Siheyuan: I have traveled through time and space and still can’t eat enough?

"Uncle Li, I'll rent your tricycle for one day for one dollar and fifty cents, okay?" Yan Jiekuang said to a man in his forties.

The man's name was Li Shangjin. He also lived in Nanluoguxiang, but not in the same courtyard as Yan Jiekuang.

There are five people in his family. They earn a little money by helping others haul things every day. Their life is quite hard.

"Ok, Ok."

Hearing that renting a car would only cost 1.5 yuan, Li Shangjin quickly agreed.

You know, he can only earn this amount of money if he is lucky and comes across a big job, but in that situation he would be exhausted every time and he might not be able to recover even if he took a day off.

Now that he can earn money without any effort, there is no reason for him to refuse. However, he still asked symbolically: "Jie Kuang, do you want me to help you pull it?"

"No, it's not something heavy, it's just a little far. I'll send the car back to you in the evening."

After Yan Jiekuang finished speaking, he rode away on his tricycle. How could he let Li Shangjin follow him? That would expose his secret.

After leaving Dongzhimen, Yan Jiekuang went towards Zhangjiazhuang of the Red Star Commune.

When he was almost there, he took out the Moutai that he had stored for a long time, and also took out the more than one hundred pieces of candy that were left in the space.

He had wanted to buy some snacks, but he didn't have a ticket, so he had to make do with this.

But when they reached the village entrance, Yan Jiekuang remembered that he had forgotten to ask Zhang Jianshe where he lived.

Looking at the children playing games in the distance, Yan Jiekuang took out a few candies and shouted, "Children, come here."

The braver children came over cautiously and asked: "Who are you and what do you want from us?"

"I'm here to look for Zhang Jianshe from your village. I'm his friend, but I don't know where his home is. Whoever can take me there will be given a piece of candy as a reward."

When they heard there was candy, a group of children immediately started shouting.

"I, I, I know where it is."

"I know too."

"Uncle, I'll take you there."

Seeing the quarreling little guys, Yan Jiekuang quickly comforted them: "Stop arguing, let's go together, everyone will get one."

Anyway, he doesn't need to waste these few dollars, so there is no need to waste time here.

Soon Yan Jiekuang was brought to a dilapidated house.

The house is made of adobe and the walls are built with firewood.

After he had distributed candy to each child, he called out, "Is Brother Zhang home?"

"Who is it?" a voice came out, and then a middle-aged woman in her fifties came out, coughing from time to time, and it was obvious that she was not in good health.

"Hello, Auntie. I am Zhang Jianshe's friend. I made an appointment to see him today!" Yan Jiekuang explained.

"He's gone to work. Please come in and wait for a moment. I'll ask his brother to call him." Then he shouted into the house, "Er Gouzi, go call your brother back."

Then Yan Jiekuang saw a pale and thin boy running out.

When I walked into the room, I saw a cute little girl, about four or five years old.

Standing beside the table, he looked at Yan Jiekuang timidly.

"Big girl, come and say hello to your brother." Li Xiangxiu said to the little girl.

"Hello, brother!"

A clear voice sounded, and Yan Jiekuang took two steps, picked up the little girl, and took out a handful of candy from his pocket: "Brother will give you some candy. Tell brother what your name is, okay?"

"My name is Daya, and my mother won't let me take other people's things."

There was a gleam of desire in the little girl's eyes, but she still firmly refused Yan Jiekuang's candy.

"It's okay. Your brother and I are good friends. I am also your brother, so it's not someone else." After saying that, he stuffed all the candies into Daya's arms.

Daya looked at the candy in her arms, then looked at her mother. Only when she saw her mother nod did she happily put the candy away and said sweetly, "Thank you, brother!"

Seeing Daya put all the candies into her pocket without opening any of them to eat, Yan Jiekuang asked in confusion: "Why don't you eat them? These candies are so sweet." As he said that, he took out a candy from his pocket and put it in his mouth.

When she looked at Daya, her saliva was almost flowing out, but she still didn't eat.

"Don't bother with her, she is waiting for her brother to come back and eat together." Li Xiangxiu explained.

Yan Jiekuang's nose felt a little sour. A little girl of four or five years old would be a carefree age in later generations. A child would wish to be loved and cared for by six adults and have whatever she wanted bought by them.

But now life has forced me to be so sensible that I can't even bear to eat a piece of candy.

Yan Jiekuang took out another piece of candy from his pocket and stuffed it into Daya's mouth: "Eat it, brother brought a lot..."

Before he could finish his words, Yan Jiekuang remembered that his wine and candy were still on the tricycle.

He said hello to Li Xiangxiu next to him and hurried out.

As soon as I went out, I saw Zhang Jianshe and his brother walking to the door.

"Little brother, you really came!"

"Didn't we make an agreement? The pig must have been sold already!" Yan Jiekuang asked a little nervously. This was related to his future plans!

"No, no, I just didn't expect that you are so young but have such great ability to help us sell the pigs." Zhang Jianshe replied quickly.

Yan Jiekuang felt relieved when he heard that the pig was still there.

He took out the wine and candies from the tricycle and said, "Brother Zhang, look what I brought. Let's have a good drink at noon today."

Looking at the two bottles of wine in front of him, Zhang Jianshe exclaimed, "This is good stuff! It's bottled wine. I saw our regiment commander drink it once when I was in the army."

As he spoke he took the wine and looked at it carefully, as if he could see flowers in it.

"Come on, Jie Kuang. I'll take you to the village chief's house now, and we'll get the business done first." After saying that, he turned around and left with the wine.

Yan Jiekuang quickly gave the candy to Daya, said hello and followed her.

Zhang Jianshe also wanted to entertain Yan Jiekuang at his home, so that he could keep the leftover wine for himself. However, there was nothing at home and he really couldn't afford anything to entertain him.

Not long after walking, Zhang Jianshe stopped and said, "Uncle, come out for a moment. There are guests coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man in his fifties walked out of the room.

"Jianshe, you are so impatient even though you are so old."

Zhang Jianshe did not reply, but said to Yan Jiekuang: "This is Zhang Yuanshan, the village chief of our village. He is also my uncle. Jiekuang, just call him Uncle Zhang."

Yan Jiekuang quickly greeted him: "Hello, Uncle Zhang, my name is Yan Jiekuang."

After Yan Jiekuang finished speaking, Zhang Jianshe began to explain: "Uncle, I know this little brother from the city. Didn't we kill a big guy? He is here to collect that one."

Zhang Yuanshan looked at Yan Jiekuang with distrust in his eyes: "That pig must weigh 200 kilograms, it's not cheap."

Yan Jiekuang also knew that he was young, so it was normal for others not to believe him. He directly took out a large stack of money from his clothes and said, "Uncle, don't worry, I have brought the money. We will pay after we weigh it."

Looking at the thick stack, Zhang Yuanshan realized that he had underestimated this young man, and quickly invited the two into the house.