Li Shuiqing said respectfully: "You know, he is a low-class gangster. A few years ago, he and a guy named Lao Gui got brigade stuff and sold it on the black market. What happened to him?"
Li Xiangyang said in a deep voice: "Let me find out what else Liu Jinbao stole to sell? And what did his uncle Liu Guozhi do when he was the captain of the brigade?"
Li Shuiqing nodded: "Okay, I will tell Zhigang and let them check it out."
"How is Wang Zhixue's stall business here? Are you still doing things well?"
"His business is pretty good. The young man is a good businessman. What's rare is that he is still down-to-earth and willing to work. He helps Zhigang clean the yard every day after closing the stall.
I brought his younger brother here two days ago, and I heard Zhigang say that they were inquiring about the black market in the east of the city, and seemed to want to set up a stall there."
Li Xiangyang thought for a moment and said, "Let Zhigang tell him the news, then say hello over there and find him a stall."
"Okay!" Li Shuiqing agreed, took out an account book from the drawer and handed it to him, "This is the account book over there. The money from the joint defense team has been sent over."
Li Xiangyang looked through the account books and returned them to Li Shuiqing: "How do you think of the house with a front on Caishi Street?"
"I looked at two places, and they both just settled down and are planning to go to the provincial capital. The talks are almost done. You will go to the house tomorrow." Li Shuiqing was a little uneasy, "Xiang Yang, are you really going to let go? Will you...
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The two of them discussed it, and Lin Lan went to buy a few bottles of wine, cut off a piece of khaki cloth and Doliang, and put the remaining can of milk powder and malted milk into the back of the folder, and thought of putting a pump in it as well.
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"My mother prepared a few for me and changed them every time."
Xiaodouzi shook his head: "I'm not hungry. Auntie boiled eggs for me to eat."
"Kidney bean rolls are good for the stomach and intestines, relieve hiccups, and nourish the kidneys and vitality. Pea cakes are good for the spleen and stomach, relieve heat and detoxify. It's best to eat them when it's hot."
Lin Yuezhen nodded and gestured: "Don't worry, I'll be at home."
"Okay!" Lin Lan took the chicken bowl, "You are hungry! Mom will make you a bowl of milk."
At noon the next day, Wang Zhixue came back from the morning market and told Lin Lan that Yang Zhigang had taken him to the east of the city to find a stall.
Lin Yuezhen looked at the bicycles in the courtyard and touched them curiously.
Lin Lan smiled and nodded: "I don't have any other skills, but I can make good food." He opened the lid of the bamboo basket and said, "These are the pastries I made, and some dried mushrooms. If you like them, tell me.
I'll prepare it and send it to you."
In the afternoon, Yao Xiuyun delivered two bicycles to Lin Lan's house and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, the bikes are delivered to you."
"It's different this time. Some places have been liberalized and will be here next year." After saying this, Li Xiangyang remembered what the old man said again, "Pay attention to the houses with facades on the street and those small western-style buildings."
, if someone sells it, go and talk.”
"There is an old traditional Chinese medicine doctor who has been transferred to the team, and I listened to what he said."
Yao Xiuyun looked at her with a smile: "Just one hundred yuan."
"After eating, I'll feed the pigs and make some paste paper bags." Lin Lan said.
Li Yong nodded and said: "I understand."
"Thank you! Come inside and sit for a while." Lin Lan smiled and took one, and the two of them pushed the car into the yard.
"Xiuyun, thank you so much. You helped me buy a car, repaired it for me, and even bought a pump for me." Lin Lan gratefully brought a chair to her, "Sit down for a while, how much did it cost in total?
I'll give you the money."
“Sister-in-law also knows about Chinese medicine!”
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Lin Lan returned home and saw Xiaodouzi feeding chickens in the yard. He smiled and walked up to her: "My Xiaodouzi is really a capable baby!"
Now she has to supply goods to brothers Zhou Xiaohong and Wang Zhixue. Lin Yuezhen only knows how to fry orchid beans and make bean paste. Kidney bean rolls and pea cakes have to be made by Lin Lan herself.
"Go!" Lin Lan went to scoop up the beans, poured hot water to soak them, and came back to continue gluing the paper bags.
She couldn't delay now, so she had to save money to buy a house facing the street before the opening. Once the news of the opening was announced, more people would do business, and the prices of houses facing the street would rise faster than bamboo shoots.
"Sister, I want to take a trip back when I have time to send a bicycle back for dad to use."
"He promised that my mother would take care of all the family's money. From now on, my aunt will treat them politely when she comes. It will be the same as before, and my mother will take care of it!"
Lin Yuezhen took out the money bag from her pocket and gave it to her before sitting back to eat.
The two sat and talked for a while, then Yao Xiuyun took the bamboo basket and said goodbye and went to work.
Lin Lan shook his head: "I plan to take the earliest bus back, send the car back and take the afternoon bus back."
Wang Zhixue nodded happily: "Hey! I'll tell him when I go back."
"That's good!" Lin Lan thought for a moment, looked at him and said, "Zhilin is not as stable as you, so let him guard the stall of the clothing factory while you go to the east side of the city."
Lin Lan nodded: "Did your father agree to your mother's conditions?"
In fact, she got the car in the morning. Xiangyang went over to repair it early in the morning and even replaced the tires with new ones before sending it back to her home. She and Xu Dong also teased her about it, saying that the iron tree was in bloom and would be out of control once it opened.
It's a semi-old 28-inch bumper, the brakes have been replaced, the pedals, the saddle have been replaced, and there's also a pump on the car.
Lin Lan went into the house and took the money, and some fungi, and took out the pea rolls specially made for her from the well. The kidney bean rolls were put into a small bamboo basket and carried out. She gave the money to Yao Xiuyun and said sincerely: "Thank you.
,Xiuyun."
Lin Yuezhen laid out rice, egg and spinach soup, and fried lettuce with oil residue. When she came back, she smiled and gestured at her: "Have you eaten?"
Lin Yuezhen patted the bicycle happily and gave Lin Lan a thumbs up. Only the leader of the Shilian Brigade had a bicycle, so it was very rare.
"Auntie, I see that the things sold in the black market over there are all Fu Qiang powder, and there are also some delicacies that I have never seen before."
Lin Lan took out the ten-dollar bill and put it away, put the change back into the bag, and started feeding the pigs and cooking the paste.
Yao Xiuyun took the money and looked at her with a smile: "Sister-in-law, it's just a matter of words. We are not outsiders, so there is no need to be so polite."
Before going to bed, I made a bowl of milk for Xiaodouzi to drink. Looking at his face that became pink and tender after gaining weight, I thought about asking Li Wu to buy two bags after eating.
"When selling food, you must be clean. The white cloth in the basket must be changed every day!"
"Okay!" Yao Xiuyun smiled cheerfully, "My mother and mother-in-law like to eat the kidney bean rolls and pea cakes you made the most."
The two talked for a while, and then Li Xiangyang rode away on his bicycle.
Lin Lan was truly grateful to Yao Xiuyun. A bicycle like this could be easily sold for a hundred yuan after repair.
Xiaodouzi looked at her and said happily: "Mom, today's cakes are sold out."
Roll up the empty sack and tie it with a rope, and take it back to your parents' home together.
When Xiaodouzi woke up, Lin Lan told him that he was going to send a bicycle to his grandfather.
Xiaodouzi looked at her happily: "Mom, our family also has a bicycle?"
"Yeah! Aunt Yao bought it for us!" Lin Lan smiled and opened the door of the main room, where there were two bicycles side by side.