Siheyuan Fortune Telling: Starting from a Buyer to Become an All-rounder

"Comrade Xu, to be honest, our village's harvest this year is indeed quite good. However, after paying the public grain tax, the remaining grain is everyone's food ration, and it has all been placed in the commune canteen. We don't have any grain for you to purchase privately."

When Wang Wanchun opened his mouth, it was like two rows of flying white teeth. He really told Xu Dongsheng with empty words that they had a good harvest, but there was no grain for Xu Dongsheng to purchase.

“Well, I know this. I naturally learned about it when I came here. We are all in a big cafeteria now. Everyone works together and eats together. It is fair and just, and everyone can have enough to eat.

So no one could get any food, as all the food was in the commune canteen. That's why I didn't go door to door asking, but came directly to you, Secretary Wang. After all, in this village, you are the one who can make the decisions.

I'm here to purchase, and not just grains. I want all kinds of grains, whether it's coarse grains or fine grains, or dried fish, dried meat, or dried fruits. The prices I give are all the highest in the market. You see, in our village, are there any fishermen, hunters, or the like, comrades who rely on the mountains, forests, and rivers for their livelihood?

In addition, I heard from Xu Damao that there are still many families in our village who raise chickens, ducks, geese, etc. I would like to ask you, the old branch secretary, to shout a few times through the loudspeaker in the village.

I will ask those who are willing to sell to have their children or wait for me at the door. I will then go to buy the chickens, ducks and geese. I will buy them all at the price of meat, which is 67 cents per pound. Don't worry, I will definitely not underweight them. You can weigh them first and I will weigh them again."

That's right. Xu Dongsheng didn't focus on food at the beginning, but on the chickens, ducks and geese in the village. In every village, basically everyone raises chickens, ducks and geese, because these guys don't need to eat much food. They can be fed by cutting grass in the mountains like pigs.

Moreover, they can lay eggs with some food, which is what most people would like to see, so basically there are two roosters and one hen, and more than three is not allowed.

"Comrade, you are very thoughtful. This way, it won't be difficult for you, and it won't be difficult for me either."

After hearing Xu Dongsheng's suggestion, Wang Wanchun immediately felt that Xu Dongsheng was a good person, because Xu Dongsheng did not focus on the food. After all, he had a hard time expressing his suffering about the food. The public grain had been paid, and now the food in the canteen was in great difficulty. He was afraid that the reserve grain would have to be used up by then, and there was still a large shortage of public grain, so he had to find a way.

Now he heard that Xu Dongsheng was not asking for food, but was eyeing the chickens, ducks and geese in the village, so he immediately told Xu Dongsheng that it was no problem.

"Fellow villagers, we have a distinguished guest in Daoxiang Village today, Xu Dongsheng, a buyer from Beijing..."

Then Wang Wanchun started to use the village’s loudspeaker. After Wang Wanchun started shouting, the whole Maixiang Village could hear it.

After Wang Wanchun finished talking about what happened, Xu Dongsheng drank the tea in the cup, handed Wang Wanchun another cigarette, and said goodbye to him. When he left, the pack of Chun Geng cigarettes, in which only two cigarettes had been smoked, fell on Wang Wanchun's desk.

Although this thing only costs one cent.1, cigarettes are something that smokers will never lack. Wang Wanchun also understood Xu Dongsheng's meaning and did not care too much.

After Xu Dongsheng left Wang Wanchun's house, he began to wander around the village.

"Hey, comrade, here."

There are only 28 households in Daoxiang Village. After Xu Dongsheng came out of the village party secretary's house, he passed three households, but no one greeted him. Xu Dongsheng almost thought that there was no hope. Unexpectedly, as soon as he passed the third household, Xu Dongsheng heard someone greeting him.

Xu Dongsheng looked over and saw a man with a pointed mouth and a long face, with a tuft of mustache. He was also a dark-skinned man with some peeling skin on his face and a protruding canine tooth.

Moreover, this man's face looked very gloomy, and it seemed that he had encountered some trouble. But no matter whether it was troublesome or not, it was not his trouble anyway, so he should talk about business, why talk about feelings?

"Hello, comrade."

Xu Dongsheng saw the man looking around furtively and knew that this was something that could not be seen in public, so he quickly came to the man and asked in a low voice.

"Comrade, I have two chickens at home, one male and one female, both weighing two pounds. The hen has just laid her first round of eggs, and now she lays an egg every day."

After Xu Dongsheng went over, the man whispered in Xu Dongsheng's ear what he had at home: two chickens, one male and one female. He also introduced them in a very good manner, obviously wanting to sell them for a good price.

"Well, for a hen that has just started laying eggs, I can give you $1.50, but for a rooster, I can only give you $1.20."

After hearing this, Xu Dongsheng thought about it and gave the market price. But in fact, on the market, a hen weighing two kilograms is only one dollar and thirty cents at most. The price of a rooster is not even as high as the price of third-grade meat, two kilograms is only about one dollar, so Xu Dongsheng gave a 20-cent increase for both of them.

"Comrade, I don't want to exchange money. I want to ask if you have any milk candy or sugar. Last year, my husband found a baby, but we had just gotten married at that time and had no milk. But it happened that there was a young woman in the village whose child was taken away by a wolf. But how could she feed my child for free? We were poor at that time and I had no way to compensate her.

Now the child is over one year old and has survived. I had originally planned to give the chicken to someone else, but once it gets to their home, I guess they won’t be able to eat it.

I just heard that a buyer has come to the village, and he is from the city. I think you must have these rare things, so I am willing to use my chickens, two chickens, to exchange with you for half a pound of milk candy or two pounds of white sugar. If you have it, I will exchange it with you. If not, I will take the chickens directly to the other party. As for whether they can get to eat or not, I don’t care. ”

The man sincerely told Xu Dongsheng the details. Xu Dongsheng didn't expect that the newlyweds would go back to pick up a baby and bring it back. Was it out of kindness or something else? But it had nothing to do with Xu Dongsheng.

What Xu Dongsheng didn't expect was that this person's request was not high. He just asked for half a pound of milk candy or a pound of white sugar. However, half a pound of milk candy was 2.6 yuan, and a sugar ticket was required. The chicken was only 2.7 yuan, so half a pound was obviously a loss.

If it was two kilograms of sugar, it would be 1.5 yuan, so Xu Dongsheng made a profit. Unfortunately, Xu Dongsheng did not buy sugar. So, if Xu Dongsheng wanted it, he could only exchange it.

"I have half a pound of milk candy, but half a pound of milk candy costs 2.6 yuan even with a ticket. I'm at a disadvantage. You have to give me something to compensate me."

Xu Dongsheng decided to change it, but he did not let anyone take advantage of him directly. He then told the man to give him something as compensation.

"Really? You have half a pound of candy? And are you willing to exchange it with me?"

Seeing that Xu Dongsheng agreed, the man was actually unable to be fooled by Xu Dongsheng. He asked for half a pound of milk candy, which was actually a very high request. After all, he had been to the county town before and he knew the prices of these scarce items.

"Well, you are lucky. My first stop today is your village. I haven't touched a single piece of the half pound of candy I brought from the city."

Hearing Xu Dongsheng's words, the man became excited and immediately said that he would take Xu Dongsheng to their home. If Xu Dongsheng liked the girl, he could let him take her away as compensation.

On the way, Xu Dongsheng also got to know the situation in detail. The man's name was Zhao Youtian. He married a wife named Deng'er last year. This wife was a childhood sweetheart of the village's team leader Niu Dadan. The two almost got together, but because of the older generation, they were unable to be together.

Later, under his pursuit, Deng'er became his wife, but Deng'er was not a simple person. Even after getting married, she was still having an ambiguous relationship with Niu Dadan. Although he understood Niu Dadan's character, he believed that it was Deng'er who got involved. He thought about beating Deng'er and domestic violence against her, but he also liked her in his heart and couldn't help but take ruthless action. Instead, he was suppressed by Deng'er, and it was Deng'er who domestic violenceed him.

The reason why he believed Niu Dadan was because when he married Deng'er, he knew in the bridal chamber that Deng'er and Niu Dadan were indeed innocent. So he just had resentment in his heart, Deng'er had married him, but he still missed Niu Dadan.

Because the domestic violence attempt failed, his status was lowered instead, so his family became the eldest daughter-in-law Deng'er, the second child was the adopted child, and he became the third child. He was clearly an adopted child, but ended up becoming a father. He was well fed and well treated, but was scolded by Deng'er from time to time.

In fact, the child was brought by Deng'er when she got married, but he was originally picked up, so there is no difference whether he was picked up after she got married, or was picked up and then married again. Of course, if the child was picked up after she got married, Zhao Youtian would definitely give the child away and would not raise him himself.

Zhao Youtian also had a guess about the child's identity, but he couldn't confirm it. And if he confirmed it, he would feel even more wronged, so Zhao Youtian pretended not to know.

As they were chatting, they arrived at Zhao Youtian's home. Zhao Youtian's home only had two adobe houses and a yard. After entering the yard, there was a woman wearing a headscarf, a floral top and black pants. In front of her was a bamboo baby carriage, which should have been homemade.

The baby in the car looked chubby, but fair and clean, and of considerable size. It was obvious that this adopted child had never been wronged in this family, but rather was treated like a treasure.