Because they had to sign a contract, Qian Shulan did not refuse to follow them to their residence.
If it was a newbie, the bearded men might have blindfolded Qian Shulan. But because everyone knew that she was also a grain dealer, they had this leverage in their hands, so they didn't hide it from her.
When signing the contract, Qian Shulan got to know the members of this gang. They were ranked according to the time they joined the gang.
The bearded man is called Wu Shichang. He is 45 years old this year, but he is not the oldest in the group.
The second child is Wei Zhenglin, he is 32 years old this year and is currently in East China.
The third brother is Liu Guojiang, 43 years old, who works in a production team. He was caught by the police for selling grain. When the police took him to the police station, he ran away when he passed by the grain store because the crowd was too crowded. Later, his portrait was posted all over the city. It was only torn down because of the Canton Fair.
The fourth child is Wei Qinggang, he is 44 years old and has always lived in Guangdong.
The fifth one, the man in gray, is called Yang Huaibao. He is 46 years old and has been living in the north.
The sixth child is Xie Guangxin, 22 years old this year, and has always lived in North China. Like Qian Shulan, she is a lesbian.
The seventh brother is Zhao Yanjun, he is 50 years old this year, and has always lived in the west. Every time he comes, he brings a lot of food.
Little Eight is called Xu Xiaozhen, she is 18 years old this year and has also been staying in Guangdong. Because she is young, she helps the eldest brother to deal with things.
Qian Shulan came in as Xiaojiu. Her situation was also recorded.
After signing the contract, Qian Shulan thought for a moment and said, "I bought a house in Guangzhou, and the food is stored there. Please come with us to get it, and please take good care of it in the future. Don't let others occupy it."
Because housing was in short supply in those days, many families could not stay in the city for various reasons, so their houses became vacant and were occupied by others for nothing. By the end of the Cultural Revolution, they became deadbeats.
"Okay! No problem!"
Qian Shulan brought the group to Zhang Zhaodi's house.
Last night, she took advantage of the fourth child's absence and ran over here alone, cleaned the house again, and put the food in the space back in.
Who knew that as soon as they walked into the alley, they saw three men lying there and trying to pry open the door.
Qian Shulan's heart skipped a beat, and she strode forward and shouted, "Who are you? Why are you trying to pry open my door?"
Because there was a lot of grain piled up in the house, Qian Shulan specially locked it with a big iron lock she had bought before. She also added a seal so that only she could open the lock.
The three people who were prying the door turned around immediately when they heard the scolding.
A man who was about 27 or 28 years old glanced at the old lady with contempt, "This is obviously my house, how did it become yours?"
After hearing what he said, Qian Shulan finally understood that the family of three was Zhang Zhaodi's ex-husband and her two sons.
After looking at the three people, the older one must be Cheng Fangyong. He is indeed delicate and tender. People would believe him if he was thirty.
The remaining two were fair-skinned. Qian Shulan had no good feelings towards these three.
She turned her head to Xiao Ba behind her and said, "Go and ask the street director to come over for me."
Xiao Ba agreed immediately and turned around to run to find someone.
The three men saw them go to call for help, but they didn't look scared. Cheng Fangyong's eldest son Cheng Wencai stiffened his neck and said, "I'm not afraid even if you go to find someone. This is obviously my house."
Qian Shulan looked at his timid appearance and didn't want to waste any words with him.
Not long after, the street director came over.
Seeing Cheng Fangyong and his two sons here, he immediately understood the whole story and hurriedly explained to them, "Sister Zhang has sold the house to this old lady."
Qian Shulan seized the opportunity to take out the property license from her bag and showed it to them. "See? This house is already mine. If you dare to pry open the door again, I will go to the police station and report you for burglary!"
Cheng Fangyong's face turned pale, and his originally frail body suddenly felt shaky. His voice was shaking, and he was obviously very angry. "How dare she! This is my house!"
The veins on the back of Cheng Wencai's clenched hands popped out, and he said to the director of the street office in dissatisfaction, "It's obviously my house that was sold, but they didn't inform us. What kind of logic is this!"
The street director was surprised. "Your house? Didn't you abandon your mother and marry into the Xie family?"
Cheng Wencai was choked by his words, and his face turned red with embarrassment. Qian Shulan walked up to him, frowned and scolded him coldly, "I don't care about your family's affairs. Anyway, when I bought the house, Zhang Zhaodi's name was clearly written on the property license. I don't know you, so stay away from my house, otherwise if anything is lost in our house, I will blame you."
The three of them were very angry with her!
So he pulled the street director aside and asked him if it was illegal to sell houses privately like this
The street director spread his hands and said, "If your parents had not divorced, what Sister Zhang did was indeed wrong. But the house was sold after your parents divorced, so she did not break the law. Even if you sue her at the police station, you will not be able to win. Just accept it."
Upon hearing the sad news, all three of them hung their heads.
Although they had married into the Xie family, the house they were allocated was too crowded, so they set their sights on moving to the old house.
I thought his mother was gone, but who would have thought that she was so cruel and just sold the house.
The second son, Cheng Wenwu, saw that he could not get the house, so he thought about the payment for the house. He asked the street director anxiously, "What about my mother? I will go to her to settle the account! I obviously have a share of the house! Why don't I see a penny?"
Cheng Wencai also quickly agreed.
The street director had received Zhang Zhaodi's things, so he naturally couldn't tell him the truth. "I don't know either. I heard her say she was going to the north. You have to find her."
The three of them were very angry.
At Qian Shulan's urging, the three did not dare to stay any longer and left with their heads down.
Qian Shulan repeatedly thanked the street director for his help.
After seeing off the street director, Qian Shulan started to take out the key to open the door.
After entering the yard, he opened the door of the main room. The small house was full of grain.
"There's corn all over here. It's a little less this time, but I can get more by the end of the year. I'll ship it over then."
The three of them were petrified. How could this be called too little
There must be at least 20 bags. A sack weighs at least 200 kilograms, so here there are 4,000 kilograms.
"I'll give you the food first! But you have to get me what I want."
The three of them immediately agreed, "Okay!"
After handing the key to Wu Shichang, Qian Shulan left the house directly.
Within two days, the third trade fair ended.
Qian Shulan bought clothes and shoes from Xiang Hongjun and Liu Guangji.
We set off early the next morning.
She and Wang Shouren drove back in a tractor, so they couldn't return empty-handed. In the back were fourteen barrels of diesel and clothes and shoes.
There was still a lot of time left, so Qian Shulan took advantage of the time when Wang Shouren went to the kitchen to get some dry food.
She told him directly that she was going to get some food to ship back.
Wang Shouren had already accepted this calmly. No matter how he persuaded her before, his mother refused to give up the black market. He could only bite the bullet and bravely help her keep watch.
Soon, Qian Shulan brought back three sacks of food, which she covered with a large sack filled with clothes and shoes, so they could not be seen.
The two drove along the road, stopping to rest when it was hot.
The midday sun is so strong that it can easily cause an explosion if it shines on the diesel barrel.
At noon that day, Qian Shulan finally found a big tree. The two of them ate dry food with pickles and drank boiled water from the military kettle.
The breeze on my face brought a touch of coolness to the hot weather.
She looked into the distance and found many adults and children in the fields far away.
The children carried broken bamboo baskets and used wooden shovels or sticks to dig wild vegetables.
Seeing their car parked on the road, everyone gathered around.
Seeing Qian Shulan and Wang Shouren eating steamed buns, they all swallowed their saliva unconsciously.
Qian Shulan looked at these children and found that they were all pale and thin, with the appearance of malnutrition.
She looked toward the fields again, where golden ears of rice were swaying gracefully in the breeze.
But those who were working seemed to be wound up and worked very slowly.
The weather is so hot that if the rice is not harvested quickly, the rice ears will wither and fall to the ground, and it will be very troublesome to pick them up one by one.
Harvesting rice is not like harvesting sweet potatoes. It is almost impossible to steal.
Not to mention how dry the mud is, there are militiamen guarding every piece of land, and the most they can do is steal a handful and put it in their pockets.
So these people are not very active in their work.
Looking at the children who were looking at her eagerly, Qian Shulan sighed in her heart.
It remains to be seen whether these children can survive the famine.
Qian Shulan pointed to a bamboo basket in a child's hand and said in a gentle voice, "Your wild vegetables seem to be delicious. Why don't I exchange them with you?"
Although she sympathized with these children, Qian Shulan did not intend to let them gain benefits for nothing, as this would not be good for their future growth.
The children all looked at the wild vegetables in their bamboo baskets and asked cautiously, "Can we really exchange them?"
Wild vegetables are not staple food after all. If they are not fried with oil and salt, they are not tasty at all. The key is that they are not filling. How can they be as solid as grains and fill the stomach
"Can!"
All the children started dancing.
"Please line up. I will trade with you based on the weight of the vegetables."
So the child with more wild vegetables got two steamed buns, while the younger one only got half a steamed bun.
In a short while, all the dry food prepared by Qian Shulan was replaced.
Wang Shouren didn't object to his mother doing good deeds at first, but when he saw that all the dry food was gone, he couldn't help but get a little anxious, "Mom, what are we going to eat?"
Qian Shulan smiled and said, "Don't worry. There is a town just ahead. There is a restaurant there. Mom will treat you to a delicious meal."
Wang Shouren felt relieved.
But he suddenly thought of the village where he lived. Everyone could eat rice, but these children were starving to the point of being skin and bones.
Why is there such a big difference
After getting in the car, Wang Shouren suddenly said, "Mom, I've been to a production team before. Everyone in their production team only eats white rice. They can also eat meat every day. Can we move there too?"
Qian Shulan rolled her eyes at him, "You are stupid. Even if they can have enough food, we can't go. We have the members of Wangjia Village to take care of us. If we go to other places, we are unfamiliar with the place and it will be so lonely. Besides, Zhengjun will also go to elementary school this year. After he graduates from elementary school, he will have to go to junior high school, high school, and even college. How can you ruin your son's future just for a good meal?"
These words made Wang Shouren blush.
Qian Shulan didn't plan to let him go. If she didn't dissuade him from this idea, who knew he wouldn't run away with the child? "And Zhengguo, after he graduates from technical secondary school, he can stay in the city and have a good job. You can't be stupid."
Wang Shouren agreed when he heard this and said hurriedly, "Mom, I was wrong!"
Qian Shulan patted his arm and said, "Our village is not bad at all! We can eat eggs every day and have enough food every day. It is much better than many production teams."
"Yes! Mom!"
It was just after four o'clock when we arrived in town. Qian Shulan kept her word and drove the tractor directly to the entrance of the restaurant.
She had previously exchanged national food coupons with a scalper, so she didn't have to worry about not having food to eat wherever she went, as long as the restaurant was still open.
They ordered two bowls of vegetarian noodles. It's not that they don't want to eat meat, but they don't have any at all.
After the food was served, Qian Shulan realized that there was not enough noodles.
In the seven-inch white porcelain bowl, almost half was soup and only a small half was noodles.
It seems that this state-owned restaurant will no longer be able to operate.
Because they can’t distribute dry food anymore.
Qian Shulan opened a bag of grain in the carriage, took out about ten pounds of it, and asked the boss to help make steamed buns.
The restaurant owner who took the food was staring at the three sacks of food.
"Sister, are you selling your food?"
Qian Shulan glanced at Wang Shouren, and he immediately understood and walked to the front to keep watch.
"Brother, to be honest, I bought this at a high price. It was shipped all the way here. Are you sure you want it?"
Although their restaurant was a public-private partnership, the food was also supplied by the state. He had a monthly ration, so he had never bought black market food. He had heard from others that black market food was very expensive, and even a few times the price was considered cheap.
But he had to buy. Since half a year ago, the supply has been getting less and less. Without the ingredients, no matter how good his cooking skills are, he can't sell anything. This restaurant is about to go out of business. If it closes, where will he find a job? He is old, and no employer would want him. So he thought of buying black market food. Even if it is a little more expensive, as long as he sells ten bowls of noodles a day, he can always make ends meet.
"How much?"
"Corn meal and flour are one dollar a pound. Rice is one dollar and fifty cents."
The restaurant owner didn't know what the price was and wanted to bargain and ask her to lower it.
But Qian Shulan insisted that this was all.
There was no choice but for the restaurant owner to buy it.
He only asked for cornmeal and flour. He didn't want any rice because it was too expensive.
Qian Shulan took the money, carried the hot steamed buns that had just come out of the pot, and set off on the journey home again with Wang Shouren.
Because of the weather, it took them three days and three nights to reach the Wangjia Village Production Brigade.
At daybreak, as soon as they entered the village, they saw people loading bamboo baskets and other items on trucks.
It seems that it is going to be shipped to Guangzhou.
The delivery location here must be Guangzhou, no matter how far it is, it has to be shipped there.
Wang Shouquan was directing the members to tie the hemp ropes. "Make sure to tie them tightly. Don't make them loose. Otherwise, it will easily cause an accident."
Wang Shouquan, who was giving orders, turned around and saw Qian Shulan smiling at him.
He hurried over and said, "Aunt San, you're back!"
Qian Shulan patted his shoulder and said, "You go ahead and do your work. We'll go back first."
Wang Shouquan immediately nodded in agreement.
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