Siheyuan: All the birds want to die, I enjoy happiness

Seeing Yan Bugui closing the door, Yi Zhonghai thought that he was unwilling, so he quickly said, "Old Yan, you can't just stand by and watch me die. I have nothing to eat except seasonings at home. If you really don't give me food, I really can't survive."

"Hey, Lao Yi, look at what you are saying. How could I not give it to you? Ahem, didn't I catch some fish some time ago? If you think it's okay, you can buy a fish from me and take it home to eat. Do you think that's okay?" Yan Bugui rubbed his hands and said.

"Okay, no problem, just name a price." Yi Zhonghai's eyes immediately lit up when he heard Yan Bugui's words. It seemed that he wouldn't have to go hungry this time, that's great!

"Look, this fish weighs 15 kilograms. Just give me 3 yuan." Yan Bugui took a fish out of the basin and handed it to Yi Zhonghai.

"Okay, here you go, three dollars." Yi Zhonghai didn't want to bargain at all. There was no need. What if Yan Bugui didn't want to sell it after bargaining? Besides, this price was about the same as the pigeon market. He wasn't trying to discredit Yi Zhonghai. Three dollars was three dollars. He didn't believe that the snow would continue to fall for several days.

"Okay, okay." Yan Bugui took the money handed over by Yi Zhonghai with a smile. He thought Yi Zhonghai would bargain, but who knew he agreed right away.

Yi Zhonghai took the still alive fish and couldn't help but feel that the three dollars were worth it. "By the way, Old Yan, can you sell me some staple food? I can't always eat fish..."

"Hey, I have some at home, but you know you need food stamps to buy this stuff." Yan Bugui rubbed his fingers and hinted. Yan Bugui really didn't plan to make money from this food, as long as he didn't lose money. But if you just give him money to buy his food, unless you give him a lot, if it's about the same as the pigeon market, he would rather not take it. If there is not enough food at home, why spend money to buy it in the pigeon market? Isn't this just asking for trouble? Besides, it would be bad if he was caught in the pigeon market.

"Then how about this? I'll go get you some food coupons and we can exchange them. Is that okay?" Yi Zhonghai said as he was about to go home to get food coupons for Yan Bugui.

Before Yan Bugui could say anything, he heard the third aunt in the house shouting outside: "Old Yan, what are you doing? The coal stove in this room has gone out, come and have a look."

Yan Bugui couldn't help but frown when he heard this. He didn't have much coal briquettes at home, and he didn't light any coal briquettes today. Why did his wife say that the coal stove was out? Could it be that something happened? Yan Bugui had no choice but to smile and say to Yi Zhonghai: "Old Yi, then wait for me, I'll go to the house to light a stove."

"Okay, okay, you go first." Yi Zhonghai nodded and said.

Yan Bugui walked into the house quickly, looked at the third aunt and said, "My dear, we don't even have a coal stove at home, what are you talking about?"

"Hey, didn't I just eavesdrop on you talking to Yi Zhonghai? What food coupons do you want? Don't you see how hungry he is?" The third aunt leaned towards Yan Bugui and spoke in a low voice.

"What do you mean? You mean I shouldn't ask him for food coupons?" Yan Bugui couldn't help but frowned when he heard this. How could his wife say such a thing? Could it be that she has fallen in love with Yi Zhonghai?

"That's right. Not only do you not need food coupons, you also don't have to ask him for money." The third aunt said, and looking at Yan Bugui's gloomy face, she quickly continued, "Have you forgotten that our family is not short of food now, but of coal briquettes! Yi Zhonghai and the old lady have a lot of them at home. You can ask him for them with a little more money, and he will definitely give them to you. It's no problem to give him a small half of our family's grain." The third aunt was not talking nonsense. They still had a lot of flour and rice left in their family, which was enough for them to eat until the New Year, and they could go buy more then.

But their family is always short of coal briquettes every year, and they have to use them carefully every year. Now they finally found a good opportunity.

"Hey, my dear, I never thought that you don't have a good brain. Today's idea is not bad. I'll go and discuss it with him now." Yan Bugui smiled happily when he heard this. This is really a good idea. Thinking of this, Yan Bugui walked out directly.

"Oh, Old Yi, I'm so sorry that I was busy lighting the stove just now. It's like this, when I was lighting the coal stove just now, I remembered that I don't have many coal briquettes at home. You also know that we don't know when this weather will end. If you have extra coal briquettes at home, you can exchange them with me for food. As for money, forget it. What do you think?" Yan Bugui said with a smile looking at Yi Zhonghai.

Yi Zhonghai didn't understand that the reason why the third aunt called Yan Bugui in was to take advantage of his family's coal briquettes. But it was true that his family had a lot of coal briquettes every year, not to mention that now that the first aunt was gone, they wouldn't be used during the day. He also thought that the deaf old lady seemed to have a lot of coal briquettes in her house, and it would be great to use them to exchange for food. He immediately said, "Okay, then how do you exchange them?"

When Yan Bugui heard that Yi Zhonghai agreed to exchange coal briquettes for food, he was immediately delighted and said to Yi Zhonghai with a smile: "How about this, 5 jin of food for 40 coal briquettes? As for rice or flour, you can choose it yourself."

Of course Yi Zhonghai knew that Yan Bugui was slaughtering him. But now he was the fish on the chopping board, and Yi Zhonghai was the pork on the chopping board, waiting to be slaughtered. Even if he was unwilling to exchange with Yan Bugui, the result would probably be the same if he went to another family, either asking for money or coal.

Well, it's better to just exchange. "Okay, then I'll take four pounds of rice and one pound of flour first." Yi Zhonghai is not stupid. Although he used less coal briquettes, it doesn't mean he has to exchange them all with others at a loss. Who knows, maybe the blizzard will end soon?

"Okay then, I'll go upstairs and distribute it to you?" Yan Bugui asked.

"Okay, then I'll go back first and bring the coal briquettes over later." Yi Zhonghai nodded and said.

"Okay, then you go slowly." Yan Bugui sent Yi Zhonghai out the door and shared the good news with the third aunt. This time he finally got it. "Old lady, he agreed. Five kilograms of grain and 40 coal briquettes!"

"Sure, I'll go and give him five pounds. Where's the scale? We can't afford to lose money." Listen, it's obvious that Yi Zhonghai is being ripped off, but now he's still worried about losing money? Fortunately, Yi Zhonghai couldn't hear them talking, otherwise he would burst into tears.