During breakfast, Li Xu made a cup of milk for everyone.
Then she handed the remaining milk powder to Hu Guilan, "Sister-in-law, take this remaining milk powder. Leave it for you and my younger sister."
Hu Guilan nodded and took it.
After arriving at the motorcade, Li Xu and the other man received their guns and set off.
Originally, Li Xu wanted to open the car window to get some fresh air like before.
But I didn't expect that as soon as I opened the window, a gust of cold wind blew in.
He shuddered and closed it again.
Liu Gang looked at him with amusement, "Didn't you go to the black market last night?"
Li Xu looked confused, "What am I going to do there?"
"Don't you want cotton?"
Li Xu's eyes lit up, and he asked excitedly, "Uncle Liu, is there any on the black market?"
He hadn’t been able to exchange what he wanted in the black market in the previous few times, so now, apart from some bills, Li Xu basically wouldn’t go there.
This time, I didn't even think about it.
"Not necessarily. There might be, and you can get food. Some wealthy families are short of food, but they won't lack cotton products, such as quilts, old cotton clothes, etc."
Li Xu clapped his hands, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that?"
When the time comes, you can just take apart your old cotton-padded clothes, take out the cotton inside and use it.
This is much easier to handle than cotton.
Liu Gang shook his head, "I thought you would have thought of it yesterday."
The expression on his face clearly said "I overestimated you".
Li Xu also smiled awkwardly and changed the subject, "Uncle Liu, when will our supply and marketing cooperative's welfare be implemented?"
Liu Gang thought for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be long. In previous years, it was usually held within a month before the Chinese New Year."
"Do you have any inside information? What good stuff will we have this time?"
Liu Gang said with a smile, "Don't overthink it. Everyone is in trouble right now. Even the unplanned supplies are not much. To put it bluntly, as long as they don't require a ticket, they are all good things."
Li Xu: ...
There is absolutely nothing wrong with what he said. No matter what it is, just buy it first.
Then Li Xu hesitated and said, "Uncle Liu, can an apprentice like me be hired?"
“Other apprentices may not be able to buy it, but those in our car team can definitely.”
"Ah?" Li Xu looked puzzled. "Why?"
"Because these things are obtained by transporting supplies to the other party this year, we will be given priority when the time comes. The rest will be given to others."
Li Xu scratched his head, "What if we buy them all?"
"No, at least some should be left for others to share."
"We eat meat and others drink soup. Don't others have any objections?"
Liu Gang scoffed, "Without us, they wouldn't even have a sip of soup. Who would dare to object?"
Li Xu also understood, nodded and stopped talking about this topic.
Although the weather is very cold today, there are quite a few people on both sides of the road.
Those are farmers from the surrounding area. They are taking advantage of the slack season to come out and collect more firewood.
Urban residents were given coal tickets based on population rations and could buy coal directly from designated coal stores.
The presence of these people also made Liu Gang and the others extremely vigilant.
I was afraid that some robbers would come out among them.
Fortunately, this did not happen.
The two returned to the car team safely before getting off work in the afternoon.
After handing over everything, it was time to get off work.
The two went straight home.
After dinner, Li Xu went to Du Hong's house and chatted for a while.
I waited until the time was almost up before returning home.
In the middle of the night, Li Xu got up from the bed again and went straight to the black market.
But after walking around, I still didn't see anyone trading cotton products.
Then he went to find the black market man Ah Hu.
Ah Hu also said no.
Li Xu: ...
But when I think about it, since I'm already here, it's not easy to get up in the middle of the night.
So I traded some more bills before going back.
the next day.
Li Xu said to Liu Gang angrily, "Uncle Liu, I went to the black market at night, but there was no transaction."
"If there's none, then there's none. You'll always find one if you go there a few more times."
Li Xu thought about it and said, "Forget it. If I meet him, I'll take him. If not, I won't take him."
Thinking about the difficulty of getting up in the middle of the night in such cold weather, and not knowing how many times I would have to go before I could encounter it.
Li Xu suddenly felt that not changing his cotton clothes for a few months was not unacceptable...
That's what everyone does anyway.
Soon, it was the twelfth lunar month.
The Chinese New Year is getting closer.
That day, Liu Gang came to the motorcade with a happy face.
Li Xu asked in confusion, "Uncle Liu, what's the good news? Why are you so happy?"
Liu Gang grinned, "I just got the news that those factories have brought the goods here."
"Wow, so soon, when will we start internal purchase?"
"It's at 7 o'clock tonight in our motorcade. Bring some extra money with you."
Li Xu nodded and said "hmm".
During lunch, Xiao Jianping said mysteriously, "Do you two know that the motorcade is going to have a good event tonight?"
Li Xu and Su Weidong looked at each other.
After exchanging glances, both parties knew about it.
Li Xu smiled and said in surprise, "Ah? I didn't know that."
Su Weidong also pretended to be confused, "What's the matter?"
Seeing that both of them raised questions, Xiao Jianping showed a satisfied look.
"I heard that the county factory brought in some defective products and unplanned supplies, and the motorcade will be making internal purchases tonight."
Li Xu said "Oh~" and said with a smile, "Old Xiao, do you know if we have a role in this?"
Xiao Jianping said awkwardly, "I don't know either."
Su Weidong laughed, "Then you are not well-informed."
Xiao Jianping groaned, "That's what I heard from others. You guys don't know anything."
Li Xu nodded, "I know the deal will be at the Auto Team at 7 o'clock tonight."
Su Weidong also said the same thing, "I also know that there will be a share for the three of us by then."
Xiao Jianping was dumbfounded, staring at the two of them blankly, "How did you know?"
"Why ask? The teacher must have told us."
Xiao Jianping said in disbelief, "No way? Why didn't my teacher tell me?"
The two shook their heads and said they didn't know.
Xiao Jianping found the meal tasteless.
I originally thought I would be the first to know the news, but unexpectedly I was the last to know.
After dinner in the evening, Li Xu looked at the time and saw that it was almost time.
He said to Sun Xiu, "Mom, please give me some money. I might need it later."
Everyone was stunned. Usually when Li Xu took food home, everyone offered to give him money, but he refused to take it.
Why are you asking for money suddenly now?
Li Ping also hurriedly said, "Xiao Xu, how much money do you need? Big brother will give it to you."
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