The days of being a buyer in Siheyuan

Director Wang looked at everyone and nodded.

"Thanks for your hard work."

"It's not hard, this is what I should do."

Yan Bugui's old face was almost smiling out loud. He was happy to receive Director Wang's affirmation.

"Director Wang, please sit here."

Liu Haizhong was unwilling to see Yan Bugui steal the show, so he quickly stood up and gave his seat to Director Wang.

Director Wang nodded and walked over to sit down, and the three uncles stood aside.

"Good evening, everyone. I'm here today to promote the new policy passed down from above."

Director Wang didn't waste any time and started talking directly.

"Now we are going to produce a large amount of steel, and everyone has to contribute. Every household needs to hand in all the necessary iron products."

"And each family has to hand in 10 kilograms of iron.

"What should I do? There is no iron product in my house."

As soon as Director Wang finished speaking, the people around him started chattering.

"Director Wang, do we have to hand over this iron?"

Someone shouted to Director Wang.

"Yes, at least ten kilograms of iron must be handed over."

"Our subdistrict office will also build a blast furnace, and every household will have to send someone to help."

Director Wang mentioned another thing.

"But there are a lot of people on our street, so just take turns."

Many people started talking about this. Many of those present worked in steel mills. Of course, they knew that steelmaking was not easy. It was not possible to just build a blast furnace.

"We must respond to the call and face it positively. This is a big deal."

Liu Haizhong stood up directly, raised his right hand and shouted.

No matter what everyone discussed, in the end they could only express their willingness to actively respond to the call.

"That's right. There will be other people to take care of the blast furnace during the day. You just need to come out and help at night. You can discuss and arrange your shifts among yourselves."

Director Wang continued.

"Okay, Director Wang, leave this matter to us. We can also help with the iron matters first."

Liu Haizhong said very positively.

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you guys. I still have to go to the next courtyard."

After saying this, Director Wang planned to leave.

After Director Wang left, Liu Haizhong said to everyone, "Everyone understands this. This is a task assigned by the Street Office. Everyone must complete it as soon as possible. After the iron products are collected, you can hand them over to the three of us uncles first."

Yi Zhonghai watched Liu Haizhong's performance very calmly. As a smart man, Yi Zhonghai knew how to protect himself. He didn't want to be in the spotlight this time.

If you are not careful, your neighbors might even hold a grudge against you.

"Everyone should just follow what Second Master said."

After Yi Zhonghai said this, he announced the adjournment of the meeting.

"Brother Minghui, what do you think about this matter?"

Xu Damao asked quietly beside Liu Minghui.

"Of course I will actively respond to the call. When I get back, I will ask Yu Li to remove the unused pot in my house."

Liu Minghui certainly would not say anything bad and directly expressed his position through actions.

"Fortunately, we work in a steel mill, so iron is pretty easy to work with."

Xu Damao muttered.

"Okay, let's go back now."

After Liu Minghui finished speaking, he took Yu Li back.

After arriving home, Yu Li said unhappily, "Are we really going to take apart that pot?"

"Otherwise, everyone in the courtyard knows that we have two big iron pots at home. If I don't take them out, I might be reported."

Liu Minghui said calmly that fortunately he had stored a lot of iron pots, kitchen knives and other things in the space. He could take them out after the storm passed and support his father's family in the countryside.

"That's fine."

Yu Li said this somewhat reluctantly.

At around twelve o'clock in the evening, Liu Minghui saw Yu Li sleeping soundly beside him, quietly pulled his hand out from under Yu Li's neck, and then quietly left the house.

At the door, Liu Minghui quickly put the bicycle into the space, then walked to the courtyard wall alone and climbed over it in three or two steps.

After looking around and seeing no one, Liu Minghui took out his bicycle, got on it and rode towards the black market.

When they arrived at the black market, there were still people guarding outside. Liu Minghui walked over and said to one of them, "I'm looking for Lao Hu."

The man saw Liu Minghui, whose face was covered tightly, and looked at him with suspicion.

“We don’t have this person here.”

It seems that Liu Minghui was treated as a red armband for secret investigation.

"Just say Liu San is looking for him."

Liu Minghui didn't care. After all, not everyone knew him, so why shouldn't people be more vigilant?

After listening to him, the man looked him up and down and asked the person next to him to call Lao Hu.

After a while, the man came back and looked at Liu Minghui and said, "Our Master Hu invites you in."

After saying that, he turned around and walked inside.

Liu Minghui was not afraid of anything and just followed him. After walking around for about ten minutes, he arrived at a courtyard.

This place is different from the one Liu Minghui came to last time. It seems that the other party is also a cunning rabbit with three burrows.

After entering the door, he saw Lao Hu waiting for him. When he saw him come in, he stood up and greeted him.

"Third Master, you are a rare guest. You haven't been here for a long time."

Old Hu said with a smile.

"I don't come to you for no reason. I'm here to discuss a business deal with you today."

"Oh, then please come in first, let's sit down and talk."

Old Hu invited Liu Minghui to sit inside the house, and then asked someone to serve tea.

"I said you've been doing pretty well in the past few months. You've become a master now."

Liu Minghui smiled and joked a few times.

"This is all thanks to you, Third Master. Thanks to the supplies from before the New Year, I was able to open up the black market in this Forty-Nine City. I am now in charge of two nearby black markets."

Old Hu said modestly that he couldn't act like a big shot in front of Liu Minghui.

After a while, a younger brother came over with two cups of tea.

"Third Master, this is good tea from the south, please taste it."

"Oh, I'd like to try it."

Liu Minghui was not afraid of anything and just picked it up and took a sip.

"Yes, this is Pu'er."

Lao Hu gave a thumbs up and said, "That's right, take some back with you when you leave later."

Liu Minghui waved his hand.

"That's not necessary, let's talk business first."

"I need a batch of saplings from the south, fruit trees and the like, even the rarer ones are fine."

After hearing this, Lao Hu thought for a while before saying, "There's nothing wrong with this sapling, but it's very likely it won't survive here."

"Don't worry about this. Just get it for me like this."

"That's no problem. How much do you need?"

Liu Minghui thought about it and realized that there was a large forest in his space. There were only some ordinary trees in this space. If there was no more space, he could just cut them down.