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 24 No one can get rich without unexpected fortune

This city was once the world of the Eight Banners descendants, although it is now in decline.

A lean camel is bigger than a horse, so he still has some wealth.

There were probably hundreds of small yellow croakers.

How can these kids survive if they don’t work?

Selling things from home!

They sell everything from small yellow croakers to antiques.

Zhang Weiguo just wanted to try his luck and see if he could meet such a person.

When Zhang Weiguo got off work and returned to the courtyard, he saw the third uncle fiddling with potted plants.

Zhang Weiguo told the third uncle that he had a lot of pig intestines left after purchasing them, which were sold at 1 cent per pound, and asked the third uncle to ask the neighbors in the courtyard if anyone wanted any.

If there are any, please make a good count and Zhang Weiguo will get them back later.

When the third uncle heard this, he thought, "One cent per pound, it's so cheap."

He immediately promised to go and ask, called his two sons, and went door to door to count the numbers.

Tell the third uncle that Zhang Weiguo will come and get it later.

Zhang Weiguo was so worried about getting something to eat that when everyone smelled the smell of meat, no one cared what Zhang Weiguo was eating.

Zhang Weiguo planned to cook a pig's head and make it into pig head meat.

From then on, pig heads no longer had any flavor, and no one knew what he was eating. He always cooked with the door closed and no one could come in.

Zhang Weiguo also didn't want to have too much interaction with the people in the courtyard. Now the courtyard was relatively peaceful, but everything would change when Jia Dongxu died.

The old man will scheme for his retirement, Qin Huairu will also turn evil, and Shazhu, the bootlicker, is under the control.

Zhang Weiguo first processed the pig's head and washed it several times. There was only a faucet in the middle courtyard of the quadrangle, so Zhang Weiguo got a few buckets to drain water.

Feeling that the time was about right, Zhang Weiguo left home and came to his third uncle's house. The third uncle had already done the statistics. There were twenty households in total, and each household wanted ten kilograms.

Zhang Weiguo took 20 yuan and went out on his tricycle. When he came back after a round trip, there were 210 kilograms of pig intestines in the tricycle.

After returning to the courtyard, I gave the large intestine to the third uncle and let him divide it up. The rest was considered as hard work pay.

Uncle San Ye is most willing to do this kind of thing to take advantage of others.

While waiting for the third uncle to separate the large intestines, Zhang Weiguo went home and started to cook the pig's head.

Now everyone is busy cleaning the pig intestines, and no one cares what Zhang Weiguo eats.

Zhang Weiguo put the pig's head into a pot and waited for it to be cooked, then put a pound of tiger meat in it.

When the pig's head is cooked, cut it into slices, put it in a bowl, pour the soup on it, and wait for it to be frozen.

Zhang Weiguo mixed a pig's ear.

Ten kilograms of large intestines are enough for these neighbors to eat for a week.

This week should be considered peaceful.

While eating the pig ears, I ate two steamed buns. These were made by Zhang Weiguo using cornmeal from space. They tasted much better than those of this era. They were made of fine flour and would not make your throat sore.

At this time, the smell of meat wafted through the courtyard.

The third uncle spent money to buy ten kilograms, and had ten kilograms left, so he had twenty kilograms of large intestines.

At this time, he was bending over and sticking his butt out to wash his colon.

Zhang Weiguo planned to win over a few people in the compound, and the Third Uncle was the first one. As long as you give him some small favors, the Third Uncle will do things for you.

Zhang Weiguo had no shortage of money, and even less of food.

You, like Shazhu, have braised large intestine with green onions, while the others have large intestine stewed with tofu, with more tofu.

The whole family had their fill.

Zhang Weiguo left the compound in the evening and walked towards the pigeon market. Today he went to see if there were any small yellow croakers for sale.

Zhang Weiguo paid 1 cent for the ticket.

Whether you come here to buy or sell things, you need to pay.

After entering the black market, Zhang Weiguo saw many people selling fruits.

Apples cost 3.33 yuan per pound.

Zhang Weiguo took a look and found that the fruits were smaller now.

Zhang Weiguo actually saw a man selling small yellow croakers, but he only had two small yellow croakers.

This also made Zhang Weiguo very happy.

A small yellow croaker costs 220 yuan, which is 20 yuan cheaper than the market price.

I spent 440 yuan to buy two small yellow croakers.

Zhang Weiguo walked around the market again and then came out.

It feels like someone is following Zhang Weiguo again.

Zhang Weiguo simply made a circle and ran behind the group of people.

There were five people in total, and their waists were bulging, so they must be carrying weapons.

Fortunately, Zhang Weiguo did not rush forward. The Type 54 pistol was not easy to make in that era, but it was still easy to make a homemade rifle. Although this thing was not safe, you would be seriously injured if hit by it.

These people were very angry when they lost him, and walked away cursing.

Zhang Weiguo was following behind him. They dared to set their sights on him. Zhang Weiguo would not let them go.

See where their point is?

After finding out the truth, they destroyed their homes.

They were circling around, and Zhang Weiguo was following behind them, but they could not get rid of Zhang Weiguo no matter what they did.

In this way, they came to a small courtyard.

This is a private house.

There is only one family in a small courtyard like this, unlike where Zhang Weiguo lives now, where many people live together.

Zhang Weiguo remembered this location, it was impossible for them to buy it with their own money.

House transactions are not allowed at this time.

It was definitely not obtained through normal means.

Zhang Weiguo plans to take this yard over.

Zhang Weiguo was guarding them outside.

They went in for a while and came out after half an hour.

He locked the door and left.

Zhang Weiguo waited for another ten minutes, and after making sure that there was no one there, he climbed over the wall and entered the compound.

There is a main house in the middle and small houses on both sides.

Zhang Weiguo first entered the main room, where the furnishings were also very simple.

There is a mahogany table and a large mahogany bed.

Zhang Weiguo started looking for something in the room.

I searched the room carefully, moved the bed away, and found a brick that was empty. I moved the brick away and found two boxes inside.

Zhang Weiguo opened one and found it was full of small yellow croakers.

All put into space.

Zhang Weiguo moved the bed back.

I looked in the other two rooms and found nothing.

Zhang Weiguo climbed out and hurried back to the courtyard.

After returning home, Zhang Weiguo took out the two boxes and saw what was inside.

One box contained gold bars, ten large yellow croakers, and fifty small yellow croakers.

This is worth 36,000 yuan, much more than what Zhang Weiguo earned from selling pigs.

Two boxes contained 5,000 yuan in cash, 1,000 kilograms of fine grain coupons, 3,000 kilograms of coarse grain coupons, bicycle coupons, watch coupons, sewing machine coupons, cloth coupons, oil coupons, and a house deed, which was the house deed of the courtyard.

How long did it take these people to save up these things? Unexpectedly, in the end, it benefited Zhang Weiguo.

Zhang Weiguo now has 9,950 yuan in cash.

This is ten thousand yuan, and many people don’t have ten thousand yuan in their entire life.

Not to mention the gold bars, which are even more valuable. I really don’t know where those little gangsters got so much money.

If you want to talk about robbery, it is impossible to rob so many gold bars. Who would be stupid enough to go out with gold bars?

I wonder how these people will react when they find out that the gold bars are gone?