The prosperous era of courtyard houses

Chapter 82, fainted

Time flies, and a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

December, the end of the year, has already entered the cold winter.

At 7:30 in the morning, the entire Imperial Capital was covered with a blanket of white snow. The snow that fell last night added a poetic touch to the Imperial Capital, and the New Year atmosphere became more and more intense.

There is a rear house in the backyard and a deaf old lady's house.

The old man was a light sleeper and woke up early. After the deaf old lady got up in the morning, she was busy working non-stop. I don’t know what she was busy with.

I saw her pulling out a large box from under the bed and opening it. Inside was a stack of food stamps and daily necessities tickets.

The old lady took out all the tickets inside and counted them carefully. There were 60 kilograms of food stamps and about ten tickets for towels, toothbrushes, toothpaste, kerosene, etc. The old lady had saved them for almost a year.

After putting the tickets in her arms and getting dressed, the old lady walked outside on crutches.

Today is the weekend, it is a cold day, the cold wind is blowing, the residents in the courtyard are not willing to get up early, they are all huddled in bed and sleeping in. The whole courtyard is quiet.

She looked up at the sky and saw that the snow had stopped and the sun had come out. The weather was pretty good. She nodded and didn't disturb anyone. The old lady walked out slowly on her crutches.

After leaving the courtyard gate, the old lady walked towards Jiaodaokou East Street.

It took half an hour to stroll slowly to Jiaodaokou East Street. At the end of the field, the old lady continued walking for a few minutes and turned into an inconspicuous alley.

There were seven or eight people in the alley at this time, some holding a piece of cloth and squatting on the ground to set up stalls, and some holding tickets and bargaining with others. Yes, this alley is a small pigeon market, and there are still people at the door. Let's have some fun.

There are many pigeon markets like this in the imperial capital, large and small, and the number cannot be counted. There may be a pigeon market in any street or alley.

In order to exchange what is needed and meet the needs of life, many pigeon markets are formed spontaneously. Although it is not allowed on the surface, as long as large quantities of materials are not bought and sold, the public often turns a blind eye. After all, this kind of There is no way to stop things.

The old lady walked up to a middle-aged woman with ease, took out a stack of coupons from her pocket, and said to the woman, "How are you collecting food coupons now?"

“Local or national?”

"local."

"How many pounds?"

"60 pounds."

"Local food stamps are 21 cents per catty."

"Twenty-one cents?" After hearing the woman's quotation, the old lady frowned and said, "It was two-cents a pound in the first two months. Now that food is so tight, haven't local food stamps increased to two-cents a pound?"

"Hey, old lady, the selling price is 23 cents. I'm taking it. You can't let me work in vain."

After hearing what the woman said, the old lady nodded and handed over the food stamps and daily necessities tickets in her hand: "You are troubled, please calculate the price."

The woman took the stack of coupons and counted them one by one in front of the old lady. After counting them twice, she said: "Old lady, 60 kilograms of food stamps, a total of twelve yuan and sixty cents, daily necessities." Ticket, three yuan and thirty cents, total fifteen yuan and ninety cents."

After hearing the price, the old lady waved her hands and said, "Fifteen yuan doesn't sound good, it doesn't sound good. Let's go for sixteen yuan. I'll give it all to you for sixteen yuan."

"That won't work, old lady. It's not easy for us to make some money in this cold weather."

"Only sixteen yuan! If you agree, I'll give it to you. If you don't agree, I'll ask someone else."

"Uh, okay, old lady, you really know how to do business." Unable to resist the old lady, the middle-aged woman finally nodded in agreement.

The old lady took the wad of money handed over by the middle-aged woman, counted it carefully, and made sure it was all right. After clearing the money, she put it into the lower pocket of her coat.

When the two of them lowered their heads to trade, they didn't know that someone was already eyeing this place.

A short man in his twenties, wearing a dog-skin hat on his head and a scarf on his face. His appearance could not be clearly seen. He pretended to look at something at a stall, but his eyes glanced at the old lady from time to time.

After the transaction was over, the old lady didn't stay long, put her cane on the pillar, and walked back slowly.

After walking a hundred or two hundred meters and already far away from the alley, a person suddenly bumped into the old lady from behind.

"Hey."

The old lady was knocked down immediately.

"Hey, old lady, are you okay? I'll help you up."

The man pretended that he accidentally knocked someone down, and quickly reached out to help the old lady up, patted the dust on her body, and then said: "I'm sorry, old lady, I was on my way in an emergency and I didn't see you. Are you okay? "

After being helped up, the old lady moved her hands and feet and found that nothing happened, so she didn't care about the person: "You should watch your steps carefully. Seeing how anxious you are, luckily nothing happened."

"Hey, I'm sorry, old lady. It's such a cold weather, so please take your time, I'll leave first." With that said, the young man apologized to the old lady, and then left quickly.

Watching the man leave, the old lady shook her head, didn't take it to heart, and continued walking back.

After walking a few dozen meters, the old lady suddenly felt something was wrong, so she stopped and thought about it.

Suddenly, the old lady seemed to remember something.

broken!

He quickly reached into the pocket under his coat, but found nothing.

The sixteen yuan in my pocket was gone.

The old lady was like a bolt from the blue at this moment.

I had saved up my coupons for almost a year, and was going to exchange them for money at the end of the year to buy some New Year goods. Unexpectedly, someone took them away in the blink of an eye.

The old lady suddenly felt dizzy and weak in her arms and legs.

nine in the morning.

Siheyuan, gate.

The deaf old lady came back from outside with a cane, sweating profusely, panting, and stepped onto the doorstep step by step.

"Hey, old lady, have you gone for a walk by yourself?" The third aunt who was cleaning the house with a broom at the door saw the old lady coming back and said hello with a smile.

"Yeah," the old lady replied with a reluctant smile.

"Old lady, what's wrong with you? Why do you feel that something is not right with you today?" The third aunt saw that the old lady looked not quite right, and asked with concern.

The old lady's whole look was very wrong this time. Her face was pale and her steps were unsteady. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that something was wrong.

"Oh, it's okay."

The old lady shook her head, said nothing more, and walked tremblingly across the steps with a cane.

Just as he was raising his feet to cross the courtyard gate, he unexpectedly lost his breath, his hands and feet went weak, his whole body staggered, and he fell to the ground.

"Hey, old lady, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing the old lady fall to the ground, the third aunt suddenly exclaimed. She didn't care about anything else. She threw away the broom and hurried over to help the old lady up.

"Old lady, are you okay? How are you?"

The third aunt held the old lady with both hands and tried to lift her up, but she tried several times without success.

The old lady's face was pale now, her breath was dying, and she couldn't stand up at all.

This frightened the third aunt, and she quickly shouted into the courtyard: "Someone, come, come, the old lady fell, come, help."