Siheyuan, a comfortable life under Zhengyang Gate

Chapter 36 Uncle Zhang

"I have swept over there, let's go, let's go to the next village."

"it is good."

Almost half of the village was wiped out by Yang Yukun and Han Chunming.

Neither of them was interested in continuing to sweep where the other had swept.

Because both of them know that it is basically impossible to find good things in places that have been swept by the other side.

The two left the village immediately and continued to the next village.

"Xiaokun, it's getting late, why don't we find a family to live in this village tonight?"

"Okay."

After walking around the village, Yang Yukun and Han Chunming didn't find any good things.

It's not about getting caught up first.

This village is just an ordinary village, and there are no good things handed down.

At this moment.

The two have been shopping for a day.

Seeing that it was going to be dark soon, the two immediately decided to spend the night in the village.

"How about we go to the old man's house at the east end of the village?"

"Okay."

"Go."

There is a family in the east of the village where an old man in his 60s lives alone.

Yang Yukun and Han Chunming were still begging for water at this uncle's house just now, and chatted with this uncle for half an hour.

The two immediately decided to spend the night at the uncle's house at the east end of the village.

"Uncle Zhang."

"Who?
"Uncle Zhang, it's not us."

"Little Wu, Xiao Kun, it's you two, is there anything else?"

"It's like this, Mr. Zhang. It's getting dark. We want to stay at your house for a night. Is it convenient?"

"It's certainly convenient to stay overnight at my house, as long as you don't dislike it."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, we will pay for your accommodation."

"What accommodation fee, no need, anyway, I have a room here that is vacant. My son lived there before. This kid hasn't come back from the army for many years. I'll clean it up for you later."

When he heard that Yang Yukun and Han Chunming wanted to pay him for the accommodation, Uncle Zhang quickly waved his hand, saying no.

It's just a one-night stay, what money are you talking about.

He is a retired soldier, and his son is an active soldier. His mentor said that he should serve the people wholeheartedly without taking money.

"Little Wu, Xiao Kun, you two didn't find any valuable old things in our village, did you?"

"No."

"The history of our village is not long, only more than 200 years ago. Our ancestors moved here to escape the war. Generation after generation, we have this small village. If you want to say that the oldest objects in our village, then There is only the tombstone of our ancestors."

Han Chunming smiled and said, "Uncle Zhang, I dare not ask for this, and we don't accept everything."

Uncle Zhang smiled and said, "You two haven't eaten yet, I'll make dinner."

"No, Uncle Zhang, I'll help you." Yang Yukun ran to help Uncle Zhang.

He was born and raised in the countryside in his previous life, and he started cooking for the family at the age of six or seven, cutting pig grass, cooking pig food, feeding pigs and cattle.

When I was a child, it was not as high as the stove, so I put a stool under my feet.

So Yang Yukun is very familiar with firewood stoves in the countryside.

"I didn't expect that you, a child from the city, can actually use a wood-fired stove in the country, and you are so proficient in cooking."

Seeing Yang Yukun's hands and feet so neatly, Uncle Zhang was quite surprised.

There have been educated youths in their village before, and few of them work as neatly as this kid.

"Uncle Zhang, I have been living independently since I was ten years old. This is a trivial matter to me."

"Where are your parents?"

"Passed away. My father was a soldier just like you. The one who died when he beat Ah San in [-] was a martyr."

"Good boy, I have suffered you."

Uncle Zhang didn't expect this child to have such a moving background.

"I have been used to it for so many years, Uncle Zhang, you rest, I will do it."

Yang Yukun let Uncle Zhang rest while taking over the work of making dinner.

"Cluck..." Han Chunming twisted a chicken into the house, "Xiaokun, hurry up, boil water to kill the chicken."

"Little Fifth Brother, where did you fix it?"

"bought."

When walking around the village just now, Han Chunming found that a family in the village raised three chickens.

Seeing that Uncle Zhang's house didn't have much food, which might not be enough for the three of them, he ran to this family to buy a chicken.

Because it was an old hen laying eggs, they refused to sell it at first.

He talked about it, and it took a full three yuan to add money before they sold it to him.

Uncle Zhang said, "It's a pity to kill a chicken that is laying eggs."

"It's really a pity, little fifth brother, why don't we stop eating the chicken?"

"But I bought everything back?"

"Let Uncle Zhang raise it, save the eggs for eating."

"Ok."

The egg-laying hen Han Chunming bought was not killed in the end, and it was kept for Uncle Zhang to raise, and it was used as their accommodation and food expenses for tonight.

At first, Uncle Zhang didn't want it, and said he would give them the money to buy chickens.

The two talked about it, and Uncle Zhang accepted the old hen that laid eggs.

The chicken was not finished, so Yang Yukun fried a shredded potato and Chinese cabbage, and made two big bowls of sweet potato rice.

"Little Wu, Xiao Kun, I've made the bed for you guys, I'll go to bed first, old man, call me if you need anything."

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, please excuse me."

"No trouble, you guys go to bed early too."

"it is good."

After setting up Yang Yukun and Han Chunming, Uncle Zhang went back to his room to rest.

"Xiaokun, let's rest too. I've been tired all day, so I'll have a good sleep and continue tomorrow."

"Little Fifth Brother, don't you snore when you sleep at night?"

"Don't worry, I don't snore, you don't snore, right?"

"I don't fight either."

"That's good, sleep and sleep."

After a night of nothing, when Yang Yukun woke up the next morning, he found that Han Chunming was still sleeping.

Putting on a padded jacket and shoes and opening the door, Yang Yukun found that Uncle Zhang was chopping firewood in the yard.

"Xiao Kun, wake up."

"Master Zhang, good morning."

"It's getting late. If the farming is busy, you'll have to do farm work for half a day at this point. Boil hot water in the pot. Go wash your face first. Let's make breakfast later."

"Got it."

Yang Yukun went to scoop up water to wash his face, and Han Chunming got up after a while.

After breakfast at Uncle Zhang's house, the two bid farewell to Uncle Zhang and continued to search for old things in other villages.

Uncle Zhang's house became a foothold for Yang Yukun and Han Chunming in the following days. All the old things they searched for were put in Uncle Zhang's house.

In this way, Yang Yukun and Han Chunming stayed at Uncle Zhang's house for half a month.

"Hey, little fifth brother, I have to say that you are really lucky. This time I will accompany you for nothing."

Looking at the piles of things that Han Chunming searched for, and then looking at the objects he found, there is no comparison at all.

"Haha...Xiao Kun, buddy is indeed luckier than you this time."

During this treasure hunting trip, Han Chunming found more than 150 old objects, dating from the early Song Dynasty to the Republic of China, including ceramics, calligraphy and painting, jade, and various miscellaneous items.

Fanguan Yang Yukun's quantity is less than half of his, and the value of the old objects is not as good as his. The best thing is the pair of Yongzheng imitation Chenghua blue and white lotus cups in Sanskrit.

If Yang Yukun sold him all the old objects that he didn't want to collect, then this kid would only have a pair of lying cups left.

Thinking of this, Han Chunming couldn't help but be very happy. After all, he won this time, a complete victory.

(End of this chapter)