Chapter 021 We were wrong

A few days after Tang Jianguo left, the commotion in the machinery factory calmed down. Even though Liu Hongmei had a father who was a leader, he could not influence the factory's decisions.

Tang Yuan's attention in the factory also decreased little by little because she was quiet and as time passed, and she soon became an invisible figure in the boiler room.

Another afternoon, she was quietly absent-minded while at work.

"Xiaofang" does not need to take a bath. As long as she stays in the cloakroom for a while, her body will naturally be clean. However, when setting this body state, her initial state is dark skin. Even after washing, her overall appearance will appear dark.

This is actually better. After all, the situation here is that if a girl is really delicate and tender, at least 90% of the eyes will be on her if she goes out for a walk.

Standing in front of the shopping area of ​​the cloakroom, she glanced at the few fabric patterns available and did not purchase new ones. She still chose the basic dark blue and gray colors, and selected thirteen pieces of one-meter cotton cloth, five meters of each of the two types.

Ten meters of cloth is equivalent to thirty feet. At the price of 0.40 yuan per foot, it costs twelve yuan.

She put all the fabrics into the bag, carried the bag and left the game space. After turning a few corners, she headed towards the black market.

Before she even reached the black market, she noticed the cautious and watchful eyes around her. Everyone was looking her up and down, as if trying to learn something from her.

She had never seen such a look before.

Something is wrong.

When she reached the intersection, she walked in the opposite direction of the black market.

The attention gradually disappeared, and it was obvious that those people were not targeting her.

She had told the chicken seller that she was going today. She could have not gone, but if that man was caught, the situation would be difficult to resolve. If those people today were really targeting the black market, the situation would be different from the previous few times.

Every time someone from the black market came to catch someone, there was always quite a commotion. Today, those people were staring at us like that, I'm afraid they had some mission to accomplish.

It would be fine at other times, but she had an appointment with someone today, and if something happened, she would have to keep it in mind.

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"Dongzi, are you sure she will come? She's nowhere to be seen at this hour."

"She said she would come, and she will definitely come. If she doesn't come today, she can come tomorrow. Although we are short of fabric, she is definitely short of money. If she doesn't sell so much fabric, where will she get the money?"

"Yes, I haven't worn new clothes for a long time. When I change the material, I will make myself a set of clean clothes."

"Make one for your grandma, too. She won't have much time left. Let her dress well and look happy before she passes away."

"Of course I should. Otherwise...my father wouldn't have agreed to let me go out with you."

"You still hate me?"

"How can I do that? I am willing, but my father won't... Ouch... Who hit me on the head?"

"What?" Dongzi looked up and saw the closed window. He looked down at the object that had just fallen. "Hey, is it wrapped in something?"

"Huh?" The man who was holding his head and screaming in pain lowered his head and saw something wrapped. He picked it up and opened it. After seeing the words inside, he immediately handed it to the person next to him, "This is not right."

Dongzi saw the words above at a glance and took a breath instantly.

"What should I do?"

"What should we do? Let's go. Is there any other choice?" Dongzi immediately stood up, picked up the basket with chickens beside him, and walked quickly to the other side where he could run. While walking, he made a sound to attract the attention of people in the alley, waved quickly, and then left.

Whether others can escape is their business, all he has to do is to serve as a reminder.

After walking for a few minutes, the two saw someone hiding in a corner far away.

"It's you?!"

"Don't talk, just follow me." Tang Yuan whispered, and led the two of them through two dog holes and came to another street that had nothing to do with the black market.

The two followed behind, watching the changes in the road in front of them, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Amazing, we have been here for so long, and we didn't know we could still walk here."

"You are stupid," Tang Yuan stood up and patted the dust off his body. "When I went there just now, I found someone staring at me. I couldn't notify you directly, so I had to think of another way. Fortunately, you all came out."

"You're amazing. You were able to find someone to help you," Dongzi said sincerely, "but the people watching you may not be here to arrest you."

"Then why don't you go back?" Tang Yuan asked.

The two laughed dryly: "Then let's not go back."

Tang Yuan curled his lips: "Seriously, people come to the black market every few days to arrest people. It's almost become an open market. Do you still plan to waste time there? If something goes wrong... you will all die there."

"We don't know where else to go except there," Dongzi shook his head, "Life is not easy for us at home. We have to sell the chickens and eggs and buy medicine."

"Editor, you have money to buy cloth, but no money to buy medicine?" Tang Yuan sneered.

"Really? We really did come here to buy medicine. We made a lot of money after we got out, and it's enough to buy medicine on a regular basis. Ah Feng, don't you think so?"

"Yes, that's right," A Feng nodded, "My grandma was sick, and we didn't have money to buy medicine, so my dad let me and Dongzi go out. We secretly raised a lot of chickens, and no one else knew about it. We couldn't eat them at home if we didn't sell them. No matter how good the conditions were, we couldn't have meat every meal."

"Yes, but eggs don't last long, so it would be a waste for us to eat them ourselves. We have to find a way to sell them," Dongzi sorted out his thoughts and said to Tang Yuan seriously, "I assure you, everything we said is true. As for why we want to buy fabric from you, it's because we sold chickens and eggs, and we only have money but no tickets. You said you had them, so I bought from you."

"Then why don't you try selling directly to individuals?" Tang Yuan asked again.

"Well... we are from the countryside, and we don't dare to interact with too many people," Dongzi said, "According to what you said, we can't even go to the black market in the future. We really don't know what to do."

"How many chickens and eggs do you have?" Tang Yuan asked.

"We have more than thirty chickens, almost all of them are hens, and there are a few roosters that are used to hatch fertilized eggs. The weather is hot now, and we can pick about ten eggs every day. We have to sell them in a few days, otherwise they will go bad," Dongzi explained the situation to Tang Yuan in detail. "The reason we sold the chickens these days is because the weather is hot and the chickens are sluggish. We are afraid that they will die, so we took them out."

Tang Yuan looked at him, and Dongzi quickly explained: "But everything I sell to you is good. You see, it's still alive when it reaches your hands."

Tang Yuan thought about the two chickens she bought and felt that he was right, so she didn't pursue the matter.

With more than thirty chickens, based on the highest egg-laying rate, that means thirty eggs a day, nine hundred eggs a month, and six cents an egg, so the monthly income is fifty-four yuan.

Ten a day, three hundred a month, that’s eighteen yuan a month, which is higher than her monthly salary.

The scale is not small, but the risk is not low either. If a situation like today happens again, not to mention eighteen months, you will have to stay in there for one hundred and eighty months.

"If you are willing to trust me, I can help you get eggs and chickens," Tang Yuan said, "You don't have to go to the black market in the future, but you have to give me a cheap price, five cents an egg, and I will buy all the eggs for you."

Friendship is friendship, and the price should be bargained down. After all, just avoiding the black market can save a lot of trouble.

The farmer took the eggs to a purchasing station, which sold them for six cents each, one cent more than she had offered.

But the number of eggs purchased by the purchasing station every day is limited. If someone takes a large number of eggs every day, if someone investigates and finds a problem one day, the person selling the eggs will definitely be investigated thoroughly. If the speculation is discovered at that time, the person will be in big trouble.

"You can think about this slowly. I have two pieces of cloth here," Tang Yuan opened the cloth bag and let the two of them take a look before explaining, "Both pieces are 15 feet long, and one foot is 42 cents. One piece of cloth is exactly 6.3 yuan. If you want one piece, that's the price. If you want both, I can give you a 10 cent discount, 12.5 yuan."

"So expensive?" They were shocked.

"It's not expensive. Feel the material. It's fine cotton." Tang Yuan pulled out a handkerchief from inside. "This is made from the leftovers of this cotton. Feel it yourself. It's not only fine cotton, but the material is also thick. It's perfect for winter. It's warm and comfortable."

Cotton itself has a good warmth-retaining effect. Thicker cotton cloth has a better warmth-retaining effect, and you can use less cotton.

She explained and then spoke to the two people: "If you want it, just nod your head. If you don't want it, just shake your head. What's the difficulty? If you don't want it, I can sell it to someone else. If I hadn't made an appointment with you today, I wouldn't have come here."

As she spoke, she put the material into the cloth bag and buttoned it up.

"Sell it to us for twelve dollars," Dongzi said. "Sell it to us for twelve dollars, and then we'll give you all our chickens and eggs, just the five cents you said."

Tang Yuan looked at him, then looked at A Feng who looked like he agreed, then turned and left.

After walking a dozen steps, someone quickly followed her and said, "Girl, wait a minute, let's talk about it. The last time I sold you a chicken, I sold it for 1.5 yuan cheaper."

"The chicken was dying last time, wasn't it?" Tang Yuan glanced at him, and seeing that he felt guilty, he raised his eyes, "Think it over clearly. I am helping you by cooperating with you, not you helping me. I won't pursue the matter of the dying chicken last time because I gave you a cheap 1.5 yuan. Today, I have already paid back the 1.5 yuan difference by rescuing you."

"Just fifty cents..." Dongzi muttered in a low voice.

"Is it a matter of fifty cents? It's a matter of attitude. If I don't show my attitude, will you still be trying to show off to me in the future? Forget it, I won't cooperate. If I really cooperate, you really think I'm taking advantage of you," Tang Yuan snorted, looking down at the black hand pulling her sleeve, "Let go!"

"No, no, I was wrong, we know we were wrong." Dongzi said quickly.

"It's just that you knew it wrong?" Tang Yuan looked at A Feng who was standing silently aside.

Dongzi immediately reached out to pull him, and he immediately lowered his head: "I also know I was wrong."

Tang Yuan snorted again, pulled out his sleeves, and crossed his arms: "You guys are on the black market, you should know how dangerous it is to sell things outside. If you are caught and thrown into jail, no one can save you. I am kind enough to sell for you and am willing to bear the risk for you, but this is your attitude? You are reluctant, and it is meaningless to cooperate, so you simply don't cooperate."

"No, no, no, we really know we are wrong," Dongzi thought of how nervous he was every time he sold things on the black market, and twitched in fear. "Let's cooperate. Twelve dollars and fifty cents is twelve dollars and fifty cents. Such good material can't be bought outside. We are lucky to be able to buy it from you."

"I won't force you. Think about the cooperation again. When you've made up your mind, go to the east of the city in three days. There's a shabby house with no one living there. We'll talk about it then."

As he spoke, Tang Yuan took out the cloth and stretched out his hand.

It doesn't matter if the cooperation fails, she has to earn the money today.