Siheyuan: I can always stay out of it

Given Sha Zhu's current situation, there is no hope for him to follow the right path. The deaf old lady can only give him a chance to make money in an unconventional way. As for whether Sha Zhu can do it, that depends on his fate.

As for the fact that making money through illegal means might be dangerous, the deaf old lady selectively ignored it. If Shazhu can't do anything and just keeps serving as a blood bag for others, then there's no point in living.

The deaf old lady has a very cruel heart. It is true that she likes Sha Zhu, but what matters most to her is what benefits Sha Zhu can bring to her. If he can't even take care of himself, how can he take care of her in her old age?

Sha Zhu had no idea what his amiable grandmother was thinking. She was still excited about making extra money and kept patting her chest to assure him that she could do it.

The deaf old lady has no special skills, but she has many tricks. What she introduced to Sha Zhu now is actually to follow others to buy low and sell high to make a profit from the difference.

Don’t think that things on the black market are just some people setting up stalls and waiting for others to buy them. In fact, the biggest buyers are the people in the black market. They can sell them at a higher price by just reselling them, so why not?

But this kind of thing is not something that ordinary people can do. If you want to do this in someone else's black market, it will definitely not work. After all, every industry has its own rules, and unspoken rules are also rules.

The rules under the darkness are actually more cruel.

The end of overstepping the line is basically to be fed to the fish. If you don't kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, there will be no end to it.

A newbie like Sha Zhu definitely cannot work alone. He can only work with others first and share some of the profits in the end. Moreover, he is the one at the bottom level, doing odd jobs.

Usually they work as laborers, and when necessary they work as thugs, taking the least profit.

Slowly understand the prices and even adjust the prices, learn how others make the difference, and finally slowly choose to form a group or work alone.

For example, Lao Zhou, whom Chen Xu is familiar with, is one of those people who sticks together and is considered a core member of the black market.

Of course, even if you work alone, you still have to give a share to the black market.

There are a lot of tricks involved, and Shazhu is a little dumbfounded. It is really difficult for his brain to adapt to all these twists and turns.

This guy is a little clever, but most of the time he would rather not use his brain. This kind of thing that requires thinking is obviously a bit difficult for him.

However, when he was paid one dollar and fifty cents for moving things all night, he immediately patted his chest and assured himself that this was a piece of cake.

This is much more profitable than carrying things at the dock. Others work hard all day and can't even earn a dollar, but he earns $1.5 in just half a night. The only thing is that Shazhu has strength.

This guy never thought about the reason at all. After all, there is a risk of being caught if you work as a laborer in the black market. If something happens, the police will not care whether you are a laborer or a businessman. They will all be called black market members. This is a real achievement.

Obviously, this guy thought that the job the deaf old lady introduced to him was hard labor.

If the deaf old lady had not been sent back in advance, she would probably be so angry to death by now.

However, the black market boss introduced by the deaf old lady was quite satisfied with Sha Zhu. It was rare to find such an honest guy. The only difference was that he was a little thin, but it didn't matter. He still liked people who didn't have any shady ideas.

There are too many people with ideas in the darkness, but it is rare to find someone as silly as Sha Zhu who is willing to take risks and work hard.

A person who was familiar to Chen Xu also nodded and said that this person could be kept. It would be nice to have him take the blame if something happened. Such a fool is rare.

Unlike a guy he knew who bought so many things from him and ended up finding out he lost money.

Never mind. After all, business has its ups and downs, so a little loss on some unsaleable goods doesn’t matter.

But because he was led astray by that guy, he really started raising pigs some time ago. Although the current policy does not allow a family to raise more than five pigs, he has plenty of ways.

Wouldn't it be easier to just find a few more? There are so many people in the black market, and many of them have families.

I won’t talk about the result, but during this period, the sales of rice bran inexplicably became hot again, which made him lose his mind. His colleagues also laughed at him for a long time about this.

Laugh, I make you laugh, but when I, the pig, grow up, I’ll see if you can still laugh.

This guy doesn't think his judgment is wrong at all. He says these are all initial investments and will eventually bear fruit.

To put it bluntly, the duck is dead and its mouth is hard to open. It is impossible for it to admit its mistake.

Obviously, this guy is the kind of person who won't turn back until he hits the wall.

If Chen Xu knew that Lao Zhou really went to raise pigs, he would probably laugh to death. Raising pigs nowadays is not like in later generations where you can slaughter them in a few months. It takes at least a year.

Now Lao Zhou is raising pigs. When they grow up, the famine will be over and the country will recover. Although pork will still be in short supply, it is probably only a dream to sell it at a high price...

Bran is in short supply nowadays, and you will lose a lot of money if you use it to raise pigs.

Let’s not talk about Lao Zhou’s matter for now.

Anyway, Shazhu felt dizzy when he returned to the courtyard.

On the one hand, he felt that he was about to reach the peak of his life. Sha Zhu thought that his monthly salary was 17.5 yuan. If he could earn another 1.5 yuan a day on the black market at night, that would be a huge amount of money at the end of the month.

It adds up to more than 60 yuan. Even before he went to labor reform, his monthly salary was only about 30 yuan. Now his monthly salary is equivalent to two previous months. It's hard not to get rich.

On the other hand, it is really tiring. After all, you need to work during the day and earn extra money at night. Even Sha Zhu before the labor reform could not bear it, let alone the weakened version of Sha Zhu now.

This guy never thought that even if nothing went wrong, he could still hold on for a few days.

So, single-celled organisms are good, at least we are optimistic.

It was almost dawn when Shazhu came back, but he was still very excited, so he didn't plan to go to bed and prepared to go straight to work.

When Chen Xu was eating in the cafeteria at noon, he saw Sha Zhu with dark circles under his eyes and an excited look on his face, and thought that he was taking drugs.

Xu Damao next to him was also very curious.

"Do you think Sha Zhu will find a wife too?"

Chen Xu looked at him speechlessly.

"Who do you think would marry him?"

"It's hard to say. After all, there are many people who can't afford to eat right now. Maybe there are people who are willing to do so."

Chen Xu thought so too. Compared to starving to death, marrying a prisoner didn't seem unacceptable.

"Is this the heinous bastard you mentioned?"

Lou Xiao'e's sudden voice frightened Xu Damao.

"Hey, Ezi, why are you here?"

"What, I can't come?"

"Yes, of course I can. Do you want to eat something? I'll go get you some food."

"No, I've eaten."

Chen Xu looked at Xu Damao, whose IQ dropped sharply, and felt that this guy might really fall into the hands of the Lou family.

After all, in his memory, the relationship between Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e was not very good, but that was when the plot began, and it is hard to say now.

Chen Xu is sure that Xu Damao and Lou Xiao'e will no longer have conflicts over infertility, but it is unknown whether their relationship will become strained in the future.

But having a good relationship is not a good thing. If Xu Damao doesn't make up his mind to get out of it, he might be dragged into the Lou family.

Lou Bancheng underestimated the future situation. When the storm started, not to mention using Xu Damao's influence to neutralize the Lou family's influence, let alone protecting the Lou family, Xu Damao couldn't even protect Lou Xiao'e and himself.

It's still early for these things, and Chen Xu is not in a hurry. The worst that can happen is to remind Xu Damao in advance and let this guy run away with the Lou family or cut off ties with the Lou family as soon as possible.

There is still a lot of room for maneuver. With his foresight, although he cannot change the domestic situation, it is not difficult for him to find some loopholes.

"By the way, when will you return to the countryside?"

Chen Xu was a little confused when he was suddenly asked, "Don't you care about your husband? Why do you ask me why I went to the countryside?"

"I'm usually very bored, so I want to go see the cicadas in the forest."

"You can't go there. You need to walk a long mountain road, and there are tigers there."

Chen Xu refused decisively. With Lou Xiaoe's intelligence, she should not be seduced by someone halfway.