Due to Mai Sui's strong suppression, Mai Lao San was ultimately unable to get the rabbit back.

Not only that, Mai Sui also drove Mai Lao San to work in the fields.

As for herself, since she could go up the mountain to hunt, who would care about the work points of seven cents each?

Just let Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai do it.

......

Mai Hongcai was working hard and sweating profusely. Suddenly he saw his father coming to help him. He was so moved that he almost cried.

"Dad, I'm sorry. I forgot to save you some spicy rabbit cubes for lunch. I'll remember next time!"

Just as Mai Lao San was about to reach out and teach this unfilial son a lesson, Mai Sui's voice sounded behind him:

"What are you still standing there for? Get to work!"

Mai Hongcai suddenly realized the truth. It turned out that he was forced to come here by his sister. He was moved for nothing just now....

Thanks to Mai Sui's supervision (who was just idle), and the help of Mai Laosan, Mai Hongcai finally got ten work points.

As for Mai Laosan, he didn't get any work points because they were all credited to Mai Hongcai.

Otherwise, Mai Hongcai could only get six work points at most.

Although he had been working since noon, he was not very good at it and his physical strength was a bit behind.

Getting six work points in one afternoon is already Mai Hongcai's limit.

When Mai Hongcai got home from work, he was exhausted, so Mai Laosan cooked for him.

Mai Sui asked Mai Lao San to cook all three pounds of pork, telling him not to be like other people in the village who had to divide one pound of meat into three or five meals, which was not even enough to fill their stomachs.

Mai Laosan is the kind of person who likes to enjoy life while the weather is right, so there was no way he would refuse.

Besides, he ate less meat at noon, so he had to eat more at night to make up for it!

Because he was too excited about eating meat, Mai Laosan forgot to burn the talisman that he had obtained with great difficulty for Mai Sui.

I can only leave it to my son Mai Hongcai to do it tomorrow.

Mai Hongcai: ...Dad, I suspect you did it on purpose because you were afraid that my sister would find out.

Mai Laosan: Don’t talk nonsense, is dad that kind of person?

After a delicious meal, the three of them sat on stools and savored the meal slowly.

Mai Laosan suddenly asked, "Girl, you didn't pick these up, did you? You hunted them, right?"

Mai Sui just said he was going hunting last night, and today he found prey. Is there such a coincidence in the world?

If it were in the past, Mai Lao San would definitely not believe that Mai Sui had this ability.

But now, Mai Sui was beating him like his grandson, with great strength, so it was not impossible.

Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai were the younger brothers chosen by Mai Sui. Since Mai Laosan guessed it, Mai Sui no longer concealed it and admitted it directly.

If Mai Laosan and the others dared to tell anyone, Mai Sui would kill them and bury them deep in the mountains. No one would be able to find them for a while.

Mai Laosan didn't know that he had one foot in the gate of hell. Besides being shocked, he was more excited.

He lowered his voice and said excitedly: "Girl, if you have this ability, why didn't you tell me earlier? Our family is going to get rich!"

Mai Hongcai never expected his sister to be so powerful. No wonder she beat him and his father so hard that they screamed in disobedience. They will never dare to disobey again.

When he recovered from his shock, he quickly asked Mai Lao San: "Dad, how do you make money?"

Mai Sui also looked over.

Although she now has some hope in life, she would also be happy to have another way to make money.

Wheat Ear had just arrived and did not want to attract the attention of the official armed forces.

However, she was not very familiar with the rules of this world, and there were some things she couldn't ask Mai Lao San directly.

Now that Mai Lao San has taken the initiative, Mai Sui is very willing to listen.

When Mai Lao San saw his son and daughter looking at him, he finally regained some of his sense of being a father and said with confidence:

"There's a guy called Lao Ding in the next village. He has connections in the black market in the city. We can sell the prey to him."

"Black market? What's that for?"

Mai Sui was not very interested in Lao Ding, but instantly caught the key word "black market".

It was rare for Mai Lao San to show off in front of Mai Sui. He put on airs and coughed twice before explaining to Mai Sui:

“The black market is the exchange that ordinary people run privately.

They are available in the supply and marketing cooperatives and on the black market.

What the supply and marketing cooperatives don’t have, we have on the black market.

As long as you have money, you can buy basically anything you want on the black market."

Mai Sui wondered, "Doesn't the government prohibit ordinary people from doing business on their own?"

“In the past few years, the crackdown was indeed strict, but now it’s much better.

Although they still cannot do business openly, the Red Sleeves Soldiers are no longer arrested very often.

Our commune still holds a market once a month, which shows that the policy has been relaxed.

As long as you don’t act too arrogant and avoid being reported out of jealousy, you’ll be fine.”

Mai Sui's eyes lit up and he said, "Then why can't we sell it on the black market ourselves? Why do we have to find Lao Ding?"

Mai Lao San slapped his head and said, "Yeah, why didn't I think of that?

We can sell it ourselves. Without Lao Ding making a profit from the price difference, we can make more money. Okay, okay, we can sell it ourselves!"

Mai Sui asked another soul-searching question: "Then do you know where the black market is? And do you know the general selling price of prey?"

Mai Lao San: “…I don’t know, I don’t understand.

However, there seems to be one on Sixi Street. Your uncle took me there to buy something once before."

Mai Sui felt a headache when he saw Mai Lao San's unreliable look.

Finally, we decided to take less prey tomorrow and go explore the way first.

After we have a clear understanding of the situation, we will expand and strengthen it.

Although Mai Laosan did not understand the specific situation of the black market, he had a keen sense of market policies.

It is now 1976, and the nationwide anti-corruption policy has been going on for ten years. The government does intend to gradually open up the market.

Transition from a planned economy to a market economy.

The commune held a market once a month and allowed the people to sell their own things at the market, which was a pilot project.

If the response is good, we will expand the scope.

The promulgation and promotion of each policy does not happen overnight, and it will definitely be a long process.

It could be as short as one year, or as long as several years, or even five to ten years.

Now is a transition period.

Those who are brave enough dare to try new things, so they are ahead of others and also richer than others.

If you are timid, you can only follow the rules and make do with enough food and clothing.

So the next day, Mai Laosan and his family of three all took leave and did not go to work.

This time, Mai Laosan’s excuse was to take Mai Sui to the city for medical treatment.

"Brother, Mai Sui complained of headaches before going to bed last night. I think the disease is getting worse. We can't delay any longer. We must go to the city to check it out."

Mai Xiangdong's expression was hard to describe, but since it concerned his niece's health, he couldn't be too cruel.

He could only turn around and question Mai Hongcai: "Your father took your sister to see a doctor, why did you follow him?"

Mai Hongcai said seriously, "I'm afraid if something happens, it would be better if there are more people to take care of me."

Mai Lao San also helped and said, "Yes, if anything happens, Hong Cai can also lend a hand."

"Isn't the fourth brother in the city? Can't you ask him for help?"

"Even if we want to go find Lao Si, we need someone to run errands. I'll be guarding the wheat ears, so I can ask Hong Cai to go and call Lao Si."

Mai Xiangdong: .....

It seems that I have to take this leave!

Fortunately, he deducted 30 work points from the third family yesterday, otherwise he would have no way to explain himself.

Besides, Mai Sui was instrumental in picking up the pig yesterday, so the villagers would be grateful and wouldn't gossip about it.

Even if you say it, as long as you don't say it in front of him, he will pretend not to hear it.

Anyway, Lao San's reputation is already like that. He is not afraid of itching when he has too many lice. People can say whatever they want about him in private.

Mai Xiangdong is too lazy to care.

He waved his hands impatiently: "Get lost, I won't be bothered if you don't see it."

"Okay, big brother, lend me your bicycle for a while, and lend me two dollars."

Mai Xiangdong: ...