After saying goodbye to Principal Ke, Yao Tongjia realized she had forgotten about the gift as she approached the courtyard. She then pulled Xiao Gengwu to a corner.
She had Xiao Gengwu stand outside to block the way, and took out a military water bottle from the 1970s. The bottle had some paint chips and was a bit deformed, but that didn't change the fact that it was a military water bottle.
Such military water bottles are very sought after. Sure enough, as soon as Yao Tongjia walked in, Yao Tongxu rushed out, his eyes shining as he looked at Yao Tongjia's hands.
Upon seeing the military water bottle, she immediately rushed over, exclaiming, "Sister, sister, is this for me?"
Yao Tongjia thought to herself, "It's right to take it out first, otherwise it wouldn't be good to disappoint him!"
The next day in class, Yao Tongxu immediately took out his military water bottle to show off, which indeed made many people envious, and Yao Tongjia found it very funny.
These days, military items are viewed with a biased perspective! Xiao Gengwu glanced at the military water bottle a couple more times, and Yao Tongjia assumed he was interested too: "You want one too?"
Xiao Gengwu shook his head: "How are you going to explain the source of this?"
Military items cannot be circulated on the market. Yao Tongjia thought of an excuse: "Just say that I helped someone out and that it was a gift. Anyway, it's not very pretty, and there's only one. That should be enough to fool you!"
Xiao Gengwu nodded: "It can't be taken out again!"
Yao Tongjia knew this too: "I know that, I won't take it anymore. Do you need a water bottle? I have other things, such as enamel mugs or thermos cups!"
“An enamel mug!” Xiao Gengwu said, looking at Yao Tongjia.
Yao Tongjia immediately understood his idea: "From now on, we'll only use things that are available on the market!"
She was sleeping with someone else that night and couldn't go into the space, so she forgot about it until she got to the door. She then took the boy's favorite military water bottle.
After Xiao Gengwu finished asking Yao Tongjia his questions, he began translating. He had brought two books that needed to be translated today, and we thought he wouldn't be able to finish so quickly. However, by the time get out of class was almost over, he had already translated one of them.
This book is much thicker than the previous ones. Yao Tongjia couldn't help but ask during dinner, "How did you get it so fast?"
"Is it fast? I don't think so! I'll read the whole book first, and then write down everything!"
Yao Tongjia: Am I humiliating myself? Knowing full well that someone has a good memory, why would I offer myself up to be tortured?
Yao Tongjia then exclaimed happily, "At this speed, you can translate three books a day, right? You could finish translating such a tall stack of books in a week!"
"Let me do the math. If you translate three books a day, that's 240 yuan. In six days, that's 1440 yuan! My goodness! If you get books to translate every day, wouldn't you earn 5660 yuan a month? Wow! You're a tycoon! I need to beg for your coattails!"
Xiao Gengwu's lips curled up in a wide smile as he stretched out his leg: "Here, you can hug me!"
How were Yao Tong and Jia Yao supposed to respond to that?!
Yao Tongxu couldn't stand Xiao Ge monopolizing his sister: "Sis, if you want to latch onto someone, latch onto mine!"
Yao Tongjia: "......"
When Minister Tan went to Principal Ke to pick up the manuscript, he was dumbfounded to see it once again being arrogantly tossed back: "This, this, is it all translated?"
Principal Ke was utterly devastated: "Are all kids these days this scary?!?"
Thinking of Lao Pan, the two of them felt the same way: "It's truly terrifying!"
When Minister Tan returned the next day, he came directly to the courtyard and knocked on the door. He saw Xiao Gengwu and Yao Tongjia, handed them a tall stack of books, and also handed them a bankbook.
After Minister Tan left, Yao Tongjia opened her savings book and found 1,800 yuan inside. This was a copy of a book that had increased in price to 100 yuan. It seemed that Lao Pan was very satisfied with Xiao Gengwu's translation.
Of these 18 books, Yao Tongjia translated only two; the rest were translated by Xiao Gengwu.
"1600 yuan of this is yours. Let me write it down in a notebook!"
Xiao Gengwu shoved the bankbook into Yao Tongjia's hand: "It's all yours!"
These words sound like something a domineering CEO would say, but Yao Tongjia's heart, damn it, turned burning hot!
This is 1600 yuan, in the 1970s when consumption was measured in cents.
1600 yuan is indeed a huge sum of money, but the boy opposite her placed the money in her palm without hesitation: "It's all yours!"
How could I not be moved?
This time, they brought 20 books. Yao Tongjia still didn't want Xiao Gengwu to focus all his attention on making money: "Take your time translating this time, we have money now anyway!"
Xiao Gengwu nodded, but he still took a copy to translate. Yao Tongjia thought about it and decided to let him have his way.
Almost a month has passed since they came here to study. After discussing it, they decided that they should go home to visit their parents, as they didn't know how their two elders were doing in the village.
Of course, we had to do some shopping when we got back. This time, Old Pan actually gave us a lot of coupons, including candy coupons, cloth coupons, snack coupons, oil coupons, bath coupons, and so on.
There are quite a lot of tickets; maybe they're making up for all the previous tickets!
With tickets and money in hand, the three of them went on a big shopping spree. They made a list, and Yao Tongjia categorized everything that was available in the space on the list as items she and Xiao Gengwu would buy.
For example, she has military green fabric, White Rabbit milk candy, unscented soap, Double Happiness washbasins, Double Happiness towels, and so on.
There were only a few things missing, such as kerosene, so she asked Yao Tongxu to buy them. The two of them squeezed into the supply and marketing cooperative with Yao Tongxu, and then turned around and took the things out and put them in their baskets.
This time, I brought out a lot of things: several rows of eggs, several pieces of pork, and two bags of grain, each weighing 25 jin (12.5 catties).
The three of them went back together this time, so they had to put the things out in the open, otherwise how could they explain the things appearing out of thin air?
After a long afternoon of bumpy travel, when they finally arrived in town, there was no sign of an oxcart. They had money on them and were carrying so much stuff.
Yao Tongjia promptly hired an oxcart to take them back. Fortunately, the oxcart belonged to the neighboring village, and the driver, Grandpa Li, charged them one yuan and took them directly to the courtyard.
When they arrived, the village was quiet, and everyone was obviously asleep. Yao Tongjia breathed a sigh of relief. No one had seen them bring so much stuff. That was great!
Hearing the knock on the door, the two women in the house sounded trembling. Yao Tongjia felt a pang of sadness. It was really necessary to buy a house in the county so that the whole family could live together!
When they saw that it was the three children who had returned, Yao Ma and Xiao Yan were so happy that their wrinkles curled up like flowers. They helped carry the things in, chattering away.
"You're back, so why did you buy so much stuff? You've run out of money, haven't you?"
Without a word, Yao Tongjia handed the bankbook to her mother and Xiao Yan, who were immediately terrified: "You went to the black market?"
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