Zhang Hongcheng spent the next few days dealing with old books in the scrap yard.
Including his own bonus, he has already saved more than three hundred yuan with his stepmother.
Zhang Yumin also began to say goodbye to her friends.
But she was very unlucky because her brother was unreliable and the train ticket he got for her as an educated youth was a standing ticket, and it was three days later than the train that Chen Beilei and the others were on.
Zhang Yumin complained to Zhang Hongcheng several times, but was persuaded by Pei Shujing every time.
This ticket is naturally fake. Fatty Hu asked someone to forge it in another time and space.
Zhang Hongcheng's train ride was on the third day after Chen Beilei and the others left. It was estimated that his arm was no longer a problem by then.
The reason why he deliberately walked separately from the others was because he had other plans.
The sun is scorching in July.
Chen Beilei and her family felt the same way.
Several families were searching the factory for military coats and extra cotton.
It is said that in October, the Northeast will have snow that is several feet thick, and it is impossible to withstand it without a quilt weighing more than ten pounds.
But the actual situation in the factory is not optimistic. Every family has children who are about to go out or have already gone out.
We didn’t dare use or lend out the little cotton and cotton coupons we had saved at home.
So, Jian Yong took Zhang Hongcheng to go to the Linjiang Community next to the Grand Theater.
Chen Beilei and Lu Yan were also interested, but the timid Zhao Ganmei didn't dare to go.
Because she knew there was a black market there.
If they were caught, they might lose the places they had worked so hard to get as educated youth in the Corps.
Zhang Hongcheng wanted to go and see it out of curiosity, and he also advised several female comrades not to go.
Firstly, female comrades are more conspicuous and easy to be recognized. Secondly, if something really happens, they can't run fast.
This was obviously not Jian Yong's first time in the black market.
In the hot weather, both of them wore cotton masks, lowered their heads and walked silently into the alley.
There were not many people in the alley, and they were all wearing cotton masks vigilantly. Everyone was wearing the same green clothes, so it was difficult to recognize each other.
You can't shout here, you can only whisper to each other and try your luck.
The black market includes this alley and another alley next to it. The two of them went around in a circle for more than ten minutes.
No one was selling cotton or cotton tickets.
Zhang Hongcheng did exchange a few stamps and a meat ticket with someone.
Jian Yong was somewhat unwilling and prepared to wait a little longer.
But Zhang Hongcheng turned his attention to a man wearing a brand new cotton mask, who would occasionally open his mouth and nose to breathe and wipe sweat.
Zhang Hongcheng thought this person was a little strange.
He never takes the initiative to talk to others, but whenever someone whispers to him, he always says a few words.
Zhang Hongcheng and Jian Yong had chatted with him before, but this man just asked them what they had to sell and didn't seem to care at all about what they wanted to buy.
In addition, this person often took off his mask to wipe his sweat, and a bad judgment came to Zhang Hongcheng's mind.
"Yongzi, is there any other exit nearby?"
I heard Zhang Hongcheng's low voice.
Jian Yong also felt guilty.
"The exit to the alley is at the back."
"I mean the escape route after it's blocked."
Jian Yong's hands trembled, and he almost couldn't help but look around.
"What happened?"
"That guy who's always pulling at his mask might be a spy sent by the higher-ups. It's possible both ends have been surrounded."
Jian Yong secretly pulled Zhang Hongcheng and walked towards another alley.
"There's a low wall at the end of the alley next door. Last time, Shi Qianjin and I were almost blocked and we had to escape by climbing over the wall."
Zhang Hongcheng immediately grabbed Jian Yong.
He guessed that he couldn't go over the low wall, as people were not stupid.
Pulling Jian Yong to a deserted place, the two of them used a human ladder to climb up the high wall.
The man who liked to pull his mask up looked up and saw two people walking on the high wall. He was stunned for a moment and immediately took out a whistle and blew it.
Immediately, there was a flurry of footsteps from both ends of the alley.
Unfortunately, Zhang Hongcheng and Jian Yong had already slid down the electric pole next to the high wall.
A thrilling escape.
The two hurried back to the factory. Jian Yong was feeling dejected when suddenly a few bills appeared in front of him.
When I looked up, I saw Zhang Hongcheng looking at me with a smile.
What Zhang Hongcheng was holding in his hand were sixteen cotton notes worth five taels each.
"Okay, when did you change it just now? Why didn't I see it?"
"Just as the two of us separated, I stopped someone as they entered the alley."
"Great, keep as much as you want and we can split the rest among the four of us."
"You can divide it among yourselves. The coat and quilt my father left behind were used on the plateau. There's no need to buy new ones."
"Then I'll give you one yuan for one pound, okay?"
"Okay."
Jian Yong was overjoyed.
Each person can get two kilograms of new cotton out of eight kilograms of cotton. Then they can find a cotton fluffer to fluffer the old cotton at home, and they will have a new quilt for the trip to Northeast China.
The day after the four men recovered from their injuries was the day they set off.
This time, only Zhang Hongcheng and Du Gang were left standing on the platform to see them off.
Chen Beilei and her friends just happened to grab a four-person seat and chatted with the two people and their family members who came to see them off through the window.
The platform was still very busy.
Because this train was a special train for educated youth, most of the people on it were there to see them off.
From time to time, farewell songs could be heard from the crowd.
Most young people of this generation were sentimental and naive before they experienced life in the countryside.
This also includes Chen Beilei and Lu Yan.
Not wanting to be outdone, the two sang a piece of "Going Up the Mountain to Fight the Tiger" in the carriage, which drew warm applause from the educated youth in the carriage.
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