Chapter 416 reflects a fair

Hearing what happened, He Yuzhu nodded in understanding, thinking that it had finally come to this.

But his nodding action made Yi Zhonghai mistakenly believe that he had already known about this.
And the execution has begun on the militia side.

"Zhu Zi, you knew about this a long time ago. Why didn't you tell us earlier? If you had told us earlier, we would have been mentally prepared and wouldn't be in such a passive position like we are now."

After hearing what Yi Zhonghai said, He Yuzhu knew that he had misunderstood.

In order to prevent these neighbors from making a fuss, I quickly said,
"Uncle, what are you talking about? I only learned about the decision made by the leaders this morning in the afternoon when I was at the base.
Your mobilization was not going well, but you can’t blame me, you are not the type to do things this way.”

Thinking that the mobilization work was not going smoothly, Yi Zhonghai did not bother to argue with He Yuzhu at this time, and then used him as a breakthrough point.
"It was the uncle who said something inappropriate, Zhuzi, don't take it to heart.

By the way, the pillar

Since you knew about this in the afternoon, how did you arrange your militia? Where did you get the scrap metal and wood?"

"I didn't make any plans. I just took everyone to the scrap collection station in the city this afternoon.
They brought back several truckloads of scrap copper, iron, chairs and benches.

After returning home, I chopped up all the tables, chairs and benches in the office. I think they will last for several days."

After hearing about He Yuzhu's arrangement with the militia, Yi Zhonghai felt a little numb. Apart from the chopping of office tables and chairs, there was nothing else to learn from.
But the reason why the three of them had trouble mobilizing today was precisely because the neighbors were unwilling to chop up their furniture.

If it was just a few people, they could still make some accusations, but since most of the neighbors disagreed, they wouldn't dare to do anything.

Otherwise, just wait for someone to smash your glass.

Then I heard Liu Haizhong ask unwillingly,
"Zhu Zi, besides smashing the furniture, do you really have no other options?

Just like the last time we dismantled the kang, it would be better if you could think of another way to solve the problem without having to chop up the furniture at home."

Hearing this, He Yuzhu smiled.
"Second uncle, look at what you said. Even the senior leaders above can't think of a solution, so what can I think of?
If there were trees around Peking, I would have definitely proposed cutting them down.

But there are only a few bare trees around Beijing. Otherwise, the sandstorms every spring wouldn’t be so severe, blowing sand into people’s mouths.”

As soon as He Yuzhu finished speaking, Xu Damao, who was sitting below him, laughed and retorted,
"Zhu Zi, what you said is both right and wrong.
There really aren't many trees around Beijing. That's just one reason. The other reason is that those trees were cut down long ago by the villagers in the rural areas outside the city.
The people outside the city are not like us in the city who have the care of the superiors. They are only starting to run out of fuel now, but they have been running out of fuel for a long time."

Seeing that this and that were not working, Liu Hai's temper started to flare up.
Asked directly,
"Zhu Zi, you are a cadre, tell me whether we should comply with the instructions of our superiors and donate all the junk and furniture in our home."

He Yuzhu is not interested in furniture.
Anyway, the things in his house are not valuable. The valuable things are all stored in the space, and he has never taken them out over the years.

"I will definitely carry out the decision of my superiors unconditionally. If necessary, I will go home and chop up the tables, chairs and benches.

Never vague.

But Uncle Er, you also said that I am a cadre, and it is my duty to carry out the decisions made by the higher-ups, but it is not the same for the neighbors.

I am me, and my neighbors are my neighbors.
They are not obliged to cooperate with you in chopping up their own furniture. "After hearing what He Yuzhu said, the neighbors seemed to be encouraged, especially those who came to the city from rural areas outside the city, who said with a look of pain on their faces,

"Zhu Zi is right. Before liberation, we didn't even have a decent piece of furniture.
We have accumulated so much stuff over the years, and now you want us to chop it up for firewood. Isn't that a bit too much?

You guys shouldn't waste things like this."

"Yes, before liberation, we didn't even have a table or a bench in our house.
We have only had a few years of good life, how dare you waste things like this."

Seeing that He Yuzhu did not stand up to take the blame, the neighbors were still unwilling to destroy the things they had worked so hard to accumulate.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong didn't know what to say, and He Daqing clearly didn't want to get involved in this matter.
Finally, the deaf old lady stood up.
"Okay, stop arguing. You all said it yourself, there was nothing before liberation, and it was only after liberation that we accumulated so many old things.

Who gave you all this? It must be the big boss.

Now the leaders are calling on us to take positive actions and achieve leapfrog development. So what if we give up some furniture?
As long as our Great Xia develops better and better, we will be able to purchase these things sooner or later."

To be honest, the deaf old lady's words have a bit of moral blackmail in them. Although the neighbors' job opportunities are given by the new society, the things in their homes are accumulated bit by bit by themselves.

During this period, Daxia was developing better and better, so there was no question of who helped whom.

But people at that time were simple and honest. When they heard the deaf old lady talking about the big leader, they didn't want to make trouble anymore. Then someone suggested,

"Since this is for the sake of the leader and the old lady has spoken, let's not argue anymore.
In this way, there are more than 10 households in our courtyard, and it would be inappropriate for any household to contribute more or less. So each household should contribute one thing at a time until all the things in the house are smashed.

What do you think? "

"I think this is a good idea, too. When we need firewood, we all gather together. If we need benches, we all bring benches. If we need tables, we all bring tables.
Don't say that you should give more because your family is rich.

In terms of wealth, Zhuzi's family is the richest in our Siheyuan. They have the most wealth and the most things. You can try to talk to him about it."

Seeing that they mentioned him and used him to threaten others, He Yuzhu quickly said,
"Uncle Li, what you said is not right.

Things are different now than before. Everyone eats from a big pot, and daily necessities are distributed in fixed quantities. Even if you have money, you can’t spend it. How can you talk about how wealthy your family is?

But I agree with the method you proposed, don't let any family suffer, so as to avoid resentment."

"Yes, this has to be fair. You can't withdraw until you have donated all the things in your home.
But one thing is that we have to supervise each other.
We can't ask every household to hide their belongings and then say they have nothing left. I don't think this is acceptable.

Especially you, Old Yan, you are the most stingy person."

Seeing these neighbors directly pointing out his name, Yan Bugui was so angry that he felt terrible.

(End of this chapter)