Siheyuan: Starting to work in the street office

When it was completely dark, Zhong Shan opened his eyes on the bed, changed into his previously inconspicuous clothes, found a piece of cloth, stuffed it in his pocket, and walked out.

Zhongshan plans to go to the Pigeon City to see if there are any grain seeds, chickens, etc., so as to reuse the space, otherwise the ten acres of land will be wasted.

After leaving the courtyard, Zhongshan walked towards the direction of Pigeon City. Pigeon City was in an abandoned large courtyard, and most of the houses inside had collapsed. When he arrived at the gate of Pigeon City, Zhongshan took out the cloth from his pocket, covered his face with it, and walked forward. There were two people at the gate. They saw Zhongshan and whispered, "Buy or sell?"

"purchase!"

Seeing that Zhongshan had nothing with him, the two men let him in without any further ado. There was no charge for buying pigeons at the pigeon market, but if you went in to sell them, you would be charged a fee of 2 cents each time. In this era, 2 cents was actually a lot of money. A pack of cigarettes was only 4 cents, and an egg was only cent each.

After entering the pigeon market, Zhong Shan looked around in the moonlight, turned around, squatted in front of a stall selling chicks, took a look and whispered, "How much is one?"

The stall owner looked at Zhong Shan and whispered back, "3 cents each, 7 in total, if you want to buy them all I'll charge you 2 yuan!"

Zhong Shan didn't bargain when he heard what the stall owner said. He took out 2 yuan and said to the stall owner, "Okay, I won't bargain. Give me the basket as well. Otherwise, I really can't get the chicks. Do you have any chicks, piglets, lambs, or various grain seeds? I want them all."

After hearing what Zhongshan said, the stall owner hesitated for a while. Seeing Zhongshan pay so happily, he gritted his teeth and said to Zhongshan: "We just finished harvesting, and I have a lot of seeds left for next year. I can sell you some, but the piglets are collective. I have to go back and discuss it with the team leader. I will be here tomorrow. If the team leader agrees, I will sell it to you. If not, there is nothing I can do."

If some communes have too many piglets and cannot afford to feed them, and there is not enough grass for the pigs, they will still sell one or two secretly. After all, it is more practical to exchange them for money, otherwise they cannot feed the pigs big.

"Okay, it's best to have one boar and one sow." After making an agreement with the stall owner, Zhong Shan stood up and continued to stroll around the pigeon market with his basket.

In a corner, I saw an old man leading a sheep. Upon closer inspection, I saw that the sheep's belly was quite big. It must be pregnant!

"Uncle, how much do you want to sell this sheep for?" Zhong Shan came up to the old man and said to him.

The old man selling sheep saw someone coming and asked for the price. He said to Zhong Shan, "My friend, you can see the belly. My sheep is pregnant. If my family is not in urgent need of money, I would not be willing to give it to you. Please give me 160. Mutton is still 1 yuan per pound. I need a ticket. I am pregnant."

Zhong Shan looked at the old man and said, "130. If you agree, I'll take it away. If you don't agree, we'll say goodbye. I'll just give you the baby. Otherwise, I can only give you 90 for this sheep."

The old man selling sheep said unwillingly: "How about you add a little more? I really can't sell it for 130."

Zhong Shan heard this and didn't want to waste any more words: "That's it, I'll add another 5 yuan, 135, if you agree, I'll take it away, if not, I'll turn around and leave, you wait for the next person."

The old man saw that he couldn't add any more, so he thought for a while and said, "Well, I won't wait any longer. I'll sell the goods as soon as possible and go home. I'll have money in one hand and sheep in the other."

Zhong Shan pretended to put his hand in his pocket, but actually he took out 135 yuan from the space and handed it to the old man. After the old man counted the money, Zhong Shan led the sheep and left without looking back.

Zhongshan left the pigeon market and put the chicks and sheep into the space in a deserted place. It depends on whether the stall owner selling chicks can bring piglets tomorrow, otherwise the space will be fully stocked. Zhongshan thought happily.

After returning to the courtyard, Zhongshan lay on the bed. After looking at the chickens and sheep in the space for a while and seeing that they were all fine, he exited the space and fell asleep.

The next morning, Zhong Shan got up and packed up his things. He put old clothes, bedding, bowls, chopsticks, iron pots and other things into the space. Although he didn't lack these things, in this day and age he still had to have some old things to show others. Otherwise, if you only use new things, it would be too annoying.

After the cleaning was done, the master came with a few people. Zhong Shan handed the key to the master: "Master, the house is now in your hands."

The master half bowed and said to Zhong Shan: "Don't worry, Leader Zhong, I promise to make sure you get it straight. Just wait and see!"

"Okay, then you guys get busy. I'm going to work." Zhong Shan said, preparing to leave the courtyard. Just as he walked out of the gate, a crisp voice came from behind: "Zhong Shan, go to work. I heard that you went to work at the street office. That's amazing!"

Zhong Shan turned around and saw that this was the legendary White Lotus. This was the first time Zhong Shan had seen her since he traveled through time.

"Sister-in-law Jia, you have to go to work too. You have been busy these days and haven't seen many neighbors since you came back. This is the first time I see you since you came back." Zhong Shan said to Qin Huairu slowly with a smile on his face.

Qin Huairu approached and looked at the tall and handsome Zhong Shan. She was stunned for a moment: "Oh, I haven't seen you for two years. Zhong Shan has grown so tall. Just call me Sister Qin. The young people in the courtyard all call me that. I see there are so many people in your family. Are you going to renovate the house?"

Zhong Shan looked at Qin Huairu approaching, naturally smiling, and said calmly: "Hi, after all, I met Brother Jia first, and I'm used to calling you Sister Qin. It's not appropriate to call you Sister Qin. Well, no one has been home for a long time, and I can't live here after I come back. I can only do some simple repairs. Sister-in-law Jia, you are busy, I'll go to work first."

After saying that, under Qin Huairu's complicated gaze, he walked towards the entrance of the alley and went to the bun shop again, ordering three buns and a bowl of fried liver.

After breakfast, Zhongshan went to the street office.

When they arrived at the gate of the street office, Zhong Shan saw the security guard standing at the gate and walked over to him: "Good morning, uncle. Have you eaten yet?"

The guard looked at Zhong Shan and said, "Xiao Zhong, right? You've already eaten. You're here early too."

Zhong Shan took out a cigarette and handed it to the guard: "Uncle, want one?"

The guard took it with a smile and said, "My last name is Qin, you can just call me Uncle Qin. Xiao Zhong, how do you feel after a day's work? I can tell you everything. I'm not bragging, but there's nothing I don't know about this area!"

After chatting with Uncle Qin for a while, I saw Director Li coming. I put out my cigarette and walked over: "Good morning, Director Li."

Li Sulan looked at Zhong Shan who was walking over and said with a smile, "Little Zhong, good morning, I told you to just call me Aunt Li, why is this kid so distant?"

Looking at Zhong Shan who was scratching his head and laughing, Director Li asked again: "How do you feel about your day's work, Xiao Zhong? Are there any difficulties?"

Zhong Shan quickly said, "No, no, everything is fine. Section Chief Sun and Sister Zhang in the office are very caring towards me."

Then, he walked to Director Li's office. Director Li said, "Come to my house when you have nothing to do after get off work. I talked about you with Chengyu yesterday when I got home. He said he told you the address of your home, but you didn't come."