Living in a Siheyuan

In the courtyard next to the black market, after Master Wu and Master Ba sent Xiao Liuzi away, they looked at Li Pingan.

Wu Ye spoke first, "Hello, friend. I am one of the managers of this market. Friends all call me Wu Ye. The person next to me is called Ba Ye out of respect. I wonder what friends call me?"

Li Pingan bowed and said, "Fifth Master, Eighth Master, hello. I'm just an ordinary person, just call me Anzi."

Wu Ye nodded and gestured to Li Pingan. "Anzi, please sit down. What do you want to see us about this time?"

Li Ping'an put the backpack behind him outside the house, walked in and sat opposite Wu Ye and the others.

He said to the two of them, "I heard from Xiao Liuzi that you have a wide range of connections. I want some young livestock and poultry, as well as various fruit seedlings from the north and south. Do you have any?"

Although they were surprised that Li Ping'an wanted these things, they did not ask any further questions.

Mr. Ba, who had been silent, said, "What my friend needs is not easy to get. It takes some effort. How much do you need?"

Li Pingan then said, "About ten cubs of each kind, both male and female. Of course, more females are best. As for fruit trees, about a dozen of each kind should be planted."

The two looked at each other and said, "Okay, but this will take some time. Come back in a week, and we will prepare as much as possible for you within this week."

Then the few of them agreed on a rough price, which was indeed not cheap. Generally, livestock cubs cost about ten yuan, and fruit tree seedlings also cost about one yuan each. Some fruit trees in the south are even more expensive.

Finally, Li Pingan paid a deposit of 100 yuan. He was not afraid of these people robbing each other. Otherwise, they would know how powerful a cultivator's revenge is.

After saying this, Li Pingan remembered that he still had to sell fish tonight. He said to Wu Ye: "I have a batch of fish that I caught when I cleaned the reservoir. I wonder if you will accept them?"

"Oh, I wonder how many there are? What's the size?"

Li Pingan opened the backpack and said, "I didn't bring too much this time. It's less than 100 kilograms. Look, they are all big fish. The smallest one weighs 5 or 6 kilograms."

The two men stood up and came over to take a look and said, "Sure, it's quite big. The retail price in the market is 50 or 60 cents, and yours is quite big. I can charge you the highest price of 60 cents."

Li Pingan thought about it and agreed. It would be troublesome to set up a stall outside to sell. It would be best to sell all the goods here at once.

Then he called a subordinate to weigh the fish, and it was 92 jin, which was 55.2 yuan. In the end, Li Pingan took 55 yuan and the deal was done. After discussing again to trade here in a week, Li Pingan left the small yard.

After returning to the black market, he nodded and said hello to Xiao Liuzi and continued shopping.

Seeing that there was still pork for sale, I quickly squeezed over and bought a few pounds of meat. Finally, after a round of shopping, I didn't find anything to buy and prepared to go home.

After leaving the black market, no one was blind enough to follow him. He returned to the courtyard in a few flashes. It was already one or two o'clock in the middle of the night, when people were sleeping soundly.

After thinking for a while, Li Pingan flashed to the corner near Jia's house in the middle courtyard. He scanned the Jia's house with his spiritual sense, and found that everyone inside slept like pigs. Especially Jia Zhang's snoring was deafening. I'll collect some interest tonight first.

He searched the Jia family's house. He found the four or five hundred yuan hidden in the cracks of the bricks by Jia Zhangshi, and a gold ring. He also found the fifty or sixty yuan hidden in the kitchen by Qin Huairu. He also found the twenty or so yuan hidden in the corner of the beam by Jia Dongxu, and he took all of them.

I returned home in a flash. I took out all the money and sorted it out. It was more than 540 yuan. I made up for the money I spent on the black market tonight, and there was still some extra. I will play with you guys later.

After entering the space to wash up, I came out and saw Liu Mi cooking in the kitchen. I walked over to take a look at the dozen or so dishes. When Liu Mi saw Li Ping'an, she said, "Hello, Master. I saw that you sent in a lot of things, so I made a few dishes at random and used up all the meat and eggs."

Nodding, Li Pingan casually took a plate of twice-cooked pork and an egg soup. He took two white flour buns and went to the restaurant to eat. Needless to say, with the seasoning and meat, Li Pingan's appetite was whetted. He finished it in a short while.

After leaving the restaurant, I took a look and found that various seeds had been planted. Several fruit trees were also planted near the pond. There were also several ducks and two large white geese foraging for food by the pond. Across the pond, several chickens were also running around. It seemed that the space would slowly develop.

At this time, Lu Dehua came to Li Ping'an and said, "Master, I have planted three acres of wheat, three acres of rice, three acres of corn and one acre of beans in the farmland. I have two geese, three ducks and eight chickens. But I don't have anything to feed them now. I want you to find some grass seeds to plant first. Otherwise, there will be nothing to feed the livestock that come later."

After listening to Lu Dehua's words, Li Pingan also thought of this problem. Where can I find fodder?

Finally, after thinking for a while, he asked Lu Dehua, "Do you think we can just dig some in and grow it ourselves? It's hard to find so many forage grass seeds now."

He wanted to go to the mountains in the countryside to dig some wild alfalfa, which was not only loved by livestock but also by humans.

Lu Dehua said: "Sure, Master. I will use some spiritual liquid and water to irrigate it. It will not only grow faster but also taste better."

The spiritual liquid has little effect on Li Ping'an now, so it doesn't matter if he uses it.

He went to look at the vegetable garden again. It was also full of various vegetables, some of which had already sprouted. He thought that in half a month at most, his space would be self-sufficient. He would no longer have to worry about food and drink.

After leaving the space, I lay down in the bed. After a busy day, I can have a good sleep again.

The next morning, Li Pingan got up and saw that it was getting late. He went into the space, washed up, and had a simple meal.

He has to go to the countryside today and also go to school. If he doesn't go, the teacher will probably chase him home.

When he pushed his bicycle out, several aunties at the gate saw Li Ping'an's new bicycle and showed envy. This was the first bicycle in the courtyard. Although Xu Damao also had a bicycle, it was provided by the factory for him to show movies in the countryside. It was a public property. Xu Damao only rode it back occasionally, and most of the time he left it at the steel mill.

In the gossip of several middle-aged women, the fact that Li Ping'an made 3,000 yuan yesterday was also known to more and more people. Some were envious, and some were jealous.

Li Pingan didn't care what others said. He rode his bike directly to the department store. On the second floor, he found the watch counter.

He said to the salesperson inside: "Comrade, I want to buy a watch, please take it out for me to see." The salesperson was a woman in her thirties. Seeing Li Ping'an's bookish air, she did not embarrass him. She brought out a larger box with seven or eight watches in it. She said to Li Ping'an: "They are all here, but you need a watch ticket."

Li Pingan chose a Shanghai brand one, which looked very elegant. He asked, "How much is this one?"

The salesperson replied: "Sixty-eight dollars plus a watch ticket."

It's really expensive. A watch ticket is almost the same price as the watch. No wonder people look up to you if you wear a watch when you go out.

After paying the money and the ticket, the salesperson wrote a receipt for Li Pingan. He then adjusted the time on the pendulum clock behind the counter. Li Pingan took the watch and put it on his wrist. For him, who lives in the 21st century, he was not used to not having a concept of time.

Looking at the watch on my hand, it was just past 8:30. I went downstairs and saw the counter selling cigarettes and alcohol. I took out the cigarette and alcohol tickets from last night. I bought two packs of Zhonghua and one pack of Mudan cigarettes. Looking at the Moutai liquor on the counter, there were only four first-class liquor tickets, so I bought all of them. I also bought two bottles of ordinary Lotus White.

After I went out, I put all my things into my space, opened a pack of Zhonghua and started smoking. It was my first time smoking cigarettes from this era, and I felt that the smell was stronger than later generations, and a bit choking.

It was getting late, so he didn't dare to delay and got on his bike to rush to the suburbs.

After riding for nearly two hours, they finally reached the foot of the mountain. The bumpy dirt road in the countryside made Li Ping'an's butt hurt.

I found a deserted place downstairs, put my bicycle into the space, took out the axe I used at home and prepared to go into the mountain. In a flash, my figure appeared a hundred meters away, and in a flash, I was halfway up the mountain. In this way, I quickly arrived at the outskirts of the mountain and began to search carefully.

I didn't miss any wild vegetables I saw and collected them all. After a while, I collected a large area, but it was still too little for the ten-acre breeding area.

Suddenly, a gray rabbit in the bushes in front of him was startled by Li Pingan. It kicked its legs and ran forward. How could he let it go? Li Pingan dodged and grabbed the small rabbit. It was about four or five pounds, and it was impossible to tell whether it was male or female. He put it away first. He searched carefully nearby and found a few small rabbits and a big one in the rabbit nest. He went over and dug up the soil and took the whole nest.

Next, Li Pingan found a large patch of wild alfalfa, which grew in large patches. It was the best forage grass.

We slowly went deeper and harvested seven or eight wild rabbits and five or six pheasants. We also dug up more than a dozen wild fruit trees, including walnut trees, chestnut trees, and wild hawthorn trees. These are all good things.

At this point, Li Pingan didn't want to continue. The things in the space were enough for the time being. He had to wait for the grass and saplings to grow before he could continue to raise livestock. He planned to cut down more big trees to build fences inside and prepare more firewood for cooking.

Seeing that there was no one around, he tried to bring Lu Dehua out. With a thought, Lu Dehua appeared beside him. As soon as Lu Dehua came out, he first said to Li Pingan: "Master, what do you want?"

Li Pingan replied: "Hua Zi, look at the trees around and pick some for the fence. And get some more firewood."

Lu Dehua glanced around and said, "Okay, young master, you take a rest. I'll be fine soon."

Then he waved his hand at a tree, a white light flashed, and a tree as big as a bowl fell down. And the place where it was cut was flat and smooth. This was a magic trick.

Li Pingan also remembered that he still had a few five-element spells that he hadn't practiced yet. After thinking about it, he didn't rest and stood aside to practice his spells.

Gold cutting technique. Recalling the content of the technique, he swung his hand and chopped at the bush next to him that was almost as tall as him. But in the end, he only cut half of a leaf next to him. Li Pingan was not discouraged and practiced slowly.

By the time Lu Dehua came to Li Pingan, more than two hours had passed. Li Pingan had also made rapid progress, and now he could chop off a small tree as thick as his arm with a wave of his hand.

Seeing Lu Dehua arrive, Li Pingan stopped and decided to practice these spells more in the future. They are all very practical.

Lu Dehua saw Li Pingan stop practicing. He stepped forward and said, "Master, it's almost done. I've sorted it out. Take a look."

Following Lu Dehua to a cleared area, Li Pingan was also shocked. There were five large piles of wood that were 20 to 30 centimeters thick, and two larger piles. There were also seven or eight piles of other small pieces, and a few piles of branches that were randomly piled together. This was really a waste of money.

He turned to Lu Dehua and asked, "Do you need so many?"

Lu Dehua nodded and said, "Yes, some of these are used to build fences, some are used to build vegetable racks, and the rest will be used as firewood after they are dried."

I looked around and found that all the big trees were gone. Forget it, I should pack up and leave immediately, otherwise it would be bad if someone found me.

Next, Li Pingan collected all of them. Lu Dehua also entered the space, where he also had to arrange these things.

I looked at the time and it was already two o'clock in the afternoon, so I quickly changed the way down the mountain. I put away any useful things I came across along the way. I also came across a small bamboo forest halfway up the mountain, and I didn't let it go. I brought Lu Dehua and Liu Mi out to dig together. More people means faster progress, and these two were really good at it, so they finished digging the bamboo forest in a short while.

When he reached the foot of the mountain, Li Pingan checked the time and it took more than an hour. In addition to the bamboo forest, he also dug up a few persimmon trees and wild pepper trees. He also caught seven or eight rabbits and pheasants. Today's harvest in the mountains was not small.

He stopped riding his bike and just ran back.