Chapter 417: Reduce the dosage again, the whole hospital will look for Li Kailang

Chapter 417: Reduce the dosage again, the whole hospital will look for Li Kailang

Chapter 417: Reduce the dosage again, the whole hospital will look for Li Kailang

While Li Kailang was studying with Jin Jianxian and Yu Xingmei at the steel rolling mill, something big happened in the yard.

Early in the morning.

Director Wang from the Street Office hurried to each courtyard.

"Director Wang, good morning!" Yan Bugui greeted her politely.

At this moment, he had no idea what was going to happen next.

"Good morning, Mr. Yan, please ask everyone to gather in the middle courtyard. I have something to announce. Please hurry up."

Looking at Director Wang's anxious expression and dusty gait, Yan Bugui felt that something was wrong.

"Hey, I'll go now."

Yan Bugui ignored etiquette and shouted several times in the front yard, asking everyone to gather in the middle yard.

After shouting, Yan Bugui asked cautiously and tentatively: "Director Wang, is there something wrong?"

"I will make the announcement in a moment, so you quickly gather everyone."

Seeing this, Yan Bugui shouted again.

When everyone in the yard heard Yan Bugui shouting again, they felt something was wrong and hurried to the middle courtyard.

Director Wang didn't care whether everyone was present or not, and said directly: "I won't say any polite words, everyone listen carefully from now on."

"After careful consideration by our superiors, we have decided to reduce everyone's food ration by another 10%."

"Wow——" As soon as Director Wang finished speaking, the whole place fell silent, with only the chirping of birds on the telephone poles being heard.

"What? Director Wang, please say it again."

Director Wang repeated: "Everyone's food ration will be reduced by another 10%."

"Hey, Director Wang, you are really kidding me, right? The food supply has already been reduced by 2%, and now you have to reduce it by another %, right?"

Director Wang nodded.

In an instant, the faces of everyone present changed and wailing was heard everywhere.

"Director Wang, aren't you making trouble? We already can't get enough to eat after the 2% reduction in food, and now you want to reduce it by another %? Do you want to starve us to death?"

"Yes, Director Wang, you can't let a full man not know the hunger of a hungry man. I have old people to take care of and young children to take care of. If you reduce the food supply, what will we eat? We will have to starve!"

"Director Wang, the New Year is just around the corner. What do you mean by that? Are you deliberately preventing us from having a good New Year? Aren't you the backbone of our enemy?"

"Yes, why did you have to say no at any time? Why did you have to say it during the Chinese New Year? Are you deliberately trying to prevent us from having a good Chinese New Year?"

Director Wang explained helplessly: "Everyone, this is an order issued by the superiors after careful consideration. I am just conveying it. It is useless to tell me."

"I understand how everyone feels right now. I am the same as everyone else. I have a family to support, and I have to cut down on food just like everyone else."

Director Wang was of the same mind as everyone else, which made them speechless. They originally wanted to catch Director Wang and scold him, but now they could only keep it to themselves.

"Enough, stop arguing!" Yi Zhonghai stood up and shouted, shocking the whole audience.

"Director Wang, when will the quantitative reduction be implemented?"

"The next one will start too."

The Chinese New Year is at the end of the month, and if the implementation starts next month, won’t they have to go and collect food coupons during the Chinese New Year? Isn’t this asking for trouble?

Director Wang also thought of this: "Everyone can start collecting food coupons starting this weekend."

After saying this, Director Wang didn't dare to say anything more. While everyone was still thinking about the food coupons, he turned around and left.

If he didn't leave now, Director Wang was afraid that he would be stuck there and unable to leave.

Director Wang knew that no matter how he explained, the anger of the crowd would not be calmed down, so it was best for him to slip away.

"Damn it, the food supply has already been reduced by 2%, and now it is going to be reduced by another 1%. How much food do we have left?"

"We already don't have enough food to eat, and now they are reducing the food intake. Aren't they trying to starve us to death?"

"It's almost Chinese New Year and suddenly this happened. Isn't this intentional? They don't want us to have a good Chinese New Year in peace! Damn it!"

Everyone was complaining at once, trying to vent their anger.

From the initial 27 kilograms of food, the food supply has been reduced again and again, and now it has been reduced by 3%, leaving only about 19 kilograms of food.

Among them, the Yan family and the Jia family suffered the most.

The ration for everyone in the Yan family was 27 kilograms, and the ration for the main breadwinners of each household in the courtyard was 40 kilograms, so there was less than 30 kilograms of food left.

Compared with the Yan family, there are almost 10 kilograms more food.

As for the Jia family, except Jia Dongxu who had a ration, Qin Huairu, Banggeng and Xiaodang did not have a ration and had to buy food.

The reduction in food rations had the greatest impact on the Yan and Jia families, with the Yan family suffering the most.

After all, there are three people in the Jia family who have no food. Whether the tax is cut or not will have no effect on them. It will only affect their purchase of food.

Yi Zhonghai shouted again, shocking the whole audience.

"Alright, alright, the matter has been settled. What's the point of talking about this now? Since everyone is here, let's quickly think of a solution."

After hearing this, everyone gradually shut up and lowered their heads to think about how to break the deadlock.

Yan Bugui suddenly said, "I don't know how much food is left at home. I have to go check it out!"

After saying this, Yan Bugui immediately ran to the cellar to see how much food he had left.

As soon as Yan Bugui ran away, everyone followed him immediately and went to see how much food they had left.

"Bang!" Yan Bugui came to the cellar door, grabbed the door handle and was about to open it, but failed.

There were three keys locked in the door.

"Uncle, uncle, the key!"

Upon hearing this, the three of them hurried home to get the key. After they got the key and opened the door, Yan Bugui took the lead and entered the cellar.

"It's okay, there are still some left!"

Looking at his stored food, Yan Bugui estimated that he still had about a hundred pounds of it and breathed a sigh of relief.

The others came down one after another and looked at their food with different feelings.

Those who had more left were very grateful, while those who had less left were very anxious.

"How are we going to survive with this little food left? The New Year is only ten days away and we will have to eat a lot by then. Sigh~"

Everyone couldn't help but sigh. It was understandable to eat something good during the New Year, but this would mean they would have to lose more than ten kilograms of food.

Yan Bugui looked around at the food supplies of each household. Everyone had about the same amount of food, basically around 150 kilograms.

Excluding winter storage vegetables such as cabbage and radish, the remaining pure grain is only about 70 to 80 kilograms.

The most pure grain left was more than 200 kilograms, and the least was only 40 to 50 kilograms.

Yan Bugui looked at the family with the least food, and then looked at Jia Dongxu. The family with the least food was the Jia family. There were four people in the family, and three of them had no rations, so they all had to eat the stored food.

"Luckily, Jia Zhang is in prison. If she were here, she wouldn't even have 40 or 50 kilograms of food."

Jia Zhang has been in prison for more than three months. If she were still here, the Jia family would really have no food left.

When Jia Dongxu saw his own family’s food reserves and then looked at other families’, his face instantly turned pale and blue.

Jia Dongxu couldn't help but complain to Qin Huairu in his heart: "How did you eat this? There is only so little left. How can Huairu be the head of the family!"

It has been a year and a half since we got the food in October of the previous year. We have to eat at least 10 kilograms more food per month.

The later it gets, the more I eat. No matter how frugal I try, it’s almost done by now.

"There are only about 100 kilograms of food left. Even if we eat sparingly, we won't be able to survive for more than half a year. We have to find a way to get more food."

Everyone couldn't help but think of Li Kailang. After all, it was Li Kailang who got all the food.

"If I had known this would happen, I would have used up all my savings to buy food. Now the food is gone and I can't buy more."

"If I had known this would happen, I would have asked you to spend more money to buy food. Now that you are running out of food, I regret it."

A man couldn't help but complain to his wife beside him.

"Don't talk after the fact. Do you really think I don't know what you were thinking at the time? You definitely didn't buy food with the extra money. You definitely spent it on gambling. Why are you pretending?"

"You're talking nonsense. Why would I use the money for food to gamble? Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm talking nonsense? Do you really think I don't know? You took half of the money I hid to gamble. Do you really think I didn't notice? I deliberately didn't expose you!"

Once someone started complaining about his wife, others followed suit.

For a moment, the cellar was filled with chirping and noise.

Yi Zhonghai shouted again: "That's enough! Stop arguing! Instead of complaining and regretting here, why not save your energy and figure out how to get food!"

Hearing this, everyone fell silent. There was only one thought in their minds - to find Li Kailang.

It was Li Kailang who got the food in the first place, so now of course we can only look to Li Kailang.

Liu Haizhong broke the silence: "Where's Li Kailang?"

Yan Bugui said: "They left early in the morning."

Liu Haizhong complained: "Why is he not here every time I look for him? What is this guy doing so early in the morning?"

Yan Bugui explained: "Li Kailang is a college student. He goes to Xinhua Bookstore to study every weekend."

Having said this, Liu Haizhong and everyone else fell silent. They were too embarrassed to talk about college students' studies.

Yi Zhonghai said, "Okay, you only think about Li Kailang. Could it be that without Li Kailang, we can't live anymore? Is there no other way?"

"If Li Kailang can't do anything, what else are we going to do? There is a huge food shortage outside right now. Li Kailang certainly can't get any food. We have to find a way to save ourselves first!"

Liu Haizhong replied: "Yes, yes, yes, we have to find a way ourselves. We can't just rely on Li Kailang!"

Yi Zhonghai added: "Everyone is here, let's think of a solution together. If you have any ideas, speak up boldly. Don't be afraid of whether it will work or not, just speak up first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the whole audience fell silent and no one answered.

Everyone's brains were like a mess. What could they do? The only thing they could think of was the three words "Li Kailang".

Seeing this, Yi Zhonghai was helpless and could only throw out some ideas: "Don't just stand there. If you still have food coupons at home, take the money and go to the grain station to buy food."

"Those without tickets, take more to the black market, the more you can buy, the better." "I think you should stop growing vegetables on your own land and grow sweet potatoes and potatoes instead. Just worry about whether you can get enough food, not whether it tastes good."

'Quick, quick, quick, don't just stand there, move! Quick!'

At Yi Zhonghai's command, everyone instantly had a clear purpose and ran out of the cellar and began to act.

"Jie Cheng, let's go to the black market to buy food."

"Fuck it, Jiefang, you two take the food coupons and go to the food station to buy food."

"Jie Kuang, look after my sister. Harvest the vegetables that are ripe in our field. Leave the ones that cannot be harvested alone. Then shovel the ground."

Yan Bugui instructed his family to act in an orderly manner, and so did the other residents.

Everyone has their own duties and things to do.

In an instant, there were fewer people in the yard.

As soon as I went out, I saw a lot of people running out of many yards, all with the same purpose.

The supply and marketing cooperatives, grain stations, and black markets were crowded with people, and everyone was scrambling to line up to buy grain.

Fortunately, this month’s food coupons have not been issued yet, otherwise the scene would be even more lively.

The grain stations and supply and marketing cooperatives are easy to deal with, but it's mainly the black market, which has long been out of grain. Even if there is grain, they won't buy it and wait to sell it before the New Year to make a big profit.

Time passed quickly and it was noon.

Everyone had no appetite and gathered in the central courtyard again.

Now, everything that people can think of has been done, and it has reached the point where there is nothing left to do.

Everyone gathered together, the warm sunshine shone on everyone, but no one felt any warmth at all.

Everyone sat there with their heads down, and no one spoke.

"Oh, if I had known it would be like this, I would have bought more. Now it's bad. I can't even buy food on the black market, and the price is so expensive."

"Yes, the price has increased several times. The money you spend on one kilogram of food now could have bought seven or eight kilograms with the money you spent on food back then."

Everyone regretted their decision deeply.

"Okay, what's the point of talking about this now? We have to focus on the present. What's the point of always talking about the past?"

"Is it not okay for me to just talk about it? Then tell me, what do you have to say?"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Yi Zhonghai had no choice but to stand up and said, "Alright, stop arguing. If you want to quarrel, go back and quarrel. We are here to discuss a solution, not for you two to quarrel."

When Yi Zhonghai spoke, the two men stopped playing immediately.

"Everyone, please stop talking and think about what else we can do."

Everyone was silent again.

Yan Bugui: "Alas, what else can we do? Now everyone has done what they can do, and there is no food to buy. We can only wait for Li Kailang to come back."

When Li Kailang was mentioned, everyone's eyes lit up instantly.

Liu Haizhong hurriedly asked, "By the way, where is Li Kailang? It's already noon, why hasn't he come back yet? He usually comes back at this time."

Yan Bugui spread his hands and said, "I don't know either. I asked Jie Cheng to check at Xinhua Bookstore, but he wasn't there."

Liu Haizhong asked, "If he's not here, where else can he go? Did Jie Cheng not look for him carefully?"

Yan Bugui rolled his eyes at him and said, "Second Master, if you don't believe me, you can send someone to look for it yourself. Jie Cheng has walked around for several times, how could he not have found it?"

"You!" Liu Haizhong was furious.

Yi Zhonghai: "Okay, since he is not in Xinhua Bookstore, where else can he be?"

Yan Bugui still spread his hands and said, "How would I know? Li Kailang is an adult. Why did he tell me where he was going? I only know Xinhua Bookstore."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent again.

They could never have imagined that Li Kailang would go to the steel mill.

"Now we can only wait for Li Kailang to come back. Let's all go back."

After saying that, Yi Zhonghai turned around and went home.

If we were to say which family has the best situation in the courtyard, it would definitely be the Yi family.

Yi Zhonghai originally bought 600 kilograms of food for the two of them, and they haven't finished it yet.

With the Yi family's eating habits, the remaining two hundred kilograms of food would be enough to last them another half a year.

"Alas~" Everyone went home in despair.

Yan Bugui returned home, feeling somewhat uneasy: "There are only a hundred kilograms of food left, and it's not safe to keep it in the cellar. If someone steals it, it will be a huge loss."

"Before, there was plenty of food, so it was safe to store it in the cellar. Now that there is less food, we can't keep it there any longer."

"No, no, we have to take it home. There are people at home, it's safe, and we can always keep an eye on whatever is left."

Thinking of this, Yan Bugui made a decision.

"Jiecheng, Jiefang, follow me. Let's go to the cellar and move our grain back. It's not safe to keep the grain there."

At Yan Bugui's command, the whole family followed Yan Bugui to the cellar to move grain, even Yan Jiedi.

Although Yan Jie Di didn't understand why, she understood what it felt like to be hungry.

Everyone in the yard watched the Yan family go to the cellar to move grain. No one knew why, but they followed their lead.

The same is true for Yi Zhonghai. If there is no food in the cellar and he keeps it there, wouldn't he attract attention?

Little did they know that the Yi family’s food had long been coveted by everyone, since their family had the most leftovers.

In an instant, all the food in the cellar was gone, and there was not even a grain of rice on the ground.

In the empty cellar, when mice come, they have to cry and poop before they can leave.

"Now, all we can do is wait for Li Kailang to come back." Everyone was united in their hearts.

evening.

After spending a day at the steel rolling mill, Li Kailang finally returned to the courtyard.

"Here he comes! Li Kailang is here!"

As soon as Li Kailang appeared and stepped into the yard, there was a loud shout from the house behind.

In an instant, the yard seemed to come back to life, the lights came on, and everyone rushed to the back room.

"What's going on? When did I become so popular?" Li Kailang was confused, watching many people jumping for joy.

"Bang!" Someone suddenly closed the gate.

Since there were people outside eavesdropping, it could also prevent Li Kailang from running away.

"Xiao Li, why did you come back just now? We have been waiting for you for a long time!" Yan Bugui complained as soon as he arrived.

"What? Why are you waiting for me? Did I do something wrong?" Li Kailang was confused. He, Jin Jianxian and Yu Xingmei had been in the steel mill all day.

Not only did he not know what was going on outside, the other two didn't know either.

"No, no." Yan Bugui waved his hands repeatedly.

At this time, everyone in the yard gathered in the back room.

Yi Zhonghai said directly: "Okay, Uncle San, just get straight to the point, don't beat around the bush."

"Okay." Yan Bugui looked at Li Kailang and told him what happened this morning in a simple and clear manner.

Finally, Yan Bugui summarized their purpose: "Xiao Li, you know what the situation is like outside now. We also want to ask you if you can get more food?"

"It was you who got the food in the first place. Now everyone is out of options and can only rely on you. Can you get some more food?"

After saying that, everyone looked at Li Kailang expectantly.

Seeing this, Li Kailang lowered his head and thought deeply.

From the bottom of his heart, Li Kailang has a lot of food in his planting space, and he can get food directly for everyone. After all, everyone lives in the same yard.

But as Yan Bugui said, given the current situation outside, he has obtained food, but how to explain the source of the food is the problem.

The grain was obtained in 58. His excuse at that time was that he got it from the village. There was a bumper harvest at that time. This excuse was well-founded and flawless.

But now the crops in the fields are not growing well, so this excuse can no longer be used. The people in the village are short of food, so how can they possibly sell it to outsiders?

He didn't believe that everyone would keep silent and not tell the truth. If someone got drunk and Tulupi said that he had a pile of food and then gave him away, how would he explain it?

It's better to take huge risks for a little benefit and risk exposing the system.

No one's life is more important than your own.

They were just hungry. They all came here. Li Kailang didn't believe that without him, everyone in the yard would starve to death.

Thinking of this, Li Kailang made a decision.

Yan Bugui saw Li Kailang looking up and asked expectantly, "How is it? Xiao Li, have you thought of a solution?"

Li Kailang shook his head: "Uncle, I'm sorry, I can't do anything about it. Just like you said, with the current situation outside, how can I get food?"

"The village is short of food right now. We don't even have enough to eat. How could they possibly sell it to me?"

"I was able to get food in the beginning because of the bumper harvest, so I had a lot of extra food. Now the crops are not growing well, and there is not much food, so I can't do anything about it."

Hearing this answer, everyone was instantly disappointed.

Yan Bugui was unwilling to give up and asked, "Xiao Li, is there really no other way?"

Li Kailang still shook his head: "No way."

Seeing this, everyone gave up and went home dejectedly.

Seeing everyone in such a state, Li Kailang couldn't bear it, but no matter how much he couldn't bear it, he couldn't put himself on the fire.

Li Kailang thought to himself, "At worst, when I have time, I can go to the black market and take out some food to resell."

Li Kailang has stored one million kilograms of grain in his planting space, so buying hundreds of thousands of kilograms is no problem.

When everyone went back, Yan Bugui looked at him meaningfully.

(End of this chapter)