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Standing under the blazing sun during the day, the steam from the water would rush straight at one's body. It was only when the wind started blowing at night that the stifling feeling gradually subsided. After finishing everything, he washed his feet and asked Li Long to sleep. He went straight to bed. In this era, there were no electric lights, no telephones, no TV, no wifi, and no other entertainment activities. The only entertainment was husband and wife sports. Otherwise, how could there be so many children?
When the rooster crowed for the second time, Li He hurriedly urged Li Long to get up. If the neighbors found out that they were selling eels and loaches, it would be a terrible thing.
When they passed by the village, the rooster crowed and the dog barked, and the sound of people getting up at night could be heard.
In order to prevent the eels and loaches from suffocating, the snakeskin bag had to be soaked in the river every half an hour, which made the bag heavier. The two brothers were so tired that they gasped for breath. After walking for about 20 miles, they arrived at the county town.
The sky was still dark, and the light was not very bright. There were no pedestrians on the South Gate Street, and the scattered objects in the surroundings were indistinct. There were only a few peddlers here and there. Selling oneself was impossible. It was still the era of opportunism and guerrilla warfare. The differences between the city and the countryside almost began to show every morning.
Li He quickly found a place, then took out a dry biscuit from his pocket and asked Li Long to eat some quickly. Seeing that a hot water waiter in the distance had already lit up, they went to ask for some hot water. The two brothers drank some.
The sky gradually brightened, and there were more pedestrians on the road. There were also more people buying vegetables.
After walking around, there was a pork stall next to them. After asking the price, they had an idea. In this era, only pork was considered a meat dish, and it had a lot of oil.
Eels and loaches could not be sold at a higher price than pork. This was also the concept of the times.
"Big Sister, I'll get some for you. It can help with fatigue and dispel rheumatism." It was not easy to see a big sister staying in his stall. If he did not sell now, when would he wait?
"What price?"
"Sis, 40 cents, there are food stamps and meat stamps, one catty for one and a half catty." Li He's throat was sore from eating corn for the past few meals. He really needed food stamps to buy some fine grains. Otherwise, without food stamps, he would not be able to enter the supply and marketing cooperative with money. As the saying goes, if you have food stamps, you can travel the world. If you don't have food stamps, you won't be able to go anywhere. Peasants did not have food stamps, but they could get food rations according to the "work points" they earned from participating in collective labor. If they did not have enough to eat, they had to think of other ways. Some farmers used their own eggs and vegetables to exchange for some food stamps from the city residents to solve the problem of insufficient food rations.
"That's too expensive. 35 cents. If it's okay, give me five catties."
Li He sighed inwardly. Since when did he have to calculate for five cents? The more he thought about it, the more bored he felt.
"Sis, I'm running a stall. I'm not trying to earn your money. I'm just trying to make it easier for myself." As he spoke, he used an old scale to weigh down the basket. He picked up the eels from the bag and put them into the basket. He hung the scale high up. "Sis, look at six catties and four taels. Minus the one catty and one tael in your basket, I'll give you an extra three taels. It's delicious. Come and find me next time."
"Your words are pleasing to the ear." The Sis looked at the live eels in the basket and slipped away after paying. There were no plastic bags in this day and age. It was necessary to bring a basket if one wanted to buy vegetables. In order to prevent the eels from slipping into the basket, it would be troublesome after selling them. They could only use green foxtail grass to pierce their gills. It was an exclusive invention. Could they apply for a patent?
Looking at the pitiful notes in her hand, she could not bring herself to do it. She threw it to Li Long for him to keep.
It was better to find an opportunity. When a big business came along, she would go to the capital to steal a few more. Even if she could steal a few more toilets in the Second Ring Road, she would not have to worry about it for the rest of her life!
It was just a few cents and a few hairs. What was the point of breaking the chicken and dogs?!
When Li Long saw his brother asking him to collect the money, he was overjoyed.
The rest were all small pieces. Third Brother would come out to calculate, weigh and collect the money.
Occasionally, there would be a few people around. Only then would Li He come out to help.
Loach could be sold for three cents a catty. Eels could be sold for four cents. Other small dried fish could be sold for more than one cent.
After selling them, they did not dare to stay for long. They did not dare to count the money on the road. They quickly packed up and hurried back!
On the way, they were hot and thirsty. The two brothers had no choice but to rest under the shade of a tree.
Lee Long hurriedly loosened his tight grip on his pocket and fished out a bunch of change. He counted them five or six times, one by one, one cent by one cent.
"Brother, brother, guess how much it is?" Li Long's mouth opened wide.
"About 20 yuan, right?" Li He really did not want to dampen his brother's spirits, so he answered casually.
"31 yuan and 35 cents. 5 catty meat coupons, 9 catty food coupons. Brother, we're rich!" Li Long excitedly moved closer to Li He and whispered in his brother's ear. Although there were not many people on the road at this time, he was still afraid that someone would hear them.
"Go to the side. It's so hot. Don't come over. Look at you." Li He pushed Li Long to the side. It was really too hot. He was sweating all over. No wonder Li Long was so excited. For this kind of family, even two yuan was a huge amount of money.
In his previous life, he had only been able to help his family after he graduated from university and received a salary. He had always wanted to leave the village and move to the big city to be a city dweller. He had not cared about his family at all and felt guilty towards them. It was only after he was 30 years old that he truly became sensible.
Thinking about how he used to be the second son, he was really heartless. He put all the pressure on his mother, sister and brother.
As for his biological father, his biological father did not care about him at all.
In his previous life, he did not have the money to go to school. He never thought about earning money by himself. He only relied on his family to borrow money.
There was a period of time when he complained that his relatives did not help him.
Later, he realized that his family did not have a family to support him. His biological father was not reliable. Whether it was his uncles, aunts, uncles or aunts, they did not expect his family to pay back the money they lent him.
At this time, every family in the village had three or four children. Which family did not have a better life than the other. They could lend you money once or twice, but not forever.
Throughout the year, they ate dried sweet potatoes and corn. Rice was a relatively luxurious food. They ate very little wheat. It was only during the New Year that they could eat white flour. Dumplings were the most delicious food.
Even in these days, his family still helped him a lot.
Li He now completely understood. He had lived two lives. How could he not understand? If there was a favor, he should repay it.
Of course, if there was a grudge, he should take revenge.
"When we get home, give the money to Big Sis. Don't give it to Mom. With her character, when Dad comes back, she will not be able to keep her." Li He looked down at Li Long's shoes. They were already in tatters. "When we pass by the town, I will cut some meat and buy you a pair of shoes."
"Sigh, I will help Big Sis hide it. I guarantee she will not be able to find it." Li Long was smart. How could he not know his biological father? It would be a lie to say that he was not angry. Within a radius of a few miles, no one lived like his family. "Brother, let's save the money. We don't need to buy shoes. We don't need to wear shoes in hot weather."
They did not rest along the way. The main road from the town to the county was a simple cobblestone road. It was very bumpy. If they were riding a bicycle, if their buttocks could speak, they would say, "Oh my, oh my, oh my god, it's going to bloom."
If they wanted to go to the toilet, they would have to pee.
They remembered that cement roads were only built in the 90s.
When they arrived at the town, the largest business was the cooperative. The market was also almost closed.
He instructed Li Long to cut the meat while he went to the stall to buy 20 cents worth of Fried Dough Twist Candy. He still had a little girl at home.
Most of the people who knew how to make Fried Dough Twist were old people. They carried a load of Fried Dough Twist in the villages. Although they also carried a load for a living, they were different from the peddlers who sold cigarettes, cigarettes, and osmanthus candy. The peddlers would shout as they walked. Sometimes they would shake a small bell drum in their hands to attract the attention of the villagers. As for the Fried Dough Twist, Li He had never heard them shout before.
After buying the Fried Dough Twist, he carried some food stamps from the cooperative and exchanged them for wheat flour. 9 catties of wheat flour cost 1.80 RMB. He gritted his teeth and asked Li Long to pay for the Fried Dough Twist. He had been eating corn for the past few days and his throat was sore. The key was that it was not nutritious and could not fight hunger. There were only three people in the family and the millet they got was only enough to make porridge.
However, he had to admit that money was valuable at this time. The purchasing power was strong. A worker in the town could earn a salary of 20 RMB per month and was more popular than a civil servant in the future.
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