Then there's the courtyard house where he lives.

The three courtyards, front, middle and back, house more than twenty households, totaling nearly a hundred people.

Most of the people in the hospital were employees and their families from the steel rolling mill.

When the Great Xia was first established, it often encountered sabotage by enemy agents. The government was also short-handed. In order to facilitate the investigation of enemy agents, a manager was selected for each courtyard.

However, the enemy agents who had been hiding have now been mostly eliminated, but these managers have not been removed and have been given the responsibility of mediating disputes between neighbors by the street office.

After all, we can't take every little thing to the neighborhood committee or the police station.

The manager of the front yard was named Sun Yugui, who worked as an accountant at the Hongxing Textile Factory. The manager of the middle yard was named Chen Dajiang, who was a seventh-grade lathe operator at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill, earning 84.5 yuan a month.

The manager of the backyard was Xu Zehai, who also worked at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. He was a level six welder and earned 72.5 yuan a month.

Overall, the compound is quite harmonious.

Unlike a TV series called "Full House of Love" that Gao Yan had watched, which was a tiny courtyard house but a bunch of weirdos gathered there.

Today is Sunday.

In this day and age, there's no such thing as a two-day weekend; people usually only get one day off a week.

However, we are currently in a period of famine and food shortage.

Even steel rolling mills are unable to operate normally, and have to stop production every two to three days.

Take this month for example, it's only the 10th, and we've already had a three-day holiday.

I got up from the old wooden bed.

Gao Yan changed out of his Zhongshan suit and put on work clothes.

In this day and age, you need receipts for everything.

You needed grain coupons to buy grain, cloth coupons to buy cloth, coupons to buy cigarettes and alcohol, and even coupons to buy a box of matches.

Therefore, despite the high salaries of the backyard stewards and middleyard stewards, their lives are not as good as one might imagine!

It's precisely because even with money, it's difficult to buy good things.

The black market also emerged as a result.

However, items on the black market are much more expensive than at market price.

However, there is one advantage: items on the black market generally do not require receipts.

Take pork as an example. If you go to the market to buy it, it costs 70 cents a pound, and you need meat coupons. Even if you have money and coupons, you may not be able to buy it.

What to do when you crave meat?

Then the only option is to buy it at a high price on the black market.

Meat on the black market, without a ration coupon, sells for 1.2 to 1.4 yuan, almost double the price.

Although the existence of the black market violates the policy, the authorities turn a blind eye, since only urban residents have grain ration coupons. What can you do if you don't have a grain ration coupon?

We can only buy grain on the black market.

If you completely ban the black market, are you suggesting people resort to stealing, robbing, or starving to death?

Gao Yan wanted to make money.

We still have to sell them on the black market.

Gao Weiguo also recalled visiting the black market.

The Void Factory is currently producing three products: nutritional flour (60,000 jin per day), nutritional vegetables (but the price of vegetables is too low right now, so Gao Yan doesn't plan to sell them).

Then there's the nutritious beef, with a daily production of 20,000 jin (10,00

A thought crossed my mind.

Gao Yan then entered my world and adjusted the world's flow rate to ten times.

"Greetings, immortal!"

Upon seeing Gao Yan's sudden appearance, Wang Tiezhu, the village chief of Yuhe Village, immediately bowed in respect.

With the appearance of Gao Yan, life in Yuhe Village got better and better. Therefore, everyone in Yuhe Village, young and old, was sincerely grateful to Gao Yan, this god!

"Village chief, there's no need for such formalities!"

Gao Yan raised his hand and said, "I'm here today because I need your help!"

"Please, divine beings, give your commands!"

Half an hour later.

Gao Yan's figure reappeared in the back room.

Then, I took a towel, toothbrush, and cup to the public tap to wash my face and brush my teeth.

He arrived rather late today.

Therefore, there was no one else at the tap.

The courtyard also appeared rather deserted.

It's not that everyone has gone out, but rather that with the current rationing, families facing food shortages are staying in bed instead of going to work, supposedly to reduce consumption and save food!

Just as I finished washing up, a dark-skinned man pushed open the door and came out.

"Gao Weiguo, I heard you passed the exam and became a Level 1 worker. Shouldn't you treat everyone to a meal?" Ma Weimin, a dark-faced man, said with a hint of jealousy.

"What does my upgrade have to do with you?"

Gao responded coldly, "This Ma Weimin is an older bachelor, a head chef at the Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. He's 32 years old and still not married."

Actually, his qualifications are not bad; he is an eighth-level chef with a salary of 32.5 yuan.

But this guy indulged in three things: eating, drinking, gambling, and whoring.

His reputation is already ruined.

Therefore, matchmakers would pass by his house without even glancing at him.

Moreover, this guy has a foul mouth and likes to take advantage of others.

He had a minor grudge against Gao Weiguo.

The reason is simple: these days, marriages are arranged by matchmakers. Gao Weiguo is good-looking, has a stable job, and his deceased father left behind a lot of property.

Therefore, he was a top-notch young man in the eyes of the matchmaker.

He frequently visited him to act as a matchmaker.

However, Gao Weiguo used to be focused on getting promoted and had high standards, so he never found a suitable job.

One man had matchmakers visiting him every few days, while the other man had matchmakers unwilling to arrange a marriage for him even if he offered a high price.

Therefore, Ma Weimin naturally felt resentful.

So he deliberately found an opportunity to fight with Gao Weiguo.

As a result, there was an unexpected injury, and no one could do anything about it.

This marked the beginning of their feud.

Therefore, when Ma Weimin heard that Gao Weiguo had become a first-class fitter, and that his only advantage had been surpassed, Ma Weimin deliberately made a sarcastic remark, since these days, he didn't even have enough food to eat, and if he treated him to a meal, he would just have to wait to go hungry.

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