The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

While Liu Minghui was lying in a rocking chair enjoying the leisurely evening time, Yan Bugui, who lived opposite, also came over with a chair and sat down next to him.

"It also depends on whether you live a comfortable life."

After Yan Bugui sat down, he said to Liu Minghui enviously.

After hearing Yan Bugui's words, Liu Minghui opened his eyes and took a look.

"Uncle, life is short, so we must enjoy life while we can."

"Alas, I am now worried about food for my family every day. How can there be any joy in that?"

After hearing this, the third uncle sighed and said.

"Uncle, your Jie Cheng will soon be promoted to a regular employee, so stop crying poor here."

As soon as I heard this, I knew it was He Yuzhu, because He Yuzhu speaks so directly.

"Hey, you idiot, even if I say you're stupid, you still don't understand. Even if my family is converted to regular employees, we won't lack food and drink."

"The ration has been reduced by 20% now. Even with the ration book, you can only buy less than 80% of the ration. There are so many people in my family, and if you round it up, it means one person's ration is missing. How can I not be anxious?"

Yan Bugui calculated the accounts for several people like an expert on the abacus.

"Third uncle, you are the one who is good at scheming. I can't argue with you."

Seeing Yan Bugui's angry look, He Yuzhu stopped provoking him. It would be bad if he got angry and fell down.

"I said, why are you here when you're not at home sleeping with your wife?"

Yan Bugui felt relieved when he saw that he had convinced He Yuzhu.

Then he started teasing He Yuzhu.

"I just brought my wife here to listen to the radio. Our two families are relatives."

He Yuzhu had just finished speaking when he saw Liu Lin walking over.

"Cousin, good evening, Third Uncle."

Liu Lin came over and greeted politely.

"My little sister is here. Your sister-in-law is in the inner room."

Seeing Liu Lin coming, Liu Minghui sat up and spoke.

"Okay, I'll go in and chat with my sister-in-law."

Liu Lin didn't want to stay outside with a bunch of old men, so she ran to Liu Minghui's house.

Seeing the relationship between the two, Yan Bugui looked at Liu Minghui in surprise and said, "Minghui, is this Shazhu's wife your sister?"

"Cousin, I'm not even five generations away from the fifth mourning period."

Liu Minghui nodded and said.

Yan Bugui was very good at judging people. He knew at first glance that Liu Lin should be good, at least better than Qin Huairu from the Intermediate Court. It would be even better if she was not from the countryside.

"That's a bargain for you, silly guy."

"Why, Third Uncle, you also want to find one for Jie Cheng? Then why don't you go find my brother? There might be one in their village."

After Yan Bugui finished speaking, He Yuzhu took over the conversation.

"Ah, no, no, I don't have that blessing."

Yan Bugui quickly refused. He would not let Yan Jiecheng marry a rural girl. It was not that he looked down on her, but the main reason was that there was no quota for rural household registration. If she married into the family, would they all be left starving?

Liu Minghui ignored their bickering and just listened to the radio. There were only some opera and crosstalk programs on the radio, which were still very interesting to Liu Minghui who had never heard of them.

Finally, around eight o'clock, everyone dispersed and went back to their homes to do what they needed to do.

"What did you talk about with Liu Lin? Why did you look unhappy when you left?"

After Liu Minghui closed the door, he walked into the inner room and asked. He just saw Liu Lin's face looked a little unnatural when she left, and she hadn't even said hello to him yet.

"Of course, these are intimate words between women. Don't ask about them."

Yu Li would not tell Liu Minghui what they talked about.

"Clean up and go to bed."

……

Time quickly came to Friday afternoon. The day after tomorrow was the day when Liu Haizhong would marry Liu Guangqi. Today, after get off work, Liu Minghui did not return to the courtyard, but came to the small courtyard.

Liu Minghui had told Liu Haizhong yesterday to pick up something here, so he arrived here early and waited.

"Minghui, are you in there?"

After a while, I heard Liu Haizhong shouting at the door, and he looked inside from time to time.

"Second Master, come in."

Liu Minghui shouted directly to the outside.

Liu Haizhong then walked in. As soon as he came in, he was shocked by the things in the yard, because there were a lot of supplies here, and most of them were eggs. These were provided by Liu Minghui to the steel rolling mill. Pork is not easy to sell now, but eggs are no problem.

"Minghui, what are these things?"

Liu Haizhong said in a trembling voice that he thought this was the lair of some black market.

"These all belong to the steel mill. This is the warehouse rented by the steel mill. Uncle, please don't tell anyone."

Liu Minghui explained it and also asked him not to tell anyone.

"Okay, this second uncle understands."

When Liu Haizhong heard that it was from the steel mill, he was no longer afraid. He also remembered the egg soup that the steel mill had every day. It seemed that it was pulled from here.

"Second uncle, these are your supplies."

Liu Minghui handed a sack to Liu Haizhong.

"Uncle, these are about 90 yuan, and the rest will be used as errand fees. Do you have any objection to this?"

What Liu Minghui meant by this was that he did not purchase this thing, but he arranged for someone to get it back, and he also meant to give people some hard work fees.

"no problem."

Liu Haizhong said with joy that he didn't care about that little bit of money now. What he cared about was Liu Guangqi's wedding the day after tomorrow.

And he also knew that he couldn't ask for help for free.

"Second Uncle, then you can go back first, and remember not to say that it was me who helped you."

Liu Minghui gave one final instruction.

Liu Haizhong naturally agreed to this. He didn't want others to know that Liu Minghui was very capable, otherwise what would happen if he went down and didn't help.

Then the two of them returned to the courtyard one after the other. Liu Minghui came back first because he was riding a bicycle.

Liu Haizhong entered the yard a few minutes late and was caught by the sharp-eyed Yan Bugui as soon as he entered.

"Lao Liu, what's in this sack?"

Yan Bugui stared at the sack in Liu Haizhong's hand through his glasses.

"Haha, isn't it Guangqi who is getting married? These are the ingredients that will be used the day after tomorrow."

Hearing Liu Haizhong's boastful words, Yan Bugui immediately pulled Liu Haizhong's hand and said, "Old Liu, you are not kind. With this channel for buying things, why don't you take care of your neighbors?"

Seeing that Yan Bugui was trying to take advantage, Liu Haizhong became anxious. This was bought with the help of Liu Minghui, so how could he have the ability to do that?

"Hey, this thing is more expensive than the black market price, Old Yan, do you want to buy it too?"

Liu Haizhong seemed to remember something.

"Oh, is Jie Cheng also getting married? Don't worry, this is a happy event. I will definitely help you."

Yan Bugui didn't want to buy anything. He originally wanted to get a small bargain, but in the end he had to spend money. This didn't go along with Yan Bugui's idea.

So before he even finished speaking to Liu Haizhong, Yan Bugui ran back home.

Anyway, he can eat it the day after tomorrow.

"That's it?"

Seeing Yan Bugui running away, Liu Haizhong smiled triumphantly.