Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 223

As soon as Chu Xiangqian heard Qin Huairu mention the second-hand goods buying station, he understood that she was trying to earn some extra money.

At the same time, helping yourself to get more old objects can also please yourself.

After thinking about it, Chu Xiangqian said, "It's easy to transfer you to the second-hand goods buying station, but how can you explain it to Jia's family and neighbors.

You have only been in the neighborhood committee for two months, and you have changed from a street sweeper to a member of the purchasing station? "

Qin Huairu immediately showed a proud expression, "I have been in the neighborhood committee for the past two months, and I don't just know how to sweep the streets."

After some explanations, the way Chu looked at Qin Huairu couldn't help but change.

This woman will come to trouble, has scheming and means, and I know it.

Unexpectedly, in just two months, she took the initiative to have a relationship with an aunt in the second-hand goods buying station affiliated to the neighborhood committee, as good as a sister.

A few days ago, he took the initiative to tell her that the head of the buying station had reached his age and would have to retire in a few months.

This is one less person, so naturally one needs to be added.

Qin Huairu was also working hard, and would rather skip a few lunches, and use the saved money to go to the river to buy fish caught by fishermen and give it to the aunt.

Then he lied that his own father and elder brother could fish, and occasionally they could get some game from the mountains.

After giving the fish to the aunt a few times, she encouraged her to fight for the position of the station master.

When Chu Xiangqian heard this, he understood that Qin Huairu's idea was very simple. As long as the aunt became the station master, she would be transferred from the street sweeping group of the neighborhood committee to the purchasing station, and the outside world would only think that the aunt wanted to find her. An acquaintance helped him in the station.

Seeing that Chu Xiangqian didn't speak, Qin Huairu was afraid that this little man wouldn't help her.

With both hands around Chu Xiangqian's neck, he became restless.

It didn't take long for the two of them to practice boxing and kicking under the eaves.

After one o'clock in the afternoon, Qin Huairu, who had freshened up, took two catties of preserved peaches, two catties of red dates, five catties of chestnuts and five catties of food coupons given by Chu Qianqian. She was in a good mood, but her steps were a little vain, and she went straight to the station. .

I plan to go to Qinjiazhuang in the afternoon and bring back the copper coins and old objects that my father has collected in the past two months.

By the way, I told my father and elder brother to let the two of them go outside to set some hare traps or go fishing by the river for a while.

Regardless of whether you can catch hares or catch fish, the purpose is to show it to outsiders.
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After Qin Huairu left, Chu Xiangqian went into Xinshou Village to take a bath, dragged on until it was completely dark at 7 o'clock in the evening, and then went out to ride a bicycle, and took two baskets tied to the back rack of the car to the Yuhe side. Walk.

Before reaching the place, Titmouse had already explored the place first, and soon saw Nan Guangsheng and a young man standing on the embankment of Yuhe River, watching the streets on the left and right.

Chu Xiangqian looked through the tits, and at a glance, he was sure that the young man was Nan Yi.

A few minutes later, Chu Xiangqian appeared in front of the two of them, and Nan Guangsheng said excitedly, "Brother, this is my cousin."

Then he looked at Nanyi, "Uncle, this is Brother Chu I'm talking about."

Speaking of which, Nan Yi is only 24 or [-] years old at this time, only a few years older than Chu Xiangqian.

Hearing what his nephew said, he immediately realized that he couldn't meet Chu Xiangqian according to his nephew's seniority.

He hurriedly took out a box from his pocket and said, "Comrade Chu, thank you for taking care of Guangsheng in the past. Please don't dislike a little gadget."

Chu Xiangqian was taken aback, and after thinking for a while, he reached out to take it, and then Nan Yi, Nan Guangsheng and his uncle and nephew laughed.

Chu Xiangqian was not in a hurry to see what was in the box, and pointed to the two bamboo baskets tied to the frame, "Let's do business first, and I'll bring some food later. Master Nan is responsible for keeping a hand and having a good drink."

Nan Yi was overjoyed. What he is best at is cooking and appraising. He said with a busy smile, "Then look at it. Don't say anything else, your cooking skills and preservation will make you applaud."

Chu Xiangqian didn't say much, and helped to tie the two bamboo baskets on the rear frame of the twenty-eight bars borrowed by Nanyi.

I told you to be careful, and then reminded that if you encounter people who are patrolling at night and insist on searching, they will say that the materials purchased by the rolling mill.

Nan Yi and Nan Guangsheng nodded hurriedly, and they didn't feel that Chu Xiangqian was bothering at all. After a while, one of the uncles and nephews picked up a bicycle, and the other ran a few steps behind, jumped on the horizontal bar in front of the car and walked slowly away.

Chu Xiangqian stood on the embankment, lit a cigarette, and looked at both sides of the embankment.

It was soon discovered that there seemed to be a lot more people fishing than in winter.

If you think about it for a while, you will know that the food supply is even tighter now.

It's a pity that no matter how powerful I am alone, I can't change anything.

I can only silently take care of my loved ones around me.

Half an hour later, Chu Qianqian rode his bicycle into the box and walked around for half an hour. When he appeared by the river embankment again, two bamboo baskets containing two hundred catties of wild pork appeared behind the bicycle.

It didn't take long to see Nan Yi riding a bicycle panting, bringing Nan Guangsheng back.

The three of them didn't talk much, and exchanged the bamboo baskets. This time, Nanyi could only walk, and Nan Guangsheng was asked to push the bicycle.

Chu Xiangqian thought for a while, stopped the two of them, used his pockets as a cover, and took out two and a half catties of cooked meat and handed it over, "Eat some first, or you won't be able to pay if you hurt yourself."

Nan Yi and Nan Guangsheng thanked each other in a hurry, took the jerky, and started biting at the water from the kettle they had brought in advance.

After eating about a third of it, the two stopped eating, put the rest of the jerky into their pockets, greeted Chu Xiangqian and left.

After doing this five times in a row, nearly 5 catties of wild pork were finally delivered to the hands of the old relatives and old relations.

Chu Xiangqian saw that his uncle and nephew were pale with exhaustion, so he didn't have the heart to ask Nanyi to cook.

He took out a cooked hare wrapped in paper and put it directly in Nan Guangsheng's arms, "I'll talk about the meal in two days, you two go back and eat this cooked rabbit now, and have a good sleep."

Nan Yi still wanted to say that he was fine, but Chu Xiangqian said with a smile, "Master Nan, the first impression is very important, do you understand?"

Nan Yi was not stupid, so he naturally heard that Chu Xiangqian was worried that the food he cooked was not up to standard because of his lack of physical strength.

He nodded hurriedly, "Okay, don't worry, Comrade Chu, I will definitely adjust my state in the next two days."

The three of them said a few more polite words before parting.

Nan Yi saw the back of Chu Xiangqian leaving, and said to Nan Guangsheng, "Guangsheng, this comrade Chu is really worth making friends with. You must remember to listen to him more in the future, you know?"

Nan Guangsheng said with a smile, "Uncle, it's up to you to say, I've already treated Brother Chu as my own brother."

Only then did Nanyi pat his nephew on the shoulder in satisfaction, and he no longer worried about his job transfer.

After Chu Xiangqian left, he checked that the time was only past 10 o'clock, and wondered if Qin Huairu had returned.

I can't go back to the courtyard tonight. After all, I said when I went out in the morning that I would go hunting in the mountains today.

When I arrived at the courtyard of Maoer Hutong, I saw more than a dozen bamboo baskets under the eaves, and immediately knew that Qin Huairu had not only returned from her mother's house, but should have returned to the courtyard by now.

After locking the door and entering the room, I saw a lot of copper coins, porcelain and a picture circle on the table.

Copper coins are easy to handle, one by one to start with, when a reminder sounds in the mind, throw them directly into the warehouse of Xinshou Village.

If there is no beep, put it back on the corner of the table and ignore it.

There were more than 300 copper coins before and after, and 247 gold coupons were actually added. From this, Qin Huairu and her father also have some experience now, knowing what copper coins can win their eyes.

After looking at the 7 pieces of porcelain, Chu Xiangqian shook his head helplessly. They were all real, but unfortunately not only were they all from the braided dynasty, but none of them were good items from the Kang, Yong, and Qian dynasties.

There are even two pieces of folk kilns, and the seven pieces of porcelain only increased by 7 gold coupons.

But after thinking about it, I feel that this is normal. Unless a tomb is dug up, although there are many old things in the countryside, most of them must be things in the past few decades or 100 years.

Putting all seven pieces of porcelain into the warehouse, I picked up the painting circle, but I didn't expect that the voice of +21 gold coupons suddenly sounded in my mind.

Chu Xiangqian hurriedly spread out the circle carefully, and then took out the flashlight to look carefully.

After only looking at it for a while, Chu Xiangqian was sure that this landscape painting must have been painted by Li Keran.

And it should be left behind by Mr. Li when he was a professor of art in Beiping.

I immediately thought in my heart, would the person who took out this painting still have other paintings by Mr. Li?
The more he thought about it, the more Chu Xiangqian felt that it was possible.

It's a pity that no matter how urgent you are, there is no way for Qin Huairu to return to her mother's house at this time.

We can only wait until tomorrow morning.

Going out and laying on the deck chair under the eaves, smoking several cigarettes, this is how to calm down the restlessness in my heart.

Putting the painting in his hand into the warehouse, he couldn't help but focus on Xinshou Village.

At this time, the circle of light outside Novice Village had expanded by 58.9 meters, and there were no new wild monsters in the east, west, and south directions. However, in the woods in the north of the village, the figure of a wild boar flashed past and ran into the circle.

Originally, giving Nanguang 1095 catties of wild boar this time consumed 6 of the 5 wild boars he had stored in the warehouse before.

Only a 400-jin super wild boar was left unmoved.

I was still thinking about whether I should find a time to really go into the mountains and kill more wild boars for later use.

I didn't expect it, and I came to whatever I thought.

One sneaked into Xinshou Village, rode a red rabbit and ran to the woods in the north of the village, took out a pheasant from the storage compartment, bled it and hung it on the trunk of a birch tree one meter away.

But after waiting for more than an hour, the wild boar did not come out of the aperture.

Thinking about it carefully, Chu Xiangqian shook his head helplessly. From this point of view, the smell of blood would not attract wild boars.

Putting down the Garand rifle in his hand, he was about to go back to Xinshou Village, when suddenly there was a sound.

Chu Xiangqian looked up, and saw that the wild boar had rushed out of the light circle and rushed towards the pheasant.

Chu Xiangqian looked happy, raised the Garand rifle in his hand, and shot the wild boar in the head.

Accompanied by a "bang" gunshot, the wild boar was already running, and the wild boar weighing at least 350 catties seemed to be hit hard by something, its limbs went limp, and it fell to the ground and slid for several meters before stopping.

The voice of +100 experience points also came from my mind.

Put the wild boar in the storage compartment, and the time is almost 12 o'clock.

After waiting for a while, after killing all the spawned wild monsters, fruits, and aquatic products, Chu Xiangqian repeated his tricks and hunted a 320-jin wild boar again.

Then went to the hills to the south and tried to lure the black bear out.

It's a pity that I waited and waited, but still failed.

Cursing in his heart, Chu Xiangqian could only ride the red rabbit back to Xinshou Village, and played with Da Zhuang, Red Bull, and Xiao Maju for a while before leaving Xinshou Village to sleep.

Early the next morning, Chu Xiangqian was practicing boxing in the yard when the tit suddenly sent a warning.

Soon, from the tit's sight, I saw Qin Huairu walking hurriedly here.

Chu Qianqian glanced at his watch, it was only past 7 o'clock, and wondered to himself, could it be that the Qin family village is short of food and has reached the point where people are about to starve to death?

After a while, Qin Huairu pushed the door open, then turned around and closed the door.

Seeing Chu Qianqian standing in the yard practicing boxing, he couldn't care less, and asked eagerly, "Qianqian, how much food can I exchange for the old things I brought back yesterday?"

As soon as Chu Xiangqian heard it, he knew that his guess was right, and the owner of that landscape painting would only be willing to take out that painting if he was about to starve to death.

"How much do you want?"

Qin Huairu was taken aback, then overjoyed, he grabbed Chu Xiangqian's arm and said, "If there are 100 catties of food stamps, the village can take the food stamps and money and go to the commune to exchange for about 500 catties of sweet potatoes.

With these grains, not only a few families in the village who are dying of starvation can survive, but other people's life will not be so difficult. "

Chu Xiangqian was not reluctant to part with the 100-jin food stamp and 18 yuan.

You can exchange at least 6 catties of sweet potatoes for the first catty of white flour.

After hearing Chu Xiangqian's question, Qin Huairu couldn't help but rolled his eyes, "My lord, you really don't know the extent of the shortage of food down there.

To be able to exchange for 500 catties of sweet potatoes, it was thanks to the relationship that we were able to exchange so much from the commune. "

It was only then that Chu Xiangqian realized that most ordinary people were more reluctant to eat white noodles and rice, which meant that sweet potatoes were also in short supply.

"Wait I will", went back to the house and took out 100 catties of food coupons and 50 yuan from the storage compartment.

When he went out and handed it to Qin Huairu, he asked again, "Have you thought about how to explain the source of these 100 catties of food stamps?"

Qin Huairu nodded hurriedly, while counting the food stamps, she said, "I was in the village yesterday, so I discussed it with the village chief, my father, and my great-uncle.

Let’s just say that these food stamps were exchanged by a 30-year-old bachelor with a foreign surname in our village at the night market with the painting I brought back yesterday.

As long as nothing happens, the village decides to marry the little widow who died the year before and was driven back to the village by her parents-in-law.

To tell the truth, the little widow is still my cousin.

In case something happens, he will take it down.And you don't know, the two of them actually got married last year.

If it wasn't for my cousin's pregnancy, that Chen wouldn't be willing to take out that painting. "

As soon as Chu Xiangqian heard it, he felt relieved. The reason for his surname, marriage, only child, etc., was enough that the one surnamed Chen could only bear it.

Besides, going to the night market to exchange things is not enough to be shot.

If most people in the village pleaded for him, judging from the current situation, there is a high probability that this matter will not be resolved.

It's just hard to say when the storm comes.

Chu Xiangqian thought about the 540 catties of food stamps he had stored in the storage compartment. He wanted to take out 100 catties of food stamps and 100 yuan from his pocket again to exchange for a few more Mr. Li's paintings.

But after thinking about it, giving food stamps is not as safe as giving money.

With money, that Chen will have to go to the commune's pigeon market in the future.

As long as he goes, the 100 catties of food stamps this time will be irresistible.

(End of this chapter)