Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

After taking a shower and eating, He Lai returned to his room and entered the space. He found that the seedlings he planted were growing very fast and it would probably not be long before they would bear fruit.

He Lai suddenly remembered that the seedling seller at the black market was still waiting for him! This was embarrassing. He had to go there today.

When it was getting a little dark, he told Yu Shui to go to sleep and went out, telling Aunt Qian that he was going to the black market and asked her to help open the door for him.

"Go ahead, go ahead. Your uncle Qian and the others are out fishing. They won't be back until very late."

Aunt Qian agreed with a smile.

He Lai also smiled and said, as long as they don’t lose money, then let them do what they want. The Yongding River is quite large and there should be a lot of fish.

He Lai quickly arrived at the black market and looked around. He didn't find the old man selling seedlings, so he was a little disappointed. He could only look around for other things.

He Lai could only look at other things, and then he came to a stall selling cigarettes and alcohol.

"Brother, you're here again? I don't have much cigarettes and alcohol right now."

When the young man saw it was He Lai, he immediately greeted him.

"Do you have anything that is rare on the market?" He Lai thought for a moment and asked.

"Brother, do you want to get a gun?" The young man took a step closer and whispered.

"Oh, you have a gun. What kind of gun? I don't like ordinary guns."

He Lai said that he already had a gun and wanted to see if there were any rare items.

"It seems like you have played with guns before. I just got a brand new Type 56 semi-automatic rifle. How about it? Are you interested?"

"Oh?" He Lai was surprised. This gun is a good thing. It was often used by our army during the Vietnam War.

"how much is it?"

"180."

He Lai heard it and thought, is it so expensive? Even though I have money, I can't let others kill me like a pig!

When the young man saw that He Lai didn't say anything, he realized that his offer was too high.

"Brother, how about this, for 150, I'll give you an extra bullets, and I won't make any money from you. After all, you bought so many things from me, what do you think?"

"That's a good price. How much are the bullets? Give me 300 rounds."

He Lai felt that the price was acceptable. After all, it was a semi-automatic rifle. Although it was not as good as the AK, it was already very good in this era.

"Two cents a hair, the market price."

"Okay, where can I get the goods?"

"follow me."

When the young man saw He Lai wanted to buy goods, he handed the stall to his younger brother and took He Lai to a small hut.

"Brother, this guy wants to buy the Type 56. He is my old customer and a wealthy man."

The young man walked up to a middle-aged man and whispered in his ear.

The middle-aged man glanced at He Lai, then stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation, and said.

"Little brother, please sit down."

He Lai didn't hesitate and sat down on the armchair next to him.

"Little brother, who are you?"

"Oh, you guys are selling things on the black market and you still check my household registration. If you don't want to sell it, forget it. I don't need this thing."

He Lai saw that this person should be their leader, but he could not show his weakness.

"Little brother, I misunderstood. I have no other intentions. I just want to make friends. If you don't want to talk, forget it."

Seeing that He Lai was a little angry and unwilling to talk, the middle-aged man stopped asking.

"Ma Liu, go get it. Don't keep this brother waiting for too long."

Upon hearing this, the young man immediately went into the inner room to get his gun.

He Lai heard this and found out that the man's name was Ma Liu.

"My name is Ma Er. People in the martial arts world call me Master Ma Er. I am in charge of this black market. If you need anything in the future, you can come to me."

The middle-aged man introduced himself.

"Okay, Master Ma, I'll definitely come to you if I need anything in the future. I just happen to have a piece of gold here, please help me exchange it."

He Lai took out a large yellow croaker from his pocket and threw it on the table.

Master Ma took a look at the big yellow croaker and then at He Lai, and found that he was indeed a rich man.

Master Ma waved his hand, and a younger brother immediately stepped forward, picked up the big yellow croaker and began to examine it.

When Master Ma saw his younger brother nod, he said.

"Wait a moment, little brother. I'll get you the scale and the money."

After saying that, he went into the inner room.

He Lai also looked around. The furnishings were quite simple, with only a few people guarding the door. He didn't know what was going on in the inner room.

After a while, Ma Erye and Ma Liu came out with things.

"Little brother, take a look at the gun first, I'll be ready soon." Ma Erye said, and started weighing the gold.

"Brother, look, this gun is 90% new." Ma Liu handed the Type 56 to He Lai.

The style looks a bit like SKS, it's a good gun. He Lai fiddled with it carefully, then returned the gun to Ma Liu and went back to take a closer look.

Master Ma also finished weighing, and found exactly ten taels of gold.

"Little brother, it's exactly ten taels. Now one tael of gold is 240 yuan, which is 2,400 yuan. Minus the 210 yuan for the gun and bullets, I will give you 2,200 yuan. How fair is that?"

Master Ma spoke.

"Thank you." He came to see that the other party had given him a discount of ten dollars.

"Count it." Master Ma counted out two thousand two hundred yuan and put it on the table.

"No need. I still trust Master Ma for this little money."

He Lai said with a smile.

Seeing that the deal was done, Ma Liu packed up the gun and bullets, and took the money that Ma Erye had left on the table and gave it all to He Lai.

"Master Ma, I'll take my leave now."

"Okay, Ma Liu, send the little brother out."

He Lai followed Ma Liu back to the black market.

"Master, I have to call you Master from now on." Ma Liu was also shocked to see that He Lai was so rich. He took the big yellow croaker just like that.

"Okay, you can call me whatever you want, just don't ask me. By the way, do you have malted milk or something like that? Go get me some."

He Lai asked.

"I don't have any malted milk here. It's too expensive and no one wants it. But I do have some regular milk powder. Do you want it?"

Ma Liu's attitude was obviously too respectful.

"Sure, I'll take any amount of the milk powder, no matter how much it costs."

"Milk powder sells for 6.5 yuan outside, but I sell it for 10 yuan. This stuff has basically been taken away by various units. There are only ten bags left, and each bag weighs one kilogram. Don't think it's too little."

Ma Liu said.

"All right, give it to me, and get me some malted milk."

When He Lai heard that the price was acceptable, only less than double the original price, he went straight to the topic of malted milk.

"Okay, malted milk is still available in the supply and marketing cooperatives and state-owned stores. Sugar coupons are one dollar each. I'll run to get it for you."

Seeing that he agreed, He Lai took out six hundred yuan and gave it to Ma Liu.

"Maltese is 40 yuan a can. Please buy me 10 cans. Give me the milk powder first. Also, get me 20 kilograms of White Rabbit candy. The rest is your errand fee."

"Thank you, sir. Just let me know if I need anything in the future." When Ma Liu heard that he had earned about 20 yuan, he thought it was not bad, so he hurried back to get the milk powder.

After He Lai got the things, he left alone.

He Lai turned around again and was lucky enough to see the man selling seedlings.

"Old man, do you still recognize me?" He Lai squatted down and asked.

"I know him, I know him." The old man selling seedlings looked at He Lai and recognized him when he heard his voice.

"Little brother, I've been waiting for you for a few days. Since you didn't come, I didn't bring the seedlings here. How about you come with me to my place and I'll get them for you?"

"Okay, let's go, I'll collect your seedlings for you when the time comes."

He Lai can't delay other people's business.

"Thank you, little brother. Let's go." The old man selling seedlings packed up his things and took He Lai out of the black market.