"Grandson, you're back. Didn't that profiteer Li Daqi bully you?"
Ye Zhiqiu smiled, then shook his head and said, "Come into the house first, I'll tell you something later."
Wang Fugui nodded, and after Ye Zhiqiu entered the room, he closed the door and ran to make tea for Ye Zhiqiu.
Ye Zhiqiu put down his things, returned to the dining table and sat down. After taking the teacup, he held it in his hands and whispered, "Grandpa, I met someone in Tianjin who was trading grain. Then I learned that they were exchanging it for seafood, so I couldn't help but run over to help.
I used the factory's car to transport two trucks of grain to Lijiawan, and then transported three trucks of seafood from Lijiawan to deliver to the people who traded grain. I took the 2,000 yuan difference that Lijiawan compensated me for.
Don't worry, I've made sure this grain was brought back from abroad. That's why I dared to do this. Otherwise, I wouldn't dare to do it even if I had a hundred guts!"
Wang Fugui was stunned, but quickly recovered. He asked suspiciously, "Why do they trust you? And how come there are so many seafood in Lijiawan? Is that bastard Li Daqi up to his profiteer ways again?"
Ye Zhiqiu lied and explained that several of the partners were people he knew in Beijing, so they were able to let him do the transaction without any hesitation.
As for Lijiawan, he told Wang Fugui what he saw and heard, and Wang Fugui was so angry that he cursed!
"Damn it! Li Daqi was never honest before. When he was the regional commissioner over there, I arranged for someone to corrupt him and successfully bought all kinds of weapons and equipment over there!
This old bastard is old, and I don't know what he's thinking. He's still obsessed with money!"
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned for a moment. He asked in surprise, "What? Grandpa, are you saying that Uncle Li was a special commissioner over there? Doesn't that mean he was a high-ranking official? Then how did he become the mayor of a fishing village now?"
Wang Fugui sighed and said, "Alas, when I was ordered to go on a mission, it was essentially just an ordinary mission. It was just a coincidence that I met Li Daqi, who was on a secret visit.
Anyway, I don't know what he was thinking at the time. I was on a mission at that time, so naturally I had no job to speak of. You can't say that I was an underground worker and was carrying out secret work, right?
He actually arranged a job for me, so I couldn't leave even if I wanted to. So I was forced to go in there and help my comrades obtain various information and equipment.
When they were defeated, they discovered that they were short of equipment and funds. I relied on his trust and sent all of that to our side.
So he was beaten by the enemy and became one of ours, and that's when he started to suspect me. But he had no choice but to follow me all the way.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he voluntarily resigned from his job and returned to his hometown of Lijiawan. I guess he must have gone into business. Otherwise, according to what you said, Lijiawan really has so many warehouses and so much seafood, it's not normal at all!
Ye Zhiqiu exclaimed, and then he said to Wang Fugui: "Grandpa, I remembered one thing. It was the first day I arrived, and I mentioned that I wanted to buy medicinal herbs and spices.
Uncle Li took the order, looked at it, and asked me for a hundred yuan. He then arranged for someone to go to the black market to get it for me. Could he be running a black market? Otherwise, I can't understand why he estimated the price just by looking at the order..."
"That's probably true. This old bastard just loves money. If he didn't love money, I wouldn't have led him down this path step by step and finally persuaded him to rebel..."
Ye Zhiqiu was a little amused and confused. The more he thought about it, the more he understood. He now understood why Li Daqi did not want fine grains but coarse grains.
When he told Wang Fugui about this, he said categorically, "Don't even think about it. He must have opened a black market! The grains circulating on the black market nowadays are not so strictly regulated, especially for coarse grains, because coarse grains are available in every commune in the countryside."
But as for fine grains, the commune didn't have much left to begin with, and with the members needing to eat, there was no way much could be distributed. So, because of this, he chose coarse grains and less fine grains!"
After going around in circles, Ye Zhiqiu was speechless! It turned out that he didn't go to the black market, but he traded with it.
Wang Fugui sighed repeatedly, and said angrily, "What can I say to you? If your grain dealings are discovered, what future will you have?
Even if they brought the food back from abroad, the fact that it's uncontrollable alone means your future is ruined, don't you understand?
Ye Zhiqiu quickly explained: "Grandpa, really not, the places where we trade are all in the wild, because I said I don't care about transportation, how can they transport it without me caring about it.
"And I haven't revealed my identity, so this isn't that serious. Besides, I'm on a mission doing this kind of thing, so there's no other way. You can't arrest me like this, right?"
"I won't arrest you, after all, you were on a mission. But if your file records this incident, you'll never be promoted in your lifetime and will be a small section chief forever..."
Ye Zhiqiu was delighted. He said with a smile, "Look at what you said. What's wrong with a young section chief? Aren't we all dedicated to serving the people? Grandpa, don't you think about it? My wife is already quite capable. She became a cadre right after graduation. No matter how hard I climb, how can I ever surpass her?"
"Now that things have come to this, what else can I say? You are so disappointing..."
Ye Zhiqiu felt a little relieved from Wang Fugui's attitude.
He discovered that Wang Fugui seemed to want to train him! But he really didn't want this kind of training!
He has space in his hands, not to mention he doesn't have to worry about food and drink, and he doesn't have to work hard. In the future, he will live with his family and wife. In his opinion, this life is better than anything else!
Ye Zhiqiu took out Li Daqi's letter and handed it to Wang Fugui, saying, "This is the letter Uncle Li asked me to give you. I never thought that this old man, Uncle Li, is actually a black market boss. You can't judge a person by his appearance!"
Wang Fugui took the letter, opened it and read it. He was silent for several minutes, then he took a match and lit the letter and burned it.
"He really did set up a black market. The letter contained greetings and the reason for setting up the black market. Let's just pretend it never happened and forget about it..."
Ye Zhiqiu didn’t have any ideas. Anyway, he didn’t know when he would go to Tianjin for a mission again.
"Okay, I'm definitely going to forget about this. Grandpa, come and take a look at the goodies I made! It's just that the spices are a little short. My two masters often prepare banquets for others, and they are relatively short of these things, so I didn't take more of them."
"Did you bring any fresh frozen food? Little Guaiguai loves fish, chicken legs, braised pork, and other things..."
"Come on, Grandpa, just tell me that my little sister loves to eat meat. You know how greedy she is!"
"That's different. You have to distinguish between loving to eat and being greedy, otherwise she will be unhappy."
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