Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 1337

"Open today's sign-in."

"Ding, congratulations to the host for signing in successfully. You will receive two yuan in cash, a flashlight, and a pair of adult rabbits."

Take out the rabbits from the sign-in reward, there are one male and one female.

According to the limited knowledge he had, rabbits had a very strong reproductive capacity and could reproduce approximately once every two months. They could generally give birth to 6-8 litters a year, and many cubs at a time.

The most important thing is that rabbits grow very fast and generally become adult rabbits in four months.

He said he had found a way to conceal the system's daily sign-in rewards, a new way to eat meat openly.

It just so happened that the matter reported yesterday had come to an end, and the subsequent handling was handed over to Boss Feng.

This week's tasks have been completed and work is not so busy anymore. The only thing left is to prepare the reports.

So I got off work early today, went out for a walk, and then brought the rabbit back from outside.

Zhang Yu wanted to take advantage of the relatively loose policies in the past two years to raise rabbits for a few years and dry some cured rabbits. After six or five years, the management in this area would be stricter, and he could use the name of cured meat to disguise the meat he was eating.

Uncle Zhao was enjoying the cool breeze at the door. When he saw him coming over with a rabbit, he said, "Hey, Xiaoyu, where did you buy this rabbit? It's quite fat. How are you going to eat it?"

"Uncle Zhao, I just saw an old lady selling rabbits there, so I bought them. I saw that there was a male and a female, so I planned to keep them. These things grow fast and give birth to many children."

"You young people are the ones with the best ideas. I'll buy a pair someday." Uncle Zhao agreed with Zhang Yu's idea. The supply has decreased recently, and meat is even scarcer. Raising two rabbits can allow them to eat more meat.

When I got home, I found the leftover wooden boards and nails from repairing the house. I sawed the boards into pieces, hammered the longer ones vertically into the soil to make the walls of the rabbit cage, and used the shorter ones to make the bottom of the cage.

However, he raised the bottom a bit, and left a gap in the middle when laying the wood, so that the rabbit excrement would go down when flushed with water, making it easier to clean.

The top of the rabbit cage was made of the oil paper I got from the last sign-in. I nailed two more layers to prevent water leaks, and laid a layer of old raincoat on top of the oil paper.

After finishing, I clapped my hands and looked up at the sky. I didn't know when the sun had moved to the west.

As the sun sets, bathed in the colorful clouds of the afterglow, children are looking for something in the grove in twos and threes. The evening breeze brings waves of fragrance from flowers and plants, which makes people feel relaxed and happy and feel that the sunset is infinitely beautiful.

After looking carefully, I found that they were catching cicada monkeys. Seeing the cicada monkeys in their hands, I couldn't help but feel greedy.

I found tools at home. In later generations, people used plastic bottles to catch cicadas. There were no plastic bottles in this era, so I simply found some leftover screens, cut off a small piece, sewed it with a needle, and made a net bag. I used a rope to close the opening. When the time comes, I just need to pull the rope tight to close the opening.

I found a thin bamboo pole, took a flashlight, and prepared to go look for it in the nearby woods.

When he was going out, he happened to meet his aunt. Seeing his equipment, Zhang Guifang had already guessed what he was going to do.

"Xiao Yu, be careful when you go to catch cicadas. The grove has been trimming branches recently, and there are some scattered branches on the ground that have not been removed. Be careful when you walk, don't fall, and be sure to shine the flashlight under your feet."

"I know, auntie. I'll be careful. Besides, I just changed the batteries of the flashlight I brought, so it's brighter."

Zhang Guifang was still worried after hearing this: "Your brother is at home today, how about your brother accompany you?" Then she turned around and shouted from the house: "Xiaoliang, accompany your brother to the grove to touch the cicada monkeys."

"Aunt, I'm not a child anymore." Zhang Yu was a little amused that his aunt treated him like a child.

"Xiaoliang, hurry up." Zhang Guifang seemed not to hear Zhang Yu's words, and her ears automatically filtered them out.

"I'm coming, Xiaoyu, wait for me. I'll change my clothes and come right over."

"Young man, I can handle it by myself, you just rest at home..." Seeing that he couldn't convince Zhang Guifang, Zhang Yu turned around and persuaded Zhao Liang.

"Tell my mother this. If she agrees, I won't go."

Having said that, he could neither convince Zhao Liang nor Zhang Guifang, so he had no choice but to go with his brother.

It is called a small forest, but it has been growing for so many years. Now that the sun has set, it looks a bit eerie.

The two of them divided the work, you looked on this side and I looked on that side, and they found two on the first tree, picked them up and put them in the net bag.

Since they found two on the first tree, he was confident that they could catch cicada monkeys tonight and believed that they could fill the net bag.

In later generations, due to environmental pollution and resource reduction, cicada monkeys became increasingly rare and many people could only eat them in restaurants.

Moreover, the price is very expensive. A plate of as few as thirty or forty pieces costs nearly a hundred yuan, and you can't eat them fresh. Most of them are caught, washed and frozen in the refrigerator.

Now that he has this opportunity, he must catch more. If he can't finish it in one go, he will put it in the secret space and save it for later.

There are so many cicada monkeys these days. Sometimes, I touch several on a tree, and when I come back, I can touch several more.

And there are quite a few of them not only on the trees, but also in the grass. Occasionally, a few of them climb to high places, and at this time the bamboo pole in your hand becomes useful.

Find the right spot and tap it gently, and the cicada monkey will come down. However, you have to watch carefully, because if you are not careful, the cicada monkey that falls from the tree will fall into the grass and disappear, and you will not be able to find it no matter how hard you look.

After searching for a long time, in addition to a net bag of cicada monkeys, he also found a lot of cicada shells. The young man introduced: "This thing is purchased by the pharmacy, and the price is not very low."

So adults would usually pick them up when they saw them, and save them for a whole summer to fill a bag. Although they were light, they could be exchanged for a lot of money at the pharmacy, at least a lot of salt and matches.

"Brother, let's go back." Seeing that they had almost finished their search, Zhao Liang agreed to go back, but he kept reminding Zhang Yu to be careful on the way and tried to shine the flashlight in front of him.

Although his health has improved a lot, his family still takes care of him out of habit. In their hearts, he is still the person who will get sick if he is not careful.

When you get home, soak the cicada monkey in salt and water for three hours.

The next morning, after waking up early, I washed the cicadas, removed the mud and dust on them, and then took them out to dry.

Under the young man's distressed gaze, he luxuriously got a bowl of oil. After the oil temperature rose, he poured the cicada monkeys into it and fried them twice.

The fried cicada monkey on the plate is golden in color, crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, dry and fragrant, and then sprinkled with some pepper and salt, the taste is even more amazing.

The family praised the dish highly and said they would go to eat more tonight. Zhang Guifang felt sorry for the oil she had used and said that she could add a little oil to the bottom of the pan and fry it dry to make it taste good.

Zhang Yu was walking on the street, preparing to buy some things, but he found that there were suddenly more dusty people on the street.

Turning my head, I saw an old man sitting quietly on a wheelbarrow. He was so thin that almost no flesh was visible on his body. His skinny hands, like branches, were placed unnaturally on his thighs.

There were a lot of old things on the wheelbarrow, which should be their luggage.

The person pushing the stroller should be her son, who was just walking mechanically, with deeply sunken cheekbones, dull eyes, and so thin that he seemed to be just skin and bones.

The child next to him looked even more confused. He grabbed the corner of the adult's clothes with one hand and followed with difficulty.

Following behind them was a woman holding a child. The child was crying, so the woman had to hold him down and comfort him. No one dared to fall behind.

Without exception, everyone in the group had chapped lips and yellow faces, and they looked like they would faint at any time.

At the end of the team, there was a child, walking unsteadily, one step deep and one step shallow. He looked very nervous, afraid that he would fall accidentally. Seeing that the people in front of him had no intention of waiting for him, he was afraid that there were no relatives of his in the front.

The child's huge head and thin body were extremely disproportionate. He looked up with a dirty face and confusion in his eyes.

What shocked him the most was that the child looked very similar to the child of his cousin in his previous life, except that one was fat and the other was thin.

Just one glance, and he could no longer let it go, even though he suppressed his feelings for his family in his previous life, trying to ignore them and cherish the chance to start over. But humans are emotional creatures after all, and emotions are not something that can be suppressed.

So even though Zhang Yu knew he shouldn't meddle in other people's business and that the people at the street office would take care of him, when he saw the child's appearance, he couldn't help but use the cover of his backpack to take out two steamed buns that had been steamed a few days ago from the secret space. These buns were mixed with a little cornmeal and looked like whole grains, but they were actually very soft.

When the steamed bun was handed to the child, he was stunned for a while, then he snatched the bun in disbelief, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it without even chewing. Then he rolled his eyes because of choking, but was reluctant to spit it out.

Zhang Yu hurriedly took some water and gave him several gulps of it before he swallowed it.

After the child had eaten his fill, he carried him to the back of his bicycle, took him to the front, and asked whose child he was.

A young man who was in better spirits told him that the child's father had been washed away, and that his mother had collapsed on the way to bring him here in order to save him some food and had never gotten up again.

She suppressed her emotions with reason, realized that she was not suitable to adopt him, and thought for a long time before deciding to send him to an orphanage.

When I sent him in, I was still worried and couldn't help but remind him: "My name is Zhang Yu, and my home is in the last courtyard house in the alley ahead. If you have any problems, come find me. Once you say Zhang Yu, someone will know."

Then he turned to the person in charge of the orphanage and said, "If there is anything wrong with him, please let me know. When he is old enough to go to school, make sure he goes to school and I will pay for the tuition."

The dean was very happy that someone offered to pay for tuition for these orphans, even if it was only one person. He loved these children and hoped that they could go out.

As many as one can get out, he took Zhang Yu's hand and thanked him for his help, saying, "Thank you very much for your help to the children. We will notify you if there is anything."

He felt that something must have happened, so he gave up buying groceries and walked home.

At the same time, the office staff actively provided resettlement and distributed food urgently allocated by the government to the victims.

On the other hand, residents from various streets were organized to donate money and supplies to help the victims overcome the difficulties.

The residents also contributed, with your family contributing 5 kilograms of food and my family contributing kilograms, and at the same time they took out any extra clothes from their homes.

Fortunately, it is not winter and the weather is still hot, so there is no need for bedding or other things, otherwise it would be even more miserable.

At this time, the street office was discussing where to temporarily relocate the people, and the houses of each household were not spacious enough.

How to compile a list of resettlement personnel to prevent people with ulterior motives from being among them.

Adults can still find something to eat, maybe some children.

He specifically told his sister-in-law about his concerns, and then the street staff assigned some people.

Those with families are housed in vacant houses that have not yet been allocated or rented out.

In short, they will not give up on anyone. The aunties and grandmas working in the street office have also become busy because there are so many girls and they are anxious to introduce potential partners to them.

This time, many older unmarried young people found their partners and started a family.

The aunties from the street office took the girls to blind dates one after another until the blind date was successful.

The brothers in the family are basically of age, so naturally they could not escape blind dates. Aunt Ma brought a pair of sisters to a blind date, but they didn't meet anyone they were compatible with. Both parties were not bad, but there was no attraction between them.

Since it didn't work, Aunt Ma from the Street Office didn't hesitate and said, "Since it doesn't work, I'll leave first. I'm quite busy recently."

After saying that, he left with the girl behind him.

Zhang Guifang also quickly stood up to see her off: "Sister Ma, slow down, sit for a while."

"You don't have to see me off. I have things to do here. You should go and do your own thing." Aunt Ma said generously, waving her hand to signal Zhang Guifang to go and do her own thing, as she had things to do.

In addition to the brothers of the Zhao family, several men of marriageable age in the courtyard were also on the blind date list, and several couples were actually formed.

Among them were several brothers of the Feng family. The eldest brother Feng fell in love with Song Damei, the elder sister who came from Aunt Ma, while the third brother Feng took a fancy to the younger sister Song Xiaomei.

The Song sisters also liked the tall and strong Feng brothers very much. After meeting them once, the two couples got their marriage certificates the next day, invited a few relatives and some neighbors in the courtyard, and invited He Yuzhu to prepare two tables of banquets, and then took the wives home.

For two consecutive days, the eldest brother of the Feng family was smiling happily, and in a few days it was also clear that the two sisters of the Song family were people who could live a normal life.

The most obvious thing was that the hole on the eldest son of the Feng family’s clothes was patched with an inconspicuous patch, and the house became much cleaner.

Even if the eldest son of the Feng family is not the kind of person who doesn't like cleanliness, how could a family of grown men clean up these things?
I thought I had cleaned up, but there were still many places that were not cleaned properly. Since the Song sisters joined in, every corner was cleaned thoroughly.

Their clothes were clean and neat.