Living in a Siheyuan

Li Ping'an didn't know what happened in the courtyard, and it didn't affect his studies.

Li Pingan has now returned to the state of the original owner, or in other words, he works harder than the original owner. He reads books whenever he has time after class. Even if he doesn't go to college, he wants to learn more knowledge, especially Russian, English and other practical ones. He will definitely go out for a walk when he has the chance in the future.

Because of his condition, others thought that Li Ping'an wanted to make up for the lessons he had missed, and no one found it strange.

The time agreed with the Black Market Lord Wu and the others was almost here. At night, after all the students in the dormitory fell asleep, Li Pingan rolled up the quilt and pretended that someone was sleeping. He left the dormitory in a flash. He appeared in a small alley, scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense and found no one, so he entered the space.

The space is now very different. After a week of development, there are all kinds of vegetables in the vegetable planting area. Some are ripe and Liu Mi picked them and put them in the warehouse. Some are bearing fruit and are not far from ripening.

The crops planted in the planting area have grown taller and are only a few days away from maturity. Crops like wheat and rice can be harvested in about half a month. When the crops are harvested, Li Ping'an will no longer have to worry about food.

The alfalfa and some wild vegetables in the breeding area were watered with spiritual fluid diluted by Lu Dehua, and they grew very fast. They were all connected into pieces, like a grassland. There were more than a dozen rabbits grazing on the grass, and dozens of pheasants were looking for food on the other side. Two big white geese and a group of ducks were swimming by the pond. There were a few hens with a group of chicks looking for food on the shore.

The surface of the pond was occasionally rippled by the tails of large fish, and a group of fish were swimming leisurely in the water, eating water plants.

There are many fruit trees at the border between the breeding area and the planting area. Some are in bloom, while others have just sprouted and grown green leaves. There are apple trees, pear trees, and peach trees. These were bought from the black market stalls. On the other side are persimmon trees, walnut trees, chestnut trees, etc. that were dug from the mountains.

The entire space was empty except for the area at the back where the herbs were planted. The rest of the space was full of life, which made Li Pingan happy.

Li Pingan saw that there was nothing going on in the space, so he left. He changed his clothes into night clothes and continued to move towards the black market.

Soon, they arrived at the alley where the black market was located. Many people covered their faces as they entered. Li Pingan also changed his clothes to look old and covered his face with a towel. He followed the crowd into the alley and paid two cents to enter the black market.

It was still the same as last time. Various items were placed on both sides. Li Pingan was not in a hurry and walked around slowly.

Li Pingan went to ask the butcher in front of him. Big fat meat is 2 yuan per pound, no ticket required. This is really expensive. He bought 5 pounds of fat meat and asked Liu Mi to make lard. He also bought some pork belly and saw two pig heads there and bought them too. He put them all in a snakeskin bag. After counting the bill, he spent 28 yuan, and each pig head was only a little over 5 yuan. He sighed that people nowadays really don’t know how to eat, they all like big fat meat. These pig heads, the offal and other things are troublesome to clean up, and there is not much oil, so no one wants them.

After buying the meat, Li Pingan continued to walk forward, looking around as he walked. Suddenly, he saw a figure selling honey in a corner, and hurriedly went up to him and asked, "Comrade, can I see the honey you are selling?"

The stall owner showed a wooden barrel next to him and said, "Here is half a barrel of freshly harvested honey." Li Pingan looked at the sticky honey inside and asked softly, "How much is it?"

The stall owner replied: "If you want all of it, it'll be 15 yuan. There's about 10 kilograms in it."

It didn't sound expensive, so Li Pingan took out the money and said, "I'll give you sixteen, and can you give me this barrel as well?"

The other party agreed without thinking.

After the transaction, Li Pingan asked the stall owner, "Do you have any extra bees? I want to buy a few boxes to keep at home."

This time the stall owner thought for a moment and said, "I can give you a few boxes, but it's not easy to bring them here. And now is the honey season, so it will be more expensive if you want it."

Li Pingan said hurriedly: "It's okay, your home is not far from here, right? I will go to your place and bring it back myself."

The stall owner simply said, "That's fine. My home is in Changping, in Zhangjiazhuang, close to the mountains. When you go there, just say you're looking for old beekeeper Zhang. If anyone asks, just say you're a relative from the city."

Li Pingan said: "Okay, I'll come to see you this Sunday."

After the two of them had discussed the matter, Li Ping'an, carrying a snakeskin bag on one hand and a wooden barrel in the other, walked towards an empty corner. When he got here, he used his spiritual sense to scan the area. There was no one around, so he quickly put his things into the space and changed his clothes into another shape. He came out and continued to stroll.

I walked slowly to the other end, but didn't find anything particularly useful. I walked towards Xiao Liuzi. I found Xiao Liuzi, who was still wearing a coat and looking around like last time. When he saw Li Pingan coming, he didn't recognize him. He walked up to him and asked quietly, "What do you need, friend? I have various receipts here."

Li Pingan didn't tease him and said, "Xiao Liuzi, it's me, Anzi."

When Xiao Liuzi heard that it was an acquaintance, he pulled Li Pingan to a corner and said with a smile: "I thought there was a business coming to our door, but it turned out to be Brother Anzi. What? Are you here to pick up the goods today?"

Li Pingan said, "Yes, I have made an appointment with your Fifth Master and his friends to come here today. Let me see if you have the tickets I need."

When Xiao Liuzi heard that there was business, he casually took out a handful of tickets and asked, "Didn't you buy a lot last time? Have you used them up?"

Li Pingan didn't answer, but glanced at Xiao Liuzi, then took the bill from him and started to select it.

Xiao Liuzi also knew that he asked something he shouldn't have asked, so he quickly said, "Look, I'm being rude, aren't I? Sorry, Brother Anzi, take your time choosing. I'll give you a discount today."

Li Pingan ignored him and picked out some good cigarette and alcohol tickets and candy tickets. He didn't need the rest and gave them back to Xiao Liuzi. He asked, "How much?"

Xiao Liuzi took the rest and packed them up. He counted the ones Li Pingan picked out and said, "Just give me thirty. I really won't make any money from you this time."

Li Pingan didn't know whether what he said was true or not, so he gave him three big unity cards. Then he said, "Let's go, take me to find your Fifth Master."

"Okay!" Xiao Liuzi said and took Li Pingan to the small courtyard next door. This time he did not take Li Pingan on a detour, but went directly to the small courtyard.

It was the same layout as last time, except that only Master Ba was inside. As soon as Xiao Liuzi entered the room, he said to Master Ba: "Master Ba, I brought you a guest."

Seeing Li Pingan behind him, Master Ba smiled and said, "Brother Anzi, I thought you would come. We have prepared a lot of things for you, and we are just waiting for you to come."

Li Pingan also bowed to Master Ba and said, "Thank you for your help, Master Ba. It seems that you have more connections."

Mr. Ba also returned the greeting, saying, "It's all just a courtesy from everyone. I'll have someone take you over for inventory. The things you want are a bit eye-catching, so we'll put them in an abandoned courtyard not far away."

Li Pingan said indifferently: "Okay, I'll follow Mr. Ba's arrangements."

Mr. Ba went to the next door and called a tall man, who was followed by two young men of the same height. Mr. Ba said to Li Pingan, "This is Tiezhu, he will take you over, and you can trade with him. I can't leave here, so I won't go over."

The man named Tiezhu also said to Li Pingan: "Don't worry, Brother Anzi. We have people watching over there, let's go over there." After that, he took the two of them to Li Pingan's side.

Li Pingan bowed to Mr. Ba again, and said to Tiezhu: "Okay, I'll trouble you, brother Tiezhu. Let's go!"

Tiezhu led the two men and Li Pingan out of the black market and headed towards the suburbs. No one spoke along the way, and they hurried along carefully.

After about half an hour, they arrived at an abandoned house. There were collapsed houses and broken walls everywhere, just a ruin. Tiezhu led a few people to a relatively good yard and gently patted the broken wooden door.

A voice came from inside: "Who is it?"

"I'm Tiezhu, open the door!"

The door opened and a young man holding a lantern came out. Seeing Tiezhu, he said, "Come in, Brother Tiezhu."

After several people entered the room, the young man said, "Are you ready to pick up the goods, Brother Tiezhu? You don't know that I was almost suffocated by the pig and cow dung these past two days. Smell me, I still have a smell on me."

Tiezhu pushed the man aside with disdain and asked, "Where is the thing? Is there any problem?"

The young man led the group to a larger house, opened the door and said, "Let me see what the problem is. Look, everything is inside. The sapling is in the next house."

As soon as the door opened, a foul smell came out. Several people covered their noses and looked inside with flashlights.

There were six cows, ten sheep, and a dozen piglets in a pen. The cows and sheep were all tied up and looked half-grown.

Tiezhu said to Li Pingan, "Brother Anzi, go in and check it out."

In fact, Li Pingan had just scanned the area with his spiritual sense, and he knew exactly what was going on inside. But he still went in and looked at everything. After he came out, he nodded to the iron pillar.

Seeing that Li Ping'an didn't say anything, Tiezhu took him to the next door house. It was much better here, with many saplings piled up in one corner of the house. At this time, the young man came over with a lantern and introduced to Li Ping'an: "Here are the common fruit tree saplings in our north, including apples, peaches, pears, apricots, dates, ten of each, and four grape saplings." He pointed to another corner and said: "There are fewer here, and the number is not uniform. They are all found in the south. There are oranges, lychees, bayberries, bananas, and sugarcane saplings. Oh, I heard that there are a few tea saplings in it, but I don't know them. I put them all together, you can pick them slowly when you go back. Some of the fruits in it, let alone eating them, I have never even heard of them."

Li Pingan looked at everything he said, and it was indeed good. The fact that he could get so many kinds of things in such a short time showed that he had a wide range of channels.

Then Li Pingan said: "Yes, everything is good."

After hearing what Li Ping'an said, Tie Zhu said, "Then let's take stock here and settle the accounts together?"

After Li Ping'an nodded his approval, the two people behind Tiezhu also began to help count the saplings. After a while, the saplings were counted. Common in the north, apples, peaches, pears, apricots, dates, ten of each, a total of fifty; figs, three; grapes, four; a total of fifty-seven. These are one yuan a tree. That is fifty-seven yuan.

The fruit seedlings in the south are more mixed. There are 10 orange trees, 7 lychee trees, 2 bayberries, 10 banana trees, 8 sugarcane trees, and 4 tea trees, totaling 41 trees. These are all from the south, and each tree costs 5 yuan, which is 205 yuan.

A few people went to the next door, and it was easier to count here.

There were six calves, two male and four female.

There were ten lambs, four males and six females.

There are thirteen piglets, and it's hard to choose whether to choose a male or a female.

Tie Zhu then took out the list and said, "Cows are bigger, so they're 20 bucks each, and sheep and pigs are 10 bucks each, what do you think?"

Li Pingan thought about it and agreed. It would take a long time and effort for him to find it. The sooner he could raise it, the sooner he could get the profit.

Then they went to one side and calculated that the fruit tree seedlings in the north were 57 yuan, the ones in the south were 205 yuan, the cattle were 120 yuan, and the sheep and pigs were 230 yuan, which was a total of 612 yuan. Li Ping'an had paid a deposit of 100 yuan, and now he only had to pay another 512 yuan.

Li Pingan counted out 520 yuan and handed it to Tiezhu, saying, "I'll use the extra money to buy you a few packs of cigarettes as payment for your hard work tonight."

Tiezhu and the others also happily took the money and said, "Thank you, brother. If you have any problems in the future, come to me. I will definitely help you." Then he said, "Do you want us to help you deliver these things?"

Li Pingan said quickly: "No need, I will ask my people to take it away later, I won't bother you anymore."

Seeing that Li Ping'an really had no intention of asking them for help, Tiezhu took their people away and left the situation to Li Ping'an.

When his spiritual sense could no longer scan Tiezhu and the others, Li Pingan went into the house and put all the things into the space. Now the space was relatively complete.