He has already thought about it.
No matter what Zhang Hongcheng wrote in the end, he would "polish" it and put together a total of five articles to be handed over.
After resolving this troublesome official business, Deputy Director Liu naturally felt a little relieved.
He lit a cigarette with the match in Zhang Hongcheng's hand and asked him with a smile.
"I heard you were looking for someone to sell a kang cabinet?"
"Do you know where I can find it?"
Deputy Director Liu took out a piece of paper and began to write.
"Don't look for it, we don't have it in our field office."
"The nearest lumber mill has one. It's a joint venture between our regiment and a nearby town. I'll give you a note, and you go find Deputy Director Gong at the lumber mill. Furniture tickets are hard to come by these days!"
Zhang Hongcheng has no shortage of furniture tickets.
What he lacked was the opportunity to repay Deputy Director Liu's favor.
Looking at Zhang Hongcheng who was thanking him profusely, Deputy Director Liu felt even better.
The sawmill is in Yunxi Town, twenty miles away.
Xiao Qin, who has a wide network of contacts, helped him find a tractor that would take him there.
"Oh, right," Xiao Qin showed off a dozen red armbands. "There's no printing machine in Yunxi Town. They asked our headquarters to print these armbands."
"Please give it to Xiao Li from the Educated Youth Office in Yunxi Town. She will deliver the armband to the local authorities."
This is a small matter, Zhang Hongcheng agreed without hesitation.
An hour later, the tractor dropped him off directly in front of the sawmill.
The driver agreed to take him back in forty minutes.
Deputy Director Gong was not there, but with a note from Deputy Director Liu, a section chief took him directly to see several kang cabinets.
"Eight! If you change it to your requirements, I'll add one more. Come pick it up in an hour."
Zhang Hongcheng paid the money and prepared to go to the town’s Youth League Office to deliver the armband.
He strolled a short distance when he saw an old man wearing a mask hurriedly walking out of an alley carrying something on his back.
The old farmer was kind-hearted and perfect for asking for directions.
"Uncle, I want to ask you about a place..."
The old man hurriedly reached out his hand to ask him to speak in a low voice, then pointed to the alleyway he had come out of.
"Just go inside."
Eh?
Seeing that Zhang Hongcheng was curious and wanted to go in to take a look, the old man hurriedly pulled him back.
"Why don't you wear a mask, kid?"
The old man took out a cotton mask and handed it to Zhang Hongcheng, then hurried away with the things on his back.
Zhang Hongcheng, wearing a mask, stuck his head into the alley and happened to meet the eyes of a masked man.
The man glared at Zhang Hongcheng and hurriedly pulled him into the alley.
"What are you standing outside looking at? What if someone sees you?"
The masked man stretched out his hand.
"One dime!"
Zhang Hongcheng was puzzled.
Highway robbery?
Just to steal the money for two buns?
The man looked at Zhang Hongcheng with a confused expression and said unhappily.
"We're looking after this place and letting you do business. We can't take the risk in vain, right?"
Zhang Hongcheng suddenly realized.
It turns out that this is the Yunxi Town black market mentioned in the book!
Without hesitation, Zhang Hongcheng took out a dime and gave it to the man, then hurried in.
This is a great place for him to spend those bills!
The alley was very long, with only about twenty people standing there sparsely.
Most of them were wearing masks and looking around.
These people were carrying something at their feet or on their backs.
There were canned food, malted milk, canned meat, defective cloth, and the most abundant items were various grains.
Mixed noodles, three-in-one noodles, millet, soybeans, dried mushrooms, pine nuts...
No one was sitting down, and everyone looked like they were ready to run away at any time.
"Comrade, what do you want?"
The person who came up to talk was a big black guy. Unlike the others, this guy was carrying a black leather shoulder bag.
The bag was bulging, and I didn't know what was in it.
There were two other people following behind him, both with their clothes open and looking at people with squinted eyes.
The shorter one was still playing with a sharp piece of iron in his hand.
Zhang Hongcheng thought about it seriously.
What was the name of the black market boss in the book?
Pang Youde!
He did a lot of things against the heroine Chu Miaohong, and finally fell in love with Chu Miaohong.
It is considered one of the troublesome little bosses in the early stage of the book.
Zhang Hongcheng had left all the things he had bought before at Xiao Qin's place, so he pointed to a stall selling canned meat and malted milk. He planned to buy some more nutritional supplements to replenish himself.
This happens to be the big black guy's business.
"My stuff is good, but the price is expensive!"
"Canned meat is one dollar, and malted milk is ten dollars a can."
One dollar is fine for canned meat, but the malted milk from the supply and marketing cooperative is only eight dollars a can.
If the supply and marketing cooperative hadn't limited purchases, he wouldn't have come to the black market to buy this.
"Then I'll have three cans of meat."
The big black man, who might be Pang Youde, took a look at the new watch on Zhang Hongcheng's wrist and sneered.
"My rule is that if you ask the price, you must buy it!"
"Five cans of malted milk, fifty dollars. Here you go."
The understated voice sounded very bossy.
Zhang Hongcheng sighed and reached into his bag.
The three people opposite laughed triumphantly.
But the next second, Zhang Hongcheng took out a red armband from his bag and put it on his arm leisurely.
A brand new green military uniform with four big golden characters printed on the red armband.
【Market Audit】!
Oh my god!
Pang Youde and the other two immediately turned around and ran away.
This guy turns out to be an undercover agent!
"Run! The inspectors are coming!"
The people in the alley immediately scattered like birds and beasts.
While running, Pang Youde did not forget to carry the sack containing malted milk and canned food.
Zhang Hongcheng followed behind Pang Youde.
"The one carrying the sack is Pang Youde, don't let him get away!"
Pang Youde gritted his teeth, threw the bag away, and continued running.
Zhang Hongcheng was overjoyed when he picked up the sack.
"Everyone, pay attention! The person carrying the black leather bag is Pang Youde! He's the main culprit!"
There was a lot of chaotic footsteps in the alley, and Pang Youde couldn't tell whether many people rushed in. His face turned green.
Between life and money, he finally chose life.
With the amount of money he made from speculation, a peanut would definitely be enough for him.
The black satchel flew backwards with a whistling sound.
Zhang Hongcheng stuffed the leather bag into the sack embarrassedly and turned away.
He asked for directions along the way, handed more than ten red armbands to the Youth League Office and gave them to a freckled Comrade Li, and immediately carried the sacks back to the entrance of the lumber factory.
The enthusiastic tractor driver has helped him load the modified kang cabinet onto the truck.
What else is there to say? Run!
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