Chapter 53 Work
After asking all the questions, Li Zhiguo left. On the way, he was thinking about finding a job for Qin Guangming, and also arranging a job for his father-in-law.

Even if the Qin family moves to the city, who will feed the chickens for him in the future? If not, he can recruit Uncle Qin Er and Uncle Qin San...

When he returned to the courtyard, people who worked at the steel rolling mill had returned one after another and gathered in the central courtyard to discuss the grain issue.

"Hey, Li Zhiguo is back. Damao, you have to thank him for helping your family get flour."

The second aunt was sharp-eyed and saw at a glance the hero of this event in the courtyard.

Xu Damao had a complicated expression. He was stunned when he heard the situation after returning to the hospital. This kid actually had times when he could be a good person.

"Li Zhiguo, thank you this time."

"Da Mao, that's too polite. You marrying a wife is... well, it's a good thing for you to marry a wife."

Li Zhiguo saw that Qin Huairu was not there, and guessed that she had gone back to cook. He was not in a hurry and decided to stay here and chat for a while.

Jia Zhang, who was keeping healthy, came over and said, "Li Zhiguo, did you go out to inquire about the grain store?"

When everyone heard this, they all looked over. It was a rare moment when Jia Zhang was smart.

"Almost! The situation is not good. Let's store some food! Otherwise, we may not be able to buy any by the third of next month."

He didn't say much and didn't mention the grain tiger issue as it was too high-level a topic.

"Oh, what shall we do?"

Jia Zhang was anxious. She couldn't go hungry and would feel uncomfortable if she didn't have a full meal.

"Li Zhiguo, can you talk to the owner of Zengji Grain Store and ask him to sell you some grain at the original price? Oh, your clothes are all dirty."

Jia Zhang came closer and subconsciously helped Li Zhiguo brush the dust off his shoulders.

Jia Dongxu came out of the house and saw this scene. He immediately felt unwell.

Li Zhiguo shook his head and said, "There's nothing we can do. Zeng Ji probably sold out all the food."

"Oh, my family is short of food!"

When Jia Zhang thought about the days of hunger, she wanted to cry.

"Hey, Shazhu is back. Ask him about the situation in the factory cafeteria."

Li Zhiguo shifted his gaze, otherwise he would feel a little nervous if Jia Zhang kept pestering him.

An old lady quickly asked, "Shazhu, is there enough food in the cafeteria?"

"Hey, I was just about to say this. Everyone in the kitchen was kept for a meeting today, so I came back late.

The factory is short of food, and from now on each worker can only buy 4 taels of staple food for lunch."

When Sha Zhu heard the news, he wanted to notify his family to buy food.

Li Zhiguo said, "Your uncle, my brother Lao Cai bought 50 kilograms of grain this afternoon."

"That's great! No, my uncle is your brother?"

Sha Zhu thought, you are taking advantage of me!

"Let's talk about each other. You are still my brother, and Xu Damao's mother is still my sister."

Li Zhiguo pulled Xu Damao over, put his hand on his shoulder, and then pulled Sha Zhu over as well, ignoring the Dongxu brothers.

Xu Damao looked numb, and Sha Zhu looked struggling. Both of them wanted to break free, but they found that Li Zhiguo's hands were very strong and they couldn't get rid of him.

"Virtue!"

Jia Dongxu sighed. He was not envious at all. Who would be willing to be your brother?

Yan Bugui suddenly ran into the yard with a worried look on his face. "It's over. I asked my acquaintances and they said the state-owned store is also short of food. They won't start selling it until the third of next month, so there aren't many left. We may not be able to buy any."

"Uncle, Li Zhiguo has already found out how much surplus food your family has?"

The second aunt didn't have any back pain when she talked while standing. She went to buy some food in the afternoon.

"The remaining food is enough to last until the third of next month, but I'm afraid we won't be able to buy it by then."

There are six people in Yan Bugui's family, and four children are starving. If they run out of food, they will die.

Li Zhiguo replied, "Da Mao is holding a banquet this weekend, which will save everyone a day's food. Go and line up early on the second night."

I guess I'll have to queue up all night, there's nothing we can do about it.

Just hold on for a few months and wait for the public-private partnership to take place.

After chatting for a while, he went home to eat. As long as there was food at home, he was not worried.

"Brother, you are really capable. You bought so much food in advance."

Qin Huairu was all smiles when she saw him come back. She just focused on work and housework and didn't have to worry about anything else.

"No, you will have a good life if you follow me."

Soon the food was served, with flour, meat and cabbage. This is how life should be.

"Huai Ru, I have something to tell you. I am the street official now. I discussed a solution with Wang Qinian today..."

He immediately proposed the strategy of dividing the world into three parts.

According to the rules of the Siheyuan, the front yard is for servants to live in, the main house in the middle yard is the master's bedroom, the two sides are the young master's rooms, and the back yard is the women's rooms.

He kept the main house in the middle courtyard for himself, his father-in-law lived in the side room, his brother-in-law guarded the front courtyard, and nominally he and his wife lived in the back courtyard, all perfect.

"Ah! This is too cheap for my family. We can barely collect any rent."

Qin Huairu's first reaction was that she had lost money, and then she was happy for her family.

"We are family, why should we be so divided? If our parents come to the city, who will raise the chickens?"

Li Zhiguo was in a dilemma because he needed a reasonable source.

"Let my second and third uncles raise more chickens."

Qin Huairu's idea coincided with his, they were indeed a family.

"Then go ahead and tell me. I won't take advantage of you."

Li Zhiguo felt relieved that his wife was a member of his Li family.

"Hey! I'll go and tell my parents when we can go back to the countryside. But Guangming is still studying, so it's not easy to handle."

Qin Huairu also started thinking about what to do next.

"Let him transfer to the city to study, and I will find a way through the streets."

Li Zhiguo has captured the entire Qin family in one fell swoop, leaving no one behind. So many people have to work for him.

"Well, it's all up to you."

Qin Huairu couldn't make the decision in the first place, let alone this was a good thing.

"Just leave it like that."

After dinner, he didn’t take a walk. After a busy day, he had to rest early!
……

Time passed quickly and it was Sunday in the blink of an eye.

In the past few days, Li Zhiguo frequently went in and out of the Jia family, and finally taught Dongxu's wife how to operate a sewing machine, but she is still a long way from being able to make clothes.

"Brother Li!"

As soon as he came out of the main room, he saw Xu Damao's sister in the yard.

"Feng Ling, long time no see."

Li Zhiguo didn’t know what this girl would look like when she grew up, because she never appeared in the play.

At this moment, the tables were already set up in the backyard. The Xu family imitated him in holding a banquet.

The standard was based on what he purchased when he held a previous wedding. Not only was the chef team the same, but the tables, benches, bowls and chopsticks were also unchanged.

There were about ten tables of people in the yard, and Xu Damao and Lao Xu invited five seats from the factory and the cinema to make up the number.

As for the wedding process, including when to enter the compound, set off firecrackers, and scatter wedding candies, they were all copied from him.

"Good morning, Uncle Third. Please help me register a gift of three dollars. My sister Xu will understand." After he said that, he hurried to wash his face and rinse his mouth. He had to go to the hospital later and couldn't miss the banquet when he came back.

"I understand your uncle too!"

Yan Bugui happily wrote down his name and amount. This money was just empty salary. In this courtyard, only Li Zhiguo dared to do this. If someone else did this, he would definitely be kicked out.

Suddenly, Jia Zhang came to the backyard with Jia Dongxu and her daughter-in-law.

"Oh, why are you awake again? Aren't you going to take Qin Huairu to the hospital for a checkup? My Dongxu and Bihua are back, and this Bihua is really pregnant."

Jia Zhang was very happy. The Jia family had a successor. As she spoke, she came over and habitually helped Li Zhiguo prepare hot water for washing his face.

The aunties in the courtyard are used to it. It's not the first time.

Yan Bugui was dumbfounded, and Jia Dongxu was completely confused.

"Brother Li, yesterday you talked about making clothes, but I still don't understand. Can you come and teach me tomorrow when you are free?"

Chen Bihua also walked forward, but did not do anything out of the ordinary.

"Okay, call me tomorrow morning, not too early."

Li Zhiguo picked up the handkerchief to wash his face, while his wife was busy cleaning the house.

"Huai Ru, we can set off now."

"coming."

Qin Huairu heard the shouting and helped to lift the bicycle out.

Jia Zhang also quickly poured out the water for washing her face and hung the face towel out to hang.

"Well, Lao He, Sha Zhu, Third Uncle... I'm leaving first and will be back later. Third Uncle, please save a seat for me!"

"Okay, I'll definitely keep it for you. Just drive slowly on the road and don't be in a hurry."

Yan Bugui was also happy. Last time, Li Zhiguo had set his standard. He would charge two dollars and fifty cents in total for being an accountant and writing invitations.

This time I gave two yuan as a gift, and the whole family came to eat for a day, and I could still earn fifty cents in the end.
He can also take away some food, such as peanuts and sunflower seeds, and a pack of cigarettes. He wishes he could do this every weekend.

"Okay, I'm really leaving."

Li Zhiguo waved his hand, took the bicycle and left the yard. He probably wouldn't be able to make it in time to welcome Xu Damao's new daughter-in-law, but they would live in the backyard from now on, so there was still a lot of time to live.

Jia Dongxu stared at the man's departing back and was unable to come back to his senses for a long time.

Why is that? Even his mother is so nice to him.

"Dongxu, why are you still standing there? Mom told you before we left. Come over and take a seat."

Jia Zhang was very disappointed with Li Zhiguo, as he was not as smart as Li Zhiguo.

"coming!"

Jia Dongxu came back to his senses and thought that important things were happening, and he was here to eat for free today.

Before going out, he and his mother carefully analyzed the fighting power of the people in the courtyard, and finally decided that the three of them would disperse. He would go to the main table. Everyone there could drink, so there would definitely be a lot of food left over.

I went to sit at the same table with three aunts. They had four children with them and it was hard to grab the food.

Let Bihua and Xu Damao’s new daughter-in-law sit at the same table, so they can eat slowly and pack up the food at the end.

This plan is absolutely perfect. This time, the Xu family must pay some money.

"Ms. Jia Zhang, why are you sitting down? I am here to receive the gifts."

Yan Bugui shouted. He was still very surprised that the Jia family could come.

"Old Yan, please keep a record of three dollars for me. Old Yi will give it to me later. He is Master Dongxu and he deserves the money."

Jia Zhang followed Li Zhiguo's previous suggestion and used this tactic.

Yan Bugui was stunned. Why did it feel like there was a shadow of Li Zhiguo in this?

Forget it, it’s none of his business. Lao Yi has a high salary and can afford it.

"Okay, I'll make a note of it for you."

Yan Bugui picked up the brush and wrote Zhang Cuihua's name. He was a particular person and wrote every stroke carefully.

Siheyuan, front yard!

After Li Zhiguo said goodbye to Mr. and Mrs. Xu, he was almost at the hospital.

He made an appointment in advance yesterday, and now the medical treatment is free.

"Doctor, please check my wife carefully. She has been examined in the factory clinic and it is very likely that she is pregnant. Let's confirm it again today."

Li Zhiguo handed over the registration form wrapped with money, not much, just one dollar.

"Comrade, this is your lover, wow, she is so handsome!"

The female doctor quickly put the registration form in the drawer, and a sincere smile appeared on her originally numb face.

Li Zhiguo had a clear idea in his mind. In this era, it’s not that the service cannot keep up, but that the service is not adequate!
"Congratulations, your lover is really pregnant!"

The female doctor is in her forties and is an all-round gynecologist who both sees patients and delivers babies. She is known as Liang Gua Gua.

Li Zhiguo also made special inquiries about it, and the money was not wasted.

"Okay, okay! Doctor Liang, I'll make an appointment with you from now on. Where do you live? It will be convenient for me to contact you in case you are on vacation."

Upon hearing this, Dr. Liang quickly wrote down an address, "I take a day off every Tuesday! Please wait a moment, I will schedule a pregnancy checkup for your wife Qin Huairu, just come on that date, if there are no appointments, just come in and I will add one for you."

"Remember it."

After leaving the hospital, Qin Huairu couldn't help but ask, "Brother, did you know Dr. Liang before?"

"I don't know her! She just wanted to deliver me, and her age doesn't match."

"Then why is she so enthusiastic about us?"

Qin Huairu didn't quite understand it, and didn't see what was given as a gift.

"Huai Ru, this is the charm of your man, don't make blind guesses. With Dr. Liang's certificate, you can ask for leave openly in the future."

Li Zhiguo thought that since he didn't spend a dollar, he might as well bring the guy a big fat goose tomorrow!
"Ok!"

Qin Huairu once again discovered the charm of her man, who could get along well with anyone.

"Let's go out and have some breakfast first. We'll have a meal at noon."

Li Zhiguo took his wife to drink soy milk.

"Brother, my first baby must be a boy."

Qin Huairu kept repeating this, the idea of ​​favoring boys over girls was deeply rooted.

"I think he will be a big fat boy. Let's raise him strong. I'm looking for Liu Guangfu from the second aunt's family and Yan Jiekuang from the third aunt's family to keep our child company. Then no one in the yard will dare to bully him."

Li Zhiguo suddenly considered whether he should raise his son in poverty so that the boy would mistakenly believe that his father was a gigolo.

What happens when you grow up and find out that you are a rich second generation?
Well, the child has just been conceived, so don’t be calculating. You should raise the child well and try to get him/her into university.

Rely on your wife when you are young and rely on your son when you are old. There is nothing wrong with that!
"Well, I'll do whatever you say. When our son grows up, he will also be a street cadre."

This is all Qin Huairu pursues.

"Okay, that's the arrangement! But you have to practice cooking more when you are young, otherwise it will be like Xu Damao, who had a crash course before marriage, which is not good."

Li Zhiguo thought again, what if it's a daughter? Oh, it's not easy to raise her in poverty.

When they returned to the courtyard, firecracker debris was scattered at the door.

"Li Zhiguo, you're back just in time. If you were any later, the banquet would have already started."

The third aunt was holding a large basin in her hand. She suddenly realized that she was sitting at the same table with Jia Zhang, so she quickly ran home to make preparations.

"It's okay, I asked Uncle San to keep the seat for me."

Li Zhiguo had a feeling that the banquet at noon might be a little weird and need to be a little more lively.

(End of this chapter)