Living in a Siheyuan

In the courtyard, Li Ping'an had nothing to do after get off work and went to bed early.

The next day, he slept until noon. He didn't plan to go to the factory in the morning, but to go fishing to relax himself.

He found a suitable bamboo from the space, and then found some strong thin wires. He used a needle to bend a fish hook and tied a homemade float. A simple version of the fishing rod was made. With a bucket, Li Pingan headed towards Houhai.

When they arrived at Houhai, there were many people fishing there, so Li Pingan found a place with few people and prepared to fish.

Li Pingan took out the fresh corn kernels from the space, crushed some and threw them into the water to make a nest. He then hung a whole corn kernel on the fishhook and started fishing. He sat there leisurely waiting for the fish to bite.

I don’t know if it’s because there are not enough fish here that no one comes here to fish. Anyway, Li Ping’an has been waiting for more than an hour and hasn’t caught a single fish, but he has exchanged several corn kernels.

Seeing that he had not caught any fish, Li Pingan became annoyed. He thought for a moment and took out a large bowl, filled it with water, and took out a drop of spiritual liquid from the space and put it in the bowl. Then he soaked the fresh corn kernels in the bowl. After waiting for a while, Li Pingan hung the corn kernels and started fishing.

The spiritual liquid produced by the space is a fatal temptation to fish. After a while, a fish took the bait. Li Pingan pulled it out of the water and saw a grass carp weighing more than two kilograms. This time, Li Pingan was a cheat. By noon, he had caught more than a dozen fish weighing more than two kilograms.

Seeing that the weather was getting hot, Li Pingan decided not to go fishing anymore. Most of the people fishing around him had left by now. He found a bamboo basket in the space and put the fish he had just caught in it. He also took out a dozen big fish from the pond in the space. He weighed them with his hands and they weighed about 40 to 50 kilograms. He tied the bamboo basket to his bicycle and rode to the steel mill.

When he arrived at the steel mill, he went to the material warehouse to hand in the fish. When he weighed it, it was 46 kilograms. The factory's purchase price was 30 cents, so they gave him a receipt for 13.8 yuan. He took it to the finance office to submit the account. He had completed his task for this week in two days. It happened that he had a day off tomorrow, so he would come back on Monday to collect the advance payment for next week's task.

After reporting the bill, Li Pingan came to the purchasing department. There were two people there today, Ji Qingshan and Wei Mingjie. It seemed that they had completed their tasks and were chatting here. Li Pingan came in and gave them cigarettes, then joined their chat. They were also surprised to learn that Li Pingan had completed this week's task. You know, Li Pingan completed this week's task in just two days. He was better than the old purchasers like them.

The three of them were chatting animatedly when Zhou Changming came in from outside. Seeing Li Pingan there, he said happily, "Pingan, I just came here and heard from the canteen director that you got nearly 50 kilograms of big fish today. You are really good!"

Li Pingan also smiled and said, "Lucky! I passed by Houhai today and saw someone catching a big fish. I got itchy and found a fishing rod and fished there for a while. Unexpectedly, I had good luck and caught a few. I also collected the big fish caught by others around me. Only then did I get a total of 40 to 50 kilograms."

Zhou Changming said: "I didn't expect that Section Chief Liu would really send me a lucky guy this time. Work hard and keep up the good work. I will ask the Section Chief to make you a regular employee."

After thanking Zhou Changming and the others for their compliments, Li Pingan could no longer stay in the office. He found an excuse and ran out, heading home.

After returning home, thinking about the fact that tomorrow was Sunday and he had no work, he planned to go to the black market again tonight to deal with a batch of things in the space.

Entering the space, I saw that the hundreds of sacks I bought last time were all filled by Lu Dehua. One sack contained 100 kilograms of rice. 100 sacks, that is, 10,000 kilograms of rice. This is only a small part of the warehouse.

I went to check out another warehouse and found more than 20 pigs in it, each weighing more than 200 kilograms. I took out a few and sold them in the evening.

After leaving the space, I tidied up at home and waited to go out at midnight.

At around 10 o'clock at night, Li Pingan changed his clothes and face shape, looking like a simple farmer. He also covered his face. After everything was ready, he headed for the black market.

Soon I arrived at the black market and found Xiao Liuzi who was still dealing in bills. I stepped forward, patted him, and said, "Xiao Liuzi, I'm Anzi. Take me to find Wu Ye and the others."

When Xiao Liuzi heard that it was Li Ping'an, he immediately said happily: "Brother Anzi, do you have a big business again? Come on, I'll take you there." Xiao Liuzi was also happy, because every time he introduced a big business, he would get a lot of rewards.

The two of them came to the small courtyard again. This time, Fifth Master and Eighth Master were there. Tiezhu and the others were not there.

Xiao Liuzi brought Li Ping'an into the house and said to the Fifth Master and the Eighth Master, "Fifth Master, Eighth Master, Brother Anzi is here to see you again." Then he stepped aside to welcome Li Ping'an in.

Li Pingan also bowed and said, "Fifth Master, Eighth Master, long time no see."

Wu Ye also stood up and replied, "Welcome, brother Anzi. You haven't been here for a while. Sit down and talk."

The Eighth Master also asked Li Ping'an to sit down, and then said, "Brother Anzi, what do you need this time?"

Li Pingan sat down and said, "I came here this time to find you two to cooperate on a business."

"Oh, what business? As long as we can make money, we are willing to cooperate." said Wu Ye.

"This time we have about 10,000 kilograms of rice and more than 2,000 kilograms of pork. I wonder if Master Wu and Master Ba can eat it?" Li Ping'an replied.

When they heard about so many things, they were very surprised. Now, those who have the supplies are the masters. Sometimes, even if you have a lot of money, you can't buy these supplies. They secretly sighed at the powerful strength behind Li Pingan.

Master Ba was surprised but also asked enthusiastically: "Brother Ping An, where are these supplies now? When can we trade?"

Li Pingan said: "The supplies are not far from here, and we can trade them at any time, but I don't know what the current price is."

Eighth Master thought for a moment, glanced at Fifth Master, and said, "I'm sure Brother Ping An knows that the retail price of rice on the black market is generally around 40 cents. Good quality rice can be a few cents more expensive. The price of pork is also around 1.56 yuan, but that's first-class meat. The price of a whole pig certainly can't be that high."

Li Ping'an didn't say anything. He took out a small bag from his arms, which was the space, and opened it and said, "This is the rice I brought. It is absolutely the best. The pork is also slaughtered. One head weighs more than 200 kilograms. You two can take a look."

Master Wu and Master Ba each grabbed a handful of rice and looked at it carefully, then put a few grains in their mouths and chewed them for a few times.

Wu Ye said, "Yes, it is the best rice. If the pork is slaughtered and weighs more than 200 kilograms, it can be considered a big fat pig. So, brother Anzi, we will give you 40 cents per kilogram for rice, and 1.3 yuan for pork, what do you think?"

Li Pingan thought the price was quite high, and it was estimated that they could not sell it in the market, otherwise they would lose money. It seemed that these people had other channels to sell it. Nowadays, many people can't buy things even if they have money. Anyway, it's none of his business.

Thinking of this, Li Pingan said, "Okay, this price is fine. I'll take us there. It would be better if you could find some more sacks to take with you. We are short of these things over there."

Mr. Ba also said readily, "We have quite a few sacks in our warehouse. I'll have someone pack 500 of them for you. I'll give them all to you. Next time you have these good things, brother Anzi, remember to come find us."

"No problem. I like to work with trustworthy people like Fifth Master and Eighth Master." Li Ping'an replied.

Just like that, after they agreed, Fifth Master stayed here to chat with Li Pingan, while Eighth Master went to find someone to prepare things.

After waiting for a while, Mr. Ba came in with Tiezhu. When Tiezhu saw Li Pingan, he smiled and said, "It turned out to be Brother Anzi. I was wondering who could be so generous. I'm not surprised to see you."

"Brother Tiezhu, thank you for your hard work again this time." Li Ping'an smiled and nodded when he saw Tiezhu.

Mr. Ba said, "We are ready, Brother Anzi. Shall we go now?"

"Okay, let's go!" Li Ping'an did not delay and took the two of them outside.

After leaving the gate, I saw seven or eight carts and two donkey carts waiting outside, followed by twenty or thirty people. Everyone was silent. Mr. Ba and Tiezhu came out and nodded to everyone, and the group followed Li Ping'an and walked out quietly.

After walking for more than ten minutes, they saw a small forest in front of them. Li Pingan used his spiritual sense to scan the area and found no one around. He said to Mr. Ba, "Wait a moment, the things are inside. I'll go over and ask our people to evacuate first. It's inconvenient for them to come out."

Mr. Ba also knew the ins and outs of this, so he nodded.

Li Pingan went into the woods, where no one could see him from outside, and placed a hundred bags of rice and nine fat pigs on the grass. Then he came out and flashed his flashlight at Mr. Ba and the others.

When Mr. Ba saw the signal from Li Ping'an, he came with his men. He shone his flashlight and saw the rice and pork on the ground. He quickly arranged for someone to check the scale and load it onto the truck.

After waiting for more than an hour, Tiezhu brought someone over and handed Ba Ye a list, saying, "Ba Ye, everything is good. This is the quantity after weighing, take a look."

Mr. Ba took the list, shone a flashlight on it, and nodded. He then handed the list to Li Ping'an and said, "Brother Anzi, take a look. The rice is 10,000 catties, and the pork is 2,072 catties. Do you think the weight is correct?"

Li Pingan knew the weight when he took it out. He nodded and said, "The weight is correct. How can I not trust you, Master Ba?"

Mr. Ba also said cheerfully: "Brother Anzi, rest assured. The most important thing in our business is credibility. The rice is 4,000 yuan, and the pork is 2,693.6 yuan, which makes a total of 6,693.6 yuan. I'll give you 6,700 yuan. What do you think?"

Li Pingan heard this and said, "Okay, thank you, Master Ba."

"It's okay. Just remember me when you get good things in the future." As he said that, Mr. Ba took out the money from his schoolbag and gave it to Li Ping'an.

Li Pingan took the money, counted it, then stuffed it into his arms and put it into the space.

Seeing that the transaction was completed and the goods were loaded onto the truck, Mr. Ba said to Li Pingan, "Brother Anzi, I'm leaving with my people first. It's not safe at night, so I'll go back early to feel at ease. I've asked someone to pack the sacks for you. Come to me if you need anything in the future."

"Okay, Master Ba, you guys go first. I'll bring some people to clean up this place later. We can't let anyone find any traces."

After Mr. Ba and his group left, Li Pingan looked around and found no one. He put the five hundred sacks into the space. After looking around and seeing that there were no obvious traces, he disappeared.

After a few flashes in the dark night, Li Ping'an returned home.

Entering the space, he opened the drawer of the study and took out everything. A deed to his house, some unused bills bought on the black market, and most importantly, a large amount of money.

The hundred yuan left by his parents, the five hundred yuan from selling his workstation, the five hundred yuan from compensation, plus the three thousand yuan he extorted from Yi Zhonghai and Jia Dongxu, and the five hundred yuan he stole from the Jia family, the total for this transaction was more than six thousand seven hundred yuan. In addition, the small amount from selling fish and other things was not counted. These alone amounted to more than eleven thousand yuan. He had not spent much money during this period. He only spent less than a thousand yuan on buying a bicycle and buying things for the space.

After careful counting, I found that there were still more than 58 yuan. This is definitely a "ten thousand yuan household"! Even in the s, a "ten thousand yuan household" was a great achievement, let alone now that it is only years.