Siheyuan: I stand for Xu Damao because he is my brother

After finishing the call, Xu Dacan went to the counter to pay. It was the same cold, hard voice: "3 minutes, 3 yuan."

Wow, 1 yuan per minute! Even the trip to Antarctica was more expensive!

When he went out today, Xu Dacan borrowed Damao's bicycle.

Damao threw the car keys to him without saying anything. It's not like Uncle San's family, where the whole family wants to borrow a bicycle, but it's a pity that no one can borrow it. The world is big, but it's not as big as Yan Bugui's fishing!

As soon as I pushed the cart, a middle-aged man with a briefcase came over and asked, "Excuse me, little brother, are you collecting herbs?"

Seeing Xu Dacan frowned, he quickly explained: "It's like this, I was just next to you on the phone, and I heard you read a string of medicinal herbs, so I came over to ask, do you collect Polygonum multiflorum?"

Polygonum multiflorum? This thing is also known as "immortality grass". According to legend, Zhang Guolao, one of the Eight Immortals, became an immortal after drinking a hundred-year-old Polygonum multiflorum soup. This shows how precious this thing is.

Xu Dacan looked at this man. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes. His age was about the same as Sha Zhu's. It was hard to tell who was older between the two of them.

But this man looked very familiar to him, like the militia coach of Huanggang Village. Xu Dacan was really afraid that he would kill himself with a shovel if they disagreed...

I’ll beat you to death!

This is really like someone sending you a pillow when you are dozing off. Xu Dacan continued to test him: "What kind of Shouwu? I can't afford the good ones."

The middle-aged man smiled widely: "Little brother, you are joking. We just came out at the same time. I saw that you didn't even frown when you paid. How could you be short of money?"

It turned out that he saw it.

In this case, Xu Dacan did not hide it anymore: "Where is your blackthorn?"

The middle-aged man pointed to the west and said, "It's not far ahead. Just pass two intersections. My home is in the alley."

In that case, let’s go and take a look.

The middle-aged man led the way in front, and Xu Dacan followed one step behind, pushing his bicycle.

Along the way, the two of them chatted awkwardly, and soon Xu Dacan felt something was wrong.

This man's eyes kept glancing at his bicycle.

Xu Damao's bicycle is a 28-inch Forever PA-11 model, also known as the famous 28 big bar.

This bicycle also marks the beginning of the transition of my country's bicycles from the imperial system to the metric system. Remember this for later examinations...

This bicycle was well taken care of by Xu Damao. There were no bumps or paint chips on it. It was polished to a shine and the chain had been freshly oiled.

Xu Dacan comes from an era of information saturation, traffic bombardment, and prevalence of conspiracy theories.

Even though I was careless just now, I have reacted now.

He remembered that at that time there was only one kind of person who hung around the door of the telephone office.

They specifically look for unfamiliar faces who look like they are from other places, and sneak into the next room when they are on the phone to eavesdrop on the conversation.

The telephone service at that time was very slow, and if you wanted the other party to hear you clearly, you had to speak loudly, which gave these people an opportunity to take advantage of you.

Having doubts, Xu Dacan looked at this man again and felt that there were flaws everywhere.

At first glance, he seemed to be dressed decently, but his clothes and pants looked very old, and were far inferior to Xu Damao's.

Then there is his complexion, which is so sallow, and it is obvious that he often does not have enough food and is malnourished.

Combining these two points, it can be basically confirmed that Lao Deng is eyeing the money in his pocket and the bicycle?

Xu Dacan pretended to be impatient: "I say, how far is it? Why haven't we arrived yet?"

The middle-aged man turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes were cunning and sinister, but he quickly hid it and said to him with a fake smile: "It's not far, just ahead, brother, just be patient."

Although Xu Dacan is "skilled and bold", he is not a bully.

Judging from the way they acted, it seemed like there must be an ambush in the alley, so we should definitely not go there.

When he was learning boxing, in the first lesson, the coach taught him: "When we learn boxing, we will inevitably have to fight with others. Boy, remember this, no matter when, if there are more than 4 people on the opposite side, don't hesitate, run! Run as soon as possible!"

How do you say that? Because we don’t have eyes behind us.

Suppose there are 4 people on the opposite side, one of them is distracting your attention from the front; another one is constantly harassing you from the side; at this time you can't pay any attention to the two behind you.

If these two guys hit you a few times, no matter how heroic you are, you will die here today!

After walking a few steps forward, Xu Dacan became even more impatient: "Why haven't you arrived yet? I wouldn't have come if I had known! I'm tired, you go by yourself, I'll follow you on my bike."

Refusing to even walk a few steps, the middle-aged man sneered and became more and more convinced that Xu Dacan was a high-quality fat sheep.

Maybe Xu Dacan's "greenhorn" image was too deceptive. The middle-aged man was calculating how much he could make today while turning back and smiling to steady Xu Dacan: "Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work, little brother. I'll be there soon, I'll be there soon!"

But who would have thought that as soon as he turned around, Xu Dacan got on his bicycle and left; when the middle-aged man came to his senses, he had already rushed forward.

The old man chased for a few steps unwillingly before he realized that it was stupid to chase someone's bicycle with his two legs, so he stopped cursing.

After rushing a long way, Xu Dacan slowed down the car, and a feeling of fear arose in his heart.

It seemed that things went too smoothly for him after he traveled through time. First he got a space, and then he easily earned his first pot of gold. He became a little too proud and lost even his basic vigilance.

This incident also served as a reminder for him to be more cautious in the future.

"..."

Xu Dacan rode his bike to see the style of Jingye's house during this period. He did not return to the courtyard at noon, but ate a bowl of braised pork with Beixinqiao.

This one

Their braised pork now costs 1 yuan a bowl, and you need to buy 2 taels of food coupons.

A bowl of braised pork comes with two pancakes, 150g of intestines, 200g of lungs, two slices of tofu and two cubes of fat, then topped with two large spoonfuls of thick old soup and sprinkled with coriander.

Then, according to your own taste, add garlic juice, chives, and fermented bean curd; taking a bite is truly a perfect experience.

After eating and drinking, I didn’t forget to go to Dongdan Vegetable Market to buy a young hen. It was really cheap, only one yuan and twenty-eight cents.

It’s nothing like later on, when buying a little stupid chicken would cost more than a hundred yuan.

Someone will surely say, "Nonsense! You don't need a ticket to buy a chicken?" And in those days, a chicken was not even one yuan, it had to be at least 2-3 yuan!

Many people have such doubts because they don’t know that we actually had a special period when we could eat as much meat as we wanted.