Chapter 225: Jia Zhangshi, who has made little progress

As soon as he walked out of the Ma family's gate, He Yuzhu said with a smile,

"Sister Hongying, Sister Zao, the work of your street government is too tedious. If it were me, I would be pissed off by them."

"Haha, there's nothing I can do.
Our street government is responsible for handling these trivial matters for the people in the area, so the work is naturally very tedious.

It’s getting late, and we have to go back to the street to eat, so we’ll go back first.”

"Okay, Sister Hongying, you guys get busy!"

For He Yuzhu, going to the Ma family was just a small episode. As for whether Ma Zhiguang's concubines would divorce him, he didn't care at all.

It's still early now, just wait and see, those concubines will regret it sooner or later.

I strolled back to the courtyard and just as I walked through the gate, I saw Jia Zhang pushing a millstone alone, turning around in circles like a donkey.
So I asked curiously,

"Aunt Zhang, I remember your family just ground flour two days ago, why are you grinding flour again today?

The more than ten kilograms of flour at home were eaten up so quickly?"

Jia Zhang was busy grinding the millstone at the moment, and was as tired as a dog. She had no time to answer He Yuzhu, so she gathered at the gate of Yan's house, picking vegetables with Aunt Yi and Aunt Liu, and told him the truth with a smile.
"Zhu Zi, Aunt Zhang is busy grinding flour now and has no time to take care of you.

I'll tell you what happened.

This morning your Aunt Zhang said that people in the smoking cessation center eat steamed bread and eight noodles every day, and they are so hungry.
Now I'm finally back,
At least I have to grind some fine flour to make some good dumplings and replenish my body.

Look, there he is, grinding flour alone!"

After hearing what Aunt Liu said, He Yuzhu didn't say anything.
Although in March, the State Council issued the "Decision on Changing Food Processing Standards and Increasing Edible Food" in order to save food rations and advocate that the people eat 3--nian and --mi.
It was even reported in the newspaper that eating coarse rice and coarse noodles is better for the body than eating refined rice and refined noodles.
It can effectively prevent quite a few diseases.

However, in this era when industry was underdeveloped and most people still relied on stone mills to process grain,

The State Council's advocacy is really just advocacy.
As for whether the people will comply, it really depends on their own awareness.

It will probably take a few years until Daxia completes its initial industrialization with the help of the Russians, and the state-owned stores in the city no longer sell wheat and rice, but finished rice and flour.

This situation will only be thoroughly improved after the rural areas also start to implement unified purchase and sale.

After a simple greeting, He Yuzhu strolled back home and prepared to make lunch.

Just as I started the fire, I saw He Yushui and Li Qingshan hurriedly running into the house.

Then I heard He Yushui say,

"Brother, can we eat noodles today?"

When he heard his sister's request, He Yuzhu immediately knew what was going on. She must have been tempted by the noodles and meat soup at the breakfast stall when she went out in the morning.
Anyway, I have plenty of food, so if my sister wants to eat noodles, then let her eat noodles.

He Yuzhu naturally wouldn't stop him.

"Okay, I'll knead the dough later. We'll each have a bowl of noodles for lunch today, and then boil an egg.
Let’s go to Aunt Zhang’s feast in the evening.”

Hearing their brother say that they would not only have noodles for lunch but also boiled eggs for them, He Yushui and Li Qingshan were so happy that they ran to the backyard.

"Brother, let's go pick up my wife. She will definitely be very happy when she finds out."

After a while, the deaf old lady followed He Yushui and the others to the middle courtyard with a cane. When she saw He Yuzhu, she smiled and asked,

"Zhu Zi, you are just like your Aunt Zhang, you can't live like this! Today you have noodles and eggs, you are eating too well!"

Egg noodles are actually nothing to the He family.
He Yuzhu knew that the focus of the deaf old lady's speech was not the delicious food, but Jia Zhangshi, teasing her for not being honest as soon as she came back.

So he said,
"Hey, what's this!
Isn't it just eggs and noodles? When I just came back, I heard Aunt Liu say that Aunt Zhang was going to eat dumplings every day to nourish her body these days.

That’s much more luxurious than the noodles we have at home.”

Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the deaf old lady talking about what happened just this morning.
"As for Xiao Zhang, I thought she would learn some rules and behave herself after going to a smoking cessation center.

I didn't expect that he would return to his old ways as soon as he came back.

Didn't you go with Xiao Yan to buy meat and fish this morning? Xiao Zhang insisted that today was a welcome party for her and that she had to leave the things at her house.

But then he turned around and started grinding flour to make dumplings.

I don’t know what it means.”

I heard the deaf old lady say that the meat and fish they bought today were all kept at Jia Zhang's house.
He Yuzhu immediately asked,

"Grandma, what does Aunt Zhang mean? You're not saying you want to eat dumplings every day because you want to get the pork!
I kept packing for several days.
In such hot weather, she is not afraid of damaging the things.

Oh, where is Uncle Yan? Where did he go? Why can’t I see him?
Although Jia Dongxu and the old man paid for the things, all the neighbors in the courtyard will have a share of the feast tonight. Aunt Zhang wants to take advantage of everyone. Will Uncle Yan agree?"

"School will start in a few days.
Not long after your Uncle Yan brought the things back, someone from the school came to inform him to go to school and prepare for the start of school.

He had no idea that Xiao Zhang had brought the things to their home.

He didn't even know that Xiao Zhang was thinking about making dumplings.

Your first and second aunts can't deal with Xiao Zhang, so naturally they can't do anything to her.

When you came back, didn't you see that they didn't help Xiao Zhang grind the flour?
I'm just angry about this."

Seeing that Jia Zhang was really planning this, He Yuzhu didn't know what to say.

Even so, he did not act rashly.

Although he wanted to go to the Jia family to get a piece of the pie and have a whole bowl of noodles with soybean sauce for lunch, the meat these days was so delicious that the meat would probably reveal its secrets as soon as it was put into the pot.

Maybe I will have to take the blame and let the aunties in the courtyard vent their anger on me.
Although He Yuzhu was not afraid, he thought it was troublesome.
I still feel that it is more comfortable to be a spectator and watch the good show of Jia Zhang.

Sure enough, just as He Yuzhu's noodles were put into the pot, the quarrel between Yan Bugui and Jia Zhang came from the front yard. After a while, Yan Bugui hurriedly walked into the middle yard.
"Zhuzi Zhuzi, come out quickly.

What Mrs. Zhang did today was really unkind. We need to have a good talk with her."

Hearing Yan Bugui's yelling, He Yuzhu just stuck his head outside to take a look, but had no intention of going out.

"Uncle Yan, if you have something to say, just tell me. I'm cooking noodles right now and can't leave.
Otherwise it will become thin after a while."

(End of this chapter)