Siheyuan, Me and the Yu Sisters

At about ten o'clock in the evening, Zhang Renkang said hello to Yu Li. Yu Li already knew that Zhang Renkang not only contacted the steel mill and the textile factory for supplies, but also provided meat to the old men in the city. Yu Li felt a little uneasy and advised

"Renkang, we have enough money in our family, so please don't take the risk of doing this again. If something goes wrong, how can I live?"

Zhang Renkang hugged Yu Li and comforted her

"I have already started to collect the money, and will gradually reduce the number of transactions in the future. But if we cut off the connection now, they will not be happy."

After comforting Yu Li for a while, Zhang Renkang took advantage of the night to go to the place where he had agreed with Master Lu San. During the last transaction, Zhang Renkang had already told Master Lu San's servants that he wanted to meet Master Lu this time.

In the abandoned courtyard, Zhang Renkang put down 500 kilograms of pork and 500 kilograms of mutton, 5,000 eggs, and 3,000 kilograms of fine flour. At the beginning of January, Zhang Renkang had re-arranged the transaction with these old people and young people. The transaction would be conducted on the 5th of every month. Due to the shortage of materials, the transaction quantity and price also changed.

After a while, Master Lu San came in quietly with six servants. Seeing Zhang Renkang in the room, Master Lu San said with a smile:

"Mr. Kang, how are you?"

Zhang Renkang smiled and replied

"Mr. Lu, please come in."

Master Lu smiled bitterly.

"Well, Mr. Kang should have heard something about this. The higher-ups are taking precautions against us without leaving any room for maneuver. If it weren't for Mr. Kang's gift of food, I would have starved to death."

Zhang Renkang smiled as he watched the servant carrying things out. He took the bag of yellow croaker handed over by Quanzi and weighed it. The last agreement was that meat was priced at 300 yuan, eggs were 240 yuan each, and white flour was yuan per pound. Based on the calculation of yellow croakers per time, the yellow croaker purchased on the black market a while ago was already yuan per head, but Zhang Renkang and Lu Sanye's transaction was still calculated at the normal yuan per head. This is the embodiment of the pricing power of having materials.

Zhang Renkang saw that the others had already carried their things out of the door. Except for Quanzi who was guarding outside the door, the other six servants had already taken the first batch of things to the direction of Master Lu San's courtyard. Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"Third Master, I came to you this time to ask for a favor. I wonder if it would be convenient for you?"

Master Lu nodded and said

"Mr. Kang, you might as well just speak frankly. I will definitely help you if I can."

Zhang Renkang laughed

"It's like this. I have a few courtyards that are inconvenient to take over. You know that the higher-ups are quite strict about this place. I wonder if Mr. Lu San can help me find a way to keep them for a while."

Master Lu thought

"Would it be convenient for me to get the details?"

Zhang Renkang laughed

"Of course I have to talk to the Third Master about this."

"There is a courtyard with three entrances and two courtyards with two entrances. We took them over from Lou Huaijin a while ago. You know that the higher-ups are not only strict with us, but also with Lou Huaijin and his people."

"My people are not convenient to receive it, so I would like to ask you to receive it for me, keep it for a few years, and return it to me later."

Master Lu San looked sharply at the disguised Zhang Renkang opposite him. Although he could not see through the effect of the disguise mask, his intuition told him that this person must not be the middle-aged man he is now. He said slowly

"Mr. Kang, is there any wind direction up there?"

Zhang Renkang smiled and said

"Master Lu has such a sharp intuition."

Master Lu smiled complacently.

"There's nothing we can do. If we weren't smart, we would have been sacrificed long ago. Since ancient times, people like us have been strictly monitored and guarded against, and even slaughtered. It's good enough that the new society can spare our lives."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Looking at the current atmosphere, the higher-ups will take action against these people sooner or later. Although you will probably be affected, your lives will not be in serious danger."

Master Lu nodded and said

"Mr. Kang, I don't know who you are, but from what I have seen over the years, you are not an ordinary person, and you will not be like this. We can help you with this favor, but Mr. Kang, I want you to promise to help us in the future. How about that?"

Zhang Renkang thought for a moment and realized that in the future these people would probably be dragged out for criticism and their belongings would be confiscated and destroyed, but their lives would not be in danger any more. He nodded and said,

"Okay, I'll try my best, but I can't guarantee it."

Master Lu laughed and said

"Okay, Mr. Kang, you are a straightforward person. I believe your promise. If you say you can definitely save my old man, I don't believe it. But I believe your sincerity when you say this."

"I will go and take it over in person with Lou Huaijin. I will tell them that my servants have been with me for so many years and I will find a place for them to stay. I believe that the higher-ups will not make things difficult for me."

Zhang Renkang nodded and said

"Then I thank you, Third Master. But if I were Third Master, I'd better take away all the things from the previous dynasty and antiques in the house, so that at least someone can't find them if they break in."

"If it's appropriate, I can go to the countryside or another place to hide away, and come back after seven or eight years."

Master Lu's eyes gleamed, and he asked in a low voice:

"Mr. Kang, is the wind really that cold?"

He understood what Zhang Renkang meant. This time the wind was likely to be strong and would blow into the house for quite some time.

Zhang Renkang nodded and smiled

"When the weather changes, the dust has to be blown away. I think the winter at the end of next year will be very cold. It is not certain that spring will come after winter."

Master Lu clasped his fists and said

"Mr. Kang, we will remember your kindness and will repay you in the future."

Master Lu San had an idea in his mind. After all, in his eyes, Zhang Renkang should be the spokesperson of someone above. At least in the previous dynasty, he should be an iron-hat king. The news here must be true. With this information, Master Lu and his family at least know when to leave. After the cold winter next year, there may not be spring. Doesn't this mean that the higher-ups may take action after the winter next year?

Zhang Renkang heaved a sigh of relief when he returned to the courtyard. With the help of servants like Lu San, the old man's family, as a cover, the higher-ups would only know that they bought these courtyards from the Lou family. Besides, these servants were also people, and oppressed people at that. Wasn't it enough for them to have a house to live in?

As for whether these servants would move out in the future, Zhang Renkang never worried about it. He planned to take out money to build small houses outside and exchange them for them. After all, small houses are a symbol of luxury in the eyes of people nowadays. He was not afraid that they would not change. It would take 30 years for the Siheyuan to become valuable. How could they know the value of the Siheyuan?

The next day, when Zhang Renkang and Yu Li hurried to the steel mill on their bicycles, they saw two military jeeps with red letters parked in front of the office building. They were wondering what they were doing. After Zhang Renkang parked his bicycle, he saw Secretary Liu pacing back and forth in front of the canteen.

Seeing Zhang Renkang and Yu Li, Secretary Liu hurried over excitedly and shouted

"Chief Zhang, you are finally here"

Chen Wei was usually too lazy to come unless it was time for a transaction. It was good enough to see him twice a week except on Friday. Zhang Renkang didn't want to assign another person to the original planning department for a while. The three of them were enough. Chen Wei received the goods and Yu Li checked the accounts, so Secretary Liu could only wait for Zhang Renkang and Yu Li at the door.

Zhang Renkang laughed

"Secretary Liu, what are you doing at the door in such a cold weather? It's not even time to go to work yet."

Secretary Liu said excitedly

"Come with me to the factory director's office. They're waiting for you there."

Zhang Renkang asked in surprise

"What happened? So early in the morning?"

Secretary Liu looked at Yu Li and said

"Comrade Yu Li, go too. I don't know either. When the factory director came, two military vehicles were parked at the door, and they specifically asked for you and your wife."

Zhang Renkang was confused. What did this mean? Did he have any connection with the military? And he had to meet Yu Li? Yu Li nervously grabbed Zhang Renkang's arm and looked at him fearfully, thinking that maybe something had happened to the supplies.

Although Zhang Renkang was puzzled, he said calmly:

"Okay, I'll go with you to take a look."

If something happened, it wouldn't be the military that came. A few policemen would be enough. How could the military find me?

He patted Yu Li's arm and said

"Let's go and take a look."

The three of them arrived at Yang Weiguo's office in the office building. There were four uniformed guards with guns standing guard at the door. Secretary Liu nodded, stepped forward to open the door and motioned Zhang Renkang to go in. As soon as Zhang Renkang and Yu Li entered the room, they saw that Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide were standing by two soldiers sitting on the sofa on one side. One of them was in his fifties, with a square face, a firm complexion, and sharp eyes. He had the rank of lieutenant general with two white stars on a golden background and a golden national emblem on the side of his shoulders. The other was a young man in his thirties, with a tall figure and a rank of major with two red bars and a white star on his shoulders. He was talking to Yang Weiguo.

Seeing Zhang Renkang coming in, Yang Weiguo quickly said

"This is Comrade Zhang Renkang and his wife Comrade Yu Li"

The two soldiers stood up at once. The older one pushed forward excitedly to get past Yang Weiguo and Li Huaide, walked over, took Zhang Renkang's hand and said excitedly:

"Are you Renkang? Yes, you look exactly like him."

Zhang Renkang was confused and looked at the old man who was pulling him and asked

"Commander, what are you doing?"

The young man also came up, looked at Zhang Renkang with a smile, and pulled the middle-aged man and said

"Dad, calm down. Hasn't my brother been found?"

Zhang Renkang was confused. What the hell? Didn’t my father die? The middle-aged man pulled Zhang Renkang and sobbed.

"Kid, I'm your uncle."

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