Zhang Xianyu stopped fishing, put away his fishing rod and went up to the embankment.

"Brother Zhang, are you fishing or just thinking about something? Are you thinking about Hao Qing? Yeah, I've been away from home for over half a year, so it's only natural for me to miss my wife."

Zhang Xian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "That's not the case. There were no boats coming today, so I was just sitting by the river because I was bored. What does this have to do with missing my wife?"

"It's only natural for you to want a wife. Why shouldn't you be embarrassed to admit it? Unless you're thinking about someone else's wife. I just discussed his desire for a wife with Guang Jia on the boat, and he admitted it openly."

The corner of Han Guangjia's mouth twitched, and he was caught in the crossfire again.

Even if he was shot while lying down, he would insist on not speaking. Once he opened his mouth, it would no longer be like he was shot while lying down. A cannon might even fly at him.

"Call Li Guangyin and Uncle Chen, and have Chen Dao bring the bill. It's time to pay the wages!"

On the day of salary payment, people were excited and thrilled. Li Guangyin was directing the loading of trucks in the warehouse. When he heard that the salary had been paid, he ran over like a rocket.

Chen Dao also brought the account book.

Wan Feng didn't go to the dormitory, but stayed on the river bank to pay these people's salaries.

Zhang Xian and Chen Dao's salaries are fixed, and even though they increased a bit today, it's only one hundred and twenty yuan.

Li Guangyin was a little surprised when he saw that Zhang Xian and Zheng Songcai only received a salary of 120 yuan.

“That’s all they earn in a month?”

“How much do you think they make?”

"I thought it would be at least two or three hundred."

Wan Feng smiled and said nothing. Of course, the people who followed him did not rely on earning a salary. Their bulk of the income was the year-end bonus, and their regular salary was just for pocket money to buy cigarettes and alcohol.

Chen Dao and Li Guangyin met to reconcile their accounts after the ship was unloaded, so it was sufficient to only look at the final figure.

Wan Feng was relieved that Chen Dao was doing the job, and there was no need for him to check every transaction.

The amount of money Wan Feng estimated for Li Guangyin to earn was not much different from the actual number.

Li Guangyin loaded and unloaded a total of more than 4,700 tons of cargo last month.

Among them, the amount of cargo unloaded directly from the ship to the truck was 3,600 tons, and more than 1,100 tons was unloaded from the ship to the warehouse.

The loading and unloading fees for these two items are around 7,000 yuan.

The 1,100 tons of steel stored in the warehouse will be unloaded when there are more vehicles, and the loading and unloading fees will also be more than 3,300 yuan.

The total is more than 10,000 points, and the specific number is 10,246 yuan.

Wan Feng threw him two bundles of fifty-yuan bills and gave him another five hundred and forty-six yuan.

"I've also given you your wife's money. Go back and give it to her. Don't embezzle it."

Li Guangyin's face was shining red like the rising sun in the morning.

He had more than 6,000 yuan of his own money out of the 10,000 yuan. After deducting the wages of the five drivers and the fuel costs of the truck, he could have 4,000 yuan left.

His face couldn't help but light up because he couldn't suppress the joy in his heart anymore.

The money he earned in a month was as much as his family earned from farming in a year, which was something he had never dreamed of.

Li Guangyin counted out four thousand yuan and ran happily to pay his men. The four thousand yuan was the wages for the loaders and unloaders under his command.

After receiving their salary, everyone goes back home to see their mother.

Chen Dao went back to continue fiddling with his account books, while Han Guangjia and Zhang Xian ran to the river to fish.

Zheng Song was about to leave when Wan Feng stopped him.

Zheng Song's change is very obvious. He didn't care much about his appearance before, but now his clothes are clean and the hair wax on his head is shining silver.

The most important thing is the change in his temperament.

In the past, he gave people the impression of being green and incompetent, and he seemed to be incompetent at anything.

But now he has a vague look of being free from all worldly desires.

People in heat...people in love are obviously different from those who are unwanted. A good woman can really change a man.

In this regard, Wan Feng thinks Zang Yunli has done a good job.

From this point of view, he and Zang Yunli are probably developing well.

"How's your time in Sijitun this month?"

"good."

"Is everything going well with Zang Yunli?"

Zheng Song nodded: "Not bad."

"So you've decided to take her home for the winter?"

"That's what I thought, but she refused."

Hey! How come there is a big hole in such a good road? Zang Yunli doesn't agree to go to Hongya with Zheng Song?

"Tell me the reason?"

"She said she was scared."

Wan Feng was speechless. What was there to be afraid of? How could he know if it would succeed or not if he didn't try? The living or the dead would be hanging upwards... She was a woman.

Wan Feng handed the three hundred yuan in his hand to Zheng Song: "You can deliver Zang Yunli's wages. Give her some advice. There's nothing to be afraid of. An ugly daughter-in-law will have to meet her parents-in-law sooner or later. Besides, she's not ugly."

"Okay, I'll persuade her more." Zheng Song took the money and went to find Zang Yunli.

Comrades Wang Jiangtang and others were watching the loading in the warehouse.

In addition to the original 40 vehicles, the troops dispatched five ten-ton trucks, so that the backlog of steel each time it arrived was reduced from 70 to 80 tons to 20 to 30 tons.

Comrades Wang, Jiang, and Tang hired local trucks to transport the accumulated steel to Long Town when there were no ships arriving. Of course, the trucks were escorted by the soldiers on duty there.

The ten stevedores were full of energy, for the simple reason that their boss had just given them their salary, eight brand new fifty-yuan bills for each of them.

When you have money in your pocket, you can speak and work with confidence, and you will be in high spirits and full of enthusiasm.

Wan Feng was infected and was ready to go down to help with loading and unloading, but then he thought, isn’t this crazy?

Wan Feng gave each of Wang Jiangtang a box of Da Chongjiu cigarettes.

Da Chongjiu cigarettes with filters are not available in stores. They are secretly brought in from the south.

Wan Feng bought a few in Heihe, mainly to give as gifts and to show off.

When the last truck was loaded and drove away, Wan Feng and three military comrades walked back.

"Xiao Wan, I remember you said last time that Soviet steel was not top-notch. Do you seem to know something about the military?" Comrade Wang asked with a laugh.

"I can't say I know much about it. I went to Komsomolsk-on-Amur twice a few days ago, and there these things are no secrets. The workers there usually talk about this and that."

"Oh! This kind of thing shouldn't be said casually. Don't the Soviet commissars or something care about it?"

"Haha, three leaders, don't you realize that the Soviet Union is currently in a period of turmoil?"

"What do you mean?"

"I feel like something big is going to happen in the Soviet Union. I can't say exactly what it is, but it's going to be something very, very big."

Wang Jiangtang and the other two were surprised: "What's the basis for this?"

in accordance with?

What basis does this have? Although he cannot say that he saw the collapse of the Soviet Union with his own eyes, he did see it in newspapers and on television.