Yi Zhonghai took the grain from the Jia family, and then Yi Zhonghai thought for a while at the door, he definitely didn't have so much corn flour at home, but he went home to get some for Jia Zhangshi first. After all, he had a share of all the white flour, so Yi Zhonghai did not accept the white flour from the Jia family.
Jia Zhang was so happy to see that she had taken things from Yi Zhonghai's family for free again.
He kept muttering, "Thank you, thank you."
"Okay, sister-in-law, you go back first. I'll go door to door to exchange some food for you. I don't have much food at home, so I'll just give you this much." Yi Zhonghai said to Qin Huairu and the others.
Qin Huairu nodded obediently, while Jia Zhangshi took the corn noodles that Yi Zhonghai had just handed over and said nothing.
Seeing that Jia Zhangshi didn't say anything, Yi Zhonghai thought that Jia Zhangshi agreed. But Yi Zhonghai had just taken two steps with his things when Jia Zhangshi caught up with him and said, "Old Yi, I'll go with you too."
Yi Zhonghai: “???”
Yi Zhonghai thought to himself, "Don't you have any sense of your humanity in the compound? If you really follow them, someone will definitely not give you the exchange."
"Sister-in-law, don't go with us. Go home and wait." Yi Zhonghai advised earnestly.
"No, I have to go with you!" Jia Zhang said firmly.
Yi Zhonghai was overwhelmed. If it weren't for his face, he wouldn't want to go at this time. In the end, Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to agree that Jia Zhangshi followed.
After coming out of the middle courtyard, Yi Zhonghai took a look and then led Jia Zhang directly to Yan Fugui's house in the front yard. If you were to ask which family had the most corn flour, it would definitely be Yan Fugui's family.
"Old Yan, Old Yan, are you at home?" Yi Zhonghai shouted.
"I'm at home! Come in."
Originally Yan Fugui was quite welcoming to Yi Zhonghai, but when he saw Jia Zhang following behind him, Yan Fugui's face suddenly darkened.
"Old Yi, what's the matter with you coming here?" Yan Fugui asked coldly.
Yi Zhonghai also noticed the change in Yan Fugui's attitude and glanced at Jia Zhang behind him and thought, I told you not to come, I told you not to come, but you insisted on coming. Didn't you see that others didn't give you a good look?
At this point, Yi Zhonghai could only put on a smile and said, "Old Yan, I came here today to ask for your help."
"Look!" Yi Zhonghai put the bag of flour in his hand on the table and opened it to show Yan Fugui.
"Old Yan, you see, now that Dongxu is gone, the Jia family's life is a bit difficult. This is the flour the factory distributed when Dongxu was still alive. I came here today to exchange some corn flour with you. Please give me some help to help the Jia family get through this difficult time." Yi Zhonghai said sincerely.
Yan Fugui didn't say anything, but walked forward and rummaged through the bag that Yi Zhonghai brought over, then looked at Jia Zhangshi.
"Old Yi, it's not that I don't want to help. The stuff is good, but my family can't use it. You also know that my family doesn't eat this stuff." Yan Fugui said.
What Yan Fugui said was true. Every family has a share of flour, but few actually buy it.
Like the Yan family, under the leadership of Yan Fugui, they are lucky to have just one meal during the Chinese New Year.
Hearing Yan Fugui say this, Yi Zhonghai said: "Old Yan, please help me. We all live in the same compound. Please help me solve some of the problems here, and then I will go to other people's houses to have a look."
"I can help you, but you have to..." Yan Fugui said and stretched out a finger.
Yi Zhonghai understood immediately that Yan Fugui meant to exchange it at a price 10% higher than the normal price. After all, Yan Fugui also wanted to make some profit from it. If he exchanged it at the normal price, wouldn't he be helping him in vain?
Seeing Yan Fugui like this, Yi Zhonghai was okay. After all, he had already known what kind of person Yan Fugui was and had prepared himself mentally before coming.
But Jia Zhang's face behind her looked very ugly. After all, she didn't expect that Yan Fugui would want to take advantage of her.
"Okay, let's exchange it." Yi Zhonghai calculated that if he wanted to exchange some flour at one store, he would have to go to several stores. No one would exchange all their food rations for a little flour.
"Okay!" Yan Fugui said and ran out. He didn't know from whom he borrowed a scale. Then he ran back happily, weighed the corn flour for Yi Zhonghai and Jia Zhangshi, and sent them out.
"Why do you have to change it at his house?"
After coming out of Yan's house, Jia Zhang said dissatisfiedly.
Yi Zhonghai said bluntly: "You should be happy if someone can replace you. Who doesn't lack food now?"
After being rebuked by Yi Zhonghai, Jia Zhang remained silent. She also knew that Yi Zhonghai was telling the truth.
Yi Zhonghai's grain exchange was not always smooth sailing. At least when he went to ask the two new households, he was turned away.
"Old Liu, can you give me some cornmeal?" Yi Zhonghai ran to the backyard and said to Liu Haizhong again.
Liu Haizhong took the bag of noodles that Yi Zhonghai brought and said, "I'll give you half of it. I don't have any more."
"Okay, that's a lot." Yi Zhonghai nodded with satisfaction.
Liu Haizhong was also trying to show off his wealth. His family still had enough food for two young men. After giving the food to Yi Zhonghai, the two brothers Guangtian and Guangfu would have to go hungry from then on.
"Why don't you just leave the remaining noodles unexchanged? You can have a meal there when you get back." Jia Zhang said after receiving the corn noodles that Liu Haizhong had exchanged for her.
Yi Zhonghai took a glance at Jia Zhang and knew that she was just greedy, but Yi Zhonghai would not indulge this bad habit.
"Just change them all. What's the point of keeping that little bit? You can eat it for a few more days if you change it."
"Okay!" Jia Zhang was asking Yi Zhonghai for help, so she didn't dare to talk back to Yi Zhonghai.
Afterwards, Yi Zhonghai brought Jia Zhang to Lin Tian's house.
"Uncle, it's not that I don't want to exchange it with you, but both my husband and I work and we don't eat cornmeal at all." Lin Tian said with a smile.
"Okay, okay, the old man is leaving!" Yi Zhonghai said a few polite words to Lin Tian and left.
"I think he just doesn't want to change it for us!" Jia Zhang muttered after she and Yi Zhonghai returned to the central courtyard.
"You'd better shut up. Does a store manager need to eat cornmeal? Doesn't he have anything else he wants to eat?" Yi Zhonghai said.
"What should we do with the rest?" said Jia Zhang.
Jia Zhangshi could be called a scoundrel, but she was quite honest in front of Yi Zhonghai and only said what she was told.
"Go ask Sha Zhu, but I guess he doesn't eat cornmeal either." Yi Zhonghai went to Sha Zhu's house with the flour.
"Hey, there's no need for that. What's the point of changing it? Sister Qin is pregnant and needs to eat her fill."
"Wait for me, I'll get you some." After saying that, Sha Zhu ran into the house and got 5 kilograms of sorghum flour for Yi Zhonghai.
Yi Zhonghai did not mention the issue of exchanging with Sha Zhu at this time, but began to praise Sha Zhu in front of Jia Zhang: "Look, Zhu is the most righteous person in our courtyard."
"Haha, yes, I think Sha Zhu is a promising kid." Jia Zhang didn't mind praising Sha Zhu at this time. After all, she was taking his food for free.
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
