The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

That night, around ten o'clock, the yard was already dark with only one electric light on. Yi Zhonghai went out carrying a small bag of corn flour.

Arriving at the door of Jia's house, Yi Zhonghai went forward and knocked on the door. Jia Zhang in the room was sleeping like a dead pig, snoring loudly, and he didn't hear anything at all.

In the inner room, Qin Huairu had not fallen asleep yet. Banggeng had been making a fuss for a long time after he came back. Qin Huairu had to talk to him for a long time before he calmed down. Now he was tossing and turning in bed, unable to sleep, thinking about how to spend the rest of his life.

Suddenly, Qin Huairu heard someone knocking on the door. She didn't want to answer it, but the person outside didn't care at all and kept knocking. It's just that the knocking was too quiet, and Jia Zhang had no intention of getting up at all.

Qin Huairu could only carefully leave the outer room and asked softly behind the door: "Who is it?"

The knocking on the door stopped abruptly, and then a deep middle-aged man's voice was heard.

"Huai Ru, it's me."

An old man? What is he doing in the middle of the night?

Qin Huairu had a lot of thoughts in her mind, but her hands were quick and she quickly opened the door.

As soon as I opened the door, I could see Yi Zhonghai standing outside the house. The temperature at night was still relatively low, so Yi Zhonghai also put on a cotton coat.

"Uncle, what can I do for you?"

After Qin Huairu opened the door, she did not let Yi Zhonghai in, but asked directly what he meant.

Yi Zhonghai could also hear Jia Zhang's snoring in the room. Of course, he didn't want to go in, so he directly handed the bag of corn flour in his hand to Qin Huairu.

"Huai Ru, this is for your family. Take it. Come to me if you need food in the future."

Although Yi Zhonghai has feelings for Qin Huairu, he is not an impatient person. Of course, he sees Qin Huairu's defense at this time and will not bring it up at all. He plans to move forward slowly and wait until Qin Huairu completely relies on him.

"Oh, that won't do. You should take it back, uncle. We still have some food at home."

Although Qin Huairu didn't know what Yi Zhonghai was thinking, she subconsciously said the words of rejection, because the way Yi Zhonghai looked at her, although it was dark at night, Qin Huairu could feel that it was the same as the way those men in the steel mill looked at her.

"It's okay, your aunt also knows, just take it."

It was too late. Yi Zhonghai put the things in front of Qin Huairu and walked slowly back to his home across the street.

"Hey."

Qin Huairu originally wanted to call Yi Zhonghai back, but when she thought of the current situation, she shut up instantly. It would be bad if she woke up Jia Zhang.

"Take it back tomorrow."

Qin Huairu muttered to herself, took her things into the house and closed the door.

When I got home and took a look, I found that it was still two-mix flour. Although you can see that there is less white flour and more corn flour, it is at least two-mix flour.

"I didn't expect that an old man would be so willing to give it up, but why?"

With a lot of doubts in her mind, Qin Huairu fell into a deep sleep.

Yi Zhonghai thought no one knew about it, but what he didn't know was that Liu Lin from the He family, who lived diagonally opposite the Jia family, watched their entire conversation. There was nothing he could do about it, as people who practiced martial arts had very good hearing. And Yi Zhonghai was so cautious when he passed by, as if he were a thief. Of course Liu Lin had to check who it was, and who would have thought that he would see this scene.

However, since nothing happened, Liu Lin just kept it in mind and planned to pay more attention to the two of them in the future.

The next morning, Jia Zhang got up and found something new in the room. She was startled and immediately became alert. After checking, she went into the inner room to wake up Qin Huairu.

"Qin Huairu, did you get that bag of food outside?"

Jia Zhang woke up Qin Huairu who was sleeping and questioned her. She strongly suspected that Qin Huairu had done something to let down the Jia family behind her back.

Qin Huairu was sleeping soundly at this time. She was pulled by Jia Zhangshi and said in a half-asleep state, "The eldest master gave it to me."

Yi Zhonghai, when Jia Zhang heard this, she seemed to think of some old story and hurriedly continued to ask.

"When did he come and why did he give us food?"

Qin Huairu was much more sober at this time. After sitting up, she said, "It's because he saw that we were having a hard time, and he said that we would look for him if we ran out of food in the future."

Qin Huairu didn't know why Jia Zhang reacted so strongly and was very curious.

"Mom, is there a problem?"

The Jia Zhang who was being questioned had a slightly unnatural look on her face, and she quickly changed the subject and said, "No, I thought... Never mind, just be careful of Yi Zhonghai."

After saying this, Jia Zhang left. Judging from her behavior before and after, Qin Huairu was sure that there must be something unknown here, but she had no choice unless Jia Zhang said anything.

Early in the morning, all the households in the courtyard got up, the smell of smoke wafted through the courtyard, and noisy sounds spread.

"Jingle Bell."

There was the sound of a bicycle passing by outside. Qin Huairu looked outside and saw that it was He Yushui pushing the bicycle out. Seeing this scene, Qin Huairu couldn't help showing an envious look.

"Alas, if I had known earlier, I would not have given up on He Yuzhu."

She sighed and had to get up to make breakfast. Qin Huairu's busy day began from now on.

"Yushui, go to school."

In the front yard, He Yuzhu was pushing the cart out. When Yan Bugui saw him, he smiled and asked.

"Yes, Third Uncle."

He Yushui replied with a smile.

"Sister Yu, you are feeding the chickens."

Yu Li also got up early and fed the chickens with some vegetable leaves. When the weather was good, the chicken coops were placed at the door and could not be kept in the house all the time.

"It's the rain. Your brother Minghui bought some chicks for me. I fed them earlier today."

When Yu Li saw that it was He Yushui, she opened the cage and showed her the cage.

"This one is quite big. I estimate it will lay eggs in a month or so."

Yan Bugui loved to join in the fun, so he ran over to take a look and then started commenting.

“I wonder where you bought it?”

Yan Bugui also wanted to eat eggs, but he was reluctant to spend money to buy them, so he thought of raising one or two at home like Liu Minghui did.

Seeing this, Yu Li also smiled and said, "Third Uncle, I don't know about that. It seems like we met halfway."

"Okay then, I'll go out more when I have time, maybe I can meet him."

Yan Bugui smacked his lips after hearing this. He didn't believe it. He was sure that it was exchanged in Pigeon Market. But since the other party didn't tell him, there was nothing he could do. Yan Bugui could only leave in disappointment.

After Yan Bugui left, He Yushui watched for a while and then left.

Many people also came to inquire, mainly because they wanted to buy some eggs for their families. They needed tickets to buy them at the supply and marketing cooperative, but Yu Li could save some trouble by just paying an extra two cents.

Yu Li didn't say no. As the family happened to have more than ten pounds of eggs in stock, she sold one pound to each family. It wasn't expensive, only 50 cents a pound, which could be considered a preferential price. After all, the supply and marketing cooperative also sold 50 cents a pound and required a ticket.