Chapter 229: Peanuts soaked in boiling water
Just after the Spring Festival, white customers hurried to buy gold.
White customers buy gold, not ordinary people buy gold and silver jewelry.
The common people are talking about gram buying.
White customers buy it on the kilogram, which is more ferocious than buying Chinese cabbage.
Because if you don't do it, I'm afraid it's too late.
At the moment, the market economy has just begun.
Management in all aspects is not perfect.
There are also no restrictions on the purchase of gold by gold and silver processing enterprises.
I heard that the white passenger wants to use the car again, and Fengqin has a big belly and wants to act as an old driver.
Bai Ke frowned and refused: "You just stay honest, if my little nephew has any mistakes, see how I clean you up." β
"Go, little thing, and talk to your sister like that. β
It just so happened that Yan Jun was not busy, and he also wanted to buy a kilogram of gold and come back to process jewelry.
Just let him drive.
The white customer buys a few hundred kilograms.
Although even the body of the Isuzu pickup truck is not enough.
But it's also too thrilling.
Bai Ke clearly remembers that in 1982 there was a TV series called.
This was a very rare police film in that era.
It's about a truckload of gold that was robbed by bandits.
Then the police followed the story of the investigation.
Biaozi also collected several sets of villain books for this TV series when he collected the rags.
Bai Ke picked two sets of good products and kept them.
It's just a story though.
But there is no ban on guns at the moment, especially in the northeast, where a considerable number of young people in urban and rural areas have hunting rifles in their hands, and even semi-automatic rifles.
If a stunned young man like Brother Lin came out back then, one person and one shot could rob the white passenger Isuzu.
Therefore, when he left, Bai Ke brought the dumb man and Meng Fanming with him.
And with my brother's five consecutive shots.
Buy gold and get to the mine to buy.
Not a gold mine, but a copper mine.
Because, gold is generally an associated mineral.
There is a mine in the west of the provincial capital, called Xihua Copper Mine.
It can produce 20,000 tons of brass, 700 kilograms of associated gold and 30,000 tons of silver every year.
This Xihua copper mine has been mined since the time of the little devil, and now it has been dug to the bottom of the sea.
In previous years, the gold, silver, and copper produced by copper mines were all taken away by the state.
Over the years, the economy has been invigorated.
The mine is allowed to set aside a small percentage of gold and silver each year.
After being sold, it is used to expand production in the mine or to improve welfare.
In the late 60s, Bai Ce worked in this mine and formed a deep friendship with the locals.
Whether it is the local village or the mine, there are many friends.
The four of them set off at seven o'clock in the morning and walked for nearly three hours to Xihua Village.
The village chief greeted the white guests at the entrance of the village.
Dad once told the story of harvesting and cutting in front of Bai Ke and his mother.
It is said that the son of the village chief was broken in his legs during the famine year, and he wandered around begging.
But it was a blessing in disguise and survived the catastrophe of the people of the whole country.
The white customer is also suspicious.
Because dad sometimes likes to tell stories.
A lot of the characters and plots in the story are a bit exaggerated.
Sometimes, Bai Ke even thinks that his dad is like the dad in Hollywood movies.
Occasionally likes to brag.
Tell a real story as a mythological story or a fantasy story.
For example, once, Bai Ke secretly listened to them outside his parents' room.
My dad told my mom a story.
He said that when they were digging the tunnel, a platoon commander was injured and was recuperating in a seaside sanatorium.
One day, his fiancΓ©e visited him in the hospital room.
Because it was too late in the evening, I stayed.
As a result, in the middle of the night, the two were so passionate that they actually did what they loved on the hospital bed.
provoked my mother to beat my father violently.
said that he was making up nonsense and deliberately playing hooligan.
Bai Ke also felt that it was too nonsense.
In that conservative and gray era, how could such a coquettish thing happen.
Most of it was made up by my father who watched Hemingway.
As for the story of harvesting and cutting told by his father, Bai Ke also felt that it was exaggerated.
How is it possible for a child without two legs to crawl home?
But when Bai Ke saw the man on crutches at the entrance of the village, he was dumbfounded.
What a person like that!
When he got closer, Bai Ke saw his feet and became even more convinced.
Because his two feet are clearly prosthetic.
The lower halves of the two trouser legs are also dangling, indicating that the two calves are also fake.
"You, your father is the former village chief, right?"
"Yes, listen to your father. β
"Do you know my dad?"
"I know you, I met your father 20 years ago. He was very young then, but how is he doing now? β
"It's fine. β
Bai Ke opened the briefcase as he spoke, took out the family photo, and pointed it out to him.
"Can you recognize it? This is my dad. β
The village chief looked carefully, nodded, and sighed: "The years are not forgiving, it's a little old." β
"yes, in five or six years, my dad should retire. I don't know how to ...... Lingtang"
"Countrymen have short lifespans, and my father has been dead for two years. β
Bai Ke also wanted to ask the village chief about the harvesting and cutting back then, but in the end he held back.
For him, it was a scar in his life.
Why bother revealing it for the sake of curiosity.
However, looking at the village chief's expression, he didn't seem to care about these pasts.
The village chief's eyes were clear and his expression was calm.
At first glance, it looks like someone who has been through something.
There are generally two types of people who have experienced things.
One is completely engulfed in darkness, and becomes complaining and cynical.
Others have become wise.
Not only believe in the beauty of the world, but also see the ugliness of human nature.
The village chief clearly belongs to the latter category.
Otherwise, how could he, a disabled person, be elected by the villagers as the village head.
When they arrived in the village, the four of them hurriedly moved things down from the car.
The white guest brought a cart of gifts.
It's all rice, white flour, and soybean oil.
For this impoverished village.
These things are the most affordable.
The village is located next to the copper mines.
The only benefit is that it solves the employment problem of a small number of young adults.
But most of the farmland in the village has been encroached upon by the mines.
Many of those left behind were also contaminated, and there was not much food at all.
Not to mention fine grains, even coarse grains are not enough to eat.
Seeing that Baike brought so much grain and oil, the village chief was a little moved and a little happy.
"Why did you bring so many things?"
"It's a little funny. Our parents were good friends, and we are friends!"
"yes. Let's go inside and have a drink. β
At present, gold, silver and copper are all valuable materials.
The management of the mine is very strict.
Vehicles from other places need to go through formalities before they can enter or exit.
It just so happened that Bai Ke waited in the village for a while, and waited for the entry and exit procedures of the mine to be sent over before going over.
The four of them followed the village chief into the house.
As soon as I sat down, an aunt brought over four bowls of boiling water soaked in peanuts.
This is their custom to entertain guests here.
Soak peanuts in water instead of tea.
Peanuts are one of the few good crops in the area.
It was fried in oil and salted.
Therefore, this peanut soaked water has basically no other taste except for a faint salty taste.
However, Bai Ke still pretended to be very happy and drank and ate a few sips of fried peanuts soaked in water.
As soon as she put down the bowl, my aunt poured a small plate of peanuts.
Bai Ke smiled and waved his hand, and the aunt went down with interest.
"Old Qi, what are your plans?"
Bai Ke asked the village chief.
At first glance, the village chief is a man with ideas.
Village Chief Qi sighed: "Our land here is barren. If you want to rely on the sky for food, you can't rely on it. However, it is said that relying on the mountains to eat the mountains and relying on the water to draft the water, I think about what to do with the resources in the mine. β
"Want to do something?"
"I want to do some copper casting. β
"Well, good idea. Red copper and copper castings are widely used in all walks of life. β
"yes, I'll investigate again and see what kind of work is right for us. β
"Okay, when you think about it, just tell me, and I'll invest in you. β
"Thank you!"
After chatting for a while, the people from the mine finally came.
And there were two of them at once.
One is the deputy chief of the Security Section.
One is the director of the reception office.