I am a cripple in the Siheyuan. Who am I afraid of?

Chapter 17 Why is he still hot-tempered?

Just now, Mrs. Jia Zhang was sitting below, listening with her ears propped up, and she had already settled the accounts in her heart.

There are fifteen or sixteen households in the courtyard. Currently, there are only three households including her Jia family that have not donated food.Since there are food donations from other families, there is a high probability that they will not apply for help today, and those three families that are likely to do so are the only ones who will ask for help.

Now was the time to strike while the iron was hot. She wanted to be the first to apply and donate about forty or fifty kilograms of grain today. She would get some of it first.

Jia Zhang was obese, but unexpectedly she was quite flexible when she got up from the chair. She raised her right hand high and loudly said to the three uncles: "Our Jia family is in trouble now. Please apply for help."

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone in the courtyard started talking.

"The Jia family is in trouble? Do you think there are any thin people in their family?"

"That's right, all of them have glowing faces. I've never seen them short of food."

"But, speaking of which, Jia Dongxu is the only person in their family who has a certain quota. Normally..."

"You don't know that Jia Zhang's family is in the countryside, but they still have land."

"Don't we eat collectively in the countryside now?" "That's right. I heard the food is pretty good. You can have enough food every three meals."

"That was the beginning, but it is no longer what it was back then. I heard my second aunt say when she came to visit relatives that there was not enough food in the commune granary."

"Shh..., don't talk nonsense!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I was just listening blindly..."

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Jia Zhang didn't care about the chaotic chatter around her. She said to Yi Zhonghai expectantly: "Both of our children are young, and Dongxu is the only one who earns a salary. It's difficult. Let's see if we can share it first." We can have a few dozen kilograms of stick noodles or ten kilograms of white noodles."

This…………

The three uncles looked at each other, and Yi Zhonghai cleared his throat and said loudly to everyone: "Be quiet for a while." He said it twice, making the courtyard quiet again.

"Everyone listen to me. As for the situation of the Jia family, everyone knows that their family is in difficulty now, which is also an objective fact. In addition, the Liu family and the Li family in our compound are also in difficulty. So, Food has been donated today, and we have to put good things into practice. If the Jia family has more people, we will give them ten kilograms of stick noodles first. Well... the other two families have a small population, five kilograms each. What do you think? ?”

Song Wu looked around at the venue and felt a little regretful when he didn't see Xu Damao.It is estimated that this guy went to the countryside and did not come back today. He is missing a thorn.

He had no objection to distributing food to the Liu and Li families.The two families have really started to fall apart. The older one and the younger one are really in trouble.

But what about the Jia family.

Although their ration is small, their family is not short of money.When Lao Jia left, he received no less subsidy than Lao Song. Although Jia Dongxu did not live up to expectations, he was only a second-level fitter for so many years, and his salary was only a little over 2 yuan, but he only had a wife and a primary school student to support. Just a baby.In addition, there is still so much savings, and there is still a way to exchange money for some food, so that the family will not be unable to survive.

The key is Jia Zhang.She is in her 40s this year and is less than 50 years old. She is in the prime of life, but she has already entered a life of retirement. She is usually lazy and does no work.Two pairs of insoles can last a month, but a pair of soles can't make a pair of shoes in two months.

Ordinarily, with a rural registered permanent residence like hers, it is considered a work point for a strong laborer in the countryside.I couldn't feel hungry even if I ate in the commune cafeteria, but I waited in the city every day for food and drinks. I had to save pension money every month and take painkillers.Not only did he not contribute to the family, he also became a burden to the family early on.

The people in the Liu family and Li family who need to take care of their elderly are really no longer able to work, and they are still soaking in medicine jars all year round.I don’t know how Jia Zhang got such a thick skin, and she waited openly to eat everyone’s donated food.

But these were just the thoughts in Song Wu's mind. He saw that everyone in the courtyard had no objections and didn't say much.

Next, each family in the courtyard went home to collect food according to the amount they pledged, and put it on the square wooden table.

Yan Bugui also held a small book solemnly, registered each item in the book, and asked everyone to sign for confirmation.

At the same time, the Jia Zhang family, the Liu family, and the Li family also took their allocated donated food, and naturally they had to sign for confirmation.

The Liu family and the Li family both had expressions of gratitude on their faces, but Jia Zhang had an unhappy look on her face, obviously very dissatisfied with the Ten Pound Bangzi Noodles.

Jia Zhang was too lazy to carry ten kilograms of stick noodles, and pushed Qin Huairu to the square wooden table to get the food.Jia Dongxu had not seen anyone at this time, and he didn't know whether he was lying down and sleeping in the house or not at home.

After the hospital-wide meeting to donate food adjourned, Song Wu went home and fell asleep, speechless all night.

The next day, Song Wu opened the shop early.Before any work came to the door, he was busy sorting out the various parts of his hand-cranked wheelchair.

Three wheels, tires, chains, flywheels, frames, and other small accessories were placed on the floor in order.

While he was calculating silently in his mind, he was writing and drawing in his notebook, calculating which parts still needed to be made by hand.

However, not long after, his work was interrupted by Xu Damao.

This guy was clearly loaded with stuff, the handlebars, back seat, and front rail were all packed with stuff.He went to the countryside and came back with so many things at this time. Not only did he not know how to avoid it, but he deliberately showed it off as if he was afraid that others would not know. "Look, lame, look. Am I not talking nonsense? Here, take what I told you last time and give me a bunch of mushrooms." Xu Damao proudly threw a bunch of dried mushrooms to Song Wu.

Song Wu stretched his head and looked outside the door.

"Sure, Damao. There's also bacon. Why don't you give me a piece of bacon?"

"What good things are you thinking of? Is it easy for me to get such good things?"

Song Wu smiled and said: "I will pay for it, or exchange it for something."

Xu Damao curled his lips and shook his head. "Come on, I don't need your three walnuts and two dates. I don't have enough meat to eat. Come on, you can just stay here and be greedy."

Song Wu watched the triumphant Xu Damao push his bicycle back to the yard, and he had to admire him in his heart. This guy really had some tricks up his sleeve and was able to get so many good things back.

"It seems that there is nothing in the countryside. There is still a lot of potential to be tapped!" Song Wu thought that he would have to go to the countryside if he found time another day. There were a few villages close to the mountains in his memory. I bought some wild animals and products from the mountains.

During lunch, Song Wu did not go back to the front yard, but carried the coal stove to the small yard of the car repair shop.

Take out the carp placed in the space, chop it into pieces, soak it in clean water for a while, soak it in water, fry it until brown on both sides in the oil pan, and start simmering it.

After a while, the fragrance wafted out, making Song Wu's mouth water with greed.After the fish was stewed, he heated up the steamed buns with noodles.

If we want to say who can catch the time, or who has the sharpest nose, we have to say Qin Huairu.

Song Wu had just filled a bowl of fish and had not even taken a bite of the steamed bun when he saw Qin Huairu walking into the car repair shop.

"Hey, it's better to come early than to come by chance. This makes you catch up again." Song Wu tapped the bowl with his chopsticks.

Qin Huairu looked at the fish in Song Wu's bowl with a surprised expression on his face, "No, no, I have something to ask you for help." However, she said no, but she never took her eyes away from the fish. .

Song Wu smiled, walked to the door of the shop, looked outside, and closed the door of the shop.

He said to Qin Huairu: "You can eat this bowl, and I will serve another bowl. If you have anything to do, talk while eating." After saying this, he put down the bowl and chopsticks without waiting for Qin Huairu's response, and returned to In the small courtyard, I went to fill up a bowl of fish and brought it back.

There was only a wooden board placed on top of the bucket in the shop, and the two of them sat on small stools and ate together.For a while, there was only the sound of chewing in the room, and no one spoke.

After Song Wu finished the food in his bowl, he looked up at Qin Huairu opposite and saw that she was almost done eating.

"Tell me, if you need anything, come to me." Song Wu put the bowl aside, stood up, poured a glass of water and held it in his hands.

Qin Huairu broke the buns into pieces and soaked them in the soup in the bowl.My stomach was probably almost full by now, so I was eating a little slowly.She blushed slightly, without looking up, and said, "I, I want to borrow some money from you."

After the words came out of her mouth, she seemed to be relieved, and instead dared to raise her head and look at Song Wu boldly.

Song Wu smiled.

"Didn't I just earn 5 yuan? It's all spent!"

"My mother-in-law left two yuan to buy some painkillers, and I exchanged the rest for some food."

“If you already have food, why would you need to borrow money?”

Qin Huairu stared at Song Wu with some embarrassment.

"I just lent you a few dollars. Why do you ask so much? I will pay you back soon."

Song Wu looked at Qin Huairu and said nothing.

After a while, Qin Huairu slapped her chopsticks on the wooden board, then stood up and walked towards the door of the shop.

"Hey, okay, okay, don't leave. I'll lend you the money. But now if you tell me what you're borrowing the money for? I might be able to help you more."

Qin Huairu turned around, looked at Song Wu, thought for a while and said: "Xiao Dang doesn't have enough food, so I have to find a way to get some nutritious food, otherwise..."

"Hey, that's it. You told me earlier. I won't lend you the money." Song Wu waved his hand.

Qin Huairu's eyes widened again.She thought to herself: "You are here to make fun of me, aren't you? Sometimes I borrow it, sometimes I don't."

Song Wu looked at Qin Huaihuai, who was obviously breathing heavier and with anger on his face. He stood up with a smile, shook his head and said, "Why are you still such a hot-tempered person? Wait, I'll get you something to show you. "

(End of this chapter)