May 1st.

International Labour Day.

The most depressing day since Li Zhongxin was reborn.

In 1982, there was a day off on May Day, Labor Day.

And because it was a labor festival, not only the house was cleaned, but the school also organized the elimination of four pests (flies, mosquitoes, rats, and cockroaches.), and even the third-grade primary school student Li Zhongxin was not spared.

Originally, Li Zhongxin planned to take a break during the May Day holiday to take a bath at Sanjiang Bathhouse, the largest in Jiangcheng, get a haircut, have a nice meal, and then buy some delicious food to take home.

But he never expected that on a holiday like May Day, the school would actually organize students to go out to eliminate the four pests.

In the 1950s and 1960s, sparrows were one of the four pests. You could catch them and roast them to eat. However, in the 1980s, sparrows were eliminated from the four pests.

There is nowhere to fight flies and mosquitoes in broad daylight, and they are everywhere. You can't fight them. Cockroaches are usually only found near the stove, and there is no place to fight them. You can only dig mouse holes.

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Li Zhongxin's third-year class is in charge of the grove opposite the school. They work in groups of two or three, holding wooden sticks, shovels and pickaxes in their hands to look for mouse holes.

Digging mouse holes to catch mice is also a science that most people don't understand very well. When Zhang Zhiqin, the head teacher, was young, he dug mouse holes with others in the rural fields, and passed on the experience of digging mouse holes to Li Zhongxin and others.

After Zhang Zhiqin gathered them together before taking action, he told them that in order to get rid of rats, they must first find rat holes or rat hills - places with very loose soil. After finding such characteristics, they must call out to the classmates.

They gathered around, formed a large circle, and used pickaxes to dig out the mouse holes. When the rest of the group saw the mice come out, they used shovels to pounce on them.

After killing the mouse, you should wear gloves and cut off the tail of the mouse. In this way, you have completed a task.

There is strength in numbers, and with the help of the students, more than twenty rats were killed before noon.

However, while encircling and suppressing a large rat hole, Li Zhongxin suffered a tragedy.

Seven or eight rats suddenly appeared in the large rat nest. The male students were chasing them with shovels in a hurry, and two rats jumped into the second line of defense for the girls.

When Li Zhongxin went to chase him, Wang Jinli let go of the stick in panic and fell directly on Li Zhongxin's head. Li Zhongxin felt that he almost died gloriously.

Although he did not die gloriously, he became the laughing stock of his classmates. He was given two nicknames by his classmates because of his ability to fart loudly.

The first nickname was given to him by his male classmate Wu Zhigang, who called him Mouse Xin.

They said they came here to eliminate the four pests, and they eliminated Li Zhongxin. Li Zhongxin was nothing but a mouse!

The other one was named after the most "disgusting" girl in the class, who called Li Zhongxin a unicorn because there was a big bulge on Li Zhongxin's head.

The most "disgusting" girl is called Jia Zhen, who is unanimously recognized by her classmates. She has severe rhinitis. No matter who she sits at the same table with, she always leaves a large snot paper on the desk. Liu Shili, who is known as the most bad person in the 26th grade

He gave her the nickname "Big Nose Jane" and said she was the most "disgusting" girl.

However, later Li Zhongxin met Jia Zhen at a reunion of his elementary school classmates when he was in his forties. At that time, Jia Zhen had already moved to the provincial capital of Harbin.

Not only is she in the clothing wholesale business, but her appearance has also undergone a huge change. If it weren't for a class reunion, if she hadn't still vaguely looked like a child, Li Zhongxin would never have believed that that fashionable beauty was Big Nose Jane.

Li Zhongxin was speechless. He really didn't remember such a thing. It was probably related to selective forgetfulness in later generations, or a slight butterfly effect occurred after his rebirth.

It was said to the soldiers that they could not leave the firing line even if they were slightly injured. When Li Zhongxin came here, his head was injured and he found an excuse to rest. He naturally sat next to the commander Zhang Zhiqin.

Thinking of Zhang Zhiqin's kindness to him since his rebirth, Li Zhongxin thought about sending some fish to Teacher Zhang's house in the next few days.

Li Zhongxin sat next to Teacher Zhang and looked around boredly. Suddenly, he noticed an uncle pushing a bicycle and selling popsicles appeared on the road.

The popsicle sellers at this time were very different from the ice cream carts of later generations. They used foam boxes to hold the popsicles, which could minimize the speed of the popsicles melting.

Although the weather was not very hot on May Day, Li Zhongxin felt a little hot after working all morning. Remembering that he had not eaten the old popsicles in his memory since he was reborn in 1982, he stood up and walked

When he got to the roadside, he raised his hand to the popsicle seller and waved it to signal the popsicle seller to come over to him.

"Are there any cream popsicles from the Dairy Company?" Li Zhongxin asked directly when he saw the popsicle seller coming over.

Li Zhongxin was still very impressed as to where the best popsicles were at this time. The ice cream and popsicles produced by the Milk Company were the best in Jiangcheng. Not only did they have that sweet milky flavor, they were also special.

sweet.

"There are no popsicles from the Dairy Company. It's too far to go there. I only have ice cream from the Shuiwen Popsicle Factory. These popsicles are no worse than those from the Dairy Company, and they cost five cents each." The popsicle seller said:

Li Zhongxin wanted to choose popsicles from the milk company, but he was helpless.

Most people know that the popsicles at the Dairy Company are delicious, but the road there is long and difficult to walk. If he goes there to get some popsicles, it will take at least an hour. If it rains, there is no way.

You can't get back to the city center in an hour and a half.

"The ice cream from the Shui Wen Popsicle Factory is considered a solution. I'll buy all the ice cream you have here." Li Zhongxin was a little disappointed that there were no popsicles from the Dairy Milk Company, but the ice cream from the Shui Wen Popsicle Factory was considered a solution. After all, Shui Wen

The Popsicle Factory is also one of the best state-owned popsicle factories in Jiangcheng.

"Do you have money? You're buying them all, little guy, it's not right to do this." The uncle selling popsicles was stunned for a moment, then looked at Li Zhongxin with an evil look in his eyes, scolding Li Zhongxin in his heart.

When he saw Li Zhongxin waving over, he originally thought that Li Zhongxin was buying popsicles, but he didn't expect that this bastard was actually making fun of him.

At this time, it is possible for a child to buy one or two popsicles, but it is simply impossible to buy them all at once.

Rubbing the big bag on his head, Li Zhongxin glanced at the uncle selling popsicles and said displeasedly: "If you don't sell it, forget it. Do you have money to get one? Why should I buy popsicles if I don't have money? Unload the box

Come down and count how many popsicles there are in it, I’ve rounded them all up.”

After Li Zhongxin finished speaking to the uncle selling popsicles, he raised his little hand high and shouted loudly to the classmates who were rounding up the mice: "Students, everyone, take a break. I'm going to treat you to some popsicles."

Li Zhongxin shouted, while looking at the stiff eyes of the popsicle seller, he took out a big dough stick and handed it over.

When the big group was handed over, the popsicle seller was still petrified.

After waiting for half a minute, he slowly took the money from Li Zhongxin's hand and stammered: "My little friend, uncle will give you the change later."

Originally, the uncle selling popsicles wanted to talk about the little guy, but when the words came to his lips, he changed his name to the little guy and promised to wipe out the change.

This little guy wrapped up all the popsicles in his box in one go. He had already made a profit today.

On May Day, the temperature in Jiangcheng was not high, and he only sold two popsicles after being out for an hour. According to this situation, at night, if the wasted ones were removed, it would be pretty good without losing money.

In 1982, when the popsicles were shipped from the factory, they were all in plastic rectangular boxes. Each box contained more than sixty popsicles. When wholesale, they were counted as sixty popsicles. For some people, a box could give up to sixty-six popsicles.

Up to sixty-nine sticks, no one is there, there are sixty sticks in a box.

At that time, the popsicles had a layer of pink and white popsicle paper on them to prevent the popsicles next to each other from freezing together.

The ex-factory price of a box of popsicles is two yuan for a large box, which is about three cents per popsicle. If you sell a large box, you can earn nearly two yuan.

The uncle selling popsicles made some calculations in his mind. Because his sister worked at Shuiwen Popsicle Factory, his foam box contained sixty-nine popsicles. After removing the two he sold, there were still sixty-seven popsicles left, which cost five cents.

One stick, that's three dollars and eighty-five cents. Erase the five cents! It seems a bit missing.

He had said big words before and wanted to wipe out the change of five cents for the child in front of him. He really couldn't say it out loud.

"How many popsicles are there in this box? Fifty!" Seeing the uncle selling popsicles unloading the foam box, he suddenly thought that he had called his classmates over. Don't worry, there won't be enough popsicles by then.

The classmates couldn't get anything to eat.

"There are sixty-seven popsicles in total." After the uncle selling popsicles finished speaking, he added with a blush while changing the money: "These popsicles cost three yuan and eighty-five cents in total. Today, the uncle will give you five cents free. That's it."

Uncle, treat you to a popsicle. I have two milk bricks here that the child's aunt gave him (it's a good ice cream with more milk, put in a carton) for you to add to it."

The uncle selling popsicles had a look of pain on his face after he finished speaking. The two milk bricks were new products and could not be bought for a dime each. However, he was reluctant to give Li Zhongxin a zero.

Milk bricks?! Li Zhongxin's face showed a hint of joy, and he said happily: "Uncle, thank you for the addition, you'd better charge four yuan! You can buy two more milk bricks for your son later."

Li Zhongxin directly took a small scalper and a red one-yuan note, took the milk brick and went to present the treasure to Teacher Zhang.

If you have fast hands, you will have something, but if you have slow hands, you will have nothing. Some students in Class 1, Grade 3, ate two popsicles, and some ate one. The scene was very lively. After a while, the mice believed it, and the unicorn monster was all believed.

They selectively forget.

In the afternoon, Li Zhongxin had to follow the rodent extermination, and the classmates in the class unanimously told Li Zhongxin to rest.

At this time, Jiangcheng City required everyone to kill three rats, which meant that they had to hand in three rat tails. Many people spent money to buy and hand in the supply and marketing cooperatives in the countryside. The price of a rat tail even reached

Two cents.

Some students in the school handed over rat tails, and some handed in ten dead flies packed in matchboxes. In short, the school was the first to complete the elimination of the four pests.

At this time, the four pests are removed and the rat tails harvested will be sold for 10 to 20 cents, and the money after the sales will be used as class fees.

At the end of the day, under the leadership of Teacher Zhang Yingming Shenwu, the students in Class 3 harvested a total of forty-two rat tails. The students were very happy, but Li Zhongxin was unhappy.

I was slapped in the head with a big bruise visible to the naked eye, received two unpleasant nicknames, and was severely criticized by Teacher Zhang all afternoon. Paying money to treat classmates to eat popsicles was considered by Teacher Zhang to be a waste of money, and even

He was going to tell his mother Wang Yaqing about his reckless spending.
Chapter completed!