Siheyuan: The Qing Dynasty is back

Following the direction given by Lou Zhenghua, He Daqing quickly found the small courtyard not far away.

This place looks very shabby from the outside, with collapsed wooden beams at the door.

However, after turning around the row of collapsed houses in front, there were two houses that were still okay. Although they were a bit shabby, at least they could shelter from the wind and rain.

He Daqing took a flashlight, gently pushed open the first door, and shone it inside.

There are a lot of antique porcelain and other items in here, including vases, bowls, plates, as well as some bronze and iron products.

These things were piled up randomly in this small room, filling it up.

He Daqing took a rough look and thought that there were at least a few hundred pieces, big and small.

He shook his head. These so many things were probably the result of hard work by several generations of the Lou family. Now, in order to survive, these things were being disposed of so casually. If Lou Zhenghua survived these years and knew their value in the future, would he regret it?

Although he was thinking about it, He Daqing was not slow at all. With just a few waves of his hands, he had cleared away everything in the room.

He didn't have time to check them one by one. The things that the Lou family collected were not likely to be common items. Besides, even if He Daqing checked them, he couldn't tell what they were. He knew nothing about these antiques. Anyway, the space was big enough, so he would put them away first, regardless of whether they were real or not, or whether they were valuable or not.

After putting away all the things in this house, He Daqing went to the next room.

Pushing open the door, there was a table placed in the middle of the room. There was nothing around it except a piece of rag covering the table.

He Daqing went over and gently lifted the cloth, and what he saw inside left him stunned.

On the small square table, there were bundles of big unity neatly stacked, at least a dozen bundles.

The Great Unity was only issued a few years ago, and the ones here are basically brand new, just like they were just withdrawn from the bank.

He Daqing picked up a bundle and weighed it in his hand. Very good, ten thousand for a bundle is definitely no problem.

That means there are hundreds of thousands of cash here, you’ll make a fortune!

Hundreds of thousands of yuan nowadays is quite a lot of purchasing power.

On the black market, a small yellow croaker weighs 50 grams, or about one or two taels, and now only sells for more than 200 yuan. Just imagine how many small yellow croakers you can buy with these hundreds of thousands of yuan?

However, few people will sell small yellow croakers now. Only in one or two years, when many people who have hidden goods at home will be in trouble, will many people sell these things in large quantities.

He Daqing guessed that Lou Zhenghua felt that the money would be useless if spent elsewhere, so he threw it all to himself.

I felt so happy that I put these lovely unity into my space.

Next to these large solidarities, there was a small bundle of bills.

He Daqing roughly flipped through the documents and found tickets for bicycles, radios, grain, meat, cigarettes, alcohol, and quite a few cloth tickets. There were also a lot of other miscellaneous tickets left, so it was very complete.

He Daqing happily put these away. Now he could take these bills out and use them bit by bit.

At present, no matter how much money you have, it is useless because you need tickets to buy everything, and these tickets are very valuable.

Finally, he looked at another small wooden box on the table.

When He Daqing opened it, he found silver coins wrapped in cylindrical shapes inside.

He took a rough look and saw that there were at least thousands of silver dollars here, filling an entire box.

He Daqing put the box into the space, looked around again, and made sure nothing was left out before he walked out of the room and closed the door.

The harvest tonight was very good, and He Daqing felt very excited on the way back.

Facing the cold winter wind, He Daqing returned home smoothly.

Looking at Chen Xueru who was still sleeping, He Daqing took off his nightgown, changed into sleeping clothes, quietly got into bed, and continued to sleep with his wife in his arms.

The next day, the family continued to go to work or take care of the children at home, as if nothing had happened.

But within a few days, the news of Lou Zhenghua's departure was still spreading everywhere.

Some people said that he had committed treason and his entire family had fled abroad.

Some people also said that the family found a place to live in seclusion.

Anyway, people said all kinds of things. After all, his original fame was so great that this matter became the topic of conversation after dinner.

For this matter, Director Yang called He Daqing to his office and asked him whether he knew about Lou Zhenghua's departure.

He Daqing had taken precautions against this early on. Every time Lou Zhenghua came to invite him, he would discuss it under the nose of Director Yang, who was well aware of this.

Besides, more than half a year had passed since the last banquet was held for Lou Zhenghua. Lou Zhenghua’s sudden departure this time had nothing to do with He Daqing.

Director Yang was probably entrusted by someone, so he asked about the situation and let He Daqing leave.

Even so, He Daqing felt uncomfortable.

When Lou Zhenghua came here to invite him, Director Yang strongly recommended He Daqing and almost praised him to the sky. Now that something happened, he called me over for questioning. It is better not to have close friends with such a person.

Soon, with the arrival of the Spring Festival, no one talked about Lou Zhenghua's affairs anymore.

During the Spring Festival in recent years, the supplies on the market have become more and more abundant. Everyone will buy some New Year goods more or less during the New Year, and the whole family will celebrate the New Year in a lively manner.

He Daqing assigned this year's purchasing task to Sha Zhu, Nan Yi and Ma Hua, and also gave them some of the family's bills.

Now he feels that he is getting lazier and lazier, so he leaves all these things to Shazhu and the others. Every day he takes the little ones to run around in the yard, enjoying the fun of life.

As a chef, Sha Zhu and his colleagues naturally have some sources of goods that others don’t know about. Through them, everyone has purchased a lot of supplies for the New Year this year, and they are just waiting to make a sumptuous dinner on New Year’s Eve.

During this period, Ma Hua and He Yushui also returned home, sent a lot of things to their family, and gave money to their parents.

Even so, according to He Yushui, they didn't even get a meal when they returned. His eldest brother, his wife and their family were all sullen and even made sarcastic remarks from time to time.

This made He Yushui very angry. In all these years, since her father came back, she had never suffered such injustice.

He Yushui was so kind and brought so many things and money to deliver them to the door, but was still ridiculed and mocked. If Ma Hua hadn't pulled him back, He Yushui would have lost his temper on the spot.

In the end, Ma Hua promised her that they would not go back and would send some money to their parents every month and would not take care of the rest. This made He Yushui feel better.

He Daqing's family felt a little angry after hearing this, but this was Ma Hua's family affair, and the two old people were still alive, so no one could say anything.

But after this incident, Ma Hua has completely lost hope in that family.