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 79: A Woman's Virtue is Her Lack of Talent

In the afternoon, Carpenter Yang delivered the door and bed.

The old door was removed and replaced with a new one.

Then I went to school to pick up my wife and sister.

On the first day of school, the two little girls were very happy. This was a life they had never experienced before, and they were able to play with many other children.

In this era, very few girls can go to school, and many families do not send their children to school.

No matter what, a woman's virtue lies in her lack of talent.

Only the boys in the family were allowed to go to school.

The four of them laughed and talked all the way, Yaya and Tiantian were the ones talking, and Zhang Weiguo just listened.

With two little girls, the atmosphere at home is different.

It’s nice to see a family happy.

Today is the day to trade with Scar again.

Zhang Weiguo came to the pigeon market and found Scar selling rice.

The rice was selling well. At this time, Zhang Weiguo saw an old man.

Zhang Weiguo had met this old man once. He was 70% similar to Xu Damao, both of them had long faces.

That’s right, this is Xu Damao’s father Xu Fugui. Before Zhang Weiguo moved to the Siheyuan, Xu Damao’s parents no longer lived in the Siheyuan.

Xu Damao's father left Siheyuan at the same time as He Daqing. It is not known whether they are related. Xu Fugui rarely returns to Siheyuan.

Xu Fugui had never met Zhang Weiguo, nor did he know that Zhang Weiguo was a neighbor of the courtyard.

Xu Fugui is also a complete villain, exactly the same as Xu Damao.

Zhang Weiguo was still very surprised to see Xu Fugui. He didn't expect to meet this old guy at this time.

Zhang Weiguo adjusted his mask and hid himself.

While chatting with Scar, I saw Xu Fugui come to a stall and skillfully take out a small yellow croaker from his pocket. The stall owner gave him two hundred and twenty yuan.

Zhang Weiguo looked at Xu's father's skilled appearance and realized that this was not the first time he had sold something.

Scar watched as Zhang Weiguo kept staring at Xu Fugui.

"Do you know this old man?"

“No.”

"I think I've met him once."

"This old man is a regular at the pigeon market, often coming to sell small yellow croakers and silver dollars."

"He's so rich?"

"Who knows? He said he dug it out of the ground."

Zhang Weiguo didn't believe that he could dig out gold bars from the ground. The courtyard was so small, and even if he dug something out, it would never reach Xu Fugui's hands.

The person most likely to dig something up in the entire courtyard is the deaf old lady.

Moreover, the deaf old lady never goes out all day, most likely she is guarding her baby.

Since it’s not a treasure dug out from the courtyard.

The only place where he could get gold bars was the Lou family.

Xu Fugui’s wife is the Lou family’s nanny and has been working there for decades.

Xu Damao was able to marry Lou Xiao'e because Xu's mother convinced Lou's mother.

Otherwise, Lou Xiao'e would not be someone Xu Damao would care about at all.

Xu Ma has worked in the Lou family for decades and is considered an elder in the family. It would be very easy for her to get some gold bars.

The Xu family is really something. They eat the Lou family's food and steal their things.

The Lou family is really blind.

Lou Bancheng was shrewd all his life, but in the end he fell into the hands of the Xu family.

"This old guy came to sell gold bars several times."

“Come and sell a gold bar every two months.”

"He sells six bars a year. I don't know how many years he's been selling them. Even if he's been selling them for a year, this old guy must have at least a dozen gold bars in his hands."

"I saw at least ten gold bars at Lou's house."

However, Zhang Weiguo didn't believe that they would only take a dozen gold bars. There must be other things.

These old couple are great, they live a very carefree life.

Two thousand yuan was enough for them to live on for ten years, and they only had one son, Xu Damao.

Xu Damao took over his father's job. Xu Fugui used to be a projectionist.

I must have saved a lot of money and had some extra income.

He is also a man who has no shortage of money, but if he has no shortage of money, why would he come to exchange it for gold bars?

It seems that each of these people is not simple.

Zhang Weiguo is like opening a blind box.

Check out the stories for each one.

Scar and I came to the unused yard, and this time there was not only rice, but also watermelon.

Zhang Weiguo directly took out a hundred kilograms of watermelon.

Watermelon is a delicacy in this season, but it is only available in the south and not in the north.

Scar was very surprised that Zhang Weiguo could take out a watermelon.

I also believe that Zhang Weiguo has the ability to get this thing.

This is not something that can be achieved just by having money, you also need strength and connections.

Watermelon is 40 cents a pound, and 100 pounds of watermelon is 40 yuan.

There are also ten thousand kilograms of rice.

Rice at 1.5 cents per pound costs 1,500 yuan.

This time, Scar brought the oil lamp he mentioned last time.

Last time I saw Zhang Weiguo was interested in this thing, I went back and bought the oil lamp.

Zhang Weiguo checked and found that it was indeed a Chicken-Glazed Cup, but it was not from the Chenghua period. Like the one Zhang Weiguo had, it was from the Qing Dynasty.

It’s also a pretty good thing.

If it’s Chenghua’s, you’ll make a lot of money; if it’s not Chenghua’s, it doesn’t matter.

Originally, Zhang Weiguo did not think it was from the Chenghua period.

It is not so easy to come across the famous Chicken-Glazed Cup.

Zhang Weiguo put the things away.

In the future, if there are more things like this, collect them as well.

If you collect all the chicken-glazed cups, you will find that there is not one from the Chenghua period.

Zhang Weiguo took a watermelon, cut it up and shared it with everyone. This was not included in the 100 kilograms.

We all ate watermelon together, it was very sweet.

Scar's younger brothers, in particular, were full of gratitude towards Zhang Weiguo.

When have they ever eaten watermelon?

The watermelons at this time were simply not something they could eat.

Even the watermelon rind was eaten.

It is not easy to manage such a pigeon market. You also have to be on guard against others trying to snatch your business away. Some people may see that you are doing well and want to snatch your business away.

So, they often fight with others.

They exchanged their lives for this pigeon market.

Now that they have rice, their lives are better and many people come here to buy rice.

If your market has something that other markets don't have, others will definitely come back to your market.

The more people come, the more money you make.

Their current idea is to cling to the thigh of the State of Wei.

Zhang Weiguo came to the pigeon market and started to see what was available.

See what dishes to add for the weekend banquet.

Zhang Weiguo bought some bacon.

Got home and lay down carefully in a separate bed.

Ran Qiuye slept with the two little girls.

Especially Xiao Tiantian, she feels very insecure and needs to be held by Ran Qiuye when she sleeps.

After experiencing that kind of life, it is not easy to live a good life.

Ran Qiuye doted on her very much.

Looking at the three people sleeping soundly, Zhang Weiguo returned to his own small bed.