The conspiracy of the courtyard

Chapter 164 A strange combination of circumstances

When everyone figured out the secret, they all regretted it.

From being forced to borrow money, to actively borrowing money, and then to using the street office to force everyone to write IOUs and set repayment dates.

If those who sell grain at high prices are really related to Guo Tiejun and are making money from everyone, it would be unimaginable.

Lu Zixuan was also enlightened at this time. It turned out that someone could seize the opportunity to reap the benefits so early.

This is almost the same as the routine of Huabei and Jiebei that came out decades later. It is a perfect plan that couldn't be more perfect.

I didn't even realize it and thought my evil plan had succeeded. It's really hard to guard against. No one is a fool.

So he turned around and whispered to Chen Ping:

"Mom, how did you figure out his intentions?"

Chen Ping replied somewhat embarrassedly:

“He went to Director Liu to help him collect the debt, and it didn’t take long for him to see it.

You said that when anyone does something that goes against common sense, there will be something fishy.

He is so kind, lending money to others, isn't he afraid that others won't pay him back?"

It wasn't until Director Liu forced everyone to write an IOU that Chen Ping noticed it.

Not far from the courtyard, there was a group of people selling grain at high prices, and the main thing was that their accents were exactly the same as Guo Tiejun's.

Combined with what Xiaohua said, everyone followed Guo Tiejun's instructions and found these people to buy food.

After seeing through his thoughts, Chen Ping began to instigate Wu Guihua and Xiaohua to buy sweet potatoes everywhere.

He took the women from the courtyard and found an open space behind the steel mill, where he secretly turned the soil, watered it, and planted sweet potatoes.

As for the Guo family, the Yan family, and the Jia family, everyone tacitly agreed not to notify them.

Lu Zixuan always thought that he knew Chen Ping very well and that she was just a dodder that needed everyone's protection.

But now I realize that she has already transformed. She has learned to observe, see through, grasp the key points, find opportunities, and use other people's mouths to achieve precise strikes.

At this time, Guo Tiejun's true colors were exposed and his face turned red. He had no chance to refute.

Even Jia Dongxu, who had just spoken for him, was looking at him with suspicion.

Only after the voices of criticism died down did Guo Tiejun have the opportunity to explain.

“I really don’t think as much as everyone says, I just think that since everyone has to buy food anyway, it’s better to buy it from acquaintances.

At least I guarantee that they won't cheat you. Tell me honestly, is the food you buy of poor quality? Is it more expensive than others?

You all come to me to borrow money, how can I refuse? I am an outsider, how dare I refuse?

Without asking Director Liu for help, who among you will take the initiative to pay back the money? You came to borrow money, do you plan to pay it back?

Now that you have broken the window paper, just make it clear. It is your freedom to buy from whichever store you want in the future. I will not interfere.

But you also have to promise to pay back the money on time and not delay for a single day. That’s it, adjourn the meeting.”

Everyone thought about it carefully for a while and it seemed that what Guo Tiejun said was not wrong.

Although they had not intended to gain much advantage, their original intention was just to avoid others coming to borrow food, so they had achieved their goal, so they stopped caring and picked up their stools to go home.

Only people from the Guo, Yan and Jia families were left in the courtyard. They surrounded Chen Ping's family and ordered Chen Ping to find a way to solve the food shortage problem.

Chen Ping realized that there was no real significance in this except exposing Guo Tiejun's purpose, so she did not continue to pester him.

I can only calmly suggest:

"Guo Tiejun, I can understand your determination to help poor families.

But this is not the reason why I should provide assistance.

I will never do anything that violates the rules, even if you all kneel down and kowtow.

But I can give you a suggestion. Guo Tiejun and Jia Dongxu eat in the factory and will not starve themselves.

You are just worried about your family, which is actually very easy to solve.

Wouldn’t it be a problem if Guo Tiejun allocated part of his quota to the Jia family?

As for the Yan family, Aunt Yang, do you want me to take people to find where your family stores grain?

Don't get involved. Without Yan Bugui here, no one will give you advice. You won't get any advantage. Go home."

Although Yan Jiecheng was somewhat unwilling, he was still dragged home by Aunt Yang.

The Jia family was all waiting for Guo Tiejun's answer. Guo Tiejun thought for a long time before speaking.

"So you're not breaking the rules? What's the difference?"

Chen Ping explained the reasons slowly and calmly.

"No, there is a big difference. You asked me to give you other people's rations without their consent.

As for allocating your food rations to the Jia family, you are aware of it. You only need to sign two certificates and it will not be considered a violation of the regulations.

Guo Tiejun needs to sign a certificate of voluntarily giving up his food ration, and the Jia family needs to sign a certificate of accepting the donation, and that's all.

If you really want to help the Jia family, this is the best way.

After all, you have friends who sell grain, so even if your family is short of food, you can solve the problem.

If you are only helping me with words, just ignore what I said and try to think quickly. We need to go home and rest."

Jia Dongxu reacted very quickly at this time and begged immediately.

"Uncle, you can't just stand by and watch someone die. Don't worry, we won't go back on our word."

When Guo Tiejun heard what Jia Dongxu said, he first glanced at Qin Huairu, then sighed and nodded in agreement.

"Chen Ping, if you can't do it, you will be responsible for the food problem of the Jia family."

Chen Ping shook her head and refused.

“No, I just provide you with methods and proofs.

As for the rest, you need to go to the grain station to handle it yourself. It has nothing to do with me.

If you need it, you can go to the grain station tomorrow and ask the stationmaster to handle the formalities. I don’t have the right to do this.”

After saying this, Chen Ping went straight home.

The next day, Guo Tiejun and Jia Zhang went to the grain station and signed a certificate of giving up half of the ration and a certificate of accepting the donation.

Guo Tiejun did not give up the entire quota for one year as agreed, but only agreed to give up half of it.

After much persuasion from Jia Zhang, the two parties signed a three-year contract.

With the Jia family full of anticipation, the day of purchasing grain finally arrived, and Jia Zhang personally arrived at the grain station early in the morning.

However, he was told that there were no donated grain this month. Jia Zhang got furious on the spot and demanded an explanation from the stationmaster.

The webmaster simply took out two agreements to explain.

“Look carefully, your certificate for accepting donated grain has already stated that you can receive it if the grain station has donated grain.

But now that everyone is hungry, who will donate?

Looking at the certificate signed by Guo Tiejun, it is a certificate of voluntarily giving up the purchase of half of the food ration.

There was no donation by Guo Tiejun, nor was there any specific indication that the quantity he gave up must be purchased by your family. Do you understand?

If you want to buy Guo Tiejun's ration, wouldn't it be more convenient to buy directly from him?

Of course, this is against the rules. As long as someone reports it, Guo Tiejun's act of selling grain will be considered as reselling state supplies."

After hearing the explanation, Jia Zhang finally realized that she had been deceived.

So he rushed back to the courtyard and explained the situation to Guo Tiejun and Jia Dongxu.

After the two families got together, they went straight to Chen Ping's door to ask for an explanation.

Chen Ping had already made plans. She opened the door directly and asked about the details in a surprised tone.

After listening to Jia Zhang's description, he looked at them as if they were fools and asked:

"Are you stupid? Why did I remind you to go to the grain station to get your certificate? It's to avoid being reported.

Why didn't you ask me when you signed the certificate? Just indicate that the Jia family is to purchase Guo Tiejun's quota.

I have always thought that you didn't discuss it before and were unwilling to sign the certificate, so I didn't dare to urge you for fear that you would think I had bad intentions.

You guys messed up such a simple thing. You are hopeless.

How could you be so stupid? Now that things have gone wrong, you remember me? You want me to help you? It’s useless, I can’t do anything…”