Siheyuan: Space takes me to exchange!

Li Xiuyuan, Zhao Dantong and Sun Weiguo walked out of the factory together, then walked to Dongzhimen Street before separating.

Li Xiuyuan walked towards the courtyard.

Zhao Dantong and Sun Weiguo walked in another direction together.

On the way, Sun Weiguo said: "This kid is quite interesting. He is neither anxious nor impatient, neither arrogant nor humble. I admire this very much, but I feel that I can't see through him."

Zhao Dantong sneered: "How old are you? You speak so maturely. Can't you see through him? I see that you haven't learned anything else as a secretary, but you have learned official language. I think you just think too much."

"Really? How much do I think about it?" Sun Weiguo asked back.

"However, this kid keeps saying he doesn't want your thanks. I wonder if he really doesn't want it? Or does he not know the situation of your family?"

"What's going on at my house?"

Zhao Dantong said seriously: "Sun Weiguo, don't think of others with your own ideas. Besides, my father is just an ordinary policeman."

"Ah... I know, I know, isn't this just a guess?" Sun Weiguo said quickly when he saw Zhao Dantong getting anxious.

Then, Zhao Dantong warned Sun Weiguo: "And you, don't use your work convenience to thank others, even if this person saved my life!"

"If you dare to do that, don't blame me for telling my dad and your dad."

Sun Weiguo stared at Zhao Dantong with wide eyes: "No way! You are so old, and you still complain? You were like this when you were a child, and I got beaten a lot. Auntie, can you try a new trick?"

"Humph! The trick isn't new, as long as it works."

Sun Weiguo sighed, and then said: "Don't worry, I'm not that stupid. I will lend a hand and help within the scope of regulations, but I will never do anything beyond the principles."

"Besides, I can just test his character for you to see if he really doesn't want anything in return... Don't you think so?"

Zhao Dantong warned Sun Weiguo not to go too far.

……

At the black market in the early morning, Li Xiuyuan came to sell melons again.

He didn't have much money left. He didn't buy enough meat the last time he went to Liao Province. If he had money at the time, he could have bought more.

So, he planned to sell some supplies and make some money.

The only valuable things in the space that can be sold at a high price are meat and fruit. However, due to the situation in Liao Province, the meat in the capital has become much cheaper.

Therefore, since things are scarce, they are valuable. He planned to sell melons, which would be easy to get and sell.

The honeydew melons are not big, so Li Xiuyuan priced them at four yuan each, and you can get a discount if you buy a lot.

As a result, more people asked than bought, after all, this thing is not something ordinary people can afford.

Those who come to the black market to buy things either do so for cheapness or for novelty. Most people buy for cheapness, while fewer buy for novelty.

After setting up the stall for half an hour, he sold one and bargained the price down to three dollars and fifty cents. Li Xiuyuan saw the first customer and agreed.

Another half an hour passed, and after selling two, Li Xiuyuan was going to exchange them for supplies, but then a customer came.

The person who came was a woman, wearing a scarf, so her face could not be seen clearly, but her pair of almond-shaped eyes looked very familiar.

"How much do you sell this melon for?" A deliberately fabricated rough female voice sounded.

Li Xiuyuan rolled his eyes silently in his heart and replied calmly: "No, I won't sell it. I want to exchange it for some cloth coupons."

"Oh," the woman said, and took out a few cloth coupons from her pocket and handed them over: "These are all I have in my pocket, you take them first..." Suddenly, she felt that what she said was wrong, and hurriedly pinched her throat and said: "Hey! Do you think these are enough? If not, I'll add more money."

Li Xiuyuan took the money without hesitation and said, "Give me another three dollars."

The woman did not bargain, but took out three more yuan from her pocket and handed them to Li Xiuyuan.

After buying the melon, the woman did not leave immediately. Instead, she looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "Where did you get this melon? I have never seen it before. What kind of melon is this? Where is it produced?"

Li Xiuyuan thought, are you checking the household registration of the melons? Or are you trying the melons? It's true that you can't change your professional bad habits.

As soon as Zhao Dantong arrived, Li Xiuyuan recognized her. It was a familiar routine and a familiar formula.

"I'm sorry, I only sell things, I don't ask where they come from."

Zhao Dantong choked and glared at Li Xiuyuan, "I've never seen this melon before, so why can't I ask about it?"

This kind of melon is indeed rare in Beijing. Firstly, the place is too far away. Secondly, there are not many of this melon species and the yield is not high. Unlike modern technology, with advanced grafting cultivation, pesticides and chemical fertilizers, it is impossible to form a specialty and make a fortune.

In this day and age, no one would want to grow these fruits that don't satisfy hunger unless there is nothing else to grow on the land, or the land is barren and the grain yield is low.

Therefore, very little could be transported to the capital, and even less was distributed to lower levels. Common people had never eaten it and had rarely seen it.

"Sister, these are brought by my relatives from far away, so there are not many of them. Do you still want them?"

What? You called me elder sister? Zhao Dantong roared in her heart.

However, I am indeed one year older than you, so there is nothing wrong in calling me sister, but calling me big sister is too much!

"Oh, your relatives are here? What relatives? Where are they from?"

Li Xiuyuan was speechless.

"Sister, do you live by the sea?"

Zhao Dantong didn't understand the meaning of this sentence, so she replied: "No, why do you ask that?"

Zhao Dantong thought Li Xiuyuan didn't recognize her, so she didn't say anything.

Li Xiuyuan said as he packed up his stall: "Because I smell the scent of sea breeze on you."

The smell of the sea breeze? Zhao Dantong was confused... Does the wind have a smell? How come she had never heard of it before? Could it be that the sea breeze has a smell? What does the sea breeze smell like?

While Zhao Dantong was thinking about this question, she raised her arm and sniffed herself to smell the scent of the sea breeze... As a result, when she looked up, she saw Li Xiuyuan was already leaving with the melon bag.

"Hey, why did you leave?"

Li Xiuyuan turned around and said to her again: "Because you smell like sea breeze!"

Li Xiuyuan left... leaving Zhao Dantong puzzled... What does the sea breeze smell like? Why did Li Xiuyuan leave because of this smell?

Could it be that the smell was so bad that Li Xiuyuan left?

But she has never been to the beach, so how can there be the smell of sea breeze?

She leaned over herself and sniffed, but she didn't notice any other smells, except for the smell of soap and facial oil.

Zhao Dantong plans to go to the unit to ask the old comrades what the sea breeze smells like.

Li Xiuyuan, who had left, found the person in charge of the black market and sold a batch of fruits. It wasn't much, only about 100 kilograms, and the price certainly couldn't be too high.

These 100 kilograms of fruit are just a drop in the bucket for black market distribution. They will not attract other people's attention and will not pose any danger.

The worst that could happen to him is that he would go to a few more black markets.

Anyway, he didn't plan to sell it retail, and every time he ran into Zhao Dantong, she would definitely recognize him.

In fact, Zhao Dantong recognized him when they were on the train, but Li Xiuyuan didn't know it at that time.

Only after exchanging some useful supplies did Li Xiuyuan leave the black market.