Chapter 12 I want 5 cents for an egg
More than an hour later, Cheng Hui and Gao Zhi returned to Gaojiatun Production Team.
Cheng Hui touched her frozen cotton pants; they were still too thin.
Unfortunately, she had no money to buy cotton and no cloth coupons.
This little money in your pocket is of great use and cannot be touched.
She took Gao Zhi directly to Gao Qishan's house.
As the twelfth lunar month approaches, the crops in Northeast China have been harvested. Although there is still work to be done in the fields, people can finish work early every day.
Gao Qishan and his wife were both at home.
Seeing Cheng Hui coming in, Gao Qishan immediately stood up and asked, "What's going on again?"
Cheng Hui smiled. She liked this young captain very much. He was a decent person with no bad intentions and he had taken good care of her in his previous life.
"Yes, I have something to do." Cheng Hui sat down on the kang in a familiar manner and said, "I went to the commune food factory this morning and found a job."
The tobacco leaf in Gao Qishan's hand fell.
Sun Tiemei, who was making a cotton-padded jacket nearby, accidentally pricked her hand.
She exclaimed, "You found a job? The commune food factory? You can earn a salary in the future?"
How can you be so capable!
Cheng Hui had a calm expression, but the tall branch behind her had her chin dropped to the sky.
Not only did her sister-in-law find a job, she also found one!
However, Cheng Hui told her on the way that the fact that she had a job must not be spread, otherwise her salary would have to be handed over to the Gao family.
Only then did Gao Zhi stop showing off.
Cheng Hui nodded, took out 5 yuan from her pocket and put it on the kang.
"The commune food factory is having some troubles now. They are running out of eggs. They are in a hurry to produce and can't wait for the county to deliver them. They want to buy some directly from our production team, at 8 cents each."
She said to Sun Tiemei, "Although I have been in the production team for almost a year, I don't know many people. I would like to trouble you with this matter, but I wonder if you are free?"
Sun Tiemei immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes!"
She raised a few chickens at home, and she never ate the eggs, but sold them to buy oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
She knows the egg market very well. The most expensive egg was only 7.5 cents each, and most of the time it was 7 cents each.
8 cents each, she makes a lot of money!
I just don’t know if it’s possible... She glanced at her husband.
Gao Qishan was also a little hesitant.
They have strict control here. There are no markets or farmers' markets. If farmers want to sell their agricultural and sideline products, they have to go to the black market and sell them secretly.
And while it's no problem to sell your own property, it's a big deal to collect other people's property and sell it to make a profit from the difference.
It is speculation.
But the brave ones will die of overeating while the timid ones will die of starvation. Is everyone so obedient? Impossible.
Cheng Hui said leisurely: "According to the rules, our commune food factory cannot collect raw materials privately, so I will not mention this matter to the outside world, let alone tell you how much I paid for it."
This leaves them room to maneuver.
Sun Tiemei's eyes became brighter.
Gao Qishan looked at Cheng Hui again. This young educated youth was a little different from what he had originally thought.
Cheng Hui suddenly said with some embarrassment: "Of course I can't work in vain."
She touched her belly and said, "The baby will be born in two or three months, but I haven't prepared small clothes and quilts for her yet, so I want 5 cents for an egg."
Gao Qishan and Sun Tiemei were completely relieved.
They don't want to owe favors to others, they would rather give money.
Cheng Hui smiled. She didn't care about the 5 cents either, but she said this to put them at ease.
After receiving the money, everyone is on the same boat and no one will betray anyone.
Gao Qishan suddenly looked at Gao Zhi.
Gao Zhi immediately closed his eyes and covered his mouth: "I didn't see anything! I won't say anything!"
Cheng Hui smiled and said, "Don't worry, I believe Gao Zhi, she knows the importance of this matter. I also found her a job in the food factory. For now, I have to trouble the captain to keep this matter secret and handle it."
Gao Zhi couldn't hide the fact that she had a job from her father but from Gao Qishan, because if she didn't go to work, Gao Qishan would find someone to find her.
Gao Qishan nodded. So that's it.
He also watched the little girl Gao Zhi grow up. She doesn't have many tricks, but she is also very cunning. When it comes to her own interests, she can be very shrewd.
Cheng Hui pushed another 5 yuan forward and said, "Thank you for your help, Auntie. I'll take the 5 yuan first. It would be even better if you can help us deliver it to the commune food factory tomorrow morning."
Sun Tiemei immediately said, "Okay, okay, what time tomorrow morning? I'll drive the production team's horse-drawn carriage and take you there in person!"
Cheng Hui smiled and said, "Since we have a carriage, we can leave at 7 o'clock in time."
This is another benefit of bringing Gao Qishan along.
Although the production team's horse-drawn carriage could be borrowed by anyone for any reason, it could not be borrowed every day, and she didn't know how to drive!
How great it is now, not only do we have cars, but we also have free drivers.
After leaving Gao Qishan's house, the two returned to the educated youth point.
Before entering the house, Cheng Hui asked Gao Zhi: "How about you move out and live with me? The two of us can live in the room they vacated."
"Okay, okay!" Gao Zhi nodded repeatedly.
The educated youth center is the only brick house in the village!
In order to respond to the policy, the higher-ups approved money to build it.
It was much better than the Gao family’s mud house, and as a burden, her quilt was particularly thin and she lived at the end of the kang, so she was woken up by the cold every morning.
"But we have no firewood," Gao Zhi said again.
Even if the brick house doesn't have a heated kang, I still wake up from the cold.
Cheng Hui took out another dime and handed it to her: "Find a way to buy a bundle of firewood, enough to burn for a day. We'll talk about tomorrow tomorrow."
Gao Zhi held the 10 cents in his hand without saying a word, not because he thought it was too little, but because he was shocked by how fast Cheng Hui spent the money.
I stole 18.35 yuan last night.
The supply and marketing cooperative spent a total of 7 yuan to buy hats and scarves, 40 cents to buy tiaozi cakes, and gave another 4 yuan to Guo Dajun. He just took out 5 yuan to buy eggs.
I spent a few cents on buying envelopes and stamps before.
She probably only has a little over 1 yuan left in her hand now!
Cheng Hui smiled. The remaining one dollar was to be saved for buying train tickets for a few people tomorrow. Otherwise, she would have used it all to collect eggs.
"Don't worry about the money. As long as you follow me, I guarantee that you won't be hungry or cold." Cheng Hui said.
Gao Zhi nodded immediately: "Okay."
But why do I feel that this sentence is a bit weird?
Cheng Hui sent her to find firewood, and she went to the educated youth site herself, wanting to find the manager of the female educated youth to discuss the use of the house.
As a result, when I entered the room, I saw Su Xiao sitting on the kang, talking to the person next to her and wiping her tears.
The female educated youth next to her no longer looked at her with such contempt.
It seems that she has put in a lot of effort during the day.
Cheng Hui chuckled and suddenly said, "Su Xiao, I went to the commune this morning and wrote a letter home. I asked my stepmother to ask about your mother's condition. Is she feeling better?"
Lidya Su’s expression froze instantly.
Her mother is not sick at all!
If her family knew that she lied and borrowed money under this name...she would be finished!
"What's with that expression on your face? Don't you want to know about your mother's situation? Or are you afraid that your lie will be exposed and they will ask you for money?" Cheng Hui said.
Su Xiao's parents were also very bad, extremely patriarchal, and she came to the countryside to replace her brother.
If he knew she had money, he would definitely find ways to take it away and would not care where the money came from.
Lidya Su took a deep breath, put away her expression and said with emotion: "No, I just didn't expect that you would help me. You are really my best sister. It was all my fault before. In the future..."
"Remember to pay me back in the future." Cheng Hui said, "Let's settle the accounts now. How much money have you borrowed from me since I was a child?"
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