Fortunately, everyone had just received the news, so even if they had the foresight to come to the scrap collection station, they would still be a little confused when faced with so many books.
This gave Li Guihua and the others an opportunity to find enough books for three sets.
This does not include what other educated youth found, but if counted together, it should be enough for the educated youth to circulate and study among themselves.
Several other educated youth from other brigades, some of whom were quick-eyed, noticed that Li Guihua and Wen Sihe were looking for books with a purpose.
He immediately stopped what he was doing and observed the two people carefully.
One of them was a man wearing glasses, who looked to be in his early twenties, with regular features and sharp eyebrows.
He stood in the corner, staring at the pile of books at Wen Sihe's feet.
In Zhao Hua's opinion, those who got the news and came to the scrap collection station to look for books must have certain connections.
It must have pointed out the seriousness of it, and maybe there are things he doesn't know.
After a quick glance and seeing the books inside, Zhao Hua also realized what set of books it was!
Thinking of the place he had just searched, he went to the innermost part and found a set of relatively new books.
Wrap it in old newspaper and walk out quickly.
After finding five sets of books, Wen Sihe said to everyone, "We have found almost all the books, and it is getting late, let's go back quickly."
Several male educated youth were still somewhat reluctant: "You knew which set of books to look for, but you didn't even tell us.
We are like headless flies, and we still haven’t put together a complete set.”
Li Guihua tied up all the books with ropes and said loudly: "There are more than a dozen books in this set, and one person cannot finish reading them. When the time comes, we can divide into groups and call on each other to read.
We cherish this opportunity, and others also cherish it.
We should at least leave some opportunities for others. We are all educated youth who went to the countryside, and we know very well how precious this opportunity is to us. "
When several male educated youth heard this, they fell silent instantly.
He took the initiative to pick up the piles of books and walked outside.
The old man couldn't stop smiling when he saw them carrying out so many books.
"Uncle, can you tell me how much it is?"
"Two cents for one book. Count it. How much is it in total?"
When Niu Liye heard this number, he was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Before, this book was left in that room and rotted, but no one wanted it. All the old newspapers and books were weighed by kilograms, and they were ten cents per kilogram.
Why are you suddenly raising the price now?"
The old man looked at his frustrated look, but he was not angry. He said cheerfully: "When buying and selling things, you have to look at its value.
It's worth this much now, take it or leave it, if you don't want it, throw it back."
He is not a fool. A man had already taken this set of books away before, and these people later were all looking for this set of books. You can imagine the value of this set of books.
It seems that I have to go back and find this set of books, and maybe take the opportunity to exchange it for a high price.
Niu Liye wanted to argue, but Wen Sihe stopped him.
With a smile on his face, he said to the old man, "Uncle, if you raise the price like this, aren't you afraid that we will ask the street office about it?"
The old man's expression froze for a moment, but then he became fearless again: "You can go and ask, but the book must stay here."
As for whether the book would still be there after he came back, that was not something he considered.
Wen Sihe's smile remained unchanged, and he continued, "How about we both take a step back, this set of books has 17 books, and we'll give you two dollars.
We found five sets in total, and I'll give you ten dollars, how about that? "
Seeing that the old man refused to agree, Wen Sihe did not get angry, and directly exposed the old man's thoughts: "It doesn't matter if you don't agree. We have a lot of people anyway. Send one or two people to the street office to ask.
The scrap collection station is raising the price, what should I do? It's not impossible!
Uncle, don’t you think so?
Her voice was neither hurried nor slow, gentle yet with a hint of firmness.
The old man looked at the six or seven people surrounding him and swallowed.
Although his son is the deputy director of the subdistrict office, if this matter really gets out, it will probably have a certain impact.
"Okay, ten dollars is ten dollars, take it and go!"
The old man waved his hand impatiently, and Wen Sihe directly took out ten one-dollar bills from his cloth bag.
With a bang, he slapped it on the table, which scared the old man.
He gave Wen Sihe a speechless look.
Looking at a group of people carrying thick books and walking away, the old man couldn't help but take off his hat and scratched his head.
He muttered to himself, "Could it be possible that this set of books is really useful?"
The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed. The old man immediately called for help and summoned his grandson and old lady.
The scrap collection station was brightly lit all night long.
I forced the old man to find six or seven sets of self-study books on mathematics, physics and chemistry.
He said to his old woman, "Please sort out those books. Don't throw away the moldy ones. They may come in handy."
The old lady had been busy all night and her waist was aching. Then she saw the old man giving orders in an arrogant manner and she became very angry.
He picked up a book at hand and threw it at the old man: "Are you addicted to it?
I've been busy until now and haven't even had a sip of water. You ask me to do this and that, why don't you do it yourself?"
There was a six or seven-year-old grandson at the old lady's feet. He imitated her and shouted to the old man: "Grandma is right, why don't you do it yourself?"
The old man was so angry at what the two said that he blew his beard and snorted coldly: "I will do it by myself. If I make extra money later, I can buy myself some wine."
When the old lady heard that she could make more money, her eyes rolled around.
The anger in his body suddenly disappeared, and he snorted: "But then I thought, your legs are not very flexible, so let me do it."
The old man was so moved by the old lady's words that his eyes were filled with tears. It was his old lady who loved him.
Haha, it turns out that being in love is not good, people are just worried about the money in your pocket!!
After the educated youth returned to the educated youth site, they immediately held an emergency meeting.
Some people said: “Otherwise we shouldn’t go to work during this period.
I have been working in the countryside for six or seven years in order to concentrate on preparing for the college entrance examination, and I have forgotten a lot of knowledge.
I don’t think I can review it in a short time, and I can’t do it at all when I have to work.”
“I think this proposal is feasible.”
"This, this is not good. Will the team leader and the branch secretary agree?"
Niu Liye felt a little uneasy. These were just rumors. If they were inaccurate, they would be in trouble when the time came to distribute the grain.
For a moment, the two opinions were deadlocked and everyone looked unhappy.
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