"Hurry, hurry, there's another load of corn. Someone come to help unload it. We have to pull another load."
"Hey, come on, make some room."
There was another oxcart full of golden corn. Everyone hurriedly unloaded all the corn into the threshing ground. Then someone put the corn aside to dry, and then put the dried corn into the pile of rubbed corn.
After working for seven whole days, Ming Leyao felt that her waist was about to break away from home, and she finally finished processing all the food.
The next step was to deliver the grain to the grain station without stopping. If you were the first to deliver the grain, the public society would give you a reward in the form of money, grain, pork, etc. It was quite generous in total.
The brigade attaches great importance to this time every year.
That night, as soon as the last bag of grain was tied up, the team leader ordered the organization of a team to deliver the grain that night. Tractors, ox carts, wheelbarrows, shoulder poles, and even those who had bicycles at home contributed their efforts. The line was very long.
Just after twelve o'clock, a tractor led the way, followed by a bullock cart, and behind that were people pushing bicycles and carts.
Ming Leyao had nothing to do, so she wanted to try her hand at double-grabbing, so she followed the walking group, carrying a shoulder pole. Along the way, no one spoke, just jogged forward with their heads down.
To be the first at the grain station, it doesn't matter which production team's first truck arrives at the door, but only when all the grain has arrived.
As it was too dark and there was little moonlight today, everyone walked very slowly, and no one dared to breathe a sigh of relief, for fear that if they did they would no longer be able to carry the burden.
After stumbling and bumping along the way, they arrived at the county grain station. Everyone's efforts were not in vain as they got the first place. Pang Jianyuan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly asked everyone to pile all the grain together. He called a few young and strong men to rest beside the grain, while the others just lay down on the ground in a mess.
Although the scene was busy, it was quiet.
There were not many female comrades who came this time, and Ming Leyao did not stay with them. She approached the team leader and whispered a few words.
"Uncle, after this double robbery, there are other things to do. The school can't open, so I want to go to Grandpa Cui's house to see him."
"Of course, of course. Go ahead. I happened to bring two blank letters of introduction with seals. You can fill them out later. But don't stay too long. School will resume normal classes in five or six days at most."
"I understand, uncle. I'll leave first."
"Hey, hey, hey? Where are you going in the middle of the night? There are no cars."
Ming Leyao did not explain. She waved to Pang Jianyuan and quickly disappeared into the night.
He found a deserted place, entered the space, disguised himself, and headed straight for the black market carrying fifty kilograms of pork.
She originally had no plan to stay in Qiping County for long. She thought that after making some quick money, she would rush to Nanxing City to do a big business with Boss Wan.
I knocked on the door of the black market, and the person who opened it was an acquaintance. He greeted me with a smile and reached out to take Ming Leyao's backpack.
Ming Leyao was not polite and put it directly into the man's arms. However, the man did not expect the basket to be so heavy, and his center of gravity was unstable, and he fell...
Fall to the ground.
The sound was neither loud nor soft, but it was quite noticeable in the silent night.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?"
"What's going on?"
"What's that sound?"
Five people came out in a rush, even the black market boss Tang De ran out cursing.
"Which bastard dares to disturb me while I'm sleeping? Do you want to die?"
Someone saw the meat rolling on the ground, exclaimed, pulled Tang De's sleeve and whispered, "Boss, Boss, look at the ground, is that meat?"
"Boss, it's meat, it's meat, oh my god, such a big lump... I've only seen it in a meat processing factory."
"The meat in the meat processing plant is public property. This meat...maybe it will belong to the boss today."
"Boss, let's take this meat and cut off some of it to improve the food for our brothers, okay?"
"Go, go, go."
Tang De waved his hand to drive these idiots away, muttering in his heart, "I have to receive it first."
"Little comrade, you are here."
"We are old friends. Comrade Tang De, can you give me a good price?"
"Good, it has to be good."
Even if you don't look at anything else, just looking at this piece of meat, he will give a good price.
In the end, Ming Leyao sold the fifty kilograms of meat for two hundred yuan, plus a watch ticket, and ten kilograms of cotton that Tang De had just collected yesterday and was not even warm yet.
Ming Leyao felt that she had not lost out because she had cotton, and Tang De felt that he had gotten a good deal because he had meat. The transaction was successfully concluded and both parties were very satisfied.
After coming out of the black market, Ming Leyao went to the old man's house again.
The old man had lost weight after not having his period for more than a month. When he saw Ming Leyao, he was like seeing his ancestor.
He took away a box of gold, silver and jade ornaments, left a hundred kilograms of coarse grains and ten kilograms of pork, and also gave the old man a kilogram of soybean oil as a thank you for his hard work in helping him.
As the sky was busy, the east gradually turned white. Ming Leyao hadn't slept all night and felt a little sleepy. After drinking a glass of water from the Golden Lotus Pond, she immediately felt refreshed and felt like she could run 50 kilometers.
As it was too early, there were no buses yet, and Ming Leyao was afraid that entering the space in broad daylight would arouse suspicion, so she walked out of Qiping County and headed towards Nanxing City without stopping. On the way, she met a bus, waved to stop it, paid the 20-cent fare, and after two hours of swaying, she finally arrived in Nanxing City.
When she arrived in Nanxing City, Ming Leyao did not look for a guesthouse near Cui's house, but went to the area near the train station.
There is a large flow of people here, and although it is a mixed bag, it is close to the black market, which saves her the trouble of traveling late at night.
After checking into the guesthouse and checking in, Ming Leyao went into the living room to wash up, and changed the sheets and quilts in the guesthouse room with her own, and then began to catch up on her sleep peacefully.
I slept until four in the afternoon, and when I woke up, I still felt a little weak.
He drank some water to refresh himself, took out the lunch box he had prepared earlier and had dinner. Then he held a medical book and read it quietly until late at night. Ming Leyao disguised herself and went through the window of the guesthouse into the darkness.
There are a lot more people at the train station than at the Cui family's side. Some are getting on the train at night, some are quietly selling things, and there are always people rushing past in groups of three or four.
Ming Leyao didn't care and walked quickly to the alley where the black market was located. It was pitch black in there and she couldn't see anything. Fortunately, she had a good night vision, so she didn't make any noise by stepping deep and shallow.
Seeing that the black market was right in front of him, Ming Leyao paused when he heard voices suddenly from not far away.
I met a lot of people today. Why are you wandering around in the middle of the night instead of sleeping?
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