Chapter 15 Features
Put the wine in the bedroom cupboard.

Yu Zhiyuan returned to the kitchen and watched Sha Zhu heat up the dishes.

"Is the rain still there with the old lady?"

"Yeah. I'm reading a book there. Have you found a bicycle ticket?"

"The uncle said that the factory only has new tickets during the Gregorian calendar year, so I don't think there will be any problems."

The two of them sat down with their dishes and refilled their glasses of wine.

"Zhiyuan, you said Yushui will be big once she enters high school. Should I find a wife to take care of her? I don't know much about girls."

"I'll tell Yu Shui to ask my wife if she has any questions."

Then he looked at Sha Zhu solemnly and said, "Brother Zhu, do you really want to find someone? Tell me what you want?"

"I need to have a city hukou, and I can't look too bad. It doesn't matter if I have a job or not. I can support my family."

"You are looking for one. Let me be frank. I have no problem introducing you to someone. If you do something weird, I will turn my back on you. This affects the girl's life. I have a daughter too, so I know how she feels."

"Don't worry, brother is not that kind of person."

Seeing Yu Zhiyuan's suspicious look, Sha Zhu quickly said, "Don't worry, Zhiyuan, I will definitely treat the girl well."

"You didn't tell the uncle about this, did you? Didn't he introduce it to you?"

"I haven't told him yet. I don't want to bother him all the time. It's hard to repay a favor."

This stunned Yu Zhiyuan.

Did this idiot feel it?
"It's OK if you didn't say anything. There's another person. Xu Damao is married. He has the upper hand over you in this matter, so I'm worried that Xu Damao will do something wrong with your blind date. You should be careful. Why do you keep teasing him when you have nothing to do? You're an adult!"

"That boy of yours deserves a beating. I didn't provoke him. What bad luck!"

"Okay, I'll remember your request and I'll think about it for you later. I have to bring back this month's coal the day after tomorrow when I'm off work. What about you? Do you want to join us? Let's borrow a cart and we can bring it back in one trip for the three of us."

"Okay, we'll go together the day after tomorrow. Don't worry about the cart, I'll go borrow one. If there's one in the cafeteria, I'll tell the director and we can just bring it back."

After chatting, the two drank some more wine.

After the show, I took my daughter back home, washed her in a daze and went to bed.

Before going to bed, I talked to my wife about Sha Zhu wanting to go on a blind date.

Yang Xuemei said, "You better be careful. I think Shazhu looks at Qin Huairu differently. Don't make things awkward."

Hearing this, Yu Zhiyuan closed his eyes and lay on the bed to think.

All the things that happened in Siheyuan started with the chain reaction caused by Jia Dongxu's death.

Qin Huairu replaced someone else and went to work in the factory as a temporary worker. Does that mean she doesn’t have a city hukou?
So, because the rations were not enough, you started picking on the fool?

Did Yi Zhonghai really ask Sha Zhu to help Qin Huairu for his own retirement?
All of this has already been planned for the third generation of Banggen.

This plan is a bit too far-fetched!
Maybe Yi Zhonghai has a problem with his self-positioning? With his conditions, it should not be difficult for him to find a pension to support himself.

It’s a headache. If we pull Sha Zhu out of the whirlpool, it will be even harder to determine where Qin Huairu’s thunder came from.

First think about the safest way to pull Jia Dongxu out of this deadly situation.

But this kid is too low-key and we can't catch him.

As he was thinking, Yu Zhiyuan fell asleep.

I woke up early in the morning and saw the big moon outside, it was really bright.

He didn't take anything, just collected his bicycle and walked towards the small courtyard he rented outside the city.

I looked around the yard carefully, and only opened the padlock and went in after making sure there was no problem.

He left some of the hairtail for Fan Changjun, telling him to eat it himself, and kept the rest.

Pick up five pounds of shrimps and eat them at home during the New Year.

Leave half of the sea bass for Fan Changjun.

After putting away the sheepskin military coat, he quietly locked the door and left.

I went home and drank porridge and ate last night's leftovers. I felt comfortable. "The street office had some tickets left at the end of the year. They said they had distributed them. They told us to apply for any tickets we needed. Do you think I can use industrial coupons?"

"Industrial vouchers? What are you going to do with them?"

"Well, you bought me that watch so I have to borrow it. I was thinking of returning it first."

Yu Zhiyuan waved his hand and said, "Some people want us to owe them money. Don't worry about it. I know what's going on! Take the food coupons, preferably fruit coupons or something like that. Look, Qiaoqiao only eats one apple in the whole winter, and it was given to her by someone else. Canned food coupons are fine too, but forget about grain and meat coupons. We don't need them."

After finishing his meal, Yu Zhiyuan told Yang Xuemei, "If you pass by the grain store, tell Fan Changjun to pick up the things. I'm leaving first."

She kissed her daughter and said, "Be good and follow mom to work. Don't be naughty."

Gather with people in the compound and prepare to go to work.

Yan Bugui was on duty today and recovered quickly.

After entering the workshop, I went to the boiler room to get some water, and then made tea for my master, senior brother and myself.

I started chatting with my fellow workers while smoking.

When Bi Zhengliang entered the workshop, he pulled Yu Zhiyuan aside and said, "Come to my house after get off work this afternoon."

Yu Zhiyuan nodded.

Director Guo said a few words of encouragement, and everyone went to find their team leaders to receive their tasks.

As soon as the materials were received and work began, the workshop was filled with the harsh sound of machine friction.

Before lunch, I went to the canteen director to tell him the number: 200 catties of grass carp and 80 catties of hairtail. They were delivered in the evening.

After a busy day, he said hello to Yi Zhonghai after work in the afternoon and followed Bi Zhengliang back to their courtyard.

When I returned to the courtyard with the bag, I saw Yan Bugui standing by the gate.

"Uncle, are you okay now?"

"Almost done. Where did Zhiyuan come back from? The people in the courtyard came back a long time ago."

I know what Yan Bugui wants to ask.

"I brought back some old clothes from my master that I can still wear. My clothes are a bit worn out, so I asked Xuemei to wash and mend them so I can still wear them. I have to go home quickly because I have something else waiting for me. Please continue your walk!"

Yan Bugui looked at Yu Zhiyuan's back and said something.

When Yu Zhiyuan returned home, he saw Xuemei cooking in the kitchen, but his daughter was nowhere to be seen.

He went into the bedroom and put all the old military uniforms in the cloth bag, the cotton military coat and the sheepskin military coat in the space on the bed.

He went to the kitchen to say something to Xuemei, then went to the ear room, pushed his bicycle, put away his raincoat, and left the yard.

Wear a raincoat when delivering fish from now on, otherwise the smell will be too strong.

The next day, I slept in, had breakfast, and played with my daughter using an abacus and reading comic books.

It wasn't until ten o'clock that Shazhu started shouting.

When they got to the next door, the old lady's coal book was about to be taken away. Qiaoqiao refused to go and insisted on going with her. She started to cry if she was not allowed to take it.

I had no choice but to pick up my daughter and go to the front yard with Sha Zhu.

They carried the cart out of the yard, put Qiaoqiao on it, and set off for the coal station outside East City.

When we got there, we saw a queue that was dozens of meters long and huge.

The characteristic of this era is that no matter it is winter food storage or wages, as long as people buy things together, there will be a huge crowd.

Cutting in line and fighting are not a big deal, but having money and bills stolen is even more common.

The worst thing about queuing in the coal yard is that you can't smoke.

This is also one of the few places where smoking is not allowed.

When workers held meetings in the factory or in the auditorium, the workers would smoke when necessary and no one ever dared to complain.

(End of this chapter)