MMB Chapter 53 Six Small Yellow Croakers
Chapter 53 Six Small Yellow Croakers
Li Tieniu and Xu Fugui arrived soon with their families.
To express his gratitude to the two families for taking care of He Yushui, He Yuzhu showcased his culinary skills by preparing more than a dozen dishes.
Xu Damao, Li Weiguo (who is in junior high school), Xu Xiaoling, and Li Xiaoman, ten people in total, gathered together, all smiling and enjoying their meal.
Countless people in the courtyard secretly cursed those few people for being inhuman.
During the meal, He Yuzhu also specially toasted Xu Fugui and Li Tieniu to thank them.
Li Tieniu and Xu Fugui also hurriedly said that it was all in the best interest of them. The three families were getting closer now in order to unite against those people in the courtyard.
Xu Fugui had always wanted to move out, and at this point he didn't care whether he offended the deaf old lady or not.
He was also afraid that Xu Damao wouldn't be able to handle Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady after he left.
Xu Fugui had long realized that the alliance between Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old lady, and Jia Zhangshi in the courtyard was definitely not a good thing.
As long as they're in the courtyard house, a lot of trouble will happen in the future. Xu Damao is smart, but he can't stop others from scheming against him every day.
Most importantly, Xu Damao sometimes has various flaws, making him easy to manipulate. No one knows a son better than his father, and Xu Fugui also understands that if they rely solely on Xu Damao, they will definitely be targets for Yi Zhonghai and his gang in the courtyard.
In the story, Xu Damao and Sha Zhu are natural enemies, partly due to Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady's instigation. Sha Zhu is brainless and impulsively attacks Xu Damao.
At this point, Yi Zhonghai will step in to play the good guy, criticizing both of them and seemingly favoring Sha Zhu. His real intention is to make Xu Damao resent Sha Zhu even more, thus creating constant friction between them.
Yi Zhonghai also gradually built his prestige by mediating the dispute between Sha Zhu and Xu Damao.
Seeing that even the most capable fighter, Sha Zhu, and the most cunning, Xu Damao, had to listen to Yi Zhonghai, the birds in the courtyard naturally began to develop a sense of obedience towards him.
Only outsiders can understand these things, and it takes a long time to see them clearly. It's very difficult for those who are truly involved to understand Yi Zhonghai's calculations.
He Yuzhu would never cooperate with Yi Zhonghai in his acting career; on the contrary, he has opposed Yi Zhonghai several times. This has prevented him from becoming a liaison officer, making it difficult for him to establish his authority in the courtyard.
Yi Zhonghai, the deaf old lady, was also at home, munching on a steamed bun while plotting how to scheme against the other party. She couldn't stand seeing them so arrogant; no one in the courtyard could be better off than her.
"Zhu Zi, your cooking skills are getting better and better. Have you reached level two culinary skill yet?"
"Uncle Xu, it's pointless. The highest level in the factory is level five. I'm not going to take the exam. It won't increase my salary anyway."
"That's true, there's nothing we can do, we're a business, not a restaurant."
Xu Fugui had eaten at many restaurants with Lou Bancheng, but when he ate He Yuzhu's dishes, he immediately felt something was wrong.
However, thinking about what He Yuzhu said, that the steel mill had no right to hire a higher-level chef, I felt a little better.
We can't keep increasing He Yuzhu's salary. A child earns more than all of them adults, which makes them lose face in the courtyard.
It can only be said that Xu Fugui and Xu Damao are indeed father and son; they are both the kind of people who can't stand seeing others do better than themselves.
"Now, restaurants are not having an easy time either. After the public-private partnership, the operation of many restaurants is also difficult to describe."
"Alright, everyone, let's not talk about politics anymore. Let's eat and drink well."
He Yuzhu hurriedly interrupted Xu Fugui and Li Tieniu's comments on the policy.
Now that He Yuzhu plans to pursue a political career, he pays special attention to his daily words and actions. He doesn't want to say something wrong that someone might remember and expose him later.
This is why He Yuzhu rarely drinks now; even when he does, he only drinks secretly by himself.
If you are drinking with other people, you can only pour the wine into the wine jars in the space.
There are several large wine jars in his personal space, which can catch all kinds of liquor at any time.
"Zhu Zi, I'll soon be a full-fledged projectionist. Pretty cool, buddy?"
"Hmm, that's impressive, Damao, you're a grown man now. Come on, Damao, let's drink this bowl of wine. What, you're not scared, are you? It's only half a jin."
Xu Damao was deflated. He had only wanted to show off, so why did he have to drink half a jin of liquor, and even down it in one gulp?
He was just moments ago as proud as a little rooster, but suddenly, after being intimidated by He Yuzhu, he immediately became frightened. He's not the Xu Damao who used to bring a big man and three small men to the factory leaders anymore.
Xu Fugui only spoke slowly after seeing that his son had behaved himself.
"I don't know what you're so proud of. Zhu Zi is making a million a month now, and even if you get promoted, you'll only make 370,000."
"Dad, wasn't I just trying to prove that I've grown up?"
Xu Damao shouted defiantly, wanting to prove himself against He Yuzhu.
"It would be great if you really grew up. I have something to ask you today since everyone is here."
Da Mao now wants to be promoted to a permanent position, and the steel rolling mill has two projectionists, but the factory definitely won't want that many projectionists.
So I've recently contacted a movie theater, and I'm planning to start working there once Da Mao becomes a full-time employee.
In addition, they also gave me two rooms there, so from now on, only Da Mao will be left in the courtyard.
I'm worried that someone in the courtyard might plot against Da Mao, so today I'm asking Brother Li and Zhu Zi to take extra care of Da Mao.
After Xu Fugui finished speaking, he was about to offer a toast to He Yuzhu and Li Tieniu.
Li Tieniu and He Yuzhu exchanged glances, and after confirming that neither of them had any objections, they spoke up directly.
"Okay, no problem. Actually, there aren't many good people in the courtyard. Our three families need to stay closely connected, otherwise we'll be taken advantage of without even knowing it, which would be disgusting."
As the eldest elder among the remaining three families, Li Tieniu was naturally the one who made the decisions for them.
Li Tieniu took the initiative to say this, and He Yuzhu and Xu Damao both thought it made sense.
"Da Mao, I'm two years older than you. I only have one thing to tell you: be careful of Yi Zhonghai and the deaf old lady's attempts to sow discord."
You know those guys aren't good people; if they want to scheme against us, they'll definitely sow discord among us first.
I'm making this clear to Uncle Xu today: no matter what happens, I will never intentionally hurt you. But if you're foolish enough to be provoked and start causing trouble for me, don't blame me for being ruthless.
He Yuzhu also gave some instructions in advance, so that Xu Fugui wouldn't say he was dishonest later.
Upon hearing this, Xu Fugui hurriedly gave Xu Damao some instructions.
"Da Mao, listen to Zhu Zi. If they're openly fighting, the three of you definitely won't be afraid. The real problem is that they'll try to sow discord among you first, then make you fight amongst yourselves. If you have any issues, talk to your Uncle Li and Zhu Zi more, make things clear, and you won't give others a chance to scheme against you."
Li Tieniu nodded in agreement, saying that this made sense.
"I'm not stupid. In the future, I will inform you in advance of any situation. No matter what it is, we will check the accounts ourselves first before looking at anything else."
"Yes, that's right. As long as we are open and honest with each other and don't hide anything from one another, their attempts to sow discord will be useless."
All three families were keen to unite, so the atmosphere was naturally quite lively.
They didn't go home until late at night.
He Yuzhu and He Yushui finished washing up and went upstairs to their rooms to sleep.
He Yuzhu was still in the advanced space. Once inside, he began feeding the livestock.
I threw my recently soiled clothes into the automatic washing machine and went out to the vegetable garden to pick a lot of vegetables.
The fruit trees in the yard were laden with fruit, so He Yuzhu had to find a ladder, take a bamboo basket, and start harvesting apples and pears.
There are a total of eight fruit trees, producing two kinds of fruit, which can yield more than 1,000 catties of fruit a year.
It has been five years since it was planted, and it has now reached maturity.
As a result, the annual yield of each fruit tree actually exceeded 300 to 800 jin.
Eight mature fruit trees can yield several thousand kilograms of fruit a year.
With the added magic of the space, the fruits produced are all of excellent quality.
Apples can sell for at least 5,000 yuan per kilogram, while large white pears can fetch as much as 10,000 yuan.
In the previous years, fruit was scarce, and He Yuzhu could only afford to eat some himself, and the amount he occasionally sold was not much.
Now He Yuzhu began to think about how to solve the problem of selling large quantities of fruit.
Large-scale private trading is definitely not allowed, firstly because it's unsafe, and secondly because it would attract too much attention.
The next day, He Yuzhu went to the factory to find Li Huaide. Li Huaide was very happy to hear that He Yuzhu had a friend who wanted to provide the factory with a batch of high-quality fruit.
Since they hadn't given out any perks this year, Li Huaide decided to take this batch of fruit.
Over the next few days, He Yuzhu started dealing in fruit. He moved the fruit from his spatial dimension to the courtyard in Fufuxiang Hutong in advance, and then arranged for trucks from the factory to come and pick up the goods.
In the end, the total yield of apples was 1,800 jin (approximately 600 kg), and at 5,000 yuan per jin, that's 9 million yuan.
The total harvest of large white pears was 2,400 catties, and at 10,000 yuan per catty, that's 24 million yuan.
With a total profit of 33 million, He Yuzhu made several more trips to the black market.
Fortunately, he was already familiar with the black market. Wearing a mask and a baseball cap, he charged the same old price: two million for a small yellow croaker.
After retrieving sixteen more small yellow fish, and with his own treasure vault now containing over sixty small yellow fish, He Yuzhu was finally able to relax for a few days.
Qin Huairu saw He Yuzhu return that day and promptly came to the courtyard to meet him the next day.
After a friendly exchange, Qin Huairu returned home late again.
If it weren't for the fact that she brought back five catties of fruit, Jia Zhangshi would definitely have hit her.
Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu ate all five catties of fruit, leaving Qin Huairu a large white pear, which she then fed with a stalk of corn.
Qin Huairu felt nauseous as she watched Jia Zhangshi and Jia Dongxu devour fruit like starving ghosts.
Compared to her man, what are these things?
The man gave her a gold ring this time, which made Qin Huairu extremely happy.
Women have a natural fondness for gold, which is why they can't bring it out of the house.
Including watches and bicycles, occasionally she would go to the courtyard wearing new clothes and a watch, and ride her bicycle to the city for a stroll.
Along the way, countless people envied her, and whenever this happened, Qin Huairu felt like she was living like a human being.