Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

"My father and the grandfathers and uncles in the village have gone to the mountains to hunt. I am too young to go, so I stayed behind to stand guard. Why are you so long-winded? Are you going to enter the village or not?"

Zhao Shanhe took out two pieces of orange candy from his pocket and handed them over.

"I'll be in right away. Take these two pieces of candy, kid. They're your reward for standing guard."

This kind of orange candy only costs 1 cent or 1 yuan in the city, but how can the villagers have the extra money to buy this for their children? The child took the candy when he saw it was handed over, but he didn't want to eat it and put it in his pocket.

"Thank you, brother."

After touching the child's hair, Zhao Shanhe rode his bike towards the village, muttering to himself as he walked.

"Fuck, my hands are all covered with scalp and hair oil. I have to wash them thoroughly when we get there."

After riding for only three or four minutes, we saw a wild rabbit skin hanging on the fence outside a house's yard. This should be Gao Da's family.

He parked the car in front of the gate of the yard, put his feet on the ground and shouted.

"Is Gao Daquan at home?"

After a few seconds, the door of the yard was opened and Gao Daquan walked out. When he saw that it was Zhao Shanhe, he hurriedly said.

"Comrade, you're here. I thought it was snowing hard enough for you to come."

"How can I do that? Since I promised you, you have to come even if it snows, or even rains knives. If you don't come, won't my deposit be wasted?"

They were all young people and no one wasted time. Gao Daquan led Zhao Shanhe directly into the main room. As soon as they entered the room, they smelled the odor of animal feces and urine. It was too cold in winter to open the door to let the smell out. If it was summer, one would think that the house was releasing poisonous gas.

"How much did you catch? Why does it smell so bad?"

Zhao Shanhe was used to the fresh air outside, and the bad smell in the room almost made him faint.

"You didn't tell me how much you wanted last Sunday. I didn't want to delay your work, so I found a few good friends in the village and asked them to help set traps to catch rabbits and pheasants. I thought if you want more, I can satisfy you, right?"

Zhao Shanhe knew that the other party was trying to use his rural cleverness, but he didn't mind it. He was eager to get more back, especially hares and pheasants. With Li Huaide's relationship, he was not worried about not having a market, but only worried about not having enough.

"Tell me how many you caught? What's the price? Since I came all the way here, I must want as much as I can. Just don't treat me like a country bumpkin who knows nothing."

"That can't be possible. We country folk don't have as many bad intentions as you city folks. We will definitely give you what you deserve and won't fool you with bad things."

Judging from the tone of the other person's speech, it is not difficult to guess that this guy has been cheated a lot in the city. After all, there are all kinds of people in Pigeon City. City people may not easily cheat city people because they are easy to be found out by the other party, but if they meet a countryman, it is hard to say...

"Here are eleven pheasants, four males and seven females, and three nests of rabbits, six big rabbits and nine small rabbits. If you take them all, I can give you a discount."

After listening to Gao Daquan's introduction, Zhao Shanhe had only three words in his mind - making a fortune.

He was still wondering what to do if there was only one litter of rabbits and inbreeding occurred in the future. The other party considerately caught three litters and solved the problem directly.

And if he throws those 11 pheasants into the small world, he can set up a pheasant farm in a few months. When it comes time to hand in the task, others hand in native chickens, and he hands in wild game. If he doesn't show up, who will? If he doesn't get promoted, it's totally unjust.

He asked calmly, suppressing his inner joy.

"I want them all as long as they're alive. How much do they all cost?"

No matter how scheming Gao Daquan is, he is just a young man from the countryside. His knowledge is obvious and he cannot hide anything on his face.

Seeing Zhao Shanhe say that everything was possible, he immediately said with a look of joy on his face.

"It's hard to catch pheasants alive in the winter, but you came all the way from the city to buy them. Let's say you charge five yuan each. Big rabbits, male or female, are 10 yuan each, and I'll give you the little rabbits for free. What do you think of the price?"

You have to know that a non-laying hen in the city only sells for two to three yuan, so this price is already extremely expensive, but Zhao Shanhe knows that as long as he gets these things, money will just be a number to him in the future.

He pretended to hesitate for a moment and then agreed.

"Okay, since I said I want it all, I can't change my mind. The men in our city keep their word. I'll give you the money right away."

After that, he took out a stack of change from his pocket. He had prepared it long ago. Who knows what will happen when you go to the countryside? Especially in villages you have never been to, you should be on guard. After all, people's hearts are hidden.

"The pheasant and the rabbit cost 115 yuan in total. After deducting the deposit I gave you, I will give you another 105 yuan. Please count and see if you are right."

Zhao Shanhe took out a few pieces of change from the pile and handed the rest directly to Gao Daquan, making the other party so happy that he was almost at a loss.

Even if the rural families work hard all year round, they can't make that much money. Gao Daquan made it in just one week. How could he not be proud? Although he had to share some with his friends, as long as he didn't tell others, how would they know how much he made?

After counting the money, he put it in his arms and looked at Zhao Shanhe as if he was looking at the God of Wealth.

"Brother, do you need game in the future? If you do, I'll keep it for you if I catch it. I promise I won't sell it to anyone but you."

Are you taking advantage of me? But it doesn't matter. The more types of animals I have, the more ways I can get rich and get promoted. Zhao Shanhe is really not afraid of having too many things.

"We don't need pheasants and rabbits anymore. I don't know if there are goats, roe deer, wild boars, etc. in this mountain. If you catch one alive, you can come to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang to find me, even if it's lame.

Also, if you can get black pigs and cows, I will pay a high price for them. Price is not an issue."

After the money and goods were paid, how to transport them became another troublesome matter. Zhao Shanhe could not put the things into the small world in front of Gao Daquan, so he simply spent one dollar to rent a cart in the village, and used oil coupons, food coupons and money to buy two quilts. He put one on the cart and the other on the cages of pheasants and rabbits. Then he pushed the cart out of Xiangfang Village.

The bicycle was left in the village as collateral and will be ridden back tomorrow when the cart is delivered.

Zhao Shanhe walked far away from the village, until he could no longer see the little militiaman, and then he put the cart, pheasants and rabbits into his small world. However, the rest of the way would be difficult to walk on. It was still more than 30 kilometers to Sijiu City, and without a bicycle he might have to walk all the way back.

Fortunately, there is always a way out. After walking for an hour, when Zhao Shanhe's legs and feet began to feel numb, he finally saw a road sign that read Xingshou Township (now Xingshou Town, Changping District).