Siheyuan starts with killing pigs

Chapter 273 Renting a House in a Commune

"Mom, it's five pounds and three taels in total! How much do you sell for it?" Wang Hu said after weighing the mushrooms. Because the mushrooms are cheap, one cent a pound, he really couldn't change the change.

"Then I'll sell five kilograms, and I'll dry the rest and sell them next time!" The old woman said after hearing this and using Wang Hu's scale to weigh three taels of mushrooms.

"Okay, here are the five cents. Take it!" Wang Hu smiled and handed over the five cents. He also collected the five kilograms of mushrooms and put them in two bamboo baskets tied to the back seat. basket.

This bamboo basket was bought by Wang Hu at the market in the commune, and it didn't cost a dime each.

After Wang Hu sent the old lady away, a chestnut seller came again after a while. After Wang Hu collected the chestnuts, no one else came!

"I'm convinced too. No wonder there was a meeting yesterday where a purchase amount of 20 yuan was arranged for three days. So many people were dissatisfied. This village only received such a small amount of things, and there wasn't even a meat seller. It seems that this job is really not good. That's great!" Wang Hu looked at it and saw that he had waited for so long to get such a few things. He couldn't help but smile and shook his head.

However, when Wang Hu came this time, he just knew the way, collected things and hunted rabbits. He was also idle and just happened to be familiar with the process, so Wang Hu was not angry at all. He then rode his bicycle towards another nearby village. Ride over.

After passing through the villages one by one, Wang Hu also harvested more or less, but there was no meaty one. Wang Hu collected some mountain products such as mushrooms and chestnuts. After filling the two bamboo baskets, he stopped collecting them. These things are gone.

The large quantities are not valuable, and the factory also has proportion requirements. It is difficult for Wang Hu to collect too much, so he went to other villages again and asked the captain to shout, saying that he would only collect poultry, various eggs, pheasants and rabbits. Something fishy like that.

In this way, Wang Hu almost visited the Air Force. After visiting several villages, he met a man who was selling dead pheasants. He shot them to death with a bow and arrow, but it was not surprising. After all, not everyone can catch them like Wang Hu. Live pheasant and hare. When Wang Hu smelled the pheasant, it had changed a bit. He immediately confiscated it with disgust on his face.

"Young man, young man, wait a minute, I want to ask if I can exchange eggs for food stamps? I want to exchange one pound of eggs for three pounds of food stamps! I know that all of you who work have food stamps, and I don't have enough food at home. I really have no choice!"

Just when Wang Hu was about to leave, an aunt in her forties or fifties came over, pulled Wang Hu and whispered.

"Good guy, this aunt is really good at settling accounts! This pound of food stamps is sold on the black market for 2 cents. This pound of eggs is exchanged for three pounds of food stamps, which means that one pound of eggs is sold for 6 cents. This is all my purchase price. Twice!" Wang Hu thought speechlessly after hearing this.

"Auntie, we only have more than 30 kilograms of food stamps a month, and we have a family to feed. We don't even have enough to eat. How can we have extra food stamps to exchange for you!" Wang Hu couldn't help but smile bitterly after hearing this.

"Young man, please do a good job and exchange some with me! Someone in my family is sick, so we can't drink wild vegetable porridge every day like us!" The aunt immediately begged after hearing this.

"Auntie, don't even think about food stamps. I really don't have any. Your family is really short of food. I will exchange a pound of chestnuts with you. How about exchanging one pound of eggs for three pounds of chestnuts?" Wang Hu laughed after hearing this. He smiled and patted the chestnuts in the frame and said.

"Forget it, this young man is dishonest. How much is this chestnut worth? You exchange three kilograms of chestnuts for one kilogram of eggs? Don't think I don't know that these chestnuts were picked or beaten in the mountains!" The aunt listened. After that, his expression immediately changed and he said.

"Auntie, you were the first to say that there was no food at home. Didn't you also need to buy food when you exchanged food stamps? Don't these chestnuts count as food?"

"Also, I don't know if these chestnuts were beaten in the mountains. Anyway, I bought them with real money. I kindly exchanged them with you. Can you tell me why I am not honest? Or is it that your family is not short of food at all? ?" Wang Hu couldn't help but restrain his smile after hearing this, and asked her with a straight face.

"Forget it, forget it, I won't change the head office!" After hearing Wang Hu's words, the aunt seemed to have been exposed by Wang Hu. She turned away with the basket. "Alas! There are really all kinds of people who want to take advantage of me, but in the end they say I'm dishonest!" Wang Hu shook his head helplessly after seeing the other party leave.

Wang Hu then thought that he still owed his family a chicken, so he asked a few households that raised chickens in the village behind. Wang Hu bought an old hen that was laying eggs from a family for 2.5 yuan, and prepared it for him. Go back and give it back to grandma, so that the mouths of the boss and the second son's family can be silenced.

Then Wang Hu looked at the time and saw that it was already noon. He was a little hungry, so he simply stopped wandering and rode back. On the way back, Wang Hu began to think about where to store his things.

Let's keep it at Tao Yong's house. I'm not that familiar with Tao Yong's real face. Let's keep it at my own house. I'm afraid that the old man and the second son's house will take things secretly. Then they won't be angry enough and make a fuss.

"Forget it, why not just rent a house in the commune and go to the commune every day to sell fish and hares. In addition, you will also have to go to the countryside to purchase supplies in the future. You will always need a transfer station!"

Thinking of this, Wang Hu put his things home and stuffed the newly bought old hens into the chicken coop, then rode his bike to the commune again, first to eat and second to think about renting a house in the commune.

In the past, if I had no identity, no one would be willing to rent a house to me, but now that I have a work permit, renting a house is much easier.

Wang Hu first went to the commune restaurant to have a big meal, and then he walked around the residential area. When he saw a house with an open door or met a resident in the residential area, he asked if there was anyone nearby who was willing to rent a house.

Wang Hu asked several households and found that there were quite a few houses that were willing to rent. After all, the commune also had several factories. Some of the employees in the factories were not from the local area, so they naturally needed to rent houses.

Therefore, many commune residents are willing to rent out their idle houses in exchange for some money. After Wang Hu asked for the addresses of three nearby houses for rent, he expressed his gratitude.

Then he searched for it according to the address. Wang Hu went to the first one to see if it was okay. The other party rented out a small room in the yard, which meant that Wang Hu wanted to live in the same yard with the other party.

Wang Hu saw that the family was as shrewd as Yan Bugui, and he knew that people like this wanted to take advantage of you every day, and living together would inevitably cause trouble.

Wang Hu also visited the second house, and the other house also rented out the spare room in the yard. Wang Hu thought he had many secrets and wanted to rent a house with a separate house, so he also declined.

"Is anyone home?" Wang Hu came to the third door and knocked on the door and asked.

"What do you want, little comrade?" After the door opened, a pretty, slender woman half-opened the door and asked warily.

"Hello, I want to rent a house. I heard that your family has a house for rent, so I came to take a look!" Wang Hu said with a smile.

(End of this chapter)