Siheyuan: The Counterattack of Passerby

Whenever Lin Geng thought of Jia Zhang's expression during this period, he gnashed his teeth in hatred. If he hadn't traveled through time and occupied this body, the original owner of this body would have been forced to death by these beasts long ago, right?

However, this part did not appear in the plot he watched later. For some reason, the Jia family in the plot was not able to occupy the two rooms of the Lin family. It may be that other changes happened after the death of the original owner, and the house may have been taken back by the street office because there was no one in the Lin family. In short, the Jia family ended up with nothing and failed to occupy the two rooms.

But no matter what, Lin Geng still has to help him avenge the original owner. The first one to be dealt with is that damn fat woman Jia Zhang. He can keep the other beasts and play with them slowly, but he will never let this damn fat woman go. He must let her taste the feeling of being in jail.

So he asked Lao Zhang to change the door for him, and he found a few cloth bags to put the grain books and grain coupons stored at home. Then he picked up a brick from the wall against the bed, and threw the more than 400 yuan his mother had left him, as well as various tickets, household registration books, and house deeds hidden inside into the thatched cottage in the small world.

This is the safest place at the moment, because after all, the old hag Jia Zhang is no longer in the yard. But the thief stick Geng is already four or five years old. Under Jia Zhang's earnest teaching and influence, he has shown his potential to be a thief and an ungrateful person. If he is harmed by this little beast, he won't know whether to laugh or cry.

He strolled out and walked towards the grain store in the area. He first bought some white flour and corn flour from the store, then took out all the oil on the grain book, weighed it, and shook his head slightly.

This era was still a time of severe material shortages, productivity had not yet been released, grain production was not high, and a planned economy was implemented. Not only was the food supply limited for each person in the city, but cooking oil was also limited. Even things like tofu and sugar were limited. You needed a ticket to buy them. Otherwise, even if you had money but no tickets, the grain store or supply and marketing cooperative still wouldn't sell them to you.

Young people in later generations have not experienced such a planned economy era, and have no idea of ​​the importance of tickets in that era, nor can they understand the importance of these tickets.

Fortunately, Lin Geng inherited the original owner's memory, so it was understandable. However, the monthly ration of cooking oil per person was too little for him. According to his cooking habits, it would be used up in a few meals. If he wanted to eat more, he could only go to the pigeon market to buy it at a high price.

So the next step is to get a few piglets and throw them into the small world as soon as possible. In this way, he can raise pigs in the small world. In the future, he will not only have enough meat to eat, but also can refine enough lard for cooking.

However, piglets were too difficult to get in the old city. He had sneaked to the pigeon market several times in the middle of the night to look for them, but he only found live chickens, ducks, rabbits and other livestock. There were no piglets or lambs at all, and there was nowhere to get them. The only way to get them was to go out of the city to the countryside, but he had to have legal identification before someone would sell them to him.

It's not easy! He will be employed in a steel mill next, so he must think of a way to get a legitimate identity to go to the countryside.

He walked out of the grain store carrying the purchased grain and oil and turned into an empty alley. The bag of flour and the bottle of oil in his hands immediately disappeared out of thin air and were put into the thatched cottage in his small world.

Through this period of exploration, he also discovered a very good function of the thatched hut in the small world, that is, this thatched hut has the function of preserving food. When various foods are put into the thatched hut, it seems that time has stood still. No matter how long the food is kept, when it is taken out, it will be the same as when it was just put in. It is much more convenient to use than the refrigerators of later generations. The things stored in it seem to never deteriorate, and even the temperature will not change.

This discovery made Lin Geng secretly happy for several days. He finally found a good use for this small world. Not only can it be used as a farm, but the thatched hut can also be used as a storage space. Moreover, the space is very large, and it seems that as many things as possible can be put in it. It seems that the powerful person who once opened up this small world was really thoughtful. Now it’s all his!

Then Lin Geng went to the vegetable market for a stroll and bought some seasonal vegetables. The weather had turned cooler now, and it would soon be October, so it was time to stock up on vegetables for the winter. There were not many seasonal vegetables on the market, so he bought some and threw them in the thatched cottage. It wouldn't be long before the vegetables planted on the farm in his little world would be ripe. At least this winter he wouldn't have to live on potatoes, radishes, cabbages and pickles every day.

And there really is no meat available at the vegetable market. If you want to buy some meat now, even if you have money and tickets, you have to rush to the vegetable market early in the morning to queue up. Those at the front of the line can still buy some fatty meat. If you go a little later, you can only buy lean meat, or even ribs or large bones to make soup.

The fatty meat is the most popular at this time. You can buy it and make lard, save it for cooking or when cooking noodles, scoop a small spoonful and add a little oil, the taste will be much more fragrant.

Therefore, fat is the most expensive in this era, while lean meat is relatively cheap. As for ribs and big bones, there is not much meat on them, and you don’t even need a ticket to buy them. The price is also very low, but there are still not many people willing to buy ribs and big bones. These things can only be used to make soup, so it is not cost-effective for people nowadays to buy them.

But Lin Geng quite liked it. Although the ribs had much less meat than those sold in meat stalls in later generations, they were shaved as clean as if they had been gnawed by a dog, including the big bones. But they were still quite good for making soup. The key was that they were cheap and did not require meat coupons.

Unfortunately, when he came here in the afternoon, there were no bones left, so he had to return home disappointed.

After buying vegetables, Lin went to the nearby supply and marketing cooperative to buy a pack of cigarettes, a few bottles of Erguotou, and a few locks, and threw them all into the space. In the past, Yi Zhonghai and the other three managers, in order to gain fame and strive for the title of excellent courtyard house, arbitrarily decided not to allow the residents of the courtyard house to lock their doors, to show that their courtyard houses were open at night and no one would pick up things on the road.

However, there were two thieves, one big and one small, Jia Zhang and Bang Geng hiding in the courtyard, which made it convenient for them to steal things. Jia Zhang stole a head of garlic from the east house, an onion from the west house, or a cabbage or a potato. In the past, people did not dare to take more, so even if they found out, they did not want to offend this old woman. Otherwise, Jia Zhang would not only refuse to admit her mistake, but also make a big fuss, blocking other people's doors and scolding for days. Who could stand this?

However, Jia Zhang was protected by Yi Zhonghai, the old Bidden, so she was unscrupulous and the people in the courtyard did not dare to do anything to her. Once they started fighting or quarreled with her, Yi Zhonghai, the old Bidden, would definitely protect Jia Zhang. In the end, not only would she not be able to get her things back, she might even be kidnapped by Yi Zhonghai and his gang, forcing them to pay Jia Zhang some money and other things as compensation.

However, after the battle this morning, Lin decided to break Yi Zhonghai's previous decision and started locking his house. Even if there were no valuables in the house, it would be disgusting if Banggeng got in and caused trouble.

Before returning to the courtyard, he seized the opportunity, shook his hands, and bread, an oil bottle, and a bag of vegetables appeared in his hands. He carried them into the courtyard.

As expected, as soon as he entered the door, he saw Yan Bugui pretending to trim the flowers and plants in front of his house, but his eyes were always paying attention to the neighbors coming in and out. Seeing the bags of flour, oil bottles and vegetables in Lin Geng's hands, Yan Bugui's eyes suddenly lit up through the lenses of his lame glasses. He instinctively put down the scissors and responded to Lin Geng, and stretched out his hands, as if he wanted to help Lin Geng catch the things in his hands.

But when he walked in front of Lin Geng, Yan Bugui was stunned for a moment, then smiled, withdrew his hand awkwardly, and said with a dry laugh: "Oh, Xiao Lin went to buy food, and bought a lot! Haha!"

"Yes, Third Uncle, our house has been emptied out by that old hag Jia Zhang. If we don't go buy some food, we'll have nothing to eat tonight! Okay, I'll send the things back home quickly. I have something else to do later. I'll see you later!" Lin Geng greeted Yan Bugui with a smile and went back home with the things.

Seeing Lin Geng carrying the things into the central courtyard, Yan Bugui finally breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to slap himself in the face, secretly cursing himself for not learning his lesson. Lin Geng had just dealt with Yi Zhonghai, Liu Haizhong, and the Jia family, and he almost stopped Lin Geng out of habit to take advantage of him.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and stopped in time, otherwise, wouldn’t he have offended Lin again?