Siheyuan: Walking the Path of Qin Huairu

Time flows slowly like a gurgling stream.

On this day, Jia Dongxu went to work as usual. Recently, because he often did not have enough food, his physical strength had obviously declined and he was a little dazed. Locksmithing is a physically demanding job, and not having enough food is really not good.

Jia Dongxu was accidentally rolled into the machine. His screams alerted his fellow workers, and one of them quickly turned off the power. Everyone was stunned by the situation.

It was so tragic that half of his body was caught in the machine. Workshop director Guo Dapiezi quickly organized everyone to rescue Jia Dongxu, who was already breathing more than he was breathing.

Yi Zhonghai quickly sent a young man to the courtyard to inform the family. Guo Dapiezi sent Jia Dongxu to the hospital. Although it seemed that there was no hope for him to survive, he had to try his luck.

The young worker rushed to the Red Star Courtyard. The goalkeeper Yan Bugui had gone to work, and the deputy goalkeeper, Aunt Sanda, was on duty.

This couple is really dedicated to their duties. If the Chinese men's football team asks them to be goalkeepers, the effect may be unexpected.

Worker: "Auntie, Jia Dongxu lives here, right?"

The third aunt asked cautiously: "Who are you? What do you want to do with Jia Dongxu?"

Worker: "I'm from the steel mill. Jia Dongxu is injured. I'm here to notify his family to rush to the hospital. This might be the last time we see each other."

This worker is also a very honest person and he speaks his mind.

The third aunt was shocked by the news. She staggered and ran to the middle courtyard. "Huai Ru, Huai Ru, something happened to your Dong Xu. You should go to the hospital. I heard that he was seriously injured."

Qin Huairu was making matchboxes at home with a big belly, lamenting her bad luck, not knowing that even more misery was waiting for her.

After hearing what the third aunt said, Qin Huairu collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her cheeks. It must be said that Bai Lianhua really showed her true feelings this time.

Aunt Yi quickly came over to help her up and said, "Huai Ru, don't worry, I'll help you take care of the child, you can go to the hospital quickly."

Qin Huairu came to her senses and quickly followed her coworkers to the hospital.

But no matter how hard they rushed, they were still a step too late. Jia Dongxu died shortly after arriving at the hospital. His left arm and leg were basically gone, and all the blood had almost been drained out. It was a horrific sight.

Yi Zhonghai's face was so gloomy that water could drip from it. Jia Dongxu was his only supporter. In the past, he had He Yuzhu as a backup, but He Yuzhu had long been out of his control. Now that his good disciple was dead, he was truly alone.

He didn't know what happened during this period, but he felt that everything was going wrong. First, he fell out with the He family, and then his prestige in the courtyard gradually lost. He wanted to take revenge on the He family, but not only did he fail, he was also retaliated against, lost his position as the head of the courtyard, and lost money. Later, his house was robbed, and until today, his beloved disciple got into trouble. God didn't give him a chance to breathe!

Just as Yi Zhonghai was daydreaming, Qin Huairu stumbled over. Seeing her husband in front of her, Qin Huairu fell to the ground and burst into tears: "Dongxu, what's wrong with you? Wuuuuu... I can't live like this! Oh, God..."

Qin Huairu's behavior was really inspired by Jia Zhang's style. Her crying reminded Yi Zhonghai of Jia Zhang in his hometown. Yes, he had to send someone to notify Jia Zhang to come back and see her son.

He turned around and found a workshop worker, the one who had just sent Jia Dongxu to the hospital, stuffed a dollar into his pocket and asked him to go and notify Jia Zhangshi.

After this happened, his fellow workers felt very sympathetic towards Jia Dongxu. After all, they were colleagues. Although Jia Dongxu was not very popular, the person was dead and no one cared about him.

The worker agreed without hesitation, turned around and left, and went to report the death according to the address given by Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai helped Qin Huairu up and said sadly: "Huairu, things have come to this point, you must mourn. The Jia family needs you to support it. Think about the children at home, you must be strong."

Qin Huairu: "Uncle, Dongxu is the pillar of our family. If he is gone, how will my child and I survive?"

Yi Zhonghai: "Don't worry, Jia Dongxu suffered a work-related injury, the factory will not ignore it. We need to send Dongxu's body back home first."

Qin Huairu then stood up, and under the command of Yi Zhonghai, her fellow workers sent Jia Dongxu back to the courtyard.

The neighbors in the yard were all shocked. He was fine when he went out in the morning, but he couldn't come back.

At the steel rolling mill, Deputy Director Li Huaide, who is in charge of logistics, is investigating the accident.

After investigation, the machine was found to be intact and without any problems. According to the statements of the workers at the workstation next to Jia Dongxu, it seemed that Jia Dongxu lost his balance and fell into the machine.

Another worker reported that Jia Dongxu's family was seriously short of food. His wife had a rural hukou, and his children's hukou followed their mother, so neither of them had a Beijing hukou. No hukou meant no food supply, and Jia Dongxu often didn't have enough to eat.

The cause of the accident can be imagined. Deputy Director Li sighed. Their steel mill is all about heavy physical work. How can they have the energy to work without enough food?

Given the situation this year, he, as the deputy director of logistics, is under a lot of pressure.

Thinking of this, he decided to let He Yuzhu go to Tianjin again to get some seafood. Fish is also meat, which can provide some nutrition for the employees.

According to some later data, during the three difficult years, about 250 million people died of hunger nationwide, and another 278 million died of excess deaths due to non-hunger reasons (work-related injuries, natural disasters, accidents, etc.).

It can be seen that the data on work-related injuries during this period was very scary. A large part of this was due to malnutrition, which led to other diseases or work-related injuries, and indirectly caused deaths.

This shows how difficult it was for the Chinese people in that era. But we survived. Under the leadership of the great man, the Chinese people withstood the pressure from the Soviet Union with unyielding perseverance and gradually got out of the predicament. Step by step, we went from poverty to a well-off society and ushered in a prosperous China.

He Daqing was the first to go home. He went to the Railway Bureau for an interview today. He cooked several specialties on the spot. With his ancestral cooking skills, he conquered everyone's taste buds and successfully joined the Railway Bureau canteen.

He returned to the courtyard in a good mood and did not go to the tavern. Now he also prepared food in his kitchen, and he usually cooked by himself. He Yushui usually lived in the school and only went home on weekends. Occasionally, when he improved his life, he would go to the tavern for a bite. After all, it was inconvenient to go there every day.

He decided to buy a bicycle tomorrow so that he could go to work more conveniently. His son had given him a bicycle ticket a long time ago, but he had never been willing to buy it.

When night fell, He Yuzhu and Xu Huizhen carried two lunch boxes home. As soon as they entered the yard, they heard the wailing of the Jia family.

Xu Huizhen sighed: What is supposed to come has finally come.

Qin Huairu became the widow Qin.