Chapter 220 Jia Zhang Returns to the Siheyuan

1950.8.27, Sunday,

in the afternoon,

He Yuzhu had just returned to the courtyard after get off work at the police station when he saw Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi picking grapes with He Yushui and the other kids in front of their house.
Thinking that this was either He Yushui's idea or Xu Damao's, he didn't care.
Just smiled and asked,

"Pick the grapes when they are ripe!"

Hearing his brother's voice coming from the front door, He Yushui immediately looked over.

"It's done, brother.

Just now Jianguo was drooling while pointing at the grapes, so I asked Jie Cheng to pick two.

He said it was cooked.

Then I called Brother Damao and Brother Guangqi over."

After hearing what his sister said, he looked at He Jianguo, who was being held by her side, arching his back and forth and making noises.
He Yuzhu couldn't help but laugh.

"I said if you want to eat rainwater, just say you want to eat it, why do you have to drag Jianguo into this?

He couldn't even figure out how to walk, so how could he possibly be drooling over grapes?

Also, I have told you so many times, if Jianguo can't stand steadily, don't let Qingshan take him out, let him crawl on the kang by himself, don't always think about making him learn to walk quickly,

He will naturally be able to stand up as he crawls."

"But Jianguo wanted to come out and play with us, and he would cry if we didn't take him out."

Seeing his sister making excuses, He Yuzhu didn't even bother to pay attention to her. He then looked at the 8-year-old Li Qingshan next to him and asked,

"Qingshan, where are Dad and Aunt Bai?
How can I be so confident in leaving Jianguo to you?"

"In the afternoon, Sister Hongying came to the courtyard and said that Aunt Zhang came out of the smoking cessation center today.

Uncle He, along with Uncle One and Uncle Two, took Uncle Yan, Uncle Xu and the others to the smoking cessation center to pick up people. My mother is cooking in the middle courtyard now, so she asked Yu Shui and me to look after Jianguo. "

Some time ago,
On August 1950, 8, the State Council issued the "Provisional Measures for the Management of Special Populations (Draft)".
On August 1950, 8, another order was issued to begin the classification of class status.

Under the leadership of the street government, all residents of Shichahai quickly completed the change of their identity information, and each courtyard house also elected its own manager.

The eldest uncle in the courtyard is still Yi Zhonghai, the second uncle is still Liu Haizhong, and the third uncle has become He Daqing.
(PS: I didn’t choose He Daqing as the uncle because I didn’t want too much confusion)
The reason why the street government chose these three as the managers was very simple, just because they were all genuine working class people.

Yan Bugui was no match for He Daqing because he was an intellectual and a small business owner.

As for Xu Fugui,

When brothels were banned last year, he left a record of floating around at the street government and the branch, so even though he was also a worker, he missed the opportunity to become the manager.

Li Qingshan's speaking skills,

Xu Damao had already picked all the grapes from the vines, and then looked at He Yuzhu as if he was presenting a treasure.

"Zhu Zi, Guang Qi and I just tasted some grapes, and this year's grapes are much sweeter than last year.

Let’s split up quickly!
Otherwise, my father and his people will bring Aunt Zhang back soon, and then it won’t be our turn to decide on these things.”

He Yuzhu naturally didn't want to cause any trouble, so he nodded and agreed with Xu Damao's approach and said with a smile, "Don't you see what the weather was like this year and last year?

In July and August last year, it rained heavily for more than a month. How could the grapes be sweet without much sunshine?

Look at this year, every noon, the cicada monkeys in the trees make it hard for people to sleep.
It's such a hot day, how can the grapes not be sweet! "

Xu Damao didn't care why the grapes were sweet this year. He just wanted the grapes to be sweet. When he saw He Yuzhu agreed to share the grapes now, he immediately jumped off the bench.

"As usual, we'll leave one string for each household in the courtyard, and the rest will be divided equally between the two of us."

As they were dividing the money, Xu Damao slowly realized that something was wrong.
At this time last year, there were only seven families living in the courtyard, but now, there are more than ten families living in the courtyard.

If he keeps a string for each family, he won't have much left in the end.

So he looked at He Yuzhu in a daze.
"What should we do with the pillars? If we go door to door and distribute a string, there won't be much left for the two of us. I think it will just be enough for us to share."

Looking at Xu Damao who was a little dumbfounded, He Yuzhu smiled and spread his hands.

“What can I do!
Just divide it how it should be divided. Do you still want to eat it all by yourself? Aren’t you afraid that my uncle Xu will come back and beat you up? "

Hearing this, although Xu Damao was somewhat unwilling, he could only agree.

Then he asked,
"Zhu Zi, why don't you plant a few more grape vines in the yard this year? There are only a few of them here, and there won't be enough for everyone to share in the future!"

"What are you thinking about?

Even if I planted the grapes in January or February this year, it would take at least two or three years for them to bear fruit.
If you want the grapes to taste good, you'll have to wait another year or two.

You don't think that if you plant this year, you will have a harvest this year, what are you thinking?
Stop talking so much nonsense, and distribute the grapes quickly. After distributing them, send them to each household first. After eating the grapes, I still need to eat."

After He Yuzhu finished speaking, Xu Damao, Yan Jiecheng and Liu Guangqi began to divide the grapes in a hurry.
These guys are also very cunning.

He kept all the big bunches of grapes for himself, and delivered the small bunches to his neighbors' homes one by one.

After Xu Damao and his companions delivered the grapes, a group of people sat under the grape rack with small bowls in their hands and began to eat happily.

Seeing He Jianguo stretching out his little hands and yelling at him,
He Yuzhu didn't dare to give him grapes.
She just picked him up from the ground and put him on her lap, then picked a grape and squeezed some juice out of it for him.

"Open your mouth, ah!"

He Jianguo opened his mouth and sucked some grape juice, then immediately frowned and spit.
"Pfft!"

Seeing the little guy looking sour, He Yuzhu couldn't help but burst into laughter, then stuffed the remaining grapes into his mouth. It was indeed a bit sour.

At this time, the little guy started to ask for it again.

He Yuzhu smiled and rubbed his head against him.
"What are you thinking about? You can't eat grapes, or you'll choke."

At this moment, there was a sudden sound of ghosts howling outside the courtyard, which instantly attracted the little guy's attention. He looked outside with his big black eyes.

Suddenly I heard this voice,

He Yuzhu and the others were all silent and didn't react at all. It took them a while to realize that this was the voice of Jia Zhang, who hadn't appeared in the courtyard for half a year.

Then Xu Damao asked,
"Zhu Zi, this seems to be Aunt Zhang. I haven't seen her for more than half a year. I almost forgot about her.
What do you think happened to Aunt Zhang?
It's so miserable!"

(End of this chapter)