Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

The Yulong River originates from the Mobei Plateau and enters Yanjing from the northwest. It is the largest river in the Yanjing area.

Unlike Beihai Park, the Yulong River is hundreds of meters wide and more than twenty meters deep at its deepest point.

These days, fishing technology is still at the manual stage, the water quality is not polluted, and there are countless big fish in the river.

thump!

Chang Zhengyang, wearing only a pair of shorts, put his clothes, shoes and backpack on a tree, then jumped into the Yulong River.

The river water was very clear and Chang Zhengyang's vision was not affected at all. He saw him swimming towards the depths of the Yulong River like a nimble big fish.

What a big blue carp, it must weigh about 30 kilograms, right?

This silver carp is not small, it must be over 20 kilograms...

Forget it, these fish have too many bones and the meat is not tender, so let’s go find black fish!

This was the first time in Chang Zhengyang's life that he had ventured into the rivers and lakes without any external help. This feeling of challenging nature was something that every passionate man could not resist.

Wow!

On the vast water surface, a figure jumped out from underwater. It was Chang Zhengyang. He was holding a motionless black fish in his hand. Judging from the head, it must weigh at least twenty kilograms.

"Hey, in this day and age, there are snakeheads this big. They are authentic, pollution-free, wild snakeheads!"

Chang Zhengyang swam happily to the shore. After getting ashore, he wrapped the black fish with river mud to ensure that the black fish's body surface was moist and prevent it from dying for several hours.

As for why this guy was motionless, it was because he was knocked unconscious by Chang Zhengyang.

Next, Chang Zhengyang continued his efforts and caught two black fish weighing more than ten kilograms.

Looking at the sun in the sky, it was just past three o'clock. Chang Zhengyang thought about it and went down to the river again. He found eight soft-shelled turtles, or old tortoises, weighing two or three pounds at the bottom of the river.

It’s not that he likes to eat this, he just feels that he has no money, so he wants to catch some old turtles and sell them to make some pocket money.

Although he had a few dollars on him, he still thought that was too little. He had to have at least a thousand or eight hundred to feel at ease.

Although the Chang family has savings, Chang Zhengyang is not a child after all, and he can't bring himself to ask his mother for money.

The old turtle has been very popular since ancient times because it is a nutritious food!

It just so happened that I promised Xu Damao a few days ago that I would get him some pork kidneys or something. If I replace it with old turtles, that should be fine too.

When Chang Zhengyang thought of this, he chuckled. As someone who had been through this, he understood Xu Damao's pain!

Chang Zhengyang put on his clothes, picked up his backpack, and took more than an hour to arrive outside Deshengmen.

There is a pigeon market open during the day at Deshengmen. He plans to sell six old turtles here and sell the remaining two to Xu Damao.

As for showing filial piety to his father, there is no need for that. Even if the Zhang family does not awaken the Qilin bloodline, their bodies are still strong.

In Chang Zhengyang's memory, it seemed that he and his brothers and sisters had never caught a cold since they were young.

Chang Zhengyang came to the entrance of Pigeon City, paid a dime entrance fee, and then went in.

Many people who have not lived in this era have a misunderstanding, thinking that speculation is being cracked down on in this era and that the pigeon market is a shameful place.

Actually, it is not. The Pigeon Market is dedicated to serving the farmers around the city. Farmers bring their extra food, vegetables, wild animals, and even medicinal herbs to the Pigeon Market and exchange them with city residents for some daily necessities they urgently need.

For example, salt, white sugar, soybean oil, cotton cloth, soap, toothpaste, toothbrush and other things.

This is tacitly approved by the state. Of course, you can't go too far, otherwise the authorities will take action to rectify it.

There are more than twenty pigeon markets in Yanjing, distributed in different places in the east, south, west and north. The opening hours of each pigeon market are different. The one at Deshengmen is generally open during the day.

What if you want to buy a watch but don’t have enough money?

There are two ways. One is to entrust a store to buy second-hand goods, and the other is to go to the black market, commonly known as the ghost market.

This ghost market is what the country wants to crack down on severely. All kinds of people mix here.

The things sold in the ghost market are also varied, including various antiques, calligraphy and paintings, bills, cigarettes, food and drinks, everything.

Many things here are of ill-gotten origin, so people in the ghost market will change their appearance. Everyone carries a flashlight, but can only shine it on things, not people.

The two parties in a transaction usually speak very little. If they want to ask about the price, they will hold each other's hands in their sleeves and negotiate the price through customary gestures.

Since the ghost market is open in the second half of the night and the flashlights of that era are relatively dim, the people in the ghost market look shadowy. In addition, few people talk, so it is called the ghost market.

Chang Zhengyang plans to sell more old turtles in the near future. When he has a few hundred dollars in hand, he will go to the ghost market to see if he can find some antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

It’s not that he wanted to keep it and wait for it to appreciate in value in a few decades, he just wanted to experience the ghost market.

If I could find some good calligraphy and paintings by famous artists, I would use them to honor my mother.

Chang Zhengyang found a corner and squatted down, took out two old turtles tied with straw ropes and placed them on the ground. Soon a middle-aged man wearing glasses came over, squatted down, looked at the energetic old turtles on the ground, and nodded with satisfaction.

"Comrade, how do you sell this old turtle?"

"One dollar per pound, fixed price, no bargaining!"

"Hey, comrade, pork is only 75 cents a pound, you old turtle..."

"Uncle, this old turtle of mine weighs about three pounds. It is quite old. Is the price of a one-year-old ginseng the same as a ten-year-old ginseng?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, and Chang Zhengyang continued, "So, only this well-cooked old turtle can be very nutritious!"

Chang Zhengyang gave a mysterious smile, and the middle-aged man was immediately moved.

"How about this, I'll take both, one price, five dollars!"

"make a deal!"

Chang Zhengyang happily put the five dollars into his pocket, turned around and took out two old turtles from the backpack.

In just ten minutes, all six old turtles were sold out, and a total of sixteen dollars was earned.

It seems that old turtles are still easy to sell. After all, this is Yanjing, and there are too many high-income groups. Even if he takes out a hundred old turtles, he can probably sell them all in less than half a day.

"Zhengyang is back. There's such a strong fishy smell in your backpack. Could it be fish?"

As soon as he entered the alley, an old lady with a sensitive nose asked Chang Zhengyang what was in his backpack.

"Auntie Wei, it's a shame not to take your nose to the police station. You guessed it right, there's fish in it."

"You little bastard, you have a dog nose!"

Aunt Wei raised her hand and was about to hit them with a smile, but Chang Zhengyang dodged it with a grin, deftly avoiding the fierce claws of these aunties, and walked towards his own yard while greeting them all the way.

"Piggy!"

From a distance, Chang Zhengyang saw the little girl lying on the ground playing in the mud with a group of other kids. He walked over quickly and picked her up.

"Brother, you are back!"