Siheyuan: Struggle Begins in the 1950s

Wang Jianjun took out a pack of Daqianmen and handed it over, smiling.

"Master, you have good eyesight. How did you know I'm a buyer?"

The old man was not polite and went straight to the other side. He looked at the cigarette with some disdain and put it on his ear, saying casually:

"The bamboo basket on the back of your bicycle is not just for decoration. Which factory are you from?"

"I'm from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill. I just happened to be passing by here on my way to the countryside to make some purchases."

"The way out of the city isn't in this direction. Are you sure you just happened to pass by?"

Wang Jianjun smiled awkwardly and said:

"Master, I don't tell you what I know. I won't hide it from you. I just want to ask you who that girl was yesterday."

"Which girl?"

"She was the one who walked past me yesterday. She was very fair and beautiful."

"Oh, you mean her."

"Yes, yes, yes! Sir, do you know him?"

"do not know."

Wang Jianjun was speechless. What are you talking about if you don’t know me?

The old man looked at Wang Jianjun's distressed expression and said cheerfully:

"Kid, stop thinking about those things and go to work."

Wang Jianjun was helpless. It was the first time he had been humiliated by someone after traveling through time for so long.

He also guessed that the old man knew the girl, but there was nothing he could do if the other party didn't tell him.

"If you don't want to tell me, forget it. I will come here every day and I don't believe I won't run into her."

Having said that, he got on his bike and left.

The old man happily sat back in his rocking chair and said to himself:

"The girl is on holiday and going home, you can't expect to see anything if you come here every day.

Red Star Steel Mill. If I remember correctly, it seems to be managed by Lao Liu. Forget it, I'll go visit him when I have time."

Since he didn't meet the person he wanted to meet, Wang Jianjun simply focused on his work.

Wang Jianjun moved the coordinates of the courtyard to this area. He planned to pass by here every time he went home. He didn't believe that he would meet the girl again.

These two days, he and Director Wang asked for a letter of introduction to go to Haidian District, preparing to get some Jingxi rice to plant.

He was tired of eating steamed buns, and as a southerner, rice was more to his taste.

After riding his bicycle out of the city and arriving in the suburbs, Wang Jianjun put the bicycle into the space and took out a donkey from the space.

The donkey we bought before is already an adult.

After being fed in the space, these donkeys are all strong and healthy.

Wang Jianjun selected the strongest gray donkey from among the donkeys and named it Luda. He put a bridle on it and after a period of training, it can now be ridden.

As for horses, we need to wait for a while, as their growth cycle is longer than that of donkeys.

Wang Jianjun climbed onto the donkey, picked up a small whip and whipped it lightly, and the donkey walked forward with big strides.

The roads in the countryside are not as smooth as those in the city. When encountering bad road conditions, bicycles can only be pushed. This is when the convenience of livestock is shown.

Sitting on a donkey is not only stable but also requires no effort. It is much easier than riding a bicycle.

It took us several hours to reach our destination, Shangzhuang Town, by asking people along the way.

Along the way, there are familiar paddy fields and rice seedlings on the roadside.

Because of the abundant rainfall, this place is very suitable for growing rice.

Wang Jianjun asked a villager and found out that this was Nantai Village (made up by the author).

"Fellow countryman, when is the rice harvest?"

"It's October. It's only been a short while since the green leaves appeared."

Rice is harvested once a year in the north and has a long growing cycle, but it tastes better than rice harvested twice or three times a year in the south.

Although it is not yet the harvest season, most villagers still have last year's rice at home.

As long as the unhulled rice is stored properly, it can be kept for a few years.

After showing the purchase certificate to the militia at the entrance of the village, Wang Jianjun rode his donkey into the village.

Many children who were catching cicadas at the entrance of the village gathered around when they saw someone riding a donkey.

Wang Jianjun grabbed a handful of candies from the space and distributed them to the children. The children happily grabbed the candies and thanked him. They were much more sensible than Banggeng.

Wang Jianjun was walking towards the village with his donkey when he met a group of villagers gathered together.

With his sharp eyes, he saw a cow kneeling on the ground from afar.

Out of curiosity, Wang Jianjun approached the crowd to see what was happening.

I saw that the cow had some bald hair, red eyes and looked very thin, obviously sick.

There was a man who looked like a veterinarian examining the cow.

The owner of the cow who was leading the cow to the veterinarian for a long time could not help but ask:

"Doctor Cui, what's wrong with my cow? The injection you gave it last time didn't work, and its fever didn't go down. It keeps crying in the cowshed at night, and doesn't like to eat grass and can only drink water. If it continues like this, it will starve to death!"

The veterinarian looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. He could only sigh and say:

"Uncle Can, I have already used all the available medicines. There is nothing I can do now."

When the owner of the cattle heard this, he said bitterly:

"Hurry up, doctor. This cow of mine has only given birth once. It would be such a pity if this can't be cured."

The doctor said helplessly:

"Take my advice, send it to the slaughterhouse early and sell the meat to recover the loss. If it dies, you will lose a lot."

The people around looked at the cow with pity.

Cows are important assets for rural people and an indispensable labor force.

Cows are even more precious because they can both work and reproduce.

Wang Jianjun also understood that the cow must be sick and it looked like it could not be cured and had to be sent to the slaughterhouse.

Looking at the cow, Wang Jianjun began to think.

Although I don’t know what disease this cow has.

But basically it is either bacterial or viral infection.

Relying on its own space scanning ability, bacteria and viruses can be easily eliminated. If you take good care of it for a period of time, it will be full of life.

Thinking of this, Wang Jianjun felt a surge of heat in his heart.

He was determined to catch this cow no matter what.

Thinking of this, Wang Jianjun pushed through the crowd and said to the owner of the cow:

"Uncle, I think your cow is almost done, why don't you sell it to me?"

The owner of the cow looked at Wang Jianjun curiously and asked:

"Who are you, young man?"

Wang Jianjun directly took out his work ID and explained:

"Don't worry, sir. I'm a buyer for the steel mill in the city. I'm here to buy supplies for the factory. Selling this cow to me is like selling it to a public institution."

When the owner of the cow heard this, he was also interested.

The village veterinarian just said that this cow basically cannot be cured and can only be sent to the meat processing plant to be slaughtered and sold for meat.

If the price is right.

Rather than selling it to a slaughterhouse, it would be better to sell it directly to the person in front of me.

Not only is it time-consuming and troublesome to transport the animals to the meat processing plant, but an additional slaughtering fee is also required.

"How much can you offer, young man?"

Wang Jianjun also understood the market conditions.

For example, if we take live cattle to the meat processing plant, they charge 25 cents per pound.

A cow weighs about 800 to 1,000 kilograms.

In this way, a cow can be sold for more than two hundred yuan.

"Uncle, the price of a normal cow at the meat processing plant is 25 cents. Your cow is sick and thin, so there is not much meat. I'll give you 24 cents, what do you think?"