Chapter 84: Martyr’s Dependent Old Lady Wang (Subscription Request) "Hello, director!" As soon as Zhou Yimin and Director Li walked out, they met other clerks from the street office. The two clerks greeted them one by one. "How is Mrs. Wang?" Director Li asked. She knew the mission of these two clerks and she was the one who sent them there. In Courtyard 58, there lives an old lady whose family is almost entirely loyal and brave. The neighborhood office visits her regularly every month and helps her solve some of her life problems. "My legs and feet are a little inconvenient, but otherwise there's nothing serious. It's just that..." "What is it?" Director Li frowned slightly. "Didn't she raise two martyrs? Most of the meat and other food that our street provided to her was eaten by the two children." Director Li was silent for a while. Considering that all the old lady's descendants had sacrificed their lives, the street agreed to the old lady's idea of adopting the two descendants of martyrs, and personally selected two helpless and sensible children.
"Did the two children want to eat it themselves, or did the old lady let them eat it?" It is important to understand this. If the two children are fighting with the old lady for food, it means that the children have bad character. Then the street office will take the two children away and arrange two new children for the old lady to give her some comfort. If it was Old Mrs. Wang who didn’t want to eat the food herself and let the two children eat it, that would be a different matter. "I've asked around. Old Madam Wang deliberately eats less." Director Li was silent again. In this case, the best thing for the street is to provide more food to the elderly. But recently, the street is also a headache, where is the extra food? I wish I could break a steamed bun into several pieces to share. Too many people fleeing famine entered the city. It's not just their street that's in trouble, other streets are too. "Send some more noodles to the old lady and try to ensure her life as much as possible." Director Li said. The clerk hesitated to speak. "Say whatever you want." "Director, Old Lady Wang said that if she doesn't want to cause trouble for our neighborhood, she will just eat less." The atmosphere is a bit depressing. Zhou Yimin felt emotional, and was reminded of a deaf old lady in a TV series who claimed to have given straw sandals to the Red Army and lived as a ancestor in the yard. Old Mrs. Wang's family is almost entirely loyal and brave. Not only did they adopt two children to reduce the burden on the government, they also did not trouble the country when there was a food shortage. Judge the winner immediately. Of course, there is no comparison. The deaf old lady was at best a five-guarantee household, while old lady Wang was a real martyr's relative, and one that was given special care by the neighborhood committee.
"Aunt Li, is the street so difficult now?" Zhou Yimin couldn't help but ask. Director Li sighed: "Is there no place in the country that is not in trouble right now?" She did not continue to complain to Zhou Yimin, but asked the two clerks to go back first. They would hold another meeting to discuss how to solve the problem regarding Mrs. Wang's situation. The old lady and her entire family have sacrificed their lives for the country. No matter how difficult the country is, it must ensure the lives of the elderly. When Zhou Yimin and Director Li walked into Courtyard 56, the women who were gossiping in the yard stopped gossiping and greeted them one after another. After entering Zhou Yimin's house, Director Li observed it for a while and admired it: "The decoration is good, but not too high-profile." There are no high-end materials. If it is made of gold and jade, she will have to say a few words for Zhou Yimin. The current atmosphere makes her a little unpredictable. "Aunt Li, I still have a basket of eggs and a bag of corn, which I just bought yesterday. How about giving them to the street first? You can pay according to my purchase price." Zhou Yimin said. "Then how do you hand in the task to the steel plant?" Although Director Li wanted to get it, she held back considering that this might be Zhou Yimin's procurement task. Zhou Yimin immediately laughed and said, "I have already completed my task for this month. Aunt Li, you don't know that earlier my country sent me some game, and I exceeded my task quota at that time." Director Li was overjoyed when he heard this. "That's great, OK! We won't be shy about that." Naturally, she would not let Zhou Yimin work for nothing, and she could not really take the work away at the purchasing price. Zhou Yimin moved out a large box of eggs. There were at least eight hundred eggs in it, if not a thousand. "Yimin, wait a minute, I'll go get someone." She hurried to the street office. So many eggs are enough to provide nutrition for the old, weak, sick and disabled people in the street. For people like Mrs. Wang, who is a martyr's relative and raising two martyrs, she should be given more. Soon, Director Li came with three clerks, brought money, and purchased bills, etc. "You guys move the eggs and corn back. Be careful with the eggs so as not to break them," Director Li instructed. The three clerks immediately started to work, and the people carrying the eggs were very careful and didn't dare to take big steps. If they broke the eggs, they would be ashamed and unable to forgive themselves even without the director scolding them. Director Li handed the purchase bill and money to Zhou Yimin: "Keep it. This time, you really helped me, Aunt Li, a lot." "Aunt Li, why are you saying such polite words? By the way, a friend gave me some bananas a few days ago. Aunt Li, you can take some back to try." As he said that, Zhou Yimin took out another bunch of bananas, about seven or eight of them. "Keep it for yourself." Director Li quickly waved his hand to refuse. She knew very well that this thing was a tropical fruit, a specialty of the south and rarely found in the north. It’s expensive! "A friend gave it to me. I still have some left. I can't finish it. Aunt Li, take it." Seeing that Zhou Yimin really had some left, Director Li accepted it and said, "Come to Aunt Li's house for dinner tomorrow. Don't refuse!" "Aunt Li, is the day after tomorrow okay? I told my grandma I'll be back tomorrow." Director Li smiled and nodded: "Okay!" She likes young people like Zhou Yimin who are filial to their elders. As long as Zhou Yimin is willing to come to her house for dinner, it doesn't matter if it is postponed for a day or two.
This is good, as it gives her more time to prepare the ingredients. It was Zhou Yimin's first visit, and she would be embarrassed if she didn't prepare two or three main dishes! After seeing Director Li off, Zhou Yimin looked at the time, called Luo Dapeng and Li Youde, and when passing by Yard 55, he called Dazhong as well. Let’s go to the restaurant to eat. "Uncle Sixteen, shall we go to the restaurant to eat?" Zhou Dazhong was dumbfounded. I am a little excited, but also a little nervous. He had never eaten in a restaurant since he was a child, so he didn't know what it tasted like. However, he was afraid that the food there would be expensive and his uncle would spend money. Before leaving the village, his mother repeatedly told him not to let his uncle pay and to try not to cause trouble for him. "I'll take you out for a treat. When you make a lot of money, treat me back to a meal." Luo Dapeng and Zhou Dazhong put their arms around each other's shoulders and said, "What are you afraid of? Your Sixteenth Uncle is not short of money, so don't worry about the food." He had been to Zhoujiazhuang and knew that Zhou Yimin had a high status in the village, which made him quite envious. The four of them walked there, discussing along the way which restaurant to go to for dinner. Luo Dapeng, in particular, had no intention of saving money for Zhou Yimin. (End of this chapter)