Siheyuan: I can always stay out of it

"How about it, brother, do you want to buy some?"

Chen Xu thought about it and said.

"Actually, I didn't buy this to eat, but to raise fish, you know."

"I understand. I must understand."

The man nodded as if it was commonplace. Everyone who bought bran said the same thing. They either used it to raise pigs, fish or ducks. After all, even if a person had to eat bran, that was something they could never admit...

Chen Xu was too lazy to bother with this guy now.

"You make a new offer, and I'll buy it if it's suitable, but you only have one chance."

The man looked at Chen Xu, whose eyes were only exposed, and felt that this man's voice was very young, but he behaved like an old fox. The way he controlled people's tone did not sound like a person who fed on bran.

He had seen many people who really needed bran to fill their stomachs. Most of them were not good at speaking, were honest, and were genuine farmers.

It's ironic that farmers need to eat bran to fill their stomachs, but people in the city look down on it.

"Four..."

Seeing that Chen Xu was still staring at him, he planned to cut the price in half but couldn't say it.

When facing a guy who knows the business, testing his bottom line is obviously treating him as a fool.

"Four points..."

"Two points!"

"Three points!"

"make a deal."

Chen Xu nodded. He would think bran was three-tenths too expensive at ordinary times, but now was not an ordinary time. After all, it was something that could fill one's stomach, so it was understandable that it was priced the same as vegetables.

"how much do you have?"

"As many as you want."

The man patted his chest and assured.

"Give me a thousand pounds..."

The man was confused.

"Brother, are you really feeding this to the fish?"

"What else? You think I can eat it by myself?"

The man complained in his heart. He really thought so at first, but now he didn't think Chen Xu was kidding him. A thousand kilograms of bran cost thirty yuan. Wouldn't it be better to buy sixty or seventy kilograms of sweet potatoes with this money? Why did he have to make things difficult for himself by eating bran?

"No stock?"

"Yes, of course, but brother, how are you going to take it away?"

“Can you deliver to your door?”

"What do you say?"

Chen Xu was just asking casually and felt that it was unlikely. After all, even if someone really gave it to him, he wouldn't dare let them know where he lived.

"Then can you help me move to a more secluded place nearby? I'll bring people to move it?"

The man thought for a moment and nodded.

"Okay, there's an abandoned yard in the alley over there. We'll move over there and you can take it yourself. But let me make it clear in advance, we're only responsible for moving it over there, but we won't help you guard these things. If you come back and find that your things are gone, you can't blame us."

"Are you sure you won't move back here again?"

"That's not the case. We can't destroy the black market's reputation. To be honest with you, this business belongs to the black market itself. Our black market has a strong background and has been open for two years without being investigated. Don't worry."

Chen Xu was complaining in his heart that he wasn't sure whether they were strong or not, but since they had started the bran business, it was obviously not high-end at all.

This guy doesn't know that earlier on, bran was the one that made huge profits. The cost was close to zero, but it could be easily sold at a high price of a few cents.

But it also provided a choice for those refugees who could not even afford sweet potatoes. The price was about half of that of sweet potatoes. Although eating bran was not very glorious, it could still fill the stomach, so many people bought it at the time. This was a huge profit.

If they hadn't made too much money in the black market and were now stuck with it, they wouldn't have helped transport the goods for a single order of just a few dozen dollars.

"Okay, that's settled then."

Chen Xu nodded and agreed.

A few minutes later.

In an abandoned courtyard, there are signs of collapse everywhere. The only thing that can be seen as a courtyard is probably the two half-walls that are still standing.

The broken bricks and tiles on the ground were very small. Obviously, the usable ones had been picked up long ago. It was a miracle that the two walls could be preserved until now.

“Curious why the wall is still there?”

Chen Xu nodded. There were abandoned houses in the old city, but they were almost gone in the past two years. It was not the credit of the street office, but the refugees moved away half of them to build their own nests.

"It seems that you don't know much about the rules. You can pick up things that fall on the ground, but if you dare to smash the wall, that's building damage and you'll be arrested and sent to jail."

Chen Xu's face was filled with black lines. Just this half wall can be considered a building?

He really didn't know this, but the new China has only been established for ten years, and many laws and regulations are still imperfect. It is not surprising that there are some strange regulations. He has broadened his horizons.

"In fact, this rule is mainly aimed at those who are fleeing. If it weren't for this rule, some people would really demolish their houses."

The man looked at several big men carrying bags in, sighed and said to Chen Xu.

Chen Xu nodded slightly, maybe someone would really do that.

Some houses can obviously be repaired, but you end up demolishing them. This kind of thing may happen again.

As for why you don't renovate the house yourself and move in, let's not talk about whether you have the financial resources to do so. Even if you do, it's hard to say whether the renovated house will be reclaimed by someone else. Now most of the real estate in Beijing is in the hands of the state, but there are also many private individuals who have land deeds.

A thousand pounds of bran sounds like a lot, but it’s only ten bags.

Chen Xu paid the money readily and the transaction was completed.

"Brother, you are really generous. If it were in the past, I would have lost if you came back and still saw these chaffs. But now, generally speaking, they won't be taken away by others. We brothers will go back first. Wish you good luck."

Several people left with a smile on their faces. Obviously, they were happy to see Chen Xu suffer a setback. Although they would not carry all the chaff, they also hoped to see someone discover it and move it away directly. Then Chen Xu would have to buy it from them again...

Chen Xu watched silently as the few people disappeared into the night, and headed towards an alley.

At this moment, Chen Xu was patrolling the surroundings carefully. He didn't want to be discovered when he was putting things into the space.

After more than ten minutes, Chen Xu searched all locations within a hundred meters around him. As for places farther away, there was no need to worry. It was late at night and nothing could be seen farther away.

He put all ten bags into the space and stacked them in the corner. The space was not big now, and there was a pond that occupied half of it. If he placed the bags randomly, he would probably have no place to step.

Chen Xu no longer had the idea of ​​continuing to browse the black market. Now that he had gotten the fish feed, he had finally put an end to a worry. He was especially happy when he saw the fish in the space eating happily.

For these little fish, a thousand pounds of bran can last them for a long time.

Although it cost thirty yuan, Chen Xu felt it was acceptable. After all, the space was the capital for his future wealth, and some investment in the early stage was nothing.

Chen Xu, who was rushing towards the courtyard in the dark, had a slightly raised smile on his face, and was obviously in a good mood.