Han Yu did not return to his home, but went straight to the shipyard.

Xiao Jiang's family was far away, and they lived and ate in the shipyard's shed. Huang Jiang also stayed here during his lifetime.

After waiting under the pergola for more than ten minutes, Xiao Jiang and Huang Jiangsheng came back. One was eating ice bricks, and the other was carrying pork skewered with straw ropes, which looked to be two kilograms.

Xiao Jiang was stunned for a moment, then came up to him and asked, "Xianyu, aren't you a police officer? Why did you go to Bailong Port to sell reeds just now!"

Huang Jiangsheng walked over to look at the reeds and scales tied to the car, and said with a smile: "I was just selling reeds at the door of the ticket office, and in the blink of an eye I was here again. Comrade Public Security, why are you like me when I was farming in northern Xinjiang?

The work is done in a swarm, and the work is finished as quickly as the wind.”

"I'm here to find you."

"What are you looking for from us?"

"Not many people know me in Bailonggang. I just performed a task at the door of the ticket office. I can't let others know that I am a police officer."

Xiao Jiang ate the remaining ice bricks quickly, without even bothering to wipe his mouth, and asked curiously: "What mission is it performing?"

Han Yu shook his head: "It's a secret, we can't say it."

Huang Jiangsheng handed the meat to his cousin, sat down and said, "Don't worry, we won't talk nonsense. In fact, I thought of it earlier, otherwise I wouldn't have pretended not to know you at the door of the ticket office just now."

"Thanks."

"What's there to thank you for? Have you had lunch? If not, let's eat together."

"I'm going back to the institute to eat. What I just said cannot be taken seriously. Our leader asked me to tell you that if it is leaked, you will be held accountable."

"I understand these."

"Xiao Jiang, what about you?"

"You know, I'm not a person who likes to gossip."

Xiao Jiang said he was a welder, but actually he came to be an apprentice. He was similar in age to Han Yu, and Han Yu was a police officer. He was very willing to make friends with Han Yu.

"Don't go back and eat with us. We weighed the meat today and my cousin caught some fish this morning!"

"Yeah, don't go back."

When Huang Jiangsheng was doing small business in the East China Sea, he was always investigated by the police and joint defense team members.

Now I sell eggs and rice, and I spend more than half of the year in Bailong Port. I feel that "a strong dragon cannot overwhelm local snakes", so I need a "backer", even if the "backer" in front of me seems a bit small.

"Then I won't be polite to you."

Han Yu was not pretentious and readily agreed.

If you insist on going back, you won't give them face. Besides, the tugboat will take several months to repair, so there are plenty of opportunities to repay the favor.

"Isn't this right? I'm not an outsider."

Huang Jiangsheng signaled his cousin to cook the rice quickly, took out his cigarette and said with a smile: "I have cooked the fish, steamed the rice, and will cook the braised pork, it will be quick."

"It's both fish and meat. Is it better to get rich and improve the food?"

"How can you make a fortune by earning some hard-earned money?"

"Have all the eggs collected last time been transported away?"

"It's been shipped and almost sold."

"How come you didn't know when you went back so soon?"

"I didn't go back."

"How can you sell it if you don't go back?" Han Yu asked puzzledly.

Huang Jiangshan flicked his cigarette ashes and explained: "I am not the only one who came back from northern Xinjiang, there are many brothers and sisters. Like me, they all have 'pocket household registration' and have no jobs. I collect eggs and rice here, and they

Sold there, five to six hundred kilograms of eggs can be sold out in two or three days."

"So you are a big boss in wholesale business!"

"It's not easy for any big boss. We can only help each other. In fact, they helped me raise the capital for this business."

"How difficult is it?"

“Without a household registration, no job, no place to live, and even one meal without a meal, we can only show our magical powers across the sea and make a living on our own.”

Huang Jiangsheng took several puffs of cigarette and said bitterly: "We just have to make a living by ourselves, but in the eyes of others, we are from Northern Xinjiang, not from the East China Sea! When walking on the road, if people know that you are from Northern Xinjiang,

, the way I look at you is exactly the same as looking at someone released from a labor camp."

Han Yu asked in a low voice: "Look down on you?"

"Well, when people know that you came back from northern Xinjiang, they always look down upon you. But when we went there, we were very glorious, wearing big red flowers. Now it's better, as if you came back from a labor camp."

"No one in Linghai looks down on you."

"There are also people who look down upon me and regard me as a blind person."

"How is that possible? Besides, your business is doing pretty well now."

"It's okay now. It was difficult when I first returned to Donghai. In order to go back to Donghai, I sold everything I could sell in Northern Xinjiang. The money was quickly spent. I could only find a yellow croaker truck and pick up passengers at the pier at night. From then on.

Shiliupu stretches all the way to Zhongshan North Road. It’s such a long way, but I only earn two yuan.”

Huang Jiangsheng took a deep breath and continued: "In the middle of winter, I was covered in stinky sweat while riding on a yellow croaker bicycle. When we were sent to the place, the sweat was still in my clothes. It was so cold that I couldn't even describe it."

At three o'clock in the middle of the night, the police and the joint defense team checked, stopped the yellow croaker and asked where the car came from, and if the certificates and licenses were complete, then the car was taken away."

Han Yu didn't expect that he had suffered so much and couldn't help but ask: "What happened next?"

"I can only think of other ways to boldly place recreational ball boards. As long as there are people playing, I can earn a hundred yuan a day and night by placing two recreational ball boards. What kind of concept is this? How much is a person's monthly salary? I have no capital.

I am also timid, so I can only sell fruits.

Some of the brothers who came back together sold screws, cloth, and made oil dumplings and grape silk cakes. Later, there were more fruit sellers, so they set up a street stall selling underwear. At five o'clock in the morning, they set up a stall at the Zhongshan Road small vegetable market, and together we

Those who set up the stalls were all educated youths.

Some came back from Xijiang, some came back from Nanyun, and most of them came back from Northern Xinjiang like me. Six or seven people set up stalls, and at least two or three people came back from Northern Xinjiang. They were sympathetic to each other and helped each other."

Huang Jiangshan threw away the cigarette butt and said with a smile: "Once I went to a stall alone and met some hooligans who wanted to take underwear for free. Is it easy for me to make some money? They still wanted to take it for free. I couldn't be more angry.

He held up the weights and fought them tooth and nail.

The people next to me were frightened. They grabbed the little gangster and said, "Brother, don't you know who he is?"

The people from Northern Xinjiang came to beat you up. The little gangster was frightened and left immediately."

Han Yu didn't expect his experience to be so bumpy, so he subconsciously asked: "What happens next?"

Huang Jiangsheng said with a wry smile: "I came back in 1982. At first I thought about surviving first. Sooner or later the government would let me register as a registered permanent resident and arrange jobs for us.

As a result, the veteran cadres were rehabilitated and took their seats, the rightists took off their hats, and the capitalists paid the bills. We educated youths were still the same.

Later, more and more educated youths came back from various places, and it became increasingly difficult to start a small business. I thought of selling eggs and new rice. In fact, the main purpose is to sell new rice. As long as you have the capital and can transport the new rice, you can definitely sell it.

Lose."

Han Yu asked with a smile: "Is new rice selling well in the East China Sea?"

"Of course, people in the East China Sea have been eating old rice for more than ten years."

“There’s no new rice in the East China Sea?”

"Yes, but the Grain Bureau has to store it. It collects new rice every year and sells old rice. It plans to supply it. If you don't want to eat it, you will go hungry. People in Donghai want to eat new rice and japonica rice, so they can only buy it on the black market."

Seeing Han Yu's expression of disbelief, Huang Jiangsheng laughed again and said: "In the East China Sea, the Grain Bureau is more powerful than the Public Security Bureau, because people have to eat. Who lives where, how many people, how many grains and oils a month, the plan is all in the Grain Bureau. The Public Security Bureau

You may not be able to find someone if you want to, but the Food Bureau can definitely find him."

Han Yu smiled and said: "You are the non-staff food director, helping to improve the lives of the people in the East China Sea."

"Salted fish, I am not bragging. I have not only improved the lives of many people in Donghai, but also provided employment for more than a dozen educated youths. There are more than a dozen brothers and sisters in Donghai who support their families by selling the rice and eggs I transport there.

"

"Do you have a family?"

"We have a family. We got married last year."

"Where does your lover work?"

"She is at Haifeng Farm. It's not interesting to work on the farm. I'm looking for a house. I'll let her come over when I find a house to rent."

“Where is Haifeng Farm?”

"In your Jiangnan Province, Yanhai, you should know that there is a labor camp there under the jurisdiction of Donghai, and the government has arranged for all the educated youth who have no place to be placed there."

"Your Donghai also has a place in our Jiangnan!"

"There are enclaves not only in your Jiangnan area, but also in Hui'an."

…

While chatting, the braised pork was ready.

Xiao Jiang put the food on the table and asked the two of them to wash their hands and eat.

Two meat dishes and one soup. Huang Jiangsheng eats vegetables but does not drink soup.
To be continued...