138: Help the widow repair her roof
Widow Wang and her son tentatively decided to ask Old Yu's family for help. Both mother and son seemed to have hope in their hearts and felt a lot more relaxed.
By the afternoon, God was very kind. The rain gradually subsided and the sky showed signs of clearing up.
Many people went out of their homes, taking advantage of the rest to do their work or go for a walk.
Captain Yang of the company would stand at the door of the dormitory from time to time and look up at the sky.
When everyone saw his behavior, they guessed that Captain Yang was trying to figure out whether he could go out to work on this rainy day.
A few farm workers were worried that Captain Yang might suddenly lose his mind and drag everyone back to the fields to get wet in the rain, so they discussed it and pooled some money to buy a handful of roasted soybeans and half a bottle of sorghum wine, and got Captain Yang drunk.
Everyone in the company knows that Captain Yang loves to drink. He gets drunk whenever he drinks and falls asleep whenever he is drunk. So the best way to deal with him is to ask him to drink!
You don't need too good wine or too good side dishes.
Even a bowl of spicy sweet potato wine, paired with a few grains of coarse salt rolled in oil.
Licking coarse salt and drinking cheap wine, Captain Yang could even drink so much that he forgot his own last name.
The drunk Captain Yang was lying on the big kang in the dormitory, snoring soundly. Everyone felt completely relieved and went back to doing what they were supposed to do.
I finally have a full day off today.
Taking advantage of the afternoon time, Lao Yu's family was still busy. They were all hiding in the space, busy with fishing, boiling oil, and processing various seafood to prepare for the next period of time.
Yu Xiaoye discovered that the cornmeal at home was almost gone and was being consumed very quickly. He had to replenish some more, otherwise in a few days, he would not even be able to eat cornmeal steamed bread.
Also, she estimated that the shrimp paste should be almost fermented, so she should consider selling it in the market for some money.
Exchange money so I can buy something else.
For example, mattresses, shoes and socks, etc., and my mother has always been thinking about making dumplings with shepherd's purse. Today, I heard that Sai Jinhua ate dumplings at home, so I crave dumplings even more. If I have money, I will buy some white flour and come back to make dumplings for my parents to satisfy their cravings.
Although white flour was scarce in those days, you could still buy it as long as you were willing to spend money, or willing to pay a high price.
Yu Xiaoye felt that as long as one could afford it, one should eat better and there was no need to mistreat one's stomach.
In addition to shrimp paste, which can be exchanged for money, oil can also be sold.
Oil is a truly scarce commodity, more valuable than flour.
If you just use tuna to make oil, the oil produced is too little and too slow, and you can only produce a few kilograms of oil every day. It is impossible to make a fortune by selling the oil, and it can only be used to improve your life.
Yu Xiaoye discussed with his parents about selling shrimp paste and oil, and saw where would be the best place to sell them.
According to the content of the original book, there was actually a small black market in a commune around the site, and many people from all over the country went there to do business.
Some car owners from surrounding companies also often go there to do small business and help people in the company sell things.
Because the place is small and there are many acquaintances there, we might be exposed later. If something goes wrong, it would be easy for people to track us down in the company.
Yu Xiaoye didn't want to take any risks, so he planned to go to a farther and larger black market, which was the free market by the river in the county town, the place Yu Xiaoye and his mother had visited when their family was hospitalized in the county town.
That black market is larger and, comparatively speaking, safer, because all transactions take place at night. Even if you are stopped and searched at that time, there are woods and rivers around, making it easier to hide and escape.
Since it is far away from their company, it is not easy to run into acquaintances.
Yu Xiaoye plans to try his luck in that market.
But the problem is, how to walk such a long way to that market, that is a problem.
At that time, there was no bus service to the farm. If people wanted to travel far, they had to hitchhike. If they were lucky, they could get a ride, but if they were unlucky, they might not even meet a mule even after waiting for a whole day.
So she still had to find a way to solve the problem of getting a ride.
As long as you get in the car and get there, all other problems will be easily solved.
For example, after she arrives at that place in the afternoon, she can go back to the space to rest first, and then come out to trade after dark.
After selling things at night, I pack up and go back to the space to rest for a few hours. There is also a morning market when it is almost dawn.
If the market is good, I can probably sell all the things at one night market and one morning market.
If the market is not good, it doesn't matter if you stay a few more days.
Anyway, she has a portable space, and the luxury yacht in the portable space can be lived in, so she can make full use of the convenience of the space.
And she has a portable space. When she encounters danger, she can hide in the space, and her mother doesn’t have to worry about her safety anymore!
The plan is set, and we just have to wait and see how the shrimp paste is dried. If it is dried well, we can get ready to set off.
The rain stopped in the evening.
A gorgeous rainbow appeared in the sky and hung in the northern sky for a long time.
Yu Xiaoye and his family also came out of the space and were busy in the yard while admiring the rainbow.
When it was getting dark, Widow Wang came over.
Widow Wang did not come empty-handed. She brought three eggs in shells, saying they were already cooked. She could peel the shells and dip them in some fine salt and chili powder, or just dip them in soybean paste and eat them.
After hearing this, Xu Ying was overwhelmed!
It’s not that she doesn’t like this bowl of hairy eggs, but Widow Wang had a bowl of soybean paste last night and a bowl of hairy eggs today, and she doesn’t know what she will send tomorrow.
If I keep giving them away like this, people who don’t know will think I’m taking advantage of orphans and widows!
Xu Ying almost couldn't help but say, "Okay, okay, I'll keep it a secret for you and won't tell anyone else about your secret relationship with Hong Cheng. Please don't send me anything anymore!"
I have never met anyone as polite as Widow Wang.
It's so polite that it's suffocating!
However, Widow Wang looked at their new house fence with longing, asked about the fence, and then said with a sad face that their roof was leaking, and the two children would
I was so scared that I couldn't sleep, so I came here to ask how to repair the roof.
Xu Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.
Xu Ying thought of something again, his eyes rolled around, and he said with a smile:
"How about this, you don't have to do it yourself, let our Lao Yu find another partner to help you fix it up, what do you think - Lao Yu?"
Old Yu: “Ah?”
"What? Can you just watch your child live in a leaky house?"
Widow Wang said hurriedly:
"No, no, just tell us how to do it and we can do it ourselves. No need to bother Brother Yu!"
Xu Ying said carelessly:
"It's okay, it's not a problem. Our Lao Yu has always been a helpful person. He hates to see children suffer, right, Lao Yu?"
Old Yu, who was inexplicably given the good guy card, said: "Oh, yes, yes!"
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