Chapter 23: The Beautiful Widow Who Visited in the Middle of

on't get so close to me, calling me 'Silly Zhu' like that. People would think we were best friends if they didn't know better!""To tell you the truth, I was blinded by lard and had to force myself to...At midnight, He Yuzhu was lying on the kang practicing the skills of system storage when he suddenly heard rustling footsteps outside his door.

It's not that the movement was particularly noticeable, but ever since he took the body modification fluid, not only did his body become more agile and powerful, but his senses also improved drastically. His vision became sharper, his hearing became clearer, and even in the noisy kitchen, he could sometimes hear clearly what people were whispering to each other nearby.

Hearing footsteps stopping outside his front door, followed by a gentle knock, He Yuzhu couldn't help but grin.

Oh my goodness, Qin Huaiyu's change of heart is really something else!

Originally, according to my estimation, this would take at least another week. I figured that after experiencing the ups and downs of human relationships, she'd eventually come crawling back to me for help!

Wasn't it just a moment ago

But then again, it makes sense. With a restless grandmother like Necromancer Jia Zhang, it's no surprise that the progress bar filled up so quickly.

Qin Huaiyu just lost her husband less than a year ago, and she's definitely not as mentally strong as she will be in a few years. Hey, being young has its advantages, at least Shui Ling does!

He Yuzhu got up, dressed, and walked to the door. He yawned softly and asked, "Who is it What's the matter with you knocking on my door so late at night!"

Qin Huaiyu was both ashamed and angry. You, you pillar, are pretending to be confused in front of me

If you really don't understand who's knocking, given your usual loud voice, you'd have woken up the neighbors next door with that shout!

But the situation was beyond her control, even though she had prepared herself mentally beforehand, Qin Huaiyu was still afraid of being discovered that a widow like her would be knocking on He Yuzhu's door in the middle of the night.

The widow's face was flushed red with embarrassment. She gritted her teeth and whispered, "Zhuzi, it's me. You... you open the door and let sister in..."

He Yuzhu was so happy that he couldn't contain himself. He only quietly left a crack in the door, and Qin Huaiyu slipped in right away. At the same time, a unique scent of soaproot also followed her into his nostrils.

Well done! You're prepared.

If you keep being polite, wouldn't that seem too out of place

"Qin Jie, why did you come here now It's the middle of the night, don't you worry about what other people might say" He Yuzhu had a smile in his eyes, his words were sincere, but his hands weren't.

Qin Huaiyu's face was flushed, but she still slapped away his mischievous hand and gritted her teeth, insisting: "Zhuzi, do you have anything to eat here My sister didn't eat dinner and I'm quite hungry now."

Just what made this clever widow suddenly see the light It seems that Lady Jia's efforts have truly paid off, hasn't it

In business matters, He Yuzhu considered himself a man of his word. He led the person into an inner room, lit an oil lamp on his desk, and then asked in a low voice, "Would you like white steamed buns"

Qin Huaiyu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded heavily and said, "Eat!"

The widowed woman never expected to be able to eat white steamed buns here.

In today's times, a family being able to afford to eat steamed buns made with liangmian (a type of flour) every meal is already considered very good.

Even in the Four Nine City, food supply is currently very tight.

All kinds of foodstuffs, etc., are supplied on a rationed basis with limited quantities available only with a permit.

Each household can eat a total of how much grain each month, it's all clearly written on the rations book.

After buying food from the grain depot every month, life became a struggle. If there was someone in the family who worked at the factory, they still had to exchange part of their ration tickets at the grain depot so that they could get food to eat at work. Otherwise, people wouldn't have anywhere to eat during their working hours.

Shall we go out to eat First of all, these days even ordinary people need to pay with money and ration tickets!

As for the rations on food tickets, there's also a rationale behind them. For instance, the average adult's monthly ration would be around 30 jin in total. Those doing heavy manual labor could have slightly more.

Of these thirty kilograms of grain, seventy percent was coarse grain, usually in the form of buns. However, this wasn't like those bright yellow corn noodles later on. It contained a lot of corn kernels mixed in, so much so that even ordinary people wouldn't bother picking them out and throwing them away. They had all endured famines, learned to be thrifty, and no one dared waste any food.

Even these steamed buns made with this stick-shaped noodles are scratchy to eat. Otherwise, Mrs. Jia would have complained that the steamed buns were tasteless. To be honest, the texture is really not good.

But in ordinary households, this is already considered a good staple food. If there's a poor harvest, the supply of coarse grains will correspondingly be replaced by sweet potatoes, and the supply of fine grains will also be reduced. Having two thirds is already quite good.

The common people don't like sweet potatoes. It's not because they think it tastes bad, but because it doesn't fill you up at all. Compared to sweet potatoes, noodles are much more filling. If we only ate sweet potatoes, even if we ate the same amount, we probably wouldn't be able to make it until the next time we received rations.

As for the finer grains, it's even worse. Families like Yan Fugui's hardly ever ate fine grains and would even trade their fine grains for more coarse grains.

Here, save a little, there calculate a little, without this ability, Lao Yan's fellow villagers would rely on their own wages to survive in the famine year. It certainly wouldn't be enough to support their families!

In this situation, white flour becomes even more precious.

In the Jia family, Qin Huaiyu acts like both a donkey and a horse. She always has to follow her mother-in-law and son whenever there's good food. When did Qin Huaiyu ever receive this kind of treatment

So the widowed woman was touched when she heard He Yuzhu had left her steamed buns. This man wasn't as cold and heartless as he seemed on the surface; there was still a kind heart inside him.

She didn't even say she was coming over tonight, and this person already prepared steamed buns. This is too extravagant!

He Yu Zhu didn't think that much about it. His mind wasn't quite there yet, and he didn't think these white steamed buns were particularly rare. Besides, they were just something he had casually stuffed into his space, so he didn't have to pay for them!

Qin Huaiyu didn't expect her treatment to be better than she had imagined.

"Here's some braised duck gizzards and stir-fried eggs. You should have a bite."

Seeing He Yuzhu bring over three steamed buns and two dishes of oil-soaked vegetables, Qin Huaiyu couldn't hold back her tears, which began to fall again.

He Yuzhu is stunned, this matter you made such a fuss about, and you came to me yourself, there's no need to put on this heartbroken drama anymore, right

"Are you regretting it"

Qin Huaiyu wiped away her tears and shook her head: "Zhuzi, you're so good to me!"

As she spoke, the pretty widow opened her mouth and bit into the steamed bun. Mmm, the taste was just like the smell from the factory where she worked, the scent of steamed buns fresh out of the steamer.

It's not strange, to supplement the family Qin Huaiyu only dares to make steamed buns with second-grade flour when she goes to work. These white flour steamed buns are really rarely eaten. Now, with a bite of steamed bun and a chopstick of fried eggs and a chopstick of braised duck gizzards, life is catching up to the New Year.

Seeing Qin Huaiyu gobbling down the food, He Yuzhu came to his senses at this moment. Oh well, it turns out that this woman was grateful to him earlier about too much chili, I wouldn't hesitate to swear at them!A circle of people around the edge listened to his words and suddenly realized they understood. Good heavens, this chef really wasn't simple...