Li Xu traveled to the year 1960. In this era, which he had never seen before and only heard about in books and from elders, the only thing he could do was ensure his family had enough to eat and li...
The next afternoon.
After chatting with Hu Guilan and others at home for a while, Li Xu pushed the car and headed straight to Cui's house.
The gate to Cui's courtyard was wide open, and there were a few children playing and fighting in the yard, but no adults were seen. So Li Xu stood at the door and shouted, "Is Aunt Cui home?"
Hearing the sound, several children stopped playing and looked over curiously.
At this time, several figures walked out of the main hall quickly, and one of them responded, "Yes, Xiaoxu, come in and sit for a while."
Li Xu could see clearly that among these people, except Aunt Cui and Cui Ling, the rest were Aunt Cui's unemployed sons and daughters-in-law.
After parking the car in the Cui family's yard, Aunt Cui gave some instructions to the children, then took Li Xu to the main hall.
Sitting on the stools in the main hall, everyone chatted about family matters for a while, and then Li Xu asked, "Aunt Cui, I have something to tell you. Is it convenient for you?"
Aunt Cui thought for a moment and said to her son and daughter-in-law, "You guys go out, Xiaoling stay."
Several people looked at each other, wanting to say something but obviously not daring to. They had no choice but to walk towards the yard.
When they walked outside, Aunt Cui showed an anxious expression, "Xiao Xu, is there any news?"
Li Xu nodded and said, "Yes, but the price is a bit high, 450 yuan. The company is in a plastics factory. You should consider it."
In fact, Aunt Cui had guessed it when she saw him willing to come in, but when she heard this in person, she was still very excited and said repeatedly, "Don't think about it, I want this job. Xiaoxu, thank you so much, now we old couple don't have to worry about this matter anymore."
Cui Ling also thanked him repeatedly. Seeing this, Li Xu waved his hand and said with a smile, "I'm just a middleman. It's not a big deal. No need to thank me."
"Don't be so modest. Your Uncle Cui has consulted so many people but they can't help. How could we not know how difficult it is? When your Uncle Cui comes back, we will come to thank you properly."
This was not a good response, so Li Xu could only change the subject, "Aunt Cui, if you are sure you want this job, I will take you there right now. Otherwise, I have a business trip tomorrow and I don't know how long it will take for me to come back."
"Okay, wait for a moment, I'll go get the money."
Li Xu nodded and took the sugar water that Cui's family had prepared for him and started to sip it.
After Aunt Cui came back with the money, Li Xu asked Cui Ling to follow him, and then the three of them walked towards Liu Gang's house.
When they arrived at the place and saw that the gate was not closed, Li Xu asked them to wait outside and pushed the cart in.
After parking the car and just about to shout, Liu Gang came out of the house with a cloth bag in his hand. I don't know what was in it.
Since there was someone outside the door, Li Xu didn't ask any more questions and just said, "Uncle Liu, I brought the person who bought the job."
"Okay, I'll go in and get the letter of introduction. You go call the person in and close the gate."
This was just a transaction, so Li Xu did not introduce them to each other, and Liu Gang had no intention of inviting the Cui family mother and daughter into the house for a drink.
In this way, the two parties completed the transaction in the courtyard, and Li Xu acted as a witness.
After the transaction was completed, Li Xu made an excuse that he had something else to do and did not go back with Aunt Cui and the others.
Aunt Cui didn't say much and left with Cui Ling with a smile on her face.
After they left, Li Xu followed Liu Gang into the main hall and asked, "Uncle Liu, I saw you holding a cloth bag just now. What's in it?"
"Rice and wine."
Li Xu was stunned. "How can we eat a goose together and still finish our meal?"
Although he didn't know how big the goose raised by Liu Gang's friend was or how much was left after roasting it, he knew that it tasted quite greasy. If he ate too much, he might not be able to finish his meal.
"What are you thinking? This rice is for wages. We won't eat anything else except goose today."
"How much rice would you give as wages?"
"It's not about how much I give, it's a rule they set: two kilograms of rice for a roasted goose."
Li Xu: ...
After a moment of silence, he said with a complicated expression, "He really dares to ask for it. Doesn't he know the price of rice right now?"
A pound of rice costs about three yuan now. Today the other party wants to roast two geese, which means I have to give him four pounds of rice, which costs twelve yuan.
I have to say, this price is really exaggerated.
Liu Gang waved his hand and said with a smile, "That's the rule. If you want to eat this, you have to pay even if the price is high. Besides, we've earned so much today, so this little money is nothing."
Hearing this, Li Xu's eyes lit up instantly, "Did you deal with Uncle Liu?"
"If I take action, is there anything I can't handle?"
Liu Gang's face was full of pride. He then took out the money he earned from selling his job, counted out ten of them and handed them to Li Xu. "Here, this is your hundred."
After Li Xu took it, he counted out ten again and stuffed them into his pocket, saying, "This is my hundred, and the rest belongs to your Uncle Liu."
Li Xu was so happy that his back teeth were showing when he took the hundred yuan.
Compared to this money, what is twelve dollars' wages?
At least they have spent labor and materials, but this is a zero-cost business for me.
After a while of laughter, he calmed down and asked, "How many indicators does Uncle Liu have?"
"Three."
"Okay, I'll tell my parents when I get home tonight and ask them to help spread the word."
Liu Gang felt ashamed of this kind of thing, but Li Jiakang and others did not think so.
Not only that, they also think it is a very face-saving thing and can help them to gain favors.
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