Siheyuan: Don’t say I can’t do it

After dinner, Chen Luo left and went to Dong'an Market to wait for work.

He arrived just in time today and caught up with the unloading of the truck.

A lot of trucks loaded with goods arrived one after another, and Chen Luo didn't have an exact number.

In order to make more money, Chen Luo carried more than 100 kilograms each time, jogging all the way without taking a rest.

In more than four hours, he moved more than 140 times, an average of one move every two minutes.

Although it's a bit tiring, the income is good, more than eight yuan.

Eight dollars is not the highest salary among these porters. One porter who brought his own cart earned more than ten dollars.

After finishing the work here, Chen Luo followed them to three other places and earned less than two dollars in total.

It was past ten o'clock in the morning when he returned to his rental house.

He Yushui steamed more than a hundred steamed buns and placed them in a large aluminum basin and a large steamer.

Chen Luo felt that the whole house was filled with the tempting aroma of steamed buns.

These steamed buns not only smell good, but also taste good.

Chen Luo was very satisfied with He Yushui's ability in steaming buns.

He put the steamed buns, along with the large aluminum basin and the large steamer, into the storage space.

He Yushui left him a message, wanting to exchange the steamed buns for money to use later, and Chen Luo naturally had no objection.

We are still in a difficult period. The price of white flour in the pigeon market is one yuan per catty, which is as high as the price of meat during the period of loose supply, and it is not often available.

According to this price and the previously agreed distribution ratio, Chen Luo needs to pay He Yushui 6 yuan.

At this moment, he felt that the reward he had promised was indeed too high.

But since it was agreed upon beforehand, he didn't plan to change his mind.

Chen Luo thought that in his original time and space, at this time period, the tight food supply situation would take several months to slowly ease, and the food prices in Pigeon City would take even longer to fall sharply.

However, his body is in the process of strengthening all the time and consumes eight to ten kilograms of food every day. His stored food will soon be used up. What will he do then?

The price of grain in the pigeon market is too high and he can't afford it.

Even if he can afford it, someone has to sell it out.

However, when food is particularly scarce, the high-priced food in the pigeon market will be out of supply.

After thinking about it, he could only think of one solution, which was to borrow.

Chen Luo suddenly thought of the account book he had asked for from his parents. He took it out and flipped through it, roughly estimating the total amount of debts owed to their family by these neighbors. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind.

If he went to collect these debts one by one, it would be time-consuming and laborious, and he might not be able to get much back. He might as well borrow money directly, and if he couldn't pay it back in the future, he could use these debts to offset it...

After his thoughts became clear in his mind, Chen Luo rushed back to Yard 95.

Chen Luo thought that all the neighbors in the front yard were poor, and they could only borrow a pound or half a pound each time, which would not be enough.

So Chen Luo went directly to the central courtyard, to the home of the richest man in courtyard No. 95.

"Auntie! I want to discuss something with you!"

"What's the matter, Xiaowu?"

"I don't know where my parents sent the food at home. I would like to borrow a few dozen kilograms of food coupons from you..."

Chen Luo opened his mouth loudly, just wanting to try it out.

Auntie isn't stupid either.

The family had dozens of kilograms of food coupons and money, but she couldn't say she had them.

"Xiao Wuzi, every household is short of food right now, and it's the same in our family. You have nothing to eat, so I'll get you some steamed bread to fill your stomach. Come back when you get off work, and let your uncle help you think of a solution..."

Chen Luo came out of Auntie's house with a steamed bun and went straight back to his room.

At this point he had to accept this fact.

His plan of using borrowing to collect debts is simply not going to work.

He had to find another way to borrow food coupons.

But when he saw Qin Huairu, he thought of something he had to get back because he would need it soon.

"Sister Qin! Let me get my electrician's bag. I need it because I need to take the electrician's exam and am currently learning electrician's practical skills."

"Is your electrician contracted to work at my house? Why don't I remember?"

When Qin Huairu heard that Chen Luo wanted to take things back, she habitually refused.

"You are such a forgetful person! If you don't help me get it, I will go in and look for it myself!"

Chen Luo pretended to walk towards the Jia family.

"Don't worry, I'll drop off the clothes and help you find them. See if they are in my house."

"I've seen it all. It's right there on the table. Can I go in and get it myself?"

"It's really in my house, then you can take it!" Qin Huairu said in surprise.

"Okay, you're welcome!" Chen Luo went in to get his electrician's bag and came out, "See you later, Sister Qin!"

After returning to his room, Chen Luo put the electrician's bag into the storage space.

Then he thought again, what if someone else was stupid enough to lend it to him?

So he went to find the second aunt again.

Second Aunt didn't lend him any food coupons either.

He ran to the third uncle's house again.

Chen Luo still gave the same excuse, and the third aunt also said no at first.

But Chen Luo thought that the whole family of the Third Uncle had developed the habit of calculating everything, and felt that he could use interest to tempt the Third Aunt.

"Don't be so decisive. I will return it to you within a year and give you 20% interest. What do you think?"

Chen Luo thought that the price of pigeons in the market would drop to half of its current price in a year, and he would still make a lot of money by paying 20% ​​interest, so Chen Luo dared to promise such a high interest rate.

Twenty percent interest per year is too tempting!

The three aunts thought this was an opportunity.

Thinking that Chen Dafang was not the kind of person who would borrow money and not pay it back, if Chen Luo didn't return her food coupons, she could go to Chen Dafang to ask for them.

So she made up her mind to lend the food coupons to Chen Luo.

After Chen Luo wrote the IOU and put his fingerprints on it, the third aunt lent him 60 kilograms of food coupons.

Chen Luo found it hard to understand why the Third Uncle's family had such generous food coupons.

After borrowing food coupons from the third aunt, Chen Luo was greatly encouraged.

He went to a few more houses to try again, and found that all the neighbors who owed him money were wary of him. Each one was pretending to be poorer than the other, and some simply hid away.

People are not stupid. How can they not think that he is asking for debts in disguise? Of course, it is impossible to lend him food coupons and money.

All the subsequent efforts were in vain, and Chen Luo didn't care too much.

It wasn't useless for him to borrow this circle, he already had new plans in mind.

As he was thinking, he fell asleep.

He slept soundly that night and even dreamed that his neighbors rushed to pay back all the money they owed to his family.

When I woke up, it was already around four o'clock in the afternoon.

He also received a reminder from the system.

It turned out that when his body strength exceeded 2G, the storage space was upgraded once, and the volume expanded from 1 cubic meter to 8 cubic meters.

【Host】: Chen Luo, 18 years old;

【Appearance】: 69;

【Storage space】: 8 cubic meters;

【Body Strength】: 2.07G;

[Fixed Assistance]: Physical enhancement (exercise efficiency %), appearance enhancement (increase by 24 point within 1 hours);

【Mobility Assistance】: Electrician skills enhancement (learning efficiency %), language skills enhancement (learning efficiency %);

[Skills]: Electrician (not yet started), Language (starting);

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