Ye Zhiqiu explained with a smile, "Those free things are braised for friends as a thank you. Next time I'll braise them for them and bring them back home."
You can't just say you bought it. If you ask where you bought it, Ye Zhiqiu doesn't know how to answer!
Therefore, the benefits that people who help to move supplies get after doing the work are the easiest things to explain!
Wang Fugui nodded and said, "This stuff is rare! There's no fresh pork left, and there aren't many pig offal products being transported to the capital. There are too many people and too little meat, so getting a bunch of pig offal is not easy, much harder than getting a few pounds of beef or mutton!"
Ye Zhiqiu asked curiously, "Grandpa, I heard that there is no fresh pork because of debt repayment. Is it because of this?"
Wang Fugui shook his head and sighed, "Alas! It's not just this reason. The main reason is the exaggerated grain production, coupled with various natural disasters, and the collective's excessive eating and drinking, which has led to food shortages.
Without enough food, we naturally cannot raise poultry and livestock. Without the conditions for breeding, there are naturally no livestock and poultry to supply, which leads to the current situation.
The combination of natural disasters, man-made disasters, and natural disasters. Man-made disasters, both domestic and foreign, have created this kind of difficulty. As the capital, our capital is relatively well-off, as supplies have been mobilized from all over.
"Other places, except those not affected by the disaster, can be self-sufficient and have surplus food. As long as there are places affected by drought, floods, and insect pests, it will become the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and the food supply of the entire region will completely collapse..."
Ye Zhiqiu had heard of this before. Jiangxi was a prime example. Having escaped natural disasters, they had achieved the same bumper harvest as in previous years. But now, they were tightening their belts and sending grain to other disaster-stricken provinces for emergency support!
The formation of difficult times is not caused by one person or one thing, but is the result of the accumulation of many factors.
Ye Zhiqiu loved asking Wang Fugui about things because he felt that he knew everything. He felt that he knew everything about the world. Anyway, when talking to him about various things, he could tell him everything!
Ye Wubing and his wife started doing their homework. Ye Tianya sat aside, smoking, and watched his two children do their homework seriously.
Ye Zhiqiu took out the bicycle ticket from his pocket. He knocked on the table and waited for Ye Tianya to turn around and look at him before saying to him, "Dad, please take some time to buy a bicycle tomorrow at noon!"
After saying that, he placed the bicycle ticket on the table and continued, "It's not convenient for me to not have a bicycle. Go buy a new bicycle, and then mine will be yours. Do you have any objection to me keeping the new one?"
Ye Tianya was stunned for a moment, then asked in disbelief: "Is this a bicycle ticket?"
Seeing Ye Zhiqiu nodded, he asked foolishly: "Where did it come from?"
Ye Zhiqiu said unhappily, "It fell from the sky, it was picked up from the ground, it was given to me by someone else!"
Ye Tianya finally came back to his senses. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Hehe, Dad, aren't you surprised... Bicycle tickets are so hard to get. I heard that those who deal in tickets often can't get them. And you suddenly took one out..."
Wang Xiaolan said as if it was a matter of course: "My son is really capable. I wouldn't be surprised if he came back with a car tomorrow!"
Ye Zhiqiu looked at Wang Xiaolan with a strange expression. This old lady is too confident in herself!
He has learned to drive, but the key is that even if he drives, he is just a driver for others!
He couldn't even imagine owning a car; it was too far-fetched a thought.
Wang Xiaolan said with a smile: "Old Ye is going to buy the best bicycle tomorrow. My son will use the new bicycle to pick up and drop off my daughter-in-law. We can't just fool around!"
Ye Zhiqiu gave a thumbs up and praised, "Mother is really generous! Look at this stingy guy, Old Ye, he was so shocked by a bicycle ticket that he was speechless!
If I ever get all the tickets for sewing and radio, he'll have to slap himself a few times to see if he's dreaming!
Ye Tianya had a bitter face. He had become the deputy section chief and felt that he could finally have the authority of a father!
As a result, my son said that he would be able to pass the imperial examination soon, and now he is preparing to do something special. I, as a father, have no dignity at all!
Wang Fugui smiled and started smoking, looking at the father and son with a smile. It was really interesting!
Ye Wubing couldn't sit still any longer. He walked up behind Ye Zhiqiu with a smug look on his face and started patting his shoulders.
"Brother, is the strength appropriate?"
"If you have something to say, you should fart!"
"Big brother, you've worked hard for our family, so I just want you to relax!"
"If you're being nice to someone without any reason, they're either a traitor or a thief! Second brother, just give up!"
Ye Wubing raised his eyebrows. While pounding, he asked carefully, "Brother, don't you make a three-turn one-ring watch? Since you have a watch anyway, why don't you give me one?"
Ye Zhiqiu knew that this brat must have something to gain by doing this!
However, having a watch to tell time is very important for men, but the time when the second guy wears a watch is not now.
Ye Zhiqiu said to him seriously: "Okay, stop hammering, you have no skills at all! If you want a watch, it's fine. If you get into a technical secondary school, I'll reward you with a watch!
But the prerequisite is that you have to pass the entrance exam to a technical secondary school. If you fail, you will have to go to work in a factory, and then you can save up money to buy it yourself!"
Ye Wubing was overjoyed. He raised his little finger and said happily, "A gentleman's word is as good as gold. Big brother, please make a promise. I'm afraid you won't admit it!"
Ye Zhiqiu laughed and scolded, "Get lost! You're almost sixteen, and you're still making promises! Do you think you're still a three-year-old? I mean what I say, and your family is your witness. If you get into technical secondary school, I'll buy you a watch as a reward!"
Wang Fugui clapped his hands and said, "Great! If my second grandson gets into technical secondary school, Grandpa will reward you handsomely!"
Ye Wubing clenched his fists and encouraged himself, "I'm going all out! This is my chance to make a fortune. For my big brother's watch and my grandfather's reward, I'm definitely going to this technical secondary school!"
Everyone cheered him on. It is true that the high school entrance examination in this era can really determine a person's life!
Technical secondary school students become cadres as soon as they graduate! But if a junior high school student works as a clerk, how long will it take for him to become a cadre?
Ye Zhiqiu does not value his cadre status because he has space. If he does not have space, he will also find ways to become a cadre!
Otherwise, it is impossible to live a good life. You can only be like ordinary people, earning a salary of dozens of yuan, smoking the cheapest cigarettes, and having to budget carefully when buying a bottle of wine!
This kind of life, if it weren't for this difficult period, wouldn't be that bad, but it can't be called a good life!
So Ye Zhiqiu really felt that Ye Wubing's technical secondary school was really important to him!
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