"That... is impossible! Comrade, look at this. Other people's rabbits are 2.5 yuan a pound. I want one of your rabbits. How about 2.6 yuan?"
Ye Zhiqiu picked up the rabbit and weighed it. It was probably only three pounds and seventy-eight ounces, so he squinted his eyes and said, "Well, I won't smoke your cigarettes in vain. I'm too lazy to weigh this rabbit. Give me nine yuan and I'll take it!"
As soon as Ye Zhiqiu finished speaking, the man with the red armband nodded and took out his pocket. He immediately counted out nine yuan, handed it to Ye Zhiqiu, picked up the rabbit, and said thank you comrade with a smile.
In fact, Ye Zhiqiu was a little uncomfortable with it!
After all, in the past, when these red armbands heard about buying or selling things, they would directly arrest people and escort them to the nearby public security bureau or police station!
But now, in front of so many people, they were scrambling to buy things. The key point was that the person he pushed away was not angry, let alone wanting to quarrel or anything like that.
However, as soon as the man with the red armband left, a group of people came with money to buy the rabbit, and some even wanted to buy it all!
Originally Ye Zhiqiu only wanted to buy the ten rabbits in the bag, but he also got a little imaginative and presumptuous. He simply took them out one by one, and put ten more rabbits into the bag. Nineteen rabbits were now piled in front of him!
"Comrades, we only have so many rabbits. Each person can only buy one. I won't ask for more at nine yuan each! I won't give you change, so you can pick your own! If you don't have money, don't try to reach out. If you do, I'll hit you!"
As soon as Ye Zhiqiu finished speaking, there was no time left. Many people handed over money with one hand and took the rabbit with the other. Anyway, he didn't receive many nine-dollar notes, but he received more than ten big black tens!
In less than two minutes, the rabbit was gone, but the money increased. Not counting the initial nine dollars, a total of 183 dollars was received.
Those who didn’t get one looked regretful and asked Ye Zhiqiu when he would come to sell it!
Ye Zhiqiu was really at a loss for words. He knew that there was a shortage of supplies, but he didn't expect that rabbits had become so rare!
Rabbit meat is low in fat and high in protein, but low in fat means it's low in calories! While it may make you feel full easily, it can actually make you hungry quickly!
But now, even this kind of meat is being snapped up like crazy! This proves how difficult it is to eat meat at this time.
Ye Zhiqiu said helplessly, "Comrades, don't ask. We dug this rabbit up in the mountains while digging a rabbit hole! Who knows when we'll have the next one?"
After sending away the regretful crowd, Ye Zhiqiu checked the time and found it was still very early, so he rode his bicycle out of the Tianqiao Pigeon Market. Not long after, he appeared at the other two pigeon markets and repeated the same routine as before, selling over a hundred rabbits.
With over 900 yuan more in his pocket, Ye Zhiqiu didn't continue trading rabbits. Instead, he took out a bag containing a processed chicken. He placed it in the basket and headed for Zhongguancun.
Because he was so excited, Ye Zhiqiu arrived in just 25 minutes, which should have taken half an hour to bike, even though the road was difficult.
When I went in to register, the guard's face was obviously not that serious because my ID was still from the army.
He smiled and said, "I know the Feng family you're going to, but no one's home right now! But the girl from the Feng family will be back soon. Are you going to wait here, or come back later?"
Ye Zhiqiu took out a cigarette and smoked it while replying, "My brothers have seen it too. I just returned to the city and haven't yet completed the transfer procedures. The Feng family girl is my girlfriend, so I will definitely wait here for her to come back."
"Hey, it's a nice place. I used to be in Inner Mongolia, which isn't too far from your 211th Regiment. But the guys should have changed, since it was seven years ago when I was there."
"Oh, don't mention it. It's hard to transport supplies for our regiment. It's not easy for us."
"That's nothing. It's the same in the army I'm in. If you're lucky, you can even go hunting and have a snack."
"Huo, brother, you're really getting excited when you say that. Back in the spring of 1959, we encountered a small flock of wild sheep, and I killed ten of them by myself..."
I have to say that some habits are hard to change. For example, Ye Zhiqiu learned bragging from a row of people. He couldn't help but brag again when he started chatting.
After smoking a cigarette, everyone felt a lot more familiar with each other. After all, they were all from the army, so they could talk to each other more easily.
Until a man dressed warmly and covering his face with a scarf came back.
Ye Zhiqiu was nudged by one of them. He turned his head curiously and asked in confusion, "Brother, what's wrong? What did I say wrong?"
The man who pushed Ye Zhiqiu said with a smile, "Brother, are you stupid? The girl walking back is the Feng family's girl!"
Ye Zhiqiu cried out, and immediately ran out, opening his arms to hug Feng Xiaomei. However, she lifted her leg and kicked him in the stomach, causing him to slip and fall to the ground. Ye Zhiqiu was a little dazed!
Several guards covered their foreheads, feeling that Ye Zhiqiu was really a tough guy! He even wrapped half of his face with a scarf to keep warm!
"What do you want to do? Big brother, come out quickly, there are bad guys here!"
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment, then immediately realized what was going on. He pulled down his scarf, revealing his dark face, and said with a helpless smile: "Xiaomei, it's me!"
Feng Xiaomei was stunned for a moment and doubted her ears a little, but when she saw Ye Zhiqiu's face, she exclaimed and hurried over to help him up.
"You bad guy, don't you know how to say something? You rushed towards me like this, and I thought I met a lunatic..."
As she spoke, Feng Xiaomei burst into tears.
Ye Zhiqiu quickly hugged her with one hand and wiped her tears with the other, apologizing repeatedly, "I'm sorry, I missed you so much. When I heard it was you who came back, I was so excited that I couldn't speak. It's all my fault. Please stop crying, it hurts me so much..."
The more Ye Zhiqiu coaxed her, the harder Feng Xiaomei cried. In the end, Ye Zhiqiu himself wanted to cry.
She had been sad and wronged these years, but the person who had separated them didn't have any ill intentions, so she couldn't hate him.
The two of them had to swallow all the bitterness by themselves, and Ye Zhiqiu was actually more sad because he didn't know how Feng Yuanzheng was doing, and he couldn't even tell Feng Xiaomei.
Several guards watched the two people hugging and crying as if they were watching a play. One sighed, "It's great to be young! My wife used to hug me and cry every time I came home."
"Come on, that was only when I was young. Now when I go home, my wife doesn't like me at all!"
"Who isn't? You scold me every day for not being able to take care of children, but I really don't know how to take care of children!"
After a long while, Feng Xiaomei finally stopped crying and they walked inside together. Ye Zhiqiu pushed the bicycle in while Feng Xiaomei signed.
Because when Ye Zhiqiu came in, this procedure had to be followed, and it couldn't be changed. No matter how familiar you were with it, you couldn't mess around.
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