“Zhuzi! What are you doing? Are you getting too big for your britches, trying to hit someone? It’s the New Year, what are you causing a commotion for?”
“Dongxu, I saw it just now, Zhuzi was giving Bang Geng lucky money. He wouldn’t dare do anything else!”
Yi Zhong Hai was smoothing things over again!
Although Yi Zhong Hai had a bellyful of complaints about Sha Zhu, he was happy to see Sha Zhu helping the Jia family. This way, the Jia family would have a better life and he could save his own money!
Sha Zhu turned around angrily and went back into his house. He was kind enough to give Jia Dongxu’s son lucky money, but Jia Dongxu had been giving him the cold shoulder!
If it wasn’t for Qin Huairu, he wouldn’t have bothered with Jia Dongxu!
And then there was Xu Da Mao. He wouldn’t acknowledge Xu Da Mao on New Year's Eve! On New Year's Day, he had to make him miserable!
If he didn’t teach that little scoundrel a lesson, Sha Zhu wouldn’t be able to sleep at night! And Liu Hai Zhong, the way Yuan Chao had been looking at him today, he must be wanting to settle Xu Da Mao!
As the most promising young man in this courtyard, he, Sha Zhu, was going to champion the weak and fight injustice!
He would handle things that others wouldn’t dare!
Thinking about the encouraging look Shen Yuan Chao had given him, Sha Zhu's sense of justice instantly surged!
Yan Bu Gui watched Shen Yuan Chao receive so much lucky money and his eyes turned red with jealousy. “Liu Hui Zhen, your family is now considered a big deal, you should set up a few tables in the courtyard and invite people over for a meal.”
Liu Hui Zhen said, “Third Master, that’s not how you talk. What kind of family do we have? We can barely afford to eat, how can we possibly afford to have guests over? On the other hand, you, Third Master, you are now a primary school teacher, and Yan Jie Cheng is working as well.
You’re considered a dual-income family, you’re so prosperous, you’ll definitely have guests over, right?”
Yan Bu Gui's face froze. He didn’t expect Liu Hui Zhen to retort directly!
He gave a wry smile, “Where would I have the money to even eat? Here in my family, there are six mouths to feed, I can’t afford to have guests over!”
Yan Bu Gui actually felt that Liu Hui Zhen was intentionally trying to get one over on him, but she had a simple and innocent look, like a soft dumpling, constantly addressing him as “您” and showing him extra respect!
She even spoke with sincerity about how prosperous his family was, Yan Bu Gui could only swallow this bitter pill!
He cursed inwardly, this Liu Hui Zhen, she’s really stupid! She can’t tell a good word from a bad word, and she can’t even speak a good word!
The children played outside for a while, and Shen Yuan Chao sat in his little bamboo cart, staring at Bang Geng in Qin Huairu’s arms!
Bang Geng saw Shen Yuan Chao’s little bamboo cart and reached out for it. Shen Yuan Chao looked at Bang Geng’s curly hair and pondered, could it be that Old Jia has curly hair?
Jia Dongxu and Jia Zhang Shi both had straight hair, and Jia Dongxu was actually quite handsome, but Bang Geng was quite a bit further from Jia Dongxu’s looks.
Jia Dongxu looked at Yi Zhong Hai, thinking about his father’s words, and he felt a little uneasy.
If First Master really divorced First Madam, wouldn’t the fact that First Master couldn’t have children be exposed?
Jia Dongxu said, “First Master, if you can avoid divorcing First Madam, it’s better not to. After all, a husband and wife are together for a hundred days, a hundred days of kindness!”
Yi Zhong Hai waved his hand, “This matter, I have my own plans, you don’t need to worry about it!”
Jia Dongxu said, “But Master...”
“Alright, instead of worrying about these things, you might as well think about ways to quickly get your Level Two Machinist certificate!”
Yi Zhong Hai said this and left. The main reason was that he had looked at Shen Yuan Chao just now, and Yi Zhong Hai felt uncomfortable. Although he was determined not to adopt Shen Yuan Chao, he had to admit that Shen Yuan Chao was very cute.
He looked very clever, if he turned out to be successful in the future, maybe the Liu family really wouldn’t be the same!
No, he had to think of a way to strategize, since the widowed Liu insisted on keeping this little baby in the courtyard, then the whole family should just leave!
What angered Yi Zhong Hai the most was that the widowed Liu dared to take in Sun Xiu Ju. This was a complete disregard for his authority as First Master!
He had to think of a way to make the Liu Hui Zhen family leave the courtyard!
Shen Yuan Chao clearly noticed that Jia Dongxu was looking at Yi Zhong Hai with a guilty conscience. Why was this?
Little Shen Yuan Chao had a new problem!
Jia Dongxu was Yi Zhong Hai’s apprentice, why would he be guilty when seeing Yi Zhong Hai?
He even told Yi Zhong Hai not to divorce First Madam.
Logically, Jia Dongxu shouldn’t care about this matter so much!
Could it be that Jia Dongxu knows about Yi Zhong Hai’s inability to have children?
Could Yi Zhong Hai’s inability to have children be related to the Jia family?
Shen Yuan Chao sighed helplessly, this courtyard was too complex!
And then there was Yi Zhong Hai, he was clearly looking at him with a calculating gaze! And then there was Liu Hai Zhong, he was a black-hearted fellow!
No, he had to go home and turn over a new leaf, he had to turn his life around and grow up!
Liu Hui Zhen was tidying up when she saw Xu Fu Gui packing his bicycle, preparing to go out.
Liu Hui Zhen said, “Old Xu, are you going out on New Year’s Eve?”
Xu Fu Gui said, “Yes, the New National Spring Festival Cultural Propaganda Committee has organized 13 film screening teams to screen 100 films in the suburbs from February 14th to 16th. Rural residents in the suburbs, just like people in the city, can watch movies to celebrate the New Year.
I’m going to Red Star Farm this time, this was the first collective farm established in our new nation last year. Oh, Hui Zhen, your family and Qin Huairu’s family should both be in that area, right?”
Liu Hui Zhen said, “It’s my family, but I haven’t been back since the farm was established, I don’t know how things are there!”
Xu Fu Gui said, “Things are good, there are sixty-three households and 1,500 acres of farmland. They use an apprentice dividend system, with pay based on work done!
The villagers are motivated to work hard, and production has increased significantly! Speaking of this, Hui Zhen, you were really rash to give up your rural hukou!
You have a job at the relief station now, but you should know that the relief station won’t always have so many people. The new nation will eventually settle all these people.
In the future, you’ll just be relying on odd jobs, without rural rations, it will be very difficult to survive! Plus, now the rural rations have been further increased, overall it’s still more worthwhile to have a rural hukou!”
Shen Yuan Chao scoffed, when the rations arrived, the rural rations would also be allocated according to the number of registered residents. At that time, those with rural hukou in the capital would be in a miserable situation!
If you don't go back to the countryside, you won't have rural rations. If you stay in the capital, you won't even be able to get rationed food. A rural hukou is good, but only during this period of time. And this kind of work-based distribution system, although it has greatly motivated farmers,
it has also made it difficult to purchase grain. Under these circumstances, if there are no disasters, things can be barely managed for now!
But if there is a natural disaster, then there will be a shortage of grain and food, and at that time, those in the countryside will have grain and hoard it without selling it!
People in the city won't be able to afford grain!
Everyone thought that after the land reform, farmers would be more motivated, and they would sell their surplus grain after obtaining land!
But don't forget, the new nation had been through years of war, and the farmers had been starving for thousands of years. Now that they finally had grain in their hands, how could they give it up?
They would not only be reluctant to sell, they would also consume and store more!
This has led to the grain delivered to the government falling short of the organization's requirements, placing the organization in a passive position.