Siheyuan: The Villain's Cool Life

Thought of one thing.

Although the school said the matter was over, Director Wang was not informed, which was a bit unkind.

Shen He turned around and went back to the yard and into the house.

Rummaged in the space.

A pound of peach cakes, presentable.

I opened the remaining half bag of brown sugar for Yu Shui and rewrapped it with brown paper.

There isn't much brown sugar these days.

As for the rest.

Shen He took out another bottle of Lotus White.

This bottle of wine is prepared for Director Wang's wife.

This is almost enough. Any more would exceed the standard.

He pushed the cart out of the yard and locked the door.

It was not allowed to lock the door in this compound, but that was in the past, not now.

After leaving the compound, I got on my bike and headed straight to the street office.

I offered the doorman a cigarette and asked if Director Wang was in the office.

I said goodbye to the old man and pushed the cart into the street office.

"Come in." Director Wang in the office heard someone knocking on the door and shouted.

Shen He heard the voice and pushed the door open and walked in. "Director Wang."

"Xiao Shen, why are you here?"

"I came here today to thank you for thinking of me when you had good news." Shen He said as he placed a paper bag at Director Wang's feet.

Just put it on the table openly and they will definitely not take it away.

"Xiao Shen, what are you doing?"

"You know I don't drink. I have a lot of bottles of wine at home that have been sitting there for a long time. If I don't drink this wine, it would be a waste if I keep it here."

"You, how did you learn so many tricks at such a young age?"

Since Director Wang said this, it was not a blame. What he meant was obviously that he was getting closer to Shen He.

"I didn't come here for any other reason than to thank you. Now that school matters are over, I came to tell you."

"School? Now I remember, didn't you say you wanted to stay? I think the school is pretty good."

"I don't like being constrained. I can do it for a few days, but I really can't do it for a long time.

Next time you have a temporary job like this, just remember me."

"Don't worry, I won't forget you."

"Director Wang, if you don't have anything else to do, I'll leave first and won't disturb you at work."

"Oh... okay."

Shen He left the street office, got on his bike and started strolling around the streets again.

Chapter 67: Go Shopping

I have nothing to do today, and I don’t want to get up from the bed.

I agreed to get up and take a shower, but when I got up, the quilt seemed to be sealed and I couldn't get out.

Shen He also gave up getting up, lay on the bed, took out a notebook and started to count the accounts.

Then take out all the money you have for this month.

The school gave me 24, as well as food coupons and meat coupons.

Only half of the time has passed, and by the end of the month, I can still receive 12 yuan from the street office.

I don’t know if I can get any more banquets or anything like that. I guess no one would hold a banquet in such a cold day.

In this way, I will already have 36 yuan this month.

It's neither too much nor too little.

As for work? Why work so hard? No matter how much money you earn, you have to spend it.

In the afternoon, I went to the grain station to pick up this week's grain. I could also buy another 10 kilograms of premium grain this week.

Shen He’s current ration is 29 kilograms, and the notice of further reduction in ration will probably be coming soon.

Looking at the various tickets in my hand, I realized that I had bought the matches and soap at the beginning of the month.

I still have 2 jin and 2 liang of meat coupons in my hand. The jin of meat coupons are given by the school, and the liang of meat coupons are my quota for this month.

There are also 4 non-staple food tickets.

The school gave me one, and the other three were given by others.

In this situation, it’s useless even if you have a meat ticket because he has no meat.

If you want to buy meat properly, you have to get up at five o'clock in the morning, and the vegetable market may be full of people by then.

Further away is the pigeon market, but pigeons are meat, you can buy them with tickets or with money, and they are slightly cheaper than the black market.

The price of meat on the black market is now more than three yuan.

Meat coupons also have another use, which is to buy canned meat at the store.

I sorted out all my tickets and bought them when I went out in the afternoon.

I lay in bed until 11 o'clock, but I couldn't hold it anymore and got up.

My house is still a bit small.

Bear with me any longer.

I just established a relationship with Director Wang, but now he is making demands and conditions directly. I guess this little friendship will be gone in an instant.

I ate something by myself, got dressed and went out.

Today is Monday, it's noon now, and there are not many people wandering around the streets.

It was a bit sloppy. I didn't know that the salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative was not at work at this time. He was probably eating now. He was bound to be scolded.

After thinking about it, I decided to go to the Pigeon Market outside the city.

Maybe you can meet someone who sells good things.

There are four Pigeon Cities in the capital. One is outside Dongzhimen, one is outside Xizhimen, the one in the south is outside Youanmen, and the one in the southeast corner is in Panjiayuan.

Anyway, I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so I might as well walk around.

Shenhe is close to Dongzhimen, so you can ride your bike directly there.

There are still quite a few people here at this time.

When Shen He entered the market, he saw a stall selling soybeans. This is a good thing, but he was a little confused. Why didn't anyone buy this good thing?

Shen He went over to ask, no wonder no one bought it. Two kilograms of food coupons for one kilogram of soybeans, only a fool would do that.

The price of soybeans usually caps at one yuan. What is the current price of food coupons? One pound of food coupons is 1 yuan, and you are charging three yuan for this pound of soybeans.

But it can be said that scarcity makes things valuable. Soybeans are really a scarce commodity these days. 80% of the country's production capacity is sold in foreign exchange, and the rest is made into condiments or side dishes such as soy sauce and tofu.

Some of it was given to hospitals as nutritional supplements for patients.

Shen He had plenty of soybeans, so he asked about the price, shook his head, and turned away.

I saw someone selling garlic, which is more reasonable. It can also be exchanged for food coupons. One kilogram of food coupons is equivalent to 10 kilograms of garlic.

Shen He directly ordered two kilograms.

The main thing is that he has 20 kilograms here, and the man selling garlic is an old man. When Shen He saw this outfit, he felt cold.

After paying the food coupons, I put the garlic directly into the basket.

Shen He saw another man selling firewood. His arms were thick and he sold a whole cart of firewood for 3 yuan.

Shen He estimated that it was about 700 kilograms.

It’s a little bit expensive, but not that expensive.

Normally it’s 5 cents per 100 kilograms, but now it’s just 4 cents.

It seems that this firewood seller is from a family, pulling three large carts.

His clothes were also in tatters.

Oh, my damn heart. Actually, Shen He just couldn’t see this kind of thing. It would have been fine if he hadn’t seen it, but since he saw it, he had to help.

Shen He greeted them, gave them an address, and agreed on a time. He still had to walk around for a while, so it was impossible for him to go home directly with them.

I gave them a one-dollar deposit, so they don't have to worry about being cheated.

Hey...what did Shen He see?

I saw someone selling ducks.

This thing is really rare, because ordinary people don’t raise it at home, only the team raises it.

Looking at the person in front of me, I thought he was not selling the ducks from the team, right?

But even if he had to take the ducks from the brigade, Shen He had to buy them, as it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Shen He went over to ask, and was told it was two yuan a piece, which wasn't too expensive. He probably wanted to sell it quickly.

There are a total of 5 cats in this person's cage, three males and two females.

But buying a male duck for two dollars is a loss no matter how you look at it.

I asked if it was sold individually. The man hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded, saying that was fine.

Shen He picked out two female ducks, and then picked out a more energetic male duck. The duck's legs were tied up, so he didn't need to tie them up himself. He just threw them directly into the basket of the cart.

As for the remaining two, Shen He would still consider selling them at one dollar each, but the duck seller disagreed, and Shen He had no choice.