1959Siheyuan, a Turnaround

Li Weiguo couldn't take out all the coarse-grain flour at once today. He remembered that he still had 32 kilograms of corn flour collected from his second grandfather's house.

He found an old lady in the crowd and asked her to sell the 32 kilograms of corn flour to his second uncle in exchange for a kilogram of potatoes.

When the old lady heard that the reward was a pound of potatoes, she immediately agreed.

"Grandma, you can sell these 32 kilograms of corn flour for 30 yuan. I will be waiting for you not far away. I will definitely give you the potatoes!"

"Young man, don't worry, I will do this beautifully!"

Li Weiguo saw that she was very strong despite her age. She carried 32 kilograms of corn flour without any effort. He thought that this old lady must be used to doing farm work like his grandmother.

She came to the Pigeon Market to exchange things at such an old age, so her family must be in trouble. Thinking of this, Li Weiguo decided to give the old lady a few more potatoes. It was a kind of fate that they met in such a vast crowd of people.

In the distance, the second uncle and the old lady were doing a smooth transaction, and soon the old lady came over with 30 yuan.

"Here's the money, young man. Count it carefully and make sure every penny counts!"

Li Weiguo naturally knew that the old lady would not lie to him: "Grandma, I believe you! Here are the potatoes I gave you!"

After saying that, he handed over a few potatoes that he had prepared!

"These potatoes are not small. Two of them make up one pound. You gave me too much, young man!"

"Thank you for your help today, grandma. That's all. Bye!"

Before the old lady could react, Li Weiguo took the basket and left.

"Good man!"

After Li Weiguo left, the old lady wiped her tears, put a few potatoes tightly in her clothes pocket, and then disappeared in the distance.

When Li Weiguo found his second uncle with the things in his hand, his second uncle was still happy about having just bought more than 30 kilograms of corn flour.

"Uncle, let's go! I also bought a lot of whole grain noodles, let's go back to the donkey cart!"

"well····"

When Li Dahe heard about multi-grain noodles, he was stunned at first, and then he became happy. Multi-grain noodles are much more delicious than corn noodles, and at least they don’t irritate the throat!

After the two men walked out of Pigeon City, Li Dahe excitedly looked at what Li Weiguo had exchanged.

"How come this multi-grain flour is so fine and fermented? It must be delicious when used to make steamed buns! Oh! Weiguo, you also bought peanuts, pheasant eggs and wild mushrooms. You are so lucky!"

Li Dajiang was delighted when he saw what the uncle and nephew brought back: "Great! With these things, our parents can eat better!"

"Dahe, hurry up and drive us back, and you can also hurry back to the village before it gets dark!"

"Okay big brother!"

It is convenient to have a donkey cart. It only took more than ten minutes to get from Pigeon Market to No. 95 Nanluoguxiang.

When they arrived at the gate, Li Dajiang sorted the things on the donkey cart again.

They took all the corn flour back home and only took out half of the coarse grain flour to eat at home. Because there were still some pheasant eggs in the village, they kept them all, and half of the peanuts were also kept.

There were plenty of wild mushrooms in the village, and they all stayed.

"Brother still has 100 yuan left from selling the game. Take it all! When I came here, mother told me to give the money to you and sister-in-law!"

Li Dahe handed over the remaining ten brand new bills in his hand.

"How can this be possible? Let my parents take it! We have money!" Li Dajiang kept refusing and was determined not to accept it.

"Brother, this is what mother ordered. If I don't do as she said, I will be scolded when I go back!"

Li Dahe looked even more embarrassed. If he took the money back, his mother would kick him out of the house.

"Dad, grandma did tell my second uncle to do this. Why don't you just take it first? Besides, it won't be long before my second uncle and his family come to the city. Then there will be more places to spend money. You can just give it to them!"

"Brother, what Weiguo said makes sense. You should take the money first! I have to leave quickly!"

"Second brother, drive slowly and don't forget to report back the day after tomorrow!"

"understood!"

Li Dahe waved the whip in his hand and walked towards Deshengmen.

After a busy day, Li Dajiang returned home and sat on the bench before he came to his senses.

It's only been a few days, and the Li family has already recovered? Why does it feel so unreal?

We have whole grain noodles at home, 20 kilograms of meat, and one hundred yuan...

Looking at the four brothers playing nearby, Li Dajiang burst into laughter.

"Haha... I, Li Dajiang, have a successor in hunting. The hard days of the Li family are finally over!"

In the evening, the steel mill went off work.

The first and second uncles, Jia Dongxu, He Yuzhu, Wang Guifang and other workers in the courtyard came back from get off work one after another.

The third uncle Yan Bugui was still standing guard at the gate as usual, acting as the door god of his compound.

Anyone who came into the yard would greet him and say, "Uncle, are you watering the flowers?"

The three uncles would always smile and say: "It's time to get off work!"

If one day I enter the compound and don’t see the third uncle, that would be really abnormal!

He Yuzhu walked in happily, carrying two lunch boxes in his hands, just like usual.

As usual, he said something to the third uncle and went straight to the Li family.

Seeing Sha Zhu's unusual behavior, Jia Dongxu asked curiously, "Sha Zhu, why are you carrying two lunch boxes to the Li family?"

His focus was on the two lunch boxes, not why Sha Zhu went to Li's house!

His family was thinking of using Sha Zhu's two lunch boxes to improve the family's meals!

If Sha Zhu went to the Li family, the lunch box that belonged to his family would fall into the hands of the Li family. How could that be possible!

"Nothing, Brother Li wants to discuss something with me, you guys go first and don't wait for me!"

After saying that, he swaggered into the Li family carrying two lunch boxes.

Jia Dongxu looked at Sha Zhu's back and was so angry. Damn Sha Zhu, those two lunch boxes belong to him, they belong to him!

He was so angry that he almost roared out loud. If his master hadn't been right in front of him, he would have definitely scolded Sha Zhu harshly.

Damn Shazhu, you stupid Shazhu, you deserve to be treated as a fool by others!

But Sha Zhu had no idea that Jia Dongxu was cursing him like this in his heart.

He walked into the Li family's house with a smile and said to Li Dajiang and his wife, "Brother Li, sister-in-law, I brought the seasonings here. Where's the wild boar meat? It needs to be cooked properly. I'll start preparing it now!"

"I've prepared it for you a long time ago! The wild boar meat was pickled with salt at home for a few days, and I asked Weiguo to soak it when I came back. Zhuzi, go and take a look!"

"Brother Li is the best. I'll cook for you guys, just take care of it! Weimin, go to the front yard and call Yu Shui over. Otherwise, she won't know I'm here and will be worried!"

"Just rest assured, Zhuzi. It will rain when we eat at your house. Go now!"

As soon as Wang Guifang entered the house, she heard Li Dajiang telling her what happened today. She was happier than anyone else that her son had made great progress.

If the child's second uncle can really become a regular employee, wouldn't the pressure on her family be reduced by half?

Thinking of this, Wang Guifang’s smile never stopped!