Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

The old man saw that Zhao Shanhe shook his head gently and didn't want to sell, so he didn't force him. Recently, many old people and young people came to his house to sell their belongings in exchange for food, and he had seen a lot of good things.

The reason why he wanted to buy Zhao Shanhe's plate was just because it was rare. It didn't mean that the plate was precious. Could the one used by the queen be better than the one used by the emperor?

He reached out and took out one of the pair of cups, examined it carefully for a few minutes and said.

“These two cups and that saucer are a set, but they should be two cups and two saucers. Now that one saucer is missing, the price is much different.

If you want to keep it, find another one."

After saying that, he put the cup back into the box, closed the box and handed it to Zhao Shanhe. Even if the appraisal was completed this time, it only took less than ten minutes and a few words, which was more efficient than robbing money.

But Zhao Shanhe also knew that this was the cost of eating. Who could blame him for not knowing how to cook? Just like a chef who cooks for a state banquet, it is not a matter of money to cook for an ordinary family. It depends on whether the chef has time.

There is a principle to achieving perfection in anything, it's just a matter of practice.

He followed the skinny monkey out of the house and walked towards the front yard together. The skinny monkey asked as he walked.

"Shanhe, can you still get some meat? The price of fresh meat in the city has gone through the roof. If you have any, now is the best time to sell it."

Zhao Shanhe also knew that the other party had good intentions, but it was really difficult to take out the things in his small world. Apart from anything else, the problem of the source could not be solved.

This is not like last year, when if you took out 1,800 kilograms of fish, you could explain that they were shipped from other places. If that didn't work, you could also say that they were fished from the rivers around the city. There must be a source.

Now even the meat processing plants in Beijing are out of meat. If you suddenly take out large amounts of rabbit meat and chicken, everyone will know that there is something wrong with you. Don't think that there are no plainclothes police in the black market. The higher-ups will definitely investigate once they find out.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have looked for Qiao Laoliu as this glove, and he only gave the factory one wild boar every month.

"Brother Monkey, you think too highly of me. I am only good at finding the right seams and handling the oil. If you really ask me to get supplies, I don't have the skills to do that."

Skinny Monkey was at the black market every day and knew that meat was precious nowadays. He understood what Zhao Shanhe said. He was just unwilling to see the opportunity to make a lot of money slip away from him.

"Brother, you don't know. A few days ago, an old man brought Zheng Xie's bamboo to exchange for food, and he only got 150 kilograms of cornmeal. Now, as long as you have food or meat, you can get anything you want. Those old men are starving."

Zhao Shanhe's heart was pounding when he heard his words, but after thinking about it, he decided not to make this offer. People are greedy. If he made the offer, everything might be peaceful at the beginning, but when the profits grew, who knew if the monkey would sell him out?

Although he also liked those antiques from the old times, he knew that if he missed this opportunity, there would be a bigger one in the future. When the wind blew, those old items would be loaded onto trucks, and he only needed to find a chance to use static space to load some of them.

He still has a lot of money in his space. As long as he doesn't buy houses and land every day, it is enough for him to use.

After leaving the Imperial College, Zhao Shanhe walked back under the cover of night. When he arrived at the gate of the courtyard, he took out two live hens from the small world. He had good intentions. After all, roosters don't lay eggs, and the hens could at least allow Old Yan to make some money before the wedding banquet was held at the Yan family. He just didn't know if he was willing to buy them.

Carrying the chicken, he arrived at the door of Yan's house. Seeing that the door was closed, he reached out and knocked. The person who opened the door was Old Yan, who was wearing a cross-bar vest and seemed to have already lay down.

"Uncle, I took the chicken back directly. Can you take a look at it?"

When Yan Bugui saw the two hens, his eyes instantly widened like light bulbs. These days, the Chicken Butt Bank is more powerful than the central bank. If ordinary people have two hens at home, it would be a big deal.

Old Yan asked, stretching out his trembling hands and touching the hen's strong muscles.

"Shanhe, how much are these two chickens?"

Zhao Shanhe was not polite. Although he was not in the purchasing department, he had many friends in the purchasing department and was very familiar with the weekly price changes.

"Uncle, I won't ask you for more. These are two free-range chickens. They usually find insects to eat on their own. Please give me 40 yuan."

Yan Bugui did not bargain because he knew that the price of hens was already very high.

But secretly he still felt his heart bleeding. If he had known that hens would be so expensive this year, he would have raised more last year. You know, the most expensive price for a hen was only 3 yuan last year.

PS: There is real information available on the price of this chicken. During the three-year disaster period, the most expensive chicken was 25 yuan. Even at this price, you might not be able to buy one even if you have money.

After the money and goods were settled, Zhao Shanhe turned around and went back to rest. This time it was Old Yan's turn not to sleep. For the two hens, they had to build a chicken coop overnight. An egg cost more than ten cents now.

The next day, Zhao Shanhe did not go to work at the factory. He had to lead a team on patrol duty tonight, so he rested at home during the day.

At the steel rolling mill, after Yang Liming got to work, he saw the deaf old lady and Yi Zhonghai who had been waiting at the office door for a long time.

"Old lady, it's so hot, why are you here instead of resting at home?"

The deaf old lady smiled kindly and didn't say anything. Yang Liming knew that she must have come to him with some difficult problem again.

Taking out the key to open the office, Yang Liming let the old lady in. After she sat down on the sofa, he asked directly.

"Madam, what's the matter with you this time?

You are old now, if you have any problem, just ask the people in your yard to tell me, you don’t have to run by yourself.”

"Limin, I don't want to bother you all my life. It's just that Shazhu from my yard usually takes good care of me. He made a small mistake yesterday and was caught by the security department of your factory. I came to you to say a few words and ask for mercy. See if you can make a big deal out of it and let him go."

Yang Liming went to the First Ministry of Machine Building yesterday to beg for food. He didn't know yet that Sha Zhu had been arrested. But when he heard the old lady say that he was arrested by the factory security department, he felt relieved.

The factory security department is under the dual leadership of the steel rolling mill and the public security system. As long as it is not a big deal, he can get the other party to release the person with just one word, so he asked with a relaxed expression.

"I thought it was a big deal, old lady. Why was Shazhu arrested?"

"My poor Zhuzi, he was caught by your security department yesterday because he brought back some leftovers from the factory. Do you think this is such a small matter? I didn't want to alarm you, but I don't know anyone else, so I had to ask you for help."