Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

Xu Huizhen ignored Zhao Shanhe and kept chattering with Chen Xueru. It was unclear whether the two of them had a really good relationship or were just pretend sisters. Anyway, they always had a lot to talk about when they met.

Uncle Niu asked the four people to wait for a while and went to wait at the door. He must have called other people over.

But he came back more than ten minutes later. It seemed that the person he was waiting for didn't come. This was normal. There were too many old people selling old things in the city.

After returning, Master Niu did not hesitate any longer and asked the four people to follow him to the wing room and push the door open to go in.

As soon as Zhao Shanhe entered the room, he could see many tables with various old items on them. However, they were placed so haphazardly that they looked too shabby. There wasn't even an antique display stand. It looked like something that had been stolen from a tomb and was not presentable enough.

Uncle Niu didn't know what Zhao Shanhe was thinking. He walked to a corner of the room and dragged over a square box. The box was obviously made of ordinary wood. If it was made of rosewood, Uncle Niu would not be able to move it.

He pulled the box in front of the four people, took out the key to unlock it. After the box was opened, Niu Ye said to Zhao Shanhe and the others.

"Please take a look. I will sell it if the price is right. If it weren't for the fact that my family has so many people and we are starving, I really wouldn't want to sell these things left by our ancestors."

Zhao Shanhe ignored the behavior of this man who wanted to be a XX and also wanted to build a saintly figure. He bent over and took out a cloth bag that was obviously used to hold paintings from the box. It smelled of mothballs when he touched it, and it seemed to be well preserved.

He took out the painting and opened it. There were a few trees and a mountain behind them. One could see that the painting was very delicate and there were a lot of words on the sides. Zhao Shanhe only had a superficial understanding of porcelain, let alone calligraphy and painting.

Fortunately, Uncle Niu was there to help explain, but it was more likely that he hoped to sell it for a good price.

"This is a painting by Wen Zhengming (Wen Zhengming and Wen Zhengming are the same person). If you like it, brother Zhao, take it for 300 yuan."

Even if Zhao Shanhe is not good at studying and was busy delivering takeout in his previous life, he still knows about the Four Great Talents. Of course, he won't tell Mr. Niu that I knew about them through Stephen Chow's movies.

"I like this thing very much. Since Master Niu is willing to give it to me, I will keep it."

After saying that, he put the painting back into the cloth bag, turned around and handed it to Chen Xueru. Chen Xueru took the cloth bag without saying anything. One reason was that she really didn't care about the money, and the other was that she believed in Zhao Shanhe's vision.

After all, the last time Zhao Shanhe took some old items for appraisal, he came back with very convincing stories about them. Since her man likes them, she should just let him do it.

If this happened to a fairy from the 21st century, and she saw her boyfriend or husband buying things without asking her a single question, there would be a lot of trouble.

When Xu Huizhen saw Zhao Shanhe took out one item, she also leaned over and took out a scroll from the box. After looking at it, Niu Ye said it was from Huang Shen. Zhao Shanhe expressed helplessness about this, as he had never heard of this name.

There weren't many things in the box, and the few of them quickly divided them up. Zhao Shanhe and Chen Xueru took 5 items, and Xu Huizhen took 4 items. As for the true value of the things, they could only know after they were identified on the black market.

The four men said goodbye to Uncle Niu and quickly left the yard. It was almost a consensus among the common people in the old city to avoid the houses of capitalists and the old-timers. Who knew if someone would suddenly come to their house? If it was a good thing, it would be fine (what good things could come from the old-timers?). But if they came to arrest someone, they would have nowhere to appeal if they were arrested together with the capitalists.

When they returned to the yard, it was almost dusk. Yan Bugui saw Zhao Shanhe coming back, so he came over to inquire about the matter of the back house.

Yan Jiecheng had discussed this matter with Zhao Shanhe before he got married. Zhao Shanhe meant that he should live there first, and as long as no one in the yard reported it to the street office, no one would interfere.

Once he and Yu Li get their marriage certificate, Zhao Shanhe will naturally help him get the house.

After Yan Bugui learned about it, he said that Zhao Shanhe was a righteous man, but he was nervous again because he drove Jia Zhang away from the wedding banquet today.

"Shanhe, do you think the Jia family will report it? They moved into the house before they even rented it. This is no small matter."

Zhao Shanhe was puzzled after hearing what this person said.

I thought to myself, didn't I learn all this from you three uncles in the Siheyuan fan fiction? You should be more skilled than me in occupying houses and embezzling assets. How come you, Old Yan, are more afraid of me now?

"Third uncle, Jie Cheng is getting married today. Anyone who dares to report it at this time will no longer be allowed to live in the courtyard. People in the courtyard cannot tolerate such things.

As for Jia Zhang, I hope she will report it, so that I can throw her back to the countryside. Don't forget that she has a rural household registration.

I will go to the factory to help Xie Cheng to get his house tomorrow, so you don't have to worry about it. Go back now."

After hearing what Zhao Shanhe said, the third uncle felt relieved. He also knew that Zhao Shanhe didn't like to contact him, but he didn't know why. It was just that he had stayed in a room with shit for too long and couldn't smell the stench.

However, he was still very optimistic about the relationship between Zhao Shanhe and Jie Cheng. At least Zhao Shanhe had done what he promised Jie Cheng.

The next day, Zhao Shanhe went to the logistics department to sort out a house. The rent was one dollar and fifty cents a month, which was deducted directly from his salary. When he was about to return to the Public Security Department after finishing his work, he was stopped by Wang Gang.

"Shanhe, you are so mean. You didn't come back to see us after being transferred to the Security Department."

"How could that be possible? I'm so busy doing patrol shifts every day. I heard that the purchasing department was reassigned. Where were you transferred to?"

Zhao Shanhe took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed it to Wang Gang. After lighting it, Wang Gang replied.

"Team leader Tiecheng and I went to Group 2, and Zhang Li and Chunjiang went to Group 3. Now the work of these two groups is also very difficult, because there is a shortage of supplies everywhere."

Zhao Shanhe chatted with Wang Gang for a few more sentences and didn't want to continue talking. He really didn't like the other party's subtle words that kept asking him to help find a way to purchase the goods.

Although the relationship between friends is based on interests, it will be meaningless if you obviously want to take advantage of them.

This is also the reason why some people drift away from their old friends after they become more capable and get promoted. They have nothing in common and it would be strange if they could be on the same page.

Of course, this does not apply to people like Director Qi, who turned all the dogs in the village into police dogs.

After arranging the recent patrol duty schedule in the Public Security Department, Zhao Shanhe went off work as soon as the bell rang.

I returned to the yard and had a light meal of noodles with gravy. There was no smell of this thing floating around in the yard. The noodles were boiled in the small world and then cooled with water. The gravy was made with three ingredients: cucumber, egg and fungus, creating a perfect flavor. It was so refreshing to eat in the hot summer.

I chatted with the newlyweds Jie Cheng and Yu Li at the gate of the yard for a while, and watched Sha Zhu and the third uncle play chess for a while. I thought today would pass uneventfully, but who would have thought that something happened in the backyard again.