Siheyuan: Shazhu's Leisurely Life

Chapter 4 Laundry Lady

Nowadays, the domestic industrial capacity is quite low, and the pitiful industrial capacity is mostly supplied to state-owned enterprises such as military industry and heavy industry. Therefore, industrial products such as bicycles are quite rare in China.

The two most famous bicycle brands on the market today are Phoenix and Forever. The Flying Pigeon brand, which will be one of the three giants in the future, will not be officially established until next year. If someone in this era can have a brand new Phoenix or Forever bicycle, it will be more impressive than driving a sports car in the future.

When He Yuzhu first came here, he also thought about buying a bicycle, but he only realized the difficulty after he understood it. After all, in those department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives, a bicycle costs 167 yuan, and this is just the price. To buy a bicycle, you need a bicycle ticket. This bicycle ticket is the most difficult to get.

Even in the current capital, the large supply and marketing cooperatives or department stores have a limited quota of bicycles each month, at most three or five. If you want to buy a bicycle, you have to use tickets to grab it if you don't have enough money.

Judging from He Yuzhu's salary, he could save this much even if he didn't eat or drink for half a year, but he couldn't get a bicycle ticket. Perhaps, if he took some risks, he could go to Pigeon City and try his luck to get a bicycle ticket. But let's not talk about the extra cost, just living in the compound, seeing these neighbors every day, wouldn't it be strange if they suddenly saw you, He Yuzhu, bought a bicycle?

Anyone who is interested can find clues if they investigate a little. Don't think it's impossible. In this era, the relationship between neighbors is much closer than that of people living in high-rise buildings in later generations. The trivial things in your family are not secrets. Even if other neighbors don't intend to target He Yuzhu, he still has a mortal enemy Xu Damao in this compound.

Judging from the way this guy was so bad in the original drama, he would definitely make a fuss about it when he found out that He Yuzhu bought a bicycle.

Therefore, considering these circumstances, He Yuzhu was unable to buy a bicycle for the time being. However, he did not give up the idea. During these three months, He Yuzhu also kept an eye out for opportunities to get bicycle tickets.

The most direct way is to get a bicycle ticket through the steel mill’s channels.

After a merger, the Red Star Steel Mill has become a large steel mill with 10,000 employees. Every quarter, there will be some quotas for industrial tickets, and there may be bicycle tickets. However, He Yuzhu's luck is obviously not very good. In the past three months, he has encountered industrial tickets issued by the higher authorities, but there is only one bicycle ticket. Although He Yuzhu has just started to show his talent, he has only worked in the steel mill for a short time and has not been able to compete with the senior predecessors in front of him.

Therefore, until now, He Yuzhu has not been able to get a bicycle. And the bicycle in the third uncle's house is the first bicycle in the entire No. 95 courtyard.

Yan Bugui was an elementary school teacher with outstanding performance in the school. The school leaders, considering his seniority as an old teacher and wanting to set an example, rewarded him with a bicycle ticket. With Yan Bugui's stingy personality, he gritted his teeth and spent more than 100 yuan to buy a bicycle. However, he still didn't want to buy a Forever or Phoenix, but just bought another brand.

Although the price was cheaper, it was still a bicycle after all, so Yan Bugui could be considered to have enjoyed some glory in the compound.

"Hey, Zhuzi? You came back so early today. Didn't the factory manager ask you to cook?"

Although Yan Bugui was wiping his bicycle, his eyes were sharp. He saw He Yuzhu walking into the yard from a distance, so he took the initiative to greet him.

"How can I cook every day? Everyone's life is hard now." He Yuzhu said a few polite words, but his eyes were staring at Yan Bugui's bicycle.

Yan Bugui suddenly became alert: "Zhu Zi, what are you thinking? I'm telling you, I don't lend this bicycle to anyone. You've asked me several times, so don't even think about it."

This old man was rarely generous, but he was still stingy. Since he bought the bicycle, he treated it like a new wife. Not only outsiders, but even his wife and children were not able to ride it a few times. As for neighbors who came to borrow the bicycle, he refused to lend it to them. So, even though it had been a while, the bicycle was as good as new. During this period, He Yuzhu had also tentatively asked to borrow the bicycle a few times, which made Yan Bugui look like he was on guard against thieves after seeing He Yuzhu's eyes.

Seeing this, He Yuzhu laughed, "Okay, Uncle, you have to take good care of your precious car. I won't nag you for now."

After saying that, he went straight into the central courtyard.

Seeing this scene, Yan Bugui was slightly relieved, but when his eyes fell on the back of He Yuzhu entering the courtyard, some thoughts flashed through his mind. He didn't know if it was an illusion or something, but he always felt that this pillar seemed to have changed a little recently.

If it was the previous Zhuzi, who had said that just now, he would have argued with me. After all, the silly Zhu in the original drama was really stupid in some aspects.

It seems that since some time ago, Zhuzi's temper has become much calmer?

……

After entering the central courtyard, He Yuzhu saw a familiar figure.

Qin Huairu was carrying a wooden bucket and washing clothes for her family by the pool. It could be seen that the woman's belly was slightly bulging, and it was obvious that she was pregnant again.

In the current Jia family, Banggeng and Xiaodang have been born, so the baby in her belly is naturally her posthumous child, Huaihua.

He Yuzhu didn't pay much attention to this. After traveling through time, who would want to get together with the laundry lady's family? Did he think he had too much blood and wanted to give it to the little white lotus to suck?
Ever since He Yuzhu traveled here three months ago, he had already drawn a clear line between himself and the Jia family in his heart, and there was no way he would get involved in their messy affairs.

Ignoring Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu took out the key from his pocket, unlocked the door, and walked into the house with a swagger.

This 40-square-meter master bedroom has been well-maintained since He Yuzhu came here. It looks very clean at a glance. After all, from now on, this will be his home in this era.

Think about his starting point, directly buying a house in the center of the city, even if he does nothing now, he can become a multi-millionaire in a few years. Of course, he will not be so lazy.

He Yuzhu was the only one living in the master bedroom. He lighted the stove and then went to a small pile of firewood nearby to get some coal. It was almost time to prepare dinner that evening.

(End of this chapter)