Siheyuan: I earned foreign exchange in the heyday

For lunch, Chen Changan drank two bowls of corn paste, and his two younger sisters each had a bowl.

I felt that I was not full, so I looked at the pot and saw that there was nothing left, so I didn't say anything.

This body has just recovered after not eating for a few days, and the stomach is empty, but I can't eat too much at the first meal, so I'm half hungry and half full. That's it.

After dinner, little sister Xiujuan ran out to play with her friends. Chen Changan was bored at home, so he decided to go out and see what the old city looked like at that time.

The second sister Xiuhua was worried about him and insisted on going out with Chen Changan no matter what.

Unable to persuade her, the two of them just strolled out.

As soon as I walked into the yard, I met Yan Fugui, the third uncle of the courtyard. He wore a pair of broken glasses and looked shrewd and mercenary. Those who knew the plot knew that he was a teacher, but those who didn't know his profession thought he looked like a small vendor at first glance.

"Hey, Changan is okay now?" Yan Fugui said to Chen Changan.

"Uncle, I don't have anything to do. I've just been resting at home for a few days, so I came out to move around."

Knowing what kind of person he was, Chen Changan didn't want to say much to Yan Fugui.

Without waiting for Yan Fugui to say anything, he continued, "Uncle San is taking care of your flowers and plants. You stay busy. My sister and I will go out for a walk."

After saying this, without waiting for Yan Fugui to say anything, he took his sister and walked out of the courtyard.

Yan Fugui watched Chen Changan and his sister leave the courtyard and muttered, "They were carried back that day. It looked like they were about to die. Now they say that nothing happened in the first place. Who would believe it? Ha."

I walked around the nearby streets and alleys with my sister. It was similar to how I imagined the old city of that era was, but also different.

Just as I imagined, the colors on the street were somewhat earthy, whether it was the low buildings on both sides of the street or the colors of the people, they were all earthy and gray. Compared with the later generations of feasting and revelry, this place really looked a bit like a black and white photo.

But people's faces were filled with confident and happy smiles. There were indeed few cars on the streets, but there were many more bicycles than one would have imagined.

When he arrived at Shichahai, Chen Changan saw a few people fishing under the shade of trees and suddenly couldn't walk anymore.

Seeing Chen Changan's actions, Xiuhua immediately knew his plan and said, "Brother, you don't still want to go fishing, do you? Even if you want to go fishing, you are not fully recovered yet, how can you go now? What if, what if..."

"Okay, okay, I get it." Chen Changan was really a little afraid of this sister now, not for anything else. His second sister was always nagging, and he didn't know that at such a young age, she could nag like an old woman. He quickly interrupted him and continued, "I'm tired, let's find a cool place to sit down and rest for a while, I just want to watch others fishing."

Hearing that Chen Changan was tired and didn't want to go fishing, Xiuhua nodded in agreement.

It was cooler between two big willow trees on the shore. Two young men were sitting under the trees, and further down by the water an old man was fishing. It looked like the three of them were together. The shade of the trees was big enough, so he and his sister also sat down in the shade.

Looking at these two young men, one in cadre uniform and the other in military uniform, looking around from time to time, it can be immediately seen that the old man fishing is not an ordinary person.

When the two of them sat down and the two young men and the old man looked over, Chen Changan smiled and nodded to them as a greeting.

In fact, when Chen Changan and the other man were approaching them, the two young men had already noticed them. However, they felt that Chen Changan was just a teenager with unsteady steps and a little girl by his side, so they did not pose any threat and did not pay special attention to them.

Although he guessed that the old man fishing was probably a big boss, Chen Changan had never met any leaders in his previous life, so he was not good at currying favor with them. He also didn't know what kind of temper the other person had. The other person might look down on him, so there was no need to curry favor with him. Besides, he didn't have anything to show for it. He just didn't try to please them or offend them.

Gradually, Chen Changan stopped considering the other party's identity and began to focus on how people of this era fished.

After watching for a while, I found that this guy had quite a lot of fishing equipment, and they were quite complete, but the bait was too bad. He mixed red earthworms and black earthworms, and didn't use any other bait.

With such a small hook, hanging such a big black earthworm, it doesn't move at all. Sitting on the fishing platform, that's it? This is not much different from Jiang Taigong fishing.

Seeing that the old man hadn't caught any fish for a long time, he was rubbing his hands anxiously and smoking one cigarette after another. Finally, he couldn't help but laughed out loud.

This immediately attracted angry glares from the three people opposite, and the young man in the comfortable military uniform even stood up.

Chen Changan immediately clasped his hands together and begged for mercy, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I really couldn't help it, I couldn't help it." But with the smile on Chen Changan's face that became more and more uncontrollable, there was no sign of an apology at all.

The young man in military uniform was ready to teach Chen Changan a lesson, but the old man who was fishing waved his hand at him and said to Chen Changan, "Young man, why are you laughing? Fishing is all about luck. I am not a man with good character, so I came here to train my character. Is it worth your laughter?"

After hearing this, Chen Changan smiled and said, "Uncle, who told you that fishing is a matter of luck? This is not Jiang Taigong fishing, where those who are willing take the bait will be caught. There is a lot to learn in fishing. There is knowledge in understanding the affairs of the world. If nothing else, replace the big earthworm you hooked with a red earthworm and try again, you will know."

"Really? Then I'll try it."

Then after some tinkering, the old man changed the bait and started again.

In less than ten minutes, as the float sank, the old man lifted the fishing rod and a small crucian carp the size of a palm was thrown directly onto the shore.