Liu Gang glanced at him and said in a feigned displeasure, "You kid, you two are both in the same unit, why don't you spend every day together?"
Everyone knows that the motorcade will have more and more work to do in the future. Every day they are either on the road transporting supplies or resting at home. Even if a couple works in the same unit, it is impossible for them to see each other every day.
So Li Xu replied speechlessly, "How about you bring your aunt in too, and try what it's like to be together every day?"
"Do you think I don't want to? If your aunt wasn't reluctant to give up her salary there, I would definitely let him come over."
Liu Gang's wife is a small leader in the unit. She earns more than 30 yuan a month and her job is relatively easy, so she naturally doesn't want to change jobs.
Li Xu could understand this, but he still teased, "Why don't you give him some more advice? With your family background, would you care about losing such a small amount of money?"
"I tried to persuade him, but it didn't work."
"Okay." Li Xu then asked, "By the way, Uncle Liu, did you give the quota to that person named Chang Che?"
"Give it to me? Are you kidding?" Liu Gang looked at him as if he were a fool. "This is a job at the supply and marketing cooperative. I couldn't bear to give it to him. I just asked him to take over temporarily."
Hearing this, Li Xu was stunned.
Wow, their operations are exactly the same. They both find someone to take the position first and then take the job back when needed.
Thinking of this, he gave a thumbs-up and praised, "Uncle Liu, great minds think alike."
Liu Gang: ...
"Does this have anything to do with you?"
"Yes, I gave the job I got in exchange for to someone else temporarily."
Hearing this, Liu Gang was silent for a moment. After thinking for a moment, he asked, "You didn't give the job to your relatives like you did before?"
"No, my third child is a terrible student. If he hadn't been promoted this year, my parents wouldn't have wanted him to go. But we don't think he'll be able to stay for long, so we have to prepare him."
To be honest, everyone in the Li family even thought that Li Chen's school might have felt it was bad that no one was promoted, so they let him pass the promotion exam...
Liu Gang nodded. "Yes, it's getting harder and harder to get a job in the future, so I can't be as generous as before. I plan to leave this for my own children or my eldest brother's children."
The Liu family's situation is similar to that of Li Xu's family. Almost all people of working age have jobs, and they have also arranged stable jobs for many relatives.
But seeing that jobs are becoming increasingly difficult to obtain, Liu Gang wants to leave such a good iron rice bowl for his own children.
Not to mention the two of them, Master Wang from the car team finally made up his mind to give this job to his second son.
This behavior also aroused the dissatisfaction of the third brother. Under the persuasion of everyone, he decisively severed ties with the third brother. No matter how the third brother admitted his mistakes and begged, he ignored him.
Next, Hu Yitiao joined the hemp spinning factory as Du Hong's cousin, while Du Hong joined the supply and marketing cooperative.
Then Li Xu introduced her to everyone in the car team, and she won a lot of praise.
...
In the blink of an eye, it was September.
The food rations for urban households have been restored somewhat, and the growth of grain in rural areas is also quite good. People are increasingly confident that the drought will soon end.
At the Li family's home, Li Ju has just started school as a first-grade student, and she continues to practice martial arts every morning and evening.
As for Li Xu, he became increasingly busy, and transporting goods took up most of his time every month.
That day, when he was resting, Fu Qing came to Li's house to find him and said, "Old Li, come with me to the market tomorrow."
"What's so good about it? Isn't there still nothing?"
Although the market had been open for some time, there weren't many stalls inside, let alone goods for sale, so he didn't really want to go.
Fu Qing shook his head and persuaded, "I got news today that there will be hens for sale at the market tomorrow. Let's go take a look and buy you two."
Li Xu refused without hesitation, "Forget it. You just got engaged a few days ago, and you're getting married in two months. You should save that little money for supporting your family."
After such a long period of blind dates, Fu Qing finally got engaged to a girl. In this case, how could Li Xu have the nerve to let him spend money?
But Fu Qing insisted that Li Xu go with him.
Then the next morning, when Li Xu was sleeping soundly, Fu Qing pulled him out of bed.
Li Xu looked sleepy and said helplessly, "Old Fu, I beg you, can you let me sleep a little longer?"
"No, if you go too late, you won't be able to catch anything. Hurry up and get up."
There was no choice, Li Xu had to get up, wash up, and then go to the market with him listlessly.
Although there were guards in front of the market, no entrance fee was charged and people were allowed in directly.
Then Li Xu saw that there were only a few stalls on the roadside, and they only sold vegetables, without any meat.
After walking a distance, Fu Qing saw dozens of people gathered in front of a stall. He suddenly became excited and pulled Li Xu into the crowd.
I have to say that Fu Qing was also smart. He squeezed in while shouting that he was a street worker, and thus squeezed in front of the stall smoothly.
When he saw dozens of hens on the stall, he shouted, "I want four, tie them up for me quickly."
The stall owner was a middle-aged man in his forties, with wrinkles all over his face. He wore glasses and looked neatly dressed. He said in a very friendly manner, "Little brother, these hens are not cheap. Are you sure you want to buy four?"
Fu Qing hesitated and asked quickly, "Not cheap? How much per pound?"
"Two dollars and a half a pound."
Wow, this price is really not cheap. You know, under normal circumstances, a pound of high-quality pork only costs 70 cents, but this price is more than three times that of pork.
Even if they are all young hens, each one would weigh about three pounds after adding feathers and other things. By this calculation, four chickens would cost at least one month's salary for a regular worker.
No wonder there were so many people gathered in front of the stall, but no one wanted to buy anything.
Just as he was hesitating about paying, Li Xu reached out and pulled his arm, saying, "Why don't you just hold off on buying now? There should be a large number of hens for sale in two months, and the price will be much lower then. Why spend so much money?"
Unexpectedly, before Fu Qing could say anything, the stall owner sneered, "Young man, I can tell you don't understand the actual situation. To tell you the truth, even if a large number of hens are put on the market, the price will not be much cheaper."
Li Xu was stunned and asked quickly, "Why isn't it cheaper?"
"You know we have to pay taxes when we sell things, don't you? If we sell them cheaply, after deducting the taxes, we might not even be able to cover our capital. Who would sell things at such a low price?"
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