After Lao Ding returned, he immediately reported the matter to the boss Yan Feng.

“I asked around and it should be a villager from the village below.

There were three people in total, and the one in charge was a man, about forty years old.

They were accompanied by a girl of about seventeen or eighteen years old and a young man, and they looked like a family of three.

The other party obviously doesn’t know anything and sells it at a very low price.”

Hearing this, Yan Feng said calmly: "It doesn't matter if it happens once in a while. As long as it's not a large-scale incident, it won't affect us."

Lao Ding thought so too.

It must be that the villagers occasionally caught a nest of pheasants, but they were reluctant to eat them, so they took them to the black market to exchange for money.

However, just in case, Yan Feng still asked Lao Ding to go to Sixi Street again tomorrow to check.

On the other hand, the three people who had just earned a huge sum of money immediately returned to Xinhua Bookstore and bought the 2-yuan dictionary.

Compared with most people in Lianhua Village, the people in Lao Mai's family attach more importance to education.

For example, the four brothers of Mai Xiangdong have all received education.

The reason why Mai Xiangdong could become the team leader is because he is educated and a cultured person.

Mai Xiangbei also graduated through academic study.

Otherwise, how could a rural man like him work in the city and marry a city girl?

From the perspective of contemporary people, this involves crossing the class barrier and changing one's destiny, which is a very difficult thing!

It is really not easy for Mai Xiangbei to do this.

Compared with Mai Xiangdong and Mai Xiangbei, Mai Xiangnan and Mai Laosan are just average at what they do.

Children of Mai Hongcai's generation also went to school.

Hongqi Commune has elementary and junior high schools, and the high school is located in Xiangxi County.

Mai Xiangdong’s eldest son, Mai Juncai, is in high school.

Mai Liangcai and Mai Hongcai didn’t like studying very much, so they only went to junior high school.

As for the four daughters of Mai Xiangnan's family, they only went to elementary school.

Despite this, they are still lucky compared to other people in the village.

Nowadays, there are illiterate people everywhere who cannot read a single word.

On the contrary, literate people are rare, especially in rural areas.

Yuan Mai Sui had a poor brain and could not go to school, but a few years ago, for some reason, Hongqi Commune set up a literacy class, and it was free.

Mai Xiangdong asked Mai Laosan to deliver the wheat ears.

But the original wheat ear was stupid and learned nothing.

Mai Laosan didn't expect her to learn it, so she just went to the class to support Mai Xiangdong's work.

Because of the problem of concept, many people think that studying is useless. Instead of spending that time, it is better to let children work in the fields and earn more work points.

Therefore, even though the literacy classes are free, the villagers are still unwilling to waste time attending classes.

The commune had no choice but to assign tasks to each team leader and required each village to send at least five people to carry out literacy work.

Otherwise, there will be no evaluation for that year.

Later, the literacy class was only held for one session and was eventually closed due to various reasons.

Facts have proved that if the overall environment does not change, some policies, even if they are beneficial to the people, will be difficult to implement, and the government can only take it slow.

When Mai Lao San saw Mai Sui buying a dictionary, he was very puzzled and said with a curled lip, "Girl, you can't read, can you understand it?"

What he actually wanted to say was that it was a waste of money to buy things blindly, and that two dollars could have allowed him to have a good meal in a state-owned restaurant.

But Mai Lao San didn't dare to say such straightforward words and could only express it in a tactful way.

Mai Sui glared at him angrily and said, "It is because you can't read that you need to study harder!

Mai Lao San, I have to remind you that I earned all this money, so I have the final say on how to use it. Stop talking nonsense here!"

Seeing Mai Sui raised his fist, Mai Lao San immediately admitted his mistake: "Yes, yes, auntie, you have the final say!"

I'm afraid of you, isn't that enough?

Afterwards, the three of them went to the supply and marketing cooperative and made a large purchase.

I bought 20 kilograms of rice, 10 kilograms of noodles, 5 kilograms of mung beans, two bags of rock sugar, two bags of salt, and a bottle of soybean oil.

Because Mai Sui and his friends didn't bring a bottle, they spent an extra five cents on the bottle to hold the oil.

Mai Sui also bought herself a new towel and soap.

Oh, and there are toothbrushes and toothpaste.

Mai Sui hasn't brushed his teeth in the half month since he came here, and he always rinses his mouth with salt.

Just like that, the 21.5 yuan I had just earned was spent completely.

And the 1.85 yuan in Mai Laosan's hand, half of it was also put in.

In the end, I had just 90 cents left for the bus ride back home.

No, there is one match ticket left.

That’s right, you need a ticket to buy a pack of matches for one cent here, otherwise the supply and marketing cooperative won’t sell them even if you give the money!

This trip to the city was an eye-opener for Mai Sui!

After the three of them had spent all their money, they had no money for lunch, so they had to go to Mai Xiangbei, the promising younger brother of Mai Laosan.

Mai Xiangbei works in the county's largest unit, the Xiangxi No. 1 Machinery Factory, and is a second-level technician, just a little bit lower than a first-level technician.

With a salary of 75 yuan a month, you can definitely be considered a high-income earner.

You have to know that the average worker's salary is only 30 yuan, and an apprentice only earns 18 or 20 yuan a month.

Moreover, Mai Xiangbei is only 37 years old this year, so it should be no problem for him to pass the first-level technician examination before he turns 40.

This way wages can go up.

Let me ask you, given Mai Xiangbei’s conditions, are they awesome?

Carrying a lot of bags and taking his two children to the machinery factory's family quarters, Mai Laosan looked familiar with the place.

This shows that Mai Laosan has been here many times before.

Otherwise it wouldn't be so familiar.

The neighbors were very enthusiastic and many of them recognized Mai Laosan.

"Is this Master Mai's third brother? It's not a festival, but you're carrying so many things. You two brothers have a really good relationship."

Everyone thought that the things that Mai Laosan brought were all for Mai Xiangbei.

Mai Lao San did not explain, and responded to everyone very enthusiastically: "Yes, it's a rare trip to the city, so I came to see our Lao Si."

"No wonder Chef Mai went to line up to buy meat early this morning. It turns out he knew you were coming."

"Go quickly, I just saw that Master Mai is already home."

"Okay, thank you, auntie."

"This is your daughter, right? She's really pretty and doesn't look like a country girl at all."

"Yes, she is timid and doesn't like to talk. Please don't be surprised."

"This young man looks energetic. Was it you who came last time? Oh my, what did you guys in the Mai family eat to grow up so tall?"

"You are joking, sir. Hongcai, why don't you just call me Grandpa Zhang?"

"Hello, Grandpa Zhang."

"Okay, okay, go ahead, you guys should just make it in time for lunch."

"Okay, then we'll go over there first."

Mai Laosan chatted and laughed with everyone all the way to Mai Xiangbei's house.

Mai Xiangbei lives in a tube-shaped building, which is the housing allocated by his unit.

It is extremely rare for individuals to buy houses these days.

When Mai Laosan arrived, Mai Xiangbei's family was preparing to eat and had just set the table.

Suddenly seeing his third brother coming, Mai Xiangbei was very happy. He immediately stood up and took a few quick steps to greet him.

"Third brother, you haven't come to see me for more than half a month. Come in! Have you eaten?"

"I haven't eaten yet. I've been a bit busy in the past half month. Today I happened to be in the city for some work, so I came to see you."

Can Mai Laosan tell his younger brother that he has been beaten by his own daughter every day at home for the past half month?

That's definitely not possible!

"Then let's eat together. I just bought a pound of high-quality pork belly this morning."

Afterwards, Mai Xiangbei asked his daughter Mai Lin to go to the company cafeteria to get another bowl of rice.

There is no refrigerator at home and the weather is hot now, so I cook according to the number of people each time to avoid waste.

Mai Laosan and Mai Hongcai both have big appetites. Mai Xiangbei naturally knows this and specifically tells his daughter to prepare more food.