"I'll give you just over 4 yuan. I know all about the few materials you have left. If it weren't for the fact that cement is not easy to buy, I would give you 2 yuan at most. If you want to sell it, I'll sell it. If you don't sell it, I'll pull it down."
Zhang Xiufang put the record book under her arm, walked around Zhou Wenzhong, shook her head and pouted, sighing: "Oh. I didn't expect that you have changed so much after not seeing each other for so many days. Aren't you afraid of buying food?"
Encountering difficulties?"
"Hey. I'm so scared. I'm going to work in the factory soon. Then I will transfer the food relationship to our factory. My food ration will follow the department's collective food purchase book. At that time, I will
Are you afraid that you will get stuck on me?"
"Pa bang bang..."
After Zhang Xiufang applauded, she extended her right hand to sign a thumbs up and gave it to Zhou Wenzhong.
"Then what if I don't sell these materials to you?"
"It doesn't matter, your materials will be piled up at home. I will wait a few more days. After entering the factory, I will ask the comrades from the General Affairs Department to repair my house. Even if they don't come to my house to repair my private house, they can at most build it.
I can get several bags of cement for just one drink, how much do you think I can spend on this?"
"I'm really impressed after three days apart. Comrade Zhou Wenzhong, you have made great progress."
"clatter!"
Zhou Wenzhong unscrewed the cover of his pocket watch to check the time on it, and then put it back in his pocket. Zhang Xiufang's neck was then put back.
"I'm pressed for time, please give me an answer quickly."
"My dear, you are worthy of a watch now."
"It's not worth much, it's just an ordinary Rolex locomotive."
"Haha...I have never heard of this brand."
Zhou Wenzhong explained: "Working people who work hard wear watches called Rolex. This pocket watch has a locomotive engraved on it, which should promote railway workers."
"profound."
Zhang Xiufang seemed to understand. She turned over the notebook and wrote a note, tore it off and handed it to Zhou Wenzhong.
"My sister Zhang Xiuying is at home. Show her this note and she will understand."
"Why don't you go pull something?"
Zhou Wenzhong pinched the note and said: "Why is it so easy to get my 4 yuan? Hurry up and give me 2 liquor subsidy tickets."
"Next time, I don't have a drinking ticket in my hand right now. If you start chewing tree roots, stop drinking. It would be great to have this money to buy some food."
"Haha... It's hard to find this grassroots. You probably can't buy one with one day's salary. It's like catching a donkey and riding it like a horse~you don't know the goods."
Zhou Wenzhong smiled disdainfully and walked out of the grain store, shaking the note in his hand.
"Move towards Fangjia Hutong!"
"Alas." X3
Not long after, the trolley stopped at the door of Zhang's house, and Yan Bugui knocked on the door with a note in his hand.
"Squeak...oh, it's you Zhou Wenzhong."
"Huh? You little girl used to call me Brother Zhong. Now you actually start calling me by my first name."
"Hehe...Isn't that because you finished the work?"
"You are sincere and say whatever is on your mind. Is there anything wrong with the note?"
Zhang Xiuying stood outside the gate, stretched out her left hand and made an invitation gesture towards the courtyard.
"There's nothing wrong with the note. Come in quickly and move your things."
Zhou Wenzhong got off the cart and led the three people to the west room in the courtyard.
"You guys, don't be stunned and start working! Remember to handle them with care. I bought these materials. If they are damaged, you will have to pay me."
After Zhou Wenzhong handed over the task, he leaned against the door frame and watched as the Yan family and his son started shoveling sand, lifting cement, and moving bricks...
"Let's go!"
"Goodbye!"
Zhang Xiuying stood at the door waving goodbye, Zhou Wenzhong sat cross-legged on the sand of the trolley, and Yan Bugui was responsible for pushing the trolley at the rear...
Zhou Wenzhong walked straight into the courtyard. Yan Bugui ran home and brought some bricks to put under the steps. The three of them pushed the cart into the courtyard with great difficulty.
Qin Huairu, who was still working in the front yard, saw Zhou Wenzhong approaching and quickly turned his head away and looked away.
"squeak…"
As the door of the small courtyard opened, Yan Bugui and Yan Jiefang worked together to carry a bag of cement, ran over and dropped it on the ground, causing a burst of dust. Zhou Wenzhong sat on the threshold and watched the three of them busy at work.
"Wenzhong, have you gone to the street to do it?"
"It's Uncle Sun. I went there just now. The street office said that you don't need to plant it in my yard for the time being."
"Just go there. Are you going to clean up the house? Do you want me to help you?"
"Thank you. We have all the people to move bricks and mortar."
"Okay, just keep busy. If you need anything, just call me."
"Um."
Uncle Sun stood in the courtyard and watched for a while. Seeing that Zhou Wenzhong had not spoken much, he felt bored and turned to leave. The three fathers and sons of the Yan family started their own work according to Zhou Wenzhong's request...
I did this until dark...
Zhou Wenzhong grabbed three vegetable buns with his left hand and an enamel jar with his right hand and sat on the threshold to eat and drink. Several members of the Yan family held iron spoons in their hands and swallowed hard as they smelled the scent of jasmine in the air.
"How about... you see it's getting dark now, how about the three of us come back and do it tomorrow. We have been busy for a whole day today, and we have to go home and eat something to fill our stomachs."
"You three still want to eat? What should I do if my cement is dry? These materials are all my money! At the very least, you have to use up this pool of live cement. Or you can get it for me tomorrow.
1 bag of new cement.”
"This...but you just opened this bag of cement."
"Then I can only blame you for not reminding me just now. Don't talk nonsense with me. Quickly shovel the walls in the main room for me. Even if you work undercover today, you have to finish the four walls in my bedroom. 1
It's all dusty. I haven't asked you three for electricity money yet! Hiccup..."
Yan Bugui's teeth are almost bleeding! This guy Zhou Wenzhong is more sinister than the rich landlord.
Zhou Wenzhong burped after eating the buns and no longer paid attention to the work progress of the three people. He took out his pocket watch and saw that the time was already 6:27 in the evening. He turned the clockwork more than 20 times to fully charge the pocket watch. He held the enamel jar.
Walking out of his small courtyard, he went to Yi Zhonghai's house in the middle courtyard.
"Dong dong..." Zhou Wenzhong knocked twice on the wooden door of the Yi family with his foot.
Yi Zhonghai took care of him enthusiastically and said: "Wen Zhong is here? Please come in quickly. Please come in quickly."
Zhou Wenzhong walked into the main room and saw Jia Dongxu sitting at the dining table with a drooped face, obviously resentful of his arrival.
"You came?"
"Is this your Jia family? Can't I come?"
Jia Dongxu stood up angrily, pointed at Zhou Wenzhong and shouted: "You! Do you know that Qin Huairu is your sister-in-law? You actually wanted to raise your hand to slap her this morning!"
Zhou Wenzhong ignored this short-lived ghost, put the enamel jar in his hand on the dining table, and curled up his middle finger to click the dining table.
"Dong dong...refill the water."
"you…"
"Dongxu, shut up! You go back to your home and rest for a while. If you have anything to do, we'll talk about it later."
Yi Zhonghai quickly pulled Jia Dongxu, who was on the verge of rage, into the courtyard, went back to the house, closed the door, picked up a thermos bottle, and added some hot water to Zhou Wenzhong's tea jar.
"Why did you come to see me?"
Zhou Wenzhong turned the enamel lid and looked down at the broken tea leaves in the tea jar, not paying attention to the expression on Yi Zhonghai's face.
"Who said I came to find you?"
"Then how do you..."
"Don't think I don't know what you did."
"Wenzhong, what are you talking about? I don't understand it at all."
"Don't think I don't know."
"Then you have really wronged me. I really can't understand what you are talking about."
Zhou Wenzhong took out five thick pieces of writing paper from his pocket and placed them on the dining table. He also took out the watch ticket and pressed it with the porcelain bowl on the table.
"I want to see what's on the note by the day after tomorrow at the latest."
Zhou Wenzhong picked up the enamel jar, shook it, and poured it at Yi Zhonghai's feet. Yi Zhonghai was so frightened that he jumped to avoid the tea water.
Zhou Wenzhong stared into his eyes, stretched out his right index finger to poke the tip of Yi Zhonghai's nose and said, "Don't think I don't know what you are doing. Let's go."
Listening to Zhou Wenzhong's footsteps getting farther and farther, Yi Zhonghai opened the door and poked his head out to look around. After confirming that Zhou Wenzhong had gone far, he returned to the bedroom and opened the writing paper.
"500 yuan, 1 pair of spray paint thermos bottles (Deer brand), 4 sets of spring and autumn labor cloth men's clothes (black, blue), 2 pairs of spring and autumn black leather shoes No. 41 (Golden Monkey brand), 1 set of writing desk and chair (with glass
), 2 four-legged wardrobes, 200 briquettes (first-class coal), 2 white kettles (Shanghai Yitai brand), 1 set of coal stoves with exhaust pipes (Yan brand), 10 pairs of stockings (Darcissus)
brand), noodle table, cutting board, kitchen knife, Yuanli, colander, chest of drawers, washbasin stand, 10 pieces of soap (Xiangxuehai brand), 2 bags of soap (Lishui brand), 50 pairs of chopsticks, two 4-pound quilts
strips (first-class cotton), two 4-pound cotton quilts (first-class cotton), two 8-pound cotton quilts (first-class cotton), 50 large, medium and small porcelain bowls and plates (Jingdezhen 567 Factory), steamer
, medium cooking pot (iron), 2 sets of chain door locks (Tianniu brand), 1 table lamp (Wuhan Yongsheng brand),…”
"Dong..."
On these five pieces of paper, Zhou Wenzhong wrote down more than 70 kinds of products. Before Yi Zhonghai could finish reading the words above, he suddenly felt like stars were in his eyes, had difficulty breathing, and fell unconscious on the bed without being able to stand firmly on his legs.
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20 minutes ago, the aunt who went to the backyard to deliver dinner to the deaf old lady had just been chatting for a while in the old lady's room. At this time, she came home with two empty bowls in her hands.
When I saw my man lying on the bedside in an abnormal posture, I was so frightened that I smashed the bowls and chopsticks in my hands to the ground, so I quickly ran over to check the situation.
"Lao Yi! Lao Yi, what's wrong with you! Dong..."
Yi Zhonghai said feebly: "Don't call anyone, I just feel uncomfortable with chest congestion."
"Lao Yi... Lao Yi, what's wrong with you? Did Dongxu say something unpleasant to you? You can't fall. You are the backbone of our family, Lao Yi..."
The aunt wiped her nose and stretched out her hand to help Yi Zhonghai smooth his chest.
"Huh...huh...stop crying! It's not because of your sins."
Yi Zhonghai told his wife what happened when Zhou Wenzhong came to ask for something. The aunt sighed while listening, and finally closed her eyes and shed tears.