Siheyuan: Starting from 1958

"Wang Dong...Bang Geng is asking for chicken and fish...It's New Year's Day, where can I get him chicken and fish?" He Yuzhu didn't waste any words and directly stated his purpose.

"I heard from Mrs. Jia Zhang that you usually bring back a lot of chicken from the banquets outside, and you make all of it into cured chicken and cured fish..."

"Can you lend me a cured chicken and a cured fish for the sake of being neighbors? I will definitely return it to you when I have money in the future."

Wang Dong did not respond immediately, but frowned and asked back: "If I remember correctly, you have borrowed more than 100 yuan from me, and you have to pay me back more than 200 kilograms of flour in half a year..."

"These debts have not been paid off yet, what do you have to ask me to borrow the cured chicken and fish?"

"Let's use the two main rooms in the middle courtyard as collateral..." He Yuzhu replied through gritted teeth.

In his eyes, the two main rooms in the middle courtyard were worth at least eight hundred yuan.

I only borrowed over a hundred yuan from Wang Dong, and together with today's cured chicken and cured fish, it was less than two hundred yuan, which would not affect the ownership of the two main rooms at all.

With my cooking skills, as long as Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady help me solve the disciplinary issue next year, I can pass the exam again and become a level nine chef.

Not only will your salary go up, but you can also work as a waiter outside, so saving two hundred yuan will definitely be an easy thing.

This is what Wang Dong wanted to say, but he didn't respond immediately. Instead, he frowned and reminded: "He Yuzhu..."

"It's not that I didn't remind you..."

"The price of pigeon meat has skyrocketed in the pigeon market. A cured chicken has risen to nearly 20 yuan. It may continue to rise in a few months."

"I'll lend you a cured chicken now, and you'll have to pay me back a cured chicken later. It might cost more than a hundred dollars, so you better think about it..."

In order to defeat Xu Damao, keep Banggeng as his godson, and continue to take advantage of Qin Huairu, He Yuzhu has invested a lot of money.

I answered with a stiff upper lip: "Borrow..."

"Even if the price of a cured chicken goes up to 100 yuan, I will still lend it to you."

"At worst, I can go out to take care of the banquet, find a way to get a chicken, and make it into a cured chicken for you."

I have reminded He Yuzhu of all that I should have. If He Yuzhu still insists on borrowing, then don't blame me for plotting to take over the two main rooms in his family.

Then he said to Chen Jun who was eating: "Sister Jun..."

"Go to the annex and bring back a cured chicken and a cured fish."

"Little sister... bring me the pen. I want to write an IOU to He Yuzhu..."

"Cured chicken and fish are now worth a lot of money, and it must be clearly stated in black and white."

After He Yuzhu left the front yard contentedly with the cured chicken and cured fish, Wang Dong closed the door and returned to the dining table.

Chen Dehui asked back with a puzzled expression: "Dongzi..."

"You just said that you have lent He Yuzhu more than 100 yuan. What's the matter?"

For a moment, Chen Jun and Aunt Li all focused their attention on Wang Dong.

Wang Dong did not hide anything and explained directly: "Since Yi Zhonghai started to receive He Yuzhu's salary from the steel mill, He Yuzhu has no money left."

"In order to continue to be a lickspittle, give Qin Huairu benefits, and satisfy his vanity, he started to borrow money everywhere."

"But the whole kitchen knows what kind of person he is. No one wants to lend him money, so he has no choice but to ask me for help..."

"I proposed to lend him the money by using his main house in the middle courtyard as collateral."

“I didn’t expect that he would reach the point where Qin Huairu would not hesitate to pay the price, and he agreed at that time.”

"He borrowed money every two weeks, and the total amount seems to be about 120 yuan." "And I told him when I borrowed the money..."

"In order to avoid people saying I was speculating, I absolutely could not mention money on the IOU. I wrote it in the ratio of one yuan for two kilograms of flour."

"Lending him ten yuan is equivalent to lending him twenty kilograms of flour. One year later, you must return the twenty kilograms of flour, free of charge."

"One hundred and twenty yuan is equivalent to two hundred and forty kilograms of flour. At the current price of flour in Pigeon Market, it is almost two hundred yuan."

"In a few months, when he has to pay back the money, these 240 kilograms of flour will be worth at least 700 yuan."

"Including the cured chicken and fish he just borrowed, it's more than 800 yuan."

"I'm excited that the main house in the middle courtyard is only worth seven or eight hundred yuan."

"I used 800 yuan to buy him off, and He Yuzhu still made a profit."

Spending more than a hundred yuan plus a cured chicken and a cured fish to exchange for two main rooms in the central courtyard is definitely a good thing that is impossible to come by even if it falls from the sky.

But Chen Dehui didn't show any joy on his face. Instead, he showed a worried expression: "Dongzi...you were too impulsive..."

"If this gets out, it will definitely be very bad for your reputation."

"Besides, with Yi Zhonghai here, he won't easily let He Yuzhu transfer the two main rooms in the middle courtyard to you."

"If things go wrong, my reputation might be ruined, but I won't get the two main rooms in the middle courtyard."

Wang Dong did not show any worry on his face because of Chen Dehui's reminder. Instead, he answered confidently: "Uncle..."

"I have thought about all the questions you asked..."

"Otherwise I wouldn't have lent money to He Yuzhu."

"The house belongs to He Yuzhu and is under his name. Even if Yi Zhonghai is He Yuzhu's godfather, he can't do anything about it."

"If he doesn't want to give me the house, he can just go to the black market and spend a lot of money to buy more than 200 kilograms of flour, or just compensate me 700 to 800 yuan."

"That old guy Yi Zhonghai loves money like his life, and he only cares about his retirement business. Do you think he would spend seven or eight hundred yuan for He Yuzhu's two main rooms?"

"Besides, based on my understanding of He Yuzhu, he will definitely not make this matter public."

"Even if he transfers the two main rooms in the central courtyard to me, he will do it secretly and will not dare to let Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu know. Otherwise, it will be too embarrassing."

"I will give He Yuzhu another guarantee then."

"Before the deaf old lady in the backyard died, the brothers and sisters could continue to live in the two main rooms in the middle yard. If I didn't charge them a dollar in rent, He Yuzhu would never tell anyone.

"Impossible. How could He Yuzhu not tell Yi Zhonghai about such a big thing? Dongzi, you are still too impulsive."

Wang Dong continued to explain: "Uncle..."

"You don't know He Yuzhu at all."

"He is not only impulsive and a bootlicker, but he also has a very bad character: he cares too much about his reputation."

"Especially in front of Qin Huairu."

"If Yi Zhonghai and Qin Huairu knew that he was a prodigal son who couldn't even keep the He family's ancestral property, they would definitely be disappointed in He Yuzhu."

"Now He Yuzhu still has to rely on Yi Zhonghai to survive, and he also can't live without Qin Huairu. Do you think he is willing to let these two people down?"

"Besides, He Yuzhu doesn't lack houses. The two main rooms in the middle courtyard are not important to him except that they are the ancestral property of the He family. If I give him a little more money, he will definitely transfer the houses to me secretly." (End of this chapter)