Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 110 War Victory

"Here's the yarn."

“Not so much.”

"Then give me another pair of socks! And the rest of the labor fee!"

"Oh." Zhang Xinran did not refuse. She put the wool into her schoolbag, silently wrote down a IOU, and started her morning reading.

There is nothing special for He Lai to do now. His Russian is almost good enough. Just read more and remember more.

……

Soon, the CX war was won, and large-scale parades began to be held in the four-nine cities.

He Lai had finally waited for this moment. He asked for leave from his teacher and ran to the street office.

……

"Director Wang, when will my father and his family be back?"

He Lai couldn't wait to ask when he saw Director Wang.

"Ah, your father, this...this has not yet given any specific instructions. I guess we have to wait for a while."

Director Wang didn't say when he would be back.

He Lai was also confused. Didn’t he come back after winning the battle?

"Is it that everyone hasn't come back?" He Lai asked.

"Some of the wounded should be coming back now, but most of the volunteers still have to stay there."

Director Wang explained.

"Oh, I understand. Goodbye, Director Wang." He Lai walked away dejectedly.

"Oh...it's hard for the child." Director Wang was helpless.

He Lai returned to the classroom and lay down on the table, looking depressed.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Xinran asked.

"It's okay." He Lai didn't want to talk.

I originally thought that once my father came back, my mother wouldn’t have to go to work anymore and wouldn’t have to work so hard.

I never thought that I wouldn't be able to come back even after winning. I don't know what would happen if my mother found out.

Oh, wait, Dad, you are really committing a sin.

……

"Xiao Laizi, your father will be back soon." Wu Juan was very happy today because his father was finally coming back.

"That...that...mother..." He Lai didn't know what to say.

"Hurry up and tell me, I need to go out and ask when you will be back!"

Wu Juan became a little impatient seeing He Lai hesitating.

"Mother, I asked Director Wang, and she said I might have to stay for a while. I can't come back right away."

He Lai's voice became lower and lower.

"What! How could this happen? I'll go ask again." Wu Juan couldn't believe it. Didn't they say they won? Why couldn't they come back?

Wu Juan quickly pushed the cart out.

He Lai had no other choice, so Yu Shui walked over and held He Lai's hand.

He Lai hugged Yu Shui and didn't want to talk. Two poor guys.

Rain is still more pitiful, this world...

……

After a while, Sha Zhu and his wife also found out that He Lai's father couldn't come back right away, and they kept silent.

Sha Zhu went to cook. Qin Huairu accompanied He Lai and the others to wait for Wu Juan.

Wu Juan pushed her bicycle and walked back slowly, seeing that everyone was waiting for her.

Wu Juan adjusted herself quickly.

"It's okay, it's okay, we've won. We'll be back sooner or later, it won't take long."

Wu Juan said with a smile.

"Everyone, wash your hands and eat, eat."

After hearing what Wu Juan said, everyone felt a little better. The atmosphere at the dinner table was a little dull, and everyone lowered their heads to eat, occasionally looking up at each other.

After dinner, He Lai and Yu Shui helped Wu Juan clean up the dishes. Wu Juan looked at her sensible son and felt sad.

I can't let my son worry. I have to be happy. We have already won. He will come back sooner or later.

Tonight, the three of them slept together again.

Wu Juan touched the two little ones' heads and said, "Mom is fine. She just hasn't come to her senses yet. As long as your dad is alive, he will be back soon."

"Well, Mom, wait for Dad to come back, and we'll twist his ears and spank him together."

"Pfft... You just talk nonsense. Let's just wait for your father to come back."

The three of them smiled at each other and hugged each other tightly. At this moment, their feelings for each other did not need words.

……

In this way, more than half a year passed.

During this period, it seemed that every household in the courtyard was pregnant and having children.

Qin Huairu was pregnant again. Li Dawa's family also gave birth to a daughter, and many other families also had children.

For a while, everyone's house began to become tense.

In today's society, people are proud of having children and encourage having more children.

Today is the weekend

Director Wang brought people here again and asked the three uncles to notify people to attend the meeting.

Soon, everyone in the compound gathered in the middle courtyard. Wu Juan also brought He Lai and Yu Shui to Sha Zhu's side.

Director Wang looked at the people in the compound and asked Yi Zhonghai if everyone was present.

After getting the reply that everyone had arrived, I stood in the middle.

"Comrades, today we have everyone here to hold this meeting of the entire institute for one purpose.

Faced with the current food shortage situation, the leaders above have come up with a good idea, which is to decide to implement a unified purchase and sale of grain.

What is unified purchase and marketing? It means using the government's coercive power to sell all the grain produced by farmers to the state, and all the grain needed by the cities is supplied by the state.

The people in the compound still didn't quite understand what unified purchase and marketing meant. They were still discussing whether it was a state or not, and it was none of their business, so they decided to continue listening.

Director Wang continued.

"So, starting next month, the city of Beijing will officially implement bills.

At that time, every household will be issued a food coupon, and food will be supplied based on the food coupon. In the future, you won’t be able to buy a single bite of food in the market without a food coupon.”

(The author is confused as to whether this bill was first issued in 53 or 55, so he will just post it in 53!)

Now everyone was in an uproar. This was a huge deal.

He Lai thought that fortunately I had space. I bought a lot of things recently and it was already full. I was not worried at all! I have food!

"Okay, okay, everyone, be quiet for now. I know you all have a lot of questions, but this is an order from our superiors and we must strictly implement it. We will not cancel it just because some people object."

After Director Wang finished speaking, everyone started whispering again. There was nothing they could do as the matter was too big.

Director Wang waited until everyone had finished discussing the issue, then took out two notebooks from his bag.

"These two books are food books. One is for buying staple food, such as flour, cornmeal, and rice.

The other one is the food book, which is used to buy some vegetables and daily necessities. The three uncles in the courtyard will explain the details to you one by one.

If you want to understand now, you can go to see Secretary Sun. You can go to Secretary Sun and take your family's food and non-staple food back."

After Director Wang finished speaking, he turned to Secretary Sun and said, "Xiao Sun, you stay here and distribute them. And explain them at the same time."

"Okay." Secretary Sun also agreed.

"Well, we'll leave next. Secretary Sun will stay to distribute the food allowances."

Director Wang said this and took his people away.

"Don't worry, take your time. Every household has it."

……

After a very long time, it was finally distributed under the organization of the three uncles.

Everyone started looking at their own food and non-staple food books.

Soon everyone knew that the ration book was for buying flour, grain, rice and oil, while the non-staple food book was for other things.

"Ah... I can't live, God... I can't live..." Jia Zhang suddenly fell to the ground and cried.

"what happened?"

Yi Zhonghai hurried to ask what was going on.

"Master, why is my name the only one on my family's book? My mother, my wife, and my children are not on it!"

Jia Dongxu was also anxious.