However, the thought only flashed through his mind, and Song Jianshe immediately put it behind his mind. He did not think about it any further, thinking that it was just a coincidence.
He thought that it was a good thing that Baoya stopped him that day, otherwise he would have gone to the black market as usual after arriving that day, and it would be hard to say whether he would be among those arrested.
Song Jianshe felt somewhat relieved, yet also somewhat terrified. Thinking of the arrested heizi, he felt a mixture of emotions.
He couldn't help but wonder, what would happen if Baoya hadn't taken him to the black market that day and he got caught?
He had thought about this question countless times, but in the end he could only skip it. As long as he was a profiteer, this danger would always be there, unless he stopped being a profiteer, or until the policy was liberalized.
In reality, as far as he was concerned, he was arrested, and he admitted it. He had done what he did, and he should bear the consequences. However, he had to consider his family, not just himself. If he were arrested, his family would also be implicated and linked to the speculators.
He didn't want this to happen, so he had to be more careful every time.
If he said he didn't want to do it, it might be a little difficult. It wasn't just a matter of whether he wanted to or not, but also whether he could or not.
Doing this is speculation and profiteering, and it's bad behavior. You have to be sneaky every time and worry about being caught by the police. But if he doesn't do it, what will happen to his family?
Although his brothers and sisters-in-law are hardworking people and can earn a lot of work points every day, the work points they earn are not money and cannot be used to send the children in the family to school.
Especially if there are many children in the family, the tuition for each child is three yuan per semester. This year, there are four children in the family who are in school, so the total tuition is twelve yuan.
It's summer vacation now, and school will start soon. Tian'en and Yunduo will also have to go to school. Now there will be six children in the family going to school, and the expenses will be even higher.
And Yuanbao, in another year, will be old enough to go to school. So, if he doesn't come out to do this to earn some money, what will happen to the children at home? He can't just drop out of school and become blind.
He can only be careful every time he goes out
If you are more careful, at least you can earn enough to send your children to school.
After a while, Song Jianshe said something to Tie Ge and left. Knowing that this black market was safe for the time being, Song Jianshe planned to sell the reed mats woven by his third brother first.
Those cicada shells cannot be sold here, and you have to find someone who specializes in collecting them.
With something on his mind, Song Jianshe quickly started working and would go home after all the things were sold.
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Chen Fengxia has been feeling a bit unlucky lately. For some unknown reason, the chickens at home have stopped laying eggs.
For several days now, they've only laid one or two eggs a day, nothing more. But before, all four hens laid one egg each, sometimes even two. But lately, I don't know what's going on, but one or two of them haven't laid eggs.
Chen Fengxia held the eggs she had just collected in her hands, and she felt a little annoyed when she saw the hens not laying eggs. The hens were good, but they didn't lay eggs. Without eggs, what would her son Zhuzi eat?
Thinking of this, Chen Fengxia was still a little angry. "I don't know how that fool fed the chickens. She made them stop laying eggs. I think mother is right. She is a jinx."
Chen Fengxia returned to the house and couldn't help but speak to Liu Youcang angrily.
Liu Youcang frowned and said, "Why would I care about Baoya if the chicken doesn't lay eggs?"
"They were fine before. She must have fed something unclean to the chickens, and they got sick from it." Chen Fengxia said unhappily.
"Haven't you been feeding the chickens recently? Weren't the chickens at home still fine when she was sent away?" Liu Youcang couldn't stand it anymore and sighed, "Didn't you say you were going to buy some medicine? Just feed it to the chickens and they should be fine."
"What medicine are you buying? You're paying for it? If this chicken dies from being fed, it's better to just kill it and eat it. Also, what did you just say? You're still defending that idiot? That idiot is a jinx. She's still causing trouble for our family even after she's gone, and you're still defending her?"
Liu Youliang didn't say anything. Whatever he said was useless anyway.
At dinner time, Zhuzi looked at the dishes on the table and yelled in dissatisfaction: "Mom, where are the eggs? I want to eat eggs."
We had saved a lot of eggs at home before, but she took some away when I went to my mother's house last time. In addition, the chickens haven't laid eggs much recently, so the eggs are becoming less and less. There are no extra eggs these days.
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"There's no more today. Wait until tomorrow. Mom will definitely make you something delicious tomorrow. My dear son, let's endure it for another day." Chen Fengxia comforted him quickly after seeing him.
"Why not? I want to eat it. I want to eat eggs today. I want to eat them." Zhuzi yelled in dissatisfaction and rolled on the ground.
"Oh, my dear son, get up quickly, the floor is dirty..." Chen Fengxia hurried over to pull him up. After coaxing him for a long time, she finally got him to eat.
Liu Youcang just watched from the side, eating his meal without saying a word.
After the meal, the two of them simply washed up and went back to the house. After thinking for a while, Liu Youcang frowned and said:
"By the way, you should return the money. Don't ruin your relationship just for this little money."
The mention of Chen Fengxia filled her with rage: "I treated her as a relative, but why don't they treat me as a relative? Huh? Their family wanted to buy Baoya tea, and I gave it to them. In the blink of an eye, they lost it and are now asking me for money. How can this be justified?"
"That's fine, but she even came to the brigade to cause trouble. Now everyone knows about it. If I give her the money, won't I be at a loss? You only think about others, why don't you think about me?"
Chen Fengxia was so angry that she was gasping for breath. If this had not happened, she might have been willing to give half. But at this moment, when she thought about her ruined reputation and having to pay the money back, she felt very upset.
Liu Youcang also knew that his words were useless, so he was too lazy to say anything. He sighed and got on the bed:
"That's all I have to say. If you don't want to pay it back, then forget it. But think about it, they've lost Baoya, and they've lost their money. Even if Baoya can't be found, you can always find her. If you don't pay them, who knows what they'll do next."
After all, it's only five dollars. Who would be willing to just say no?
After saying that, he didn't care about Chen Fengxia's reaction, turned over and went to sleep.
Chen Fengxia turned her body away with a frown, without even saying a word, fanning herself vigorously with her hand.
However, although she was unwilling in her heart, Chen Fengxia still started to think about it after hearing what Liu Youcang said.
She didn't tell Liu Youcang about Baoya's work in the Hongqi Red Production Brigade next door, and she didn't tell him that she sold Baoya for ten yuan.
She knew Liu Youcang, a man of integrity and
Jin, if I tell him, he will definitely run to bring Baoya back.
Last time, he persuaded him to send Baoya away, but later he found out that Baoya was sold, and he hadn't spoken to her for a few days. Especially after Xu Laiying made a scene, he felt a little regretful and even felt guilty towards that idiot.
So, if he knew where Baoya was now, he would definitely not want to give her away again. If he knew that she had sold Baoya again, he would probably have a huge fight with her.
So she hid the money very well and didn't reveal a word about it.
However, Baoya's problem was solved, but Xu Laiying hadn't paid him back yet. Just like he said earlier, if he didn't pay, they would definitely come and make trouble again, and it would be endless.
The most important thing is, what if they make trouble a few more times and the news gets out, and they finally find out that the idiot is in the Hongqi Production Brigade?
So after much deliberation, Chen Fengxia finally decided to return half of the money.
If it weren't for the ten dollars she got from selling Baoya, she wouldn't be willing to return the money even if the matter turned into a big fuss, not to mention that her whole family came here to cause a scene.
But now, with another ten dollars, she wouldn't be at a disadvantage if she gave out two dollars and fifty cents.
Having made up her mind, Chen Fengxia stopped thinking about it, put the fan aside, and went to bed.
The next day, after working half a day, Chen Fengxia did not go to work in the afternoon. She took out two yuan and fifty cents from the iron box, carefully stuffed it into her clothes, and then took a straw hat and started to go to the Pingyuan Production Brigade.
After walking for half an hour, they finally saw the houses of Pingyuan Production Brigade from afar. Chen Fengxia was fanning herself with a straw hat, her head and face covered in sweat.
The weather is too hot. I will sweat even if I just stand still, let alone walking for such a long time.
The sun was still high above our heads, and the scorching temperature was almost melting people, making people even more irritated.
The further Chen Fengxia walked, the angrier she became. She couldn't understand why she was so eager to give money to others in such hot weather.
But no matter how angry he was, he still walked towards the Pingyuan Production Brigade.
After arriving, Chen Fengxia guessed that Xu Laiying should be working in the fields, so she asked people to find the one working in the fields.
The living Xu Laiying.
"Why are you here?" Thinking of what happened before, Xu Laiying became alert when she saw Chen Fengxia coming.
Chen Fengxia cursed inwardly and said angrily, "I'm here to give you money."
"What are you here for?" Xu Laiying thought she was hard of hearing and had misheard.
Chen Fengxia was too lazy to explain to her: "I won't say more. Just because of a few dollars, it shouldn't cause such a commotion that we can't even be relatives. So I came here to give you the money. You said last time that I would return half of the money. Count it, is it two dollars and fifty cents?"
Chen Fengxia took out the money and handed it to Xu Laiying.
Xu Laiying couldn't believe it when she saw the money. Did Chen Fengxia come here just to give her money? But no matter whether it was or not, she quickly took the money.
After counting, I found that two dollars and fifty cents was exactly right.
"Now that I've given you the money, the matter is over. Aunt, you won't come back to ask me for the remaining money this time, right?" Chen Fengxia said.
Xu Laiying held the money in her hand and her face suddenly became a little unnatural when she heard Chen Fengxia's words. "Don't worry, I will definitely not come to you again. It was my aunt who was wrong last time. Let's just put this matter behind us."
After paying and talking, Chen Fengxia didn't want to stay here anymore: "Okay, let's move on. I have things to do at home, so I'll go back."
After saying that, he turned around and left without caring about Xu Laiying's reaction.
It took more than an hour to walk along the way. After arriving home, Chen Fengxia first washed her face with the water in the bucket at the water pump, then took a ladle and drank a few big gulps of cold water, and then she felt the heat in her body subsided a little.
After resting in the house for more than half an hour, Chen Fengxia went to the chicken coop, looked around, and finally picked out a thin chicken that didn't lay eggs and killed it.
I boiled water to remove the hair, but when I cut open the belly, I was shocked.
The author has something to say: When I was writing this chapter, it is no exaggeration to say that I fell asleep four or five times...
I'm really too sleepy, I might not be able to finish it today, I will definitely make it up later, I'm really sorry T^T
Adjust your schedule on Saturday and get your manuscripts ready! [Fist pump]
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