Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

On the way home, Chen Changan still brought two kilograms of peach cakes and walked home slowly.

I have to eat early today, cook early and eat early, and wait for people from the hospital to come back from get off work. Aunt Wang also has to go to the hospital for a meeting, and I don’t know if there will be any arguments or something, which will delay my meals.

The meal was ready at five o'clock. We had fish again today. I kept one of the fish that was sent to the factory last time. The fish I cooked today was as fragrant as always. I ignored the resentful looks of the neighbors who passed by the front door.

After all, people of this generation have all come from an era of food and clothing shortages, and they are lucky enough to be able to eat their fill after cooking. Unlike Chen Changan, who needs a lot of miscellaneous ingredients such as sugar, vinegar, ginger, garlic, etc. to cook a fish.

After cooking fish two or three times, the seasonings prepared at home for half a month are almost used up.

He gave Xiuying twenty yuan and asked her to go to the market tomorrow to buy some more seasonings for the few spices at home. Xiuying looked at Chen Changan as if he was a fool and said, "Brother, where's the ticket?"

Only then did Chen Changan realize that this was not the future, where money could buy anything. Without the candy ticket, he couldn't buy candy even if he had money. Forget it, he still had to go fishing tomorrow, and find someone to exchange the fish he caught for tickets.

Let Xiuying go and see what doesn't require a ticket and buy it first, and then buy a few corns for herself, or just buy corn kernels, the tender ones are best.

I plan to use corn to fish for black bass tomorrow. Fortunately, I have watched a lot of short videos, otherwise I would be at a loss without a system.

Ignoring the resentful looks of many neighbors passing by the front yard, Chen Changan and his family finished their meal early.

Just after finishing their meal, people who worked in the courtyard began to come back one after another. After a while, Liu Guangtian, the second son of Liu Haizhong, the second uncle in the backyard, came and announced a meeting of the whole courtyard.

Without waiting for Chen Changan to speak, he turned and left.

Chen Changan smiled. He had guessed it long ago. Even if he didn't look for Aunt Wang today, they would still have this meeting. Moreover, he could guess the process of the meeting almost exactly. It would be nothing more than the eldest uncle Yi Zhonghai who would start to pressure people with the words of respecting the old and loving the young, and morality. The Jia family, Sha Zhu's family, the second uncle Liu Haizhong, and the third uncle Yan Fugui would chime in. If that didn't work, they would go to the courtyard's ancestor, the deaf old lady, and finally the god of war Sha Zhu would beat people. As long as nothing happened, they would use the excuse of the excellent courtyard not to call the police and to solve the problem internally to make you submit.

This is the method used by the retirement group of Mr. Yi Ye to deal with those who do not get along with them.

Chen Changan didn't want to engage in intrigue with these people over trivial matters every day. To Chen Changan, three, five, ten or eight dollars were nothing.

If you really can't make ends meet, you can lend or give me this little money, Chen Changan really doesn't care. But you can't treat people like fools, taking advantage of them all the time, and calling them fools behind their backs after getting the benefits. It makes Chen Changan feel sick.

In fact, Chen Changan could also understand those who had experienced the old society, especially those who had lost their entire families.

Although Chen Changan has not experienced the miserable life of a family with no descendants in their old age, he can imagine it. When you are old, relatives and neighbors come to you to "borrow things". They "borrow" the same things today and tomorrow. You have no choice but to borrow them. They will take advantage of your inattention and bully you because you are slow and borrow them by force. If you sue the authorities today, I will return it to you and continue to borrow it tomorrow. When you see that the family assets you have saved for your whole life are "borrowed" day by day, when you are old and can't walk, can't cook, have nothing to eat, or even have no oil or water in your house, when no one cares about you, you lie in bed and die for a week, and no one cares about you even if you stink. Some people will go crazy for old age care.

Chen Changan could understand that there was nothing wrong with finding someone to take care of you in your old age. After all, it was something that both of you agreed to. You found someone to take care of you in your old age, take care of your affairs after your death, and receive the property you left behind. There was nothing wrong with that.

Or there are many orphans these days, so you can adopt one or two and raise them as your own children. People are all kind-hearted. If you are good to them, they will be good to you when they grow up.

Uncle Yi Zhonghai is an eighth-level fitter in a steel rolling mill, earning 99 yuan a month. In today's society, such conditions are better than those of most people. In modern times, it can be said that "it is too much to eat, it is simply impossible to finish it." However, when it comes to his apprentice and pension candidate Jia Dongxu, he has a hard time describing it.

First of all, as a master, he did not try his best to teach Jia Dongxu. Is Jia Dongxu stupid? After being a master for so many years, Jia Dongxu is only a second-level worker. After his salary was not enough to support his family, he could only rely on the help of his uncle Yi Zhonghai to make a living, so that he could control Jia Dongxu in many things.

He has an extremely high salary that he can't afford, but he likes to play tricks and ask people in the hospital for help from time to time. He claims that they are your retirement planners, not everyone's. He also pretends to be upright and selfless. Chen Changan feels that he is a character like Yue Buqun.

You can do whatever you want with these things. Whether your uncle Yi Zhonghai wants to ask Jia Dongxu or Sha Zhu to take care of you in your old age, whether Jia Dongxu or Sha Zhu is willing to take care of you in your old age has nothing to do with Chen Changan.

But as an old man, your elderly Jia Dongxu's family wants to eat meat and eat something good, shouldn't they come to you? Chen Changan wants to eat some fish and meat, and you bring people to ask for it, isn't it a bit unreasonable? Why do the Jia family dare to ask for something good when they see someone else eating? Of course it's because the old man is backing them up. After all, it is also advocated by the street office that if there are some minor conflicts in the courtyard, the courtyard should solve them by itself. Otherwise, all trivial matters will be solved by the street office, and the street office will be used for other things.

Your position as the manager, at least, is a right given to you by the residents of the courtyard, right? You have become unpopular because of a few vested interests and a few residents who have been brainwashed by you.

The deaf old lady wants the old man to take care of her in her old age, and the old man wants Jia Dongxu to take care of him in his old age. Not trusting Jia Dongxu, he also treats Sha Zhu as a backup and thug.

This time, while Aunt Wang is here, let’s teach them a lesson. From now on, we can keep out of each other’s way. You guys play your development games, and Chen Changan lives his own life.

If we can be neighbors, then we should be neighbors. If not, then we should just stop interacting with each other.

When you have time, you can stay at home and play with your sisters, or go out for fishing, chat with Uncle Xiao, ask for advice, and get some good cigarettes. Isn't that better than fighting with them here?

As he thought about it, he lit a cigarette, picked up a small stool, and walked towards the middle courtyard. He thought to himself, "Let's see what tricks you can come up with today?"

Well, the Zhonghua cigarettes of this era are easier to smoke than those of later generations. They are not too strong and are fragrant. Really fragrant.