Siheyuan: The Final Winner

"A meeting! A meeting!"

"All the residents of the hospital, send one person from each family to the middle courtyard for a meeting!"

"If the family is short of food, the three uncles asked Section Chief Jiang for help!"

"..."

The originally quiet courtyard suddenly became lively.

Liu Haizhong and several boys from Yan Bugui's family notified them door by door.

After a while, all gathered in the courtyard.

"It's all here!"

Liu Guangqi, who was in charge of counting the number of people, said to the three uncles.

Yi Zhonghai nodded and said:

"Although there are only three days off for Chinese New Year."

"But a lot of people think it's just a few days."

"So I opened my stomach and ate."

"Is it all right now? Go back and count the food."

"A lot of families won't be able to survive until the end of the month."

"Actually, it's not just in our courtyard. If this happens, it's similar in other places."

"Today, the three of us went out to see it in person."

"There are basically no sweet potatoes on the market."

"Even if there is, it's not our turn."

"As for when the supply will resume, it is still uncertain."

"So let's ask Ping An to help change some. There is food in hand, so don't panic!"

"If you are willing to exchange stick noodles for sweet potatoes, come and register."

"Ping An Renyi, willing to help everyone, just change according to the usual standard."

"One catty of cornmeal is exchanged for five catties of sweet potatoes."

"What you need at home, you can do what you can in exchange for it."

Then, he looked at Jiang Ping'an.

Jiang Pingan nodded, took a step forward, and said with a smile:

"Let's talk about it first, change it once a month."

"There is no limit to the number, you decide for yourself."

"Don't change them all, sweet potatoes are the most filling."

"Eating too much but being flatulence, I think everyone knows."

"Liu Guangqi, you are in charge of statistics, Yan Jiefang, you are in charge of weighing."

Everyone got the order and immediately got to work.

Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiefang happily went home to get their notebooks and scales.

The other residents, making a lot of noise, also went home immediately to get food.

It is normal to exchange one catty of cornmeal for five catties of sweet potatoes.

Jiang Pingan didn't cheat them, so no one was dissatisfied.

Instead, I extended a helping hand to him and felt grateful.

Soon, everyone took the food and came to line up.

"Jiang Laowu's family, ten catties of stick noodles for fifty catties of sweet potatoes."

"Tie Zhuzi's house, ten catties of stick noodles for fifty catties of sweet potatoes."

"He Yuzhu's house, six catties of stick noodles for thirty catties of sweet potatoes."

"..."

Yan Jiefang would announce it loudly every time he weighed it.

"Silly Zhu, your family is also short of food?"

Jiang Pingan stared at the side and asked in doubt.

Before He Yuzhu could reply, Jia Zhang jumped up and said:

"That's the food my family borrowed from him, and I'll pay him back later."

The elders glanced at He Yuzhu and then at Jia Zhang, all of them frowned.

At this time, He Yushui stepped forward and asked:

"Brother, you exchanged the food and lent it to Jia's family, what shall we eat in the future?"

He Yuzhu faltered and said: "Jia has a lot of family members, so I help him once in a while."

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Jiang Pingan: "Could it be that I can't change?"

"Change, no one will change it for you!" Jiang Pingan gave him a blank look.

Turning around and smiling at He Yushui again: "Yushui, anyway, your rations are with me."

"From now on, you can get food from me, don't count on him."

He Yushui nodded, then looked at He Yuzhu coldly, and said:

"Fortunately, Brother Ping'an is taking care of me in the yard, otherwise I would be hungry again!"

"I've been so hungry since I was a child, don't call me my brother in the future!"

With that said, he turned and went back to the room.

He Yuzhu's face darkened in an instant, and he couldn't get over it, and he didn't dare to provoke Jiang Ping'an.

So after registering, I couldn't wait to leave.

It's Jia Zhang, who is smiling happily beside him.

Qin Huairu who was standing by the door pursed her lips and sighed secretly.

When Liu Haizhong was about to speak, Yi Zhonghai pulled his arm and shook his head secretly.

So he stuck his breath in his throat, couldn't go up, couldn't go down, and stopped talking.

Jiang Ping'an didn't chase him either.

Take this opportunity to let Da Daer know that He Yushui will just eat his food in the future.

In case He Yushui eats him, others don't know the situation and cause misunderstandings.

Just now he interrupted to ask He Yuzhu, the main purpose was here.

Soon, more than 20 households received all the food that needed to be exchanged, and the statistics were completed.

A total of five hundred and forty catties of stick noodles were collected.

Families with fewer people exchanged five or six catties, and families with many people exchanged up to thirty catties.

After all, sweet potatoes are not a staple food, they can be used to fill in the food gap, and eating too much is not easy to digest.

"Thank you, Chief Jiang, you have helped my family a lot this time!"

"Chief Jiang is benevolent and trustworthy at critical moments."

"Fortunately, there is Section Chief Jiang in our yard, otherwise we would be hungry."

"..."

People were very grateful to Jiang Ping'an, and they kept saying nice things without money.

"Hehe, it's easy to do, let's help each other."

"Thank you for your trust, I will definitely handle this matter well."

"Don't worry, the sweet potatoes you got back are definitely not bad."

"The bad ones are mine, and you can choose by yourself when the time comes."

"..."

After the ceremony.

Jiang Pingan asked Liu Guangqi and Yan Jiefang to borrow two carts from the courtyard next door.

The young men in the yard worked together to move the grain onto the cart and pull it to the grain station.

Jiang Ping'an and the three uncles followed, but it was quite relaxed.

When he arrived at the grain station, Jiang Ping'an asked everyone to wait outside, so he went to find Station Master Sun first.

After asking, there are no sweet potatoes in stock, but there are white noodles.

"Old Sun, is the food supply short again?"

Jiang Ping'an was puzzled, and as he spoke, he passed a cigarette over.

Stationmaster Sun took the cigarette and said with a wry smile, "Will there be no shortage of food now?"

"That's right, do me a favor and replace these stick noodles with white noodles." Jiang Ping'an said.

Stationmaster Sun nodded and said, "Okay, I'll arrange someone to call you."

Cornmeal is exchanged for white flour, and three catties are exchanged for one catty.

After a while, the weight was weighed, and stationmaster Sun said to Jiang Ping'an:

"Five hundred and forty catties of cornmeal, exchange for one hundred and eighty catties of white flour, right?"

"That's right, this is a trouble for you." Jiang Pingan nodded and smiled.

Stationmaster Sun said with a smile: "We two brothers, if you say this, you will be offended."

One hundred and eighty catties of white flour filled two bags, and Station Master Sun ordered people to move it to the cart.

After Jiang Ping'an talked with Station Master Sun for a while, he left.

Seeing Jiang Ping'an come out, Yi Zhonghai was puzzled and said:

"Ping An, why did you switch to white noodles?"

"Hehe, I'll change to white noodles first, and then I'll change to sweet potatoes elsewhere." Jiang Ping'an smiled.

"Let's not talk about this first, you help me bring the white noodles home, and I will take them away with a bicycle."

Yi Zhonghai and the others breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words.

Back in the courtyard, Jiang Ping'an took out his bicycle and tied two bags of flour to the back seat.

"It's very likely that I won't be able to exchange it today. After all, I need to exchange more than two thousand catties of sweet potatoes, so please ask the way first."

Jiang Pingan told Yi Zhonghai and the others.

Yi Zhonghai smiled and said, "It's fine if you can change it back, and there's no rush for a day or two."

Jiang Ping'an smiled, pedaled and left.