Siheyuan: Shazhu's Leisurely Life

Chapter 30 Jia Zhang's Rage

He Yuzhu was naturally clear about the situation in the past three years, so he was not surprised when Cai Youle came to announce these decisions.

However, in the kitchen, some cooks were complaining.

"Oh, this life is really unbearable."

"I had thought this year would be better, but at the beginning of the year, we cut our inventory."

"If this continues, we in the kitchen will starve." This is of course a bit exaggerated. As the old saying goes, cooks will never starve in a famine. The reason they complain like this is to compare it with the past. Now, other workers and even ordinary people cannot live as well as they, the cooks.

He Yuzhu listened to their complaints and could only sigh slightly. If he hadn't had some help from the system, he would probably be affected by this difficult period just like them.

Now that he has cooking skills, the apparent income alone is enough for him to live a normal life, not to mention the system supplies, rice, flour, grain and oil accumulated from daily sign-ins. Ordinary people are very frugal and reluctant to spend money on them, but this family has never had to worry about it.

Of course, He Yuzhu would not make a big fuss during this special period, as it would be foolish of him to arouse hatred.

"Master, when will this kind of life end?"

Ma Hua came to He Yuzhu's side without knowing when.

After the Spring Festival, the boy looked a few pounds fatter, obviously because he ate a lot of oily food during the festival. This was also thanks to He Yuzhu. After all, he only had one apprentice, and within the scope of the ability rules, He Yuzhu would naturally treat his own people better.

But even so, when Ma Hua said this, there was still a lingering worry.

If you don't plan for the future, you will have immediate worries. Although they are living a good life under the care of their master, it is not a good idea to continue like this. Over time, even the cooks in the kitchen will be affected.

After all, they are not the ones who can feed the whole family. They have elderly parents, wives, children and daughters at home. How can they feed so many mouths just by scraping in the kitchen?
He Yuzhu opened his mouth, but he didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only pat Ma Hua on the shoulder and said, "There's nothing we can do. We have to be more frugal in the future. We can get through this if we grit our teeth."

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In the afternoon, He Yuzhu went home after work. Perhaps because the factory had just issued a slogan to reduce supplies, the leaders were too embarrassed to immediately start a big banquet, so He Yuzhu had a rare free time during this period.

When he rode his bicycle back to the gate of the courtyard, he heard some noisy sounds coming from the courtyard from afar.

After getting off the car, He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle into the yard. At this time, the three aunts in the front yard also ran out of the house and looked towards the middle yard following the sound.

"Oh, the old sister-in-law of the Jia family is restless again." Hearing the somewhat aggressive voice of Jia Zhang in the middle courtyard, the third aunt couldn't help but curl her lips. Turning back and seeing Zhuzi coming back, the third aunt took the initiative to greet him again. "Zhuzi, you're back from get off work."

During the Spring Festival, He Yuzhu's family gave a lot of snacks to the children. The boys ate a lot of them, and some of them were taken back home and eaten by the third uncle and aunt. Therefore, their family is now much more polite to He Yuzhu.

"I'm telling you, Zhuzi, when you go in later, don't get entangled by Jia Zhang. I think she's making a fuss about food again! She made a fuss a while ago, saying that her family was in difficulty and had no food, and she wanted the neighbors to help. Do you think anyone would do things that way?" He Yuzhu's eyes moved slightly after hearing what the third aunt said next.

Of course he could understand what the third aunt meant.

During the period after the Spring Festival, Qin Huairu has gone to work in the steel rolling mill, but after all, it is an apprentice salary plus subsidies. In addition, the food supply is becoming increasingly tight, and their family is already short of an adult to pay for food, so they are now even more strapped for cash.

But Jia Zhang used this excuse to start a quarrel in the yard, which was a bit unreasonable.

It is indeed sympathetic that a man from your Jia family died, but when it comes to family difficulties, the Jia family is really not even on the list.

In the city of Sijiu where the average per capita income is five yuan, the Jia family now has a total of four people including their two children. Qin Huairu earns 26 yuan a month, which is much higher than the poverty line, which means that their family will never lack food!
But the reason why Jia Zhang was making such a fuss was that the family was indeed out of food. This can be seen from the fact that the neighbors were not willing to lend the Jia family food.

We are not fools. The Jia family has good food and drink every day. If other families are short of money and have a tight life, they will replace white flour with cornmeal, steamed corn bread, or even worse, corn cobs. It is better to eat poorly than to go hungry.

But the Jia family was good. Regardless of whether they were rich or poor, they were unwilling to reduce the quality of their food. They had to eat fine grains for every meal. Who would feel comfortable seeing this? It was reasonable that no one lent them food.

The last time Jia Zhang made a fuss, it was Uncle Yi Zhonghai who came out to play the good guy and brought 15 kilograms of corn flour to the Jia family. Even so, Jia Zhang kept talking about it for several days.

I didn’t expect that only such a short time had passed and Jia Zhang was complaining about not having enough food again?
The third aunt just reminded He Yuzhu because she was thinking that Zhuzi's family was well off and should not be targeted by Jia Zhang, otherwise it would be troublesome. Of course, she also wanted to establish a good relationship with Zhuzi's family.

As he was talking, He Yuzhu pushed his bicycle back to the middle courtyard. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he saw Jia Zhang sitting on the stone bench in the middle courtyard, humming and saying that her family could not make ends meet.

Hearing someone coming in, Jia Zhang looked up. After seeing the bicycle and He Yuzhu, Jia Zhang's eyes flashed, and then he stood up.

"Zhu Zi, you're back just in time. You know about your brother Dong Xu's situation. Aunt Jia wouldn't have lost face if she hadn't been unable to make ends meet. Aren't you in the factory kitchen? I've seen many people in the kitchen bring lunch boxes back every day. Otherwise..."

Feeling Jia Zhang's eyes, He Yuzhu just felt funny in his heart. It seems that the tradition of Xiao Bailian holding the lunch box was passed down from Jia Zhang.

He Yuzhu was also unambiguous: "Aunt Jia, you have found the wrong person for this matter. Other people are other people. I work in the kitchen, but I never bring a lunch box back. Besides, I remember that the factory paid a lot of compensation at that time. If life really can't go on, just take some out to deal with it. It will be fine when Sister Huairu's monthly salary rings."

(End of this chapter)