Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

After the first transaction, Wu Jing felt like he was injected with chicken blood.

The next day, he left another note for Wang Jianjun saying that he had antiques to trade.

It turns out that money is the driving force behind men's actions.

The transaction partner this time was changed. Although his ancestor was not a first-rank university scholar, he was also the prince's tutor.

The item for sale was a painting by Emperor Huizong of Song, which was priced at 300 yuan, as well as some other small items such as porcelain.

Wang Jianjun was unsure about the calligraphy and painting, but after hesitating for a moment he decided to accept it.

Fortunately, when he took it to Lu Yulin for appraisal, the old guy exclaimed that he had found a great bargain.

The seller who can buy this authentic work of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty for only three hundred yuan has a pig's brain.

Wang Jianjun doesn't care whether the other party has a pig brain or not.

Knowing you've found a bargain is more gratifying than buying the real thing.

Anyway, he would not sell such a treasure and would definitely keep it for his own collection.

Because of this, Wang Jianjun specifically asked Lu Yulin for advice on calligraphy and painting appreciation techniques.

Although it only lasts for three minutes.

In addition to helping introduce people to sell antiques, Wu Jing also has a booming grain business.

In just two days, he ordered over 100 kilograms of flour, chicken, duck, fish and meat, and said that he would probably need even more in a few days.

I can only say that they are worthy of being old folks. When they have money, they want to eat and drink well.

He would not eat any coarse grains like cornmeal, only fine grains.

But it’s better this way, the more extravagant they are, the more they earn.

These days, Wang Jianjun has been busy doing business with Wu Jing and has hardly paid any attention to his work at the factory.

Basically, I go to the factory every two days to show up and hand in some things.

Sometimes they don’t even go to report.

As long as he can bring back more things, Director Wang will cover these small matters for him.

If Wang Jianjun didn't need a legitimate job, he would have resigned long ago.

Busy times always pass quickly, and in the blink of an eye it’s the weekend again.

Early on Saturday morning, Wang Jianjun rode his bicycle to find Shen Chuxia.

I walked all the way to Shen Chuxia's house and saw from afar Shen Chuxia struggling to carry a bucket of water home.

Wang Jianjun quickly stopped the car and took the bucket, saying:

"Leave it to me. It's such a heavy bucket. Don't you know how to fill it with less?"

Seeing Wang Jianjun, Shen Chuxia felt a little happy and a little resentful.

I told him last time that I would be at home on the weekend, and I thought he would come to see me last week.

As a result, I waited at home for two days but didn't see Wang Jianjun.

Shen Chuxia felt a little nervous when she thought about how she had thought about Wang Jianjun from time to time in the past two weeks.

This feeling was something she had never experienced before.

Various thoughts flashed through my mind, but in the end I just blurted out one sentence.

"Jianjun! Why are you here?"

She didn't even notice that there was a hint of coquettishness in her tone when she said this, just like a little conflict between lovers.

It’s a pity that Wang Jianjun, who is a somewhat straight man, didn’t pay so much attention.

When he likes someone, he only knows how to be nice to that person. If he had this kind of personality in later generations, he would definitely not be liked by girls.

"I came to see you right after I finished my work."

Wang Jianjun has been very busy these days. Every day he is either buying antiques or looking for a master to appraise them.

In the past, people would just report to the factory and then go around wandering around.

But Shen Chuxia didn't know his situation.

When she heard Wang Jianjun say he was busy, she really thought that Wang Jianjun was busy from morning to night every day.

I heard that buyers usually have to go to the countryside, and it is not convenient to ride a bicycle in such a cold weather.

Thinking of this, any resentment in her heart disappeared immediately.

A man should focus on his career. The fact that he still takes time to look for me even though he is so busy shows that he has me in his heart.

Shen Chuxia was already persuading herself in her heart.

It can only be said that men and women in love have low IQs, and neither of them noticed that something seemed to be wrong.

Help Shen Chuxia carry water into her kitchen.

There were already water companies in this era, but the country's infrastructure was still incomplete and not every household had pipes.

Wang Jianjun's courtyard, for example, only had water pipes last year. And there was only one tap in the middle courtyard. Normally, everyone went to the middle courtyard to fetch water for home use.

Single-family homes like Shen Chuxia's need to go to a nearby water station to fetch water for home use.

Seeing that there was not much water in the big water tank, Wang Jianjun was reluctant to let her do this job.

"Leave it to me. You are a girl, how can you do such physical work?"

"Look at what you said. In the past, my sister and I would fetch water together and it would take less than an hour."

Wang Jianjun felt a little distressed. Shen Chuxia's sister seemed to be still a child. She started helping with housework at such a young age.

"Leave this to me in the future."

Wang Jianjun took the job upon himself without hesitation.

Shen Chuxia didn't say anything, she just felt warm in her heart. It feels so good to have someone to rely on.

While fetching water, Wang Jianjun replaced the water in her tank with filtered water from the space.

He had scanned the water quality of Sijiu City, and it was hard to describe. Anyway, Wang Jianjun basically didn't drink that water. He only drank the filtered water in the space.

After fetching water, Wang Jianjun finally had time to look around her house.

Unlike the courtyard house, her house is an old-style bungalow.

The main door faces south, the living rooms are to the north and west, and the kitchen and warehouse are to the east.

Such living conditions are far better than those of most people in Beijing, even Wang Jianjun cannot compare to them.

What exactly does Shen Chuxia's family do?

Wang Jianjun remembered that Old Man Chen said her parents were gone. Wang Jianjun was afraid of bringing up her sad story so he never asked.

Just as he was daydreaming, Shen Chuxia handed him a glass of water and said:

"Have some water. I just came back last night and didn't have time to buy you some fruit or something."

Shen Chuxia felt a little embarrassed. This was the first time Wang Jianjun came to her house, and not only did he ask him to help with the work, but he didn't even have anything to offer as a treat.

"Hey, I just brought it for you."

As Wang Jianjun spoke, he took out a bag of apples from the backpack behind him like a magic trick.

“There are apples in this season?”

"You underestimate me. I'm a buyer, so I have some connections. By the way, isn't your sister at home? I'll give her one to try."

Wang Jianjun was also somewhat curious about his future sister-in-law. Shen Chuxia said that the younger sister should be as beautiful as her elder sister.

"This girl disappeared early in the morning. She must have gone to the bookstore to read again."

Speaking of her sister, Shen Chuxia felt a little helpless.

I don’t know what’s going on, but my sister seems to have some secret and has been missing all day for the past two weeks.

And like a child who has done something wrong, his eyes are always avoiding when he looks at me.

I originally wanted to talk to her about myself and Wang Jianjun, but I haven't had the chance to bring it up until now.