My courtyard shelter

After returning home, Erbao reported to his mother as soon as he got out of the car. As soon as Yang Lina heard that Dabao was shouting for someone outside, she immediately called her husband into the house.

"When did Dabao recognize his godmother?"

Xu Dong was confused: "What godmother? Who said Dabao recognized his godmother?"

"Still saying no? That female colleague in your department, Xiang Xin, why did Dabao call her mother?" Yang Lina said jealously.

Why should I call someone else’s mother my son who I was lucky enough to raise with such hard work?

"Oh, you misunderstood, Xiang Xin was joking." Xu Dong smiled.

Yang Lina was not so easy to fool, and asked: "What is going on? Please explain it to me quickly."

"Didn't I take Dabao to see Xiang Xin last time? Dabao liked Xiao He Yun very much, so Xiang Xin joked that he wanted to recruit Dabao as his son-in-law. Dabao, a silly boy, actually took it seriously, and was tricked by Xiao Xiang in the end."

"That's it……"

"That's what happened, otherwise what do you think!"

Xu Dong was angry, and Xiang Xin was actually average-looking. Even if he wanted to cheat, he would find someone young and beautiful.

Besides, the rabbit doesn’t eat the grass next to the nest!

"Okay, just admit it. Anyway, Dabao won't suffer any loss, so we won't have to worry about his marriage in the future." Yang Lina sighed.

"We have nothing to say about this matter. It still depends on the wishes of the children. Besides, it is still early. You are just taking carrots and not worrying about it."

"Humph, don't worry now, you will have to worry about it later." Yang Lina chuckled.

…

On the other side, Boss Duan, who had been away from Yanjing for several months, finally came back.

The past five months or so have been completely different for Boss Duan.

After he returned to Guangdong, his parents and his wife died of illness one after another, and even his only son almost died.

Fortunately, God blessed him and he finally saved his son's life at a great cost.

It was precisely because of this that he delayed for so long, otherwise he would have come in July.

After arriving in Yanjing, Boss Duan was not in a hurry to ship goods or find Xu Dong. Instead, he went to Panjiayuan for a tour, focusing on understanding the market conditions here.

Of course, he didn't forget his brother-in-law, Mr. Li, who made an appointment with him on the day he arrived.

"Brother-in-law, my condolences are with you." Mr. Li comforted him as soon as he came up.

Boss Duan waved his hand: "It's all over, don't mention it anymore."

"How is Qiwen's situation?" Mr. Li asked with concern.

Qiwen is Boss Duan's only son. He is sixteen years old this year. The child has not been in good health since he was born. The old Duan and his wife are almost heartbroken.

Mr. Duan said happily: "The situation has stabilized. It will take some time to recover. This time it was really dangerous, almost..."

"As long as everything is alright, Qiwen will be lucky if he survives this disaster."

"I accept your good advice."

After chatting about personal matters, we started to get down to business. Boss Duan welcomed Mr. Li into the room, where wine and food were already set.

Boss Duan had prepared all the food and wine in advance, including a plate of braised pork, a plate of braised dried tofu, and a plate of boiled peanuts, which were just right to go with the wine.

"We're in a hurry, so I just prepared these dishes. Don't mind!"

Mr. Li quickly shook his head: "Brother-in-law, I haven't eaten meat here for almost three or four months. I miss you so much."

"Have you finished all the shrimp I sold you?"

Boss Duan was a little surprised. He had sold the other party a full fifty kilograms at the beginning. Save it, it would be enough for a year.

"No, I gave away the shrimps. Now when doing business, everything needs to be taken care of." Mr. Li sighed.

"You can't blame yourself for this."

"You blame me. I've been regretting it for the past few months."

Boss Duan picked up the wine glass and clinked it with the other party, then took a sip.

Mr. Li drank it all in one gulp, and then put a large piece of braised pork into his mouth. The feeling of happiness filling his mouth with grease was so fascinating.

"Eat slowly, don't get diarrhea later."

"Don't try to persuade me, I'm willing to do it even to death." After speaking, Mr. Li picked up another piece of braised pork, looking more anxious than a starving ghost to be reincarnated.

Boss Duan shook his head: "How is the current situation in Yanjing?"

"It's definitely better than other cities, but it's not much better. During this period, I have received a lot of private requests to buy food."

"Not enough food?"

"It hasn't been enough since last month. Now I can only eat half full. And now you can't buy food on the black market at all. Even if you do, you have to exchange fine grains for coarse grains." Mr. Li sighed.

Boss Duan nodded. The situation in the capital was similar to that in Guangdong. It was also hard to find food in his hometown.

"What about meat, how is the market going now?"

Mr. Li's eyes almost widened: "Brother-in-law, do you still have meat in your hand?"

"Yes, a little, but not much." Boss Duan nodded, and then he didn't want to say more.

“Meat has not appeared on the black market for more than half a year, and I don’t know what the market is now, but one thing is for sure, the meat market is definitely priceless at the moment.

Brother-in-law, if you really have a batch of goods on hand, no matter what kind of meat it is, I can guarantee that it will definitely sell for a sky-high price. You can trade it for gold or silver. "

Boss Duan waved his hand: "Why do I want gold and silver? That thing can't be eaten or drunk, so it's not as useful as tap water!"

"I was just making an analogy." Mr. Li said with a smile.

"Boss Xu Dongxu, have you been looking for me in the past few months?" Boss Duan continued to ask.

Mr. Li nodded: "He found it once and exchanged a barrel of margarine from me."

"Did you exchange it with sugar?"

"Yes."

Boss Duan picked up a piece of dried tofu: "How did you exchange it?"

"I exchanged 120 kilograms of butter for 450 kilograms of sugar." Mr. Li answered truthfully.

"You made a lot of money on this order?"

"Don't mention it, it's a big loss." Mr. Li drank a sip of white wine depressedly.

Boss Duan was confused and said: "What's the matter? The price of sugar is not low now. You exchanged almost half a ton of sugar, which is not a small amount."

"Alas, I used that batch of sugar to exchange more than 10,000 down jackets from China, and then exported them to the bear country, and finally exchanged it for a whaling ship of more than 200 tons, which is 80% new."

"Whaling ships are not bad, right?"

Boss Duan himself is engaged in this business, and he knows the prices of various ships very well.

"It's not that simple. I thought I got a great deal at first, but unfortunately the ship was taken away by pirates."

"Didn't you apply for escort?" Boss Duan frowned.

"Why didn't you apply? Unfortunately, it didn't work. The whaling ship was robbed in someone else's territorial waters and hadn't even reached the escort area!"

"They are robbing each other, right?" The matter is already obvious.

"It's probably like this. It's also my own fault for being greedy and believing their lies."

"You're too careless."

Boss Li smiled bitterly and said, "I've done business with them several times. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen?"

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