Chapter 185: Yan Bugui refuses to listen

"Roughly the same!
We have been out for quite some time today. I just saw Uncle Yan fishing over there, so I bought some fish.
I plan to take the rain water back first, and then go to the market to buy some tofu. "

Hearing that Yan Bugui was also fishing in Shichahai, Yan Jiecheng immediately began to look around for him.

"Where is it, where is it, Zhuzi, my father?"

Then he saw a figure in the direction of He Yuzhu's finger, and then ran over in a hurry.

Yan Jiecheng had just run away when he heard He Yushui say excitedly,

"Brother, Zhaodi looks so ugly. Will she be toothless in the future? Can you think of a solution for her?"

Hearing this, He Yuzhu lowered his head and saw his sister looking up at him excitedly.

Xu Zhaodi, on the other hand, had a sad face and looked unhappy.

So he smiled and said,

"After the rain, Zhaodi's teeth will grow back.
Look, didn’t your brother Damao lose a back tooth a while ago? It has grown back now.

Zhaodi will grow up too after a while."

"Really!"

Seeing Xu Zhaodi looking up at him excitedly, not only He Yuzhu but even Xu Damao nodded vigorously.
"Really, really, Zhaodi, have you forgotten that your brother also lost a tooth a while ago?

Now they are all grown up.”

After saying that, Xu Damao opened his mouth wide and pointed at his teeth for his two sisters to see.

He Yushui and Xu Zhaodi stretched their necks to look at Xu Damao's mouth, and remembered this incident in their minds.

Then the two of them jumped and danced and laughed happily.

I followed a group of people and climbed up the steps to the shore. Then I took off my ice skates, carried my sled and ice sled, and walked slowly towards the courtyard.

Back to the courtyard,
After putting away his skating equipment, He Yuzhu walked to the vegetable market alone.
But tofu is hard to find these days.
When he returned to the courtyard with the tofu, He Daqing and the others had already returned from get off work.

As soon as he stepped into the hanging flower gate, He Yuzhu saw the deaf old lady smiling at He Daqing killing fish at the door of the He family's house. It was obvious that she had encountered some great joy.

So I asked out of curiosity,

"Old lady, what's wrong with you today? Why are you so happy? Your smile is sweeter than honey!"

Before the deaf old lady could speak, He Daqing, who was cleaning crucian carp at the door of her house, heard He Yuzhu's voice and raised his head and asked,
"Yushui said we'll have pickled cabbage, tofu and crucian carp soup tonight.

I have prepared the pickled vegetables and am waiting for your tofu. Why did you come back just now? "

"Don't you see how late it is now? Is tofu so easy to buy? I have to go to several more markets!"

After saying this, He Yuzhu raised the paper bag in his hand.

"Look, I bought it back."

Seeing that this was the case, He Daqing did not say anything else. Instead, he started to talk about the reason why the deaf old lady was so happy.

"Some time ago, when the State Council received supplies from those profiteers,
The Military Control Commission also took over the Peking Chamber of Commerce.

Then, some cadres were promoted from the workers in various factories and shops, and while establishing trade unions, the Peking Chamber of Commerce was reorganized into the Peking Federation of Industry and Commerce.

Mr. Lou is now the chairman of the Peking Federation of Industry and Commerce, officially appointed by the Military Control Commission.
How can the old lady not be happy?"

He Yuzhu did not find it strange that the Peking Military Control Commission would appoint Mr. Lou as the president of the Federation of Industry and Commerce.
After all, the Lou family had always had dealings with the People's Liberation Army. During the previous food war, they stood firmly on the side of the State Council and actively helped deal with speculators.

Now that we have defeated those speculators, there will naturally be corresponding benefits.

Combining the measures taken by the State Council some time ago with the newly formed Federation of Industry and Commerce filled with workers and cadres, He Yuzhu was very sure that

This chain of methods,

These are all preparations made by the State Council to deal with those speculative businessmen and to smoothly take over the factories and shops in their hands.

As for how much power Mr. Lou, a businessman, has in the Federation of Industry and Commerce, He Yuzhu does not know.
But he knew that the profiteers of the Peking Chamber of Commerce would be severely oppressed by the workers in the Federation of Industry and Commerce.

There is no hope of a comeback.

However, these things had nothing to do with He Yuzhu, so he stopped caring about them and glanced at the wooden basin at He Daqing's feet.
"Wow! Uncle Yan caught a lot more crucian carp today than he usually eats.

This is too much effort! "

"Tsk! You said you wanted to buy his fish. Old Yan is a very positive person. He is very active in making money!
He also asked me if I wanted fish tomorrow."

"And what did you say?"

"What else can I say? If there really is one, I will definitely take it! Your Aunt Bai is about to give birth, so you have to feed her well during this period!
It's just a few fish, it won't cost much.

But it's freezing cold, if Old Yan keeps breaking ice holes, his small body will sooner or later have problems!"

Seeing that He Daqing was actually worried about this, He Yuzhu couldn't help but smile and asked back,
"Will Uncle Yan listen to your advice?"

"Listen to your uncle Yan's eyes light up when he sees money. What I say won't work on him."

"Why do you care about him?
I have said everything that needs to be said. What can I do if you don’t want to listen? "

"Come on, stop talking about him. I've already prepared the fish. You can start cooking now!"

"Okay, then I'll do it now!"

Yan Bugui is indeed a man who values ​​money over his life.

The next day was Monday. I went to school during the day, and when I came back in the afternoon, I hurriedly asked Aunt Yan to prepare dinner. After dinner, I took the bucket and ran to Shichahai to fish.

It was not until after 9 o'clock in the evening that he came back with the bucket of water. As soon as he came back, he knocked on the door of He Yuzhu's house in the east wing.

"Zhu Zi, are you asleep?

If you haven't slept yet, get up and take a nap. I caught a lot of fish today."

Hearing that it was Yan Bugui who had returned from fishing, He Yuzhu got up from the kang, put on his clothes and then opened the door for him.

Looking at Yan Bugui who was obviously a little too excited, he said helplessly,
"I say, Uncle Yan, you are in such a good spirit.

Isn’t it cold in the middle of winter?”

"What's so cold?

Now that I have made money, my heart is burning with joy.

Hurry up, let's weigh it first. After that I have to go back to bed because I have to go to work tomorrow."

At first glance, Yan Bugui's enthusiasm is no different from those workers in later generations who work during the day and then go out to do part-time jobs at night.
He Yuzhu stopped complaining and followed him to the Yan family across the street to weigh the fish.

After weighing the fish, He Yuzhu looked at Yan Bugui who was counting the money with his mouth wide open, and shook his head and said,
"Uncle Yan, you are too diligent.

If so many fish were delivered to our house every day, we wouldn't be able to eat them all and we wouldn't be able to keep them alive. This is not a solution.

I think you should not send me off these days. Just use the fish you catch to make soup for Aunt Yan."

(End of this chapter)