Siheyuan: a better life

Chapter 516 Learn from your second cousin!

When Wu Xiuying heard Zhao Guoqi's words, she followed the direction of Zhao Guoqi's finger and looked towards the wall of the hall.

Seeing the photo hanging on the wall, Wu Xiuying had an incredulous expression on her face, and quickly asked Chen Shuying, "Sister-in-law! Are the people in this photo really Mr. Aiguo and Mr. Zhi?"

Chen Shuying heard Wu Xiuying's inquiry and saw the surprised reaction of Wu Xiuying and his wife. She showed a proud expression on her face and introduced with a smile: "Xiuying! This photo was taken during the Patriotic New Year's Eve. Taken during the welcome dinner hosted by the Government Affairs Council.”

After Wu Xiuying heard Chen Shuying's answer and confirmed that the person in the photo was her nephew, she suddenly became excited and sighed excitedly: "I never thought that our patriotic family would be so promising. If my parents still If I were here, I would definitely be proud of my patriotism.”

When Chen Shuying heard Wu Xiuying's words, she smiled and greeted Zhao Guoqi and Wu Xiuying's family: "Guoqi! Xiuying! You sit down for a while and have something to eat. I'll find someone to help go to the factory and send a message to Pingshan to ask him at noon. Go home and eat.”

When Wu Xiuying saw Chen Shuying opening the curtain and walking out of the main room, she immediately said to her three children: "Zhao Qiang! Zhao Li! Zhao Zhong! Look at your second cousin, who is only in his twenties and can compete with Mr. Zhi and Mr. Ji, let’s take pictures together, you three must study hard for me, learn from your second cousin, and strive to become talents useful to the country.”

When Zhao Qiang saw the photo in front of him, he admired his second cousin from the bottom of his heart. When he heard his mother's advice, he nodded very seriously and replied, "Mom! Don't worry, I will definitely take my second cousin Set an example, study hard, and contribute to the four modernizations."

At around [-] o'clock at noon, Wu Pingshan returned home on his bicycle.

When Wu Xiuying saw Wu Pingshan coming back, she immediately stood up from her chair and greeted Wu Pingshan with a smile: "Brother! You are back!"

Wu Pingshan saw his sister and brother-in-law sitting in the main room, and when he heard Wu Xiuying's words, he asked curiously: "Xiuying! Guoqi! Didn't you say that you entered the city on the fifth day? Why did you delay entering the city until the eighth day?" ?”

Wu Xiuying heard Wu Pingshan's inquiry and did not deliberately conceal it. She gave Wu Pingshan a general introduction to the reason for delaying their entry into the city.

Wu Pingshan heard the news that Brother Zhao Guoqi was injured, and asked with a puzzled face: "Guo Qi! Is your brother's injury serious? It's Chinese New Year, why did your village organize a militia team to hunt in the mountains during the Chinese New Year?"

Hearing Wu Pingshan's inquiry, Zhao Guoqi introduced with a heavy heart when he thought of his eldest brother's injury: "Big brother! The reason why my brother and the others went to the mountains during the Chinese New Year is entirely because of the lack of food in the village, and I just heard that the Qin family village used prey After I exchanged tens of thousands of catties of grain from the city, I thought of going into the mountains to hunt more prey and then bring it to the city in exchange for grain."

When Wu Pingshan heard the situation introduced by Zhao Guoqi, a puzzled expression appeared on his face, and he asked Zhao Guoqi in confusion: "Guoqi! There is also a shortage of food in the city now. Food is life-saving for every household. How is this possible? There will be excess grain that can be exchanged for meat.”

After Zhao Guoqi and his wife went to work in the city, they naturally knew the situation in the city very well. When he heard Wu Pingshan's question, he answered: "Brother! The son-in-law of Zhao Lao in our village is from Qinjia Village. At the beginning of this year, The youngest son-in-law of Zhao and his family came back to pay New Year greetings and brought ten kilograms of stick noodles. The news that Qinjia Village exchanged prey for food came from the mother-in-law of youngest Zhao."

"When I heard the news, I also didn't believe that there was hunting for food in Qinjia Village. Later, after hearing the news, my sixth uncle went to the youngest Zhao's house and asked about it, and then he confirmed that the news was true, so the village organized a militia The team went into the mountains to hunt, and wanted to exchange some food back from the city before the news spread." Wu Pingshan heard the situation introduced by Zhao Guoqi, and curiously asked Zhao Guoqi: "Guoqi! Your village militia company went into the mountains Will you catch any prey in the future?"

Zhao Guoqi nodded immediately when he heard Wu Pingshan's question, and replied: "Brother! The militia company of our village entered the mountain this time, and there were five wild boars and one sika deer in total, but my elder brother and a cousin were hunting When I was there, I was attacked by a wild boar, my eldest brother broke a leg, and my cousin was slightly injured."

"When I return to the city this time, in addition to going back to work, I was also asked by the village to go to the factory and ask if I can exchange wild boar meat with the factory for some grain."

"Pingshan! Isn't Dabao from Qinjia Village? If this matter is true, wouldn't you know if you ask Dabao?" When Chen Shuying heard the situation introduced by Zhao Guoqi, she immediately thought of Qin Dabao, and then suggested to Wu Pingshan asked Qin Dabao about the situation.

When Wu Pingshan heard Chen Shuying mention Qin Dabao, he remembered that Qin Dabao was from Qinjia Village, and then said to Zhao Guoqi: "Guoqi! There is a young man in our courtyard who is from Qinjia Village. I will go find him and ask about the situation."

As Wu Pingshan said that, he led Zhao Guoqi out of the house, came to the front of the house, and shouted into the house: "Dabao! Are you at home?"

Liang Erni, who was eating in the house, heard Wu Pingshan's shout from outside. She immediately put down her chopsticks, walked quickly to the door, stretched out her hand to lift the curtain, and asked curiously: "Uncle Wu! Dabao is in the factory." Li, he didn’t come back for lunch today, do you have anything to do with him?”

When Wu Pingshan learned that Qin Dabao was not at home, he smiled and asked Liang Erni: "Erni! I heard that Qinjia Village used prey to go to the city in exchange for food some years ago. Is this true?"

When Liang Erni heard Wu Pingshan ask about the exchange of prey for food in Qinjia Village, she had a puzzled expression on her face and replied: "Uncle Wu! This is indeed the case. Because the village was short of food, they went to the city to find my father. , I want to get some food back from the city."

"But now there is a shortage of food everywhere in the city, and my father is a face-saving person, so he can only ask Dabao to court Brother Aiguo. Later, when Brother Aiguo learned the news, he suggested that the village send people into the mountains to hunt, and then use the prey to Exchange food with Brother Patriot’s unit.”

"Erni! What are you talking about! Aiguo helped run this matter, why didn't this kid tell me?" Wu Pingshan learned that the matter of exchanging prey for food in Qin's Village had something to do with his second son. Much to his surprise.

When Liang Erni heard Wu Pingshan muttering to himself, she thought Wu Pingshan was unhappy because of this incident. In order to avoid Wu Pingshan's misunderstanding, Liang Erni quickly explained: "Uncle Wu! Speaking of which, this matter is a coincidence!"

"I heard from our family's Dabao that Brother Patriot's unit wanted to get some pork for the New Year. It happened that our village caught a few wild boars, so we traded the wild boars with Brother Patriot's unit for food."

Hearing Liang Erni's explanation, Wu Pingshan understood the reason, and muttered to himself again: "I wonder why there is wild pork in the New Year's goods of the patriotic unit. That's the reason."

(End of this chapter)