1962.
Winter in Beijing was just like usual. As soon as late autumn passed, it arrived.
In the sixth workshop of the Red Star Rolling Mill, Li Yuanchao, who was wearing a blue cotton jacket, walked out of the workshop happily.
Just a moment ago, Li Yuanchao had passed the factory's welders 'assessment and was officially promoted from an apprentice to a first-class welder.
From tomorrow onwards, Li Yuanchao would be able to earn 34 yuan a month.
.....
Li Yuanchao was an orphan who had just turned twenty this year.
Five years ago, his parents died in the line of duty because of a major accident in the factory!
After five years of training, he had transformed from a lonely youth into a handsome young man.
The unmarried female workers in the factory cast him flirtatious glances from time to time.
It couldn't be helped. Being handsome would attract attention no matter what era it was.
However, other than making eyes at Li Yuanchao, those female workers never took the initiative to make contact with him.
The reason was naturally that Li Yuanchao was an orphan and his family was too poor.
Li Yuanchao was in his twenties, so he didn't really care about marriage.
Before this, Li Yuanchao was still concerned about solving the problem of food and clothing.
The natural disasters in the past three years had caused everyone in the country to tighten their belts.
In some areas that were severely affected by the disaster, many people starved to death.
It couldn't be helped. In front of natural disasters, people always seemed insignificant.
However, the situation in the country this year was very good.
Standing at the gate of the factory and looking at the setting sun in winter, Li Yuanchao felt extremely happy.
He had finally become a full-time employee today, so he decided to buy some pork to celebrate.
Although he was the only one in the family at the moment, becoming a first-class welder was a big deal for Li Yuanchao.
After leaving the gate of the rolling mill, Li Yuanchao walked toward the supply and marketing cooperative in the east.
In this era of material shortage.
In addition to money, one also needed to get a meat ticket to buy pork.
It was the same when buying other things, not just meat.
Food stamps were needed to buy noodles.
Cloth tickets were needed to buy cloth.
Candy tickets were needed to buy candy.
Even a bicycle ticket was needed to buy a bicycle.
No matter what he bought, he had to buy it with a ticket.
Without a ticket, even if he was filthy rich, it would not be useful.
The price of pork these days was 77 cents per catty.
The white flour was 1.8 cents per catty.
One catty of pork could buy four catties of white flour.
But today, Li Yuanchao decided to be extravagant.
Walking into the supply and marketing cooperative, Li Yuanchao reached into his pocket and took out the meat and money.
"One catty of pork, fat and lean.”
Li Yuanchao spoke very briskly, and his entire person was filled with joy.
Three minutes later.
Li Yuanchao carried a pound of pork that cost six cents and smoked a pack of economic cigarettes that cost eight cents. He left the supply and marketing cooperative and happily returned to the courtyard house.
The courtyard where Li Yuanchao lived was a large courtyard with three doors.
It was made up of three small courtyards: the front, middle, and back.
Each of the three courtyards had a manager.
The manager of the front yard was called Yan Bugui.
The manager of the middle court was Yi Zhonghai.
The manager of the backyard was called Liu Haizhong.
The three old men usually managed the affairs of the entire courtyard and reconciled the various conflicts between the neighbors.
Li Yuanchao lived in the backyard.
In the backyard, other than Li Yuanchao's family, there were also the second uncle Liu Haizhong's family, He Yuzhu's brother and sister, and Xu Damao's family.
Because the backyard was the most spacious, there were also the most people living there.
Back in the backyard, Li Yuanchao pushed open the old door and went straight into the kitchen.
After entering the kitchen, Li Yuanchao put the meat into an porcelain bowl and washed it carefully.
Li Yuanchao had just finished washing the meat when he heard Yi Zhonghai's voice.
"Li Yuanchao, are you at home? I, Grandpa Yi, have something to tell you.”
He heard Yi Zhonghai call him.
Li Yuanchao frowned.
Yi Zhonghai, the First Master, usually looked kind and kind, but in secret, he was a villain.
Compared to Xu Damao, who was a real villain, he was much more hypocritical.
Usually, Yi Zhonghai rarely took the initiative to look for him. Li Yuanchao felt that there was something wrong with his sudden appearance.
However, since Yi Zhonghai was here, Li Yuanchao decided to go out and take a look.
"First Uncle, what's the matter?" Li Yuanchao walked out of the kitchen and asked Yi Zhonghai, who was standing at the door.
Yi Zhonghai wore a cotton-padded jacket and said happily,""Li Yuanchao, let's go to my house.”
After Yi Zhonghai finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Li Yuanchao took a look. Alright, he'll cook the meat later.
After closing the door, Li Yuanchao followed Yi Zhonghai to the middle court.
.......
Half an hour later.
Li Yuanchao walked out of Yi Zhonghai's room with a black face.
"Yi Zhonghai wants me to introduce my cousin to Silly Zhu? You wish."
"Silly Zhu, a chef, wants to climb up to my cousin. It's like a toad wanting to eat swan meat.”
"Bah."
Li Yuanchao muttered in a low voice.
He returned to the backyard and lifted the curtains hanging in the kitchen and the front room.
Li Yuanchao was stunned.
The porcelain bowl that was originally filled with meat was now empty.
Looking at the empty porcelain basin in front of him, Li Yuanchao was instantly furious.
What the hell was going on?
She had bought a pound of meat with great difficulty, but it had disappeared before she could eat it after washing it.
During his apprenticeship, Li Yuanchao's salary was not high, only 16.5 yuan a month. Usually, he was reluctant to eat meat.
Today, he had finally bought a pound of meat, but it was gone in the blink of an eye.
Could it be that he had seen a ghost?
Li Yuanchao turned his head around and searched the house. However, when he turned around, he saw that a large portion of the white flour in the urn had also been reduced.
Li Yuanchao immediately realized that there was a f * cking thief in the house.
He looked down and saw a row of small footprints on the kitchen floor.
The fire in Li Yuanchao's heart instantly burned.
Without another word.
Li Yuanchao grabbed the wooden stick next to the stove and went out of the house, heading toward the Jia family in the middle court.
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