Chapter 769: Seeking Medical Treatment in Desperation 1

Chapter 769: Seeking Medical Treatment in Desperation 1

Since Hao Aiguo had already guessed the purpose of the Zhou family's mother and son's visit, he had no intention of inviting them in. According to the rules of the old city, under normal circumstances, few people would visit during mealtime. Firstly, it would disturb the host's meal. Secondly, in recent years, due to the turbulent situation, the living standards of ordinary people in the capital were really limited, and most families had to live frugally.

Although the living standards of residents here have been greatly improved after the peaceful liberation of Sijiu City, with the reduction of grain supply last year, each household now has to start carefully calculating their food rations to live, otherwise it will be difficult to survive until the next month to collect food. Therefore, it is rare to see people treating others to a meal. After all, one's own food rations are limited, and if others eat more, it is very likely that their family will starve, unless they go to the pigeon market to buy expensive food. But now the food in the pigeon market is in short supply, and even if someone just takes out food, it will be immediately sold out. Although it is still possible to take the risk to buy food on the black market, generally speaking, no one is willing to go to the black market unless it is absolutely necessary.

Buying food on the black market is not only risky, but you may also often encounter highway robbery. The most worrying thing is that if you are unlucky enough to encounter the Public Security Bureau or other law enforcement agencies cracking down on the black market, if you are caught, not only will your belongings be confiscated, but you will also be reported to your unit for processing. In serious cases, you may be sentenced to a labor camp to smash stones. Not only will you lose your job, but your family will be in even worse shape.

But most people in the old city care about their reputation, so if someone really comes to visit, they will still "enthusiastically" invite the guest to eat with them. However, if the guest is really shameless enough to sit down and have a big meal, then their family will have to go hungry.

Today, Hao Aiguo finally bought some "processed products" from his unit, which are some damaged walnut cakes. Food factories usually sell them directly to workers in the factory at low prices. You should know that this kind of processed products are not only cheap, but also do not require pastry tickets. At a time when food supply is tight, who among the cadres and workers in the food factory would not want to buy more?

In order to avoid internal conflicts, the food factory stipulated that when there were damaged pastries, each person would be allowed to buy them at a maximum of one kilogram each time, and each workshop would line up and take turns to buy them.

Today, Hao Aiguo managed to buy a pound of broken walnut cakes. Now his mother, wife and children are eating them happily at home. If he lets Zhou's mother and son in, how can he have the nerve to refuse them?

So Hao Aiguo smiled and said, "Sister-in-law Zhou, what's the matter with you coming here at this time?"

Obviously, what Hao Aiguo meant was that now is the time when every household is preparing to have dinner, and it is somewhat inappropriate for you two to come here at this time.

Zhou Erniu's wife didn't care about the implication of Hao Aiguo's words. She was now worried about her husband, so she eagerly told him the purpose of her visit.

Although Hao Aiguo had been mentally prepared after hearing this, he still couldn't help but sneer inwardly. Zhou Erniu was caught red-handed for stealing property from the steel mill, and they actually had the crazy idea of ​​asking him, the manager, to come forward to rescue him. He didn't know if the Zhou mother and daughter thought too highly of him. You know, according to what he learned from Yue Xiangqian, this was a surprise inspection by the Security Department of the Red Star Steel Mill, and several directors and deputy directors of the Security Department were on the scene. Yue Xiangqian said that before he left, dozens of workers who stole materials from the steel mill had been arrested. In this case, even the leaders of their steel mill would not come forward to bail him out if they didn't have a special relationship. Besides, he worked in a food factory, which had nothing to do with the Red Star Steel Mill. These mother and daughter were really out of their minds.

Besides, for such a shameful thing as what Zhou Erniu did, a normal person would have tried every possible means to conceal it, but the Zhou family's mother and daughter were running around in a hurry like headless flies, and no one knew what they were thinking. After all, any normal person should know how serious the consequences of stealing state property are.

But after all, he was still the head of the front yard, and it was not easy to just turn the mother and daughter away, so Hao Aiguo frowned and said, "Sister-in-law Zhou, you know, I work in a food factory, and I have nothing to do with the leaders of the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. How about this, I will accompany you two to look for Xu Fugui and Yue Xiangqian, maybe they have a connection."

Zhou Erniu's wife hurriedly nodded and agreed. She was trying to give it a try, so after Hao Aiguo went home and said something, the three of them walked into the central courtyard together.

After knocking on Yue Xiangqian's door, Hao Aiguo even shouted at the door: "Old Yue, come out if you need anything."

Soon Yue Xiangqian opened the door and walked out. He saw Zhou Erniu's wife and son standing beside Hao Aiguo with anxious looks on their faces. He didn't understand what was going on, but he deliberately asked, "Old Hao, what's going on?"

Seeing the other party's pretentious expression, Hao Aiguo didn't want to expose it, so he just told Zhou's mother and daughter the purpose of their visit.

Yue Xiangqian couldn't help but shook his head after hearing this: "Old Hao, I'm just a fitter in the steel mill. I can only talk to the workshop director at most. You think too highly of me if you want to rescue me from the security department."

Zhou Erniu's wife said anxiously, "You are the managers of our No. 95 courtyard. You can't just stand by and watch when something happens to our Erniu."

At this time, many people had heard the noise and walked out of their homes to look here from afar, and from time to time some people were whispering a few words.

Yue Xiangqian saw Hao Aiguo pouting towards the backyard and immediately understood what he meant. He frowned and said, "Daughter-in-law of the Zhou family, the uncle who manages our No. 95 courtyard is a projectionist in the steel mill. He often talks to the leaders of the factory. You should go to the uncle for this matter."

After hearing this, Zhou Erniu's wife pulled her son to the backyard without hesitation, leaving Hao Aiguo and Yue Xiangqian looking at each other in bewilderment. It really is true that people should be used forward and not backward.

Yue Xiangqian took out a pack of economical cigarettes, handed one to Hao Aiguo, and whispered, "Why do you bother with these kinds of people? What kind of people are you?"

Hao Aiguo said with a wry smile: "Since we are the manager, can we still turn away the residents when they come to us with something? Let's go and take a look at Xu Fugui's house. Even if it's just a formality, we don't want to be picked on."