Lying Low to Scavenge in the Courtyard

Zhang Weiguo transmigrates to that era of scarcity, a time of lacking clothes and food.

He is a decorated veteran who has been transferred to a position as the head of the purchasing departme...

Chapter 21 The Patriotic Spirit of the Older Generation

These aunties don’t allow you to raise them in the first place, so you might as well plant a few onions.

It was my third uncle who insisted on raising it, and this last hobby cannot be taken away from me.

Now the three aunts heard that they sold two pots for ten yuan.

I plan to come back and sell a few more pots.

Anyway, Uncle Three still has more than ten pots.

If I sold all of them, they wouldn't be worth even a hundred or eighty dollars.

The old couple discussed selling potted plants.

Zhang Weiguo saw Shazhu coming out of Jia's house and wondered what this bootlicker was going to give him.

Sha Zhu saw Zhang Weiguo holding two potted plants.

He asked, "Chief Zhang, what are you doing?"

"It's a pillar. Am I seeing Uncle San's potted plant?"

"I spent ten dollars to buy two pots to decorate the house."

When Shazhu heard this, he thought, these two pots are only worth ten dollars?

Zhang Weiguo said goodbye to Sha Zhu and walked back home.

I guess Sha Zhu will soon make everyone know that Zhang Weiguo spent ten yuan to buy two potted plants from the old man.

I don’t know how many people are eyeing Uncle Sanda’s potted plants.

As soon as I entered the backyard, I met Lou Xiao'e again.

Zhang Weiguo said: "Sister Xiao'e, I'm the neighbor who just moved in. My name is Zhang Weiguo."

"Hello, brother Weiguo."

Zhang Weiguo said hello to Lou Xiaoe and went home.

Lou Xiao'e is worthy of being a lady from a wealthy family, her skin is really fair.

But marrying Xu Damao would be a waste.

Looking at these people, Zhang Weiguo wondered where he could find a wife.

Zhang Weiguo brought the potted plant back to the room, placed it on a large rosewood table, and put two large plates underneath to prevent water from flowing out and soaking the wood.

This is the only rosewood table Zhang Weiguo has found in the past few days.

Although Zhang Weiguo has been using it, he is very careful with it and always puts a layer of newspaper on top when eating.

There is no way. This thing is in short supply, let alone such a big piece. How much wood is needed for such a big table?

In other words, it is not considered a good thing in this era, but in the future, it must be protected.

Zhang Weiguo poured some spiritual spring water into the two potted plants.

Although these two pots are not the most expensive in the third uncle's house, Zhang Weiguo really likes their shapes.

I just chose these two pots.

The speed at which the aunt in the courtyard spread the news was incredible. In just a short while, the whole courtyard knew about it. The two pots of flowers in the third uncle's house were sold for ten yuan.

You have to know that they can only get the task of pasting matchboxes from the street office every month, and they only earn one cent for one hundred matchboxes.

Ten dollars is equivalent to ten thousand matchboxes.

It will take several months to paste so many matchboxes.

Now a pot of flowers can be sold for so much money, how can they not be jealous.

They all ran to the third uncle's house to ask for flowers.

A pot of flowers costs five yuan, how could the uncle give it to them? The uncle spends every penny in half.

This was totally going to kill him.

Especially Jia Zhang, who is lazy and likes to eat and work, and makes money by making matchboxes like others.

She doesn't do anything at all, all she does is eat and sleep.

When I heard that this flower was valuable, I immediately set my sights on buying it.

He was shouting and making a big fuss at the Third Uncle's house. The Third Uncle's family guarded him desperately and even moved the flowers onto the bed.

I really don't feel comfortable leaving it outside.

In the past, people didn’t know how valuable it was, so they didn’t pay much attention to it. They just thought it looked nice but was useless.

It’s different now. Now that we can sell it for money, it’s different.

If I sell all these potted plants, I can at least get half a bicycle in return.

The uncle didn't spend any money on this bicycle.

If Uncle Three can raise some other animals and sell them for money, then he will have a steady source of money.

This is much better than fishing.

Although, the third uncle caught more than ten fish last time, the family’s food has improved a lot.

Although you can’t buy and sell it privately because you’ll get caught, no one else will know about it, so you can sell it however you want.

What's more, Zhang Weiguo is the head of the purchasing department. He said, "I'm purchasing for the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I have a letter of introduction from the mill. You can buy whatever you want."

Not allowing you to buy and sell as an individual is considered speculation, but buying and selling by an organization does not count.

This is to create social value for the factory.

Tonight, Zhang Weiguo plans to go to the pigeon market to buy some eggs and duck eggs.

Zhang Weiguo bought some duck eggs because he planned to pickle some salted duck eggs to eat.

I bought eggs because I wanted to give some to Grandma Wang.

Grandma Wang is old, and although she is in good health, she still needs to eat some good food to replenish her body.

In this era, no one joins the army for the sake of going, and they will go regardless of whether they are paid or not. This is the patriotic spirit of the older generation. They sacrifice their own families for the sake of the greater good.

I remember a sentence from The Battle of Chosin Lake: If we don’t fight this battle, our descendants will have to fight for it.

This is the era.

When it was night and everyone was asleep, Zhang Weiguo climbed out of the window and jumped over the wall. He was very skilled at it.

I came to a pigeon market and found the man selling eggs. I asked him how much the eggs cost.

"Four cents each."

"How many are there in total?"

"Twenty in all."

Zhang Weiguo just gave one dollar and bought it along with the frame.

I found another person selling eggs.

Also four cents each, this guy has fifty eggs.

Just gave two dollars.

Suddenly, Zhang Weiguo discovered that there were actually eggs in his space.

Last time I bought fifty eggs, I put them in my space and forgot about them.

Including the ones I bought this time, there are a total of 120 eggs.

I found another person selling duck eggs, and he charged 6 cents each.

There are 50 duck eggs in total.

It cost three dollars directly.

I bought chicken eggs and duck eggs, and then I saw someone selling old hens.

An old hen cost two dollars, so I bought another old hen.

I walked around the pigeon market but couldn't find out who was the manager of the market.

It seems that we need to take more action to dig out the people behind the scenes.

After the purchase, Zhang Weiguo returned home.

First, the old hen was processed, and then the chicken was stewed. Zhang Weiguo stayed up late at night and stewed the chicken at home.

There is no way. If he attracts the attention of a group of lovely neighbors, Zhang Weiguo will have no chance of eating chicken.

We can only wait until they are asleep to stew the chicken. Even if they smell the fragrance, they will think it is a dream. No one would think that someone would stay up late at night to stew chicken at home.

I can only assume that he wants to eat chicken, and he can even dream about the fragrance.

Zhang Weiguo took out a wine jar, put ducks in it, added a layer of duck eggs and a layer of salt, put all fifty ducks in, and then poured in spiritual spring water.

Then wait for it to be marinated and you can eat it.

After doing all this, Zhang Weiguo entered the space and harvested the potatoes, a total of 864 kilograms.

Buy seeds and plant them.

I woke up after a nap to see how the chicken was stewing.

It looked like it was being stewed well, so I turned on a low heat and simmered it slowly in the pot. Since it was for an old lady, I had to stew it for a while longer. I also put some ginseng and wolfberry in it, but unfortunately there were no mushrooms.

Only Xu Damao has these mountain products, and he always brings them from his fellow villagers.

After waiting for a while, take out the chicken, put it in a box, cover it with a lid, and place the chicken in the space.