Free Days in Siheyuan

Chapter 86
Simply, both of them got what they wanted, so they didn't stay here any longer. Instead, they quickly packed up their things and left, while those who stared at them showed disappointment.

Not long after Zhang Yu had gone, the old man followed him again, walked to his side and asked in a low voice, "I still have jadeite, do you want more?" Although I got these fine grains today, the grains are not too much, right? I missed today, and with the current situation, I don't know if I can continue to exchange for food.

It's better to change more at a time, anyway, because his father doesn't care about the life and death of his family because of those jadeites, he really doesn't like jadeites very much, if it weren't for the fact that those things were bought with money, he would have cleared them out and changed them. Just changed, out of sight, out of mind.

"If it's as good as today's, I'll take it." Zhang Yu was overjoyed. There was another reason for this. Now that we have met these things that will increase in value, there is no reason to let them go.

Even if he doesn't lack the money, he will be very old when the value rises, but it's good to keep it for himself to appreciate and pass it on to future generations.

"Yes, it's even better than the ones just now." The old man said affirmatively, thinking about the pile of emeralds at home.

"I don't have so much fine grain on hand, can I use some coarse grain?" Zhang Yu didn't want to give people the feeling that he still had a lot of fine grain in his hand.

"Coarse grains are also fine. As long as it is grain, anything will do." The old man did not hesitate. In this day and age, grain is more important than anything else.

"Then where do we trade?"

"Tell me a place. I'll take Jade to find you later." In order to reassure Zhang Yu, the old man offered to let Zhang Yu choose the location.

"There is an abandoned house in the alley ahead, do you know?" Zhang Yu chose a location according to his memory, and then said: "I will wait for you there, only for an hour, and I will leave after a while."

"I know, I know where it is. You wait for me there for a while, and I will go home immediately to get things."

The old man went home in a hurry. On the way, he met a few neighbors who were curious about his back and asked him what he was doing.
He said angrily: "I didn't hear people say that there is food supply at the grain store, so I hurried over with the guy, but I didn't expect that person to be talking nonsense. I will run for nothing. Nothing was bought."

Even though the neighbor didn't believe it very much, he couldn't turn his back on him, could he? He just followed him and scolded angrily: "Who is this wicked, spreading such nonsense?"

"That's right, it made me take a trip in vain, and I have to go out and visit a few more supply and marketing cooperatives later, to see if I can buy something for my little grandson that he can eat."

"Hey, it's not easy for you!" Hearing this, the neighbor dispelled his doubts. He also knew the situation in the old man's house. Except for the big but dilapidated house, only his son There is still a job to look at, but it can barely support a family.

But his little grandson still can't eat milk, so he can only look around for something he can eat.

After fooling the neighbors, the old man hurried into his yard, straightened his back outside and pretended to be relaxed, so that others would think that he had nothing in his back, but he was exhausted.

He entered the yard, sneaked to the door of the kitchen again, and said, "Old woman, what do you think I brought back?"

The old woman who was cooking inside was taken aback, turned her head and saw him, then patted the beating heart of "Plop" and "Plop", and said in a bad voice: "You can't walk a little bit." The voice? It's like a thief, it scares me."

"Old woman, don't worry about these things, what do you think I brought back?" The old man didn't care about her complaints, he just took off the back on his shoulders, uncovered the cloth covering it, and held it in front of the old woman. He motioned her to look inside.

"What do you want me to see?" The old lady turned her head to look inside as she said, and she cried out in surprise: "Ah, food! Where did you get so much food from?"

"Keep your voice down, what are you doing so loudly, don't let outsiders hear it."

"Okay, okay." The old woman covered her mouth excitedly, a little in disbelief that her husband could bring back the food.

"You didn't see clearly, these are fine grains." The old man was very proud of being able to exchange for these grains this time.

"Where did you get so much grain? You didn't do anything wrong, did you?" The old woman asked a little worriedly, she really couldn't think of where to get so much fine grain in this year.

"How come? I traded those emeralds at home."

Hearing this, the old woman was relieved. She snatched the back betel, looked at the fine grains inside, stretched out her hand and stroked it gently, "These fine grains are really good. With these fine grains, my grandson can eat."

"What are you making in this pot?" The old man asked suspiciously when he saw that the pot was always smoking.

"Isn't this because there is no fine grains at home? My grandson can't eat coarse grains, so I thought about pounding the seeds with garlic, pounding them vigorously a few times, making them fine, and cooking them for a while longer to see if he can eat them." , but now with the food you brought, there is no need to be so troublesome."

"You hide the food, I still have use for this back betel."

"Okay." The old woman freed her back, and then swayed around the room, muttering in a low voice: "Where do you want to put it? It's safe to put it there. Put it here, no, it's easy. It can be found, but there is no way, what if the child gets naughty and finds out from there?"

The old man installed a few better jadeites from the basement, and hurried out with his back on his back.

"What else are you going to do?"

"The person who exchanged food with me, he also wants jade, and I will exchange it with him again."

"Then be careful, if something is wrong, you should run quickly, we don't want the jade, the most important thing is that you come back well." The old woman told him worriedly.

"I know, I know, I will run away as soon as something happens, where is our son?"

"He's at work, what do you ask him to do?"

"After a while, all I traded was coarse grains. I can't come back by myself. When he gets off work, tell him to go to the alley in front of the black market and find that abandoned house. I will wait for him there and let him Bring the food back."

"Okay, you go, don't make people wait, I will tell my son to go after get off work."

"Don't worry too much. We can't smuggle the grain back until it's dark. It's too conspicuous during the day. When I came here just now, I carried such a small amount of grain on my back. My neighbor stopped me and asked me what was on my back." thing?"

"Then you didn't say it?"

(End of this chapter)