Siheyuan, my new life

Guo Yongping also put all kinds of grains and large porcelain jars filled with soybean oil and peanut oil from the east and west wing rooms in the front yard into his storage space. When he saw the three large porcelain jars of soybean oil and peanut oil, he couldn't help but grin silently. With these several hundred kilograms of soybean oil and peanut oil, he would not lack cooking oil for a long time to come.

Guo Yongping strode towards the backyard and began collecting bags of cornmeal and corn flour from the east and west wing rooms. It seemed that there would be no shortage of feed for the chickens, ducks, pigs, and sheep in the planting and breeding areas.

There were quite a few cured meats and sausages hanging in the two side rooms. Although Guo Yongping couldn't be sure of the exact quantity, he roughly estimated that there were at least four or five hundred catties.

As for the grain in the back room, Guo Yongping could roughly estimate that each burlap sack contained 100 jin of rice and each cloth bag contained 50 jin of flour. There were more than 300 sacks of rice in the back room, which is at least 30,000 jin; and there were more than 1,000 sacks of flour, which is more than 50,000 jin.

After thoroughly cleaning all the grain in the rear building, Guo Yongping hurried towards the front yard. Although the east and west wing rooms were empty, there was still a row of rear rooms that he hadn't checked. As for the five corpses that had long since stopped breathing, they were now lying quietly in a corner of the storage space with their leader. Guo Yongping also carefully searched the bodies of these guys. His storage space was extremely simple; with just a thought, all six corpses were neatly piled together, and all their clothes, shoes, socks, and other belongings were also neatly arranged beside them.

Although the doors of the rear-facing rooms were all secured with fist-sized brass locks, Guo Yongping had the large bunch of keys he had found on the masked man in black. After unlocking the locks, he couldn't help but stare in astonishment. The row of rear-facing rooms, which were completely open, was filled with bags of flour. From the open bags at the door, it was clear that the flour stored here was a mixture of flour and flour.

From all the flour bags here, Guo Yongping made a startling discovery: these flour bags were exactly the same as the flour bags he had seen piled up in the grain stores when he went to the grain supply station to buy his own rations. From this, he could preliminarily determine that this guy who had been engaged in grain trading on Guijie Street for a long time definitely had connections with legitimate grain processing plants, and might even have implicated powerful figures in the grain system. However, now that the masked man in black had passed away, these secrets had also gone underground. To be honest, Guo Yongping had no intention of investigating further. After all, he was just an ordinary purchasing agent in the purchasing department of Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill. Even if he knew these secrets, at most he would secretly mail a letter of complaint to his superiors.

Guo Yongping shook his head vigorously, putting aside the miscellaneous thoughts in his mind. The most important thing right now was to quickly store all the mixed noodles in his storage space. Although he might not eat them, he could use a small portion to submit to the purchasing department later. He had seen it on the purchasing list of the third section of the purchasing department today. The purchasing department was now purchasing all kinds of grains openly. He learned from the section chief Zhao Xiangdong that with the nationwide reduction in the grain supply quota, even heavy steel enterprises like their Hongxing Steel Rolling Mill were experiencing a reduction in the daily supply of grains, vegetables, pork, and other materials. To make up for this shortfall, the steel rolling mill's purchasing department had already assigned tasks to all purchasing staff, requiring each purchasing staff member, especially the third purchasing section responsible for unplanned purchases, to purchase as many grains and non-staple foods as possible to ensure the daily needs of the steel rolling mill's staff. At the same time, the purchasing prices of various grains and non-staple foods had been significantly increased.

However, as can be seen from today's procurement list, even though the steel mill has increased the procurement prices of various materials, such as flour at 35 cents per pound, cornmeal at 24 cents per pound, mixed flour at 28 cents per pound, cornmeal at 18 cents per pound, and pork at 1.8 yuan per pound, there is still a considerable gap compared to the black market prices. Therefore, the procurement officers of the three procurement teams rarely submit grain to meet their quotas. Last month's procurement list mainly consisted of dried goods purchased from rural areas, with the occasional pheasant or rabbit. Pork and cured meat were nowhere to be found.

Guo Yongping was well aware that even if these purchasing agents managed to acquire some grain, pork, and cured meat, they would usually sneak it home. Now that everyone's share of grain supply had decreased, their families probably wouldn't have enough to eat. Compared to paying high prices and taking risks to buy grain and pork on the black market, it was better to take advantage of his job to save money and avoid too much risk. As for the task of purchasing three shares, he could only try to find more dried goods from the countryside to make up the difference.

Guo Yongping sighed softly. He could understand the purchasing agents' actions, of course. It was only natural; they couldn't just stand by and watch their families go hungry.

Discarding the random thoughts in his mind, Guo Yongping began to collect the sacks of mixed flour that had been piled up from the ground to the ceiling in the back room. It took him nearly twenty minutes to clean the back room completely, not even leaving behind the wooden planks that were originally used to prevent moisture on the ground, leaving only some powdery mixed flour.

Stepping out of the rear house, Guo Yongping saw five carts leaning against the wall. He simply walked over and stored them all in his storage space, thinking he might need them someday. Then, he glanced at the courtyard behind him and walked out.

Tonight's trip to Guijie Street not only yielded enough meat for him, but also some chicks and young pigs and sheep. He even managed to steal a large amount of grain. Therefore, Guo Yongping decided not to linger outside any longer and instead go home early to get a good night's sleep. After assessing his location, he quickly jogged towards Nanluoguxiang.

Guo Yongping thought his trip to Guijie Street tonight was completely undetected, but he never expected that two high-level puppets in the void were closely monitoring his every move.

After receiving orders from their leader Zhou Tian, ​​Zhou Hong and Zhou Huang began to closely monitor the twelve transmigrators within the capital city using their divine sense.