The life of a villain in a courtyard

Our eyes came to Bang Geng. This morning, after taking Jia Zhang's money, he dug a small hole behind his house, wrapped the money in cloth and put it in the hole. He then went out with only twenty yuan to eat and drink.

When he walked to the street, he was attracted by a strong aroma and couldn't move. He followed the smell and came to the door of a store. The owner was putting freshly cooked chickens on the counter. The smell was so attractive.

"Boss, I want this roast chicken."

He pointed at the fattest and biggest chicken in front of him, then took out ten dollars from his pocket and put it in front of the boss.

When the boss saw a little kid could come up with so much money, he was surprised at first, and then he thought that he was a kid from one of those big courtyards. He had also entertained those kids from big courtyards, and they all had money.

"Children need meat tickets to eat roast chicken. Where are your tickets?"

Banggeng waved his hands impatiently, saying that he didn't have any tickets and the money was all stolen.

"I can't sell it to you without a ticket."

"Then do you know where I can get the tickets?"

The boss rolled his eyes and asked the waiter to call his brother-in-law. His brother-in-law was an unemployed vagrant who usually made money by trading tickets on the black market. As the saying goes, good things should be kept in the family, so let him make this money.

"Little boy, please come in and wait for a while. People with tickets will be here soon."

"Brother-in-law, are you looking for me?"

Soon, a man in his twenties with a shifty look walked into the store.

"Little boy, you want some meat tickets, right? He has some. Just tell him how many you want."

He saw Banggeng when he entered the door, but he didn't take him seriously, thinking he was just a little kid, maybe a customer's child.

"Brother-in-law, you are kidding me, he wants to buy a ticket from me?"

He has been in this business for five or six years, but this is the first time he has seen a child of this age coming to buy tickets.

"I'm not kidding you, he wants to buy it."

As she spoke, she pulled him aside to whisper.

"I think this kid might be from a big family. Do you know how much money he brought in? Ten dollars! How can a child from an ordinary family have so much money? Look at his clothes, there are almost no patches on them. He must be from a wealthy family."

Liu Guang then looked at Banggeng carefully. Although the boy was young, he had a tough temperament, just like those old soldiers who came out of the compound.

Little did he know that Banggeng learned this in prison. Those bosses were all like this when they were bargaining with people, and Banggeng really fooled him by following their example.

"What do you want, little brother? I have tickets for everything."

After a series of self-imagination, Banggeng has grown from a little brat into a veteran in the compound. People's attitude towards him has also improved a lot, and they dare not look down on him anymore.

"Do you have a meat ticket?"

"Yes, yes, yes. I happen to have it with me right now."

Banggeng picked and chose and bought a bunch of tickets, spending a total of three dollars and thirty-four cents. Liu Guang originally planned to sell them for five dollars, but when he thought of the behavior of these old soldiers, he became scared. If they found out that he had been cheated, they would smash his brother-in-law's store. These people were lawless and even the police could do nothing about them.

"Boss, give me a roast chicken."

With the meat ticket, the boss naturally would not refuse, and brought over the big fat chicken that Banggeng had taken a fancy to. Banggeng took it and took a big bite without hesitation.

As soon as he took a bite, the rich meaty aroma quickly filled Bang Geng's mouth. He didn't know how long it had been since he had eaten something so delicious and flavorful.

"Brother-in-law, look at this kid, he looks like a starving ghost, he doesn't look like he came from the compound! Are you mistaken?"

Looking at Banggeng wolfing down the food, he looked like a starving ghost who hadn't eaten for several days. This is not how the kids from the compound eat.

"No way."

The boss said doubtfully.

"I bet a chicken drumstick that he definitely didn't come from the compound. Do you dare to come?"

"What are you afraid of? Just wait for me to ask."

The boss took the bet and tried his luck.

"Where do you live, little boy?"

The boss came over and tried to get close to Bang Geng.

“Nanluoguxiang Red Star Courtyard.”

Banggeng was just a kid after all and didn't have that many scheming ideas, so he quickly revealed his true colors.

"What do you think? I was saying this guy didn't come from a compound. I know the Red Star Courtyard in Nanluoguxiang. It's the employee compound of the steel mill."

"I miscalculated. This kid didn't come from a big family. But if he's the son of a steel mill worker, how could he have so much money?"

"Who cares about him? We are open for business. As long as the money he takes is not fake, we will take it. Go and get me the chicken leg."

The boss accepted the loss and gave his brother-in-law a chicken leg so that he could have a meaty meal tonight.

It wasn't long before the chicken was eaten by the mutton.

Where to go next? Banggen wandered aimlessly on the street.

Got it!

I just bought a lot of candy coupons, so I can use them to buy milk candy.

Banggeng immediately ran to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pound of milk candy. Banggeng used the excuse that his brother was getting married the next day and successfully got rid of the salesperson's questioning.

"The milk candy is so delicious! No wonder they didn't share any with me. This time I'm going to eat the candy in front of them and make them so greedy!"

Some families are better off and sometimes buy some candy for their children. But Banggeng's family is not well off and he basically can't get any candy. He can only watch others eat and drool.

"What are you doing?"

When he walked to the river, Bang Geng saw a group of people sitting by the river with a pole in front of them and a basket next to them.

"Children, we are fishing."

These guys were the early fishermen.

"fishing!"

Yan Fugui likes fishing, and he would catch some big fish from time to time. Every time this happened, everyone would come over to watch with envy.

Once, Banggeng wanted to eat fish so he went to his house to steal fish. As a result, he was discovered by Yan Jiekuang, who then hit him on the head with a cooking spoon. For this, Jia Zhang went to the door of Yan's house and blocked the door and cursed for half an hour. Finally, Yi Zhonghai came out to mediate and the matter was over.

"What are you going to do?"

Banggeng reached his hand into the bucket, not intending to steal the fish, but just wanting to see how big the fish the other person had caught was.

"I'm just taking a look, why are you so stingy?"

"It's not that I'm stingy. I was lucky enough to catch a turtle today. If you put your hand in there rashly, you'll get bitten. The turtle's bite hurts a lot!"

Banggeng could no longer hear what the boss said. His attention was now on the turtle. When Jia Dongxu was still alive, he once caught a turtle by the river. Qin Huairu took the turtle to the kitchen and stewed it in a pot of soup. He still remembers the taste.

"Are you selling the turtle?"

When the old man heard Banggeng's words, he looked at him in surprise. Seeing that Banggeng was about the same age as his grandson, he thought it was just a child's talk and decided to tease him.

"Sell it to you. If you give me one dollar, I will sell it to you."

This wild turtle is quite large. It could be sold for thousands of dollars in the future. Even now, if someone knows the value of it, it could be sold for seven or eight dollars.

The reason why he raised this price was just for fun, because he felt that Banggeng simply couldn't afford so much money.

"One dollar is one dollar! You can't go back on your word!"

Bang Geng quickly took out a dollar from his pocket.

Looking at the money in his hand, the old man was immediately in trouble. He was just joking, but he didn't expect that the money could really be used. Now, he has set himself up in a bad situation.

"Little boy, grandpa was just joking with you. You can't buy a turtle this big for just one dollar. You should save your money to buy candy."

Bang Geng didn't care: "You just told me that you would sell it to me for one dollar. How can you raise the price? I don't care, you have to sell it to me!"

The sound of the fishing rod was so loud that it attracted people who were fishing nearby.

"Old Liu, what happened? Why are you arguing with this kid?"

"He just said he would sell me the turtle in the bucket for one dollar! He suddenly changed his mind! You are lying to a child."

After everyone understood the whole story, they were all speechless. You said you were fishing but had to tease other people's children. You are already old, why did you do such a tasteless thing?

"We can't help you with this, Lao Liu. This is what you promised."

"Don't you always say that people should keep their promises? Why are you breaking your promises now?"

The old man's face turned red from what everyone said, but he refused to give in. If he sold it now, he would lose six or seven dollars, which was enough to feed his family for five or six days.

"It's grandpa's fault, kid. I apologize for playing such a joke on you. I really can't sell this turtle to you for just one dollar!"

"Then how much would you sell it for?"

Banggeng set his eyes on the turtle in the bucket.

"You really want it?"

"Yes, I want it."

"Then give me seven dollars."

The old man was a nice guy. Seeing that the boy was young, he asked for the lowest price and didn’t cheat him.