Siheyuan: Garbage King

As soon as it got dark, Li Fang returned to the capital from Qinjiazhuang.

After all, tomorrow is the fourth day of the Lunar New Year and the holiday is over.

The red lanterns hanging on the roadside are still on, and the faces of people coming and going are beaming with joy. Although it is the third day of the Lunar New Year and they have to go to work tomorrow, everyone is still immersed in the joyful atmosphere of the Spring Festival.

"Brother, do you want melon seeds and peanuts? No tickets..."

As Li Fang was walking, a young man wearing a hat, with his head lowered and unable to see clearly, approached him.

Li Fang shook his head.

This young man who is celebrating the New Year is also very courageous. He dares to sell these things on the street, and he is not afraid of being caught by patrolmen.

"Do you want food stamps and industrial stamps? I have them all..." The young man refused to give up and was still selling his stuff.

Seeing this, Li Fang walked faster. This kind of person either has a deep relationship and is not afraid of anyone.

Or he is simply a fool, greed has taken over his mind.

No matter what kind of person he was, he didn't want to get involved with someone who was celebrating the New Year. If he got involved with such a person, he would really fall into the mud and be covered in mud and still not be able to get rid of it.

Li Fang grew up running in the countryside. He followed Qin Dashun up the mountain since he was a child. No one could match his foot strength. After a while, the young man was left behind by him.

Li Fang looked back and saw that the man could no longer be seen, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

The man got away, and Li Fang found that he was lost.

He couldn't tell where he was now.

He hasn't been around the capital much these days. He usually goes to factories and houses between two points and one line, taking the same route in a disciplined manner.

This time I walked into the alley, and it was really a blinding sight. This was an alley in the capital, and it was like an outsider came here, and I was sure to get confused.

He drilled back and forth for more than half an hour. When Li Fang saw it, he was back to where he was.

Li Fang patted his head, now feeling dizzy.

Looking at the starry sky covered by clouds and mist, even the Big Dipper can't be seen on such a cloudy day, and I can't tell the difference between east, west, and north.

It seems like I won’t be able to return to this house for a while.

Li Fang had no choice but to knock on the door of each house, intending to ask for directions.

"Who is it? What's the matter?" The person who opened the door was a young man with a crew cut. There were scars at the corners of his eyes, which made him look a little fierce. His eyes were shrewd and a little greedy.

Li Fang was suddenly stunned when he saw the man's clothes.

Isn't this military green coat from the dealer who just sold things to me?

This coat has been washed and faded, making it easy to identify him as the dealer.

Why did I wander around and bump into this person again? It was a bad fate. However, since I was already here, asking for directions by myself didn’t count as taking the initiative to provoke him.

"Hey, it's you, why are you here?" Xiao Pingtou was stunned for a moment when he saw Li Fang, and said in surprise.

He chased for a while but failed to catch up. He thought he couldn't sell it after dark, so he went home and planned to sleep. Unexpectedly, someone came to his door.

What comes to your door may not always be business, it may be a trap.

Xiao Pingtou looked behind Li Fang warily.

"You are not a city manager, are you?" Xiao Pingtou half-closed the door, looking at Li Fang and doubting.

The Market Management Committee is unique to this era and is responsible for combating speculative behavior such as Xiaopingtou.

When such people see this department, they are like a mouse seeing a cat, and they are very scared.

Although Little Flathead is greedy, he is still very vigilant.

"No way, I just got lost and wanted to ask you for directions." Li Fang shook his head quickly and told Xiao Pingtou the address of a grain station near the courtyard.

After all, it's not safe to tell the address of the courtyard directly.

It is essential to be on guard against others, Li Fang still understands this principle.

Xiao Pingtou saw that Li Fang was not here to arrest him, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the little flathead was engaged in speculative things, he was not a bad person and patiently showed Li Fang the way twice.

"You are not a local, right? This place is not far away, but the road is a little roundabout." Xiao Pingtou looked at Li Fang and said with a smile.

Li Fang shook his head. He didn't say much. After thanking him, he was about to leave when he saw someone talking in the small flat-top house.

It was a group of people. Li Fang could only clearly see a few of them with their backs to him through the crack in the door.

The distance is very far, but now Li Fang has really sharp ears and eyes, and he can hear clearly.

Shen Xiaozheng's name appeared in his ears again.

"Lao Liu and the others have already set up a trap, and they are just waiting for Shen Xiaozheng and his grandson to take advantage..."

At the door, Li Fang pretended to turn around and leave, but he quickly turned around again.

"Brother, I just thought about it. I don't have any cloth tickets at home. Do you have any? I want to buy some from you." The people inside were still talking, and Li Fang was dealing with the little crew chief while eavesdropping.

Xiao Pingtou narrowed his eyes when he heard about the business: "Yes, you want..."

Before he finished speaking, the people in the room shouted loudly: "Yu Si'er, don't be meddlesome. I'll see you if I have anything to do when I come in."

Xiao Pingtou obviously listened to the words of the people in the room. He said to Li Fang apologetically: "Brother, if the transaction cannot be completed today, if you still want to buy it, just wait for me at the place where we met just now tomorrow night... ..."

I have to say that Xiaopingtou is quite self-cultivated as a merchant.

After saying that, Xiao Pingtou and Si'er quickly closed the door and saw off the guests.

Before Li Fang could clearly see the appearance of the person inside, the door in front of him closed.

When he saw this, he was afraid of alerting others, so he left. After all, they were a group of people, and he was not Mr. Guan, so he had no ability to fight alone.

The hole dug for Shen Xiaozheng...

It seems that this boy has many enemies and many people who care about him.

He looked up at the sky. It was getting late. Shen Xiaozheng should not be in danger tonight.

Then he'll talk about it when he meets Shen Xiaoyi at work tomorrow. He won't care how Shen Xiaoyi handles this matter.

Anyway, he noticed that the courtyard should be the permanent base of these people. The place was very hidden, and if he hadn't gotten lost by accident, he probably wouldn't have found it.

Moreover, that group of people was very cautious. Only when he met Xiao Pingtou Yu Si'er, a money-grubbing fool, did he have the opportunity to hear the conversation inside.

As for staying and continuing to eavesdrop, Li Fang never thought about it.

Nowadays, those who work in this industry are all desperate people, and he doesn't want to end up here at such a young age.

I can't even call it coward, but no one is afraid of death. It's not worth hurting yourself just for such a trivial matter.

In Li Fang's heart, there is a steelyard.

...

To say that Yu Si'er was indeed a dealer who usually walked around the streets, the road he pointed out was a shortcut. Li Fang left for a while and then came back.

The courtyard is still the same as before, the weather is cold, everyone is indoors, and no one is staying in the courtyard.

After returning home, Li Fang was not in a hurry to sleep.

He took out his diary and planned to write something.

After all, Qin Jianjun will get married next month. As poor as he is, he can't just eat for free.

After thinking about it, I realized that my salary was too low and I could only make extra money by writing manuscripts.

After all, Wu Bingke had promised him that once the manuscript was written, it would bring glory to the department, and there would be rewards.

Although it is not a huge sum of money, compared to the manuscript fees of those great writers, it is only an ant's leg, but for him, it is also a wealth that can help him in his life.

Although the situation is changing now, the big storm has not yet come. Generally speaking, it is calm, and his little wave cannot make any waves.

When writing a manuscript, he has a sense of discretion and will not touch high-voltage wires that he should not touch.

As for the fact that he would write about Section Chief Wu when writing a manuscript, Li Fang didn't think much about it. After all, he knew that the Procurement Section, as the mainstay of the Logistics Department, had a profound background.

With his own strength, even when the era comes to an end, he will not be penniless.

He has to live a good life at home first. If he has spare time, helping others is also helping himself.

"In December of 1965, this was the tenth day I came to the steel rolling mill... The section chief said that the buyer's sweat was to fight for food for the brothers and sisters who were workers in the steel rolling mill.

Every drop of sweat comes out in exchange for one more grain of food... So we build and fight with an extremely loyal heart..."

Under the dim light, a pen struggled to write a story unique to this era.

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