Chapter 228 Two in One
Peng Guihua looked at the shoes in her arms. When she went to look for Ding Guo again, he was nowhere to be found. She sighed helplessly, "This kid!"
Ding Zhicheng also saw it and said, "Why did this kid buy shoes again?"
Although she complained, she felt hot inside, and kept muttering, "I packed up so much food this morning, and this costs money again!"
Ding Guo asked Aunt Qiao to make steamed buns and scallion pancakes. She prepared a few salted duck eggs and boiled eggs for her uncle and aunt to eat in the car.
Peng Guihua said helplessly: "It's a kind gift from the child, just keep it!"
The two turned around and looked outside. When the train started slowly, Ding Guo and the others also found the windows corresponding to Uncle and Aunt's seats through the door and waved.
Ding Zhicheng still yelled, "Guoguo, don't buy anything from now on. You still have to make a living." He also told Dazhu, "Study hard, and when you have time to rest, go home and help your sister with some work and take care of the children..."
Dazhu: "I know, Dad!"
Peng Guihua also leaned forward and gave a few more instructions before reluctantly sitting back down.
Ding Guo and Da Zhu returned to Zizhu Bridge.
The sun was shining brightly today, and the temperature was not that cold, so Ding Guo dressed Dabao and Xiaobao, told Aunt Qiao that they would eat outside at noon, and the siblings took the two children to Tiananmen Square to play.
As soon as they arrived near the square, Ding Dazhu exclaimed: "Sister, are they setting up a stall over there?"
So open and aboveboard?
This was also the purpose of Ding Guo coming here, to take the two kids out for some fresh air, and also to see what Mosquito had mentioned before.
There are actually stalls there.
While greeting the passing tourists, the stall owners kept their eyes and ears open, watching out for the red armbands that might approach at any time.
Ding Guo: "Let's go and take a look."
There are not many stalls, and most of the people there are young people in their early twenties.
Seeing Ding Guo and the others approaching, a young man called out, "Big brother, big sister, do you want some soap, toothpaste, toothbrush, or soap? No tickets required!"
Ding Guo put Xiaobao down from his arms. Xiaobao opened his eyes wide and looked at the colorful items on the stall curiously.
Ding Guo asked, "How do you sell it?"
The people setting up stalls here probably have formed a conditioned reflex to look around. Even though they had just looked around a few seconds ago, they were still looking around as usual while talking, but it did not prevent them from quoting prices.
"Bath soap is fifty-five cents, soap is forty-five cents, toothpaste is forty-three cents, and toothbrush is forty cents."
The price was comparable to what Ding Guo had previously paid for such items on the black market.
Ding Guo's inquiries were not in vain, and he asked for a bar of soap to support the stall owner's business.
There are also people selling candies and candied fruits nearby.
The stall owner on the other side was selling aluminum pots and enamel basins, but in small quantities, probably for the convenience of closing the stall at any time.
When Ding Guo and his friends were passing by, they happened to meet a customer asking about the price of an aluminum pot. Ding Guo overheard and learned that it was sold for six dollars and fifty cents, no ticket required.
It’s almost one dollar more expensive than what’s sold at the supply and marketing cooperative.
After a round of shopping, Ding Guo bought a few pairs of insoles and a bag of candied fruit in addition to the soap he bought before.
Of course, candied fruits are not for Dabao and Xiaobao to eat, as they haven’t been allowed to eat meat or candy yet.
Let Dazhu eat.
Dazhu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Sister, how old am I now?"
Ding Guo smiled and said, "At what age can you not eat snacks? Remember, only you eat them, don't give them to Dabao and Xiaobao. It's not good for them to eat overly sweet things too early."
Dazhu took note of it.
He wanted to save it for his nephews and nieces, but he didn't expect that someone would pay attention to this aspect.
In fact, the buying and selling environment here is pretty good, and the inspection is more relaxed than Ding Guo imagined.
After visiting the stalls, they took a few photos with the photographer who was working on location, and then went to buy tickets to enter the Forbidden City. Before entering, they did not encounter any people with red armbands arresting people.
But when they finished their shopping and came out, all the stalls in the square had disappeared, as if they had never been there.
Dazhu was still shocked: "It's so obvious in the square, those people are so brave."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "Sometimes the bold ones die of overeating, while the timid ones die of starvation. It's hard to find a job, and if idle people want to find a way to make a living, they have to take risks." After saying that, he warned, "Don't even think about it, study hard."
This sounds a bit like "the officials are allowed to set fires while the common people are not allowed to light lamps", but Dazhu is different from both her and Dayong.
She is an old hand, and Dayong has traveled far and wide and gained a lot of experience. Both of them are very experienced.
Moreover, Dazhu is more bookish than Dayong, and he doesn't look like the type to be a guerrilla fighter in the alleys.
Dazhu nodded and said, "Sister, I don't have the courage."
Ding Guo smiled and said, "It's better if you don't have the guts."
She should be worried if he has that guts.
It was a little late when we came out of the Forbidden City, so we had lunch at a nearby state-owned restaurant. Then Ding Guo took a detour back to take a look. The stalls that had disappeared had magically reappeared, but they were a little different from before, as if a few stalls were missing.
Someone carrying a backpack passed by her. Ding Guo saw that the man's back looked familiar. She paused and called out tentatively, "Mosquito?"
The person passing by suddenly looked back, who else could it be but a mosquito?
"Sister Ding Guo?"
Mosquito was a little surprised and a little delighted. Then, when she saw the children in Ding Guo and Ding Dazhu's arms, she said, "Sister, this is, this is yours..."
"My daughter and my son." He pointed at Dazhu and said, "My other brother, Dazhu."
Mosquito greeted Ding Dazhu, then looked at the two kids and said, "Sister, your two babies are so pretty."
Well, Ding Guo and her boyfriend are both good-looking, so naturally their baby will be good-looking too.
Ding Guo asked Dabao and Xiaobao to call her "Auntie", and the two children did so obediently.
Mosquito reached into her bag, took out a handful of candy, and said with a smile, "Auntie, please have some candy."
Ding Guo quickly smiled and pushed it back, saying, "We haven't let them have candy yet. They are too young."
"Is that so?" Mosquito scratched his head and put the candy in Dingguo's hand, "Then you eat it, sister."
Ding Guo stuffed it back into her bag with a smile: "Put it away quickly." Then he handed the child in his arms to Dazhu and asked him to wait by the side. Then he asked Mosquito, "What are you doing here?"
It is natural for people who have worked together to talk about this topic.
Mosquito whispered, "I've been watching the stall over here." He vaguely guessed that Ding Guo should have come here as well, and said, "Sister, you've come here too, right? How is it? It seems that the inspections here are frequent, but as long as you're not too stupid and run fast, I think it's safer than in the alley."
Ding Guo said: "I have seen that some of the stall owners were chased away, but now they are back. Although I have an idea, I don't plan to set up a stall to test the waters now. I advise you to be patient and wait for a while."
Reform and opening up will not happen all at once. There will be a period of relaxation before the policy comes out.
Wanting to make some money, Ding Guo felt that the second half of the year would be safer than the first half.
Besides, Mosquito has been working in the black market for so long, he shouldn't be in a hurry to use the money. He's probably just like her, simply unable to sit still.
Mosquito nodded and whispered, "I know. I haven't decided what to sell yet. I'm just taking advantage of the weekend school holidays to observe and see what's going on. By the way, my former boss came to me and asked me if I still have the food and fruits you gave us before. He wanted me to help make connections, but I didn't agree. If you want to make money, I can help you."
Although I have been hurt by the brothers over there before, as long as there are benefits involved, even if I can't be a close friend who can always rely on me, I can still be an ordinary partner, especially if I can bring benefits to the other party.
As far as trading is concerned, that place is pretty reliable.
Ding Guo shook his head: "I don't plan to go out for the time being, let's talk about it later."
Mosquito nodded: "Okay, come to me directly if you have any questions."
The two chatted for a few words, separated from Mosquito, went over to pick up a child, and went back home with Dazhu.
When we got home, the two little ones could no longer hold on any longer. They nodded their heads. I put them on the kang and fell asleep.
Dazhu prepared to go back to the west courtyard to rest.
Before leaving, Ding Guo gave him the soap she bought today: "I bought this for you."
Ding Dazhu: "Sister, I don't want it. I have soap over there."
This bar of soap costs more than fifty cents.
"The soap is for washing clothes, and this is for washing hands and face. Take it."
Ding Dazhu: "Sister..."
Ding Guo stuffed it into his hand and said, "Don't argue with me. Your nephew and the others will be woken up later."
Ding Dazhu had no choice but to take it, but he still scratched his head and reminded her: "Sister, don't buy me anything in the future. The things you bought for me before are all complete."
When his sister bought it, I thought she would use it, so I didn't stop her. If I had known it was given to him, I would never let his sister spend the money.
Ding Guo pushed him out with a smile and told him to go back and rest.
After Dazhu went to the next door, Ding Guo rode out again. When he came back, there was something hanging on the handlebars again.
At around four o'clock in the afternoon, Ding Guo was playing in the yard with Dabao, Xiaobao and Bubai, who had just woken up from a nap, when Song Yuling came over.
After parking the car, he asked, "Are my parents back?"
There was something going on at Song Yuling's grandmother's house these past two days. Yesterday, Song Yuling accompanied Wu Fang back to her parents' home and also came to say hello to Peng Guihua.
She stayed at her grandmother's house last night and just came back.
Ding Guo smiled and said, "I'm back. I'll be home in a few hours." Then he asked, "Have you finished your work at grandma's?"
Song Yuling nodded with a tired look on her face, and couldn't help complaining: "We kept arguing when we went over to their house yesterday, and we also argued at night, and we argued all morning today, and finally it was resolved."
It was her younger uncle who wanted to divide the family property. The two old people had old-fashioned ideas and didn't want to divide the property. Her older uncle didn't want to divide the property either, so he came to ask her mother to go back and seek justice.
Song Yuling said angrily: "If I were my mother, I would ignore this matter."
Back then, they were falsely accused and sent down to the countryside, and my grandmother's family also severed ties with them.
Later, he was rehabilitated and returned to the city, and he took the initiative to visit me again.
It's just that her mother is too soft-hearted. If it were her, she wouldn't continue the relationship.
Fortunately, although her mother was soft-hearted, she still had a sense of justice in her heart. This time she went back seemingly to help mediate the conflicts in her mother's family, but in fact she did not interfere in anything and just let them do whatever they wanted.
After listening to Song Yuling's chatter, Ding Guo asked her about her school.
The two of them were talking while playing with the children.
Song Yuling only stayed for a while before preparing to leave as she had to return to school in the evening.
The same thing happened to Ding Guo. When she went to talk to the dormitory manager, she reminded her that she had to return to school on Sunday night because her dormitories would be checked.
Song Yuling glanced at Dabao and Xiaobao and asked quietly, "Can I apply for day school?"
Ding Guo: "I've applied, but I don't know when it will be approved."
She glanced at the two kids, pinched the little faces of the older and younger ones, her eyes full of reluctance.
But thinking about Song Yan, she is doing well.
Song Yuling left and Ding Guo continued to look after the child.
Aunt Qiao and Wang Chunhua were steaming buns and steamed buns in the kitchen.
There are two kinds of fillings for dumplings, meat and vegetarian; there are also two kinds of steamed buns, white flour and two-wheat flour.
In addition to the dishes for the whole family, I also packed a lunch box for Ding Guo and Da Zhu, which contained a few boiled eggs and shredded pickled vegetables fried with red peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, to take to school.
Dazhu also has to go back to school.
Dazhu didn't want to take the buns, so he said, "I'll just take a few steamed buns made of 200g flour."
Ding Guo said, "Take some of everything." He then said jokingly, "Eat as much as you want. You won't make me poor. Are you afraid that I'll suffer a loss?"
Aunt Qiao knew Ding Guo's personality and smiled, "Eat whatever your sister asks you to eat. When you graduate and start working, buy more delicious food for your sister."
Ding Dazhu scratched his head and took the things packed for him embarrassedly.
After Ding Guo separated her share from Dazhu, she found a place to enter the space and repacked it. She only left a few in sight to take to school, and put the rest in the space for preservation.
When she returned to school, the library was not yet closed, so Ding Guo rode directly to the library, returned the books she had bought before, and borrowed a few new ones. When she was about to leave, she heard someone calling her, and when she turned around, it was Gao Yuping.
When I looked again, wow, all 317 members were there.
Ding Guo went over with the book. Gao Yuping and Xu Erfei moved inwards and barely squeezed out a space for Ding Guo to sit down, with enough space for him to fit half of his butt.
It’s not that my roommates are stingy, it’s just that the space is already crowded and we are already squeezed tightly together.
Ding Guo smiled and whispered, "You guys sit down, I'll go back to the dormitory to check." Then he asked, "Have you eaten yet?"
It would have been fine if she hadn't asked. As soon as she asked, Song Yan's stomach started to call out. She rubbed her stomach, looked around reluctantly, then looked at her seat. Finally, she closed the book and said, "Forget it, I'll go back to eat."
No food is allowed in the library.
Strictly speaking, you can bring food, but you are not allowed to eat in the library.
Song Yan stood up, and Wang Aihua followed suit.
Gao Yuping thought about it, closed the book in her hand, and finally stood up together.
After coming out, Ding Guo pushed his bicycle and went back to the 30th floor with his roommates.
The following days were spent attending classes as normal and handling some daily class chores.
When I go back home on weekends, I spend some time coaxing the kids as usual and gain their forgiveness.
Pei Che also came back this weekend. The young couple reunited and took Da Zhu to the compound to have a reunion dinner with the old man and Pei Yu's family.
Some students start to add extracurricular activities after getting familiar with the rhythm of school.
More and more people started playing basketball and table tennis on the playground.
Some classmates would hang out at National Tsing Hua University when they didn’t have classes.
There are also students from other schools who come to visit Huada.
Ding Guo also became restless. She would sneak out of the campus when she had no classes in the morning or afternoon and go home to spend time with her two children.
The two little ones gradually got used to the fact that their old mother was not often at home.
Dante Guo would not stay outside the school for long. He would come back to see his kids and then go back quickly.
During this period, she also attended two classes in the archaeology major.
The order problems in the cafeteria were not resolved until April.
Add more meal windows to divert traffic and organize students to queue up.
It is somewhat effective, but there is a high risk of traffic jams before entering the cafeteria.
And there are always those who don't follow the order and try to cut in line with various reasons.
Ding Guo once encountered someone cutting in line, and she simply pushed the person out.
The other party was a couple. After they stood firm, they wanted to argue with Ding Guo. Ding Guo was too lazy to argue with them, so he directly used his Qi in Dantian to shout loudly: "Please turn around and identify which department and class these two are from. Do you think you are cutting in line?"
The two men didn't expect Ding Guo to be so fierce, and their scalps suddenly went numb.
Although they were uncultured, they still had some dignity and dared not stand there and let others recognize them. They lowered their heads and quickly blended into the crowd.
Ding Guo actually doesn't come to the cafeteria very often. It's easy to get addicted to the special meals, but it's not right for him to not come at all. So he just comes from time to time to order a dish and buy two steamed buns.
Because I often cooked for myself, I didn’t have enough meal and vegetable tickets, so I even traded with classmates and exchanged them for money.
In mid-April, Mosquito came to the school to look for Ding Guo.
After being admitted to the university, Mosquito no longer kept her short haircut and grew her hair long. Now she had a short sparrow tail tied behind her head. When she saw Ding Guo, she stealthily pulled her aside and said, "Sister, is there anyone from your school who wants to exchange eggs?"
It really does exist.
Some aunties and sisters who lived nearby came into the dormitory and knocked on the door to ask the students if they wanted eggs.
317 was also knocked on the door and asked.
But later, some students reported the situation to the school, and the dormitory manager no longer allowed those aunts and ladies to enter the dormitory area.
It was changed to exchanging in the corners of the school.
"Yes!" Ding Guo said, "Before, we were allowed to enter the dormitory area, but now we are not allowed to enter. We are changing places in various corners of the school."
Mosquito smiled and said, "It's OK if there is one."
Their school also had it, and Mosquito discovered a business opportunity.
Ding Guo: "You started an egg business?"
Mosquito nodded. "I have this idea. This business has potential, but I am a student of this school. It would be too conspicuous if I did it here. I would be easily criticized. So I thought of going to other schools to exchange eggs when I don't have classes. I observed that the aunties and sisters exchanged only raw eggs. No one thought of cooking eggs. I plan to open up this way and cook the eggs directly, so that students can eat them more conveniently."
Ding Guo expressed his admiration.
She said casually: "If you add some marinade and cook it directly into tea eggs, the business should be better."
Mosquito clenched his fist and pounded his palm: "This is OK, let's try a small amount first." Then he asked, "Sister, can you do it? Do you want to partner with me?"
Ding Guo did not refute immediately. If Mosquito really succeeded in this business, he would make a lot of money.
Just be careful and don't get caught.
But Mosquito is also a veteran and has no less experience than her.
She thought for a moment before saying, "I won't do the egg business anymore. I plan to go to the south during the summer vacation to see the situation there."
Mosquito's eyes lit up immediately, and he said without thinking: "Sister, can you take me with you?"
This is what Ding Guo meant when he said this.
Although it would be inconvenient for her to use the space with Mosquito, she was attracted by Mosquito's cleverness.
Even though time travelers have a system, they cannot cover everything. Sometimes they also need the perspective of locals to help them discover things.
And it is easier to convince family members with more than one person.
She planned to bring Dazhu with her when the time comes.
"Okay!" Ding Guo gave Mosquito the address of Zizhu Bridge, "Come to my house after the holiday to discuss it in detail."
She also reminded Mosquito to be careful when doing the egg business. It's not that people who are barefoot are not afraid of wearing shoes, but they already have shoes on their feet.
Mosquito agreed, turned around and rode away on the tattered bicycle that Ding Guo had seen last time.
A few days later, when Ding Guo was leaving the campus, he saw Mosquito trading eggs with someone at the school gate. The two met, but tacitly did not say hello. Mosquito continued to work, and Ding Guo went to the cultural relics shop.
Yes, there are antique shops these days. In order to collect antiques and cultural relics scattered among the people, in addition to providing collections to museums, they also selectively sell some general cultural relics to the outside world.
Ding Guo certainly didn't go there to buy ordinary cultural relics. She just attended a few archaeology classes and read a stack of archaeology books in the library. She felt that she was very strong and wanted to test her abilities, so she went back to the alleys to collect some antiques.
I went to the antique shop and took a look around. Before I went in, I felt so strong, but after looking around, I found that I was still a weakling.
For the time being, I put aside the idea of going around the alleys to collect antiques.
Having a strong learning ability does not mean having a strong talent, and it seems that she really cannot make a living with this.
Rather than relying on professional appraisal, it is better to rely on luck and good character.
If you rely on luck, you might come across a few fine pieces, but if you work professionally, you may be able to find every piece to be eye-catching.
After that, Ding Guo would still attend archaeology classes, but he no longer had the dream of hoarding antiques and making a fortune in the future. He just studied it as a culture.
Dayong went to the south again, and this time he brought back more than 200 electronic watches. The purchase price was four dollars lower than last time.
He was a little annoyed: "Sister, was I cheated last time? The price difference is too big."
Ding Guo said: "Not really. When something first becomes popular or after it has become popular for a while, the price will definitely fluctuate. In the future, the price will drop, but due to the inconvenience of transportation, the market here will last for a long time, so this business can be done."
Electronic watches are imported from Hong Kong. In the early stage, there are few people carrying the goods, so the price is naturally high. Once people find that they can make money from this product, more people will carry it, and the price will definitely drop.
Ding Guo continued, "If we sell it out, at the price we agreed on before, you will know the market reaction. Even if the price is raised a bit, it will still be sold."
Many people feel pressured to buy a full-steel watch that costs over a hundred yuan, but the target audience for an electronic watch that costs over thirty yuan is very large.
Ding Guo: "Look, you only got a few dozen yuan last time, but now you can get more than 200 yuan worth of goods. Doesn't this show the number of electronic watches coming in from outside?"
Song Yuling came to the house for dinner and nodded repeatedly as she listened.
"However, it would be best if this batch of goods could be sold out in bulk. Your focus right now should still be on the college entrance examination."
Ding Dayong genuinely failed the exam. He has been studying very hard in the past six months and is preparing to try again this year.
Song Yuling hurriedly said, "Listen to me, study hard, and give me a few electronic watches. I'll take them to school to ask."
She was worried that Dayong couldn't find someone who could buy the goods in bulk, and that he didn't have time to ship them out in small quantities. His anxiety would distract him from his studies.
Ding Guo shook his head and said with a smile: "Don't sell it in your own school. It's easy to be targeted and reported by someone with ulterior motives."
Yuling has no experience in this area.
Dayong said: "My colleagues at work should be able to eat a batch."
But he didn't really want to ask his colleagues at work to help him ship the goods.
As long as there are drivers who hope to go south, the electronic watch cannot be concealed. It will be difficult for him to ask for a price, otherwise other troubles will arise because of interests.
He scratched his head again and said, "It doesn't matter if it's not approved. I can slowly look for channels after the college entrance examination."
Watches won't go out of style anytime soon.
As long as his sister doesn't need the money urgently.
Ding Guo certainly wasn't in a hurry to use the money, but she preferred lowering her profits to make quick money or making it slowly over a long period of time: "Do you still remember the girl who found a yard for us last time?"
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