Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

The deaf old lady chatted with Sha Zhu for a while and then said she was sleepy and asked Sha Zhu to go back first.

After Sha Zhu left, the old deaf man called Zhao Guilan to his side, took out a small box from the bedside, put it in Zhao Guilan's hand and said:

"Gui Lan, you have taken care of me for more than ten years. I am always grateful to you. Here are all my savings and some jewelry that are worth some money. I leave them all to you."

"Madam, I can't take this money."

"Take it, Guilan. I have no children, so why should I keep these things?"

After hearing what the old lady said, Zhao Guilan accepted the box.

When the old deaf man saw Zhao Guilan accept the box, he immediately said:

"Gui Lan, old lady, I don't have much time left. The only two things I am concerned about now are Zhuzi's marriage. You should pay more attention to it in the future. If there is a suitable girl, please help Zhuzi introduce her to someone."

"All right, old lady. I'll remember that."

"There is one more thing, which is about your and Zhong Hai's retirement. When you go back, persuade Zhong Hai that it is not too late for you to adopt a child at your age. Listen to my advice, it is better for the Jia family to give up."

The deaf old lady didn't know that Yi Zhonghai wanted Jia Dongxu to adopt a child for him.

If she knew, she would stop Yi Zhonghai no matter what.

In order not to worry the deaf old lady, Zhao Guilan did not tell her about this.

After explaining all these things, the deaf old lady said she wanted to take a nap and asked Zhao Guilan to go back first.

When Zhao Guilan went to deliver food to the deaf old lady the next day, she found her lying on the bed with her body already cold.

Zhao Guilan hurried back to find Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai didn't expect that the deaf old lady would pass away so suddenly.

He asked Jia Dongxu to help him ask for leave from the factory, while he himself stayed at home to deal with the funeral of the deaf old lady.

Jia Dongxu went home and told his family about this.

Jia Zhang cursed the deaf old lady for being unlucky, and sternly told Banggeng not to go to the backyard to play for the next few days.

When Sha Zhu heard the news of the deaf old lady's death, he felt empty inside.

As the saying goes, when a person dies, all debts are cleared, and his resentment towards the deaf old lady has now disappeared.

Thinking of how good the old lady had been to him, Sha Zhu took a leave from the factory and came back to help with the funeral of the deaf old lady.

The old deaf man is a five-guarantee household, so when he dies, the state will naturally help take care of his funeral.

In this era, people value keeping funerals simple.

The old lady had no relatives, so after Zhao Guilan changed her burial clothes and Yi Zhonghai smashed the brazier, he and Sha Zhu sent the old lady to the crematorium for cremation.

The ashes are placed in a public cemetery.

When the two came back, people from the street office came again.

This time I’m looking for Shazhu.

It turned out that when the old deaf man felt that he didn't have much time left, he went to the street office to make a will.

She left her main wife to Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu somehow owned the three main rooms of the old deaf man.

Upon hearing the news, Yi Zhonghai was obviously unhappy.

The two old people had served the old deaf man for so long, but before he died, the old deaf man gave the house to Sha Zhu.

Although Zhao Guilan also got some money, the house was the biggest part.

He was attracted by the old deaf man's house because of Qin Huairu's future baby.

But it's too late to say anything now.

There was no way Sha Zhu would give the house to him.

When everyone in the courtyard heard the news, they were all envious and jealous.

After all, housing is so tight these days.

If I could get the three main rooms of the old deaf man, I would live comfortably there.

As for the fact that people died there, no one cares in this era.

Although Sha Zhu got these three main rooms, he didn't consider moving them. He just bought a padlock and locked them up.

Suddenly the backyard became much quieter.

The death of the old deaf man did not attract much attention.

These days, eating is still the top priority.

Only Jia Zhang was more high-profile in the courtyard.

Normally the old deaf man could control her in the yard, but now that he is gone and she has no natural enemies in the yard, she has become even more unruly.

Of course, it is only limited to the middle courtyard and the front courtyard.

With Wang Jianjun, the evil star, in the backyard, she basically didn't dare to cause trouble there.

After Wang Jianjun spent the Chinese New Year at home, the steel mill asked him to prepare to join the main force to go to Russia.

The first batch of supplies sent from China included rice, flour, oil, and grain.

A batch of things will be shipped over every month.

All Wang Jianjun and others had to do was to help load and unload the goods. Even the steel mill's transport team was temporarily requisitioned to transport the goods.

Unlike going to Inner Mongolia, the climate over there is really too cold. In order to ensure that people who go there are not frozen, everyone can be temporarily given a military coat.

The steel rolling mill's large truck took the group to their destination, the train station in Sijiu City.

The vacant land around the train station was cleared to build a large warehouse.

When Wang Jianjun arrived, many transport vehicles from other factories were also arriving.

The person in charge of the team at the steel rolling mill was an old acquaintance of Wang Jianjun, Nie Rong, the team leader of the driver team. When he saw that Wang Jianjun had come with them this time, he joked with Wang Jianjun that there would be no whole roasted lamb to eat this time.

Wang Jianjun just smiled and followed everyone to help unload and load the goods.

After seeing the scene inside the warehouse, Wang Jianjun realized why it was necessary to transfer people from so many factories.

The bags and boxes of grain in the warehouse were all moved manually.

There are very few machines like forklifts.

Most people transport food onto trains like ants moving elephants.

It is actually most convenient to collect so many things through Wang Jianjun’s space, but unfortunately he can’t do that with so many people around.

Then help with the work.

This was the first time Wang Jianjun had done physical work since he came here.

He simply took off his military coat, picked up three sacks of rice and left.

This scene left the people around stunned.

Carrying one bag per person is already very tiring, and three bags would definitely put a strain on the waist.

"Young man, don't be so arrogant. If you hurt your waist, what will happen to your wife in the future?"

An uncle who was moving goods nearby couldn't help but smile and persuade Wang Jianjun when he saw how hard he was working.

"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I can carry a few more bags."

Three bags weigh only about 100 pounds.

It was just a piece of cake for Wang Jianjun.

Seven or eight bags is no problem for him.

When Wang Jianjun was moving goods, he saw a group of people holding an iron ring and gesturing at apples.

Out of curiosity, he stopped and asked what they were doing.

"Those damned bears wanted us to be picky about apples. This iron ring is the standard they gave us. They said that if an apple can pass through the iron ring, it will be rejected. We have to choose one by one."

The people who were picking up the goods started to complain to Wang Jianjun.

Wang Jianjun took a look at the iron ring, which was quite big.

In this way, at least 20% of the apples in a basket will be discarded.

Wang Jianjun was also a little angry. Many people in the inland were almost starving to death, but these Russians were so picky.

This hairy bear is really disgusting.