Siheyuan: Yan Jiekuang's carefree life

"Knock! Knock! Knock!" When he reached the door, Yan Jiekuang looked around and reached out to knock on the door.

Not long after, an old man opened the door, looked at Yan Jiekuang, and asked, "What's the matter?!"

Yan Jiekuang said: "I was introduced by Fatty San."

When the old man heard the name "Fat Three", he stuck his head out to look outside, gave up his seat, and said, "Come in!"

Yan Jiekuang walked in, and the old man quickly closed the door and asked, "What do you want?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "A complete set of projection equipment."

The old man said, "This thing is not cheap."

Yan Jiekuang said: "Even if it's not cheap, there must be a price."

The old man looked at Yan Jiekuang and said, "The stuff is 50% new and there are five movies, three thousand."

Yan Jiekuang asked, "Ready stock?!" Seeing the old man nod, Yan Jiekuang asked, "Can I take a look?!"

The old man thought for a moment and shouted into the house, "Stupid guy, take the things out!"

"Got it!" Not long after, a sturdy middle-aged man came out of the house carrying two wooden boxes. The old man said, "The things are in here."

Yan Jiekuang opened the box and looked at it. It was almost the same as what Xu Damao had described. Yan Jiekuang did not bargain, but reached into his bag, took out three stacks of money, and handed them to the old man. The old man took the money and asked with a smile: "Young man, you are alone, aren't you afraid that we will rob you?!"

Yan Jiekuang said, "You have been doing business here for a long time. No matter what business you do, the word 'credit' is important. You will not cut off your retreat for such a small amount of money."

The old man shook the money in his hand and said, "This is not just a small amount of money."

Yan Jiekuang said: "It's not a big deal to you, but it is to me. In addition to you and this brother, there are six other people hiding in this yard. How about you let them come out and see me?!"

After hearing what Yan Jiekuang said, the smile on the old man's face disappeared instantly. He looked at Yan Jiekuang with a cold face and said, "Brother, you have a good trick!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "I have practiced martial arts for several years, so my hearing is better. Their breathing gave them away." Then he said, "I have bought what I want, and now let's talk about our business."

The old man asked, "What business?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied, "I have a batch of bicycles, radios and watches. It's not a lot, just over a hundred bicycles, fifty radios and over two hundred watches." Then he asked, "I wonder if you can handle all this?"

The old man hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "May I ask where the goods come from?!"

Yan Jiekuang replied: "North!"

The old man said, "A bicycle is 150 yuan, a radio is 35 yuan, and a watch is 100 yuan."

Yan Jiekuang thought for a moment and said, "Okay! In an hour, turn left at the intersection and trade in the abandoned courtyard. We'll exchange the money and the goods. The payment can be in cash, gold bars, or high-quality antiques." Then he asked, "Can I leave now?!"

The old man nodded, made way, and motioned the strong man to open the door. The strong man opened the door, and Yan Jiekuang walked out of the door carrying a wooden box in one hand.

After Yan Jiekuang left, the strong man ran to the old man and asked, "Fifth Master, can you trust what this kid said?!"

The old man replied, "Whether it is credible or not, you will know when you go there! I will meet him later, you take two people with the things and follow behind. Bring the things back when you see my signal. Don't act rashly without my signal."

The sturdy man continued, "Master Wu, he's alone anyway. Can't we just take care of him with our numbers?!"

"Idiot!" The old man glared at the strong man and said, "Didn't you hear him tell us where the goods came from? Those who come from the north are all migrant workers. How many of them are easy to deal with? We succeeded this time, but there may be a next time. We need to take it slow and steady."

Yan Jiekuang left the courtyard and turned into an empty alley. He put the two boxes into the space, then pretended nothing had happened and went out of the black market from the other end. After a circle, Yan Jiekuang came to the agreed place and took out the bicycle, radio and the box containing the watch.

About half an hour later, the old man came. Yan Jiekuang pointed at the things around him and said, "Here are all the things, please take a look!"

The old man had seen something when he first came in, but he was too far away to see clearly. Hearing Yan Jiekuang's words, the old man quickly walked to the side of the bicycles, carefully checked each one, and said, "These bicycles are of good quality."

Yan Jiekuang said, "Don't worry! The quality of my products is absolutely impeccable." Then Yan Jiekuang opened the box containing the watches and said, "There are 210 watches in it. Please check them."

"Wait a minute!" The old man took out his flashlight and gave two long and one short signals. Not long after, the strong man and four other people came over carrying two boxes.

The old man winked at a thin young man, who ran to the old man, picked up a watch from the box, checked it carefully, and nodded at the old man.

The old man said, "I just counted them. There are 110 bicycles in total, at 150 Yuan each, for a total of yuan; 30 radios, at 35 Yuan each, for a total of 1750 Yuan; and 210 watches, at 100 Yuan each, for a total of yuan. All together, it's yuan. I'll give you thirty large yellow croakers, and the rest can be replaced with some antiques." After that, the old man asked someone to open the box.

Yan Jiekuang had actually scanned the two boxes with his spiritual sense a long time ago. Although he didn't know much about antiques, judging from their appearance, they didn't look like fakes. Even if they were fake, it wouldn't be a loss with these gold bars. Yan Jiekuang said, "No need to look. I trust you. I'll come to you next time when there's stock." After that, Yan Jiekuang walked to the two boxes, closed them, lifted them up with force, and left with the two boxes.

Everyone present was stunned by Yan Jiekuang's move. The strong man muttered to himself, "How does this guy look like?! He looks skinny, how can he be so strong?!"

The old man urged: "Don't worry about his strength, get someone to move the goods immediately!"

"Hey!" The sturdy man responded and immediately ran back to the black market next door and called a few people to drag a cart over.

Yan Jiekuang walked for a while with the boxes in his hands, then released his spiritual sense and scanned the area. After making sure that no one was following him and that there was no one around, Yan Jiekuang immediately put the two boxes into his space. He then walked around outside carefully twice before returning to the courtyard.

When he got home, Yan Jiekuang lay on the bed for a while, then entered the space, found a video of tinkering with the projector, and followed the video to learn how to tinker with the projector. Although the projection equipment Yan Jiekuang bought was only 50% new, it was well maintained. It was unlikely to have any problems when used. But to be on the safe side, Yan Jiekuang decided to ask Xu Damao tomorrow where to buy projector accessories, and also wanted to ask Xu Damao to get some movie copies.

There was no conversation that night. The next morning, Yan Jiekuang finished his breakfast and went out for a walk. Not long after, Yan Jiekuang saw Xu Damao coming out of the yard pushing a bicycle. Yan Jiekuang greeted him, "Brother Damao!"

Xu Damao stopped and asked, "Jie Kuang, what's the matter?!"