Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

Zeng Wangcai and his friends hurried back, wanting to sell the fish as soon as possible, but they unexpectedly met three uncles who came to their door together.

He has been here for several days and has been keeping a low profile in the yard. He does not deal with the animals in the yard and eats meat behind closed doors. But it is not because he is afraid of trouble, but because he does not want to lose his appetite for these irrelevant people.

After opening the door and entering the house, Zeng Wangcai first went to the water tank and scooped half a gourd ladle of cold water and drank it.

"Where have you been since you were away from home all day? Talk to the three uncles nicely." Chen Yumei was worried that her son would have a conflict with others, so she came out to remind him.

Sha Zhu, a well-known war god and chatterbox in Siheyuan, has a hot temper and gets angry easily. Such a person dares to challenge any uncle one-on-one, but once the three uncles join forces, Sha Zhu will be defeated immediately and be completely subdued.

"Mom, don't worry. I dare not challenge you three uncles." Zeng Wangcai drank the water and turned to face the three uncles. "My elders, I know what you mean. If you didn't tell me in advance, how would I know you wanted meat? If I had known you wanted it, I would have saved some for your family."

There is a trick to saying "giving away" instead of "selling".

Private transactions can be big or small, and there is no problem if no one cares or sues. But once someone cares and sues, it will be charged with the crime of speculation.

"Who asked you to deliver it? We won't take advantage of you, and neither will the people in the hospital. It's priced the same per pound, not a penny less." Liu Haizhong hasn't come to his senses yet.

Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong are both shameless people. One of their families is an eighth-level fitter and the other is a seventh-level fitter. They live a much better life than Yan Bugui.

Yan Bugui didn't figure out anything else and said shamelessly, "Wangcai, your uncle is right. We can't take advantage of you. We have to pay you what you deserve. If there are good things like this in the future, please consider our neighborly relationship and ask us if we want it. It's best if we don't have meat coupons. We can keep the meat coupons to buy meat at the food station."

He still had some shame and made things clear.

"Three uncles, you can't sell it, but you can give it as a gift." Zeng Wangcai insisted on his previous point of view in the puzzled eyes of his parents, "If there is such a good thing in the future, I will sell it to the purchasing station or the canteen. If you want to buy it, or if anyone in the hospital wants to buy it, it's okay. I will help you to buy it at the unit. Anyway, you can't buy it from me. If I don't sell it, I will give it as a gift."

Yi Zhonghai was the first to understand: "I see, let's leave it at that. Wangcai is right. If you have more in the future, tell the hospital in advance and see if anyone wants to buy it. If there is, I'll go with you."

It's a free gift, they are just being polite. If you take it seriously, you would be really shameless, so Yi Zhonghai and the other two didn't respond to this question.

The three of them said goodbye and left. At the door of Yan Bugui's house, Liu Haizhong expressed his incomprehension.

Yi Zhonghai explained: "This kid is very cautious. He is afraid of being sued for doing business behind closed doors."

"That doesn't make sense. We are all neighbors living in the same yard. Who would say such a thing?"

"That's hard to say. It's inevitable that the Zhang family will buy it, and the Li family will be reluctant to not buy it. It will be bad if they can't stand it in the end. So let it be. It's better to have less trouble than more."

Compared with meat, Yi Zhonghai prefers the stability and unity of the compound. No one will die if they skip a meal of meat, but it will be bad if the atmosphere in the compound is ruined.

The first confrontation between Zeng Wangcai and the three uncles ended here, without any violent conflict involving cursing.

In fact, this is a normal day. In dozens of episodes of the original novel, the biggest conflict was Sha Zhu beating Xu Damao, and then Bang Geng beating Liu Guangfu.

How is it possible that they fight to the death all day long?

"Wangcai, good job. You've made your father proud. This is the best way to handle it." Zeng Youqian rarely praised his son.

Chen Yumei still hadn't figured out what was going on: "How did you deal with it?"

"You don't understand what I'm telling you, hurry up and cook, kid...oh, by the way, where are the others?"

"I almost forgot, Mom and Dad, come out quickly." Zeng Wangcai went out in a hurry and stopped Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong who were about to enter the middle courtyard. "Uncle, I forgot one thing. Today, a few of us went fishing and were lucky enough to catch some fish. Didn't I just say that if there is a chance, I will recruit people from Guyuan first? See if there is anyone who wants them. If there is, come with me to the purchasing station."

fishing?

"How much is some?" Yan Bugui asked.

He just took advantage of his fishing trip and made a little over nine dollars, and he has been praised to the skies by his neighbors these past two days.

Nowadays, meat is becoming increasingly difficult to buy, and people are reluctant to spend a lot of money on the black market pigeon market. Therefore, many people, like Yan Bugui, turn their attention to fishing, and the number is even increasing.

On weekends, many people go fishing in places with water such as the moat and the Summer Palace.

But as Yan Bugui said, fishing is a science and not everyone can catch anything. Many people spend a whole day and go back empty-handed. It would be better to go digging wild vegetables.

"It's a bit much, two sacks, I can't say exactly how much it weighs."

Sack...sack?

Yan Bugui breathed in a hurry and said, "Are you kidding me? I've become a legend in the moat area by catching a bucket of fish, and you're putting them in a sack?"

I never heard you have a talent for fishing...

Yan Bugui was the first one who did not believe it and went out through the Chuihua Gate, followed by Yi Zhonghai and Liu Haizhong.

Zeng Wangcai went home and called his parents to go out together. There were already a lot of people gathered around the tricycle, watching the fun, and some were jealous.

It was a huge scene. To be honest, they had never seen so many fish at the food station.

"Grass carp, yellow catfish, this one is big, at least ten kilograms."

"Where did you get all these fish? How do you sell them, kid?"

"Yellow catfish is delicious. Stewing it with tofu is absolutely delicious..."

If it weren't for Xiaohu and Xiaobao stopping them, the tricycle would have been overturned.

When Yan Bugui came out and saw the fish on the tricycle, he was completely stunned. He was a fisherman and knew best the difficulty of fishing, especially big fish. The biggest fish he had ever caught was only five or six kilograms, but on the tricycle, fish weighing five or six kilograms could only be considered small fish, except for yellow catfish and crucian carp.

"Oh my god, did you rob the Dragon Palace or something?" Yan Bugui stopped Zeng Wangcai and asked, "Did you catch all these fish? Tell me where you caught them, I'll go there tomorrow too."

A good fishing spot is also a resource.

"You can go to Yongding River, Uncle San. There are fewer people there." Zeng Wangcai said with a smile, "I don't have the ability to fish. Most of these fish were caught by our Xiuzhi."

The Yongding River directly dissuaded Yan Bugui, who didn't have a bicycle, from going there because it was too far.

Zhang Xiuzhi made a stunning appearance, earning envious looks from everyone in the audience.

Chen Yumei was so happy that she pushed through the crowd and went in to hold Zhang Xiuzhi's hand. She didn't think too much and said, "Don't look at me, it makes our Xiuzhi embarrassed. This is our future daughter-in-law..."

My son can hunt wild boars and my daughter-in-law can fish. What kind of configuration is this?

Then the conspicuous brothers Zeng Xiaoqiang and Zeng Laifu appeared. They lay on the tricycle, poking this fish and scratching that fish.

Zeng Laifu proudly said to his friends: "See? We are having fish today. My sister-in-law knows how to fish..."

At this moment, Zhang Xiuzhi seemed to be labeled as "Zeng family's daughter-in-law" inside and out. Only then did she realize that she seemed to have been plotted against.