The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Liu Wu brought Liu Minghui into the house and sat down.

"There's no one here, Minghui, what do you want to say?"

Liu Wu didn't know what Liu Minghui wanted to talk to him about, and he looked mysterious.

"Uncle, what do you think of this year's harvest?"

Liu Minghui didn't say anything directly, but asked Liu Wu a question instead.

Hearing this, Liu Wu frowned and said, "Alas, this year's harvest is estimated to be less than last year's. The weather is too hot. Even if we organize people to water the crops, the crops are still wilted."

Liu Wu's face was filled with sorrow when he talked about this. The villagers worked so hard in farming, but natural disasters led to a reduction in grain production, which made him, the team leader, very worried. He remembered that when he went to the commune to collect grain before, he was pragmatic and did not report a higher output, but was criticized by the commune secretary.

But even so, Liu Wu would not say anything nonsense. He knew very well that food was everyone's hope for survival, and he could not report it falsely just for his own future.

"Uncle, do you mean to draw water from the river for irrigation?"

"That's right. If it doesn't rain, we'll have to figure it out on our own."

Liu Minghui felt indescribably sad after hearing this. Liu Minghui knew how far the small river outside the village was from the fields, and he could imagine how tiring it would be.

"Uncle, if there is no food in the village, please let my second brother come to inform us. I can't do anything, but we can still get a lot of corn flour back."

Liu Minghui expressed his thoughts. He knew that everyone would be hungry after the food was harvested this year, so he, Liu Minghui, still needed to help if he had the ability.

"Seriously, you can't do anything illegal."

After hearing this, Liu Wu felt that he should not let Liu Minghui take risks. After all, Liu Minghui was his nephew and now the most promising person in the Liu family.

"And how much can you get back? A few hundred kilograms won't be enough to share."

Liu Wu shook his head and rejected Liu Minghui's proposal.

"Don't worry, uncle. I know someone in the black market. As long as you can afford it, it's no problem."

Liu Minghui could only invent a non-existent person to stop Liu Wu from having wild imaginations.

"That's fine, but our village is still pretty good now. I'll tell you when I need you in the future, uncle."

Liu Wu nodded after hearing this.

It’s good to have so many roads, but I’m just worried that when there’s no food, there’ll be nowhere to sell it.

In the afternoon, Liu Minghui took Yu Li back home. He had already agreed with Liu Wu at noon that they would not stay overnight in Liujia Village.

"Hubby, did Dad divide the family property among you brothers?"

Yu Li asked while sitting in the back seat of the car.

"Yeah, why do you ask that?"

Liu Minghui didn't look back and was still riding his bike.

"My sister-in-law just pulled me aside and talked a lot, saying that my brother is idle at home anyway, and she wants you to help find a job for him."

"Well, I've thought about that, but then there will be no one to take care of my parents at home."

"We still have our elder and second sisters-in-law, and our second brother comes back every few days, so nothing will go wrong."

Yu Li thought that since he was her husband's elder brother, she should lend a hand if she could.

"This is for me to go back and study it carefully. My eldest brother is not like my second brother. He can't be a buyer."

Seeing that Yu Li was helping, Liu Minghui said he would go back and think about it.

Liu Minghui was not wrong in saying this. Liu Zhiqiang's personality was not like Liu Dazhuang's. Liu Dazhuang was a person who was good at talking and could get along well with everyone. As for Liu Zhiqiang, he was at the other extreme. He was too introverted and did not like to communicate with others even in the village. He definitely could not be a purchaser.

After saying this, the two of them returned to the courtyard.

"Minghui, you two are back."

No one knew what Yan Bugui was doing at the door, but Liu Minghui could always see him when he came back every day.

"Uncle, everyone is off today, why are you still here?"

After Liu Minghui got off the car, he looked at Yan Bugui and said with a smile.

"Hey, look at what you said. I'm waiting for Jie Cheng to come back. He took my fishing rod to go fishing. I'm waiting here to see if I can catch anything."

"Uncle, I'm not saying this, you might as well go by yourself. Only an experienced fisherman like you can grasp the situation. You may not even get a hair when you're done."

Liu Minghui made a few jokes while pushing the cart.

Yan Bugui certainly knew this, but the fishing rod was rented by Yan Jiecheng, who paid two cents for it.

Of course he wouldn't say this.

Yan Bugui saw Liu Minghui pushing the cart and came over to help lift it.

"Minghui, did you know that Liu Guangqi is getting married?"

Yan Bugui, who was helping to lift the car, suddenly said something.

"Really? I remember Liu Guangqi said last year that he wanted to get married. If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten it."

Liu Minghui didn't know this, but he knew that as long as Liu Guangqi got married, Liu Haizhong would feel the backstab from his eldest son, because Liu Guangqi would run away with his wife not long after the marriage.

"You mean the one from last year? It seems like Liu Haizhong was not satisfied. I heard that the man in this case is an official. Liu Haizhong was showing off in the yard this morning."

Yan Bugui said this with an envious look on his face. You know, he also wanted to have a relative who was an official, but seeing the state of his son, Yan Bugui was self-aware and didn't dare to even think about such a good thing.

"Why, Third Uncle, are you envious? Isn't Jie Cheng almost old enough? It's time for him to get married."

Seeing Yan Bugui's envious expression, Liu Minghui smiled secretly in his heart. Now that Yu Li had been snatched away by him in advance, he didn't know what kind of person Yan Bugui would find for Yan Jiecheng now.

"Well, your third aunt is already looking for it for Jie Cheng."

Speaking of Yan Jiecheng's marriage, Yan Bugui started talking incessantly, saying that the Yan family was a family of scholars after all, and they had to find a match of equal status.

He had to find someone from the city no matter what. He would not consider someone from the countryside at all. Of course, this was also the standard that city dwellers used to look for a partner. You had to know that it was a famine year. If he married someone from the countryside, not to mention the family issues, Yan Bugui would not be able to pass the quantitative issue.

"Okay, Uncle San, we'll go back first."

Liu Minghui quickly interrupted Yan Bugui and took Yu Li home.

"This third uncle is a bit long-winded."

Yu Li said with a smile at the door.

"Hey, it's because no one listens. It's because the old man keeps saying that his family is a scholarly family. Except for the new residents, everyone in the courtyard knows his family's details, so he can only talk about it in front of us."

Liu Minghui said with a pursed lip.

"That third uncle is quite funny."

"Then you don't know how stingy he is."

Liu Minghui shook his head and took Yu Li into the house.