Chapter 455: Preparing for the New Year, Xu Damao's Face Darkened

The next morning, He Yuzhu and his family got up early.

He Yuzhu went to the kitchen to light the stove and prepared a beautiful pot of hot porridge, sprinkled some minced meat and simple seasonings, and the aroma filled the whole yard.

Yushui, the little girl, usually likes to sleep in, but since she lived with her brother, she got up on time every morning and waited by the kitchen, as greedy as a little cat.

After a lot of trouble, several people had breakfast and everything was ready. He Yuzhu did not ride a bicycle, but asked for help in advance to find a flatbed truck for hauling goods.

The whole family had to go together to buy food today. If He Yuzhu continued to store those things in the space, it was inevitable that he would not be able to hide it from his family. However, with He Yuzhu's current physical fitness, it was still easy for him to push a cart. After some cleaning, He Yuzhu simply laid several thick layers on the cart, and it was directly used as a temporary rickshaw. Xie Yingqi and Yu Shui sat on it, which was just stable.

As for the youngest son He Sixing, He Yuzhu did not bring him when they came back yesterday, and asked He Daqing and his wife to help take care of him.

"Zhuzi, be careful."

Looking at He Yuzhu pushing the cart in front, Xie Yingqi was still concerned.

Yu Shui smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, my brother is very strong. Don't look at him doing research. He is stronger than a cow."

Since practicing Chinese martial arts, He Yushui also knows what level her brother is in Chinese martial arts, but she is not worried at all.

He Yuzhu, who was pulling the cart in front, smiled: "Girl, your sister-in-law doesn't know how strong I am. She cares about me."

Hearing this, Xie Yingqi's cheeks turned slightly red, and she couldn't help rolling her eyes. What kind of words did this Zhuzi say in front of the rain?

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In a blink of an eye, the whole morning passed.

He Yuzhu and his friends came out with an empty cart. When they came back, the food on the cart, big and small, was almost piled up like a small mountain.

When they walked on the road, they attracted a lot of onlookers.

Although everyone is buying New Year's goods now, it is really the first time that He Yuzhu and his friends directly use a cart to load it.

For example, buying meat, after a year, everyone finally buys a few kilograms of meat to go home to satisfy their cravings during the New Year, but He Yuzhu's cart has at least dozens of kilograms of meat, or even hundreds of kilograms.

Who can buy like this for a family now?

Let alone no money and no tickets, even if there is money and tickets, the butcher in this market can't supply so much meat.

Of course, He Yuzhu has his own way. He found the cow butcher who supplied him before the public-private partnership.

Now, this cow butcher has transformed himself and become an employee of the public meat stall. After all, he was able to do the business of slaughtering and selling meat before, and obviously he has a lot of connections, so the lucrative job of the public meat stall has fallen on him again.

Because of this relationship, plus the money and tickets given by He Yuzhu are not less at all, the cow butcher used some connections to help He Yuzhu get such a batch of meat.

Of course, these quantities are a bit of a drop in the bucket compared to when He Yuzhu personally stockpiled goods before. But now, the state controls resources, and it is almost impossible for individuals to buy such a batch of meat.

The reason why Niu Tufu was willing to help was not only because he knew He Yuzhu before and had such a relationship, but also because he knew that He Yuzhu was a top student at Tsinghua University and now a senior cadre in the institute, and he also wanted to get to know his connections.

Before He Yuzhu left, he was very discerning and gave Niu Tufu an industrial ticket for an electric fan. The so-called interpersonal relationship must be given and given.

On the way back, Xie Yingqi and He Yushui naturally couldn't sit on the cart. It happened to be passing by their own courtyard, so Xie Yingqi simply went home and rode out the bicycle. In addition to taking Yushui with her, she could also help Zhuzi share some food.

In this way, the few people spent about 20 minutes and finally returned to Nanluoguxiang.

As soon as they entered the alley, many children in the yard who were playing in the alley came over in unison.

"Uncle Zhuzi, you bought so many things."

"Yes, there is so much meat. Our family has never seen so much meat in our life."

Seeing these children talking, He Yuzhu smiled and said, "How old are you? This is your life. When you grow up, you will have many opportunities to see meat."

These children in the compound did not have any bad intentions, so He Yuzhu also joked with them. Moreover, there was nothing wrong with what he said. When these little guys grow up, the country will have developed for decades. At that time, although life is still a little difficult, eating and drinking will be better than now.

And He Yushui obviously has some friends in this compound. After seeing these children, she said something to her brother and sister-in-law, and went to play with these guys. Of course, she also brought the small whip that her brother and sister-in-law bought for her.

Under the envious eyes of a group of friends, Yushui has become the head of everyone's children, setting off a small whip, and the alley has a strong flavor of the New Year.

When He Yuzhu and Xie Yingqi arrived at the gate of the compound, many neighbors were sitting there. They were surprised to see the cart of New Year goods pulled by He Yuzhu.

"Hey, Zhuzi, you are awesome. Yesterday you bought a bunch of new stuff, and today you bought so many New Year goods."

Seeing Zhuzi bringing so many things home in the past two days, many people were jealous.

After all, in this era, everyone is short of supplies, and it doesn't matter if they are short of supplies. Anyway, everyone has suffered so much, but Zhuzi did it all at once, how can it not make everyone jealous.

Seeing this, He Yuzhu smiled and said, "Isn't it just right to go there at once to save trouble? Here, there are not only things for our family, but also several of my masters and my father-in-law."

He Yuzhu knew that the gun hits the bird that sticks out, and in this era, even if you are rich, you can't be too high-profile, so he also explained.

After hearing this, everyone's face eased.

That's right, the old He family can't be so generous, and the New Year goods are loaded on a cart. If this is the case, I'm afraid some capitalists are not as good as their family.

With Zhuzi's words, and everyone knew that Zhuzi had several masters, and his father-in-law had no problem, it was indeed easier to buy everything at once during the New Year.

However, judging from the amount on Zhuzi's cart, even if it was divided among several families, the amount that each person got was quite a lot, at least, it was a unique level in the entire compound.

But everyone couldn't feel jealous. After all, they all knew that Zhuzi worked in the research institute and was a senior cadre. In terms of salary and benefits, even the most powerful senior worker in the compound couldn't compare to Zhuzi. Everyone was more envious.

It was at this time that Xu Damao came back from outside again on his bicycle.

This time, he hung several white pork on both sides of the bicycle. At a glance, it must be at least ten kilograms, not to mention the other eggs and sausages.

When he stopped at the gate of the compound and saw many people gathered at the gate, he just puffed out his chest to show off, and his eyes also saw He Yuzhu surrounded by people. Especially the things on the bus next to him.

Almost instantly, Xu Damao's expression froze.

"Hey, Damao is back too. Did you just come back from buying New Year's goods?"

"Oh, your family bought a lot, this pork belly is a good part, and this sausage, you are really willing to spend."

After everyone looked at Xu Damao's bicycle full of New Year's goods, they couldn't help but say a few words.

Of course, because there was Zhuzi's cart of New Year's goods in front, although Xu Damao's New Year's goods were also quite a lot, they didn't bring as many surprises.

Xu Damao could naturally feel this. At this moment, he stared at the cart pushed by Sha Zhu. Especially after seeing the pile of meat on it, which was as big as a small mountain, Xu Damao felt that his practice of hanging those pork belly in a conspicuous place on the bicycle was actually a bit clownish.

Soon, he felt a little angry.

This damn Sha Zhu! Deliberate! Definitely deliberate!

Yesterday, he bought things at the supply and marketing cooperative, and this guy also did it on purpose! Today, knowing that Xu Damao was going to buy New Year's goods, this Sha Zhu deliberately pushed out a cart of things. If this is not deliberately targeting Xu Damao, what is it?

You have taken all the limelight in the compound, right?

Xu Damao was sure of his thoughts, and his whole face was gloomy.

Everyone seemed to see that Xu Damao was a little bit wrong, so everyone simply said a few words to him, but didn't say anything to him.

As a result, this made Xu Damao even more angry. He blamed all this on He Yuzhu, so he snorted coldly and went back to the yard first.

He Yuzhu noticed this scene. Although Xu Damao had not yet attacked, He Yuzhu looked at this guy, and with his understanding of Xu Damao's temperament, he probably guessed why. Immediately, he smiled and didn't care.

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Back in the compound, the neighbors not only discussed the New Year, but also talked about the He family.

After all, the conditions and jobs of the He family are the best in the compound, so everyone naturally likes to talk about it.

At this time, the Jia family in the middle courtyard.

The room should have been a festive atmosphere to welcome the New Year, but it was so dull at this time.

As the only middle-aged man in the family, Jia Dongxu was lying on the bed at this time, and Qin Huairu needed to help him come over and feed him the medicine soup.

"Dongxu, get up and drink the medicine."

After Qin Huairu fed Jia Dongxu the medicine, she hurried to wash the clothes at home.

The mother-in-law Jia Zhang was lying on the kang, looking at the busy daughter-in-law, but she curled her lips in displeasure: "Okay, why are you so diligent? The New Year is coming soon. What's the point of doing these? Can you get New Year's goods for our family?"

Now, Jia Dongxu has been resting at home for a long time due to health reasons, and even half of his salary last month was paid. Therefore, although it is said that he has just been promoted, the actual amount he got is not as much as the second-level worker before. Therefore, the Jia family spent the New Year's day in a particularly tight situation.

At this time, Banggeng and Xiaodang came back from playing outside the house. As soon as they entered the door, they came to Jia Zhang's side and said, "Grandma, grandma, we also want to play with small whips. Sister Yushui just set off small whips outside. It's fun."

After hearing this, Jia Zhang frowned. What about Yushui? But soon, she said coldly, "If you want to set off small whips, go to your mother. Grandma doesn't have money to buy you small whips."

"Mom, we want to set off a small firecracker."

The two children could not tell the good or bad in Jia Zhang's words, so they shouted at Qin Huairu again.

Qin Huairu felt a little uncomfortable after hearing her mother-in-law's words.

Yes, you don't have money to buy a small firecracker for the children during the New Year. Of course, you spent all the money on the painkillers!

However, Jia Dongxu is not dead yet, and Qin Huairu has not quarreled with Jia Zhang to the extent of the later period. She knows that she can't say such words that will tear each other apart at a glance.

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In a flash, it was the end of February 1956.

The Spring Festival passed, and the holiday was over.

After the festive atmosphere faded, people returned to work.

He Yuzhu also made some preparations in advance to go to work at the institute.

Early in the morning, He Yuzhu had breakfast at home and rode his bicycle to the institute.

After parking the car, He Yuzhu went directly to the experimental building.

At this time, in the office of the building, senior leaders of the institute such as Chen Xingye gathered together.

After seeing Zhuzi arrive, many leaders came over to greet him.

After all, Zhuzi's 14th Department is definitely a popular department in the institute now, so naturally many people are willing to make friends with Zhuzi.

Of course, there are more important reasons.

When almost everyone came, Chen Xingye also started the small meeting.

Summarize the past work and specify the work tasks for the new year.

Including various research indicators for the first quarter, etc.

About an hour later, the small meeting was almost over, and the leaders left one after another to carry out their work.

Only He Yuzhu was kept by Director Chen.

He Yuzhu had expected this.

"Zhuzi, the idea of ​​the tank before the New Year has been communicated with the Ministry of Military Industry, and it has been approved. This year, the task of your 14th Department is to conquer the domestically developed tank. If necessary, the Ministry of Military Industry will send people to provide technical guidance or resource assistance."

After this, He Yuzhu was slightly relieved.

With this, their 14th Department can be said to have a goal this year.

As for the technical support and resource assistance mentioned by Director Chen, that is actually the icing on the cake.

After all, the technical assistance that the Ministry of Military Industry and even the domestic sector can provide for tank manufacturing research, especially full localization and self-production, is actually limited, and more of it still depends on their 14th department to make breakthroughs on their own.

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