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Chapter 18

Jiang Xiaobai and Liu Aiguo followed Uncle Wang towards the county. When they entered the county seat, it immediately became lively.

A sea of ​​gray, and occasionally a few people riding bicycles and carrying green canvas bags passing by will arouse everyone's envious looks.

When passing by several factories, you can still hear the sound of revolutionary songs or radio broadcasts coming from the loudspeakers inside the factories.

Wearing gray or green clothes is the theme of this era. Few people dare to wear bright-colored clothes, or in other words, few people own bright-colored clothes.

The green house with a white wooden board in front of the door that says Supply and Marketing Cooperative is always the liveliest place in the county.

"Patriot, go and cut some pounds of pork. I want it to be fatter." Jiang Xiaobai turned around and said. At this time, people like to eat fat meat when eating pork, but they don't like to eat lean meat. They think fat meat is oily.

Uncle Wang was about to speak and refuse, but Jiang Xiaobai stopped him. In the end, Uncle Wang followed Liu Aiguo into the supply and marketing cooperative. Without him, without him, he would not be able to cut meat for a while, let alone the sought-after fat meat.

If you want more fat, you need to get to know the people at the supply and marketing cooperative. Say hello to them on the first day and ask them to keep a piece the next day.

At this time, there is no saying that the customer is God. Not to mention working in a supply and marketing cooperative, or working as a waiter in other state-owned shopping malls, restaurants, and hotels, everyone is a master.

What they do is a door-to-door business, and the waiters are all well-established and earn a salary. Basically, they are indifferent to customers. If you are willing to ask for it, don't turn it down, and it will save them trouble.

After a while, Liu Aiguo and Old Man Wang came out of the supply and marketing cooperative. Liu Aiguo was carrying a piece of pork that was mostly fat, and he was extremely excited.

Looking at the queue in front of the supply and marketing cooperative, Jiang Xiaobai looked at Old Man Wang curiously and asked: "Uncle Wang, do you know someone in the supply and marketing cooperative? You can buy meat so quickly, and most of it is fat."

"Well, my eldest daughter works in a supply and marketing cooperative. If you need any help in the future, you will definitely have no problem contacting me."

Uncle Wang was a little proud and said proudly.

After shopping, the three of them continued walking towards Old Man Wang's house. However, the further this road went, the more familiar it became to Jiang Xiaobai.

"Why do you feel like you have been to this place before? Obviously I have only been to the county twice, and this is the third time. As for coming to Uncle Wang's house, it must be the first time. Why does it feel familiar?"

Jiang Xiaobai murmured in his heart, a little puzzled. Liu Aiguo also felt the same.

"Okay, here we are, right in this alley."

Listening to Uncle Wang's words, Jiang Xiaobai suddenly realized that this was not the place where he took Wang Xiaojun and Liu Aiguo to visit Section Chief Song of the Sales Department of the Glass Factory last time? No wonder it looked familiar.

"Uncle Wang, you and Section Chief Song of the Sales Department are neighbors. They live in the same alley." Jiang Xiaobai said casually. Old Wang did not say yes or no.

"Old Wang is off work. Whose children are these two? They are so handsome."

"Have you eaten the food from my distant relative's house?"

"It's time to get off work, Lao Wang. I just saw that your second son-in-law is back. Your second son-in-law is so filial. He is half a son-in-law."

"He is honest, otherwise I would not marry my daughter to him."

As soon as they entered the alley, many people greeted Old Man Wang. They were talking about trivial matters. Some people were also curious about who Jiang Xiaobai and Liu Aiguo were that Old Man Wang was bringing.

Old Man Wang's house is at the end of the alley. As soon as he entered the yard, Old Man Wang greeted him into the house.

"Old Zhang, we have guests here. Please cook for two more people."

A woman with gray hair responded and walked out of the room, looked at Jiang Xiaobai and said hello.

"This is Jiang Xiaobai. I told you last time that I bought cans and bottles in the factory. This is Jiang Xiaobai's friend Liu Aiguo." Old man Wang introduced to his wife.

"Come on, fry the meat. I want to have a drink with Xiaobai at noon today." Old Man Wang said excitedly.

"Auntie, I'm sorry to trouble you." Jiang Xiaobai said.

"Child, don't be polite to auntie and just treat her like your own family." Aunt Zhang responded, turned around and entered the kitchen.

As soon as he entered the yard, Jiang Xiaobai smelled the smell of rotten eggs and felt a little curious. At this time, everyone just didn't have enough to eat.

How can you not eat the eggs even if they are spoiled? It’s just a visitor, and it’s your first time and you’re too embarrassed to smell it.

Uncle Wang led the two people into the house and explained at the same time: "I'm sorry, I feel aggrieved. This is what my youngest son brought back. He collected eggs in the countryside and came to the city to exchange for food, but he didn't exchange them out.

It's all in my hands. This kid has never made people worry about him since he was a child. On the first day of school when he was a child, the teacher gave small red flowers to the children who performed well. Others got them but he didn't. I asked his son, why did everyone else get them?

If you do, you don't.

He said, "Dad, I should have had it. I was sitting in the last row, and the teacher had finished it as soon as it came to my head."

When he came back the next day, there were still no little red flowers, so I asked him, why don’t you have any little red flowers, son?

He blurted out without even thinking, Dad, do you even need to ask? I am still sitting in the same place yesterday, and it will be over once it hits my head!

I didn’t believe it, so I asked the teacher. The teacher said that this child of yours always fights and talks as soon as the class is over..."

Jiang Xiaobai and Wang Xiaojun didn't ask anything, but Old Man Wang started to scold his son.

Jiang Xiaobai listened to Old Man Wang's words, but became curious about Old Man Wang's son, who had never been masked before. I won't talk about what happened when he was a child. At this time, there are only a few people who can take the lead in taking this step and doing business.

Basically, it doesn't matter who you are, as long as you stick to it and your luck is not too bad, you can make a fortune.

Some people joke that the most profitable businesses in the country are written in the Criminal Code. This is of course a joke.

But doing business in the 1980s was indeed very risky.

The crime of speculation was only deleted in the amendments to the Criminal Law in the 1990s. Of course, before that in September 1987, the Interim Regulations on Administrative Penalties for Speculation had been issued.

There is a saying at this time that "speculation is like a basket, and all kinds of sins can be put in it."

So many times, reform starts with violations.

While chatting, the three of them entered the main room. There was a simple cabinet and tables, chairs and benches whose original colors could no longer be seen.

"It's a bit messy at home, you can sit down wherever you want." Old man Wang greeted and poured water for Jiang Xiaobai and Liu Aiguo, but Jiang Xiaobai and Liu Aiguo were staring straight at a pile of bicycle parts in the corner and a semi-finished bicycle.
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