The eldest of the Yan family in the Siheyuan

Chapter 16

The next day, without going to work on Sunday, Yan Xiecheng got up early, put on his clothes, tidied up his clothes, went to the state-run store to buy cooking matches, seasonings, and buckets for fish, and then rode his bicycle to the Shangzhuang Reservoir.

The Shangzhuang Reservoir was built in [-]. The closest reservoir to Beijing City is located in the northwest suburb of Beijing, [-] kilometers away from Beijing City.

There are crucian carp, carp, grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp, catfish, black and mandarin fish in the reservoir, among which the largest carp can reach more than 5 kg, and crucian carp weighing about 500 grams is not uncommon.

There are basically no people managing the reservoir now, unlike later generations where large-scale fishing is not allowed at all.

After riding for more than two hours, I found a place where no one was there to put the bicycle in the space, took out the fishing net in the space, and found a place to put the fishing net down.

Go to the shore and take out a small bench to sit on, take out the fishing rod, fix the fish ears on the hook, and throw it into the water.

In the courtyard, Aunt Wang from the street office was talking to Shazhu in Shazhu's room.

"Silly last time you went to our street, didn't you tell me to introduce someone to you?"As he spoke, he took out a few photos from his pocket and put them on the table, "Do you see any ones you like?"

Sha Zhu picked up the photo on the table and looked at it, "Aunt Wang, what is this person's name?" Sha Zhu pointed to a photo of a person and said.

"This person's name is Wang Xia, and he works in a textile factory. If you're interested, I'll find a time to arrange a blind date for you," Aunt Wang said with a smile.

Silly Zhu: "Okay! You can arrange it. Look at me. Is there anything I need to prepare?"

Aunt Wang: "At the very least, you have to clean up the house, tidy yourself up, and get some clean clothes. Don't be like this all the time. You smell like oily smoke. You have to prepare some peanuts and sunflower seeds. , people can’t just sit still when they come.”

Silly Zhu: "I see, don't worry, I will go to the supply and marketing agency to buy clothes later, and I promise not to embarrass you."

Aunt Wang: "Okay, as long as you pay attention to it, you are already big and big. Look at the people in your courtyard who are as old as you are married, and you are the only one missing. If you continue like this, you will really be single."

"Understood, I'm also in a hurry! There's nothing I can do. Xu Damao from our hospital is always making trouble for me, saying bad things about me behind my back. My previous blind dates were all destroyed by Xu Damao." Sha Zhu gritted his teeth. .

"When I see Xu Damao, warn him not to let him mess with you. If your blind date doesn't work out this time, then our street won't care about you," said Aunt Wang and left the courtyard.

Sitting on the bed, Mrs. Jia Zhang watched Aunt Wang leave: "Huairu! This street office wants to introduce someone to Shazhu."

Qin Huairu, "Introduce, let's introduce, can our family prevent others from finding a partner?"

"Then we can't let him just get married like this, at least not now. If he gets married, how will our family live in the future? He can still take care of our family as before. Even if he is willing, his wife is not willing either!"

"Then what should we do, can we still destroy him?" Qin Huairu asked
"come here…"

Qin Huairu: "Is this possible?"

"It's definitely possible. We can't count on Xu Damao. If Xu Damao can't do it, you have to do it. You can't let him get married." Jia Zhang had a fierce expression on his face.

After Aunt Wang left, Shazhu walked up and down at home and thought about coming to the house of the uncle, "Master, Aunt Wang from the street office wants to introduce someone to me."

"It's a good thing, you should get married now," said the uncle with a righteous face.

"It's a good thing. Why don't I come here to ask you to borrow some money? You also know that my place was handed over to you yesterday, and I didn't leave any money. If you lend me some money, I will It's good to be prepared!" Sha Zhu looked embarrassed

Uncle: "How much do you use? With our relationship, I can still lend it to you."

"Give me 50 yuan, and I will return it to you when I pay my salary."

The uncle said, "Okay, when your aunt comes back, I will ask your aunt to send it to you."

Now the uncle hasn't thought about matching Shazhu and Qin Huairu, he just wants to let the Jia family think of him and give him another choice for his retirement goal.

"Then I can thank you. When my blind date is successful, I will treat you to a drink." Silly Zhu said with a smile
"Okay! You can prepare the dishes. I still have two bottles of good wine. I want us to have a good drink and celebrate with you." The old man had a happy expression on his face.

The uncle is very satisfied with Shazhu's attitude towards him now, and the old lady said that Shazhu will help him take care of this courtyard.

"Come on, you can rest, uncle, I'm going back." After saying that, Sha Zhu went home.

When Yan Jiecheng came back in the evening, I heard from the third mother that the street office was going to introduce Shazhu to a partner.

Yan Xiecheng didn't take it to heart.

It's just silly Zhu, who still wants to get married, that's impossible, even if Xu Damao agrees, Qin Huairu doesn't even agree, let alone the uncle.Even if the old man doesn’t work, he doesn’t have the money to get married. Although the wedding gift is very low now, it’s not necessary to buy it all at the same time. There must be one or two things. The old Jia’s family married a rural man, and the family still bought it. I got a sewing machine.He Daqing was worthy of Shazhu, leaving him such a big house and arranged work for him.Not to mention that in this era, how many parents in future generations can do this.

After dinner at night, when everyone fell asleep, Yan Jiecheng got up, took his things and rode his bicycle towards the ghost city.

Today's harvest is not bad, all kinds of fish are added together, and it is estimated to be about [-] catties.Now the vegetable market still costs thirty-five cents a catty to buy fish, and a ticket is required. The five hundred catties of fish can be sold for less than two hundred if you just sell them for money. .Finding a young daughter-in-law at that time, that would not be flattering.I can't think about it anymore, my saliva is flowing out.

I came to the ghost market and looked for a place where no one was there. I took out the prepared bucket, put the fish in it, and found an open space to set it up.

As soon as it was set up, someone came over and asked, "How much is this fish per catty?"

"With a ticket of [-] cents, any ticket is fine. The ratio is calculated according to an industrial certificate of [-] catties, and without a ticket, it is [-] cents per catty."

"Okay, give me five catties." He said and took out an industrial roll and one yuan and fifty cents, and handed it over.

After the person left, several people came one after another, and they were sold out in a while, and then they changed places to continue selling.

There is a shortage of supplies now, especially food. State-run stores like vegetable markets are sold out as soon as they arrive.

After selling the fish, I rode my bicycle back to the courtyard.

Yes, I got more than 160 yuan in one day and various bills, most of which are industrial rolls, cigarette tickets and alcohol tickets. Few people trade food stamps and non-staple food tickets.

(End of this chapter)