Movie variety show soul travels between two worlds to become a rich man

Chapter 178: There Will Be Good Luck in the Future
Silent all night.

The next morning, Gao Dongxu was awakened by various voices, shouts and noises outside the house.

There's no way around it. This is the downside of living in a slum: it's hard to find peace and quiet, and you can't even think about sleeping in comfortably.

Especially since there lived in the courtyard a hot-tempered and unruly Sha Zhu, and a mean-spirited Xu Damao who was always at odds with Sha Zhu and always wanted to be beaten. All day long, whenever the two of them met, they would mock and belittle each other and engage in verbal battles.

Listening to the hustle and bustle in the yard outside, Gao Dongxu put on his cotton coat and lit a cigarette.

"Dongxu, you're not fully recovered yet, why are you smoking again——"

When the cigarette was almost finished, Qin Huairu pushed the door open and walked in with a big belly. Seeing him smoking, she hurried forward to take the cigarette away and stepped out.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Look, I'm not even coughing." Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

"That won't work either." Qin Huairu said with a pout.

"Okay, okay, I'll listen to you." Gao Dongxu said with a smile, took her hand, asked her to sit next to him, reached out and touched her big belly, and said softly: "The due date is almost here, you don't need to do any more heavy work..."

"It's not any heavy work, just washing clothes. However, the weather is getting colder and the water is too cold. I really can't stand it." Qin Huairu lowered her head slightly, reached out to tuck the hair on her cheek behind her ear, and said helplessly.

"I'll talk to Mom and ask her to help you."

"Forget it. I don't want to see her getting angry. I'd rather wash it myself." Qin Huairu hastily rejected Gao Dongxu's suggestion. She knew that Jia Zhangshi was two-faced.

"If it really doesn't work, call Jingru over and ask her to help you. You're about to give birth, so she can help you then." Gao Dongxu suggested with a strange light flashing in his eyes and a frown on his face.

"But, our family's food... Mom will definitely not agree. One more mouth to feed will make life even harder." Qin Huairu was tempted, but when she thought about the food problem, she shook her head and refused.

"Then don't worry. I'll go fishing these few days to see if I can make some more money and store some more food. Then, even if Jingru comes, I believe Mom won't have any objections. If she's still heartbroken, then I'll just not have any objections when I take care of you during your confinement..." Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

"We'll see when the time comes." Qin Huairu looked at Gao Dongxu helplessly but a little touched and said, "Get up and eat."

"Yeah." Gao Dongxu got dressed, washed up, and had breakfast with Qin Huairu's help.

Qin Huairu secretly cooked an egg for Gao Dongxu for breakfast today. However, Gao Dongxu only ate half of it and stuffed the other half into Qin Huairu's mouth. Qin Huairu was naturally touched and felt happy and sweet.

After breakfast, Gao Dongxu picked up his fishing rod and a water jar that Jia Zhang had found for him, filled half of it with water, tied it to the back seat of his bicycle, walked out of the courtyard, and headed straight for the Jinshui Bridge.

"Dongxu, go fishing again——"

"Well, let's try our luck—" Gao Dongxu just walked out of the courtyard when he met the three aunts. He responded with a smile, got on his bike, pushed forward, and rushed out.

Looking at Gao Dongxu's receding back, the third aunt's eyes rolled around, and finally she walked into the yard muttering to herself with a look of disdain on her face.

Gao Dongxu, riding a bicycle, did not go straight to Jinshui Bridge, but went straight to Liulichang. His main purpose of coming to the Siheyuan world this time was to get some famous calligraphy and paintings.

This time when he came to Liulichang, he did not rush to buy anything. Instead, he went from shop to shop, asking around. After finding out what good things each shop had, he evaluated them and decided which one to buy first.

It was impossible for him to buy all the good stuff at once, not to mention that he didn't have enough money. Even if he did, it would be too conspicuous and he would easily be targeted and reported. There was no other way. In this era, people's awareness was high. Any suspicious behavior that went beyond common sense would be tracked and reported and regarded as an enemy spy.

Once reported, his work injury compensation would be limited, and he would have no way to explain the source of the excess money.

To be honest, he somewhat regretted his impulsive spending in Liulichang yesterday. Fortunately, he was a newcomer and a new face in the Beijing antique industry. He should keep a low profile in the future and not attract unnecessary attention and trouble.

Finally, he decided to buy a hanging scroll of Zheng Banqiao's bamboo poems in running script, in ink on paper.

Zheng Banqiao, needless to say, was a famous calligrapher and painter in the Qing Dynasty. His paintings of orchids, bamboo, rocks, pines and chrysanthemums, and his calligraphy were all unique. His poetry, calligraphy and painting were known as the "Three Wonders".

To be honest, when Gao Dongxu saw this calligraphy by Zheng Banqiao, he almost couldn't help but pay for it. Fortunately, he restrained himself again and again and left on the pretext that he was short of money and needed to go back to raise some money.

Now, he wants to leave the image of a man obsessed with collecting, who has a job and a small amount of savings, who saves money for the sake of collecting, and who will borrow money to buy anything he likes to see for himself, to those who do business in Liulichang.

Of course, you can't buy too often. You can come here often, walk around, take a look, chat and exchange ideas, but you can't buy too frequently.

Fortunately, he is still a newcomer to the shops in Liulichang, so it is no problem for him to visit one every other day.

For sixty-five yuan, Gao Dongxu bought this hanging scroll of Zheng Banqiao's "Bamboo Branch Poems" in running script in ink on paper.

If it were brought back to modern times, it could easily be sold for two million.

With this harvest, Gao Dongxu stopped fishing and rode his bike to Jinshui Bridge, starting his road to wealth through wild fishing. Unfortunately, he didn't have the same good luck as yesterday. Near noon, he caught a small crucian carp, as long as his little finger.

When he caught the fish, its scales gleamed in the sunlight, as if mocking him.

He finally understood how accurate the saying "fishing for shrimps will starve your whole family to death" was.

Fishing for shrimps not only wastes a lot of time, but also without bait, pure wild fishing really depends entirely on luck.

Fortunately, Gao Dongxu had nothing but time and patience. Instead of going home to eat steamed buns and pickles, he would rather go outside and secretly eat various modern foods prepared in the space.

There is cola in the kettle, and the steamed bun in the hand turns into a sandwich, and then into small pieces of tomahawk beef, which are put into the mouth. While eating the delicious food, basking in the warm sun of late autumn, and fishing leisurely, it is so comfortable.

Finally, around two o'clock in the afternoon, his luck improved. The fish took the bait again and again, and he reeled in the rod. He caught many black carp and crucian carp as big as his palm and put them into the water jar on the back seat of his bicycle.

There are too many fish to eat, so of course we have to keep them first. As for the fish to be sold on the black market, they are of course prepared in the space.

As for the idea of ​​having too many fish, drying fish, salting fish, etc., that is definitely an idea that only someone with a head stuck in the door could come up with.

It’s not that the idea is bad, but it’s too hateful. It’s an act of alienating oneself from the people.

In an era when everyone was hungry and cold and supplies were scarce, if there was something good, you could eat it secretly without being discovered or seen, and that was no problem.

But not only do you not eat it behind people's backs, you also refuse to share, and even more abominable is that you want to show off. Let's not even talk about whether the fish you dry will be stolen by "wild cats", if there is a malicious person who adds some seasoning to your food, you will have no place to cry, and no one will help you...

After fishing until three o'clock in the afternoon, Gao Dongxu put away his rod with a smile, wiped his mouth, rinsed his mouth, leaving no holes, rode his bicycle, and returned home with a full load.

Gao Dongxu hung three black bass on the handlebars, greeted the neighbors along the way, and responded to them politely before returning to No. 95 Courtyard.

He carried his bicycle into the house, put it down and pushed it into the hallway, not giving the three aunts who opened the door and wanted to talk to him a chance.

When they returned to the yard, Jia Zhang and Auntie saw the three fish Gao Dongxu hung on the handlebars and asked about it.

"Haha, I'm not very lucky today. So far, I've only caught three black carp and a few very small crucian carp. I put them in a jar and will keep them there for now to see if I can grow them bigger..."

Jia Zhang was a little disappointed, but the aunt smiled and comforted her, "That's how fishing is. You just happened to catch the wave yesterday. It's already pretty good to catch three today. It's much better than Old Yan's..."

As the auntie spoke, she stretched her head to look into the jar on the back seat. Jia Zhang was so cunning that she would never let the auntie succeed. She quickly reached out to hold the mouth of the jar and said, "The rope is a little loose. Stop the car quickly and don't drop the jar on the ground..."

"Oh--" Gao Dongxu hurriedly pushed the bike to the door of his house, set up the bicycle, untied the rope from the back seat, and walked into the house holding the jar.

At this time, Qin Huairu and Xiaodang, who heard the sound, ran out from the inner room.

"Dad, you caught fish again? That's great, we can eat fish again..." Undoubtedly, the happiest person was Xiaodang. This child was born during a famine year, so he really didn't have any good food to eat.

Perhaps this is also why in the original plot, only Xiaodang regarded Sha Zhu as a benefactor and became the most grateful one, because Xiaodang knew that without Sha Zhu, their whole family would have to eat coarse food and live a hard life, so how could they eat greasy meals all day long.

"Mom, close the door - wife, go get a big basin..." Gao Dongxu first signaled Xiaodang not to make a sound, then asked Jia Zhang to close the door and asked Qin Huairu to get the basin.

Soon, the door was closed and the basin was brought. Gao Dongxu smiled and poured the water and fish in the jar into the basin.

Looking at the eight lively palm-sized fish and three tiny crucian carp in the basin, Xiaodang opened his eyes wide and was about to cheer when Jia Zhang covered his mouth and whispered, "Don't shout—"

Qin Huairu was filled with surprise. She looked at Gao Dongxu with admiration and said, "Dongxu, you are amazing! When did you become so good at fishing..."

"Haha, this is what I mean by 'those who survive a great disaster will be blessed in the future.' Don't worry, our family's life will only get better and better." Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

"My son is really capable, God bless him..." Jia Zhang said proudly.

"Okay, grab two more black carp from the basin and steam them together with these three. We'll eat them tonight. I have a use for the rest." Gao Dongxu said.

"Okay." Qin Huairu said with a happy smile on her face.

"Son, come into the house and have some rest..." Jia Zhang said with a proud smile to Gao Dongxu with concern.

"No need. I have to go out later and go to the scrap collection station to see if I can find something useful to use for raising fish." Gao Dongxu said with a smile.

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