As a newspaper published a call for generations to go to the mountains and countryside, this largest migration of people from urban to rural areas in modern history finally kicked off, with the main target being the three junior high school students.
According to later statistics, a total of more than 16 million people participated in the activities of going to the mountains and countryside, almost one-tenth of the urban population. It can be said that there are basically no urban families in the country who are not related to educated youths.
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“It’s a little quieter now!”
At eight o'clock in the morning, at the Chu family mansion in Banchang Alley, Chu Heng put down the newspaper in his hand and let out a long sigh of relief.
He has always been worried about whether his little butterfly will interfere with this matter, but now it seems that he is purely looking down on himself. Under the wheel of history, he is just clinging to the wheel.
It's just a speck of dust that moves with the wheel.
And from this day on, the aunts from the sub-district office also began to take turns going from house to house to mobilize, persuading those young people of school age who were unwilling to leave home to respond to the call.
As we all know, the talkativeness of the aunts at the street office is equal to the combat effectiveness of the old ladies at the entrance of the village. Therefore, under all kinds of attacks based on emotion and reason, basically no one can withstand it. After several rounds,
They had no choice but to surrender and join the army going to the mountains and countryside.
Of course, there must be die-hards who refuse to go.
And this kind of people are basically given jobs in the end...
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In the blink of an eye, the time came to the 25th.
The day for the opening of the pigeon market planned by Chu Heng finally arrived. After dinner that evening, he dressed up and prepared to go to Cen Hao's scrapyard to take charge.
"I might have to come back at dawn tonight, so don't wait for me."
Before going out, Chu Heng explained to his family, then walked out of the main room in a hurry and went straight to the front yard.
"I don't know what I'm doing outside all day long. I can't see anyone all day long."
Ni Yinghong, who was feeding Chu Zhecheng, curled her lips and looked a little dissatisfied.
Chu Heng has been busy preparing goods for the pigeon market these two nights. He often goes out in the first half of the night and comes back in the second half of the night, leaving Xiao Ni to stay alone in the boudoir. If it weren't for the fact that the food he handed in after he came back last night was still of good quality and quantity, she would have wanted it.
I wonder if there is someone outside this grandson.
Qin Jingru on the side was also a little depressed at this time. Her relatives had just left in the past two days, but her lover always disappeared... This made her want to go to the tofu shop to grind tofu.
Chu Heng's side.
As soon as I got out of my house, I drove my car quickly and left Banchang Hutong. After a circuit of twists and turns out of the city, I arrived at the scrapyard not long after.
This time, he did not go in through the usual entrance, but drove in through an entrance at the back of the scrap yard.
This entrance is for the convenience of trucks delivering goods. Cen Hao specially led people to clear it out two days ago. It allows you to drive directly into the scrapyard. Unlike the previous entrance, you have to get out of the car to drive halfway in.
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"Tu tu tu tu!"
soon.
Chu Heng drove into the center of the scrapyard and parked the car next to the shack where Cen Hao and his friends lived.
"Master Chu!"
"Master Chu!"
As soon as he got off the car, people living in several nearby shacks hurriedly came out to greet him.
"well."
Chu Heng nodded slightly to the others, took out his cigarette and spread it around, asking, "Are Du San and the others here?"
"Come here, come here. They have been here since noon. They have been busy in those rooms and haven't seen many people." The angry young man pointed at the few people standing alone in the open space.
room.
"Okay, let's go play." Chu Hengchong waved and turned around and walked over. Soon he came to the first room and opened the door.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and an electric lamp was lit in the room. Under the dim light, one could see a row of counters inside the house, and all kinds of old goods inside and on the wall behind the counter.
There are old watches, old radios, broken shoes, old clothes, etc. Only the counter next to the door contains various kinds of tickets such as food stamps, meat stamps, and industrial stamps.
During this period, Ergou and his people collected these from various pigeon markets in the city, specifically to support the opening of today's business.
At this time, Ergou was leading a few boys to sort out the goods, while Cen Hao and Dou Laodao were sitting by the briquette stove in the middle of the room, warming themselves by the fire.
"Xiao Chu is here!"
Seeing him come in, the old Taoist smiled and waved: "Come here and warm yourself by the fire."
"Master Chu!"
Cen Hao also hurriedly greeted.
Ergou and others also quickly put down the live barkers in their hands.
"Master Chu!"
"You're here."
"Busy for you."
Chu Heng smiled at them, then walked up to the stove, took the cigarette from Cen Hao, sat down on the bench next to him, put his hand on the stove to warm the fire, and smiled at Dou Laodao: "You
Why are you still here?"
"I have nothing to do. Come join in the fun. Don't underestimate me. I also served in court for several years, so I know my way around this business!" The old man stroked his beard leisurely.
"Oh, really? I haven't heard you say that either."
"This kind of thing is not something worth showing off. What's there to say?"
Cen Hao, who was standing next to him, immediately asked out of curiosity: "Then what else have you done?"
"Being a bandit."
"Then we are traveling together. My great-grandfather also used to be a beard, and it was he who snatched my great-grandmother back."
"Oh? What's his name?"
"My real name is Chushan, and my bandit number looks like a whip."
"A whip...I've heard of it, but I remember he was a flower picker."
"...Then you must have remembered wrongly. Apart from me, there is absolutely no such scumbag in our old Chu family."
Chu Heng just had fun with Lao Dao and the others for a while, then looked at the preparations of Er Gou and the others, then walked out of the house and went to the house next door where Du San and An Rongyuan lived.
The layout of their house is much simpler, with a row of counters on which are placed solid pieces of frozen beef and mutton, dried meat, and cheese.
There is also a large chopping board next to it, and a guillotine used in rural areas for cutting livestock. The shape is similar to the dog-headed guillotine used to cut people's heads in TV dramas. An Rongyuan and the others specially bought it from the countryside to cut meat.
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The beef and mutton they brought back were all frozen meat, and the pieces were twice as big. Using an ordinary machete was too troublesome, and using a saw was wasteful, so they made this thing, which is quite useful.
"Master Chu."
"Hey, how are you preparing?"
"Everything is ready, just waiting for the opening in the evening."
"Is the change ready?"
"Enough."
Chu Heng came in, walked around, chatted for a few words, and then turned to another shop he opened.
This is a grocery store, but it has less stuff, only rice, noodles, cooking oil, brown and white sugar, watches, and milk powder.
Except for the cooking oil, which he already had in his warehouse, the rest of these items were bought from Hong Kong Island. If sold here, he would hardly make much money.
However, Chu Heng didn't want to make money from this thing. His main purpose was to exchange things for money and then collect antiques and gold.
