Siheyuan: Traveling through three years to gain the power of a palm

So he was not in a hurry at all. Now he was only thinking about how to avenge Xu Damao for stabbing him.

After Xu Damao returned home, he took the mountain products to give to Jiang Fan. Xu's mother wanted to stop him, but Xu Wude not only agreed, but also gave some extra.

"Old man, what are you doing? Why are you giving me more?" Xu's mother said with some distress when she saw Xu Damao leaving. It would be fine at other times, but now the ration has been reduced.

"That's just a woman's opinion! Did Jiang Fan instruct us to hoard this food? It's only natural that we should give some to them.

Besides, don't forget, it was Jiang Fan who told Damao to see a doctor, otherwise our Xu family would be extinct."

Xu Wude reminded his wife, and then Xu's mother understood.

"Also, after Damao gets married, we definitely won't live in this courtyard anymore. Damao will need someone to protect him then. That guy Yan Bugui is unreliable. It has to be someone from the Jiang family."

Xu Wude saw it clearly. If he married Lou Xiao'e, he would definitely not be able to live with his son. He had also experienced the conflict between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the past.

Moreover, he knew Xu Damao very well. If he had not been with Jiang Fan for some time, how could he have been able to outsmart the people in the yard.

Besides, he had seen that Jiang Fan was a capable man and wanted to deepen the relationship between the two families. He and Jiang Daniu didn't have much friendship, but the relationship between their children was good.

Xu Xin also went to high school, in the same school as Jiang Yang and Jiang Yue. Who knows, in the future...

Xu Wood smoked a cigarette and stroked his beard.

Xu Damao came to Jiang's house with some things in his hands, and Jiang Fan was waiting there.

After taking the things, Jiang Fan asked, "Does your family still need to buy some food? If so, let's go out together tonight."

"Okay, wait for me tonight."

Xu Damao agreed without hesitation.

Chapter 89 Buying Food on the Black Market

The Jiang family also needs to buy food. It’s not that Jiang Fan hasn’t prepared enough, but that this is necessary.

Jiang Daniu's family all had urban hukou (household registration) and enough food to eat, but Jiang Erniu's family did not. Only Jiang Erniu and Jiang Dalei had urban hukou.

There are still three gaps. Especially at Jiang Yang and Jiang Yue's age, when they are growing up, they can't afford to lack food.

The hundreds of thousands of kilograms of food in Jiang Fan's space are definitely enough to last him until he dies, but he has to find a way out. Normal trading is impossible, so he can only go to the pigeon market or the black market.

A trip to the black market can find the source of food.

Don’t worry about who I bought it from. It either appeared out of thin air or I bought it.

Who sold it? It's none of your business!

As for reporting?

Honestly, who hasn't bought something at the black market these days? If this were to be investigated, ordinary people would have a hard time. Do you really think the police don't know the address of the black market?

Unless you are unlucky and get caught during the transaction, the police will not care even if you run away.

Especially in the next few years, I can't really force people to death. That won't do...

Therefore, few people report daily necessities such as food bought on the black market. Everyone has a wedding or funeral, and if you want to hold a better one, the daily necessities are not enough.

Only some large objects that are difficult to obtain are likely to cause trouble.

late at night.

The usually quiet city of Sijiu was bustling with activity today. The news of the ration reduction had been released today, and with so many people in Sijiu City, many families were running low on food.

So today's black market is particularly lively and very safe.

From Courtyard No. 95, waves of people went out. As soon as one person left, someone else followed, but no one knew each other.

Almost all of Jiang Fan's family members went out, leaving only Jiang Ping'an at home. This was only because Jiang Fan tried hard to persuade him to stay.

Xu Damao and his son also followed.

When they arrived at the black market, they split into three groups: Jiang Erniu and his son, Xu Damao and his son, and Jiang Fan and his son.

Jiang Fan was wandering around the black market. There were a lot of people there and the price of food had also gone up, but the increase was not high at the moment.

Jiang Fan saw several familiar figures in the crowd, most likely Yi Zhonghai, Sha Zhu and Jia Dongxu. Jia Dongxu was negotiating with someone and seemed quite familiar with him.

But then again, Jia Dongxu needs to buy food frequently, so it's not surprising that he knows someone there.

Ignoring them, Jiang Fan came here today just for the formality and would just take back about ten pounds of food.

I will come to the black market many times in the future. Today, Xu Damao and his son are with me, so some things cannot be revealed too much.

"This is too expensive, make it cheaper."

"Expensive? How can it be expensive? This is the price on the market, okay? You should look for the reasons in yourself. Are you working hard? Has your salary increased? If you don't buy it, there are plenty of people who will."

The stall owner's voice sounded a bit rogue.

Jiang Fan went over and saw that it was Yan Jiecheng who was buying food. In front of the stall was a bag of rice, about five pounds, and some cornmeal, about twenty pounds.

Yan Jiecheng just wanted to buy cornmeal, but he thought the price was a bit high.

Normally, cornmeal costs 80 to 90 cents per pound, but on the black market it's only around 11 cents, and the vendors sell it for 13 cents. (1965)

However, food is scarce right now, so this price isn't that high. It's basically the same price on the black market, so if you're buying both, you can negotiate the price.

That is to say, now, if a period of time passes, or a year later, pure cornmeal will be sold for several yuan per pound.

While Yan Jiecheng was hesitating, someone had already paid and bought the cornmeal.

"Hey? Why did you sell it to him? I didn't say I didn't want to buy it." Yan Jiecheng said anxiously.

"Nonsense, he pays, no bargaining. If I don't sell it to him, why should I sell it to you? You're wasting my time."

The stall owner was not a good-tempered person. He retorted to Yan Jiecheng, but he was not afraid that Yan Jiecheng would cause trouble because he had paid the money here.

"you!"

Yan Jiecheng left the stall in anger, and Jiang Fan followed him around the black market.

Yan Jie Chengdu took a tour of the black market before he finally understood that the price of food was really like this.

When he decided to go buy some food, most of the food was sold out. He finally found a stall owner and bought five pounds of cornmeal.

Yan Jiecheng did not wait for Yan Bugui, he left the black market on his own.

Jiang Fan still followed him quietly. He planned to attack Yan Jiecheng today to avenge Yan Jiecheng for calling him a prodigal son.

Shen Yue just hired someone to ruin Yan Jiecheng's reputation, but Jiang Fan felt that was not enough and planned to teach him a lesson.

Turning into an alley, Jiang Fan took action, took out a red brick, and hit Yan Jiecheng on the head with a sound of wind.

Yan Jiecheng let out a muffled groan, and his whole body went limp. Jiang Fan grabbed his neck with one hand and put him on the ground.

There was no bloodshed. Jiang Fan just knocked him out and took away the five kilograms of cornmeal.

Jiang Fan put on gloves again and took away the remaining three yuan from Yan Jiecheng.

Yan Jiecheng is too stingy and he can't control the money, but Jiang Fan can.

Jiang Fan was in a good mood after doing a good deed. He returned to the entrance of the black market, but did not go in. Instead, he waited for someone there.

There were also quite a few people around, probably here to pick up the customers, or to bring goods and wait for people to come out to trade.

Soon, Jiang Daniu and Xu Damao all came out.

Xu Damao and his son each had two small bags hanging from their bodies, weighing probably 20 kilograms. Jiang Daniu and the others were similarly carrying bags, knowing they were just going through the motions.

The six of them were traveling together, and they were all grown men. No one would be so foolish as to rob them.

After arriving home safely, no one said a word and everyone went home to sleep.

Although Yan Bugui had a silver tongue, there was no shortage of people buying food on the black market. The stall owner didn't buy it at all. "If you don't buy, I'll sell it to someone else."

So Yan Bugui, who was hoping to get a bargain, did not buy any food. Dejected, he met Yi Zhonghai and others while waiting for Yan Jiecheng at the exit.

"Old Yan, why are you here alone? Where is Yan Jiecheng?"

"Old Yi, I've been separated from him since the settlement, and I don't know where he went to buy food. How much food did you buy?"

Yan Bugui asked as he looked at Jia Dongxu and Sha Zhu who were carrying food.

"I bought a little, just enough to eat. Uncle, you know the situation at my home."

Jia Dongxu replied.

"Third Uncle, why don't you come back with us? Maybe that kid Yan Jiecheng has already gone back."

Sha Zhu spoke up.

"alright."

Yan Bugui didn't wait any longer and followed the others back to the courtyard.

Coincidentally, the way they returned was exactly the alley that Yan Jiecheng walked through.

Yi Zhonghai and the other two walked over safely, but Yan Bugui accidentally tripped and fell.

"Ouch! Who has no sense of public morality and put a stick on the road?"

Yan Bugui stood up, dusted off the dust on his body, wiped his glasses, and kicked Yan Jiecheng a few more times.

The kicks landed just three inches below Yan Jiecheng's dantian, causing him to groan in pain.

Yan Bugui and others also discovered that this was a person.

Chapter 90 Going to the Hospital

"This looks like a person?"

Sha Zhu was very brave. He squatted down to take a closer look and exclaimed, "Yan Jiecheng! Uncle, this is Yan Jiecheng!"

"What? Solution?"

Yan Bugui quickly put on his glasses, squatted down, and looked carefully at the face of the person on the ground.

"Jie Cheng! Why are you here?"

"Dad, it hurts."

Yan Jiecheng groaned in pain, bent his legs, and covered the injured area with his hands.

"Uncle San, where did you kick just now?"

"I don't know. It was too dark and I couldn't see clearly."

Yan Bugui said in a panic, while his hands were searching in Yan Jiecheng's pockets, "Where's the money? Where's your money, Jiecheng? And the food, did you buy the food?"

"Shazhu, lend a hand and help Uncle San get Yan Jiecheng to the hospital. Dongxu and I will go back and inform Aunt San first."

Yi Zhonghai knew full well that Yan Jiecheng had been hit by a club and most likely had no valuables on him. He didn't mention reporting the incident to the police, as it depended on Yan Bugui's opinion.

After all, they came to the black market to buy things, and this could not be made public.

Yi Zhonghai took Jia Dongxu and left with the food.

Sha Zhu watched Yan Bugui curse for a while and said, "Uncle San, if you've cursed enough, let's go to the hospital. If we're late, who knows if we'll run into robbers. Don't let them rob us again."

Yan Bugui was shocked. "Yes, go, go, go, Silly Zhu. It would be bad if we get robbed again."

Sha Zhu carried Yan Jiecheng on his back, with Yan Bugui cursing beside him, and they came to the hospital.

The doctor on night duty followed the three of them to the ward.

Yan Jiecheng had woken up at this time. The pain in the back of his head and the pain below stimulated his nerves, and he dared not move.

"Can the patient speak? Where does he feel uncomfortable?"

"Doctor, I was hit on the head and kicked a few times down there. It hurts so much, I don't dare to move. Doctor, please save me!"

Yan Jiecheng endured the pain, shed tears, and held the bedside railing tightly with both hands.

"Jie Cheng. Where's your money? How much did you take out? Did you buy any food?"

Yan Bugui asked anxiously. He had just searched Yan Jiecheng's body but didn't find a penny.

"Uncle, please stop making trouble. Let the doctor treat the disease first."

Sha Zhu also didn't understand why, at this moment, Yan Bugui's first concern was money instead of his biological son. If he had a son, he would definitely put him first.