Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 47 Mountain Village
"It's just a coincidence. I didn't expect to be able to purchase these things this time." Zhang Yu's family knew their own affairs and how the two wilted eggs came from, so they were a little embarrassed by Director Wang's praise.

"That's not bad. How much is too much? If you can make up a little bit, it's a little bit." Regarding this point, Director Wang was also a little helpless.

"Uncle Wang, I know there is a relatively remote mountain village. There should be something there." Zhang Yu said tentatively. In the mountains, even some people above those ten years were unwilling to go in.There is another water source nearby, so it really hasn't been affected much during this period.

"Where?" Director Wang doesn't care whether it's remote or not, as long as he can purchase supplies, even if he has to recite them bit by bit.

"When I went to a big market, I met them out to sell their prey. It happened that they dropped their things. After I picked them up and returned them, I made friends with them.

I saw them again during the Chinese New Year this time, chatted with them for a while, and learned the exact location by accident. Although it is considered to be in Beijing, it is not close to our place. "

"What's the matter! As long as there is something, no matter how far away you are." As he spoke, he put on his military coat and asked Zhang Yu to take him there, regardless of the sky getting dark.

"Uncle Wang, don't worry, I haven't been there yet, I just know that their products are relatively rich, and there is no disaster this year."

"Then tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, I will give you two days off. You take two people to explore the road. If you can, call me and I will find someone to drive." Director Wang also reacted at this time , he was impatient.

"No, Uncle Wang can just give me two days off. I'll go by myself. Don't think we're looking for trouble when so many of us go there." Zhang Yu stopped.

In fact, he still has another idea. He learned from that memoir that the people in that mountain village moved in during the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China to avoid all kinds of miscellaneous taxes and wars.

Afterwards, it was not until the 80s that one of them worked so hard to go to school, and then he took his family out to the outside world and moved out with his family.

Before that, the people in the entire mountain village would only come out twice a year to return some oil, salt and daily necessities with the hunted game, and they did not welcome outsiders to enter their mountain village.

In this way, he has a reason to purchase a small amount of materials from the mountain village, transport them to the outside of the mountain, and then mix a large part of the materials he signed in, and then call the factory to pull them, so that he can make a move without knowing it. Batch something.

"But, your safety..." Director Wang hesitated, and asked Zhang Yu to go alone, what if something happens to him?
"It's okay. Besides, there are two friends I know in the mountain village. Even if they can't buy anything, there will be no danger." Zhang Yu patted his chest and assured that there are still means of life-saving, especially some time ago. Sign out two life-saving things.

"All right, you must pay attention to safety."

"I see, Uncle Wang. I wonder if our factory has surplus daily necessities. They are short of these items in the mountain village. When the time comes, bring more daily necessities. It may be more effective to exchange them directly than to spend money."

"That's a good idea. You go back first. I'll go to the warehouse manager and see how much stuff is left in our factory. You can just come and pick it up tomorrow morning."

"Okay, then Uncle Wang, I'll go first."

When he went back, his colleagues also came back, and when they came back to deal with business, they all saw the two big betel eggs that Zhang Yu purchased.

"That's right, it looks like you're shopping for materials." Colleagues also gathered around and joked.

"That's right, I didn't see it, you're very powerful." Wu Chuan put his arms around his shoulders and said, with some envy in his words. He went out for a long time today, and he begged his grandpa to tell his grandma, but he didn't get anything.

"Angkor, luck, luck." Zhang Yu still respects this master who doesn't hide his secrets and is willing to leave everything to him.

"Why can't I come across such a good thing?" Wu Chuan said a little puzzled, but he was very happy that the people he taught had skills.

After talking for a while, it was time to get off work.

Because recently even if you have a ticket, you may not be able to buy food, so many people will pack a meal when they get off work, and then add half a pot of water when they go home, and the whole family will eat together. Can sleep at night.

When he came home from get off work, he purposely used the excuse of tidying up his things to dawdle for a while, and waited until it was dark before getting up to go home.

The betel that was used to hold the eggs during the day was placed on it again. When he tied the betel on the back last year, someone asked him, "Who are you?"

"I have to go out to do some shopping tomorrow. In case today's good thing happens again, tie it up first, so that there is no place to put it when the time comes."

"It should be tied, it should be tied." The man smiled and walked away, a little in disbelief that he still had such luck.

When there was no one around, Zhang Yu took out 100 kilograms of cornmeal from the space, divided it into two bags and put them in the back, covered with thick straw.

When I got home, I occasionally met one or two people in the courtyard, because most of the people living nearby were workers in the factory, so most of them knew that he had purchased two-backed betel eggs today. Didn't think there was anything in there, just thought the straw that was stuffed with the eggs to keep from breaking the eggs wasn't taken out during the day.

When I got home, I pushed the bicycle into the house, and my sister-in-law had already prepared dinner by this time.

After looking at the dishes, it was obviously not as good as the previous few days. A plate of dried vegetables on the table looked like cabbage.

But it should not be a good cabbage, he remembered, every time he ate cabbage, he would peel off the slightly yellow outer layer of cabbage, but my sister-in-law was reluctant, so she would wash the outer layer of cabbage every time Cleaned up to dry.

He also said not to waste it, and it is also a good dish when it is left green and yellow. When this kind of sun-dried dried vegetables is eaten, soak it in water to soften it and then wash it before it can be cooked.

"Xiaoyu, I'm back. Why did you come back so late today? Hurry up, hurry up, wash your hands quickly, come over to eat, and I'll wait for you." Seeing Zhang Yu come back, Zhao Guifang hurriedly said, "I've already done it, put the two Serve a bowl and you’re ready to eat.”

Zhao Wenzhuo put the bowl on the table, and asked curiously, "Xiaoyu, what's in your car?"

(End of this chapter)