After thinking for a moment, the captain said, "These bricks will probably cost twenty or thirty. You can take fifteen first. Five will be the door fee, and ten will be the bricks as collateral."
Without hesitation, Zhou Mingli took out the nineteen yuan that the guy had given him when he went to the black market to exchange for bicycle tickets, and gave fifteen yuan to the captain. "Tell me the rest of the money you owe, and I'll make up the difference."
The brigade leader nodded and glanced at him. "You'd better get all the work points this month, otherwise you won't get much grain after you exchange your fence ticket."
"I understand."
The captain hesitated for a moment, wanting to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, and sighed, "Alright, I'm leaving now."
After saying that, the captain left first.
Quite some time had passed, and Zhou Mingli told Brother Yu to go to work first, while he would take care of the rest himself.
After his elder brother left, Zhou Mingli entered the house and saw Zhou Yang crying.
Why are you crying?
"Meat...Dad...my meat has been stolen by a thief!"
Zhou Yang felt wronged, Zhou Yang was upset, Zhou Yang wanted to cry!
Zhou Mingli's gaze toward Zhou Yang became somewhat strange.
Cooked meat has a strong smell, especially in the summer when everything spoils easily.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli finished their work last night and went back to rest. As they lay in bed, they smelled an indescribable odor.
That's the smell of cooked meat going bad.
Refrigerators are rare nowadays, especially in the countryside, where they are practically nonexistent.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli searched around and finally found the source of the smell.
A small cloth bag containing two pieces of meat.
Jiang Ci and Zhou Mingli didn't need to guess who did it to know.
They both decided to throw the meat away.
One of the culprits, Zhou Mingli, calmly passed the buck to Zhou Laoda, saying, "He stole your meat. Stay away from him from now on. Don't eat anything he gives you, or he'll trick you into leaving too."
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