Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Yan Bugui had played a trick on the eldest son of the family regarding the bicycle. Although he felt that he had done nothing wrong in this matter and wanted to live a better life, as a father, he also wanted his son to have a good marriage and not have his in-laws be too picky.

Therefore, he was particularly concerned about the matter of the candy, and Yan Jiecheng was also convinced, saying that if there was candy, the problem of the car should be solved.

So Yan Bugui learned that Zeng Wangcai had gone out late at night and had been waiting for him.

"What candy?" Zeng Wangcai was still thinking about the essay and didn't come back to his senses for a while.

"Oh, you wouldn't have forgotten, would you? That's the milk candy that your Xiaoqiang and his friends eat. Don't really forget it. Our eldest brother will be coming to your house next Monday." Yan Bugui was anxious. He was really anxious. On the one hand, he wanted to take advantage of the situation, but more importantly, he was really worried about his son's marriage.

The most anxious person was Yan Jiefang. He really told Yu Li about the candy and the bicycle because Yan Bugui had promised him so.

"No, Wangcai, you can't cheat your brother in this matter. My wife is waiting for the thing." Yan Jiefang said with a bitter face.

"This, I haven't forgotten." Zeng Wangcai stopped and asked his father to go back and rest first.

Zeng Youqian was worried that his son would suffer a loss, so before he left, he said, "Old Yan, we are all neighbors, living next door to each other, so don't be too shrewd."

Yan Bugui had something to hide, so he tried to fool around, but he felt relieved when he saw Zeng Youqian enter the house.

Zeng Wangcai sent his father away to avoid Yan Bugui arguing with him later. He nodded, asked Yan Bugui and his son to wait here, and went into the house alone. After a while, he came back with a brown paper bag in his hand.

"Uncle, of course I remember Brother Cheng's big deal. I bought it a long time ago and have kept it at home." Zeng Wangcai handed the brown paper bag to Yan Bugui, "It's exactly one kilogram. The price we agreed on is five yuan. Let me make it clear first, we didn't make any money. My buddy worked hard to make it, and it will take another two months before it can be put on the market."

He didn't know whether White Rabbit Milk Candy would be available in two months, but he knew that there were very few candies on the market now, and this one was definitely not on sale.

In that case, why don’t you just say the price?

Five yuan for a pound of sugar is definitely a sky-high price nowadays. Zeng Wangcai wanted to see what Yan Bugui was thinking that he was willing to spend five yuan to buy it.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!" Yan Bugui thanked him profusely, squeezed the brown paper bag in his hand, confirmed that it was candy, took out five yuan and a bill and handed them to Zeng Wangcai, "Here are the money and the bill, take them, this is considered to be the settlement of the payment and the goods."

Zeng Wangcai naturally wouldn't be pretentious. He took the money without counting it, five dollars, two two-dollar bills and one one-dollar bill. He just looked at the ticket and thought, hehe..., it turns out he was waiting here.

"Uncle, that's not right. This is not a candy ticket for side dishes. This is a ticket for brown sugar!" Zeng Wangcai pretended to be surprised. "You can't do this. The difference is too big."

"Is there a difference? Aren't they both sugar tickets?" Yan Bugui recalled what Zeng Youqian had said just now and gave up pretending to be stupid. "Wangcai, it's not that Third Uncle is taking advantage of you. This sugar ticket was also found by your Third Uncle with great effort. Your sugar is five yuan a pound. If you don't make money from Third Uncle, your buddy probably didn't spend any money, not to mention the ticket. Today, you are helping Third Uncle, okay?"

It’s not that Yan Bugui has changed his personality, but from his point of view, this deal is not a loss, but a small profit. Candy cannot be bought even with money. If he spends extra money on Zeng Wangcai, he can make it up to him at Yu Li’s house, and he can spend less on other places.

Moreover, Yan Bugui had to give face to Zeng You, and he couldn't treat Zeng Wangcai the same way he treated Sha Zhu. Sha Zhu was a lonely man, and his father He Daqing ran away with a widow. Zeng Wangcai was different, his parents were both there, and he had a good relationship with Director Zhang of the street.

"Okay, Third Uncle, you've said so much. If I don't agree, I'll be ignorant. After all, our two families live next door to each other, right?" Zeng Wangcai nodded readily, "Brother Cheng, I wish you can marry the beauty. Third Uncle, go to bed early. Let's go to Yongding River together tomorrow to reserve a spot."

"Okay, okay, tomorrow morning..." Yan Bugui happily led his son back.

The father and son entered the house. Auntie Three was still awake. She had just been looking out the window. She asked curiously, "What kind of candy? Five yuan a pound. Let me see!"

Yan Bugui had seen the candy that Xiaoqiang ate, but the third aunt had never seen it.

"It is said that it smells like milk. I saw Xiaoqiang sucking it the other day and I smelled it." Yan Bugui said as he opened the brown paper bag, "I asked around outside and the store doesn't sell it. It is indeed a rare thing. With this, our family will look good in front of our future in-laws, and they will have fewer other requirements. Five yuan is not expensive... Hey, that's not right. Why doesn't this candy have a candy wrapper?"

When Yan Bugui saw the candies in the brown paper bag, he was dumbfounded. What does it mean to have candies without candies wrappers?

He took out a candy, smelled it, and found that the taste was right.

"Dad, isn't this cheating?" Yan Jiecheng was furious. "I'll go settle the score with Zeng Wangcai. Who knows how much a pound of candy without candy wrappers costs?"

In fact, to put it bluntly, Yan Jiecheng was doing it for the sake of face. He wanted to take the candies to Yu Li's family so that Yu Li's family could show off and see how capable our future son-in-law is.

This is really not Yan Jiecheng's problem. It's the same in society. Face is more important than anything else. In the old cities, any married man who can afford two or three kilograms of White Rabbit milk candy will straighten his back in front of women. Even in the south, people can brag for many years after marriage, saying that they gave their family two kilograms of candy.

From the "three turns and one ring" to White Rabbit milk candy and pastries, these are the things that keep the store looking good now and have lasted for many years, and then came the betrothal gift.

However, Yan Bugui knew that even if he suffered a loss, it was difficult to explain the matter. Did the other party give him candy?

Give it!

Is it the kind of candy that can’t be bought outside?

Yes!

Did anyone mention there are candy wrappers?

I didn't say it, and you didn't ask.

Moreover, Yan Bugui was more cunning. He said, "What are you settling? This is not called cheating. You showed off the milk candy that has not been put on the market. If you are reported, will you still get married? That's it. You should talk to Yu Li's family nicely. Don't make it public. Just talk to a few families you have good relations with. Why are you going to make trouble with Zeng Wangcai now? Will I go fishing with him tomorrow?

"As long as he teaches me a little bit, I can catch a fish weighing seven or eight kilograms, and everything will be enough!"

"Yes, yes, yes, listen to your father!" The third aunt quickly agreed.

Yan Jiecheng has always been timid and weak, otherwise he would not have been so suppressed by Yu Li after marriage. When he heard about the report, he immediately became scared.

Opposite the Yan family, Zeng Wangcai has told his father everything.

"Whether it's a profit or a loss depends on what Uncle Three thinks." Zeng Wangcai said with a smile, "Anyway, this is just a reminder for him to be more relaxed in the future."

"He won't come over to quarrel with us, will he?" Chen Yumei said, holding a tin kettle and placing it on the stove.

"No, probably not, unless he doesn't go fishing with me tomorrow." Zeng Wangcai took everything into account.

The question of whether it is a loss or a profit, as Zeng Wangcai said, depends on how you look at it. Anyway, for Zeng Wangcai, it is not a loss. A pound of White Rabbit milk candy costs five yuan, and the five yuan now is not the five yuan in the future.

As for Yan Bugui, apart from not being able to show off openly, there is nothing else.

"Mom, what are you doing? What are you looking for?" Zeng Wangcai asked his mother who was rummaging through the drawers.

"It's going to be a hot day tomorrow, so I'll cook something for you. Hey... Dad, where's the brown sugar that the eldest brother brought back? Did you drink it or give it away as a gift?"