Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Dinner was ready at Yi Zhonghai's house. The couple was not burdened and had a dry meal. The dishes were a pickle and a roasted eggplant. Yi Zhonghai could still afford to drink, and he could not finish all the food with his salary of ninety-nine yuan.

Yi Zhonghai now has a high reputation in the courtyard. Each family has to give him some face. He cherishes his reputation very much. He works hard to make the courtyard harmonious. He treats the five-guarantee households in the backyard as his own mother...

He hoped that someone could do the same to him.

"Old Yan, Old Liu, have you eaten? Sit down and have a couple of drinks!" Yi Zhonghai, who was eating, greeted the two people who came in.

"You're welcome then. It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early. Sister-in-law, take the fish in quickly." Yan Bugui sat down without being polite. "I was lucky today. I caught more than ten kilograms of fish and sold them to the purchasing station. I'll bring two back for your two families."

"Old Yan is a good man. Our family hasn't eaten fish for two months." Liu Haizhong sat down.

Yan Bugui was not here to deliver fish, he was here to sell fish and chat about something.

Yi Zhonghai naturally understood that he would not take advantage of this, so he asked an old lady to go in and give the money to Yan Bugui. Yan Bugui falsely refused twice before accepting the money.

What Yan Bugui wanted to talk about was Zeng Wangcai's story of selling meat. He told the whole story of how Zeng Wangcai returned to the countryside, shot a wild boar, and went to the purchasing station to sell pork.

Yan Bugui hadn't said this at Liu Haizhong's house just now, but he said it here. Liu Haizhong was the first to lose his temper and said in surprise: "A wild boar weighing more than 400 kilograms? How much meat will it get? My goodness, is there such a big wild boar? Is there something fishy going on?"

Liu Haizhong is not a man who can tolerate anything. A few days ago, his second son made him lose face. Although the fault lies with his second son, it is a lie to say that he has no opinion on the Zeng family.

"This is true. The purchasing station will not accept items of unknown origin. Director Qian called the Maihe Commune on the spot to verify it, and the commune secretary acknowledged it." Yan Bugui pretended not to understand the fuel-fueled meaning of Liu Haizhong's words.

Yan Bugui is not stupid, his purpose is not to offend anyone.

Yi Zhonghai had no demand for this and said calmly, "No wonder they are making dumplings today. This is their luck. You can't envy them."

"What Old Yi said is true, but don't you think that since his family has so much meat, shouldn't they take care of our neighbors in the yard? Ask them if they want it. As the old saying goes, a distant relative is not as good as a close neighbor, right? We give money, it's not like we don't want to pay. He didn't even ask and just sold it all to the purchasing station." Yan Bugui said.

Yan Bugui said that this seemed to be hindsight, the meat had already been sold, and what he said was of no use. In fact, he had long-term plans, as he had heard the conversation between Zeng Wangcai and Director Qian today. There were many wild boars in the countryside, so maybe he could catch one later?

"Everyone in the compound saves their meat coupons for the New Year. No one would be willing to eat them now. Old Yan, if you want to buy some, just go and talk to him. We live next door to each other, it's just a matter of raising your leg." Yi Zhonghai did not respond.

"I'm just an uncle, and people may not give me this face. How about the three of us find a time to talk to Youqian?"

"Old Yi, I think what Old Yan said makes sense. Why don't we three find an opportunity to talk about it? It doesn't matter who we sell. The deaf old lady in the backyard hasn't eaten meat for a long time."

Liu Haizhong helped Yan Bugui with the work, and neither of them mentioned the matter of the meat tickets.

Speaking of the deaf old lady, Yi Zhonghai was somewhat interested. It didn't matter to him whether he ate meat or not, but the old lady did need to be taken care of.

Now Sha Zhu has not been pulled on board by Yi Zhonghai, so the talkative Sha Zhu has not yet fully grown into a bootlicker.

It is said that if you are not envied by others, you are a mediocre person. Zeng Wangcai was envied by others.

Zeng’s dumplings are already cooked. They are placed in a circle around the eight-immortal table with a large basin in the middle filled with dumplings.

Zeng Xiaoqiang and Zeng Laifu held the bowl of vinegar and looked forward to it, but they didn't dare to eat until their mother came to the table.

"Come here, Xiuzhi, this is yours. Eat more. You look so thin." Chen Yumei took a big bowl and filled it with dumplings for Zhang Xiuzhi. She was worried that Zhang Xiuzhi would feel embarrassed, so she served it to her alone. "After dinner, let Wangcai take you out for a walk. Auntie will clear Wangcai's room for you and change the bedding. You can live alone and let the brothers squeeze in."

Zhang Xiuzhi thanked him, lowered her head and ate dumplings in silence, and was moved again.

After dinner, the family sat outside the door to enjoy the cool air and chat. Only Zeng Wangcai took Zhang Xiuzhi out for a walk, under the pretext of going for a stroll.

Originally, Tiger and Leopard brothers wanted to go with them, but they remembered what their grandmother said, and went in another direction after leaving.

Zhang Xiuzhi, as a girl, felt a little embarrassed walking on the street alone with Zeng Wangcai. Fortunately, although Zeng Wangcai was not a veteran, he could still control this kind of situation. With his eloquent tongue, the atmosphere was fine.

"What are you taking us to do tomorrow? Aren't you going to work? In this factory?" Before they knew it, they had arrived at the gate of the steel mill. Zhang Xiuzhi was a little impressed. "This factory is really big. There are even people standing guard at the gate."

"The steel rolling mill is not very big, with more than 10,000 workers, and there is a main factory above it." Zeng Wangcai said, glancing at the gate.

Zhang Xiuzhi had rarely been to Chengdu before, so it was inevitable that she was curious when she came to the city for the first time.

Zeng Wangcai told Zhang Xiuzhi about the situation at the steel mill, and then directed the topic to what they were going to do tomorrow: "Xiuzhi, you saw today that the most scarce things in the city are food, meat and vegetables. Thirty kilograms of wild boar meat can be sold for more than twenty yuan, which is equivalent to a month's salary.

"So our business will revolve around this. We'll go fishing tomorrow. The prices of fish, meat, local specialties, etc. will only get more and more expensive in the future."

He found the Pigeon City line in order to deal with the future, and found the purchasing station just for cover.

Why should we sell something that can be sold for one dollar to a recycling station for only fifty cents?

There are so many things in the space, we can't just ship them to the purchasing station alone. The best way is to share them equally. The sales team must also be expanded. In the future, Xiaohu and Xiaobao will join in, so that the target will be smaller.

"Haha, you idiot!" Zhang Xiuzhi was amused by Zeng Wangcai's attitude of letting me take whatever I wanted from the fish in the pond. "You can't even catch a toad, and you're going fishing. Don't let the fish pull you into the water."

"Don't laugh, I have a trick!"

"What's the secret to fishing? It's just a rod with a worm on it."

"You'll find out tomorrow."

The fishing spot chosen by Zeng Wangcai was a bit far away, on the Yongding River, so the next day they got up very early without disturbing the people in the courtyard. After getting up, the four of them went out early, taking the dry food they had prepared last night.

When they reached the entrance of the alley, Zeng Wangcai waited for a while, and then Lin Huyang came over on a tricycle from the south.

"I'm telling you, Wangcai, you woke me up so early. If we go fishing today..." Lin Huyang, who was a little grumpy after waking up, yawned and complained from a distance. Halfway through his words, he suddenly saw Zhang Xiuzhi standing next to Zeng Wangcai, "Fuck, who is that..."

He suddenly understood Zhang Xiuzhi's identity and decisively shut up. After getting off the car, he pulled Zeng Wangcai aside and said, "Brother, that's not nice. You're so lucky. This beautiful girl is the one you mentioned as your childhood sweetheart?"

"Yoko, I advise you to be careful when you speak in front of her. She is very good at fighting. If you get beaten up, don't blame me for putting women before friends."

"Don't be ridiculous. How good can a girl be at fighting?"

"The kind that can break bricks with bare hands..."

"???"