BPE Chapter 14

After Mrs. Feng packed up her things, she followed her family out of the purchasing station, and said with anticipation, "Old man, where are you talking about?"

Old Man Feng picked up the meat from the ground and said, "In the alley across from the commune, there is a restaurant run by self-employed individuals. Come on, I'll take you there."

"Wait," the old lady Feng felt that something was wrong when she heard it. She grabbed the old man and said, "The self-employed are all second-rate. Do you remember the man in Niujia Village next to the commune. He used to steal sweet potatoes from the production team and he was forcefully re-educate for two years. Because of that no one wants to hire him so he becomes self-employed. And now you want to sell this meat to them? What if they offer a lower price?"

Madam Feng became more suspicious, looked at her old man and said, "Tell me, is that self-employed person from Niujia Village?"

"No, it's not that person." Old man Feng knew that it was impossible to explain it clearly, so he put down two burdens and said, "The last time I went out with Yimin to buy food, I met him. He is a good person. Remember the brown sugar that we sell? He's one of our buyers. Besides, it's all reformed and opening up now, it's not shameful to be a self-employed person, I don't care who he is, as long as he can give more money. "

Madam Feng was finally relieved. Now it's no different than before. That's right, as long as they can get more money it doesn't matter if the person is self-employed. Thinking of this, she smiles first and carries the basket on her back and says, "Okay, then, let's go to the self-employed person you're speaking of and sell the meat to him."

Old man Feng is familiar with this county town. He used to run several times a month as the village head, and then he led everyone into a small road. It didn't take long for him to walk into a small alley, and he could still see it from the alley entrance opposite the commune.

"Feng'er, don't say that the self-employed people are not serious. If they are not serious, why would he dare to open a restaurant across the commune? And also the man in Niujia Village was already arrested by the public. Even if they made mistakes in the past, they have corrected them now. Chairman Mao said. …"

"Come on, don't talk shit, I'm getting calluses on my ears." Madam Feng pouted and said it with disgust. Her old man has been the village chief for so many years, and he speaks one by one. She's an old country lady, she doesn't like to hear that.

Su Wan walked in front and snickered. Her in-laws and mother-in-law like to fight with each other on weekdays, but their feelings are better than anyone else's. After walking a few steps, she saw a restaurant next to it, open in a small bungalow, with only two crooked characters written on the wall: "hotel".

As soon as old man Feng walked to the door, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Tie Zhu, are you in there? We have something for you."

"Our uncle is here?" A sturdy man in his thirties greeted him from the door. His face with Chinese characters was very enthusiastic. When he saw Mrs. Feng and Su Wan, he said hesitantly: "Oh, this is Yes?"

Old Man Feng pointed at the three of them and said, "This is your aunt, Yimin's daughter-in-law, and my Granddaughter. Tie Zhu, are you busy in this shop?"

"I'm not busy, just a few regular customers. It's enough to have my daughter-in-law work in the kitchen. Aunt and brother-in-law, you come and sit inside. Uncle, I'll tell you, you haven't been here for a long time, and I miss you. What did you pick? Oh, this is air-dried meat?" Tie Zhu invited the Feng family to sit down in the store, and when the old man unloaded the burden, he opened it curiously, and knew at a glance that the meat was good.

"Yeah Tie Zhu, Uncle is here to sell dried meat this time. Would you like to see if you want it in your shop?" Old Man Feng simply lifted the dried meat in the basket, and let Tie Zhu check it's quality. He squats down and takes a closer look.

As soon as Mrs. Feng entered the door, she secretly observed, and saw several men in green jackets sitting at the table next door to eat. They were well-dressed, and there was a pen in the pocket of their jackets. At first glance, they were educated people. Tie Zhu came here to do serious business, so she was very satisfied and said with a particularly proud smile: "Tie Zhu, this is the dried meat made by your aunt's own house. We went to the mountains to hunt, and we specially picked that one. Pickle it just right, put it on the stove and smoke it slowly for a month or two. Our meat is not only fragrant, but also very beautiful in color. How much do you want?"

Tie Zhu took out a few pieces of meat, weighed it, smelled it, and knew exactly what to do. He weighed it and said, "Auntie, your air-dried meat is well-marinated, and it's all good meat without bones. I don't either. To tell you the truth, my shop here is small, and I can only afford two yuan and 21 jin. If you think it can't be done, then I will pay you less and give you two yuan and 31 jin. What do you think? I can't get out."

When Mrs. Feng listened to him, her mood went up and down like an ocean wave for a while. When she heard the price, she felt like a typhoon and a huge wave was set off in her heart. The price of two yuan, two yuan and three yuan can be easily sold, which is much higher than the acquisition station. Fortunately, they didn't sell it at the acquisition station just now, otherwise how much would they lose?

Madam Feng glanced at her family and knew that they were also very happy. She laughed hard to herself and said, "Tie Zhu, you are a real person, and my aunt won't ask you more, just two yuan per pound. Do you want to take it all?"

"Haha, Auntie is refreshing, I want all your meat, wait, I'll go get the scale." Tie Zhu was also happy that he could buy this batch of meat. It's not easy for him to open a restaurant as a self-employed person. The question is whether or not the food is available.

He came back with the weighing scale from the back kitchen, and was busy working on the ground. It took a while to calculate the number: "Auntie, this meat is 93 pounds and 2 taels, and the total is 205 yuan and 4 cents, don't you think so?"

"Success! I'll sell this meat to you!" Madam Feng's heart was bubbling with beauty like a flower, and she earned more than 200 yuan in a blink of an eye, which is more than the harvest in the field in one year. They have worked hard for a year but they are not as good as Huzi earning more in just a month. Huzi is more capable than them.

After leaving the hotel, Madam Feng saw that the old man was still holding his chest tightly with his hands. She became anxious but lowered her voice and said, "Put your hands down, don't act like you're afraid that others won't know you are rich, just do it naturally."

The old man Feng had more than 200 yuan in his pocket, and he couldn't even walk on the road. After walking with his hands and feet for a while, he slowly got used to it and gradually digested what happened. Now he has more than 200 yuan.

The family walked to the opposite commune, where there was a station. They had already discussed it last night. Today, they are going to take a bus to the provincial capital. After finally getting out, they have to take Mengmeng to the provincial capital to take a look.

When she was sitting in the car, Mengmeng looked very energetic. She looked out the window with big bright eyes, and sometimes giggled. Madam Feng hugged her and followed her line of sight to look outside the window. After slowly driving away from the county seat and passing through a suburb. They can see several low-rise houses in front. Gradually, there were more and more houses, and they became higher and higher. Suddenly, a tall building appeared in front of them.

"One, two, three, four, five, six, oh my god, why is this building so high? It has six floors!" Madam Feng had never seen such a high building before. After the building passed, she still sighed: "Reform and opening up is good, how can you see such a high building before?"

"Yes, Mom, I read in the newspaper a few days ago that there is one in Bacha Village, they said it's ten thousand households in that village." Su Wan was sitting next to Mrs. Feng, watching the changes in the provincial capital. My heart was surging as high as that building.

"What? Ten thousand yuan?" Madam Feng's eyes were wide open, so wide that you could put an egg in it. It took a long time before she closed it and said, "Too rich, what do you think they do?"

Su Wan recalled vigorously: "It seems to be growing cotton and earning more than 10,000 yuan."

"My God, it's more than 10,000? It's too rich!" Madam Feng's eyes were full of envy, thinking of her family, she said with special regret: "It's a pity that we can't grow cotton in our village, otherwise we'll grow cotton too. Go, and earn more than 10,000 yuan. If I have so much money, I will eat a bowl of white rice and a bowl of meat, and then give Mengmeng malted milk to eat every day. "

"Keep dreaming, that would only happen if you find a lot of gold in the mountain. And why would you only think of food if you got money?." Old man Feng turned from the seat in front, pointed out the window and said, "Did you see the rider? If I had ten thousand dollar, I'll use it to buy a bicycle first, then a sewing machine for the two of you, and a watch for our Mengmeng. It should be a Shanghai brand. She can wear it when Mengmeng is a little older, it must be the only one in the village."

"Old man, you're really good, we'll do this when we have money." Madam Feng smiled, isn't this the life of an immortal? If she had such a day, her life would be worth it.

She looked enviously at the people riding bicycles outside the window, especially the women in green clothes, their faces were covered with a red gauze, which was so beautiful.

"To be able to wear such a suit, it must be a big cadre in the province." Madam Feng watched them disappear at the intersection, and then reluctantly retracted her gaze.

"You're right, when will we be able to have a bicycle? I heard that it will cost a hundred or tens of dollars, and you need to have a bicycle ticket." Old man Feng was just talking about it. Although they made some money selling meat, they were reluctant to use it to buy bicycles. That thing is not suitable for eating or wearing, so why buy it?

Old lady Feng didn't know what her old man was thinking. She only knew that it was good to have a bicycle. When she saw the green car on the road, her eyes would not turn. Man, how much does it cost to buy this? The person sitting in that car must be a big cadre.

The Feng family came down when they arrived at their destination. Madam Feng wrapped Mengmeng and hung it on her body. Su Wan carried the basket. Old man Feng folded the two baskets together and carried them in his hands, and the family left. Enter the People's Bank next door.