radicalducati Chapter 325: Food Supply
Chapter 325: Food Supply
Starting at four or five o'clock, people began to come out of their homes in the yard, calling each other to line up at the grain station.
The grain station cannot open early, but people in line can arrive early.
If you wait until 7 or 8 o'clock to line up, the queue will be several kilometers away, and people will have gone home before it's your turn.
This is the same reason why many people would line up a day or two in advance when the iPhone was first released.
What's more, food is much more important than mobile phones. It's okay to buy a mobile phone a few days later, but how about you go hungry for a few days without food?
When people are hungry, they can do anything.
Although according to past practice, one could still receive sufficient food two days later, but, one can only feel at ease when the food is in one's pocket.
Except for Yi Zhonghai's family who are well-off, Wang Hongtao's family who can get it whenever they want, and the family of the deaf old lady who is a five-guarantee household, all other families in the courtyard sent representatives to queue up.
There must be someone in every household lining up. If you try to cut in line by relying on the fact that your neighbor is in front of you, you will be beaten to death.
Each family can send one person to queue up and wait for the family members to come and help move the food. This is acceptable.
Want to cut in line? I'll beat you to death!
Sha Zhu and Xu Damao yawned and bumped their heads together, then turned their backs to each other with displeasure.
The ones sent by the Liu family were naturally Guangtian and Guangfu, and they would go back and call the masters when it was their turn.
Sha Zhu turned his head and didn't see Wang Hongtao, so he asked Guangtian: "Why didn't Wang Hongtao from the backyard come? Why don't you go back and call him?"
Xu Damao poked his head over from behind and said, "What are you shouting about? This person is related to us. Does Stationmaster Xu of the grain station know about this? He was drinking with us last time."
"If Lao Wang wants to get food, why bother with so much trouble? Just say hello directly."
Xu Damao was arrogant and acted as if my brothers and I were very awesome.
But He Yuzhu said: "Then why are you waiting in line with us?"
Gah…
Xu Damao was like a white goose with its neck pinched, flapping its wings. "Well... you don't understand this, do you? Is it worth bothering Station Master Xu for such a small matter? I'm holding out for you for a crucial moment!"
"Tsk, it's nothing." He Yuzhu snorted coldly and ignored Xu Damao, walking towards the grain station with his neck shrunk.
Yi Zhonghai and Wang Hongtao are not here today, but Sha Zhu is really not afraid of anyone.
Jia family.
Today, for the first time ever, it was Jia Zhang who came to queue up. This old woman wrapped herself up like a dumpling, but was still shivering from the cold.
"Aunt Zhang, why are you here to queue today? Where is Sister Qin?"
Sha Zhu felt somewhat regretful that he didn't see his sister Qin.
"Silly Zhu, what do you want to do by asking about our Huai Ru?"
Jia Zhang was called up in the middle of the night to line up. She was so angry that she had no place to vent. When she saw Sha Zhu showing up, she naturally didn't want to let him go, so she caught him and gave him a good scolding.
"Are you shameless enough to ask about a widow in the middle of the night?"
"I've asked you to get close to our Huairu many times, but you just wouldn't listen.
Now you don't even want to avoid people, right? You're asking about my daughter-in-law in front of me, the mother-in-law. That's really too much! "
"You have no shame, but our Jia family still has some dignity!"
Sha Zhu was scolded so harshly by Jia Zhang that he felt extremely aggrieved.
He muttered quietly, "I'm just asking, why are you so angry?"
"It's no use asking. Looking at your wretched appearance, who knows what you're thinking?!"
Jia Zhang glared and said angrily.
After failing to argue with the Yan family last time, Jia Zhang had been thinking of finding someone else to establish her authority, and finally set her sights on He Yuzhu.
Sha Zhu is famous and influential, and the key is that he has a relationship with Qin Huairu, so she is not afraid that Sha Zhu will do anything weird. It is perfect for her to establish her authority.
Now that I have found the opportunity, I will naturally not let it go easily.
……
Seeing that Jia Zhang still showed no signs of giving up, Yan Bugui stood up.
With the first and second uncles away, the burden of settling the situation naturally fell on the third uncle, Yan Bugui.
He first came up to persuade He Yuzhu: "Zhuzi, don't worry about it. Everyone in our courtyard knows Jia Zhang's temper. Don't bother with her."
"You too, Banggeng, you're just asking a question, right? It's not that serious..."
"You old man..."
Jia Zhang was about to curse out of habit, but she suddenly stopped herself when she thought of the last time she was humiliated: "Why are you confused too, Third Uncle?"
"If it were someone else, they would have greeted him, but the problem is that this Shazhu is different from others."
"This kid is just like his father, coveting other people's wives."
"He's almost 30, why do you think he still refuses to get married?"
"I think he just wants to use his neighbor's house!"
"Everyone says that you are good at scheming, Teacher Yan. I think Sha Zhu is no worse than you!"
"Besides, if he kept trying to get close to your Yu Li, wouldn't you be anxious if it were you?"
Yan Bugui thought for a while and nodded: "That's true now."
"Silly Zhu, tell me why you still don't want to get married at your age? Do you want to live with your neighbor like Grandma Banggeng said?"
Sha Zhu sighed and looked at the moon in the sky speechlessly, thinking to himself, Uncle Third, why don't you give me any advice? This advice only makes me more embarrassed!
Did I not want to marry her? I just can’t marry her!
After this episode, everyone's sleepiness disappeared and they lined up chatting and laughing.
The sky gradually brightened and the door of the grain station opened.
The crowd began to get restless, all hoping to receive food as soon as possible.
……
Wang Hongtao was totally unaware of all this.
Thanks to Qin Huairu's thoughtful service, Wang had a great time last night and got up early in the morning.
He got dressed, washed up, took out two meat buns from the space, and walked out while eating them.
Having the space is very convenient. Whatever you put in will remain the same when you take it out. You don’t have to worry about it getting cold or going bad.
When he went out, he happened to meet a group of beasts who were carrying food back or on their shoulders. Among them, Sha Zhu was the most outrageous.
He carried two bags on his back and one bag in each arm. He moved at least a hundred kilograms of food.
I am holding on with a bitter face and gritting my teeth.
On the side was Jia Zhang, who was muttering incessantly.
"Zhu Zi, where did you get all this food? You're quite capable, aren't you?!"
When Sha Zhu heard this, his face turned red and he ignored it.
Jia Zhang helped explain: "Well, Xiao Wang, you don't know that the food on the back of the pillar belongs to our Jia family."
"Yours? Then why is it on Shazhu's back?" Wang Hongtao asked curiously.
"Haha, I know about this, let me tell you!"
Xu Damao put down his two bags of grain and winked, "Last night, Shazhu was so talkative that he was free and cared about Qin Huairu of the Jia family. Jia Zhang caught him and insisted that he had bad intentions."
"In order to prove that he has no ulterior motives, Sha Zhu simply follows everyone's advice and helps the Jia family..."
"No, it's to pull food."
"Hahaha….."
Thinking back, the neighbors all burst into laughter again…
To be honest, it was Xu Damao who started the conversation. He said to Shazhu, "Don't just say you care. If you really care, help Grandma Banggeng carry the food back. Otherwise, you are just pretending."
Everyone watched the fun and didn't mind the trouble, so they followed suit.
So Sha Zhu had no choice but to accept it.
Wang Hongtao smiled and shook his head. Only Shazhu could do such a thing...
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