Courtyard House: My Wife is Xu Huizhen

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He Yuzhu was also having a headache, but things were easier to appease Xiao Hong.

As long as the other party doesn't ask Da Zhuang to marry her, it would be easy to change her brother's agricultural status to urban status and then arrange a job for him.

But the current situation is a bit complicated. After knocking Xing Decheng unconscious, Tong Zhi ran away.

Although Xing Decheng has not reported the case yet, He Yuzhu can guess what's going on behind the scenes.

If the other party finds Xiaohong and encourages her to report the case, that would be the most likely scenario.

After all, this would implicate Da Zhuang, the workshop director, leaving He Yuzhu's faction without a key figure.

If things go wrong, Xing Decheng might end up as the director of the precision manufacturing workshop.

He Yuzhu said, "Why didn't you say so earlier? We should have gone to Xiaohong's house first and settled things with her family. Otherwise, you'd be going to jail."

"What? Going to jail?" Da Zhuang said in a panic.

Tong Zhi looked somewhat disappointed and exasperated.

"You're a grown man, use your brain before you do anything. You're trying to mess around with women like other people? Now look what's happened."

Da Zhuang hung his head and remained silent.

He Yuzhu said, "Let's not talk about those useless things now. Let's go to Xiaohong's house first, get her family on our side, and see if they have any conditions."

Tong Zhi pulled Da Zhuang outside. When they arrived in the courtyard, Mei Mei came out of the kitchen and asked:

'Brother-in-law, where have you all been?'

"Go solve the problem first, then come back for dinner."

Since He Yuzhu said that, Meimei didn't ask any more questions and went back to the kitchen to persuade Dazhuang's wife.

Even if all the external issues are resolved, there's still the problem of Sister Zhuang to solve.

Even if Da Zhuang doesn't go to jail, this family will still fall apart.

Sister-in-law Zhuang is very angry that Da Zhuang is having affairs with other women, and she doesn't know how to appease him.

He Yuzhu drove his jeep with Tong Zhi, and following Da Zhuang's directions, they arrived at a village not far from the machinery factory.

It has now been renamed the Brigade. The arrival of the jeeps surprised many people, and some children came to see what was so special.

The car quickly stopped in a dilapidated courtyard. The main house consisted of three low mud-brick and thatched houses.

There are side rooms on the east and west sides, and chickens, ducks, and three small pigs are kept in one corner of the courtyard.

After the communization, raising chickens and ducks was initially restricted. Each household could only raise one pig and no more than five chickens.

However, the policy has been relaxed recently, and the number of chickens and ducks has been increased, and pigs can now be raised up to three heads.

Two of the pigs must be sold to the food station to buy enough, and the remaining pig can be kept for personal slaughter. Of course, it is best to sell it to the food station to make money.

It seems their family isn't too poor; this must be the result of Xiaohong's financial assistance.

The arrival of He Yuzhu and his two companions surprised Xiao Hong's family, who all came out to greet them.

When Xiao Hong saw He Yuzhu and Da Zhuang coming together, she knew they were there to resolve her matter.

He Yuzhu recognized the little girl in the crowd at a glance; she wasn't particularly pretty.

He Yuzhu handed the prepared net to Xiao Hong's father, who asked, "Who are you...?"

Xiao Hong quickly said, "Dad, let me introduce you. This is Director He of our machinery factory, this is Tong Zhi, the head of the technical department, and this is... Da Zhuang."

We were just having a family meeting, and we were discussing Xiaohong's situation.

After getting off work, Xiaohong went home and told her family about what had happened that day.

After all, their affair has already been discovered by others, and it could easily become a public scandal.

There are also many workers from this village working in the factory, and their families will soon hear the news.

Before a conclusion could be reached, He Yuzhu and his two companions came to visit.

The old man glared at Da Zhuang. This ugly bastard had slept with his daughter, and he wanted nothing more than to skin him alive.

However, since the leaders of the machinery factory were still there, the old man thought for a moment and decided to see what they had to say first before inviting the three of them into the house.

The house was low and dark, with hard mud flooring, and the furniture was all old and worn.

Of course, there were no teacups, only large white bowls for eating. Xiao Hong took them to wash them again and then came back to pour three bowls of water for them.

"I'm so sorry, we don't have any tea at home."

"It's alright, plain water is fine."

He Yuzhu took a look and saw that Xiao Hong's family had parents, an adult younger brother, and younger siblings who were probably still in school.

Everyone was very thin, and some had puffy skin, looking like they weren't getting enough to eat.

At first, neither side spoke, and the atmosphere was somewhat tense. It was only when He Yuzhu kicked Da Zhuang that the tension was broken.

Da Zhuang first gave Xiao Hong a wink, and she nodded with a blush.

Now Da Zhuang knew that Xiao Hong had already told her parents.

"I invited the boss here today to solve my brother's work problem."

Da Zhuang's words surprised Xiao Hong's family.

I've wanted to find a job for Xiaohong's younger brother for a long time. Xiaohong has tried hard for a long time, but right now she can't transfer her brother's household registration, so the matter has been left unresolved.

Xiao Hong's father asked, "Can you arrange a job for her?"

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "No problem, but..."

He Yuzhu's meaning was clear: Xiao Hong's younger brother could get into the factory and change jobs, but Xiao Hong and Da Zhuang were innocent.

Xiao Hong's father also understood that it was impossible for his daughter to marry Da Zhuang.

However, if we could get our son a city household registration, a guaranteed food ration, and a stable job regardless of drought or flood, that would be ideal.

That would be a very worthwhile deal for their family.

"However, I have one more condition."

"what?"

"Give us 100 jin of grain, coarse grains will do."

For two years in a row, they were starving. 100 jin of grain was enough to keep the family going for a few more months.

Da Zhuang was quite surprised: "100 jin of grain is too much."

Xiao Hong's father said, "This is the condition. Otherwise, we'll report you to the commune."

"You..." Da Zhuang immediately lost his temper.

He Yuzhu didn't want to waste any more time. It was just 100 jin of cornmeal, which was a small matter at this time.

"Okay, we agree."

He Yuzhu said, "That's the only condition; we can't agree to any more."

"This one alone can save our whole family's lives. We don't ask for anything more."

He Yuzhu nodded and said, "You've probably heard of me, right?"

Then Xiaohong's family all nodded, saying they had heard of it.

"I built this machinery factory. I'm just too young, otherwise I would be the factory manager."

He Yuzhu's words were accepted by them. Although He Yuzhu looked older than his age, it was just a joke among the crowd.

He Yuzhu, born in 1935, is only 25 years old. It has surprised many people that he is already the deputy director of a large factory with 6000 employees at such a young age.

Their village is only a few miles away from the machinery factory; you can see the factory's towering chimney from the village entrance.

In addition, many people in the village are employees of the machinery factory, which makes many people familiar with He Yuzhu.

The story of He Yuzhu's success in developing and expanding the machinery factory also spread among the surrounding villagers.

He Yuzhu wasn't saying these things to pat himself on the back, but rather to use his status to intimidate Xiao Hong's family.

I have tremendous energy, both in the factory and in society.

The deputy director of a large factory is not someone an ordinary farmer like him can contend with.

A single sentence from an important person can bring about a dramatic change in an ordinary farmer.

It's about letting him know that he has enough power to change his family's fate.

In this way, if anyone wants to use Xiao Hong's matter to determine their life or death, they will have to think twice about the consequences of offending He Yuzhu.

This is the key point. He Yuzhu was worried that as soon as he left Xiao Hong's house, someone would come and incite Xiao Hong.

They promised Xiao Hong some benefits and persuaded her to report Da Zhuang to the police.

If that happens, the big market will be ruined.

Although He Yuzhu disliked Da Zhuang, he still had to do his best to suppress the matter at this time.

They had previously promised Xiaohong's younger brother a job, and now they've given him 100 jin of relief grain.

Although it's a whole grain, a pound of whole grain can now sell for one or two yuan, which is more useful than giving 200 yuan at this point in time.

At that time, there were many people who couldn't buy food with money; food was more useful than cash.