dong.

Yi Zhonghai will definitely be disappointed in himself again, and it is possible that the relationship between the two of them will be dissolved.

He Yuzhu definitely cannot afford such a price.

In order to save his job at the steel mill and help him get rid of the punishment, Yi Zhonghai spent several thousand yuan.

If the two of them terminate their godparent relationship, the several thousand dollars must be repaid.

But with He Yuzhu's current financial situation, he still wouldn't be able to pay off the debt even if he sold himself and the He family's ancestral home.

So in He Yuzhu's opinion, as long as he still has a glimmer of hope, Yi Zhonghai must not know about this matter.

Besides, He Yuzhu is also a person who cares about face.

If everyone knew that he was a scoundrel who owed more than a thousand yuan in foreign debt, he would definitely lose face in the courtyard.

Qin Jingru, the cousin Qin Jie brought from her hometown, would also look down on her.

Not to mention a blind date, he wouldn't even look at me for a second.

For various reasons, He Yuzhu had to solve this problem independently.

If I had known earlier, I shouldn’t have asked Wang Dong to borrow so much money to help Sister Qin get food.

It's really a pleasure to spend money, but it's a tearful thing to pay it back.

Seeing Wang Dong's embarrassed face, he said, "Dongzi... can you give me some more time to collect the money..."

"Isn't the steel mill going to have an exam soon?"

"Once I pass the ninth-level chef level and my salary increases, I will definitely be able to pay back the money."

Wang Dong shook his head and snorted coldly in response: "I advise you to pay it back now."

"Supplies are in short supply in the city. The price of flour on the black market has skyrocketed to three yuan per pound, and it is expected to continue to rise."

"By the time you have worked so hard to raise the money, the price of flour may have skyrocketed to five yuan per catty, and three hundred and twenty catties of flour will cost one thousand five hundred or six hundred yuan."

"It's not that I look down on your salary."

"Even if you become a level nine chef and don't eat or drink every day, it will take four or five years to save up this much money."

"Now flour costs three yuan per pound. I can buy more than 300 pounds of flour for less than 1,000 yuan, saving more than 600 yuan."

"Why don't you try to get it together."

"If it doesn't work, just mortgage the two main rooms in the middle courtyard to me..."

"To put it bluntly, the two main rooms in the middle courtyard are only worth about 800 yuan in total, and you owe me nearly 1,000 yuan."

"If they really mortgaged the two main houses to me and transferred them to my name, I would still lose 100 or 200 yuan."

He Yuzhu shook his head like a rattle and refuted on the spot: "Impossible..."

"The two main rooms in the middle courtyard are the ancestral home of my He family. I can't give them to you no matter what... I will definitely find a way to raise the money, but you must not have any ideas about the He family's ancestral home."

"One month. If you give me another month, I will definitely collect the more than 300 kilograms of flour I owe you."

Wang Dong shook his head and answered with embarrassment: "Master He..."

"It's not that I don't want to give you time."

"We are all neighbors living in the same yard. I will definitely help if I can. But I really have no other choice now." (End of this chapter)