A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 13
Cao Zhihua woke up from his sleep and felt that it was extremely cold today.

I looked out the window and saw goose-feather-like snowflakes falling from the sky.

The fire in the kang has automatically extinguished. It's too cold to stay on the kang.

After Cao Zhihua got dressed and washed, he opened the door and took a look.

Good guy, the entire building in Forty-Nine City seems to be covered with a snow-white quilt.

I put on my leather boots and walked to the yard, probably about 20 centimeters later.

"Big Gouzi and Er Gouzi, it's snowing outside. Please be safe on the way to study. The eldest brother is going to the countryside."

"Okay, brother, please be safe on the road and go home early."

"Okay, you guys get up and have breakfast yourself."

Cao Zhihua walked out of the courtyard and bought three large meat buns at the Hutongkou breakfast shop, eating them while walking to the bus stop.

Seeing that the time for public-private partnership is getting closer, Cao Zhihua plans to take advantage of the convenience of purchasing materials now and go to Tianqiao Department Store to buy a batch of just-necessary materials and store them in space.

Not long after, we arrived at the bus terminal, Zhengyangmen, and got off.

Cao Zhihua got out of the car, pressed the tiger skin hat on his head with his cotton-gloved hands, and walked towards Tianqiao Department Store with his head lowered.

As I walked, I glanced at the street, and suddenly I found a familiar name appearing in my eyes.

Daqianmen Bistro, this name is so familiar.

Cao Zhihua stopped and thought for a moment, is Xu Huizhen?
So he turned around and walked into the tavern.

I opened the door of the tavern and looked inside. There was only an old man cleaning the tavern. There were no customers in the tavern so early in the morning.

"Boss He, are you open for business so early?"

Old man He probably didn't expect to have guests so early in the morning, so he said a little surprised.

"Yeah, are you here for a drink?"

"Well, I saw your store opened so early, so come in and take a look."

"Hey, I open the shop so early every day to do some cleaning. Most of the neighbors come here in the afternoon and evening."

"Guest, have you been to our store before?"

"Yes, I came here for a drink with my brother before. You taste good here. I have something to do today, so I'll come here for a drink again."

"Come on, guest, please be busy first."

Cao Zhihua came out of the tavern and thought about it. The main thing he bought today was cloth.

At present, the country's production capacity for industrial products is still very low.After all kinds of tickets came out, cloth tickets became very rare. One person only has 1.6 meters per year, and the average person per year is 5 meters. If you don't buy more cloth now, you will really have to mend it for another three years.

Cao Zhihua suddenly thought that since there is a Daqianmen Bistro, there should be a Xueru Silk Shop.

The quantity of goods I want to buy is relatively large, so going to a department store is not as safe as buying goods in a private store.

So I found a deserted place and took out my bicycle. After asking, I found Xueru Silk Shop and parked the car at the door.

When I walked in, I saw that there were no other customers in the store, so Chen Xueru was sitting in the store settling accounts.

Cao Zhihua's eyes widened when he saw Chen Xueru in his youth.

With her slender eyebrows and white teeth, her elegant demeanor, her graceful grace, and her delicate and pretty appearance, it makes her heart itch. She is truly a beauty.

Cao Zhihua once again sighed that this body is too young and has missed so many beautiful things. I want to be a thief.

"Are you the proprietress?"

"Yeah, do you want to make clothes?"

"I want to buy cotton cloth."

"Oh, how many feet do you want?"

"20 pieces of thick cotton cloth and 50 pieces of thin cotton cloth."

When Chen Xueru heard about such a large amount, she looked at Cao Zhihua in surprise.

"Guest, are you sure you want so many?"

"Please help me get a sack to put it in, and I will push it away on my bicycle."

"Ok. Please wait for a moment."

Wait for Chen Xueru to arrange for someone to hang the cloth on the bicycle and put it away.

Anyway, there will be plenty of time to deal with each other in the future. Cao Zhihua did not chat more with Chen Xueru and went directly to the farmer's market to buy cotton.

After Cao Zhihua bought three hundred kilograms of cotton during the farmer's market time.

After thinking about it, I went to the grocery store and bought 20 kilograms of peanuts, 20 kilograms of melon seeds, 20 kilograms of fruit candies, and 10 cartons of Labor brand cigarettes.

Find a place where no one is around, put everything into the space, and take the bus directly to the countryside.

Winter in the north is really cold now, and people in rural areas are starting to prepare for winter. This is the best time to buy poultry.

Cao Zhihua took out a pen and paper from the space and took notes while thinking.

In 1951, the country's land was short of fertilizers. The central government launched a patriotic high-yield campaign to encourage people to actively raise pigs and called on everyone to raise pigs to accumulate fat.

Nowadays, basically every household in rural areas raises 5.6 pigs. By 1953, national statistics showed that the annual pig production had reached 9000 million.

The current official purchasing price for second-class pigs (200 kilograms) is 48 yuan. In fact, the purchasing price of the pig killer is cheaper than this. After all, the pigs are delivered to your door.

After writing and drawing on the bus for a long time, Cao Zhihua finally wrote down the list of items that needed to be purchased and handed them over to his uncle for purchase.

Carrying melon seeds, peanuts and fruit candies, I walked into my uncle's yard and saw three children building a snowman.

Cao Zhihua greeted directly

"Big baby, second baby, and third girl, hurry up and see what Brother Zhihua has brought back." Cao Zhihua has been living at his uncle's house recently, and the three babies are already very familiar with him, and they all stopped what they were doing.

"Brother Zhihua, what did you bring back?"

Cao Zhihua picked up the things in his hands
"Dong dong dong dong, see if you like it."

"Wow, peanuts, sugar, thank you, Brother Zhihua, I like it so much"

"Come on, come on, if you like, take back a bag for each person."

The aunt watched the three children happily taking the things.

Laughing and scolding
"You just spoil them and come back as soon as you come back. Why spend so much money?"

"It's okay. I've made a lot of money with my uncle and uncle recently. I just bought some for us to eat and play with."

"Although you have made money, you have to use it sparingly. You have three younger brothers and sisters. In the future, you will have to marry a wife to support your family and have children. There is no time when you have enough money."

"Next year I will take over my father's job and go to work in the steel rolling mill. I can make a decent living. I will have no problem supporting my family in the future."

After hearing this, my aunt said in agreement, "This is good and safe."

It seems that I have been making so much money recently. My uncle's family's income exceeded 5000 yuan in two months.

My aunt has probably never seen so much money in her entire life.

Maybe like those people who made a lot of money from buying and selling in later generations just after the reform and opening up, they are really afraid of making money.

Cao Zhihua saw his aunt like this and did not continue talking about the acquisition.
"It's snowing so heavily today, has my uncle gone out?"

"Your uncle was drinking with the village party secretary last night. He slept like a dead pig when he came back. He hasn't gotten up yet."

"Oh, can I trouble you to call uncle? There are some things that need to be discussed with uncle."

When my aunt heard this, she stood up
"Okay, you go wake your uncle up, and I'll wake up your uncle. I'll kill a goose at noon and stew it in an iron pot."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, auntie."

Not long after, Cao Zhihua, his uncle, his aunt, and the four of them gathered around a lit stove to warm themselves up.

Cao Zhihua took out the quotation he had memorized before

"Uncle, uncle, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, and my neighbors need to prepare New Year's goods. I have been back for two days this time, and people come to my house every day hoping to buy New Year's supplies."

"Look, here are the supplies and quotations they need."

The uncle took the notebook from Cao Zhihua and looked carefully

"Every household in our village raises a lot of pigs. In addition to keeping the pigs for the New Year, it is not difficult to collect the price."

"This price is the price quoted for a pig. If we can charge it at a low price, the extra money will be earned by ourselves."

"Nowadays, pig dealers go to the countryside to collect pigs for about 45-46 yuan a head. I am the armed captain of the village and a village cadre, so it is difficult to lower the price. I have to charge according to the purchase price of the supply and marketing cooperative."

"That's no problem. You can't make enough money, as long as it doesn't affect you, uncle."

"Okay, we charge 48 yuan for each pig, and we earn 1 yuan per pig."

"The folks have raised a lot of poultry this year. These are easier to harvest, but the wheat cannot be harvested."

The uncle continued what he said,

"Yes, you have been away for the past two days. Your uncle and I have traveled to villages with a radius of more than ten kilometers and recovered more than 36 kilograms of wheat. It is really impossible to harvest any more."

Cao Zhihua was mentally prepared for this, "Can the rice and rapeseed be harvested?"

My uncle has made a lot of purchases recently, and he has become more knowledgeable and energetic.

"The amount of 2000 tons of rice is not large, so there should be no problem. There will be no problem with rapeseed."

"Yes, we can still make money from rice that costs 2.4 cents per catty. We can earn 1 Li per catty."

Cao Zhihua clapped his hands,

"That's fine. The more pigs we can collect, the better. It's the Chinese New Year soon and they are in short supply in Sijiu City."

"Okay, as usual, we take it back and you sell it in the city."

"Okay, this is probably our last chance to make money. I have to go to work in the steel rolling mill after the New Year."

When my uncle heard that Cao Zhihua said he would quit working after the New Year, he said a little anxiously

"You're doing a good job, why don't you do it next year?"

Cao Zhihua had no choice but to explain,

"It's not that I won't do it. After the Chinese New Year, everyone's wallets will be empty. If you want to do it, you have to wait until September in the second half of the year."

"And the most important thing is that I need to have a job and a source of income for my family. Otherwise, I won't dare to take out anything for food or use, and people will report me."

The uncle heard that this was indeed the case.

"Okay, let's act quickly and make another round of money before the Chinese New Year."

Speaking of money, my uncle and uncle smiled very happily. They have made a lot of money recently.

"Uncle, uncle, you have made so much money, why not just demolish the house and build a brick house, so that you can live comfortably and safely."

"We want to build one. We will build it next year after we are busy with spring plowing."

Cao Zhihua said happily
"That would be best. Uncle and uncle will remember to build an extra house for me to keep. I will have to come back to live there often."

"That's necessary. Don't worry, I will definitely make your house comfortable and beautiful."

While we were chatting, my aunt slapped her leg and said, "You guys chat, I'll kill the goose and cook it."

"Okay."

(End of this chapter)