Chapter 150: Shared Suffering
Zhao Hanzhang glanced at Geng Rong and smiled slightly, if even a person like Geng Rong who is literate, capable, and has ideas is on her side, will ordinary people still have doubts?
Zhao Hanzhang looked at the cooking smoke of each house and knocked on the door of a house.
The man who was cooking in the kitchen ran out to open the door, and when he saw Zhao Hanzhang, he was a little excited and a little timid, "Why is the girl here?" ”
It's not like you're going to take the house back and get him out, is it?
Zhao Hanzhang said: "I'll come over to see how you live here, are you still used to it?" ”
The man breathed a sigh of relief and immediately replied: "Habitual, habitual, especially habitual." ”
"How many people live here?"
"Five, one for each room," the man said with a flattering smile, "we all keep the house very well-kept, and there is no mess." ”
Zhao Hanzhang nodded and went to the kitchen, the person who was burning the fire in the kitchen was stunned, and knelt on the ground in a squatting position, "Meet the girl." ”
Zhao Hanzhang stepped forward to help the person up, "No need to be polite." ”
She glanced into the cauldron and asked, "Why is it just the two of you and the other three?" ”
The two hurriedly replied: "They went to fetch water and firewood." ”
Zhao Hanzhang nodded appreciatively, "The division of labor is clear, if you can live together like a family, life will be easier." ”
She stared at the kettle and asked, "What do you guys eat?" ”
The two replied honestly: "Bean rice." ”
Zhao Hanzhang saw that they didn't mean to leave her to eat, so he could only take the initiative to speak cheekily, "I haven't had dinner either, don't you mind if I stay and use some later, right?" ”
A look of embarrassment suddenly appeared on the faces of the two of them, and one of them hesitated for a moment before saying, "That girl has to wait." ”
Zhao Hanzhang nodded, "I'll wait." ”
He immediately went into the house, and in a short time came out with two bowls of white noodles.
Zhao Hanzhang saw it and stretched out his hand to stop it, "Didn't you say that you ate bean rice, why did you take the white noodles out?" ”
"Bean rice is eaten by people like us, and the girl is delicate, how can she eat such coarse food?"
Zhao Hanzhang smiled: "I'm not so delicate, I will eat whatever you eat." ”
The other party resolutely refused, "No, your guests are coming, if we entertain us with bean rice, we won't mix up here from tomorrow." ”
Zhao Hanzhang: "It's not so serious, I'm just here to taste what the bean rice you eat every day is like." ”
They obviously didn't expect that there would be people who didn't eat good white flour and white rice and came to eat bean rice.
But Zhao Hanzhang insisted that they could only take the white noodles back.
Zhao Hanzhang squatted in front of the stove to watch the fire with them, and by the way, he talked about their recent lives and plans for the future, "The land allocated to you by the Yamen has been collected, right?" ”
"After harvesting, all the grain will be handed over to sixty percent, and the remaining forty percent will be ours." One said: "The beans have been dried and taken home, and the rice is still drying. ”
Zhao Hanzhang asked, "Is it enough to eat until May next year?" ”
"It should be possible to save some food, the yamen said that there is still work for relief, we plan to tidy up the land and go to the yamen to receive work, and the white flour and white rice earned can be exchanged for wheat and beans, which can be a lot more."
Zhao Hanzhang: "Then you don't eat any fine grains, and eat all coarse grains?" ”
The man smiled indifferently: "It's good now, I didn't even have coarse grains before, but now I not only have a house to live in, but I can also have a full stomach, which is enough." ”
While they were talking, the other three also came back with water and firewood.
This house is just for them to live temporarily, no rent, one person in a room, if it is a family, of course, it is good, not a family can also live together.
Of course, if they can't go anywhere, please come forward, and they can also build another stove and live their own.
These five people have known each other since they were in the slums, so they simply lived together, taking turns cooking and carrying water and firewood every day, and they could get by.
The amount of rice to be steamed every day is fixed, and Zhao Hanzhang brought so many people to come, and the bean rice was not enough.
So the five of them didn't do anything, but took the dishes and chopsticks out, and directly served a big bowl to everyone, thinking that Zhao Hanzhang and them would eat first.
Zhao Hanzhang glanced at the beans that were boiled and crowded together, thanked him busily, only took a bowl, and then distributed some to Professor Fu and Geng Rong.
The three of them shared a bowl of bean rice, not to mention, it smelled quite fragrant, but it was not delicious, it didn't taste good, and there was a smell of beans.
Fu Tinghan took a bite and looked at Zhao Hanzhang.
Zhao Hanzhang also felt that it was not delicious, but she still endured it and finished it, she asked, "Do you just eat bean rice, don't you eat vegetables?" ”
Seeing that Zhao Hanzhang was not disgusted, the five of them laughed happily, "There is no dish." ”
Zhao Hanzhang: "I still want to grow some vegetables, do you have a vegetable field?" If not, I'll give you some? ”
The eyes of the five people suddenly lit up, "Is it okay?" ”
"Yes," Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and asked Fu Tinghan, "I remember that there are many abandoned fields not far from the outskirts of the western part of the city, and it has been determined that there is no owner there, right?" ”
Fu Tinghan nodded, "If you have lost the wasteland for more than five years, you can be regarded as ownerless." ”
Zhao Hanzhang said to them: "You go to the west of the city, a house can open a two-point vegetable field, and it is yours to open it." ”
Five: ...... The west of the city is also too far away, and they still run to the suburbs.
The five of them felt that there was nothing to eat without food.
Geng Rong thought for a while and said, "Girl, there is also some wasteland not far from here, just behind a few rows of houses, but the land there is very fragmented, and the soil quality is not good. ”
Zhao Hanzhang glanced at the five people, waved to them and said, "Then you go and choose a piece to open it, the soil quality is not good, go out and dig the soil and come back to fill it." ”
After Zhao Hanzhang finished eating, he saw that Fu Tinghan still had a lot left, so he reached out and took it, poured all the bean rice into his bowl and ate it for him.
"You still have to eat some vegetables, otherwise people will get sick easily."
Fu Tinghan's face was slightly red, and he hurriedly took the bowl back, "I'll do it myself." ”
Zhao Hanzhang held his hand, "I'm hungry, give me a little food." ”
Seeing this, the five people immediately got up and said enthusiastically: "There is still here, there is still here." ”
Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan were shocked, and hurriedly shook their hands, "No need, no need, this is enough, you can eat." ”
Geng Rong lowered his head and tried his best to swallow the bean rice in his neck, tears were about to come out, it was really unpalatable.
He glanced at Zhao Hanzhang and saw that she had eaten the bean rice in Fu Tinghan's bowl, and immediately admired her, he underestimated her.
Zhao Hanzhang exhaled, put down the bowl, and asked, "What do you usually eat besides bean rice?" ”
"Wheat rice, and steamed buns."
Zhao Hanzhang asked, "White-flour steamed buns?" ”
The five of them laughed and said: "Where can we afford to eat all-white noodles, it is steamed bread mixed with bran, although it is gray-black, it is also extremely delicious, even better than wheat rice." ”
Zhao Hanzhang touched his stomach, and finally decided to experience it.
So she pulled Fu Tinghan to say goodbye and leave, looked for the next one, and as soon as she opened the door, she asked people whether they were eating wheat rice or steamed buns tonight.
When I learned that it was wheat rice or steamed buns, I went inside.
In this alley, most people eat soybean rice, and only a small number of people eat wheat rice and steamed buns.
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