Siheyuan: Five mouths waiting for food at the beginning

"No, Shanhe, we finally got a spot. When will the next one be? Can you keep it for me for three days? Just three days, okay? I'll go ask my dad and eldest brother to borrow some money."

"Then you better hurry up. You know how popular the spots are. And you just need to know about it. Don't let it get out. It will have a bad impact."

"I know, you must keep the mountains and rivers for me."

After Zhao Shanhe left, Yan Jiefang couldn't wait to run into the house and closed the door. "Dad, lend me three hundred quickly. It will be very useful to me."

"You little bastard, explain it clearly. Why do you want three hundred? Do you think it's three cents? It's that easy. Do you know that a worker only makes twenty or thirty yuan a month?"

"Dad, it's a worker. I have a chance to be a worker, and it only costs 500."

"No, you're going to be a worker. Who's going to ride the tricycle? Should I go or your mother?"

"Dad, did you not hear me clearly? It's only five hundred. I've found out everything. Apprenticeships in other places cost at least six hundred, and in big factories they cost seven or eight hundred. I've bought the spot, and I can make a hundred by reselling it. You say you're good at calculating, but you can't even figure this out. If you don't like it, I'll go find my eldest brother."

"Of course I know, but how can you get such a lucky chance? Besides, if you become a worker, who will ride a tricycle? This tricycle was just bought."

"You are just afraid that I will become a worker and no one will work for you. Is there any father like you? You don't hope for the good of your son, and you think that I won't get any good things from the sky. Do you know who told me that?"

"Who?"

"Zhao Shanhe said it himself. Do you think he could cheat me? His house is right across from us. How could it be false? If you think it's false, even if I borrowed it, I'll give you interest, okay?"

"No, then you have to promise not to work as a worker and continue to ride the tricycle and I will lend it to you. If you sell the quota, I will give you 50 yuan."

"Dad, you are making such a calculation. You have taken all the advantage. I got the information and ran away, but I got nothing. No way."

"Why are you not getting any benefits? Isn't it fifty for nothing?"

"Anyway, it's just not working. I'm going to go find my eldest brother."

"Okay, go ahead."

The third uncle watched his second son go to the back house of his eldest son and said, "Honey, go and get me five hundred yuan."

"Old Yan, what do you want the money for?" asked the third aunt.

"Hush, keep your voice down, are you stupid? Didn't you hear Jiefang say that Zhao Shanhe only wanted 500 yuan? I went to buy it and sold it for 600 yuan, and I got 100 yuan for nothing."

"Aren't you afraid that Jiefang will make trouble with you?"

"What are you afraid of? He can just make a scene for a day or two. He still has to ride his tricycle. If you lend him the money, he will go to work as a worker. Who will ride the tricycle? It would be a waste of money."

"Old Yan, you are still good at calculating. Wait, I will get the money right away."

The third uncle took the money, took a look at the house behind, then climbed to Aunt Chen's window to take another look, and quickly ran to the backyard.

"Shanhe, open the door, I am your third uncle."

Zhao Shanhe opened the door, and the Third Uncle came in like a thief, and he quickly closed the door. "What's wrong, Third Uncle? Are you acting like a thief?"

"I heard that you have a quota. You should be careful, right?"

Zhao Shanhe didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Uncle, if you acted normally, no one would notice anything. But you acted like a thief and attracted other people's attention."

"Oh, it's Uncle Three's fault. Shanhe, is it true that you said there are 500 quotas?"

"Well, I grew up with Jiefang, and I'm at a friendship price."

"Shanhe, can you please give me a cheaper price for Uncle Sanye's sake?"

"Uncle, please leave before you go out. If you don't see me off, you will never stop taking advantage of me."

"Shanhe, don't be angry. Five hundred is five hundred. Let's pay and receive the goods."

"I may not be able to deal with this Third Uncle, but I will take Jiefang with me when I go to work, so you can rest assured."

"Shanhe, isn't there a list?"

"Uncle, my reputation is not as good as a bill. Besides, Jiefang and I live in the same courtyard. What are you worried about?"

The Third Uncle is a Muggle, but he is unwilling to give up without earning a hundred dollars. "Shanhe, it's not that the Third Uncle doesn't believe you, it's just this quota, ah, how can I tell you."

"Uncle, you're not buying it for Jiefang, are you? I wonder why you're so sneaky. You're not buying it and then reselling it to make a profit, are you?"

"Shanhe, you figured this out, so I won't hide it from you. This is what I think. If I buy it for Jiefang, who will pedal the tricycle I just bought?"

"Uncle San, you are being disrespectful. Jiefang is your son after all. Aren't you plotting against him? Aren't you afraid that he will hate you? Logically, it doesn't matter who I sell it to, since it's all money. But if I sell it to you, how can I explain it to Jiefang?"

"Shanhe, just sell it to me. Just think of it as pity for Third Uncle. Besides, you knew Third Uncle first before you knew Jiefang, right? We are much closer. As for Jiefang, just say that you sold the spot. He won't dare to be angry with you anyway!"

"If you really want to buy it, I don't have a receipt, how can you sell it?"

"Shanhe, do you promise to deliver it when the time comes?"

"Yeah, I promise."

"Then don't worry about it. I have a way. But Shanhe, you have to cooperate with me when the time comes. When I bring the person to you, you can just say six hundred. You can take the money and give it to me later."

"Uncle, you have a really good calculation. I can sell it for a hundred dollars. So instead of selling it to you, I might as well earn it myself."

"Shanhe, you can't do this. I'm just earning a commission. Besides, you have to find someone to sell it. Just think of it as letting the third uncle earn some errands."

"Then forget it, Uncle." Zhao Shanhe thought that he would have to ask Lao Zhang for the order later, and it would be too risky to let him go, and the meeting would be too risky.

"No, Shanhe, I brought all the money."

"Uncle, since you brought the money, how about this? I'll bring the bill to you later, how about that?"

"Okay, it would be best if we have an order. It would be easier for me to find people, and we wouldn't have to worry about the risk. I'll give you the money first, but you can't sell it to anyone else."

"Okay, I'll bring you the list in a few days."

"Here, count it for yourself." The third uncle counted it once before handing over five hundred yuan.

"Okay, Uncle Third, I still trust you, so I won't order anymore. I'll deliver it to you when the order comes."

"Okay, then I'll leave first. Don't tell Jiefang that I bought it." The third uncle sneaked away like a thief.

Zhao Shanhe had just made the tea when he heard Yan Jiefang knocking on the door. Then Yan Jiefang, like his father, sneaked in and closed the door.

"Shanhe, I'll give you 500 yuan. Is the quota mine?"

"Okay, I'll give you the list when the documents come down later."

"Shanhe, you have to keep it a secret during this period. Don't tell my father. He doesn't want me to be a worker and wants me to ride a tricycle to earn money for him. I'll tell him when I get a job.

If my dad asks, tell him you sold the spot."

"So you don't want Uncle San to know, where did you get the money?"

"I borrowed it from my eldest brother, but I told him that I didn't lend it to my father."