Haha, it's my aunt who is being pretentious. Well, we are all a family, so I won't be polite.

"Sister, brother-in-law, today's fish is only part of yesterday's catch, and there are still a hundred pounds left at home. This year's harvest is not good, and next spring will definitely be difficult. We plan to catch more fish later and store more food for emergencies.

, my father Li Deyou said with a smile."

"Ah! These are just some of them today. There are still a hundred kilograms left at home. My aunt and her family were shocked when they heard this."

Li Wen and the others nodded.

"Then the rest of this year will be better," Auntie said with a happy face.

"Brother-in-law, please notify Lao Wang and Lao Chen at the flour mill tomorrow and ask them to come around this time tomorrow night. I will also give them some fish. In the past few years, thanks to their help, I have been able to get some from time to time.

Share the unplanned food with me, otherwise it will be difficult. Let’s not forget the well diggers when we need water. Now that we have good things, we can’t forget them either, my father Li Deyou said with a smile.”

Before the liberation, my father and my second uncle worked as porters in the county's grain store and often interacted with flour mills. They got to know Lao Wang from time to time, and they had a good relationship. As mentioned above, after the liberation, the grain store closed down and the father returned to the countryside.

They hadn't seen each other for almost ten years. The famine the year before last was too severe and life was too difficult. Even if they had money, they couldn't get food. The two fathers found Lao Wang who was still working in the flour mill. Unexpectedly, the two of them didn't say anything.

He agreed to help, and in the past two years, he helped his father exchange a lot of food one after another, so his father was very grateful to them.

"Okay, I'll inform Lao Wang and the others tomorrow. Although they are at the flour mill, they have many children at home, so they can only have enough to eat. They will be very happy to see you giving them fish and meat."

"Dad, I'm back. My eldest cousin Zhao Jiefang walked in in a hurry."

"Have your Uncle Peng been delivered safely? Did your Uncle Peng say anything? Zhao Hongjun asked."

"It's been delivered. Uncle Peng was very satisfied with today's fish. He kept telling me to come back to him next time when the stock is available. He also talked about my work. He looked at my father and my second uncle and felt embarrassed.

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"Jiefang, what's wrong with your work? Come on, it's your uncle and cousin. Why are you so naughty?" the aunt scolded softly.

"Uncle Peng said that if I can get fifty kilograms of fish, I can ask someone to help me convert my temporary job at the fertilizer company into a regular job."

"Really? Your uncle Peng didn't coax you, right?" my aunt and uncle said excitedly.

Father Li Deyou took a puff of the Big Rooster cigarette handed over by his eldest uncle, and said with a smile: "This is a good thing. Fifty pounds of fish can make my eldest nephew a regular worker. Your second uncle and I will share this fish."

Uncle Li Decai also nodded.

"Thank you so much, uncle. Your nephew, I can finally raise my head and be a human being."

"Before, because I was a temporary worker, my mother asked people to introduce me to several people. When she heard that I was a temporary worker, she was blown away. Your nephew and I feel miserable. Zhao Jiefang is playing tricks."

"If I become a regular worker, you can come to me anytime you want to get fertilizers," Zhao Jiefang promised, patting his chest.

"Okay, it's settled, my father joked."

His father, Li Deyou, knew that Zhao Jiefang worked in a fertilizer company, but he used to be a temporary worker. His precarious desire to make fertilizers was a wishful thinking, but if he became a regular worker, he might be able to help in the future.

Father Li Deyou smiled and said: Brother-in-law, we will come again tomorrow night and put all the remaining fish here. You can ask some close friends and leaders tomorrow to see who still needs it. Then we will leave the relationship.

I've made a lot of money again. You see who needs it. I'll put the fish and meat at your house, and you can let them secretly take it away at night for two yuan a pound."

As for Jiefang's fifty kilograms of fish, Father Li looked back at his eldest cousin and said with a smile: "For Jiefang, don't worry, let your Uncle Peng digest today's fish first. Meat is expensive now. Once he sells it tomorrow,

If you get great benefits from going out, they will come to you automatically. Leave them alone for two days to let them know that our fish and meat are hard-earned, and it will be easy to negotiate."

"Well, uncle, I know this. Zhao Jiefang nodded and responded."

"Sister, we won't stop here any longer. We still have to go to work tomorrow morning. You can take these tickets and ten yuan and convert them into grain and cooking oil for us tomorrow. We'll pick them up in the evening, my father said with a smile."

The aunt put away the receipt and smiled, "This is all a trivial matter. It's getting late and I won't keep you here. Please be careful when you go back."

After bidding farewell to my aunt and her family, the two of them hurried home under the moonlight. When they returned, they kept their distance in tandem to prevent the patrolling militiamen from seeing them.

When I went back empty-handed, I went much faster and returned to the village in less than an hour.

Nowadays, every household is relatively poor and cannot even feed themselves, so not a single household in the village has a dog.

The dark village came into view. Several people walked around to the backyard wall and climbed back home one by one.

Are you the boss? The old lady was worried about her children and grandchildren and had been guarding the backyard at night. She saw a few figures climbing over the back wall and said softly.

"Mom, it's us. Father Li Deyou should be here. Why are you always sitting here? Didn't I let you rest when I left? My second uncle helped the old mother who was sitting up and complained."

"Boss, Ah Quan, Ah Wen, you guys go to bed early, I'll have a chat with your second uncle and the others."

Li Wen and others nodded and returned to the room. After all, it was getting late and they could still get some sleep as soon as possible.

Li Deyou and Li Decai came to the old lady's room. Their mother Wang Chunmei and second aunt Cui Yanzi didn't sleep either. They had been waiting at home. When they heard the noise, they came out of the room.

Mother Wang Chunmei worriedly said: "It went well tonight, there was no danger."

"Mom, don't worry, there are five of us, who can do anything to us," said the father with a happy face.

"Today's catch was sold at a huge price."

As he spoke, he took out the remaining seventy-eight yuan and a dozen cloth coupons and put them on the table. The eyes of mother and second aunt suddenly lit up when they saw it.

With so much money, there are actually five or six meters of cloth coupons, which can be used to make a few clothes, and two pounds of cotton coupons, which is great. The two of them counted the bills on the table and were overjoyed.

"Take the forty yuan from his second aunt, and give you three meters of cloth coupons. Mother took out the receipts and gave them to second aunt Cui Yanzi and said!"

"That won't work. This fish was caught by Awen, and we didn't put in much effort. How can we still share the big share? We can't take the money. I'll just keep the cloth ticket," the second aunt declined.

"That won't work. His second uncle, Ah Quan, you and Xiaoxia have all contributed a lot," the mother kept stuffing money into the second aunt's arms. Finally, the second aunt took twenty yuan and then gave up.

"You women, my father looked at my mother's virtuous handling of the relationship between sisters-in-law. He smiled and shook his head and said: "These are only a small part. There are also more than 100 yuan of food stamps and gas stamps. I asked the eldest sister to go tomorrow.

Change it to food, and we'll carry it back tomorrow night.

"Ah, these fish were sold for nearly 200 yuan per catty, and more than 2 yuan per catty. My mother, Wang Chunmei, was shocked."

"Well, food is very expensive in the city now. A pound of flour costs more than a dollar, and the price of meat is even higher. Of course, I am talking about the black market price," my father said softly.

"The child's mother, as well as the second child and the second child's family, today Jiefang actually said that fifty pounds of fish can turn his temporary job into a regular job. I thought a lot."

Can we also use some connections to exchange 80 kilograms or 100 kilograms of fish and meat for a few children to get a job? After all, workers are iron rice bowls, and it is better than digging in the fields for food.

Several people's eyes lit up when they heard this. The workers are good. They earn at least dozens of dollars a month. Moreover, they have an iron rice bowl. They don't have to worry about food and drink. They are protected by the state in life, old age, sickness and death. They are much better than farmers.

The second aunt said excitedly, "That's great. It's like eating the royal food. If our family has a few workers, it won't be developed. I agree with his eldest brother, but then Awen will have to work a lot harder."

"Awen is a sensible kid. He took the initiative to give food stamps and oil to his aunt's house today, which impressed me. My second uncle Li Decai nodded."

It's okay. The only ones in our family who are old enough now are the eldest and the second child. Ah Wen is still not that good. After the 15th of the New Year, you can join the factory. I estimate that the three jobs are only three to four hundred kilograms of fish at most, so Ah Wen should be able to handle it.

With Wen's skills, he could finish three to four hundred pounds in just a few nights, Li Deyou said calmly."

"Well! The child Awen has been doing very well these days and has ideas. He will definitely be promising when he grows up. But he is still young. As fathers and uncles, you just need to help him more in the future. The old lady Guo Xiuyun watched a few people talking about Li

Wen said lightly.

Go to bed, it's almost four o'clock, and I have to go to work tomorrow. After the discussion, several people returned to the room.

Li Wen was lying in bed thinking about what happened tonight. He got acquainted with the connections in the county, established a good relationship with his cousin's family, and had a preliminary starting point for future development.

When my father heard what his cousin said today, he must have thought about it. Then he would also help his eldest brother and the others. Now is a world of workers. After there were a few workers in the family, during the movement, he had some confidence to resist harassment again and let the family live.

Got better.

The aunt's house in the county town was also very lively. They packed up the two grass carps given by Li Wen and sent the children back to their rooms.

Aunt Li Xiulan was lying on the bed and smiled: "I didn't expect that after helping my mother-in-law for so many years, I would get such a big reward. Dad, please stop complaining about my relatives in the countryside now."

Zhao Hongjun was lying on the bed thinking about the problem. He looked at his wife beside him and said with a smile: "I have never complained. It's just that our living conditions were not good before. I was just saying that, but your mother's family can't do it this time."

There are talents, Zhao Hongjun sighed. "

"You mean Awen, right? Today I see that this child is different from usual. He is able to deal with people and things easily, and his words are generous and neither humble nor overbearing. This child has indeed grown up, Li Xiulan praised."

"This child will definitely grow up to be extraordinary. It might be beneficial to let Jianjun and the others have more contact with your natal nephew in the future," Zhao Hongjun said, staring at the ceiling.
Chapter completed!