Translated by Serena Love

Gu Huaijin stuffed the money into Zhao Lanxiang's bicycle.

He sighed and said, "My family sent me some money. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep it for a long time."

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"You help me give it to He's second, as a little of my gratitude to him."

Of course, Zhao Lanxiang refused to take it. She put the money on the straws and stepped on the bike and disappeared quickly.

She went to the county town and gave the loach sauce to Li Zhong. Li Zhong dipped a spoon to taste it.

He smacked his mouth for a long time, "Tsk... fragrant, fresh! There is no muddy smell of loach, and the sauce tastes very good."

Loach is very nutritious and has the reputation of "water ginseng". In this era when pesticides are not popular, it has grown wildly in paddy fields. The fertilizer is mostly farmyard manure, which makes them fat and delicious. Of course such a pure natural fat loaches are good to eat.

Zhao Lanxiang said, "I want to sell it one yuan per pound."

Li Zhong pondered, "I think it should be two yuans per pound."

A total of ten pounds, so he counted twenty yuan to Zhao Lanxiang.

Zhao Lanxiang shook her head and said, "I don't dare to be too expensive, I also need an industrial tickets for a pound of loach sauce."

Li Zhong readily gave her ten industrial tickets.

He said frankly, "I plan to sell this sauce for three yuans per can, one can per pound. Such a large portion is enough to eat for half a month, and it is delicious and worth the price. You can hold the industrial tickets, just take it as me taking care of my family."

"If you still have such a good product in the future, remember to bring it to me. If you take it out and sell it yourself, you might as well give it from me. Many old customers on my side don't worry about price. It's better than you take it out yourself, it would be hard and tiring."

Zhao Lanxiang was almost touched by his speech.

But she smiled and refused.

"I'm going to do it myself, I will take care of Brother Li's business if it is suitable."

If she has not previously promised it to Li Zhong, Zhao Lanxiang would continue to let Tiezhu to take it to the black market.

She has already has the idea of ​​long-term cooperation with Tiezhu. While he delivers new food to her, she can give him the newly made pastry at home and let him take it to the black market for selling. It can also make Tiezhu earn more money without effort.

Tiezhu has the qualities of a good collaborator, loyal and flexible, abide by the rules but not rigid. If she cooperated with Li Zhong, she does not know who will be the boss in the future.

The customer base is accumulated bit by bit from the beginning to end. It doesn't matter if they make less at the beginning. When the time is ripe for another two years, it's not too late to let go their hands and feet and take a big step.

Hearing this, Li Zhong felt very painful and regretted the business he might lose.

He mumbled and said, "Okay, I will be waiting until you are 'suitable'."

He moved the loach sauce from this big clay pot, and the heavy weight diluted the regret in his heart.

Zhao Lanxiang put fifteen yuans and ten industrial tickets into her pocket and said with a smile, "This is an opportunity."

"I want to buy a sewing machine. Does Brother Li have a way to buy it?"

Sewing machines are also hard to find in this small place. Probably she has to wait for a while to buy them in department stores. But He Songbai's clothes has been damaged so badly, and because of the pig blood rubbing every day, the thin layer of clothing is worn out.

He didn't have his mother to take care of making clothes for him, and the eldest sister could only sew and repair.

Zhao Lanxiang wanted to make him a dress shirt. In addition, her younger brother's birthday is approaching, and she plans to sew a suit for Little Huzi and send it there.

When the weather gets colder, he doesn't want to wear a lot, but could add a piece of clothing. It doesn't matter whether it's hot or cold, just that he needs a proper outfit to maintain his decency. Before Zhao Lanxiang went to the countryside, she brought a few pieces of cloth over. The cloth is kept pressed on the bottom of the box and has not move.

When Li Zhong heard the words, the corners of his eyes couldn't help but twitched, "What, are you planning to take care of Brother's business?"

"Yes, there are, but the sewing machine is around 150 or 160, which is not cheap."

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Zhao Lanxiang said, "If there is, Brother Li, please help me keep one, and I will come over next weekend to pay."

Li Zhong responded readily.

The control of sewing machines is not as strict as that of bicycles. As long as you have money and tickets, people can open a letter of introduction from the unit and go to S city to buy it. The price is not as high as that of a bicycle, and it is still affordable.

The price of one hundred fifty or one hundred sixty is indeed quite real. Zhao Lanxiang still has a hundred yuans left, plus the fifty yuans that He Songbai kept for her, it would barely able to buy a sewing machine.

But she doesn't plan to use the money from her box. She will try harder to make more food and sell it during the week.

She said goodbye to Li Zhong and drove back to the village cautiously.

...

Taking advantage of these two days without work, He Songbai picked up a pile of firewood, which are plenty and thick enough to burn for a month. It took another whole day to chop the firewood that was to be used for a whole week.

Sister He saw her brother washed the clothes of the whole family, and the washed the clothes of educated youth Zhao separately.

Even the thought of stopping him is gone.

She cooked two big buckets of pig food with freshly chopped firewood and take them out to feed the pigs.

When she walked to the bullpen, her face suddenly turned pale.

"Aya yī yīyā ya——" She mumbled in a panic.

She hurried up to stop the people. The few troublesome young people in the village punched and kicked the intellectual who is living in the cowshed.

"Dumb girl, go away!" The young man pushed Sister He aside impatiently.

"This corrupt person actually hides money! You help him, are you also an accomplice?"

Sister He shook her head in horror. She saw the intellectual bleeding from his nose, curled up in the hay with his legs without resisting or yielding. He silently endured it.

Sister He hurried home to find her brother.

He Songbai saw the elder sister's gesture clearly, quickly washed off the foam from his hands, and ran towards the bullpen quickly.

Without saying a word, he tossed the three troublemakers to one side and sullenly said, "If you hit him again, you will kill someone."

"Open your eyes and see."

He Songbai pointed at Gu Huaijin and said fiercely.

"Is he your enemy?"

After all, boys are boys. After encountering the most legendary second-rate in the village, their hand were caught by his great strength and were hurting.

"He is a criminal, a blood-sucking ant!"

"It's time to fight!"

He Songbai's face was cold, silent, and the corners of his sharp and indifferent eyes sank, as fierce as a hungry wolf ready to go, a bit scary, and suppressed the rebellious blood-thirstiness of the three youths.

"He's second son, even you are in the same camp?"

The atmosphere became very tense and the air was frozen.

The youths were evaluating the possibility of fighting and winning, but He Songbai was out of anger and calmed down thinking about how to help Teacher Gu.

"You guys, this is--what are you doing?"

A crisp and gentle female voice came in time.

Zhao Lanxiang pushed the bicycle into the shed, saw Sister He wiping her tears helplessly, and saw He Songbai forcefully suppressing the three young people. The two sides were in trouble. Her calm eyes narrowed slightly.

Ten blood stained bills were scattered on the ground. She went over and picked it up one by one, then took out the eighty yuan in her pocket and counted it.

"It turns out that the money I dropped this morning is actually here..."

She took out her handkerchief, as if unaware of the tense atmosphere, and wiped it clean one by one.

Zhao Lanxiang's action suddenly weakened the aggressive youths who have bloodshot eyes.

She questioned, "Did you just involve this innocent person because of my money?"

"Brother He, you let them go."

"I will go to the Revolutionary Committee to report. To report that these three people did not take human life seriously, wronged good people, destroyed the reputation of the Revolutionary Committee, and disqualified them from being red soldiers."

"You are sheltering corrupt people!"

Zhao Lanxiang said lightly, "Aren't these hundred yuans mine?"

"I'm shielding him for what. He is a bad guy, and I wish I had nothing to do with him."

"But I have a reason in my heart. I can't let my personal preferences behave at any time. It's unreasonable. You know where Gu Huaijin lives. He lives in the bullpen. For half a month, he has kept himself safe and reformed. How he would hinders your way?"

Zhao Lanxiang stared at the young man who took the lead and caught a guilty conscience that quickly passed by.

She walked over step by step, staring at people and saying quietly, "Zhang Shunfa, Li Laifu, Pan Zhigao."

"You were the one who hit first?"

"I don't believe in hatred for no reason, nor do I believe that you have the patience to hold on to Teacher Gu. What are you...who provoked and how much benefit did you get?"

Zhao Lanxiang just made a faint squeak for no reason, and pulled out some of the other's painful feet "rightly and confidently". Even if she wasn't correct, she would have to beat people morale.

In fact, she also had some suspicions. The money on the front foot had just arrived, and the people on the back foot came to the door like they have dog's nose. It just so happens.

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Unexpectedly, these few smelly boys couldn't help but shaking, even more guilty.

He Songbai kicked them, and his voice couldn't hide his anger and said, "Go away, don't let me see you again."

The three boys walked away in vain.

He Songbai squatted on the ground, turned Teacher Gu's lean body, and squeezed it up and down.

Teacher Gu, who had been silent for a while, suddenly groaned in pain.

He Songbai said lightly, "Yes, it's not too serious."

"I will take you to the health clinic."

Teacher Gu held out his bruised hand and held the manger.

"No, I..."

"I want to be alone, thank you very much."

"I'm fine."

Teacher Gu wiped his face, lifted the swollen face, and gasped and said, "Don't worry, I'm not confused yet, I can protect the vitals."

He Songbai did not push him.

He was ashamed, Tiezhu told him yesterday that the money is not suitable for Gu Huaijin to keep.

But he rejected Gu Huaijin's money because he believed that Teacher Gu is still a little capable and could hide the money.

Did not expect...

Gu Huaijin wiped his face. He didn't want to fall to this point. He was about to dig a pit to keep the money. He picked up a few loads of cow dung, but he didn't expect these people to come.

Sister He silently went to the kitchen to get a bowl of loach porridge and served it to Teacher Gu.

She felt sorry for the engineer, he was clearly a senior intellectual but he fell into a labor camp. Although she barely communicated with him, it can be seen that Teacher Gu did not look at her with strange eyes because she is a mute, unlike other people. On two occasions, she got up late and went to the cowshed to take a look, and he already cut the fodder for the cows.

Teacher Gu swallowed, swallowed, his whole body hurt and he didn't want to eat, but the bowl of porridge was light, with a few crisp green onions floating in it, and there is a fragrance that could not be ignored.

Suddenly he remembered that his "food expenses" has been paid. Although the price was rather painful, but... he could eat this bowl of porridge with peace of mind.

Gu Huaijin hesitated for a moment, took the bowl, and sipped the porridge.

Zhao Lanxiang sighed and said, "Be careful later."

"You are being watched."

She stared at Gu Huaijin until he drank the porridge and quickly took away his bowl.

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