Chapter 441 The Unyielding Old Lady

Chapter 441 The Unyielding Old Lady

Chapter 441 The Unyielding Old Lady

The deaf old lady has been very busy these days. She goes out for a stroll every morning with her crutches.

This made the people in the courtyard very strange.

"You said this old lady has been acting so mysterious these past few days. What on earth is she doing outside? You said she went out to buy groceries, but you never saw her bring any groceries back."

"Yes, it's even more impossible to call her a relative. Look at her, she's a childless old widow, how can she be called a relative?"

"That's right. In the past few decades, I have never seen her have any relatives visiting her."

No one was sure what the deaf old lady was doing outside.

However, no one asked too many questions. After all, it was none of their business so they just waited to watch the fun.

Look, the deaf old lady went out again with her crutches. She had no destination, just wandering around, aimlessly passing through the streets and alleys.

"Didn't they say there was a disaster? Why haven't I seen any refugees? This shouldn't be the case. Could it be that everything they said was false? What should I do?"

Why did the deaf old lady look for refugees? It turned out that after the food was cut again and again, she listened to what people said.

The provinces surrounding Sijiu City suffered from drought, so the food supply was discounted.

After all, Sijiucheng is a big city and the capital, so there must be surplus food to save them.

The deaf old lady had lived for such a long time, and she was very experienced. She knew that if there was a disaster, there would definitely be refugees fleeing famine in the city.

Seeing that many people in the yard had partners, Liu Guangqi got married, although he ran away.

Jia Dongxu's daughter is already learning to speak, and she looks adorable at the age of one and a half.

In particular, Xu Damao found a country girl. The two were in love with each other. Their sweet voices often penetrated the walls at night, making it difficult for the deaf old lady to fall asleep.

Those who are older than Sha Zhu are married and have children, and those who are younger than Sha Zhu also have partners.

Not only Shazhu was anxious, but the deaf old lady was also anxious.

If she doesn't find a wife for the "kind-hearted" but "slightly honest" Sha Zhu as soon as possible, she won't be able to feel at ease letting Sha Zhu raise her and see her to the end of her life.

Now, the deaf old lady has started to have evil ideas and has set her sights on the refugees.

In her opinion, for refugees in famine years, as long as they have food to eat and a place to shelter from the wind and rain, they are already very happy. How can they be picky?

By then, it would not be difficult to find a girl among the refugees who is both hardworking and kind-hearted to be Sha Zhu's wife.

Sha Zhu's taste is so picky that matchmakers are often turned down, and they are too lazy to introduce anyone to him.

Because of this, the deaf old lady thought about it and finally decided to target the refugees.

"I didn't see any refugees today." The deaf old lady felt very disappointed and went home muttering to herself.

"Old lady, what are you doing today? You made me look for you all over the place." Sha Zhu was relieved when he saw the deaf old lady come back.

"It's okay, I'm just going out for a walk." The deaf old lady didn't want to mention her affairs to Sha Zhu.

But there has been no results in the past few days, so it’s better to ask.

"Silly Zhu, let me ask you, are the provinces surrounding our Sijiu City suffering from drought?"

When Sha Zhu heard this, he was slightly stunned and wondered why the old lady suddenly became concerned about national affairs.

But he still answered truthfully: "Yes, old lady, you haven't read the newspaper much recently, have you? It's all in the newspaper."

"Due to drought, grain production has dropped drastically in several provinces. Otherwise, the rations would not have been cut. Now grain is in short supply on the market."

The deaf old lady nodded and expressed her doubts.

"I'm just wondering, after such a big disaster, there should be refugees running to our Sijiu City, why haven't I seen a single refugee when I went out for the past few days?"

When Sha Zhu heard this, he was even more confused.

"Refugees? Yes, there are. Although not many, you can still see them on the street occasionally. Old lady, why are you suddenly concerned about refugees?"

The deaf old lady pointed at Shazhu with her cane, feeling sorry for him for not fighting back.

"It's all because of you, kid! I'm just thinking about picking a wife for you among the refugees. Look at you, you're so old and still single, how can I not be anxious?"

Sha Zhu suddenly realized that this was what the old lady was planning.

"Oh, old lady, you are so worried about me and worry about my life-long affairs." Sha Zhu said gratefully.

The old lady waved her hand and said nonchalantly: "That's nothing. You are my grandson. If I don't worry about you, who else can I worry about?"

After all, the old lady had experienced the chaotic old times, and she came up with a crooked idea.

"Silly Zhu, how about we buy a wife from the countryside?"

The deaf old lady thought that buying a wife was a natural thing. After all, arranged marriages were still common in that era.

But she "didn't know" that this was a new society, which emphasized free love and opposed arranged marriages, not to mention illegal acts such as buying and selling wives.

When Sha Zhu heard this, he was so scared that he waved his hands repeatedly.

"That won't do! That's against the law! Old lady, please don't even think of that."

Sha Zhu just looked down on country girls. He thought they were not from the city and had not received much education, so they did not meet his requirements at all.

Sha Zhu's requirements seem to be many, but in fact, as long as one requirement is met, the other requirements can be put aside for the time being.

Not only should her character be gentle, virtuous and considerate like Qin Huairu, but her appearance should also be attractive.

It would be best if she was like Qin Huairu now, a married woman who, although she has given birth to two children, still has her charm.

The main theme is affection and loyalty.

"Okay, okay." The deaf old lady was helpless. Since the rural people didn't like her, she could only find a suitable one among the refugees.

"I've already told you that when the time comes, you can't be too picky when you're looking for a wife. You need a wife to live with, and having a pretty face won't help, understand?"

"I know, I know." Sha Zhu agreed, but he secretly muttered in his heart:
Why can't being able to make a living and being good-looking go together? I just want to find a wife who can make a living and is good-looking!

"Okay, I'll go shopping some more."

After that, the deaf old lady went out for a stroll again and unknowingly walked to the street office.

"Since I'm here, I might as well ask."

The deaf old lady only found out after asking this question that once a refugee appeared on the street, he would either be taken away by the police or by the street office.

These refugees will be taken to a residence under the jurisdiction of their respective street offices and temporarily housed together. The street offices will be responsible for their meals and will not allow them to wander around.

The higher-ups haven't discussed a set of rules yet, whether to resettle them, drive them away, send them back to their hometowns, or send them to the northeast to open up wasteland or plant trees in the northwest.

There is no specific conclusion yet, so the street office can only take over.

Fortunately, the number of people is not large now and the street office can afford it.

The old lady muttered, "I was wondering why I couldn't see him. Turns out you guys have arrested him."

Director Wang retorted: "Old lady, you are not arrested, but temporarily registered. Don't say anything careless."

"We live in a society like today. We can't live with the old ways."

If the old lady in front of him wasn't old enough and a five-guarantee household, Director Wang would have called the police to arrest anyone else.

"The deaf old lady followed Director Wang's meaning and said, "Yes, yes, you are right.

"By the way, Xiao Wang, what are you going to do with these refugees?"

"I have a headache." It would have been fine if the old lady didn't say anything, but as soon as she mentioned Director Wang, her head started to hurt and her temples ached dully.

Now all the factories are cutting back on staff, with people only leaving and not coming in. Every factory is struggling to take care of itself, so how can they possibly accept outsiders to share the burden of food?

The sub-district office is also responsible for the food of these refugees, which adds to its burden, but it cannot just ignore it.

If it's just one-sided effort, it will eventually run out. If we don't find them jobs to support themselves, the street office will eventually be dragged down by them.

But since they were able to escape famine and come to Sijiu City, they were actually people who were unwanted by their families, and few of them had the skills to make money.

Most of them do farm work, but the villages in the countryside do not recruit people, and there is no extra land for them to farm, unless they are reclaiming wasteland.

However, reclaiming land cannot be accomplished in a short period of time. After reclaiming the land and planting crops, it takes time to harvest. Do you have to be responsible for your food during this period?

Food is needed everywhere, and which unit or place is willing to accept these people?

They are the hot rocks.

The old lady suddenly said, "Xiao Wang, I have a solution. Do you want to know?"

Hearing this, Director Wang's eyes lit up and he took the old lady's arm: "Old lady, please speak quickly."

"Aren't there a lot of girls among those refugees? It just so happens that there are a lot of unmarried men in the alleys. Why don't you hold a blind date party and invite them all out?"

"Just introduce all the girls to them. That would be great. You just happen to be annoyed that they can't find a date." Director Wang thought about it carefully and clapped his hands. "Old lady, your idea is great. It's really brilliant!"

"That's right. Don't you see who the old lady is?" The deaf old lady also praised herself.

Introducing refugee girls to older single people can reduce the number of refugees and ease the pressure on the street office.

It can also solve the problem of being single at an older age, so she doesn't have to be urged and annoyed by others.

By the way, it can also increase the marriage rate, fertility rate, etc., which has many benefits.

"Old lady, I have something else to do, you go ahead and get busy." Director Wang planned to hold a meeting to discuss it with everyone.

"Hey, don't forget, get it out quickly." The old lady reminded and went back to the yard happily.

Director Wang discussed it with other leaders of the subdistrict office and felt that this matter was highly feasible, so they immediately agreed on the rules and regulations.

When everyone got off work in the evening, every alley knew the news.

Especially the older single people, when they heard the news, they were all jumping for joy.

"That's great! I was worried about not being able to find a wife, and now one comes to my doorstep." A lame man shouted excitedly.

Because of his lameness, he had never been able to find a partner. Now this good thing has happened and he no longer has to worry about not being able to get married.

"Thank God, thank the earth, thank the food, and thank the disasters." The lame man couldn't help but talk nonsense and patted the lame man.

"Brother, you will get to see your wife this weekend. Are you happy or not?"

The lame man was so excited that he jumped up with his good leg on the spot.

"Click~"

"Ah!!!" The lame man sprained his ankle because he was not paying attention.

Now, I can’t walk with both legs. I wonder if I will become lame.

Two lame legs are not just lameness, they are disability.

All the single men are looking forward to the blind date meeting at the weekend.

Time flies, and it's the weekend.

People who work in the steel mill all sleep in. No one gets up early, except the bachelors.

Sha Zhu got up early in the morning, changed into a Zhongshan suit, combed his hair back and waxed it. It was obvious that he was going to do something big.

"Shazhu, are you okay?" The deaf old lady walked into the house with a cane.

"Okay, okay." Sha Zhu hurried out the door.

The deaf old lady looked at Sha Zhu who was dressed neatly. He looked like a bodyguard.

The rough face and burly figure would look even more like him if he wore a pair of sunglasses.

But I have to say that this outfit does give people a sense of security, especially for those girls who are fleeing.

This outfit of his is very lethal. As long as Sha Zhu catches her eye, the girl will happily follow him.

However, if you consider Sha Zhu's unruly character and have a deeper conversation with him, you will only feel that he is a defected traitor, like a ruffian.

It would be better not to dress up and just be an ordinary person. It would be more lethal to say that you are a cook.

After all, no matter how good the sense of protection is, it is not as important as having enough to eat.

"Wow, Shazhu, your outfit is amazing!" Yan Bugui was also impressed when he saw Shazhu's unique outfit.

"That's right, don't you see who I am?" Sha Zhu boasted.

"Stop waiting. Don't take advantage of the situation. Hurry up and go. The blind date is about to start." The deaf old lady urged.

When we arrived at the place, a bunch of people had already gathered there.

Some people came here for blind dates, and some came here to watch the fun.

Today, the street office has a main slogan: Never let a single man go back empty-handed.

The street office wishes that all girls could be favored and taken home.

If you are attracted to each other, you can even register for marriage right next to each other, which is quick.

Holding hands today, getting married today, wedding night today, the main focus is today.

"Shazhu, take a quick look, which one do you like?" The deaf old lady accompanied Shazhu to look at them one by one.

In order to get these girls married, the subdistrict office specially made them take a hot bath and change into clean clothes yesterday.

In the morning, they were given a full meal and put on a little makeup so that they could appear in front of everyone in high spirits.

They lined up in a long queue, like commodities for everyone to "select", and could only smile as they watched themselves being picked and pointed at by men.

They were devastated, but they had no right to object and could only resign themselves to their fate and accept all the arrangements.

They thought about leaving, but where could they go if they left? They still stayed in the temporary residence of the street office.

Are you going to live a life where you can’t eat enough but aren’t hungry enough to die? That feeling of being hungry is really bad.

The stage for the blind date party has been set. Actually, when we say set up, we mean that everything has been prepared, just like the blind dates in later generations.

Each man held three bouquets of flowers in his hand and gave them to whoever he liked.

Then, depending on who the girl likes, he can take her away. This is also one of the few opportunities for the girl to make a counter-selection.

Bachelors who have failed in their relationships need not be discouraged. If this girl doesn't work out, there are other girls out there.

"Shazhu, which one do you like?" the deaf old lady urged. They had walked all the way, but no one offered Shazhu a flower.

"Old lady, let me take another look." Sha Zhu replied. He was very disappointed with these girls, none of them was the one he liked.

None of them are as pretty as Qin Huairu, nor do they have as good a figure as Qin Huairu. They are inferior to Qin Huairu in every way.

On the contrary, when the girls saw Sha Zhu, they were all very attracted to him. The bodyguard's appearance gave them a full sense of security.

This feeling hits their fragile hearts exactly. They all look at Sha Zhu expectantly, hoping that he can give them a flower. They will definitely choose Sha Zhu first.

It's a pity that Shazhu looks down on them.

"Great, the idiot hasn't given it to me yet, I still have a chance."

On the contrary, when the others saw that Sha Zhu didn't say anything, they were all very happy, fearing that Sha Zhu would snatch the girl they liked.

"Shazhu, hurry up. If it's too late, there will be no choice." The deaf old lady urged.

"I know, old lady. I'm just watching. It's not that easy to get married." Sha Zhu replied.

Time waits for no one. Since Sha Zhu doesn't choose anyone, the girls can't wait for him and they won't waste any more time.

One by one, they left with the people they liked.

"Okay, okay, okay." Director Wang watched the girls leave one by one and clapped his hands happily.

In the end, there were only a small number of girls left, all of whom were not liked by everyone, and Sha Zhu naturally looked down on them.

"Oh." It was useless for the deaf old lady to be anxious. She couldn't lead such a stupid teammate.

"How can there be such a stubborn person, just like his father? How can a wife be so good?" The deaf old lady sighed helplessly.

As expected, the He family is of the same generation, and they are all so picky. They just like people like Qin Huairu and Sai Fengxian.

"Okay, Shazhu, go back." The deaf old lady gave up.

Sha Zhu held the three flowers in his hand, and indeed he did not go back empty-handed.

Director Wang also saw him, but she couldn't do anything about it. There were so many people, but Sha Zhu didn't like any of them. She didn't know what he was thinking.

Director Wang knows the backgrounds of these girls, and to be honest, some of them are very good.

They have received a few years of education, and although they may not be sensible, they can listen, speak, read and write and understand the truth.

In addition, they are hardworking, have good personalities and nice figures. If they are handed over to a matchmaker, they will be very popular and will have no trouble finding a husband.

Unfortunately, Shazhu didn't like them.

The deaf old lady who had never given up finally gave up completely this time.

Who cares about Shazhu’s marriage?

Anyway, he would definitely die before Sha Zhu, so she wasn't afraid that Sha Zhu wouldn't take care of her funeral.

(End of this chapter)