Lying Low to Scavenge in the Courtyard

Zhang Weiguo transmigrates to that era of scarcity, a time of lacking clothes and food.

He is a decorated veteran who has been transferred to a position as the head of the purchasing departme...

Chapter 399: Poor Mountains and Bad Waters Produce Unruly People

The situation in the orphanage is not good and it rarely receives donations from kind-hearted people.

These were things sent by the street, or sponsored by the dean.

Without the director's insistence, this orphanage would have been disbanded long ago.

It is the kindness of the director that has been maintaining the orphanage's daily expenses.

They grow their own food and vegetables. They don’t spend money to buy things that they can make themselves.

There are also monthly subsidies for the streets, but those subsidies are not enough.

It was manageable before, but now the number of orphans is increasing.

As long as there are orphans, they will be sent here, and the subsidies will not be enough.

With so many orphans, that little bit of food is simply not enough.

Most of these orphans are girls, and in that era, girls are not welcome at all.

Being abandoned is a normal thing. They are very lucky to survive. Many people died directly.

In this era, everyone can have children, especially in rural areas, where such situations are more common.

It is very normal for several children to die in a family.

It would be good if half of the children survived.

This is a problem at this time, and it cannot be solved by one person alone.

If you don't allow people to have children, they will do it secretly.

There's nothing you can do about it. Just like in the future, even if you ask someone to have a baby, they may not do it.

These problems still have to be solved by the country. Zhang Weiguo’s power alone is limited and he can only help a few people.

Zhang Weiguo couldn't even maintain a steel mill, let alone more people.

There are so many people like this across the country. If Zhang Weiguo has to solve the problem of each one of them, it would be impossible.

Zhang Weiguo doesn't meet so many people and has no idea about other people's situations.

Those children in the mountains can never leave the mountains in their entire lives, and Zhang Weiguo can't even see them.

No matter how capable a person is, he cannot solve such a problem. A person's ability is limited.

When people are hungry, they will eat everything, even tree roots. It is like a swarm of locusts passing through a territory, leaving no grass behind.

When people are poor, they will have a lot of bad thoughts. Food is a problem, so why would they care about anything else?

It’s better to fill your stomach first. You have no culture and don’t understand the law.

For many things, we do it because we see others doing it. If others can do it, we can do it too. This is the thinking.

This has resulted in more and more people doing this, and in the end you can't control them.

You can't arrest everyone at once.

Where are you holding so many people?

How to solve the problem of eating?

Food is already in short supply, you can't just starve them to death, right?

If they just eat and don't work, how can others be willing to do that?

No matter how you deal with it, it's still a deal. There is no good solution.

As for the direct execution, what they have done has not reached that level.

During the nationwide crackdown in the 1980s, more than 200 people were shot.

All those who could be shot were shot, without any chance given at all.

Poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people!

With Zhang Weiguo's funding, they will have no problems this winter.

It’s just that Zhang Weiguo didn’t prepare meat for them. Meat is too dangerous for them and is not a good thing.

Zhang Weiguo thought about going back to get some lard and sending them a jar of lard, which would be a bit of meat in their meal.

If it wasn't the wrong time, Zhang Weiguo would have gotten them a few chickens.

It's winter now and the chickens don't lay eggs, so it's a waste of food to give them eggs.

There is nothing to feed them, but if there are insects, they can be fed. With so many children, it is not a problem to catch insects.

Give them a few chickens and these kids will definitely be able to be raised well.

With so many children, it's easy to feed a few chickens.

These children will offer chickens as long as they can have eggs to eat.

Zhang Weiguo still admires the dean and others for being able to persist for such a long time.

If it were Zhang Weiguo, he might be able to do it for a month or two, but if he did it for a longer period of time, then it would be the end of him and he would not be able to persist at all.

These people are all people with great perseverance and ideals.

Before, Zhang Weiguo didn’t know, but now that he knows, he can help them more.

I don’t have any other skills, but I can still get some food.

If it's about taking care of the children, Zhang Weiguo should just forget it.

It would be too noisy with so many children together.

Although Zhang Weiguo likes children, he doesn't like naughty children.

Zhang Weiguo was afraid that he would not be able to take care of his own children.

The two little girls were grown up and would not make any noise. Also, they were all taken care of by Ran Qiuye, and Zhang Weiguo seldom saw them.

Ran Qiuye is the one who takes care of them. Their relationship with Ran Qiuye is much better than that with Zhang Weiguo.

They are willing to talk to Ran Qiuye about anything.

The child born two days ago was still raised by twenty uncles.

Zhang Weiguo himself doesn't want to raise one because he has no experience at all.

He is a person who likes quietness and cannot stand a noisy environment.

In such an environment, it's okay for a short time, but Zhang Weiguo simply can't stand it for a long time.

Zhang Weiguo didn't know why, but he was very happy looking at the cute baby.

However, I couldn’t stand seeing the children making noises.

It's really very confusing.

Could it be that if it is his own child, he would not have that feeling at all?

Now I am waiting for my child to be born and see if Zhang Weiguo can take good care of the child.

Taking care of children is more tiring than going to work.

Zhang Weiguo would rather go to work than take care of his children.

There is no point at which a child will cry; he will cry at any time 24 hours a day.

Especially at night, he would cry loudly late at night.

You can't sleep well at night.

Zhang Weiguo left the orphanage and returned to the courtyard.

He did a good thing today. Although no one knew he did it, it did not affect Zhang Weiguo's good mood.

As long as you are happy, why bother about others?

If others knew about this, and more people came to bother Zhang Weiguo, that would not be a good thing, as it would be causing trouble for himself.

Zhang Weiguo doesn't want to cause trouble for himself or give others the opportunity to take advantage of him.

Back in the courtyard, Zhang Weiguo lay on the bed.

The ripe corn in the space was harvested. I have been planting corn these days just to get some food for the orphanage.

Zhang Weiguo didn't dare to get too much food this time, for fear that they would worry.

If there is too much food all of a sudden, they will worry about where it comes from and fear that it will cause trouble for themselves.

Their lives are already difficult enough, and they cannot bring any danger to these children.

As long as they can raise these children well, they don’t have any higher aspirations.