Siheyuan: A Very Happy Era

Chapter 22: Auspicious Snow Heralds a Good Harvest (Long Chapter, Please Read)
"Fuck, why are you firing a gun?"

When everyone around him was like an ant on hot pot, Li Guoqiang had a stern expression on his face and pressed his body tightly against the nearest wall, for fear of being knocked away by accident.

Nowadays, the whole alley is filled with people running around frantically. With only the light from a flashlight, it is impossible to see the surrounding situation clearly in time. It is easy to bump into others, or be bumped by others.

Therefore, even if he didn't want to stay behind to scavenge for rewards, he couldn't run around at this time. Staying close to the wall was the best option.

At the same time, he was also shocked by the intensity of the crackdown on the black market.

You know, generally speaking, there are some big shots behind the black market organizers. Even if they encounter some surprise inspections, it is basically just a lot of noise but little action.

However, this time, even a fool could realize that the situation was serious from the two gunshots.

Otherwise, the entire black market scene would not have suddenly become so chaotic.

Those black market organizers, far from stepping out to stabilize people's hearts and expand their reputation as they did in the past, are now running faster than ordinary buyers, as if they could have more legs.

However, this would also be a good deal for Li Guoqiang.

If the situation wasn't serious and those black market organizers hadn't rushed out, how could so many supplies have been abandoned at the scene?

For example, the stall owner who was setting up a stall in front of Li Guoqiang just threw down a large bag of soybeans, which was estimated to be at least 60 to 70 kilograms. No one knew which tofu shop he secretly got it from.

Apart from anything else, according to the current price of soybeans at 1 cent per pound at the supply and marketing cooperative, this big bag of soybeans is worth at least six or seven yuan.

What's more, this is on the black market, and considering the value of the ticket, the price must be at least 3 cents per pound.

As a result, its actual value suddenly soared to nearly 20 yuan, which is equivalent to one month's salary of an ordinary apprentice.

Li Guoqiang had been concentrating on paying attention to the movements around him. When he faintly heard bursts of shouting and pleas for mercy coming from the end of the alley and from the branching paths in the alley, he knew that his chance had finally come.

The next moment, he pounced towards the bag of soybeans in front of him like a sharp arrow, then reached out and quickly picked up the bag. When the message from Father Jin activating the extra ten times the harvest came to his mind, he immediately put the bag down.

Then, without wasting any time to catch his breath, he hurriedly used the light from the flashlight tied to his arm to rush towards the dozen or so places he had already memorized in his mind, while also keeping an eye out for supplies discarded along the way.

He knew that those people who were running away in all directions could only buy him about fifteen minutes at most. Once this time was exceeded, those who were responsible for cracking down on the black market would most likely enter the alley and complete the final step of the operation to close the net.

If he is caught, even if he does not sell or buy things on the black market, he will still be locked up and criticized and educated for a period of time.

He doesn't want to be like Zhuge Kongming, who failed halfway through his business. There are still plenty of good times waiting for him in the future!

Perhaps he acted quickly enough, or perhaps he was lucky enough, but after he ran back and forth in the alley and searched the dozen or so stalls that were making a lot of money and the nearly 100-meter-long alley, the noise coming from outside just subsided a little.

So, he didn't even bother to check his harvest. He gritted his teeth, held on to his exhausted body, and ran quickly to the back of the large warehouse that he had chosen earlier.

Then, he thought about it, and a ladder appeared out of thin air on the back eaves.

At this time, he didn't dare to turn on the flashlight anymore, and could only use his hands and feet to grab the ladder and climb up quickly.

Soon, he successfully stood on the eaves, then gathered all his strength and pulled the ladder up.

While pulling, he kept climbing towards the roof.

Fortunately, the construction quality of this large warehouse is good enough, so it can withstand his efforts.

After the ladder was pulled to the other side of the roof and placed in place, he quickly lay down next to the ladder.

At this point, unless someone climbed up to search, or used a helicopter to search with a searchlight, it would be impossible to find him.

Just as he was trying his best to control his breathing rhythm and silently enduring the soreness and weakness coming from all parts of his body, suddenly, he felt a slight coolness on his cheek, and then he saw a dense array of small black shadows falling on his face, which immediately made the corners of his mouth curl up into a happy smile.

He could never have imagined that the first snow in the city this year would choose to fall at this time.

With the snow covering up the traces, he no longer had to worry at all.

By the way, does this count as a sign of a good harvest?
Thinking of this proverb, he immediately decided to take advantage of this good opportunity and claim all the rewards he had earned.

As soon as he thought about it, Father Jin immediately distributed to him all the extra tenfold gains that he had accumulated. A faint warm current instantly surged through his body, slowly restoring some strength to his originally sore and weak limbs.

However, at this time, he had no time to check the changes in his personal attribute points, but instead focused all his attention on the storage space.

At this time, in the storage space, in addition to the ten bags of 76 kilograms of soybeans harvested at the beginning, there were also a large number of various supplies, which instantly made him happy.

Soon after, through the item statistics list in the personal attribute panel, he also had a more intuitive understanding of this time's gains.

The main achievements are as follows:
大豆760斤；大米330斤；小米140斤；小麦面粉1180斤；花生米220斤；白糖90斤；红糖40斤；花生油190斤；食盐300斤；鸡蛋410个；老母鸡30只；老母鸭20只；大公鸡50只；大公鸭40只；兔子30只；狗肉70斤；羊肉50斤；羊杂180斤；驴肉130斤；猪肉120斤；猪下水170斤；猪头80斤；猪骨头230斤；
另外包括在他身上藏着的，还有着11块女士瑞士镶钻手表；21把手电筒；11副近视眼镜；11根大黄鱼；11份有着一样编号的37块6毛8分钱；11只老翡翠玉扳指；等杂七杂八的一些东西。

I don't know who was the unlucky one who dropped these things on the ground, so he put them in his pocket and used them to swipe the reward.

Except for the watch, the flashlight, the big yellow croaker, the old jade ring and 37 yuan, the other things in it are of no use at all.

After all, no one in his family is nearsighted, and he can't spend money with the same number.

Although he now only has the 3 cents he got from Li Guofu in his pocket, as a Chinese citizen with a conscience and a time traveler with the protection of his father Jin, there are some too low things that he absolutely cannot do.

What's more, for him, money is not the most important thing. The necessities of life such as rice, flour, grain, oil, meat and eggs are the most important.

With these daily necessities, he would not have to worry about going hungry or not getting enough nutrition for at least the next year or so. Just as he was about to check the changes in his personal attribute points, he suddenly heard the sound of a car engine and saw bright lights swaying in the night.

In an instant, he realized that those who came to crack down on the black market had already entered the alley to close the net, and this car was driven in specifically to load and transport the discarded supplies.

Realizing that the most dangerous moment was just around the corner, his heart suddenly shuddered, and then he hurriedly tried to slow down his breathing and try not to make any noise.

As the sound of the car engine got closer, his body became more tense and his heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably.

Although he knew that the possibility of being discovered was very small, he couldn't calm down completely when he thought of the two gunshots before.

As the saying goes, one should be prepared for anything that happens, and when people face some unknown things, they will always feel a little scared, not to mention that what he is facing now is the dark muzzle of a gun with deadly power.

If he had not gone through many years of social training in his previous life and had not had a good psychological quality, he might not be able to withstand the mental pressure.

Before long, the sound of the car engine faded into the distance.

Just when he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and opened his mouth to breathe deeply, he suddenly found that his face and body were covered with a layer of snowflakes without him noticing.

Even some snowflakes had been melted into snow water by his hot breath, and then seeped under his collar, making him shiver with cold.

Fortunately, the reward given by Jin Die had improved his physical condition, otherwise he would have caught a cold.

In order to avoid following in the footsteps of his predecessor, he first carefully sensed the movements around him. After discovering that those people had really left, he immediately sat up and carefully cleaned the snowflakes off his face and body.

Then, he slowly stood up again and looked around, wanting to confirm again whether those people had left.

It is very simple to confirm. You just need to look around a few miles to see if there is any sudden movement or light.

Not long after, after confirming again and again that there was no problem, he slowly moved to the eaves, took out a ladder from the storage space and placed it next to the eaves, then quickly walked down holding the ladder.

Then, without paying any attention to the ladder, he immediately identified the direction he came from and hurried away.

Soon, he groped his way out of the black market by relying on the terrain he remembered in his mind.

And the string that had been tense in his mind was finally able to relax completely.

It’s not easy!

Looking back on this trip to the black market, although it seemed quite simple, in fact, if he was not careful at all, there was a high possibility that he would not be able to come back.

Fortunately, the goddess of luck was on his side, and he finally achieved a very satisfactory result.

Next, he just needs to practice the health-preserving breathing method and the True Five Animals Exercises with all his strength to improve his physical fitness as much as possible.

Another thing, of course, is to spend more time with his family.

At this moment, he was eager to go home, so he hurriedly took out the flashlight he had picked up before from the pocket of his cotton-padded jacket, turned it on to illuminate the road, so as to avoid accidentally falling on the way home.

However, after he took a few steps, he suddenly felt that he had stepped on something thick.

He was slightly stunned, then he quickly squatted down to dig out the thing from the snow, and found that it was a small drawstring cloth bag.

The things in the cloth bag instantly gave him a pleasant surprise.

Originally, he was thinking that before going to the countryside, he would have to find someone to exchange some food coupons, meat coupons, cloth coupons, oil coupons, industrial coupons, etc., so that he could deal with emergencies in the countryside.

But he didn't expect to pick up so many tickets on the road.

As the time and place were not suitable, he took a quick look at the small stack of tickets in the cloth bag, stuffed the bag into his arms, and rushed towards the courtyard without daring to stop for a moment.

Nowadays, basically all tickets are hard currency, and there are at least fifty or sixty tickets in the cloth bag. It is estimated that some powerful ticket scalper accidentally lost them while escaping.

Those who dare to engage in the ticket scalping business are usually either big shots or desperate criminals, all of whom are tough guys who are not easy to mess with.

He doesn't want to be targeted by these ruthless people.

Fortunately, those who were cracking down on the black market had just left not long ago. Even if the ticket scalper was not caught, they did not dare to come back to check the situation so quickly, giving him enough time to take away this unexpected gain quietly.

As for the hundreds of extra tickets in the storage space, because they were numbered, they were basically useless, just like the money collected before.

He did not feel disappointed about this, and even used it to remind himself not to relax his requirements on himself just because he had a rich father. At least he should not indulge too much in material enjoyment and become a slave to money.

Compared with using Jin Die to obtain various kinds of wealth, he would rather use Jin Die to improve his qualities and abilities in all aspects, and then use his life time to do more meaningful things.

Just like those goals he had set before, he would complete them one by one.

At this time, he had initially achieved his first goal, ensuring that he had enough food to eat every day.

The sense of accomplishment in achieving his goal made him feel very enjoyable and satisfied, and also made him full of confidence in the future.

However, when he returned to the courtyard with a smug look on his face and was about to walk up the steps to the gate, he suddenly bumped into a figure who was walking out in a hurry. He was knocked back a few steps and then fell to the ground.

(End of this chapter)