Wu Aiguo heard Wu Pingshan's inquiry, nodded very affirmatively, and replied with a serious face: "Dad! Because of the drought, the grain output of several major grain-producing provinces has been greatly reduced this year, resulting in a shortage of grain supply in China. ”

"And according to the internal information of our unit, the drought is likely to continue, and in the next two years, we are likely to have a major famine in China."

When Wu Pingshan heard Wu Aiguo's introduction, a shocked expression appeared on his face, thinking of the reduction in grain ration in the past two months, Wu Pingshan said to himself with a sense of enlightenment: "I wonder how the ration for these two months can suddenly decrease, it turns out that this is the case. ”

Chen Shuying, who was on the side, heard the conversation between the father and son, and thought of the fact that there were so many people in their Wu family, and said worriedly: "Pingshan! There are eight of us in our family! If the ration of food is reduced again, I am afraid that our family's food will not be enough to eat, or I will go to the pigeon market tomorrow to see, can I buy some food and store it? ”

"Mom! I can solve the problem of food, and our family does not need to store food. Wu Aiguo heard his mother's words, thought of the food in the still space, and hurriedly reminded Chen Shuying.

When Wu Pingshan heard what Wu Aiguo said to Chen Shuying, he immediately remembered the fox friends he knew before Wu Aiguo joined the army, and immediately reminded Wu Aiguo: "Patriotism! You are now a cadre, and you must have a number of things that can be done and what cannot be done. ”

Wu Aiguo heard Wu Pingshan's reminder, how could he not understand Wu Pingshan's thoughts, and hurriedly assured Wu Pingshan: "Dad! You can rest assured! I'm definitely not going to touch those speculative things. ”

Although Wu Aiguo had already made a promise, Wu Pingshan still instructed Chen Shuying: "Shuying! These days, you go to the pigeon market to have a look, and if you meet someone who sells grain, buy some back. ”

The next morning, Wu Aiguo finished breakfast, and just walked to the middle courtyard, he saw Qin Huairu carrying a child on his back and washing clothes in front of the pool.

Qin Huairu saw Wu Aiguo holding a military green cloth bag in his hand, and immediately greeted Wu Aiguo warmly: "Patriotic brother!" Good morning! How did you end up going to work so early? ”

Wu Aiguo saw Qin Huairu take the initiative to greet him, out of politeness, Wu Aiguo greeted him with a smile and said, "Sister-in-law of the Jia family!" Good morning! The unit is a bit far from here, and if you don't go early, I'm afraid you'll be late. ”

After Wu Aiguo said hello to Qin Huairu, he didn't deliberately stop, and walked directly in the direction of the front yard.

When Wu Aiguo walked to the front yard, Master Wang had already taken his apprentices to work in the east wing.

Wu Aiguo saw Master Wang who was laying floor tiles, and greeted Master Wang politely: "Master Wang!" Good morning! ”

Master Wang, who was working, heard Wu Aiguo's greeting, and greeted Wu Aiguo with a smile: "Comrade patriotic!" Good morning! Let me introduce you to you, this is Master Zhou, who is in charge of pankang. ”

Wu Aiguo heard Master Wang's introduction and saw a middle-aged man standing next to Master Wang, and hurriedly greeted the other party warmly: "Hello! Master Zhou! These three kangs in my house will trouble you. ”

When Master Zhou heard Wu Aiguo's greeting, he thought of the plan in his heart after he had just finished looking at the house, and opened his mouth to introduce Wu Aiguo: "The owner! Hello! ”

"I just walked around your house, according to the layout of your house, you can connect the kitchen stove with the kang in the room, so that when you cook, the heat will be channeled into the kang and finally discharged out of the house along the smoke exhaust pipe."

"The advantage of this layout is that it can be simple firewood, and there is no need to deliberately burn the kang, the only disadvantage is that the innermost kang, the heat is so hot in front of the two kangs, of course, if you are not afraid of wasting firewood, you don't have to worry about this problem."

When Wu Aiguo heard Master Zhou's introduction, he immediately understood Master Zhou's thoughts, and considering the problem of sleeping in summer, Wu Aiguo asked Master Zhou curiously: "Master Zhou! There is no problem with this layout, but in the summer, how to solve the problem of smoke exhaust and heat conduction of the stove? ”

When Master Zhou heard Wu Aiguo's question, he replied with a smile: "Owner! When Master Wang builds the stove, I will ask Master Wang to build a smoke exhaust pipe behind the stove, and in summer, just plug the flue connecting the stove to the fire pit! The problem was solved. ”

Wu Aiguo heard Master Zhou's introduction, nodded approvingly, and asked, "Master Zhou!" How much does it cost to build three fire pits? ”

When Master Zhou heard Wu Aiguo's inquiry, he thought of the cost he had calculated in his heart after checking a few rooms, and said to Wu Aiguo: "East! Three fire pits, I will charge you eighteen yuan for the materials, if it is suitable, I will go to help you buy materials now. ”

When Wu Aiguo heard the price given by Master Zhou, he didn't think much about it, so he replied, "Master Zhou! Then bother you! ”

After negotiating the price with Master Zhou, Wu Aiguo did not delay much, and hurriedly went to the alley to take the bus to work.

"Uncle Zhou! Good morning! More than half an hour later, Wu Aiguo came to Chaoyang Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and when he saw Uncle Zhou sweeping the floor at the door, he immediately greeted the other party politely.

Uncle Zhou saw Wu Aiguo who greeted him, and replied with a smile: "Xiao Wu! Good morning! ”

"Lao Li! The needlework and soap on the counter are almost sold out, and if you don't find a way to get some sugar and soap back, the crowd will probably tear our counter up. Wu Aiguo had just walked to the procurement section when he heard an unfamiliar voice coming from Section Chief Li's office.

"Patriotic! There you are! Wu Aiguo heard the complaints coming from Section Chief Li's office, and walked curiously to the door of Section Chief Li's office, and Section Chief Li, who was sitting in the office, saw Wu Aiguo's arrival, as if he saw a savior, and hurriedly shouted to Wu Aiguo.

When the middle-aged man saw Wu Aiguo, he asked Section Chief Li with a curious face: "Old Li! Could this be your Procurement Section, Comrade Wu Aiguo who just came? ”

Section Chief Li heard the middle-aged man's inquiry, and hurriedly introduced: "Come to Zhang!" You guessed it right, this is the deputy chief of our procurement section, Comrade Wu Aiguo! ”

"Patriotic! Let me introduce you to you, this is Comrade Zhang Beiping, the section chief of our supply and marketing cooperatives and sales department! ”

Wu Aiguo heard Section Chief Li's introduction, and hurriedly greeted Zhang Beiping politely: "Section Chief Zhang! Hello! Nice to meet you! ”

Zhang Beiping heard Wu Aiguo's greetings, stretched out his hand and shook Wu Aiguo's hand, and said enthusiastically: "Patriotic comrade! Before you came to report, I heard Director Jiang mention that our supply and marketing society transferred a combat hero, and today I finally met you in person. ”