Lin Qiangsheng drove the Wrangler on the way to Hongqi Commune. In the passenger seat, there was a canvas bag, which contained the sugar stamps, canned stamps, soap stamps and other surplus commodity stamps of the city people that he had collected on credit from the factory workers for a while.

The last time her sister Lin Xiang left, Lin Qiangsheng had discussed with her that he wanted to exchange the commodity tickets supplied in the city for the cloth tickets that the peasants could not use. This is a big business, Lin Qiangsheng wants to make adequate preparations at the beginning of the economic tide before the era of reform and opening up, and must try his best to get the first pot of gold. Prosper society, enrich yourself! After Lin Qiangsheng came back, he thought about it for a while and had such a simple idea.

Lin Qiangsheng thought about it for a long time, but he didn't find what he could do. So he set his eyes on the surplus stamps in the hands of the peasants, which were quite scarce resource-based commodities in the cities. Anyone who has enough cloth tickets will immediately be looked at differently. Although there is a risk of speculation in reselling cloth tickets, Lin Qiangsheng really can't wait. If he doesn't do something bad, he's suffocating! Cloth tickets are a special product of China's planned economy era, and it is a qualification certificate for people to buy cloth. From 1954, when the State Council issued the "Cotton Cloth Supply", to the end of 1983, when the cloth stamps were officially withdrawn from circulation, it took 30 years. An inch of cotton and a foot of yarn are related to the warmth and coldness of thousands of households.

As the saying goes, a man depends on his clothes and a horse on his saddle. Ten years into the 21st century, anyone who opens a closet at home will be dazzled and overwhelmed by stacks of clothing! However, many people may not realize that just more than 30 years ago, clothes were not a thing that could be bought if you wanted to! You can't buy clothes without a cloth ticket, and you can't buy clothes with money. Only with the cloth ticket in hand, the people feel that they hold a real wealth in their hands, and the small cloth ticket in the difficult period of 1978 is more intimate and valuable than money! As long as you have it, the domestic area is so large, you can run on the road and fly high in the sky!

At this time, the provincial textile company is responsible for the issuance of cloth tickets in all cities and counties in the province, and the national economy is still relatively difficult in 1978, and the cloth tickets issued to urban and rural residents are generally not sufficient. It may be difficult for people in later generations to imagine what a short piece of cloth like one inch or three inches can do, but at this time in 1978, people who lacked food and clothing were forced to fight. If you want to get married in this era, the whole family has to start saving tickets several years in advance, and if you don't have enough to use, you have to ask relatives and friends to make up for it. And unlike food stamps, the validity period of the cloth stamps is generally only one year, in order to prevent the hard-won stamps from being invalidated, you have to ask someone to replace the old stamps with new ones, which is really painstaking. In addition to getting married, those who have children and those who have large families have to worry about cloth tickets.

Before the reform and opening up, the country was in short supply of grain and agricultural and sideline products! Why is it so short, Lin Qiangsheng also feels very puzzled about this problem, he returns to this era, he doesn't feel very lacking!

During this period, in order to mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers to sell grain, pigs and other agricultural and sideline products, the Ministry of Commerce allocated a part of the cloth stamps as incentives. Since there was no such thing as a bonus at that time, cloth tickets became a good substitute. This kind of cloth ticket to reward farmers, plus the countryside can weave their own homespun cloth, so compared with the urban people, the rural cloth ticket is a little more generous, and there is a phenomenon of rural cloth tickets "returning" to the city.

Lin Qiangsheng also went to department stores, and occasionally saw some farmers from nearby suburbs squatting in front of major stores. If you come up to you, they'll come after you, and don't think they're thieves kicking someone. These peasant-like people may really be farmers, because the scalpers in this era have not yet shown a state of vigorous development, and everyone is quietly proceeding. Usually these people will ask you in a soft voice, "Do you want to make a ticket?" ”

Lin Qiangsheng inquired, when the most sought-after time a foot of cloth ticket can be sold for three cents, in this era, three cents is not cheap, enough for an adult's meal, you can also eat some meat! However, it is indeed a great risk to resell cloth tickets during this period, and once caught, it is no joke to be labeled as "speculative".

In this era, the peasants were very short of some goods in the city. Farmers who want to buy a light bulb must have a ticket, and the vast number of rural areas are currently in a desperate situation of daily necessities like this. In this way, there is a place for Lin Qiangsheng.

First of all, Lin Qiangsheng has a car and can run back and forth between urban and rural areas, and secondly, he also has the backing of thousands of workers in a factory, plus their families, and the population is tens of thousands. Lin Qiangsheng can even change to the ticket he wants without leaving the factory, so that the risk he takes will be minimal, ensuring his own safety.

Before noon, Lin Qiangsheng drove to the Hongqi Commune where his sister was located, which is more than 20 kilometers away from the city and belongs to the townships and counties under the provincial capital.

Lin Qiangsheng drove the car to the intersection of the commune, and Lin Xiang and He Zhenguo were waiting here early.

The red wrangler snapped to a halt, rubbing a small hole out of the dirt road. Lin Qiangsheng stretched his hand out of the car window, beckoned to Lin Xiang and He Zhenguo, and shouted, "Sister, brother-in-law, get in the car!" ”

Lin Xiang was very happy to see her younger brother coming, and pulled the smiling He Zhenguo to sit in the back seat.

"Little brother, are your parents okay at home? How are you? This car is driving quite slippery, huh? As soon as Lin Xiang sat down, he asked Lin Qiangsheng a series of questions.

Lin Qiangsheng turned around and said with a smile: "It's all good!" Dad became the factory director, and Mom was busy with business all day long. I'm fine, how are you doing? Brother-in-law is very nice, huh? ”

Lin Xiang smiled, patted his brother, and shouted, "Drive your car, don't look back and talk." ”

As soon as He Zhenguo was about to answer, Lin Qiangsheng turned around. He sat awkwardly next to Lin Xiang, not knowing what to say, just smiling from the bottom of his heart.

The red wrangler drove into the village, attracting a lot of half-sized children to look at and chase them, and some children even touched this and that around the parked car.

Since Lin Xiang returned to the countryside, her personality has become much cooler. The sky is high and wide here, and she lives happier than in the city, and her mood is naturally cheerful. After entering the house, Lin Xiang said to his younger brother: "Wash your face first, and then eat immediately." I'll fry you a few dishes, soon. ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked around where his sister lived and found that it was a fairly large yard. A powerful earth dog was chained to the door, barking at Lin Qiangsheng, who had already entered the house.

The house is divided into two houses, east and west, both of which are large kangs. Lin Qiangsheng looked at it and found that Lin Xiang had a set of bedding luggage, so he asked his sister, "What about those people?" The educated youths who went to the countryside with you all went to work in the fields? ”

Lin Xiang was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and after hearing his brother's words, his movements stopped, and then said, "I have also walked a few in previous years. This year, I started walking, I was sick, and I tried my best to go home. ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded, but still said with a smile: "It's good to do this, you live alone, generous!" ”

He Zhenguo searched around, but didn't find that he had anything to help, the only cloth bag, Lin Qiangsheng was still carrying. He Zhenguo said to Lin Qiangsheng honestly: "Qiangsheng, you sit here, I'll go to the house to get some snacks and food, you sit and rest." ”

Lin Qiangsheng smiled, nodded, and moved a stool to sit in the kitchen. He Zhenguo looked at Lin Xiang and found that she had no objection to going home to get wine, so he happily took something.

Lin Qiangsheng looked at his back, looked at his sister, and said with a smile: "Sister and Mrs. are good!" ”

Lin Xiang glanced at He Zhenguo, her eyes were full of happy smiles, and she said to her younger brother: "You said, my sister doesn't know who to pick?!" You can't be wrong with someone your sister is looking for! ”

Lin Qiangsheng finished washing his face and hands, He Zhenguo also came back, the three of them ate around a large round table, and Lin Xiang fried a few dishes. He Zhenguo brought a plate of pastrami, a plate of small miscellaneous fish, and a plate of mixed pork offal, these local dishes, which made Lin Qiangsheng extremely happy.

"The countryside is so nice! There's no time to eat so well in the city! Lin Qiangsheng sandwiched the beef slices, stuffed them into his mouth, and said while eating.

Lin Xiang asked with a smile: "It's so good here, then you stay here and don't go back!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng looked at his sister, and he was very moved, his sister still treated herself as a child!

Since my sister went to the countryside to learn about the youth, in a few years, the original little girl in her teens has grown into an adult and has her own ideas. But in Lin Qiangsheng's memory, my sister is still in her teens, and she often plays with herself.

Reality changes really fast, often inadvertently, people's familiar faces become strange, and there is a distance between close to each other.

Time, what a ruthless pig-killing knife!

"Sister, how is the cloth ticket I asked you about? Did you help me ask? After eating for a while, Lin Qiangsheng asked his sister.

Lin Xiang raised his head and said to He Zhenguo: "You ask Zhenguo, I'll ask him to help you get some tickets." What do you want these things for? ”

After He Zhenguo heard it, he said loudly to Lin Qiangsheng: "Johnson, I asked for you." There are still a lot of cloth tickets for the countrymen. As much as you want, as long as you say it, I can help you get all the cloth tickets that our village people don't use! ”

Lin Qiangsheng was excited when he heard this, he rubbed it, and said happily: "You don't need to take it for nothing!" I'll trade the good stuff with you! ”

He turned around and picked up the cloth bag on the side of the kang and pulled out a stack of tickets. All kinds of colorful commodity tickets were placed in front of the two.

Lin Xiang asked in surprise, "Little brother, where did you get these tickets?" You robbed it? ”

Lin Qiangsheng glanced at his sister and shouted: "This is all owed on credit to the workers of our factory, can I rob it?!" Look at it, these can be exchanged for cloth tickets with you, the farmers must lack a lot of things, all use your cloth tickets for my tickets, everyone can take what they want. ”

He Zhenguo flipped through the ticket, was surprised to find a bicycle ticket, and exclaimed: "Even this is available!" How many of us countrymen want to buy bicycles! But the bicycle ticket is not good, I can only endure it, I didn't expect you to have this here! ”

Lin Qiangsheng laughed and said: "That's it, I have several bicycle tickets here, you can find cloth tickets to exchange!" I'm going to ask for a ticket, a lot of tickets! ”

He Zhenguo slapped the table and shouted to Lin Qiangsheng: "Qiangsheng, you wait, I'll go find a ticket!" Don't leave me a bike ticket! ”

Lin Qiangsheng nodded and promised, and He Zhenguo ran out happily.

Lin Xiang said angrily: "You came to the countryside for this!" Not to see my sister? ”

Lin Qiangsheng grinned and flattered: "Of course, I came here to see my sister, and the ticket exchange is just by the way!" ”