Ji Nanfeng went to the next door and knocked on it. "Comrade Miao—"
Manager Miao was pressing Liu Xiangyun down for an intimate moment when there was a knock on the door. Manager Miao gritted his teeth and said, "Have you been disrupting the neighbor's business so often? So, they're here to get revenge?"
Liu Xiangyun's pretty face flushed slightly, "No way! I only go in after they finish their business."
When Manager Miao heard that the courtyard gate was about to be smashed, he had no choice but to put on his clothes and get up to open the door.
Ji Nanfeng smiled and said, "Comrade Miao, thank you for the grapes. They are very sweet."
Manager Miao said calmly, "As I should. Chief Ji, is there anything else?"
Ji Nanfeng said with some embarrassment, "It's hot, and the grapes won't keep well. My wife wants to make some wine, but I wonder if there's any on the black market? I'd also like to trouble Manager Miao to take me there."
Manager Miao: "Yes, you wait."
A minute later, Manager Miao brought out a jar of wine and told Ji Nanfeng to move it away quickly. He slammed the door shut.
Ji Nanfeng: Haha, being so impatient is really disrespectful.
In the following days, Ruan Tang began to sort out her clothes. Grandma Ji was afraid that Ruan Tang would be looked down upon when she went to the provincial capital, so she took Ruan Tang to the supply and marketing office every day to buy fabrics, and was determined to make enough summer and autumn clothes for Ruan Tang.
By the middle of the month, Ruan Tang went to the black market and bought a bunch of dried seafood. The family's savings were almost gone.
But she had food and vegetables at home, so she felt at ease going to the provincial capital.
Otherwise, given Grandma Ji's personality, if she were asked to go to the black market to buy vegetables, she would probably be scared when she heard the prices.
The family had already taken care of itself, so Ruan Tang was thinking about making some money.
However, Ruan Tang wandered around Hongyang County but couldn't think of any way to make money, so he stopped at a county hospital.
Ruan Tang went to the dean's office and exchanged a few pleasantries with Dean Jiang Haitao before explaining the purpose of her visit: "Well, is the surgery department busy lately? Do you want to hire some outside help?"
"Teacher Ruan alone is worth the entire department's salary. The other doctors are almost out of a job." Jiang Haitao's eyes flashed. "Why don't you come to our obstetrics and gynecology department? I'll give you 20 yuan per operation, no, 50 yuan."
Jiang Haitao thought about her own financial situation and believed that she could afford to pay fifty yuan for Ruan Tang's surgery.
If I can perform two surgeries this month, it'll only cost me one yuan. If I can recruit someone for the gynecology department with that one yuan, that would be a real bargain.
Ruan Tang refused without thinking. Liu Weifang's situation was special that time, so she had no choice but to go ahead.
“I can’t make a knife.”
Jiang Haitao certainly didn't want Ruan Tang to be a surgeon. She also had to be responsible for her patients. "It's the price of an assistant."
Ruan Tang shook her head. "Your price is just giving me money. I can't accept it."
Finally, after negotiation, the two agreed on a fee of 15 yuan for a surgical assistant and 50 yuan for an emergency operation. This fee was deducted from the hospital's financial resources, and Ruan Tang was considered an extra staff member of the county's No. 1 hospital.
After the matter was settled, Jiang Haitao vaguely mentioned that if she could buy a radio after going to the provincial capital, she could resell it in Hongyang County and earn enough money to perform an operation.
Ruan Tang became excited when she heard this, as she was very familiar with radios.
In her previous life, Ruan Yu bought a tube radio at a high price when she was a child, but she took it apart and broke it. Later, Ruan Yu never bought another one.
When Ruan Xu was old, he still often talked about this tube radio, so she bought electronic parts and made more than a dozen of them. She picked out the one with the most stable reception, put it on the antique case and gave it to Ruan Xu. Ruan Xu was so happy that he held it in his arms every day.
Later, she made a semiconductor radio to appease Ruan Xu, which made Ruan Xu so happy that he turned on two radios every day.
"Dean Jiang, are radios really that popular here?"
Jiang Haitao nodded. "There's been a radio craze going on in the city lately. Young people are proud to have a radio. Many girls have included a radio in their dowries. The price on the black market is already around 90 yuan, and we're still waiting for the goods."
After saying goodbye to Jiang Haitao, Ruan Tang went to the black market. As expected, after asking around, there were no radios in stock, and the queue for goods was already two months later.
Ruan Tang went to the state-owned store again. A tube radio cost 70 yuan, and a radio ticket was required.
There was a little girl at the counter who came to buy something with a cashier ticket. The salesperson told her that the two units for this month had already been sold out. If she wanted to buy one, she should hurry up next month because two more units would be available at the beginning of the month.
Ruan Tang watched this scene with deep affection, thinking about how she worked hard as an assistant in an operation, standing there in fear for several hours for only 15 yuan. If she sold radios, she could make a lot of money.
Ruan Tang went to the flea market without hesitation.
The flea market was still state-owned, and when Ruan Tang went there, quite a few people were browsing for used furniture. This was almost always the place where confiscated property from Hongyang County was disposed of.
Some newlyweds with limited funds can choose suitable furniture here, or even old watches and broken bicycles.
Ruan Tang asked the salesperson, "Comrade, do you have a radio?"
The salesperson took out an old radio and said, "You're lucky. This radio just arrived and can still receive sound. It's just a little worn out on the outside. I'll give you 58."
Ruan Tang silently pushed the radio away. "It's my fault for not making it clear. I want a broken radio. The more broken, the better. The broken, the better."
After confirming Ruan Tang's needs again and again, the salesperson muttered, "That's weird. It needs to be more worn out."
Several salespeople met, and one of them picked up a key and asked Ruan Tang to go with her.
Ruan Tang followed him to the warehouse of the flea market, where the salesperson pulled out a sack of old radios.
"These are all old radios I copied. The badly broken ones are 5 yuan each, and the ones that are in better condition are 10 yuan. You can take your pick."
Ruan Tang opened the sack and saw that most of the radios inside were badly broken. She finally found two with intact shells, and then found another one that was badly broken but the parts inside were still intact.
Ruan Tang paid 50 yuan at once. The salesperson shook his head and said, "For a little less, you can buy a usable old item. You may not be able to put together a complete piece from all this junk."
The salesperson thought that Ruan Tang's money was probably wasted, so he generously gave her a sack.
"There are always people dreaming of getting rich quick. Why are there only a bunch of junk radios left here? They're just the leftovers picked out by people like you who wanted to piece them together."
The salesperson saw Ruan Tang's tender face and said, "I haven't opened the order yet. If you regret it, it's not too late."
Ruan Tang stuffed all eight radios into the sack and rejected the salesperson's offer.
"Whatever you want, you'll know how to cry when you fail."
After Ruan Tang moved the sacks home, he went to the machinery factory to borrow some tools. After everything was ready, he locked himself in the room.
Out of eight radios, she pieced together two.
Ruan Tang tried to pick up the radio.
The announcer's clear and melodious voice came from the radio.
Done!
"What's that sound? It sounds like the sound coming from the radio?" Ji Xiaodi heard the sound of the radio as soon as he entered the house and shouted excitedly. "Sister-in-law, did our family buy a radio?"
Little Brother Ji didn't even have time to throw away his schoolbag, and pulled Gao Qin into Ruan Tang's room.
I was very curious to see the radio on the table, but I didn't dare touch it for fear of breaking it.
"like?"
Little brother Ji wanted to nod his head. Their principal had a radio and listened to the broadcast every day, which made all the teachers and students in the school envious.
Gao Qin also likes it, and her little face turns red.
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