Chapter 491 The Control Group of the 1960s' Beloved Heroine 35
In the early morning of the second day, the village was silent. Su Jianshe held Su Li's hand, who wanted to go to the county town with him, and carried two ginseng roots wrapped in a cloth bag in the other hand. They set out for the county town under the cold moonlight.
Their village was quite far from the county town. Even though Su Li and Su Jianshe walked fast, it still took the father and daughter two hours to reach the county town.
When we arrived at the county town, the sky was already turning pale.
Su Li had been in this world for five years, and this was his first time entering the county town. As soon as he entered the county town, he looked around like a country bumpkin entering the city.
Su Jianshe thought that his daughter had never been to the city and was curious about her first visit. He felt very distressed and decided to take her to the city to play more often in the future. However, he didn't know that Su Li was secretly amazed at this moment.
She knew that this was a special period of the Cultural Revolution, and that Xinghua Village had already seen several "stinking ninths" sent down to the countryside. However, the people in their village were still relatively honest, and with the team leader keeping them in check, the so-called struggle sessions had never occurred in their Xinghua Village.
She has not yet truly witnessed the madness of the young people of this era who exaggerate things, make a mountain out of a molehill, and get so excited when criticizing others.
But just as she released her spiritual consciousness, she saw a group of "stinking ninths" wearing dunce caps and hanging signs, being pushed and paraded through the streets by the Red Guards.
Among those who were forced to parade through the streets were old people, women, and children, all of whom looked extremely miserable.
Even though it was so early, there were still quite a few people watching the fun. Some in the crowd were cursing and throwing stones, rotten vegetable leaves and spitting at those "stinky ninths". It looked crazy!
It was as if those people were not strangers with nothing to do with them, but the enemies who killed their fathers and dug up their ancestral graves.
Those people just walked forward numbly, like lifeless zombies. Only their subconscious actions of holding their children tightly in their arms told others that they were still alive.
How could the word "miserable" describe the miserable appearance of that numb and wounded man?
Su Li was moved for a moment, but he didn't intend to meddle in other people's business.
There are countless injustices in the world. If she tries to intervene in every one of them, wouldn't she be exhausted to death?
She comforted herself in this way, but when she saw a little girl being hit on the head by a stone, she still gave each of the perpetrators a bad luck talisman and a nightmare talisman.
At that time, because of the Cultural Revolution and the destruction of the "Four Olds", many traditional Chinese medicine practitioners had gone into hiding. If you wanted to sell ginseng, you could only go to the black market or to purchasing stations.
The purchase price at the purchasing station was very low, so Su Jianshe gritted his teeth and took Su Li to the black market.
However, he did not bring Su Li in. He told Su Li to wait for him under the big tree at the intersection of the alley, and then went in alone.
Before entering the black market, Su Jianshe disguised himself to ensure that even Lu Zhaodi would not recognize him.
Su Jianshe has often come to the black market in recent years and is considered an acquaintance there. As soon as he came in, a middle-aged man with pockmarks on his face greeted him with a smile.
"Brother, you're here, what are you selling today?"
The pockmarked man glanced at the basket on Su Jianshe's back, thinking that he was here to sell mountain products and game as usual.
Su Jianshe and this person are old acquaintances. Sometimes when he has a lot of things, he will give them to him directly. The things are a bit cheap, but they are safe and save trouble!
He glanced around cautiously, leaned close to the pockmarked face and said in a low voice, "Brother, we have something good today, do you want some?"
The pockmarked face was a small boss in this black market. When he heard there was something good, his eyes lit up: "What good stuff?"
Su Jianshe took out a ginseng that he had prepared in advance from the cloth bag and showed it to him, then quickly put it away.
"Ginseng..."
If the pockmarked man didn't often hang out in the black market and knew that this matter shouldn't be made public, he would have screamed in surprise at this moment.
It's not that he had never seen ginseng before, but this was the first time he had seen ginseng of such good quality. It was even better than the one he had seen from his boss before.
Thinking of the boss's recent repeated requests for them to find precious medicinal herbs, he was still worried. Isn't this just like someone giving you a pillow when you feel sleepy?
Smelling the medicinal aroma of ginseng, the pockmarked man pulled Su Jianshe to a safer corner, suppressed his excitement, and pretended to be calm, saying, "Brother, how much do you want for this thing?"
The pockmarked man stared at Su Jianshe, with a gleam in his eyes from time to time. He thought that Su Jianshe was just a country boy, and even if he knew about the black market, it would only sell worthless mountain products and game, so he definitely didn't have much knowledge.
As long as he pretended not to care about it, such a country guy would be happy to sell him ginseng for just one or two hundred yuan.
Hey, I made a lot of money today!
Although Su Jianshe looked young, he had had precognitive dreams and had several years of experience in the black market, so he saw the purpose of the pockmarked man at a glance.
Want to lower the price?
That's impossible!
Su Jianshe had already inquired about the price, and after some back and forth with the pockmarked man, he finally sold the two ginseng roots to him.
Two ginseng roots were sold for one thousand yuan each and fifteen hundred yuan respectively. In addition, there were several tickets, including food tickets, cloth tickets, cotton tickets, oil tickets, sugar tickets, salt tickets, and more than a dozen industrial tickets.
What made Su Jianshe happy was that he actually had a bicycle ticket. With the bicycle ticket, it would be much more convenient to take his wife and children to the county town!
Su Jianshe was worried that Ma Zilian would take advantage of his fellow criminals, so as soon as he got the money, he hurriedly left the black market through another exit. He walked around the county town twice and made sure that he had shaken off the people who were following him. Only then did he remove his disguise and go back to pick up Su Li.
Pockmarked Face was very angry when he learned that the person he sent out had tracked someone and lost him.
He had been in the black market for so many years, but this was the first time that a country boy had made such a big profit from him. He kicked and scolded the person who came back to report it, and cursed him harshly.
"You useless bastards! You can't even catch a country boy. What do I need you for?"
Su Li saw this scene with her spiritual sense and knew that this pockmarked face was not a good person. Since she wanted to rob the thieves, she shouldn't blame her for robbing the rich to help the poor.
"Nannan, are you getting impatient waiting?"
When Su Li heard the sound, she looked and saw Su Jianshe running with sweat all over his forehead. She did not ask him why he came from the other side even though she knew the answer. She stood up slowly and walked towards him. She handed him her handkerchief and motioned him to wipe the sweat off his face.
Su Jianshe took the handkerchief and grinned, "My daughter is so considerate. Come on, Daddy will take you to the supply and marketing cooperative to buy some things."
Su Li nodded obediently, and the father and daughter went to the supply and marketing cooperative hand in hand.
The supply and marketing cooperative in the county town is much larger than the one in the town, and it seems to have a wider variety of items, including rice, flour, malted milk, milk powder, cloth, shoes, White Rabbit candy, egg cakes, oil and salt... Su Li needs stationery when school starts in the fall.
Su Jianshe was like a nouveau riche, buying things all the time. The salesperson who had not wanted to greet him before saw that he was dressed shabbily and smiled with his eyes crooked.
Seeing that he was generous and that many of the things he bought were for his children, the salesperson knew that he loved his children very much and eagerly introduced some of the more expensive and difficult-to-sell items to him.
"Comrade, this is your daughter, right? She's so beautiful! This is the first time I've seen such a beautiful child!"
The perfunctory smile on Su Jianshe's face became much more genuine when he heard the salesperson praising Su Li. He didn't care whether the other party's praise was from the heart or not, his daughter was just beautiful.
The most beautiful in the world!
No rebuttal accepted!
"Hey, yes, this is my eldest daughter. I also have a younger daughter and a son. I'm not bragging, but anyone who has seen my three children will say they are beautiful and adorable!"
The salesperson's smile froze, and he thought the man in front of him was really shameless, but he still smiled: "Haha, that comrade is really lucky."
The salesperson didn't wait for Su Jianshe to continue his boasting. He changed the subject and asked gently, "Comrade, you're obviously a loving father. We have a few pairs of small leather shoes here. Would you like to buy a pair for your three children?"
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