A layman in the courtyard

Chapter 3 Shopping![-] cities

A night without dreams, three poles in the sky.

Cao Zhihua, who woke up naturally from his sleep, felt that his body was filled with vigorous life, full of strength, and felt that all the muscles in his body were tight.

I am very satisfied with my body. I feel that my body is far from being developed to its limit and has great potential.

After getting dressed and getting up, I found that the three little ones were no longer at home. They must have gone to school. When I came to the kitchen, there were three steamed buns in the warm iron pot.

It should be the breakfast left by the three little ones, and Cao Zhihua instantly felt very satisfied.

In the future, as long as they make money and bring food and vegetables back, the three little ones can take care of themselves and be very easy to feed.

Cao Zhihua picked up the washbasin, towel, toothbrush and tooth powder, opened the door, and saw bright sunshine shining on him. It seemed that the weather was good today.

Carrying the washbasin, I followed my memory and walked to the middle courtyard. The sink and faucet were in the middle yard.

The courtyard is a large courtyard with three entrances. The west wing of the front yard belongs to the Yan family, and the east wing belongs to the Cao Zhihua family. There are four rooms on the left and right sides of the hall. One room is occupied by the three brothers Yan Jiefang, and the remaining three rooms belong to other residents.

Further inside is the middle courtyard, which is the most spacious. It used to be the place where the owner lived, spacious and bright.

Shazhu lived in the main room of the middle courtyard, He Yushui lived in the ear room on the right, and the Moon Gate on the left, leading directly to the backyard.

Jia Dongxu's family lived in the west wing of the middle courtyard, and the east wing was allocated to the elder couple.

The second uncle's family and Xu Damao lived in the east and west wing rooms respectively. The deaf old lady lived in the middle one of the five back rooms in the backyard. The other four rooms were occupied by other residents.

There are about ten households in the three courtyards, housing 6.70 people. It used to be a separate courtyard of the royal palace. After liberation, it was allocated to each family by the Jiaodaokou Sub-district Office. It is a large courtyard with the characteristics of the times.

The weather is still very hot now. The aunties in the yard are probably cooling off in their own homes. There is no one outside. When he comes to the sink in the middle courtyard, Cao Zhihua reaches out and turns on the faucet, takes a basin of water to rinse his mouth and wash his face.

After washing my face, I glanced at the room in the middle courtyard and found Mrs. Jia Zhang sitting at the door of her house sewing the soles of her shoes.

Men wash up quickly. In less than 2 minutes, Cao Zhihua finished washing up.

Picking up the washbasin and walking home, it suddenly occurred to me that Qin Huairu had not married yet. It was 65 years ago when the plot of the courtyard began.

Banggen was only 9 years old at that time, which meant that Qin Huairu would not marry into the Jia family until 54 or 55 years.

Cao Zhihua shook his head, who cares, these are trivial matters, there is no need to pay too much attention to the people and things in this courtyard.

In fact, in Cao Zhihua's opinion, the drama "Love in the Courtyard" is just bullshit done by a group of people who have nothing to do but have enough to eat.

In other words, the people in this courtyard are actually a group of beneficiaries of the establishment of a new country.

The people in this courtyard, in today's society, according to later generations, are a group of middle class people who have nothing to do but have enough to eat.

The plot has not yet begun, and there are still many vacant houses in the courtyard. By the time the plot begins in 65, this courtyard will be home to more than 20 families, ranging from 1 to 200 people.

With so many households and so many people, as long as there is one full-time employee in the family, one person can make enough money to support the whole family.

If there is a dual-income family, then it is a wealthy family. It lacks nothing. If you have enough to eat and have nothing to do, why don't you engage in all kinds of troubles?

I put the toiletries home, finished the three steamed buns in a few mouthfuls, wiped my hair with water and got ready to go out.

Starting today, Cao Zhihua is going to take a good tour of the Forty-Nine Cities. After all, he has never been here before in his previous life. This person is not familiar with the place, so he needs to go out more, get to know more people and things, and see if he can find opportunities to make money.

Life lies in movement, opportunity lies in tossing.According to the original memory, I walked towards Shichahai, which was less than 2 kilometers away. I planned to get familiar with the streets while walking.

Coming out of the north gate, Cao Zhihua walked on the road from Drum Tower to Shichahai, watching as he walked, feeling the smoke and smoke in the alley.When we walked to Yandai Xiejie, the market was noisy and bustling with people coming and going. The market was filled with goods, all kinds of snacks, vendors were shouting about their sales, and it was crowded with people buying things.

Cao Zhihua looked at this stall and asked about that stall. He was very curious about everything here. I didn't expect that the business atmosphere in Sijiucheng was so developed in 53, and it was really crowded.

While walking around, time passed by inadvertently. Cao Zhihua felt increasingly hungry and looked at the sun above his head.

It was probably noon, so I was preparing to eat at a small restaurant on Yandai Xiejie.

The small restaurant is not big, more than 60 square meters, with 8 old square tables inside. The business is very good, but you still have to wait for a seat.

Cao Zhihua, who had been walking all morning, rarely looked for it again, so he found a chair next to the hotel counter and sat down.

Cao Zhihua glanced at the busy shopkeeper and chatted up:
"The boss's business is so good, it must be a time-honored brand, right?"

"Yes, our store has been run here for two generations, almost 40 years ago. The business is all taken care of by these old neighbors."

"Your business is so good, why don't you expand it? People like me still have to wait."

"You don't know this, sir, our store can only do business if it is liberated. Before liberation, the business did not make much money, so it was good to be able to support the family. Gangs were rampant at that time, and you had to pay monthly fees. Then The year is very chaotic. People who collect protection fees often change people, and they have to pay new people. These people don’t even have to pay for food. If our store can support people, it’s good.”

Cao Zhihua was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that this was not the peaceful period of later generations. It had just been liberated not long ago, and there were street bullies and bandits everywhere, and there were also lurking spies from all walks of life. It was not peaceful.

"Yes, our country has gone through a hundred years of war and tens of millions of people died before we could have the good days we have today. It's not easy."

"Yeah, it's better now. No one dares to bully us anymore. This bad day has finally come."

"Boss, check out"

"Okay, total 1.63 yuan"

“Boss, why is today’s price 1 cents more expensive than yesterday?”

"You don't know, sir, the country is now implementing unified purchasing and marketing. The unified purchasing price of wheat is 3 cents per catty. Now we can't get cheap grain, so the price has naturally gone up a bit."

"Okay, okay" the customer looked helpless, paid and left.

"Master, there is a seat available. Please take your seat."

When Cao Zhihua heard this, he sat down at the dinner table and ordered a portion of twice-cooked pork, a portion of braised pork, a portion of stir-fried Chinese cabbage, and a portion of rice. Then he sat on a chair and thought deeply.

I just heard the boss say that wheat costs 3 cents per pound. Cao Zhihua found out from the memory of the original owner that flour now costs 1.3 cents per pound. This is no longer a problem. According to the general flour, 100 pounds of wheat can grind 85 pounds of flour, so That is to say, a 30-pound bag of flour only requires about 35 pounds of wheat.

It is equivalent to 1.17 kilograms of wheat to make one kilogram of flour. Excluding the cost of grinding and transportation, the cost price of one kilogram of flour is only about 3.5 cents.

A 30-pound bag of flour costs only 1.05 yuan. (This data is the real price obtained by the author after checking a large amount of data. In 53, unified purchasing and marketing began. The unified purchase price of wheat is 3 cents, and the selling price is 3.3 cents. Ordinary people buy flour, Fuqiang flour, for 1.85 cents per catty, and ordinary flour. 1.3 cents per pound.)
2.7 times profit? ? ? ?Cao Zhihua exploded instantly, and kept hinting in his heart to calm down, calm down.

It’s really a worthwhile trip. Last night I was worried about how to make money quickly and go to Hong Kong. After having a meal today, I feel like the opportunity has come.

Don't be confused, don't panic, think about it carefully, and carefully evaluate whether it is feasible.

Don't make any decisions when you are excited. Decisions made when you are excited will definitely not be comprehensive. Experience tells you that you will definitely suffer.

Forget it, don’t think about it now, let’s talk about it after dinner.

(End of this chapter)