Siheyuan: I tied a stick and went to the countryside

Chapter 113

Huang Bin went to find Luo Yuzhu first, but he was not there.

Turned around and went to Jiudaowan.

Before coming, I promised the group of friends to come and sit in their houses, see how the house is, and send a letter from home.

It was only after I came back that I was busy with the house, so I had time to visit.

Although this hutong is called Jiudaowan, in fact, this 390-meter-long alley has no less than 13 turns, and it is the hutong with the most turns in Beijing.

Located just south of Beixinqiao, the east entrance is connected to Puchen City Hutong, and the west entrance is connected to Xiaoweiying Hutong. It will still be a scenic spot in later generations.

Yang Shumao, Shi Xiaona, and Xie Laozhuan all live in this alley.

Huang Bin went in from one end, and after three or two turns, he didn't know where things were going, and when he met a girl in a dress, Huang Bin hurriedly stopped him and asked:

"Comrade, do you know where Yang Shumao's house is?"

The girl stopped and looked at Huang Bin with some scrutiny: "Why are you looking for my brother Mao? He has already gone to the northeast to jump in line, so it is impossible to fight again?"

Huang Bin was sweating profusely. This Yang Shumao is also a master who fights every day and every day. He often seeks compensation for the swollen nose and face caused by others.

Yang Shumao's father's salary is not high, and his brothers and sisters' wages are often used to subsidize and compensate others.

Otherwise, how could Yang Shumao's nickname be Shamao?

That is to say, Yang Shumao went to the countryside this year, so this kind of thing disappeared.

"Brother Mao?"

Huang Bin carefully looked at the beautiful woman in front of him, she looked much older, with a familiar face, after thinking about it carefully, this should be Ye Fei who gave birth to Yang Shumao's child.

Huang Bin said: "You are Ye Fei, right? I heard Shamao talk about you, but I didn't expect to see you here."

Ye Fei frowned and said, "Wait a minute, when did you meet Brother Mao?"

I have some doubts in my heart, this is not the season for educated youth to visit relatives.

Huang Bin said: "I am an educated youth who joined the queue in Jinshantun in the northeast, and I have only been back to visit relatives for a few days. Here is a letter from my family that Shamao asked me to bring, so I can take a look at his family's situation."

Of course Ye Fei knew that the place where Yang Shumao jumped in line was called Jinshantun. Since Huang Bin could name Jinshantun, he could confirm that he was a friend of Brother Mao.

"You really jumped the queue at the same place as Brother Mao."

"He often mentioned you when we were drinking." Huang Bin said with a smile.

Ye Fei blushed slightly, and said angrily, "You're not talking bad about me, are you?"

"No, you are the best sister in the world, closer than your own sister."

"This silly brother." Ye Fei said happily: "Go, I'll take you to his house."

With Ye Fei leading the way, you will arrive at Yang Shumao's house after three or two turns. His parents are not there, only his sister Yang Shuying is at home.

Huang Bin handed Yang Shumao's letter to Yang Shuying, drank tea, asked about the situation at home, and asked if there was any difficulty that needed help. After being polite, he left his house.

Then, under Ye Fei's guidance, I went to Xie Laozhuan's house, and passed by Shi Xiaona's house in the middle. His house is a small two-story western-style building with a small courtyard, which is the only one in Jiudaowan.

It's just that Shi Xiaona was shy and didn't want Huang Bin to meet her parents, and she didn't let Huang Bin bring the letter.

Huang Bin was just passing by, so it would be nice if he knew the place.

Then I went to Zhao Suchu's house and met Shachun and her mother. This face was also an acquaintance.

Zhao Suchu's mother was much more enthusiastic, pestering Huang Bin to ask everything, who is in the family, how many houses are there, how is life in Jinshantun, how is the relationship with Zhao Suchu, etc. A series of questions, It's one after the other.

Huang Bin was interrogated like a son-in-law who came to the door, and Huang Bin immediately regretted it.

If I had known earlier, I would put a stamp on it and send it to their home.

Go back to look for Luo Yuzhu again, this time I finally found it.

The two found a secluded place, and Luo Yuzhu said, "I found the pigeon market you asked me to inquire about, and the prices of food stamps have all increased, and the local food stamps in the capital are now close to [-] cents."

Huang Bin had expected this matter. Food prices will definitely increase in this special period. He asked, "What about pork?"

"The pork that doesn't need tickets now is between 1 yuan and 5 to [-] yuan." Luo Yuzhu said.

之前猪肉票是五毛一斤，加上8毛4分的肉钱，最贵的猪肉也就是1块3毛4才能够买到一斤。

Right now, it's okay to directly increase the price to close to 2 yuan.

However, the smell of wild pork is very strong. When Huang Bin made it before, he added a lot of aniseed ingredients, but he still couldn't cover up the smell.

The price of wild boar meat is much cheaper, just over a dollar.

Huang Bin said: "I can get some wild pork, please help me sell it."

Huang Bin bought a lot in winter, and the purchase price was only equivalent to more than [-] cents.

A total of more than 300 yuan was spent, and there were 1200 catties of pork in the space, which seemed to be a lot, but in fact it was not much.

A wild boar weighs two to three hundred catties, and a big boar weighs three to four hundred catties. When hunting, of course the biggest one will be picked.

Huang Bin bought a total of five big pigs throughout the winter.

Because many villagers keep quiet after hunting, if it is daytime, they will hide on the back mountain, secretly look for Huang Bin at night, sell the money and put it in their waist, no one knows.

So no one knew that Huang Bin had received so much pork.

Usually Huang Bin only eats other game meat, but there is still a lot of mutton left, and the wild meat is not eaten.

Luo Yuzhu asked in surprise, "Can you get a wild boar?"

Huang Bin nodded and said, "My grandma's family is in a mountainous area, and my cousins ​​are all good hunters. I heard that the price of meat in the capital has risen recently. Call me today and tell me to send two wild boars tonight."

Huang Bin said that one lie needs countless lies to cover up, but Huang Bin doesn't need to take Luo Yuzhu to know his cousin, so he can say whatever he wants.

As long as he finds a place where there are no people and releases two wild boars at night, Luo Yuzhu will not suspect anything.

"You still have a way. Meat and food are the most scarce now." Luo Yuzhu said.

Huang Bin thought about it and said, "If you sell it for a catty, I'll give you a commission of ten cents. What do you think?"

It was in the 80s that Luo Yuzhu got a batch of rags to make a mop, and only earned a dime for a mop.

But at that time, there was no risk in doing business. Now it is selling pork in the pigeon market, which is a bit risky.

So Huang Bin gave Luo Yuzhu a dime commission.

It can also be regarded as an investment in Luo Yuzhu and his wife. After all, they were not familiar with each other before, and after doing business with them from now on, they are also obliged to have a business partner.

"Is this commission too much?" Luo Yuzhu asked.

A wild boar weighs two to three hundred catties, and it is easy to sell at this time, so it costs two to thirty yuan.

Huang Bin said: "Not many, the risk is relatively high."

"Then what if you encounter a superior inspection?"

"That's my loss, I don't blame you."

Huang Bin also imagined that if a superior came to check, wouldn't he be beaten?
Faced with this situation, Huang Bin also had a plan, that is, Luo Yuzhu came forward to sell meat, and Huang Bin sold fish next to him. If a superior came to check, he let Luo Yuzhu run first, and then Huang Bin took advantage of the chaos to put the pork in the space. .

Even if someone sees it, it doesn't matter. Everyone in the pigeon market covers their faces, and they will only think that they are dazzled.

In this way, even if there is danger, there is no loss.

Luo Yuzhu smiled and said, "Okay, I'll do it."

The two made an appointment for the place and time to meet in the evening, and Huang Bin went to the buying station to sell fish again.

Buying stations that have been sold once before will not go to a second time to avoid any accidents.

Huang Bin only looks for buying stations that he has never been to, and sells fresh fish of a hundred catties.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, it was still a little bright, and Huang Bin had already prepared all kinds of things. The sacks on both sides of the back seat of the bicycle were wild pork, and the other side were all fresh fish.

Huang Bin pushed his bicycle to the agreed place outside Dongzhimen.

Luo Yuzhu was already waiting, and seeing Huang Bin's car was full of things, he said, "So much meat?"

"Half of it is wild boar meat, and the other half is fresh fish. When the time comes, I will sell the fish and you will sell the meat. I will take care of you."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Luo Yuzhu went to the back of the bicycle to help push it.

Halfway along the road, the two men covered their faces with square scarves, only their eyes were exposed, like bandits who had blocked the road in the past.

On the road outside the pigeon market, there are special guards and guards. If a superior comes to check, you can blow the whistle in advance.

By the way, there is also an entry fee, which is only charged for sellers, and those who come empty-handed can go in directly.

Huang Bin brought a lot of things and was charged [-] cents.

On other people's land, Huang Bin couldn't mess around, so he paid the money happily and pushed his bicycle in.

The pigeon market outside Dongzhimen is a relatively large place, just like the vegetable market, with many stalls painted on the ground with lime.

Huang Bin counted and found that there were five roads in total, and each road was more than 100 meters long, and stalls could be set up on the left and right sides.

Daily necessities, handicrafts, small furniture, cloth clothing, shoes and hats, and poultry meat all occupy a separate area.

However, there are more other things for sale at the moment, but the sellers who sell grain and meat are the fewest, and the popularity is the most prosperous.

Often when someone puts up a booth, a group of people immediately gather around and buy the few items within three to five minutes.

All of them are as if they don't need money.

It's understandable when you think about it, just after the baptism of the earthquake, who knows if there will be more severe earthquakes.

At this time, it is necessary to reserve more food and meat for emergencies, so as not to have money and not be able to buy things.

The two found a stall at random, Luo Yuzhu took a sack and spread it on the ground, and lit a lantern.

Huang Bin opened his mouth and took out wild pork.

It has been divided in space before, cut into small pieces of one catty and two catties, so that there is no need to weigh it again.

As soon as the meat was placed here, many people gathered around.

"This is wild boar, how much is it per catty?"

Luo Yuzhu said: "Small pieces cost 1 yuan and 3 kilograms, large pieces cost 2 kilograms, and 5 yuan and [-] yuan. There are hooks here for weighing, so you can weigh them directly. Each piece is guaranteed to be enough for two kilograms."

"Can it be cheaper?" an old lady asked.

Luo Yuzhu shook her head: "It's already very cheap, pork has risen to 1 yuan and 9 yuan."

"The price is not bad, it's not expensive." A man in a Chinese tunic suit next to him said, "If you don't want to buy it, give up the space and give me two catties."

"That's right, give me 10 yuan and go home to make bacon." Another person said.

Luo Yuzhu took the money first and said, "Just take whatever you like."

The aunt who was negotiating the price had an ugly look on her face, but she was just habitually negotiating the price first, wanting to be cheaper.

At this time, the meat stalls hadn’t sold meat for two days, and they didn’t know when the pork supply would resume. Everyone was afraid of another big aftershock, so they gritted their teeth and came here today to save more food.

"Who says I won't buy it, give me two catties."

First I picked two pieces with a lot of fat, and then I paid 2 yuan and 5 cents to Luo Yuzhu.

Luo Yuzhu put the money into a cross-body bag, and carefully watched the crowd of people buying meat, so as not to be stolen by someone.

Huang Bin took some out first, and then dumped most of the sack of pork on the stall.

This was a bit different from what I imagined. I didn't expect wild pork to be so popular, so I had to sell meat with Luo Yuzhu first.

I already regretted it a bit. I should have sold the fish first. Relatively speaking, wild boar is easy to sell, but fish is harder to sell.

After buying meat for a while, Huang Bin relaxed a little, seeing that Luo Yuzhu could handle it, so he spread two sacks beside him and took out the fish for sale.

The price of fresh fish is still relatively stable, because eating fish costs oil and there is no fat, and the supply is still relatively sufficient, so the price is not high.

It can only be sold for 2 cents a catty in the market, which is already a very satisfactory price. After all, Huang Bin only sold it to the buying station for 5 cents.

Selling fish is a little more troublesome, each one has to be weighed, and the price of meat is too expensive, and many people are reluctant to buy it.

There are fish sellers who can buy one and stew it home to satisfy their hunger.

You must know that although flour is only 1 cents a catty now, a catty of food stamps is also worth 8 cents. The actual cost of buying a catty of flour is 3 cents and 8 cents, and the price is more than double in the current special period.

A catty of fish sells for four cents and half a catty of flour is about the same. People without money will not go to the pigeon market to try their luck.

Now that the pigeon market is here, there are relatively well-to-do residents on hand. Today, there are meat and fish, and the quantity is relatively large. It can be said that the supply has been opened.

Although the sales of fresh fish are relatively slow, the business has not stopped, and Huang Bin keeps weighing the scales.

Before he knew it, Luo Yuzhu had already sold the last piece of wild boar meat, so he gave it to Huang Bin for help.

With Luo Yuzhu's gang known as fish, Huang Bin only needs to settle accounts and collect money.

This pigeon market has special patrol personnel, and there is no reason to make trouble in this market. After all, it is a person with energy who can open a pigeon market outside the capital, and no one will be so unreasonable.

In less than half an hour, a sack of wild pork and a sack of fresh fish were all sold out.

Huang Bin packed the sack and said to Luo Yuzhu, "Hurry up, so as not to be watched."

Just now, Huang Bin has been using his mental strength to observe his surroundings, and he felt that two people not far away had been staring at his booth, underestimating in a low voice.

Huang Bin guessed that someone saw that Huang Bin had sold for a lot of money and wanted to use his brains.

These days, if you have a little money, it is easy to be targeted by others. As long as you can run away after taking it, it is very difficult to solve this kind of case.

Luo Yuzhu, who was thinking about buying something else just now, also gave up the idea: "Okay."

At this time, it is really necessary to focus on safety, and return to the city as soon as possible, lest there are unscrupulous people trying to rob.

Luo Yuzhu put the satchel containing the money around Huang Bin's neck, and the two hurriedly left the pigeon market.

After passing the checkpoint outside, Huang Bin urged Luo Yuzhu to sit up quickly, hugged himself tightly, and then pedaled the bicycle very fast.

In less than 2 minutes, two people came out on bicycles, and seeing Huang Bin in the distance became very angry.

"Brother Hu, is it too far to chase or not?" the younger brother asked.

"Chasing, of course I did." The man called Brother Hu said.

The two of them chased after each other with their bicycles in between. Although Huang Bin was riding at a very fast speed with one person, the two of them chased after them all the way. They were as tired as dogs.

He didn't catch up all the way to Dongzhimen.

Only then did Brother Hu stop, because he knew that after entering the city, as long as he went into the small alleys, it would be very difficult to find people.

Out of breath, he said: "This is a fat sheep, call the brothers from Lama Temple tomorrow, let's block this pair."

"Okay, Brother Tiger."

The man called Brother Hu often eats black here, and has gathered a few underlings. He usually watches fat sheep at the two pigeon markets outside Dongzhimen and Lama Temple, knocking on a sap, and getting some pocket money.

All the patrols in the market have deep backgrounds, and some resident sellers have backgrounds, and they dare not do anything.

Today was also a coincidence. Huang Bin and Luo Yuzhu looked like strangers at first glance, and they sold meat and fish for a total of more than 200 yuan. If they come again in the future, they must keep the money.

Huang Bin walked through the streets and alleys, found a tired place, and then stopped his bicycle.

"I'm scared to death." Luo Yuzhu patted her chest and gasped. The size of the granary was not small.

Huang Bin looked at it twice, then reluctantly turned his gaze away, and told himself that a friend's wife should not be bullied.

Slowly said: "Let's wait two days before going, and next time we won't go to Dongzhimen."

"That's right. The pigeon market in Lama Temple is not small. I'll go back there next time."

Huang Bin sent Luo Yuzhu to the lodging place, and then took out 15 yuan and handed it over: "This is your commission."

Luo Yuzhu only drew the 10 yuan card of Great Unity and said, "10 yuan for one night is already very high."

Luo Yuzhu's performance in the TV series is a person who pays more attention to money, Huang Bin did not expect that she only needs ten yuan.

Compared with the salary of about 30 yuan a month for ordinary workers, this 10 yuan is indeed very high.

Huang Bin wasn't hypocritical either, and after getting along with each other for a long time, he said, "Well, I'll come back to you when there's wild boar meat in two days."

When Huang Bin returned to the courtyard, it was already 11 o'clock, and he got into the mosquito net and fell asleep immediately.

I only felt that when I closed my eyes, I heard someone busy nearby. When I opened my eyes, I saw that Yu Li was cooking with her buttocks up.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and Yu Li turned her body to Huang Bin, and she could see the alluring arc. This morning, she saw the beautiful peaches, which made Huang Bin swallow.

It's a pity, a pity, the beautiful Yu Li has become a sister-in-law, Huang Bin struggled to close his eyes, but couldn't fall asleep anymore.

I don't know how long it took, the sky became brighter, Yan Bugui's family got up, and Huang Bin couldn't continue to sleep, so he got up to wash up and went to the toilet in the alley for convenience.

The smell of public toilets is the strongest this summer. Huang Bin misses the toilets of later generations very much, even his own toilets in Jinshantun smell much better than this one.

But this is always the case in courtyard houses. Even in the 90s, residents in many hutongs are still used to using public toilets.

The first thing in the morning is to take the urine jar to urinate.

After washing her hands after coming back, Yu Li greeted, "Shall Huang Bin have something to eat together?"

"Alright, just give me a bowl of porridge."

If you don't eat for nothing, Yan Bugui has cheated you several times, and it's okay to eat him twice.

After sitting down, Yu Li served a bowl of porridge with miscellaneous grains, and handed over a steamed bun with black lump pickles.

Although there were many kinds of food last night, the portion was not much, and there was nothing left at all. Today, I can only eat pickles.

Yan Bugui asked: "Binzi, how many days can you stay here?"

"Third Master, is this trying to drive me away?" Huang Bin asked back.

"No way! How could I kick you out." Although Yan Bugui wanted Huang Bin to leave in his heart, he couldn't say that.

I sighed in my heart, what an honest child before, now I just went to the Northeast for a year and came back, it's like a different person.

After changing hands, Yi Zhonghai, He Yuzhu and Jia Zhang were sent to the police station.

If this stays in the courtyard, I don't know who I want to send in next.

Staying in the front yard with Huang Bin, Yan Bugui always had a feeling of trepidation.

Huang Bin said: "I took sick leave and came back to recuperate. I can't come anymore. I should go back in three to five days."

"That's right, this courtyard is your home, no one can drive you away."

After eating the free breakfast, Huang Bin turned around and left the yard. It was too early, so he could only go to the Liangma River outside the city to catch fish.

I didn't go back at noon, and I rode my bicycle to the front door until almost noon.

First, find a buying station and sell a bag of fish.

Han Chunming, Su Meng, and Cheng Jianjun all lived in the same courtyard in an alley nearby, and Huang Bin dropped by to send a letter home.

Declined Han Chunming's mother's persuasion,
Then I asked all the way, Xu Jingtian's home was behind the tavern, and everyone in this area knew Xu Huizhen, so they quickly found the tavern.

It was the first time for Huang Bin to enter the tavern, and seven tables were set up, but it was still early, and only two people were drinking.

Huang Bin walked to the wooden counter and said like in the TV series: "Two liang of wine, and another plate of peanuts, one plate."

Seeing that there were not many dishes on the counter, he said to one of the plates of pork belly, "There is this one."

Zhao Yali at the counter was doing the accounting. She looked up and saw an unfamiliar face. She smiled and said, "Why have I never seen you before?"

As he spoke, he took a jug of wine from the side and put it in front of Huang Bin. Huang Bin paid the money and said, "I will come here often in the future."

Find a table with wine and dishes and sit down, and then go to the small restaurant next to you to order a bowl of dumplings. After a while, people come to drink and chat one after another.

I have watched this TV series before, and I think it is better than Zhengyangmen. Xu Huizhen and Chen Xueru have fought for a lifetime, and they have not broken the fight. They are also confidants in life.

I didn't expect that I would also have this day of drinking in a tavern, and I felt like walking into history.

With emotion, he shook his head and ate the dumplings first, filling his stomach, and then drank the wine.

With a sound of "bang", a jug of wine and a plate of peanuts were placed on the table, and someone said: "Little comrade, I am here and you fight for the table."

Huang Bin looked up and said, "Master Niu, please sit down."

In the capital, it is common to call other people what kind of Lord, just like the Niu Ye in front of you, and the Pian Ye who pulls the film.

This is the same as Jinmen calling other people's little girls also big sisters.

It's a kind of respectful title, not calling him a grandpa.

"You know me?" Master Niu said in surprise, he had never seen this young man in front of him.

Huang Bin said: "Who doesn't know you near the front door."

(End of this chapter)