The port city in the early morning, the season of late winter and early spring, the morning fog is shrouded. Smoke comes out of the chimneys of every house, and even in urban areas, there are still many families who use primitive stoves to cook their meals. After the market economy was liberalized, many peasants would pick up firewood and grass to sell in the city in exchange for some money to buy two taels of fatty meat to improve their diet.

Gong Dazhu also entered the city, he did not pick firewood, and he would enter the city on time every day, and would return to the village about ten kilometers away from Xicheng District after dark, and then ride his Shanghai Phoenix brand 82 bar into the city on time the next day.

After he came back from the army, he still couldn't get a town hukou after all, and he spent a lot of money running back and forth so many times, but he still couldn't become a city man after all. But because he often runs to the city, his brain is more active, and he finds that the demand for electrical appliances in the city is very large.

He was decisive in buying second-hand appliances from other people's homes, refurbishing them and selling them. With craftsmanship, I became more and more familiar, and finally took a better way - to buy from the manufacturer and resell.

After all, used appliances are limited.

In the past two months, Gong Dazhu bought a large number of radio and tape recorders, and then expanded the market to the township, and the business was booming. He no longer envied the urban hukou, although it was still an insurmountable psychological gap.

At the intersection that must be passed from the village to Xicheng District, Gong Dazhu rode over and raised his eyes to see two people standing on the side of the road smoking. At this time, the sky is just getting cold, and the sight distance is not very good. Getting closer, Gong Dazhu saw that the faces of one of them were somewhat familiar.

But the man had already stepped up to meet him.

"Big Pillar." The man shouted.

Gong Dazhu saw the person clearly, was stunned, and immediately got out of the car excitedly, hurriedly framed the car, and then walked towards the person in disbelief.

"Founding an army? It's you? It's you! Gong Dazhu, who had turned into a cropper, hugged Zhang Jianjun excitedly.

Zhang Jianjun was also so excited, patted Gong Dazhu's back hard, and scolded, "You-he-mother-are all fat like this!" ”

Gong Dazhu took a step back and looked at Zhang Jianjun, with an excited look on his face, "You kid hasn't changed at all, you still look like this, a child can scare you to cry!" ”

After a few words, Gong Dazhu asked, "Why are you here?" How did you find here? ”

"Of course I came to the dry port to find you. You told me what the name of your village is, I inquired around, and said that this intersection is a must, and it will be with you. Zhang Jianjun said and introduced him to the thin monkey, and said, "His name is Monkey, my brother, and he used to work in the Eighteenth Army Transport Regiment Guard. ”

"The Eighteenth Army Transport Regiment Stays!" Gong Dazhu gave a thumbs up and shook hands with the thin monkey, "My name is Gong Dazhu, and I am a comrade-in-arms of the same squad as the Jianjun." ”

The thin monkey said a little shyly, "Hello squad leader, my name is Liu Xiaoguang." ”

In the army, the garrison of the 18th Army Transport Regiment is a monumental unit codename, which is a unit engaged in special operations with the name of a transport unit, and is the most mysterious mountain special operations force in the army. Of course, the Wehrmacht does not have the concept of special forces today, and is usually called a reconnaissance unit. However, there is no doubt that in addition to the troops that participated in the war in the southwest, the 18th Army Transport Regiment is the only unit with rich combat experience, and there is no one.

Gong Dazhu was therefore in awe, he knew the actual situation of the 18th Army Transport Regiment's remaining quarters.

Zhang Jianjun said, "Dazhu, find a place, I have something to ask you to help." ”

"Let's go, go back to my house and have a couple of drinks." Gong Dazhu said.

Waving his hand, Zhang Jianjun said, "No, find a small restaurant nearby to eat, and go home next time." ”

Gong Dazhu is also willing to go to a restaurant, it is not easy for Lao Zhan to come once, and he must go to the restaurant to entertain. He didn't know that Zhang Jianjun had other concerns.

There is a state-run hotel nearby, and you can't be shabby to greet old comrades-in-arms, you must go to the state-run hotel. Although the food in the state-run restaurants is generally serviced, the price is expensive enough. Gong Dazhu has a lot of bills in his hand, and he is not afraid that the state-run hotel will not entertain him.

asked for a private room, Gong Dazhu generally ordered a bunch of dishes, at this time the restaurant was open, and it was estimated that it would take an hour or two to touch the dishes, so he ordered breakfast first, rice porridge with side dishes, fritters, buns, soy milk or something, it was also a bunch. Liu Xiaoguang's eyes were straight, and he kept swallowing saliva.

"Dazhu, you come like this, it looks like you're doing a good job." Zhang Jianjun grabbed a bun and bit it hard, and said.

Gong Dazhu said with a smile, "I'm not satisfied with you, I'm almost a 10,000 yuan household now, and my family is building a house." Do you know, when I came back from the army, I ran for more than half a year, and I couldn't even catch the doormen of the factories. At the beginning, I bought second-hand household appliances or something, and I researched and repaired them myself, renovated them, and sold them to make a little difference. Later, I simply purchased from the manufacturer, put it on the bicycle, and the *** national unit that went from house to house was much more comfortable. ”

Although he said very happily, he still couldn't hide the resentment and grievances in his heart. I have been in the army for more than three years, with an allowance of eight or nine yuan a month, and I was lucky to pick up a life after fighting, I thought that I could at least get a stable job or something when I got home, but I couldn't even enter the security department of the state-owned factory, how could I balance my heart.

Zhang Jianjun whispered, "That saves a lot of things." ”

Hearing this, Gong Dazhu once again looked at Zhang Jianjun and Liu Xiaoguang seriously. They were all stuffing buns into their mouths, as if they hadn't eaten for a long time, and at this time he noticed that the clothes on Zhang Jianjun and Liu Xiaoguang seemed to have not been changed for a long time, and they smelled of dust. Looking at their expressions again, their eyes are deep-set, their faces are haggard, and they seem to have not gotten enough sleep for a long time.

Gong Dazhu only noticed at this time that Zhang Jianjun and Liu Xiaoguang did not bring any luggage. He knew that Zhang Jianjun's house was more than 300 kilometers away from here, and it was impossible for him to come to visit friends without luggage.

"Jianjun, didn't you come to see me?" Gong Dazhu stared at Zhang Jianjun and asked.

At this moment, the waiter of the hotel pushed the door and knocked on it, saying, "Hey, your side dishes are out, go and serve them yourself." ”

After saying that, he turned around and left, and the door was not closed.

Zhang Jianjun said to Gong Dazhu, "Dazhu, you go and bring in the side dishes first." ”

This state-run hotel was originally the canteen of a nearby factory, and as a trial reform, it began to open for business, and at the same time, it also supplied factory workers with tickets.

Gong Dazhu took a deep look at Zhang Jianjun and got up to go out.

After he left, Liu Xiaoguang swallowed the bun in his mouth a few times, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Jianjun, is your old comrade-in-arms reliable?" You can't go to the police, can you? ”

Zhang Jianjun shook his head firmly and said, "No." I had a lifelong friendship with him, and I carried him off the battlefield back then, otherwise he would have been glorious. ”

"Can he help us with that shipment?" Liu Xiaoguang asked worriedly.

Zhang Jianjun nodded slowly, "It's not a big question, I'll ask directly in a while." Anyway, he won't betray us. But we can't kill him. ”

"Do what you say." Liu Xiaoguang picked up another bun and stuffed it into his mouth, and drank a big mouthful of soy milk.