"It's still 80 cents a pound, a total of 610 pounds, a total of 488. Come, brother Xiaoye, take it."
Xiaoqiang walked out of the house and handed the money to Lu Zhiye.
Lu Zhiye took out eight yuan and stuffed it into Xiaoqiang's pocket: "Give it to Brother Xiaoqiang to smoke."
Xiaoqiang was also dumbfounded when he saw Lu Zhiye's magnanimous look.
Because the average salary for temporary workers is only more than 20 yuan now.
Workers only earn more than 30 yuan.
What Lu Zhiye spent was half a month's salary for others.
Xiaoqiang pulled Lu Zhiye over and said, "Since you are thinking about your brother Xiaoqiang, I Xiaoqiang cannot treat you unfairly. We recently received a batch of defective cloth. Do you want it? This price..."
He made a three gesture.
Lu Zhiye smiled and nodded: "Brother Xiaoqiang is generous, do you have two?"
Xiaoqiang patted him on the shoulder, feeling very disappointed with him.
It’s just this little, but they have got twenty horses this time.
If you take it from him and go to a few places, you can make a lot of money.
Lu Zhiye just smiled faintly at Xiaoqiang: "Brother Xiaoqiang is thinking about me, I can't be greedy and cut off your financial resources. I can't make things difficult for you, right?"
Xiaoqiang's hands were trembling a little, but he felt comfortable and at ease in his heart.
One piece is one hundred feet. According to the price Xiaoqiang mentioned, he would be charged 30 cents per foot, which is 60 yuan.
Lu Zhiye counted out one hundred and twenty yuan and handed it to Xiaoqiang.
"I'd like to trouble Brother Xiaoqiang for a favor. Can you help me cut these cloths so that they won't attract attention when I take them out?"
Xiao Qiang thought it was no big deal, and patted his chest: "No problem, just sit down and drink some tea, I'll get it ready for you in a while."
The cloth they usually sell on the black market is cut into three-foot or five-foot pieces. There are women who specialize in making these in the backyard.
"Just cut ten feet of each for me."
Lu Zhiye reminded again.
Xiaoqiang ordered his men to do things for Lu Zhiye.
Then he sat there and chatted with Lu Zhiye.
Lu Zhiye casually led the topic and finally brought it to the issue of demotion.
In his previous life, during a particularly chaotic period, he was stabbed by someone.
He fainted before he could reach the hospital.
It was an elderly couple who saved him, and he has always been grateful to them.
But they eventually died of physical exhaustion from being sent down to the countryside, and died before the age of 60.
In this life, he wanted to take better care of them, at least to make their lives better.
Xiaoqiang was squatting on the bench. He became interested when the topic of demotion came up.
"Let me tell you, my brother asked me to go to the city a while ago.
Several people over there were arrested and sent down.
Tsk tsk tsk, the situation was so bad that all the land at home was dug up.
There was a couple in their thirties. I heard they were both university professors. It was really scary.”
Lu Zhiye said calmly: "It's really scary. I don't know what kind of problem this professor will have to be demoted."
Xiao Qiang waved his hand: "Who knows? These days, if you are not careful and get reported, your whole family will be in trouble."
"Indeed, there is also a person who was sent down to the countryside living in the cowshed in our village. He lives a very hard life."
Xiao Qiang slapped his thigh and said, "It seems that these people were sent down to our side, but I heard that they are from a village near the dam, which makes it convenient for them to repair the dam."
After getting the answer he wanted, Lu Zhiye kept thinking in his mind.
The village near the dam is another village over the hill. In winter, when people stay at home, they organize a large number of people to dig canals and rivers.
Just then, a woman came in and told Xiaoqiang that everything was ready.
Lu Zhiye and Xiaoqiang walked out.
Xiao Qiang brought him a new backpack: "Use this to carry your things. Don't get them dirty."
Lu Zhiye thanked him and put all the cloth into the big backpack.
He put the backpack on his back effortlessly, then picked up another backpack with one hand and walked out.
When he reached a deserted place, Lu Zhiye slipped into the space.
He took out the cloth, and when he saw the eight dollars pressed under the cloth, a smile appeared on his thin lips.
The dark eyes were full of planning.
What he did today completely won Xiaoqiang's approval.
Returning the money means treating him as a brother.
After Xiaoqiang stuffed the money under the cloth, he turned around and went back into the house. Now he is slapping his thigh in regret.
"I'll save two dollars to buy cigarettes!"
He slapped himself twice: "Your brain is hot!"
I was really moved by Lu Zhiye's words just now.
Those who are involved in the black market all live with their heads hanging on their belts.
Lu Zhiye did not take advantage of him and was considerate of him, so he was willing to acknowledge Lu Zhiye as his brother.
Thinking of this, Xiaoqiang no longer regretted it.
I hummed a little tune and went to the backyard to see how they were doing.
They can sell this defective cloth at the same price as in the supply and marketing cooperatives without cloth coupons, or even a cent higher.
Lu Zhiye did not go back directly, but walked along a small alley, looking along the way.
The people living here are workers from textile factories, steel mills, etc.
After a while, Lu Zhiye found a target.
A young woman carrying a child on her back was washing clothes in the yard.
The gate to the courtyard was wide open, and the sound of a sewing machine could be faintly heard from inside.
Lu Zhiye's face was still painted black.
He knocked on the door gently. The young woman looked outside vigilantly. When she saw Lu Zhiye carrying two large backpacks, she was delighted.
"Sister, I came from the countryside to visit relatives, but I can't find the place. Do you know where the textile factory's family compound is?"
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