Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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Yi Zhonghai was still a little confused at this point.

Yi Wending nodded and said, "It was only announced at the factory-wide meeting this afternoon. Do you think Sha Zhu might be targeting me?"

"This..." Yi Zhonghai was also undecided for a moment.

Previously, the auto repair shop was a branch of the steel rolling mill, but now it has suddenly become a branch of the machinery factory.

He Yuzhu has become Yi Wending's superior, and it's hard to say whether He Yuzhu will abuse his power to suppress Yi Wending in the future.

Yi Wending said, "Dad, why don't you think of a way to transfer me to the steel rolling mill?"

Yi Zhonghai comforted him, "I'll give it a try, don't worry."

At this point, He Yuzhu hadn't really considered Yi Wensheng's problem.

Turning the machine repair shop into a branch of the machinery factory doesn't mean that there's nothing left to do just because the leaders announced it from above.

The original factory leaders, though outwardly agreeing, were actually being hypocritical.

He Yuzhu didn't tolerate it; he simply sidelined them and then arranged for people to reorganize the business.

The original business was scaled back, the machine repair department was reorganized, and the staff were trained to be suitable for production line work.

The mechanical manufacturing part was entirely transferred to the original workshops to strengthen the manufacturing department of the machinery plant.

Most of the staff were selected, and workers transferred from other factories were all put into the air conditioner production workshop.

It took a whole day of meetings to finalize these arrangements before they were handed over to other leaders for implementation.

He Yuzhu would not get involved in such matters, but would instead focus on researching the production line.

When Zhao Yuezhen returned home from get off work, the whole family was gathered in the yard, eating watermelon. When she saw He Yuzhu come back, she greeted him and then turned around and carried the watermelon into the west wing.

He Yuzhu said, somewhat speechless, "Is she really that afraid of me?"

Xu Huizhen laughed and said, "You think you're some kind of heartthrob?"

“Isn’t that right?” He Yuzhu sat down, picked up a slice of watermelon and started eating.

"The watermelons are sweeter this year."

He Yuzhu praised the watermelons, saying that they were different from those of later generations, as they did not use much chemical fertilizer or pesticides, and the varieties were also different.

The watermelon sellers only guarantee ripeness, not sweetness; if you buy a watermelon that isn't sweet, you can only blame your bad luck.

Xu Huizhen said, "This year's drought has made the watermelons taste better."

He Yuzhu ate two pieces of watermelon, and then saw Huizhi put them all away.

I asked, "Why bother keeping it when you can just throw it in the trash?"

"There are far fewer vegetables available now. If you go too late, you won't be able to buy any at all, and there are also limits on the quantity."

He Yuzhu nodded; he already knew about this situation. Now, every household has been given a food ration book.

You can only buy vegetables at designated nearby vegetable stores with your vegetable ration book.

The limit for each person is half a pound per day, and children should reduce the amount accordingly.

If you go early, you can buy fresh vegetables; if you go later in the line, they'll sell out and you won't be able to buy any.

"What does this have to do with watermelon rind?"

Xu Huizhi said, "I didn't buy many vegetables today, so I plan to stir-fry this watermelon rind as a dish."

He Yuzhu knew before that watermelon rinds could be stir-fried and eaten, but no one usually ate them.

I couldn't think of it for a moment.

We have enough grain and meat at home, but we can't take too many vegetables at once, so we usually buy them directly from the grocery store.

He Yuzhu said, "How about I bring some vegetables back with me every day when I come home from now on?"

"Not so good?"

"What's the big deal? With thousands of people eating at the factory, do you think we'd be short of food?"

The main problem is that he's not used to it yet; he can just take some out of his space every day from now on.

He Yuzhu took the basin, took the watermelon rind to the kitchen, removed the bite marks, and then peeled it.

At this moment, Zhao Yuezhen came over with two pieces of watermelon rind.

Of course, I felt embarrassed, so I handed it directly to He Yuzhu and continued to help with the cooking.

He Yuzhu asked, "Why do I feel like you're afraid of me?"

"No, you're overthinking it. I just don't want to disturb your life with the two ladies."

He Yuzhu raised an eyebrow and said, "Who told you that? Xu Huizhi is my child's aunt; she just lives in our house."

"Sorry, I was wrong."

Zhao Yuezhen didn't refute, but apologized directly. However, judging from her expression, she clearly didn't believe what He Yuzhu said.

He Yuzhu was somewhat helpless. Zhao Yuezhen lived in her own home all day long, and if you paid a little attention, you could easily find out what was going on.

As long as she keeps quiet, that's fine.

While cooking, Zhao Yuezhen hesitated for a long time, as if she wanted to say something to He Yuzhu.

He Yuzhu waited for a while, but she was too embarrassed to speak, before finally asking, "What's the matter?"

Zhao Yuezhen then steeled herself and said, "Could you give me some grain? I can give you money."

He Yuzhu asked, "Don't you eat and live here? What do you need food for?"

Zhao Yuezhen revealed her white teeth, bit her lower lip, and did not answer the question.

He Yuzhu had no choice but to say, "You need to give me a very good reason, and I can get you some grain."

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Yuezhen said, "I had a comrade-in-arms who sacrificed her life to save me. She left behind two children and had no income. I'm the one supporting them."

"what!"

He Yuzhu was surprised and asked, "Isn't the street management doing anything about it?"

Zhao Yuezhen said, "Now everyone is struggling and there isn't enough food to eat, so the neighborhood committee can't give them any special treatment."

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "We have a good supply of grain at home, so I can give you some. You can also send some grain over every month from now on."

"Thank you, you can deduct the cost of the food from my salary."

He Yuzhu shook his head and said, "Since you are Huizhen's cousin, there's no need for such formalities."

Then they asked about the other party's situation. Both husband and wife had sacrificed their lives, leaving behind two children, one 6 years old and the other 4 years old.

There is also a grandmother at home who takes care of him. He usually takes on odd jobs on the street, such as pasting matchboxes, and they live a very frugal life.

Food is scarce now, so we don't have enough to eat every day.

Zhao Yuezhen made this request because she saw that He Yuzhu's side did not lack food.

He Yuzhu said, "We don't have anything else, but we can give them 30 jin of cornmeal a month, which should be about the same as their original ration."

"Thank you, I didn't expect you to agree so readily."

"You're making me sound like a stingy capitalist."

After explaining the matter, He Yuzhu finished cooking the dishes. Zhao Yuezhen wanted to take some more food in her lunchbox to eat at home.

He Yuzhu said, "Let's eat together from now on."

"this..."

"Don't say any more, just call me brother-in-law from now on."

"Yes, brother-in-law."

Zhao Yuezhen had no choice but to agree.

When He Yuzhu and Zhao Yuezhen brought the food into the main room together.

The two sisters, Xu Huizhen and Xu Huizhi, exchanged a glance but said nothing more.

We fed the children first before having dinner together.

He Yuzhu then mentioned that he would give Zhao Yuezhen 30 jin of cornmeal every month.

Xu Huizhen, of course, wouldn't refuse and asked him to get it done, even saying, "Should we get some more?"

Zhao Yuezhen said, "This is already a lot. It's just that the children don't eat much."

He Yuzhu said, "I'll bring you another piece of meat, and you can take some canned goods and nutritional supplements."

Xu Huizhen nodded and went into the inner room.

He Yuzhu went to the warehouse and brought out some grain in a sack. Xu Huizhen also prepared a net bag containing milk powder, milk powder, meat, and candy.

Zhao Yuezhen was very surprised and thanked her repeatedly, taking the money she had worked so hard to save.

Xu Huizhen naturally refused, saying, "You call me cousin, so we're family from now on. Money isn't such a formality."

He Yuzhu put the grain and other things directly on the bicycle, and said to Zhao Yuezhen as he went out, "I'll go with you."

Zhao Yuezhen assumed he just wanted to go and confirm it together, so of course she didn't object.

She rode her bicycle in front, while He Yuzhu followed behind carrying the grain.