Siheyuan: Big City, Small Love

Chapter 180 Black Market

"Hey, don't say it, Xiao Laizi, there are quite a lot of fish fishing tonight. I haven't had such a good time fishing in a long time. Nowadays, there are more people than fish when fishing."

Sha Zhu felt the joy of night fishing. Others also smiled and nodded, it was right.

"Brother Zhuzi, night fishing is still risky. After all, it's not very safe, so we need more people. Otherwise, it's easy for something to go wrong if you go out alone."

He Lai talked about the issue of safety again.

"Okay, okay, I want to go fishing, so I came to call you." Sha Zhu responded happily.

……

Soon everyone had caught almost all the fish.

He Lai took out his pocket watch and saw that it was half past eight.

"Brother Zhuzi, let's put away our fishing rods. It's already half past eight." He Lai put away his fishing rod and said to Sha Zhuzi.

"Everyone, put away your fishing rods!"

……

"Well, there are a lot of fish. Shall we go to the black market?" He Lai suggested.

"Okay, it's good to sell it on the black market and exchange it for some food." Zhang Damin said with a smile. As expected, following He Lai, there is meat to eat. This is good, at least ten kilograms of fish.

"Okay, Brother Damao, you take Huzi with you to sell, Brother Zhuzi and I will sell together, Uncle Zhang will take Guangtian with us, and everyone should cover their faces with clothes."

Congratulations on the allocation.

"Xiao Laizi, we are more familiar with the black market than you are, so you should just follow behind Brother Zhuzi and watch."

Sha Zhu laughed, he knew that He Lai had rarely been to the black market.

"Okay, okay, I'll follow you." He Lai thought about it and realized that it was true. What could a newbie like him say to someone who went there often?

Soon He Lai and his gang arrived at the entrance of the black market, which was more like a big alley than an entrance.

"Buy or sell?"

A young man who was guarding the entrance came over.

“Sell and buy.”

Sha Zhu replied.

"Two cents per person."

Sha Zhu readily gave the money, and the few people entered smoothly. They then went out in pairs to sell fish.

"Brother Zhuzi, you still have to pay for this?" He Lai asked in a low voice.

"It costs 20 cents to sell things, but not to buy things." Sha Zhu whispered.

Soon, Sha Zhu stopped at a place, put the fish bucket there, and waited for people to buy it.

The food is now in great demand, and soon several people came forward to ask for it.

"How much?" A middle-aged man came up and asked the price.

Shazhu held out five fingers.

The middle-aged man saw that the price was fifty cents, which was not expensive, and immediately said, "Give me five pounds."

Sha Zhu put some fish in the pot and gave him two fish.

"Don't you need to weigh it?" The middle-aged man is a little afraid of underweight

"I'm a chef, so I can weigh it for you. If you don't want to, you don't have to buy it." Sha Zhu spoke up.

"Buy it, I'll buy it." The middle-aged man quickly took the fish and paid for it.

Soon, more than 40 kilograms of fish were sold out.

"Brother Zhuzi, take me to buy some wine and cigarettes." He Lai pulled Sha Zhuzi.

When Sha Zhu heard this, he took He Lai forward and came to a stall.

"Hey, this brother is here to buy wine and cigarettes again!" The young man at the stall obviously knew Sha Zhu.

"What's on today?" Sha Zhu asked, after all, they were all familiar with each other.

"We have everything you want this time. There are 8 bottles of Moutai, 10 bottles of Wuliangye, and 6 bottles of Daqianmen." The young man also said with a smile.

"Do you have any better cigarettes?" He Lai interrupted.

The young man glanced at Shazhu, and seeing that he didn't respond, he replied, "Zhonghua has 2 and Mudan has 4. Do you want one, little brother?"

"I want them all. What's the price?" He Lai was also unambiguous.

Sha Zhu also looked at He Lai in surprise. This number must be over a hundred.

"Little brother, are you sure?" the young man asked again.

"Well, let's count the money." He Lai was also speechless. Why was he talking so much?

"Moutai is six yuan a bottle, Wuliangye is five and a half yuan a bottle, Daqianmen is seven yuan a carton, Zhonghua is twelve yuan a carton, and Mudan is ten yuan a carton." The young man reported the price and started to calculate.

He Lai took out two hundred and ten yuan and gave it to the young man.

He Lai thought it was OK, it doubled, and he didn't know how many times it would increase after the natural disaster. He estimated that the grain would increase by more than ten times. If the space was not so small, he would have wanted to resell it.

"It's 209 yuan in total, and I have one yuan left. Look around and see what else you have. Give me one."

The young man stopped, looked at He Lai blankly, and then took the money.

"Then I'll give you a bottle of Fenjiu, just consider it a gift to you."

"Thank you."

The young man took out a bag and put the cigarettes and alcohol in it.

He Lai asked him to give the bag to Sha Zhu, who quickly took it. He Lai then left with Sha Zhu.

"Xiao Laizi, why are you buying so much?" Sha Zhu asked He Lai in a low voice.

"Hey, isn't this easier? Next time, we can trouble Brother Zhuzi less. Without further ado, let's go find Brother Damao and the others."

He Lai said with a smile.

the other side

After the young man sold all the high-end liquor, he handed over the stall to one of his younger brothers and went to a small house.

A middle-aged man was drinking wine and chatting with his younger brothers.

"Brother, I have something to tell you."

The middle-aged man glanced at the young man and replied.

"What's wrong, Ma Liu? If you have something to say, just tell me. There are no outsiders here."

"A guy who used to come to my place to buy cigarettes and alcohol brought someone here today and bought more than 200 yuan worth of cigarettes and alcohol from me. Do you want any?"

Ma Liu said quietly.

"Oh, that's true! Tell me in detail." said the middle-aged man.

Ma Liu recounted the entire experience again.

The middle-aged man thought for a long time and finally gave up the robbery.

"According to what you said, that person might have bought things for him before. So forget it. This guy should have some background. Don't let him get into trouble without knowing it."

"Okay, big brother, I get it."

"Go down."

……

He Lai didn't know yet that he had escaped a robbery.

He Lai and his group of six all had a good harvest. They basically exchanged the money from selling the fish for food and returned home happily.

Aunt Zhang waited at the gate of the courtyard early, fearing that something might have happened, after all, it was a little late.

Hearing the knock on the door, Aunt Zhang immediately opened it.

"You're finally back. I was so worried about you. Why did you fish for so long?" Aunt Zhang asked quickly.

"Mother of the child, the fish have been sold and exchanged for food. Look, there are 50 kilograms of corn flour." Uncle Zhang shook the bag.

"Uncle Zhang, we're leaving first. You guys go back and talk slowly."

He Lai spoke up and hurried back to the backyard, wondering if his mother was asleep.

"Brother Zhuzi, give me the bag." He Lai took the bag and went to the backyard.

When he arrived at his own small yard, he looked around and saw no one. He put his things into the space and quietly went into the house.

Just as I was about to drink some water, Wu Juan came out of the room and turned on the light.

"Do you know what time it is? Do you need to fish for so long?"

Wu Juan began the interrogation.

"Where's the fish!"

"I sold it on the black market." He Lai could only answer honestly.

"You, you dare to go to the black market? Even your mother and I have never been there. It's so dangerous!"

Wu Juan cursed, saying that if it wasn't so late at night and she was afraid of waking up the neighbors, Gao Di would have beaten He Lai up to make him understand.

"It's okay, Brother Zhuzi. Go there often. I will follow Brother Zhuzi to broaden my horizons."

"You should go there less often. Is that kind of place something that ordinary people can go to? Okay, okay, go take a shower and go to bed. You still have to go to work tomorrow."

Wu Juan was also afraid that He Lai would be tired, so seeing that He Lai had returned safely, she could only let him go back to sleep.

He Lai smacked his lips and said, if you have the ability, don’t go there in the future, you won’t starve to death!

It seems that as long as I am here, I will never starve to death. Oh, it’s so hard for me.