Li Yong laughed.

Cui Zi said on the side: "Third brother, you always like to find the second brother happy." ”

Li Yong rolled his eyes: "Who made this kid happy with me before." ”

Li Zhengyi slapped Lin Wenxing on the shoulder and said, "I don't mind, except for Cui Zi, who of the four of us has a good impression in your father's eyes? ”

Lin Wenxing explained: "Brother Li, I really don't mean that, my father asked you last time, and I heard that you are doing a decent job, so I'm very happy." Now I use you to educate me at every turn, which makes me very troubled. ”

"Okay, okay, let's not talk about that. You just said you wanted to come and mess with me, was it a compliment or a real thing?"

"It's true, it's boring to stay in Mogong Township now, just me and Li Laosan, it's boring. ”

"Come and go out every day to collect the rags, are you willing to do it?"

"Yes, my father said last time, what's wrong with collecting rags? Collecting rags is a legitimate profession, much better than you being a gangster, at least you won't be poked in the backbone when you say it. ”

Li Zhengyi smiled: "Then you come, go and collect the rags every day, if you are lucky, it is very simple to earn dozens of yuan a day." ”

Lin Wenxing's face fell: "My father won't let me." ”

Li Zhengyi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Take your time, your father will always figure it out, and it's not a matter to be idle at home all day long." ”

Li Yong interjected: "Just run here, can your father still tie you back?"

Li Zhengyi said: "This is not good, Daddy Lin still thinks that I have bewitched his son." Let's not talk about Lin Er, what do you think of the third child?"

Li Yong said: "I can't come, my father stayed for a few days for the Chinese New Year, and then he couldn't find anyone." ”

Li Zhengyi could only sigh, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, and no one can force it.

The night was idle, and the four of them found two decks of poker and began to play upgrades, and the noise soon reached about 11 o'clock. Father Li came out to greet the four of them for supper, and as soon as the car arrived, the five of them went straight to the smelter in the LC area.

The industrial base of the LC zone is silent, and almost all the factories have been relocated to the Jiangbei industrial zone. Occasionally, one or two factories were hung half-dead with the lights on. Pedestrians and vehicles are almost extinct on the road, and the entire old industrial area is as quiet as a ghost area.

Soon entering the smelter, the old doorman raised the take-off and landing pole early, and the car drove silently into the factory area and stopped in the aisle of the smelting pool. The water in the pool had long since been drained, revealing a thick layer of black iron dust.

Li Zhengyi took the dustpan shovel from the car, Li Yong wore long rain boots, took the dustpan shovel and went down to the handrail by the pool to the pool. The iron powder in the pool is very strong, and people can only leave a shallow footprint when they step on it.

Li Yong shoveled half a dustpan of iron powder and lifted it to Li Zhengyi and Lin Wenxing by the pool. The two took it and took a closer look with Father Li, Cui Xingfa and the old doorman. The old doorman dipped his fingers in a little iron powder, rubbed it carefully, and said to Li Zhengyi: "How is the future life? I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Li Zheng nodded and said, "The best iron powder is worth the price you said." ”

The old doorman said, "Okay, you guys, I'll go out for a cigarette." Close the iron door and don't make too much noise. ”

Li Zhengyi hurriedly said: "Wait a minute, the car hasn't been weighed yet, how can it be weighed?"

The old doorman said: "I can't weigh it now, and I won't use it if the weighing room is locked." You load the car first, and then everyone will estimate the weight together, it doesn't matter how much it is, it won't let you suffer. ”

Li Zhengyi also thinks that it is reasonable, the weight of iron powder is actually very easy to estimate, and after loading the car, experienced people can take a look at it at a glance. On my side, I have Father Li, an expert in collecting waste products for half his life, and he is not afraid of losses.

After the old doorman went out, Li Zhengyi asked Li's father and the driver to go out with him. First, I came to chat with him, and secondly, with Li's father here, the safety factor was much higher. lest you be made dumplings by others, and you are still stupid in it.

The four of them began to work with their arms, Li Yong and Cui Xingfa shoveled iron powder in the pool, Li Zhengyi and Lin Wenxing picked it up, and then loaded the car, and soon shaved the thick layer of iron powder on it. When he continued to shovel iron powder, Li Yong found that something was wrong and shouted to Li Zhengyi and said, "Brother Li, come down, it's not iron powder below, something is wrong." ”

Li Zhengyi went down the handrail to take a look, but saw that the next layer of iron powder turned out to be a dark red copper block. The three people in the pool hurriedly planed and planed, and all the copper pieces that were dug out were about one meter by sight, with a square cross-sectional area and about 10 centimeters in length and width. Looking at the other copper blocks exposed next to it, it seems that there are quite a few of them. Cui Xingfa wanted to move with his hand, but found that the copper block was embedded in the iron powder and did not move at all, and the weight was very heavy, and it was estimated that there were more than 100 catties to touch.

Lin Wenxing, who was standing on the edge of the pool, also followed, looking at the long copper block exposed at the bottom of the pool, and the four of them were in a daze together. After a while, Cui Xingfa asked in a huff, "Brother Li, is this copper or gold?"

Li Yong sneered and said, "You are stupid, if this is gold, how much is it worth?" Obviously, it is not gold, gold is yellow, this is red. ”

Lin Wenxing said uncertainly: "With such a long one, copper is also worth a lot of money, right?"

Li Zhengyi's heart was also beating faster, after mixing up the scrap purchase for such a long time, he naturally recognized that this was red copper, which was very valuable. And vaguely remember that the price of copper in later generations is said to have risen to a maximum of 80,000 yuan a ton. At present, the price of copper is 18,000 yuan a ton, and these copper nuggets may be 70 or 80 kilograms each, which is about 1,005 per piece.

Cui Xingfa asked again: "Brother Li, isn't this smelter iron-making?

No one knows about this problem, but perhaps this smelter not only makes iron, but also copper. As for how the copper block ran to the iron washing pool, the other three looked confused, but Li Zhengyi was clear. The iron washing pool was a private item made by the dead Chen Xiangming, and Li Zhengyi was still suspicious of his intentions, but when he saw the copper block, Chen Xiangming's thoughts were basically clear. Iron powder is just a way to cover up his ears and eyes, and copper is the real private goods, and even the old doorman who has always had a good relationship with him was kept in the dark by Chen Xiangming.

Li Zhengyi figured out what happened, how could he still be in the mood to care about Cui Xingfa's problem, and hurriedly beckoned the three of them to speed up and see how many copper pieces were in the pool. The four of them are full of energy, while planing and moving, a copper block is more than 100 catties, two people can only move, want to load the car, must be four people together, otherwise it can not be lifted.

After planing ten roots, the four of them were too tired to work, this speed is a bit slow, and I don't know when I will get it. During the break, Li Zhengyi ran to the front and buckled the iron door that came in, so as not to be bumped into by the old doorman when he walked in.

After resting for a while, the four of them dug the iron pool upside down and dug out 30 identical copper pieces. The four of them wiped their sweat and rested for a long time, and were about to load iron powder, when Lin Wenxing said: "Brother Li, didn't you say that there are two iron pools?

Li Yong accosted and said, "I'm afraid there is, try it?"

Li Zhengyi said: "Try." ”

The four of them didn't care about the iron powder in the iron washing pool here, and ran to the iron washing pool on the other side of the truck, and they also found that there was an identical long copper block hidden in it, and they were all overjoyed. The four of them didn't feel tired at all, so they hurried up to clean the copper on this side, and then used the original iron powder on the car to bury the neatly stacked copper blocks. After finishing all this, the four of them ignored the wet and cold ground in the cold night of spring, and lay on the ground one by one, smoking and laughing.