Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

After buying the ticket, Zhongshan went home and went to sleep. In the next few days, he went to various pigeon markets every night to see if he could find beef. If he was lucky, he could eat braised beef during the Chinese New Year.

That night, he finally saw a beef seller in a corner. Zhong Shan looked at the half-slaughtered beef on the ground and his eyes lit up: "Fellow villager, how much is the beef?"

The man replied, "One dollar and eight cents a pound!"

Normal beef and mutton is 7 cents per pound, but you need a ticket and it is basically impossible to buy it. Without a ticket, it is 2 cents per pound. The black market is about 1 yuan. Beef is a little more expensive, 2.3 yuan. This person asked for 1 yuan, which gave room for bargaining.

Zhong Shan suppressed his excitement and said, "Are there any more? If there are, I won't bargain and let you make more. If there are none, we can discuss the price again!"

When the man heard this, his eyes moved, but he didn't say anything. Zhong Shan didn't expect this to be possible, so he continued, "If you still have some, press 1 yuan, I'll take them all!"

1 yuan per pound, the price is not low. The man replied: "I won't lie to you, the cows in the production team are sick, and there is also a cow and a newly bought calf. We don't know what disease they are infected with. The veterinarian can't cure them. They haven't eaten grass for several days. If you can give a higher price, I will go back and discuss with the team leader and sell it to you. We will also apply to buy cattle as soon as possible, for fear of delaying the cultivation of the land next year."

When Zhong Shan heard this, he knew it was an opportunity. He just didn't know if the water in the space could save the two cows. If they could, he wouldn't have to worry about eating beef in the future. Even if they couldn't, it wouldn't be too bad. So he said to the cow seller:

"I've bought all the beef today, all for 2 yuan. If those two cows are indeed not dead, but just sick and can walk, I'll buy them all at yuan per pound."

The man thought about it and realized that he wanted to sell them. The team leader had already said that the three cows could not be cured and had to be killed and sold. After selling them, he could use the money to apply to the commune to buy cows. It was not easy for an individual to buy cows as he did not have the means, but he could still buy cows from the team and the commune.

After thinking it over, the man said to Zhong Shan, "Young man, I would like to sell it to you, but the cow is sick and can't be brought to the city. Our team leader originally planned to kill the butcher before it dies and transport it out bit by bit. The whole cow cannot be transported."

Zhongshan thought about it and realized that this was indeed the case. After thinking about it, Zhongshan was also very skilled and bold, so he said to the cattle seller: "Fellow villager, how about this? I will follow you to your village, you drive the cattle out of the village, and we will trade at the entrance of the village. How about that?"

When the man heard this, he also said, "Young man, aren't you afraid?"

Zhong Shan smiled when he heard this: "What are you afraid of? I'm not going there alone, and I can't get it back by myself. As long as you are not afraid." After saying that, he deliberately showed the pistol he had just taken out from the space and placed on his waist.

The man selling the cows shrank back when he heard this. He was not a good person either. But as long as he could really buy two cows, he didn't care whether he was a good person or not!

There were still 190 kilograms of beef underground, and Zhongshan bought them all, gave him 342 yuan, and asked the fellow who sold the beef to send him to an alley outside Pigeon City, and then said:

"Just leave it here. Someone will come and take it away. I'll go with you to check on the two cows!"

After saying that, he walked out of the alley with his fellow villager, and while the fellow villager was not paying attention, he put the beef into the space.

After walking for more than an hour, they arrived at a village. Zhong Shan said, "I'll wait for you at the entrance of the village. Fellow villagers, we'd better abide by the rules and have a safe transaction. It will be good for you, me and everyone else!"

After the fellow villager left, Zhongshan kept staring at the surroundings with his spiritual sense. After a while, he felt someone coming. Zhongshan looked with his spiritual sense and saw two people driving two cows towards the village entrance. They must be the ones delivering the cows. After a while, the fellow villager who sold meat and another person drove out two cows, a larger cow and a half-grown cow. They were a little wilted and skinny. They took a long time to drive them forward.

When the fellow who sold beef arrived at the entrance of the village, he did not see Zhongshan, so he called out softly, "Young man, are you still there?"

Zhong Shan observed for a while, saw no danger, and walked out: "Here, fellow, I just went to the toilet because of a stomachache!"

After saying that, looking at the two cows in the moonlight, another person also introduced that the big cow weighed more than 800 pounds, but she had lost weight due to illness and was very weak, so she still weighed more than 600 pounds. The other calf weighed more than 200 pounds, so if both cows were bought, they would be calculated as 800 pounds.

Zhong Shan did not bargain after hearing this. This kind of transaction is that you are afraid of me and I am afraid of you. We both want to end the transaction as soon as possible and not to anger the other party. After Zhong Shan paid the money happily, he said, "Just leave the cattle here. My people will come out to transport them after you leave."

The two of them didn't waste any words and just turned and left. The three of them covered their faces throughout the whole process and spoke in deliberately low voices.

After the two left, Zhongshan observed that there was no one nearby, so he protected the water and put it into space, specially divided an area, and then led the spring water in the space to the cattle-raising area, and then left it to fate.

After doing all this, Zhongshan ran towards home. It was then that he thought that it would be good to have a bicycle so that he could free his legs. Otherwise, he would have to rely on his own legs to run home.

However, Zhongshan, whose physical fitness was improving, did not feel tired. It was already midnight when he got home. After changing his clothes, Zhongshan simply tidied up and lay down to sleep.

The next morning, Zhong Shan got up and went to the space to check. Both cows were feeling a little better. They seemed to have gained some weight and were more energetic than before. It seemed there was hope.

The ducks also laid eggs. Zhong Shan did not take out the eggs at first, but left them there to see if ducklings could be hatched. When the number of ducks reached a certain level, he did not keep the eggs but took them out directly and placed them in the storage area.

There are already quite a few fruit trees in the space, and all the trees have grown into big trees. There are also a few small trees under the big trees, which were transplanted to the side by Zhongshan.

The sheep flock has grown to a considerable size and can produce the first batch of mutton. Next time when I trade with Deputy Director Li, I can add some mutton and apples.

When they were almost at the street office, Zhong Shan saw Song Lili standing there. Next to her was a 1-meter-tall man who kept circling around her. When Song Lili wanted to leave, the man kept blocking her. Zhong Shan shouted, "Hey, what are you doing!"

After shouting, Zhong Shan rushed over: "Lili, are you okay? Who is this person?"

Song Lili was about to cry: "Brother Zhongshan, I don't know him either. As soon as I got here, he pestered me and wouldn't let me leave!"

Zhong Shan said to the man, "What are you doing? You are a hooligan, do you know that?"

The man was not afraid when he saw the newcomer. Instead, he said to Zhong Shan arrogantly, "No, kid, who are you? Why are you meddling in other people's business? Get out of here, or I'll kill you."

After saying that, he stretched out his hand, holding a knife.

Seeing that he was so lawless and dared to attack near the street office, Zhong Shan did not tolerate him. He directly grabbed his wrist with one hand and punched him in the stomach with the other hand. The man bent over after being hit in the stomach. Zhong Shan hit him in the face with an elbow. The man screamed and felt his jawbone was broken. He rolled on the ground and screamed!