Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

"There's a fish, hurry up and pull the hook!" He Lai took a look at the float and reminded Sha Zhu.

Sha Zhu immediately lifted the rod, and a carp weighing about two kilograms was soon brought ashore.

"Xiao Laizi, ever since we got the loach, your brother Zhuzi has lost interest in fishing. How come you are so smart that you can even think of something like this?"

Sha Zhu hung up the corn, threw down the fishing hook, sat on the small stool, and smiled helplessly.

"Brother Zhuzi, that's enough. You should talk less and do more."

"Okay, okay, fishing, fishing."

Soon the group had caught almost everything. Those who were lucky caught thirty to forty kilograms, and those who were unlucky caught more than ten kilograms. It seems that there are still some fish in the Yongding River.

Sha Zhu and his friends secretly caught a few loaches and had a great harvest.

A group of people gathered together to discuss who would go to the black market. They couldn't all go in to sell things. After all, the ticket price to sell things in the black market had increased to 40 cents.

"Master He, can you help us estimate the weight of the fish?"

Uncle Qian and his companions then remembered that they didn't bring a large scale, and the small scale could only weigh ten pounds. Then they thought that Sha Zhu was a chef and should be able to estimate the weight of the fish.

"Okay, I estimate the fish weighs about a handful, no more than three ounces."

Sha Zhu was happy to be a good person, so he agreed immediately.

Courtyard No. 94 quickly calculated the weight of their fish and entrusted the fish to a few people, asking them to enter the black market as sellers.

The remaining people were divided into two groups: one group became buyers and entered the black market, thus spending less money; the other group took fishing gear and other things and returned to the courtyard first.

He Lai and his companions soon arrived at the black market, and it was indeed much more lively. It seemed that people's demand for food was growing.

He Lai and Sha Zhu quickly found a stall.

"Brother Zhuzi, I'll go around and you sell it first." He Lai whispered to Sha Zhu.

"Okay, don't attract too much attention, it may attract people." Sha Zhu was a little worried and reminded.

After all, He Lai bought a lot of things last time, which attracted a lot of attention.

"Got it." He Lai adjusted his hat and the cloth wrapped around his face.

There is no way around it. People who enter the black market basically cover their faces for fear of being recognized.

He Lai found that there were very few stalls selling staple foods on both sides, almost none of them, and many stalls had signs saying that food could be exchanged for cheap.

He Lai found a stall selling vegetable seedlings and immediately became interested. He squatted down and asked.

"Boss, what kind of seedlings are these?"

The old man setting up the stall took a look at He Lai. From his voice, he should be a young man. And seeing that He Lai was wrapped tightly, he knew that he didn't come here often.

"Hey boy, these are vegetable seedlings, eggplant, tomato, cucumber; those over there are fruit seedlings, watermelon, melon, strawberry. Look, these are all good seedlings, I guarantee they will grow!"

When He Lai heard that there were strawberries, he wanted to buy some.

After all, strawberries are rare these days, and they are basically only grown by special people.

"How to sell it?"

The old man thought there was hope.

"10 vegetable seedlings for one pound of corn flour, 10 fruit seedlings for two pounds, what do you think, little brother?"

The old man felt a little guilty after he said this. After all, he said the price was twice as high, and he was afraid that He Lai would simply refuse it.

He Lai looked at the old man's behavior and felt something was unnatural, thinking that he might have reported a high price.

But I don’t care, it’s all for free anyway.

"Boss, I don't have any cornmeal, but I do have some money. If all else fails, I can get you some sweet potatoes. What do you think?"

"Okay, sweet potatoes are fine, but one pound of corn flour must be exchanged for three pounds of sweet potatoes, okay?"

When the old man heard that sweet potatoes were better, he thought it was good to have food in these days.

"Then give me ten strawberry seedlings, five watermelons and five melons each, and 20 of these three vegetables. In that case, I can give you 18 kilograms of sweet potatoes. I'll go get them for you."

"Okay, okay, the old man is waiting for you." When the old man heard that there was such a good deal without bargaining, he was overjoyed and agreed immediately.

Seeing that the deal was done, He Lai left. While it was still dark, he turned into a small alley and took out a bag of sweet potatoes from the space.

When I returned to the old man, I saw that he had already prepared the seedlings.

He Lai also put the bag on the ground.

"You have a scale here, right? The sweet potatoes are in the bag, take them out and weigh them yourself."

"Okay, okay." Upon hearing this, the old man immediately took out his bag, opened He Lai's bag and took a look. He saw that the sweet potatoes were all quite big, and he became even happier.

The old man quickly weighed the weight and handed the scale to He.

"Look, little brother, 18 pounds, not bad at all."

He Lai would never look at the tiny dots on the scale. When he was a child in his previous life, he hated looking at this kind of scale the most. It was like writing a word on it, with only a row of dots.

"Okay, I'll take it then."

He Lai was about to pick up the bag and leave when the old man stopped him again.

"Little brother, wait a minute, um, um, can you sell me this sweet potato?"

The old man said a little embarrassedly that he didn't want to let these sweet potatoes go. There were still twenty or thirty kilograms of good ones left.

He Lai looked around and saw a group of people selling things staring at him.

They were all waiting for He Lai to leave the stall so that they could come up and chat with him.

He Lai thought that he had underestimated the extent of this group of people's desire for sweet potatoes.

"That old man, I can actually give it to you. I don't want the money, but I want some uncommon fruit seedlings. Can you get some for me?"

He Lai thought that there were plenty of sweet potatoes in his space, so he could plant more different fruits, so he came up with this idea.

"Okay, okay. I've been planting for my whole life and have seen a lot of fruits. I'll definitely get them for you in a couple of days."

The old man agreed promptly. It seemed that this man was not short of money and also liked to grow some fruits.

"Okay, I'll come again in two days. I'll give you this sweet potato in advance. Don't let me down."

He Lai didn't want to carry the sweet potatoes with him, as it would be bad if he was surrounded by people.

"Don't worry, don't worry. The old man will definitely bring the things back in two days. He will not let you down."

The old man was so happy that he actually gave the sweet potatoes to him directly. He thought that he was a rich man and he had to serve him well.

He Lai was very satisfied and left with the seedlings. When the people around him saw that He Lai had no sweet potatoes, they gave up.

He Lai quickened his pace and left this area. After arriving at another area, he turned a corner and planted all the seedlings in the bag into the space. These things mature quickly and should be ready to eat in less than ten days.