Chapter 169 Electronic Watch
Zhao Yi arrived at the entrance of the restaurant. At this time, two little girls had already opened the door of the restaurant and were cleaning up the garbage at the door, although those who were watching TV would not take the initiative to throw garbage on the ground.
But from time to time some melon seeds, peanut shells and other things would still fall off.
"Come here and collect your wages."
Zhao Yi smiled.
As he spoke, he counted the money and handed it over.
Both of them were a little surprised to see the salary was seventeen dollars.
"Brother Yi, did you give me two too many?"
The two asked hurriedly.
"This is what you deserve. Oh, and these are made for you by your sister-in-law."
Zhang Jing started making shoes a month ago, but with only a little time every night, it took her nearly a month to finish two pairs of shoes.
Looking at the new cloth shoes in Zhao Yi's hand, they were indescribably happy and quickly thanked him before taking them.
"If you want to make clothes, I have cloth coupons here. There is a sewing machine for making clothes in the alley not far ahead."
Zhao Yi looked at the two of them and explained.
"I understand, Brother Yi."
The two of them nodded quickly.
There is really no use for the cloth at Zhao Yi's house at the moment. He and Zhang Jingfa still have a new set of work clothes that they haven't had time to wear. Every year, the garment factory has benefits. Some defective products returned by department stores or supply and marketing cooperatives can be bought back at half price by garment factory staff to wear at home.
Dad Zhao Dahai had work clothes. The coal mine was different from the factory. The labor intensity there was high and the wear and tear was great, so a new set was issued once a year. Zhao Dahai was reluctant to wear them himself, so he gave one set to Zhao Yi.
He worked in the coal mine wearing patched work clothes, and the new clothes I made for him were rarely worn a few times a year, and only when he came to the city to play.
As for my mother, there is Zhang Jing and Zhao Gang's wife who used to make a set for her every year and send it to her. Now they are not allowed to do that because they say there are too many clothes to wear at home.
No one came to her house to exchange the cloth coupons she received every year, and Zhang Jing was reluctant to sell them.
Just keep saving it like this.
Zhao Yigang walked into the repair shop and picked up the home appliance for repair.
"uncle."
Zheng Tao walked into the repair shop with a smile.
Zheng Tao is the daughter of Li Mingzhu. Li Mingzhu calls Zhao Yi brother, so Zheng Tao calls Zhao Yi based on her relationship with her mother. In fact, she is not much younger than Zhao Yi. She was already seventeen when she went to the countryside to work as a sent-down youth.
"Little Peach."
Zhao Yi greeted with a smile.
"Why are you free to come here?"
"It's the Dragon Boat Festival soon, so I came here to bring some gifts for you, my aunt, and my brothers and sisters."
Zheng Tao said with a smile.
Since this girl got married, she would buy some things and send them to us during every festival, especially during the New Year, she would bring her children over to visit us.
"If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten about it. Wait until your aunt finishes making the dumplings and I'll bring some over for you to try."
"Okay, then I won't bother you at work, uncle. You have to go see my mom when you come here."
After Zheng Tao finished speaking, he walked upstairs to the department store.
Zheng Tao and Fang Yan were both staff members of the Materials Bureau, but Zheng Tao married and moved to Xicheng, and later she was transferred to work there.
As soon as he left this side, Section Chief Wang walked into the repair shop.
"Brother, do you have any special dishes in a couple of days? I plan to treat my family to a good meal at your place during the Dragon Boat Festival."
Section Chief Wang looked at Zhao Yi's old face and smiled brighter than a chrysanthemum.
"Brother Wang, what good news has happened?"
Zhao Yi was a little confused.
"It's not a happy event, it's just that my daughter has found a job."
Section Chief Wang said happily.
Hearing this, Zhao Yi nodded. Having a job was considered a great joy.
"The specialties may be out of stock. The best I can get you is some rabbit meat."
Zhao Yi smiled.
Nowadays, restaurants serve fish, loach, river shrimp, braised meat, chicken, and occasionally pheasant, hare and venison.
"Okay, an extra plate of meat is a good thing."
Section Chief Wang laughed.
Then he walked into the restaurant with a smile and started to order food for tomorrow night with Chen Fen.
In a blink of an eye, it was time to get off work. Zhao Yi had just locked the door when Zhang Jing walked up to him mysteriously.
"Boss, do you recognize this thing?"
Zhang Jing said this, revealing a watch on her wrist.
To be precise, it is an electronic watch.
"I don't know, what is this?"
Zhao Yi pretended not to know him.
"This is an electronic watch. It was brought back from work in Shanghai by Li Fang's cousin. He gave one to them as a gift. I thought it was interesting, so I brought it back for you to see."
Zhang Jing said with a smile.
"This thing must cost a lot of money."
Zhao Yi smiled.
Nowadays, perhaps only places like Shanghai and Kyoto have it.
After all, this thing is not currently produced in China.
"Forty yuan a piece, and it's not easy to buy."
Zhang Jing said with some envy.
"I don't think it's as nice as the one on your wrist."
Zhao Yi pointed at the watch on Zhang Jing's hand and said.
Zhao Yi had already bought Zhang Jing a Shanghai ladies' watch. When Zhang Jing first received the watch, she was so happy that she was overjoyed for several days.
Hearing Zhao Yi say this, Zhang Jing also nodded.
"This thing is just for fun. It's still far inferior to the watches in Magic City and Kyoto."
Zhang Jing nodded and said.
What Zhao Yi was thinking was that there was such a high profit, which was more than a month's salary for many people.
After Zhang Jing passed away in his previous life, Zhao Yi went to the provincial capital with his son, where he helped Zhao Peng take care of the children. After staying there for a long time, he became familiar with those people, and the old people would often talk about the past when they got together.
An old scavenger talked about how they used to earn tens of thousands of yuan a month.
At that time, Zhao Yi felt that the other party was bragging, and was bragging without caring about his life.
At that time, Zhao Yi worked in a coal mine. He could earn 40 yuan a month because he received a bonus of 4 yuan. He could earn more than 30 yuan a month, which made him the envy of everyone in the village.
If Zhang Jing hadn't suddenly fallen ill, things would have been much better at home.
This person actually said that he earned 10,000 or 20,000 yuan a month and was still picking up trash. Although Zhao Yi believed that the other party was bragging, he did not refute him but continued to listen.
"You don't know, the faster you make money, the less you know how to cherish it. You spend money lavishly. After squandering the money, you really don't know your own name. As a result, you made a lot of mistakes and spent more than 20 years in prison. You don't have any skills and you are sick.
I can only make a living by picking up garbage. ”
Zhao Yi heard from the other party that, at the beginning, a few bold young people went to Province G together. Although it had just been planned as a special economic zone, it had already had a circuitous relationship with the market in Hong Kong.
When I first got there, I could hardly understand what the locals were saying and I often took the wrong road. In the end, I still got the goods I wanted, but once I brought the goods back, they were in short supply.
The profit from each trip is a huge sum of money that we never dared to dream of before, and each person gets at least a few hundred yuan.
He talked to them and they bought a watch like this for only 10 yuan.
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