Chapter 3: Dividing the Money and Clearing the Level (Sorry for Being Late)
Huanghua is never a place name but a real yellow flower, the boundary river is densely planted, there are many wild flowers and weeds, and Jia Lei said that this is from the yellow flower is just in a relatively remote corner, near the yellow flower, there are a few big stones hidden behind the people will not be easy to find.
Jia Lei and Su Renfeng took advantage of the night to sneak to the vicinity of Huanghuacong, Su Renfeng whispered a few frog calls, and soon remembered a few cries of gnats on the other side and lit up three long and one short flashlight.
"Is it the third master?" asked Su Renfeng after returning the flashlight signal of two long and two sections on the opposite side.
"It's me, your seventh master, take advantage of the fact that the patrol members are not here to throw things over quickly. Three people came out of the nearby grass and said that the person who spoke was Jia Qijia, the son of the third grandfather, who lived in Jia Lei's house, and everyone in the village liked to pick him up Jia Laoqi.
"Seventh Master, step aside, I'll throw my wallet over!" Su Renfeng said, because he was afraid that the bag containing the money would accidentally get into the water, he deliberately wrapped several layers of plastic sheeting on the outside of the bag.
As soon as Su Renfeng raised his hand, his travel bag fell on the grass on the bank of the river.
"We received the things, and my dad said that he wanted you to come over tomorrow to divide the money and discuss the sharing with everyone carefully. Jia Laoqi said.
"Okay, we'll go tomorrow! It just so happened that we got a batch of good goods from the Soviet Union and came back to sell them. Su Renfeng replied.
On the way back, Su Renfeng also met the Soviet patrol, and after Su Renfeng gave each of them a box of cigarettes, these people saw that he was empty-handed, and they didn't ask him what he was doing.
November 2nd
"Remember that the Soviet customs limit is fifty pounds per person, and we will pack these goods well. Su Renfeng looked at the goods to be brought back and said.
"Okay! I should be able to bring all my things with me," Jia Lei said as he watched the caviar he bought.
"What's light? A bottle of caviar is 105 grams, I remember that you bought more than a thousand boxes and more than 100 catties. Su Renfeng said.
"It's okay, I can hire Lifuyi to carry it for me. Jia Lei said that a hundred catties of things only cost one ruble.
"Then you also have to pack it well, it's almost 49 pounds, and sometimes there will be problems with the scales at the gate, and the customs will find an excuse to overcharge. Su Renfeng said.
"Got it. Jia Lei muttered and began to load.
Just like all the inverted masters now, Jia Lei put a big travel bag in front of him, Mr. Jia Lei put the caviar cans into it, and after halfway through, he sighed and took out a few thick plastic sheets and carefully padd them around the travel bag, so that the caviar jars would not break easily.
"Yes, that's it! You put a little more plastic sheeting to protect it, and the inspection staff is heavier, so you won't break it if you put it on the ground. Su Renfeng said.
"I'm easy to get this one, but your camera is not easy to carry! More than a dozen camera bags are full, I'm afraid 50 pounds will be loaded into a sack, right?" Jia Lei glanced back at Su Renfeng's camera and asked, he felt that Su Renfeng should not be so wasteful.
Sure enough, as Jia Lei thought, Su Renfeng also took a fancy to the gap between these cameras, he opened the watch box and carefully stuffed the watch into the gap between the camera boxes.
"You have Natasha's brother's relationship, why do you have to abide by the customs weight limit like ordinary people?" Jia Lei asked.
"More is better than less, we are different from those who pour bags, you can directly hire Lao Maozi here to help carry things over as long as it costs a little money. There's no need to bother Natasha's brother!" Su Renfeng said, and Jia Lei nodded when he heard it.
"The people who pour the bag earn less, so we try to save money, and we have border citizen certificates that can enter and exit every day without worrying too much about these. What you have to care about is not to get some contraband that will be seized by the customs!" Su Renfeng put the last watch in his bag and warned Jia Lei.
"Come on, let's put them on the scales one by one and see which bag is overweight. After Su Renfeng finished speaking, he put the bag in his hand on the big scale in the store and weighed it carefully.
"The last time I visited, I found that it was strange that there was a scale in the house that sold whatever was sold in the border trade zone on both sides of the Jiehe, and it turned out to be used to weigh goods. Jia Lei suddenly realized that there are scales in the border trade zone, whether it is a store that sells blankets or food.
Because it was his own people, Jia Lei and Su Renfeng's goods were not troubled at the Soviet customs, but Su Renfeng still stuffed 10 rubles per soldier at the two checkpoints, and Jia Lei knew that this was the unspoken rule of the pass.
"Stop! In the customs of Huaxia Kingdom, Su Renfeng was stopped.
"Is there any problem?" asked Jia Lei.
"I don't know, I've always used trucks to deliver goods and I've never had a problem. Su Renfeng said.
"The weight and variety of your goods are in accordance with Chinese law, but"
"I knew there must be!" Jia Lei whispered.
"But the value of your goods is relatively high, you need to pay taxes, according to the border trade regulations, you need to pay half of the normal import and export trade taxes, these watches are worth 50 rubles each, a total of 800 pieces, has exceeded the 5,000 yuan free zone. Huaxia customs officer said.
"Have you paid taxes before?" Jia Lei asked Su Renfeng.
"Of course not, in fact, except for goods like this kind of real money, the customs does not charge for most goods of border residents. The convenience of the people is very poor, and few people can afford to get more than 5,000 yuan of goods at one time. In the past, I sent these large amounts of goods in the name of foreign trade companies. I've never paid personal taxes!" replied Su Renfeng, yes, in the early 90s, when private enterprises were not developed, both the state and individuals had a weak sense of paying taxes.
"Jia Lei is back, come up, the third master is still waiting for you at home." Wu Niu drove the carriage and stopped outside the border trade zone and said.
"Lifyi, you two put my bag on the wagon. Jia Lei said to the Livyi brothers, and the two Russian men obediently put the things on the carriage.
The carriage pulled Jia Lei and Su Renfeng towards the direction of Sanchakou Town.
"This time I called everyone to come here to divide the money, and the apples in the village have already been sold, and the money is here!" said the third master, pointing to the dollar on the table in the center of the brigade headquarters, and the villagers discussed it when they saw it.
"It's dollars, right? I've only seen them in the border trade zone before, and I've never gotten them. A villager looked at the dollar and said.
"Secretary Jia, how much money is here?" a villager asked loudly.
"550,000 US dollars! But not all of this money is ours, according to what was agreed in advance, it will be distributed to Su Renfeng and them seventy percent, I came today to ask you something?" said Third Master Jia knocking on the table, and the people underground immediately fell silent.
"Originally, we said that we would give Lao Maozi 40% to the customs, but unfortunately the Soviets repented, and they had to leave 60%! How should we divide the remaining 40% of the money?"
"Didn't we say this in advance, and the village will get 30% of the money from selling apples?" the head of the Wu family looked up in surprise and asked.
"That is, what are you going to discuss about what has already been said?" said Village Chief Yang as well.
"But if we take thirty percent, Su Renfeng will only have one left, isn't this too unauthentic!" the third master asked.
"What's not authentic? Is it that he himself has no ability to find the wrong partner, what does it have to do with us? Yicheng is also a lot of money!" Patriarch Wu said indifferently, knowing that even if it is only Yicheng, there are more than 100,000 US dollars.
"What Mrs. Jia said is right, we should still consider giving Su Renfeng more points! I think we can add half percent. Village Chief Yang thought about it for a while and said that the apple orchard will bear fruit every year, and it will continue to cooperate in the future.
"Jia Laosan Su Renfeng is your niece's son, isn't it good for you to do this? Who knows if this money will return to your Jia family in the end, why should this money be distributed to an outsider in the whole village? Su Renfeng is too greedy, right?" An old man with a foreign surname said that there were several people with surnames in the village besides the three families of Jia Wu and Yang.
"What do you mean, do you think I'll keep the money in my own hands?" said Third Master Jia angrily.
"You don't want to think about it, if it weren't for my nephew and grandson, would the apples in our village be sold at such a high price? Su Renfeng helped you earn money, and you still doubt him?" said Jia San Grandpa angrily.
"Needless to say, the third master, we will take one percent! This time we didn't find a good person ourselves, and we admit it." Su Renfeng stopped Third Master Jia from continuing to quarrel with the people in the village and said.
"Then you will be at a loss!" said the third master.
"It doesn't matter, anyway, there is still a payment! This time we can probably get a lot of 200,000 US dollars for selling apples, and this time we are particularly dangerous to get this money, the other party also used a gun on me, and I am afraid that I will not help everyone sell apples again next time." Su Renfeng thought for a while and said.
In the end, not only did we not get a word of praise, but we were also scolded for being greedy, hehe" Jia Lei whispered, and really couldn't do business with relatives.
"Su Renfeng can't pay more money, but Jia Lei is from our village, and he must have a share of this money!" said the third master angrily.
"Why? His hukou had already moved away. Someone objected.
The patriotic children also went with him this time, which helped a lot. Village Chief Yang was the first to agree, saying that this time it was the people in the village who took care of the loss, and it was okay for the Jia family to compensate one or two.
"Su family boy, don't say that we are unkind! We will share this money with your nephew, and it will be regarded as compensation for you. Patriarch Wu pointed at Jia Lei and said.
"There is no need to say any compensation, Jia Lei's household registration has long been in the village, and he already has a share of the money. Third Mrs. Jia said, Jia Lei took out the border certificate he had just arrived from his arms and shook it.
In the days when there was no National Household Registration Federation, many people could apply for two ID cards!
"Now we should discuss, how should the villagers divide this money?" said Village Chief Yang.
"Didn't you say it a long time ago, according to the head of the village. Patriarch Wu asked.
"But some people say that the married daughters can't go back to their parents' homes to share the money, and there are a few new daughters-in-law who have married in and haven't moved over yet. Are these people separated?" asked Village Chief Yang.
"Why should the married girl come back and share the money?"
"The new daughter-in-law has already married into the village, and she is a member of our family! Why can't you be counted as a head?" an old lady who had just married a new daughter-in-law stood up and asked.
Jia Lei looked at the people who were still united to deal with Su Renfeng just now, and pinched himself in a blink of an eye, in the early 90s, basically the daughter of the family did not have any property inheritance, and the family's money could only be left to his son according to the methods of the old society.
"Stop fighting! My granddaughter-in-law is about to give birth, she just fell down, hurry up and find someone to take my granddaughter-in-law to the hospital!" said an old lady with gray hair.