Siheyuan: I Raised Ten Thousand Wild Boars

"Guohua, the factory has a reception tomorrow. Can you give the fish to them?" Zheng Aimin asked directly.

Yesterday in the cafeteria, the two got to know each other and learned Li Guohua's name.

"Uncle Zheng, we finally caught such a big fish. How can you let Guohua give it to the factory?" Han Wenlong was the first to disagree, but since there were so many outsiders present, he only muttered in a low voice.

"Don't worry, the factory will pay you, not for nothing, what do you think?" Zheng Aimin said with a smile

He saw that Li Guohua didn't say anything and there was no change in his expression, so he knew that he was a shrewd and opinionated person.

"Uncle Zheng said so, so it's definitely possible. But isn't it illegal to buy and sell now? Is there anything wrong with me doing this?" Li Guohua asked doubtfully.

If he wants to eat fish now, he can catch it himself anytime, and it doesn’t matter whether he sells it or not.

Now that the factory needs it, he is naturally willing to sell it, and this way he can also make friends with Zheng Aimin, the logistics director. He is just worried that it may violate the policy.

"Don't worry about this. Come to the logistics office tomorrow and I'll issue you a letter of certification to prove that you purchased it for the textile factory!" Zheng Aimin said with a smile.

These days, except for farmers who can take a small amount of their own agricultural and sideline products to the market for adjustment, ordinary people are not allowed to buy and sell.

However, the textile factory is a large state-owned factory, so many aspects of operation are much more relaxed. In the planned economy, as long as it does not affect the plan, they can purchase and sell in the name of the factory's production needs.

When private parties work against private parties, it is called speculation; when private parties work against collectives, or against state-owned units such as textile factories, it is called contributing to the country and selfless devotion.

"it is good!"

Li Guohua handed the big fish to Zheng Aimin without asking how much it cost. Zheng Aimin would not let him suffer any loss in this matter.

"Wow, it's really heavy!" Zheng Aimin said in surprise

He took the big fish and weighed it. It was at least 20 kilograms. So tomorrow's treat was finally settled.

The person who will come to inspect production tomorrow is a senior leader in the department. He is also a person who wants to make progress. This big fish will become a highlight of tomorrow's entertaining guests.

Afterwards, Li Guohua packed his clothes and followed a few people to the factory cafeteria, where he weighed the big fish and issued a receipt. As for the money, he would have to wait until tomorrow to get it.

The two packed their clothes again, got on the bus and started back to the city.

They soon arrived at Dongsi Street, where Han Wenlong lived.

"Guohua, I'm leaving first. Wait for me tomorrow morning!"

The two agreed on a departure time for tomorrow and planned to take the same bus to work.

The next stop on Dongsi Street is the final stop, Peking University Red Building. After getting off the bus, Li Guohua found an empty corner, took out a fish weighing about two kilograms from his small world, held it in his hand, and walked home excitedly.

The fat of the pork from last night was kept by my mother Chen Lan to make oil, and the little bit of lean meat and cabbage when stir-fried didn't taste like meat at all.

Thinking about my younger sister's dry and yellow hair, my elder brother's hard work every day, and Chen Lan and Li Chuwu who care about me, I must prepare some meat for the whole family tonight.

Li Guohua was walking briskly on the street with a bag on his back and a fish in his hand. Although many people saw him, they just glanced at him and ignored him.

People in the old city still have plenty of food to eat. Some wealthy people can even eat out every day.

Even during the difficult years, although everyone's rations were reduced, as long as one had a city hukou, basically no one starved to death.

Those who starved to death were people who fled to the capital from surrounding areas to escape famine, or those who had underlying diseases and who became ill due to poor nutrition.

He took two steps at a time and finally returned to the courtyard.

"Brother Guohua!"

"Guohua is back!"

When we entered the courtyard, the first person we saw was Grandpa Fang. He was cleaning his bicycle, which I heard was quite old, but still looked quite new, with his two grandchildren helping him.

Because Li Guohua gave the two little guys candies yesterday, the two little guys became much more familiar with Li Guohua when they saw him come in.

"You're back!" Li Guohua and Uncle Fang greeted the two little guys.

Now Li Guohua figured out that the place where they lived could be called the gatehouse or the back house.

There are at least three or four rooms in this row of back houses. They used to be the accounting office and servants' residences, and guests of low status also stayed here.

However, these back houses seem a bit shabby, with many tiles broken and many of the "beams" inside showing signs of blackening and mildew.

There is another room where you can clearly see that the roof seems to be leaking. Only the room where Uncle Fang lives looks okay.

These houses should all belong to the street, but since no one has lived in them for a long time and no one has maintained or repaired them, they have become like this.

"Hey, Guohua, what day is today? You actually bought fish!" Uncle Yan Bugui asked in surprise.

I saw him push up his glasses on his nose, then put down the broken kettle with which he was watering the plants, and walked straight over.

Not far away, there were several pots of orchids placed under the screen wall, as well as some indescribable flowers and plants.

"Uncle, isn't it a day like this that we can't buy fish?" Li Guohua asked with a smile.

Many people say that these three uncles are the kind of people who would taste the saltiness of anything a dung cart passes by, but Li Guohua disagrees.

I remember that in the later part of the TV series, when Sha Zhu did not have enough money for their retirement, the third uncle secretly went out to pick up scraps to subsidize Sha Zhu.

From this point we can see that although the third uncle likes to calculate, he still has basic principles and bottom line in life, and he is not the kind of person who is lazy and likes to eat and do nothing.

Being calculating is a habit that everyone develops when living resources are scarce. Especially in this special era, if you don't calculate, then you may not be able to support your family.

Li Guohua remembered that before he traveled through time, when he was still very young, every time his family cooked, they would arrange clearly how many bowls of rice to cook for a meal, and when to eat dry rice and when to eat liquid rice.

If you do it recklessly, the whole family may go hungry before the new grain arrives.

The fathers in the family have to work hard to ensure their own food supply first, and then the elderly, daughters-in-law and children.

At that time, Li Guohua could only eat about 80% full at noon, and then a group of friends would go up the mountain to find food. They would dig what was called "chicken roots" all over the mountain, or eat the hearts of thatch grass.

"It's not a festival, who would buy fish to eat? Besides, fish meat doesn't satisfy hunger. Your fish is at least two pounds, which costs at least 40 cents. If you exchange it for cornmeal, you can eat it for several meals. Isn't it delicious?"

The third uncle clicked his tongue, feeling regretful, but his eyes were fixed on the fish and he couldn't move them away.

"Uncle, you know how to fish, so you'll have plenty to eat. I don't have that skill, I'll see you later!" Li Guohua said with a smile

If you continue chatting with him, he might ask the third aunt to help you kill the fish, and then tell you that the fish head is not tasty because it has no oil, and the fish tail has many bones, so just cut off the head and tail and give it to him.