Recruiting disciples in the Siheyuan will make you stronger

Chapter 75 76. Quantitative reduction
"By the way, Silly Zhu, how's your blind date going? I haven't heard you talk about it recently."

Silly Zhu's eyes dodge for a moment and he said: "Hey! There's no point in worrying about this matter. It will take care of itself when fate comes."

The deaf old lady sighed. She probably was shocked by the failure of several blind dates. Let's talk about it later.

After all, the fight between Silly Zhu and his blind date made him quite famous in this area.

It is precisely because of this that during this period, even if he spent money to find a matchmaker, no one would pay attention to him.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Zhou Ping'an received a notice that a meeting would be held in the courtyard in half an hour.

This is a custom in the courtyard, and it happens every year before the Chinese New Year.

There was nothing important to announce at the general meeting of the hospital. It was emphasized that this year, under the leadership of the three uncles, the courtyard won the title of advanced courtyard.

Then the three uncles took turns to speak, congratulating each other on the New Year in advance.

After the meeting, the whole hospital started cooking.

The next day!

On New Year's Eve, many people came to Zhou Pingan's house, and they all invited Zhou Pingan to have dinner at his house.

Among them, Yi Zhonghai, Shazhu and Xu Damao were the most enthusiastic.

However, they were all rejected by Zhou Pingan.

Zhou Ping'an explained that he had already prepared the New Year's Eve dinner, so there was no need to go.

At night, Zhou Pingan made several hard dishes by himself, and each family also had various meat dishes sitting around.

And just at night, a scream suddenly sounded.

"No, the old lady fainted."

"Come quickly!"

For a moment, everyone in the courtyard was in chaos, and many people hurried out to take a look at the situation.

He Yuzhu's room.

He Yuyu's face was full of anxiety, and the deaf old lady was leaning in his arms, seeming to be in a coma.

The neighbor in the backyard is the closest and will naturally arrive the fastest.

"Yu Yu, what's wrong with the old lady?" Liu Haizhong asked He Yu Yu.

He Yuyu shook his head, his face full of panic and helplessness and said: "I don't know. I just came here to call the old lady to eat. When I entered the door, I saw her fainted on the ground."

Liu Haizhong said: "Guangfu, go get a truck and take the person to the hospital quickly."

Liu Guangfu agreed and ran outside quickly.

Not long after, everyone in the courtyard came.

Yi Zhonghai was shocked when he saw this. After carrying the old lady onto the cart, they rushed to the hospital together.

The people who stayed behind were talking a lot, "Seeing that the New Year is coming soon, how can the old lady?"

"It's hard to say, after all, I'm old."

"Ugh!"

Zhou Pingan looked at the situation in front of him and felt that it was necessary to learn emergency medical skills.

Medical skills can be dispensed with, but cannot be dispensed with.

It is inevitable that such a situation will occur in the future, so it is best to receive timely and effective treatment.

Time is life, don’t doctors play the role of racing against death?
The deaf old lady's incident did not have much impact on the compound, except that the He family and the Jia family were missing a few people.

Everyone went back to their homes and continued to eat New Year’s Eve dinner.

On the way back from the backyard to the middle courtyard, I heard someone speaking.

"As people get older, they are prone to disasters. It seems that I will have to spend the Chinese New Year in the hospital this year."

After hearing this, Zhou Pingan couldn't help but smile and said: "I don't think that old lady is a short-lived person. Maybe she has woken up by now."

"Let's go back and eat quickly, otherwise the food will be cold."

After listening to Zhou Pingan's words, everyone nodded and walked towards their homes.

After the meal, Zhou Pingan walked out of the house to enjoy the fireworks in the sky.

It has been ringing from time to time since just now. Zhou Pingan has seen a lot in his previous life, so he is not in a hurry. After eating, he walks out of the room to watch.

Only a few beams of bright light were seen rising into the sky, blooming when they reached the highest point, and scattering light to the earth.

"Wow! So beautiful!"

"It exploded! It exploded!"

"It's starting there again!"

Zhou Ping'an looked at the fireworks in the sky and couldn't help but sigh. The fireworks technology at this time was relatively backward and they didn't look that beautiful.

Moreover, there are relatively few people playing, and it is not like the flourishing of a hundred flowers in later generations.

But after all, it was a rare scene, and others enjoyed watching it.

In the sound of firecrackers, one year old,

The spring breeze sent warmth into Tu Su.

Thousands of doors and thousands of households are chaotic days,
Always exchange new peaches for old ones.

On New Year's Day, Zhou Pingan woke up to the sound of noisy firecrackers.

When he opened the door, he saw several children surrounding Liu Haizhong, enthusiastically wishing him a happy new year.

No need to ask, it’s designated as the New Year’s money.

It just made Zhou Ping'an wonder why Liu Haizhong came to the middle courtyard, but he didn't take it too seriously.

At this time, whoever has more children will take advantage. If the children come to pay New Year greetings, who can have the nerve not to pay.

But those whose families are in difficulty are embarrassed. They can’t bear to give it, and it would be too embarrassing not to give it.

Liu Haizhong cherishes his reputation. Last year, something happened again, and he wanted to save face, so he gave each person five cents. After a round, a few cents were gone.

When the children saw Zhou Ping'an coming out, their eyes immediately lit up.

"Happy New Year, Uncle Zhou! I wish you a happy New Year!"

"Happy New Year, Brother Ping'an! I wish you a happy New Year!"

Zhou Ping'an was a little confused for a moment. In the past, these children had not targeted him and were not prepared at all.

But he's not married yet, so it doesn't matter whether he gives him the new year's money or not. He might as well go into the house and get some peanuts and give a few to everyone.

The children were quite satisfied, holding the peanuts and smiling with their eyes narrowed.

While I was washing, I heard someone say that the deaf old lady was still in the hospital, and no one came back to report her. The specific situation was unknown.

Zhou Pingan has no relatives at home, so he spent the New Year reading, sleeping and shopping.

But Lou Xiao'e dragged her to go shopping.The New Year's Eve time flies by quickly, and it's the fourth day of the Lunar New Year in a blink of an eye.

After that, work was still so uneventful, but Zhou Pingan found that the prices of food and vegetables were getting more and more expensive.

After half a month passed, Zhou Ping'an found that the ingredients provided by the factory were getting worse and worse, and they were not very fresh, and the fishy food was rarely seen.

The workers complained about the food. Originally, everyone was doing manual labor, so how could they work if they couldn't eat well?

Zhou Pingan came to Wang Jianguo's office and asked about the situation.

Wang Jianguo sighed deeply and replied: "Actually, this situation started at the end of last year. Now I can't buy much when I go to the countryside for procurement. It is said that it was caused by the drought last year, and some food was allocated to the disaster-stricken areas."

"There are other reasons that we ordinary people cannot know."

Zhou Ping'an's brows furrowed into a Sichuan shape. It seemed that difficult times were coming soon.

The storm was about to come, and the wind filled the building, and the dark clouds in the sky seemed to have anticipated all this.

As the situation intensified, the factory could purchase fewer and fewer supplies. Now the factory leaders could not sit still. They had received the news in advance, but they did not expect it to be so serious.

Factory Director Yang held an emergency meeting, and those who had something to do were mobilized to find supplies for the factory. However, the result was not optimistic, and the problem was still not effectively solved.

At the request of the factory leaders, almost all purchases are made in the countryside.

Normally, they could complete their monthly targets by going to the countryside for half a month, but now they go to the countryside almost every day, and the results are still not optimistic.

The situation at the grain station is not good either. Everyone queues up early every morning. It can be said that it is overcrowded, but the supply is much less. After the short sale, many people still cannot buy grain.

The same is true at the vegetable market. Not only the ingredients are not fresh, but the quantity is much less.

When I returned to the courtyard after get off work, I saw Yan Fugui and his wife talking at the door of their house, looking sad.

When Yan Fugui saw him coming back, he guessed that Zhou Ping'an, as a small leader in the factory, might know some inside information.

So he stopped him and asked in a low voice: "Ping An, do you think the country is short of food now? Otherwise, why is there less food at the grain station and the price of food on the black market is rising every day?"

The third aunt echoed: "Yes, Ping An, if you have any inside information, you have to think about the neighbors."

Zhou Pingan was about to speak when Director Wang from the subdistrict office walked in with the same sad look on his face.

Director Wang saw that the three people had no intention of exchanging greetings, so he directly asked them to go door-to-door to inform them, and immediately held a hospital-wide meeting.

The three people had different expressions and all took action immediately.When everyone heard that Director Wang was coming, they did not dare to neglect and hurriedly gathered in the middle courtyard.

After everyone arrived, Director Wang announced to everyone: "I'm here today. I have something important to announce. Everyone should listen carefully. If you don't understand, please wait until I finish speaking."

Everyone present had a bad feeling when they saw her solemn look.

"Everyone is aware of the recent food problem. The sub-district office has received notification from superiors and learned that there is a food shortage in the country."

"After careful consideration, we have decided to reduce everyone's food ration by [-]%. I hope everyone can unite and overcome the current difficulties together."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar at the scene.

Although there had been some speculation before, the moment it was actually confirmed, I still couldn't help but feel worried.

Since ancient times, a large number of people have died in every food crisis. Isn't this the case this time?

"You can't do this, Director Wang. My children don't have enough to eat right now. If the ration is reduced, they will really starve to death."

"Yes! Isn't this asking us to die!"

"The ration must not be reduced!"

Everyone in the courtyard was so anxious that they began to cry.

People with a large family, such as Yan Fugui, Jia Dongxu and others, all had drastic changes in their expressions. As the number of people in the family decreases, the gap will become larger. How can we not worry them.

Director Wang had expected this and patiently persuaded him: "There is nothing we can do about this. If it had not been a last resort, I would not have made such a decision."

"It's useless for everyone to argue, the matter is already a foregone conclusion."

Yi Zhonghai asked solemnly: "Director Wang, how long will this situation last? If it goes on for a long time, I'm worried that people will really starve to death.

Director Wang shook his head, "It's hard to say. The situation is not very clear at the moment. I will inform everyone as soon as there is news."

Now everyone is even more worried. The undetermined time does not mean that the food gap is huge. It seems that the situation is very serious.

After the meeting, everyone went home worried and discussed countermeasures.

To say that there are still a few families in the courtyard who are not panicking at this time, such as the Yi family, the Liu family, the Zhou family, and the He family. They are either high-income people who can afford to buy food on the black market, or they are chefs who have their own food. There is a way to get food.

Even Xu Damao has a headache at the moment. He could have gotten some benefits from showing movies, but he probably won't get much now, and his life will definitely not be too easy in the future.

Yan Fugui was sliding the abacus up and down. Their family of six had a monthly quota of 140 kilograms. After crossing three points, it was 98 kilograms. No matter how hard he scratched his head, he couldn't think of a way to fill the hole.

The Jia family in the middle school.

The three adults of the Jia family were sitting at the table, discussing countermeasures.

Qin Huairu suggested: "Dongxu, I think the only ones who can spare the money in this situation are Sha Zhu and Zhou Ping'an. Why don't you go to them and ask for some support?"

Jia Dongxu said with a wry smile: "Now we can only wait and see. Who knows when this situation will end? Let's just hold on if we can.

Just after the ration was reduced, we borrowed it. What happens after that? "

Qin Huairu's expression froze, and she also thought of this.

The three of them had been discussing for a long time with no result, so they could only take one step at a time.

The next day, Zhou Pingan came to the workshop and heard everyone discussing rationing matters and talking about the difficulties at home.

He didn't have any good ideas about this, and said directly: "I suggest that everyone at home should lie down when they have nothing to do. As long as they move less, they will consume less and they won't get hungry so quickly."

Everyone's eyes lit up after hearing this, this was a good idea.

"Team Leader Zhou is still smart. He has thought of this method."

"Yeah, yeah, I'll tell them when I get back."

"After all, the leader is smarter than us."

Everyone praised it sincerely. Since they couldn't think of a countermeasure, they had no choice but to do this first.

After work started, Wang Jianguo came over to inform that in response to the call of his superiors, the food supply in the canteen would be reduced by [-]% in the future.

Everyone in the workshop didn't feel surprised after hearing this. After all, the ration has been reduced by [-]%, and if the supply is not reduced, no one will buy tickets.

As the lunch bell rang, workers came to the canteen one after another to get their meals.

The situation was as expected. For long-term considerations, the workers prepared much smaller portions than before, and the portions of the meals they prepared were just enough to cope with the situation.

Everyone in the cafeteria looked disappointed when they saw that there were no leftovers today, including Silly Zhu.

When the ration is reduced, it means that there are fewer opportunities to go out for dinner, and there may even be no opportunities, and we can only point to these leftovers.

Some people even thought that they had started too lightly and had not mastered the portions of food for everyone.

Not long after the meal, Zhou Pingan saw Yi Zhonghai suddenly find him and hand him a cigarette.

Zhou Ping'an couldn't help but get goosebumps when he saw Yi Zhonghai's appearance, and then he hurriedly said: "Master, what's the matter with you coming here today to follow my instructions?"

Zhou Ping'an knew very well that Yi Zhonghai must be looking for something.

(End of this chapter)