Courtyard Houses: Starting as a Purchasing Agent

Liu Aiguo never gambles on human nature!

Don't be fooled by Wang Zhongchen's current honest and unassuming appearance; no one can say for sure what kind of person he will become in the future.

But for now, at least for the time being, Liu Aiguo can be trusted.

Because Old Wang still has nothing.

Liu Aiguo was his only support; now that he had come to the city, he could only rely on Liu Aiguo.

As for what happens in the future, we'll talk about that later.

He instructed Old Wang that every morning just as dawn broke, he should go to the courtyard and use a handcart to haul away more than a hundred watermelons.

Every morning, watermelons must be delivered to the state guesthouse.

As for money and receipts.

Naturally, he wouldn't let him bang it. Liu Aiguo and Director Huang had already agreed to settle accounts once a month or once a week.

After Lao Wang finished his day's work, Liu Aiguo rode his bicycle to the countryside to collect things.

Being a purchasing agent is also a physically demanding job.

Life was uneventful.

Before we knew it, it was the weekend again.

Although Liu Aiguo was very careful and dared not sell the massive amount of resources in the system space, over this period of time, the amount of RMB and various receipts in his hands has been increasing and becoming more and more valuable.

Before I knew it, I had more than two thousand yuan in my hand.

How should we spend this money?

What a problem.

Under normal circumstances, you could never spend it all.

Early Saturday morning, Old Wang didn't rest either. He pulled his cart to the courtyard, and Liu Aiguo helped him load the cart full of watermelons.

The neighbor, Uncle San, saw this and asked curiously, "Aiguo...where do you get so many watermelons all day long?"

I'm puzzled!

No one is a fool.

The watermelons in Liu Aiguo's house only go out and never come in, which makes not only Uncle San suspicious, but also many neighbors.

However, Third Uncle had already expressed it beforehand.

"Oh..." Liu Aiguo smiled perfunctorily and said, "These supplies were collected by me on behalf of someone else. The factory doesn't want them, so I'm just acting as a middleman!"

"Hiss..."

Uncle San gasped and said, "I collected it for someone else, so I must give you some money for your trouble!"

Liu Aiguo chuckled.

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Uncle San sighed, "Purchasing agents are really in high demand!"

However, Uncle San's words also reminded Liu Aiguo: In the future, when dealing with things, he should find a special place to put them; he can't just leave them at home all the time.

He's only been handling watermelons for three days, and people in the yard are already starting to get suspicious.

If I spend thirty days on this, won't I attract attention?

If someone reports it, it'll be troublesome!

Ok……

Let's find a warehouse!

Just then, Yu Li entered the courtyard from outside, carrying a net bag.

“Yu Li…” Liu Aiguo’s heart warmed: he hadn’t seen his wife for several days.

I really miss it!

"Hmm..." Yu Li was also very happy to see Liu Aiguo. She placed a small jar from the net bag in front of Liu Aiguo.

Liu Aiguo asked, "Still pickled vegetables?"

"No!" Yu Li said, "These are the fish I caught a few days ago. You left both of them at my house, and we can't finish them all in a short time. My mom made some cured fish, and it's ready. You can put them away and take them out to dry in half a month. They'll be ready to eat then!"

"Alright!" Liu Aiguo said, "Thank you so much, wife. In this world, you're the only one who still thinks of me!"

Yu Li's face was flushed.

Liu Aiguo said, "You've come at the right time. Come with me for a walk in the street, and we'll go rent a house!"

"Rent a house?"

As Yu Li followed Liu Aiguo outside, she asked, "Why are you renting a house?"

Liu Aiguo said, "From now on, the two of us will live together. You wouldn't want us living with this bunch of beasts, would you?"

Yu Li said, "Don't worry, I'm not afraid of them!"

Liu Aiguo smiled.

Throughout Beijing, there are many courtyard houses.

Just like the courtyard house where Liu Aiguo lives.

This kind of courtyard is not only a culture, but also a tradition. However, in the beginning, the courtyard was not lived in like this.

The entire compound is like one family.

The three courtyards are called the front courtyard, the middle courtyard, and the back courtyard. Back in the previous dynasty, Daqing, they weren't called that. People used to say the first courtyard, the second courtyard, and the third courtyard.

It's rare for a family to own a courtyard of this size unless they are very wealthy.

However, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were no more wealthy families. Everything was demolished and rebuilt. In order to better accommodate the people, these courtyards were taken away by the neighborhood committees and streets and arranged for individual households to live in.

There were even mansions of royal rank, where hundreds of people could live in a single courtyard.

But don't forget, Beijing used to have many wealthy families, but even more ordinary people.

Therefore, most of them are single-family houses with their own courtyards.

These small courtyards are all kept under individual names; they are ancestral possessions that cannot be taken away.

Of course, at that time the country's trading system did not exist, so wanting to buy a small courtyard was pure nonsense.

Even if you buy it, you can't register your identity document, which means there's no guarantee whatsoever.

Therefore, it is possible to rent.

Liu Aiguo chose to rent.

If you really want to buy a house, you'll have to wait until the laws are sound and the reforms are implemented.

There are plenty of empty houses in Beijing.

Especially the houses near the main street, which used to be storefronts.

As the name suggests, these storefronts are used for doing business.

It is not suitable to stay at home.

Because many of them not only lack a yard, but also the nearest water source.

There is no distinction between kitchen and bedroom.

This thing was a hot commodity back in the day.

However, in this era, ordinary people were prohibited from engaging in private transactions.

Good heavens, what's the use of a storefront if you can't do business?

Therefore, storefront properties became objects that were neither loved nor favored by uncles or grandmothers.

They can't even rent them out.

The notices posted are extremely low, but no one is renting them.

Liu Aiguo found a storefront not far from his home.

It should be said that there are many storefronts.

Following the address above, we went about a kilometer away and found the owner's house.

The owner's residence and storefront are quite far apart.

When Liu Aiguo came to their door, the family was overjoyed.

"You...want to rent my storefront?" the owner asked. "Is that true?"

"real!"

Liu Aiguo said, "We need to go and see how much space this place has, and then we can talk about the price!"

"Okay, okay, I'll take you there right away..."

Chapter 047 Yu Haitang is jealous!