Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

Jia Zhangshi will definitely not let go of this good opportunity to bring down Wang Dong and Chen Dehui at the same time.

And Jia Zhang also knew another secret.

Although she lived in the middle yard, the Chen family lived in the front yard.

But because both families lived in the east wing, the two houses were very close to each other, almost like they were separated by a wall.

In addition, Wang Dong moved the kitchen to the courtyard, so Jia Zhang would more or less smell the aroma of the Chen family's cooking every day.

Perhaps because she hadn't eaten meat for a long time, Jia Zhang was particularly sensitive to the smell of meat.

In addition, the Jia family has a guy named Bang Geng who was born with a dog nose, so she knows exactly how often the Chen family eats meat.

If I remember correctly, every two or three days the smell of meat would waft from the small courtyard in the east wing of the front yard to the Jia family.

In Jia Zhang's opinion, even if Wang Dong became the deputy director of the steel mill's kitchen and had the status of a cadre, and received more meat coupons every month than ordinary workers, his family could not afford to eat meat every two or three days.

But while other residents in the courtyard were still worrying about food rations, the Chen family and that little beast Wang Dong could only eat meat once every two or three days.

If my guess is correct, the meat must have been obtained through irregular channels.

In this way, as long as the amount of pork and chicken found in Chen's house exceeds the street supply, Wang Dong's crime of speculation can be proven.

The more Jia Zhang thought about it, the more excited she became.

He quickly glanced around and after making sure that no one was paying attention to him, he sneaked out of the courtyard like a thief.

Although Wang's daughter-in-law returned home, her attention never left Jia Zhang.

Especially after hearing that Jia Zhang wanted to go to the street office to report Wang Dong for speculation, his eyes were always focused on Jia Zhang.

Tang Dashan in the front yard and Huang Longfei in the back yard were originally the two poorest families in the courtyard. They had no food to eat and none of them had a formal job.

Ever since the two families became friends with Wang Dong and worshipped Wang Dong as their master, the living standards of the two families in the courtyard began to rise sharply.

In less than a year, Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan not only became regular employees in the steel rolling mill, but also passed the chef assessment and became true level 10 chefs, earning nearly 30 yuan a month in salary.

Adding the income from taking banquets with Wang Dong outside, it is certain that the monthly income will exceed 30 yuan.

And from time to time, you can bring back some meat dishes when you serve food outside.

In a time when people could not even get enough food to eat, they could still have meat from time to time. This alone made them better off than most people in the courtyard.

Especially the Tang family. Before, Tang Dashan’s brothers and sisters were all pale and thin. The ten-year-old children looked not even as tall as the eight-year-old stick of the Jia family. They looked like they could be blown away by a gust of wind.

In less than a year, Tang Dashan raised him up a lot taller, and there was no trace of his previous pale and skinny appearance.

Faced with the changes in the Tang and Huang families, it would be a lie for the other people in the courtyard to say they were not envious.

Although someone in the Wang family works as a fitter in a steel rolling mill, his monthly salary far exceeds that of Huang Longfei and Tang Dashan.

But in this age of material scarcity, money has become the most useless thing.

You can't buy food even if you have money.

As a result, the amount of food the family received each month was just enough to keep the family from going hungry. Even having enough food became a luxury, let alone eating meat to supplement nutrition.

As the deputy director of the steel mill's kitchen, Wang Dong comes into contact with large amounts of basic grain supplies every day. He is also a cadre, so he must have channels for buying grain that no one knows about.

If I could get along well with Wang Dong and ask him to help buy some food and meat, life at home would definitely be much better.

Wang's wife was no fool. Seeing Jia Zhang leave the courtyard mysteriously, and thinking of what she had just said about reporting Wang Dong for speculation, she immediately came up with an idea.

He closed the door, glanced around, and after making sure that no one in the yard was paying attention to him, he quickly left the middle courtyard.

He turned around and walked towards the east wing, looking like he was watching something interesting. As he walked, he said, "I heard that the old man's family bought a radio. I have never seen a radio in my life. I must broaden my horizons today."

Everyone in the front yard went to Chen's house to watch the fun, and many people even touched the radio.

Seeing Wang's daughter-in-law go straight to the east wing of the front yard, she had no doubts at all.

"Uncle, I heard that your family bought a radio. I wanted to come and broaden my horizons..." said the Wang family's daughter-in-law through the door.

Aunt Li opened the door with a smile on her face, and greeted the visitor immediately after seeing him: "It's Wang's sister-in-law... come in quickly."

"To be honest with you, this is the first time I've seen a radio in my life."

"If Dongzi hadn't been so successful and brought back a radio, I probably wouldn't have known what a radio looked like in my life."

As soon as Wang's wife entered the room, her eyes never left the radio on the table.

After reading it over and over again, he immediately asked, "What about Dongzi? Ever since Dongzi became the deputy director of the kitchen at the steel mill, I don't think I have ever congratulated him."

"Looking at our courtyard, Dongzi is the most promising one."

"Before he was 18, he was already a cadre, and even became the deputy director of the kitchen at the steel mill..."

"When he marries Chen Jun in the future, I think at the very least he'll be able to become the head chef."

Wang Dong was preparing dinner with Chen Jun in the courtyard. He hated complimenting the residents in the courtyard the most, so cooking was a good opportunity for him to get some quiet time.

Now people have asked to see me, and they are all neighbors in the same courtyard. If I still avoid them, rumors will definitely spread in the courtyard that I look down on my neighbors because I am a cadre.

In order to avoid these troubles, he decisively returned to the hall: "Sister-in-law Wang, you are here..."

"I was cooking in the back, so I was late..."

Wang's wife quickly replied, "You keep busy. I just wanted to come over and look at the radio, and by the way, congratulate you on becoming the deputy director of the steel mill kitchen..."

"By the way, when I came here just now, I saw Jia Zhang heading towards the street."

"From what she said, it seems like she wants to report you for profiteering. The ticket for the radio was obtained through profiteering."

"You are the deputy head of the kitchen, so it must be easy for you to get a radio ticket."

"Only people like Jia Zhang who are ignorant would think that your radio ticket was obtained through speculation."

"I'm leaving...you guys should cook..."

Wang Dong frowned when he heard this, and a look of sudden enlightenment appeared on his face.

The Wang family's daughter-in-law's congratulations to him on becoming the deputy director of the kitchen were fake. Her real purpose in seeing him was to remind Jia Zhang to report her affairs to the street office.

Although Wang Dong was not afraid of Jia Zhang's report, he would definitely avoid a lot of trouble if he could receive the news in advance and make preparations in advance.

He was very grateful and immediately stopped the Wang family's daughter-in-law who was about to leave and said, "Sister-in-law Wang... I heard that Brother Wang has been asking about food and pork recently."

"Give me three days, and I'll find a way to get him ten kilograms of flour and two kilograms of bacon..."

"Just give me the price that pigeons sold for a year ago." (End of this chapter)