After Zhou Xin left, Tu Zhiqiang first went to check on Luo Shibin's situation and found that Luo Shibin was indeed knocked unconscious, but he was still a little uneasy, so he asked Shui Artesian:

"Brother Shui, it seems that Binzi did just faint, but just in case, are we considering taking him to the hospital?"

Shui Artesian was still thinking about whether to take refuge in Zhou Xin at this time, but was awakened by Tu Zhiqiang's words, and after thinking about it, he said:

"That Zhou Bingkun still wants us to follow him, then he shouldn't tell a lie, then let's wait a little longer, if it really doesn't work, we'll send Binzi to the hospital again."

Almost 20 minutes later, the two watched Luo Shibin's eyes open, and then their expressions began to be hideous, one hand touched his chin, and the other hand touched his head on the ground and shouted pain, but after seeing Brother Shui and Brother Qiang, he sat up and asked:

"Brother Shui, how did the matter be solved just now? I just remember that after I was punched by Zhou Bingkun, I couldn't remember anything. ”

Shui Artesian told Luo Shibin what happened just now, and Luo Shibin heard that the tickets that several people had worked hard to save were taken away by Zhou Xin, so he opened his mouth to interrupt Shui Artesian's words, and said with a vicious expression:

"Our money is pressed on the tickets, how can we live this month without these tickets, or we bring a knife and go to him again to come back with interest, I don't believe that I can't beat him with my bare hands, can't we beat him with a knife?"

Shui Artesian knew that Luo Shibin was more reckless, but now it didn't come to the point of life and death, so he could only open his mouth and persuade:

"Binzi, calm down, things haven't reached that point yet, this month, find someone to borrow some money to make a living, if you bring a knife to him, if something happens, we will have to eat guns."

Tu Zhiqiang also helped persuade Luo Shibin on the side, and only after Luo Shibin calmed down a little did Shui Artesian mention Zhou Xin's proposal when he left, wanting to hear the opinions of the two.

Tu Zhiqiang responded without thinking about it:

"I don't have any opinion, I listen to Brother Shui."

"I don't agree, he's a lumber mill worker like Qiangzi, can he assign us jobs? I think he just took a fancy to our tickets, and he took it from us for nothing if he wanted to do anything. ”

Luo Shibin's words made Shui Artesian sober up, he had fallen into a misunderstanding before, and he thought that he could rely on Zhou Xin to be a temporary worker or something, it was better than being suspicious all day long like now, afraid of being reported and arrested.

Thinking of the artesian water here, I no longer hope that Zhou Xin can speak and count and not report the three of them.

……

Zhou Xin on the other side did not go home directly, but was going to go to the black market to see the situation, and soon Zhou Xin returned disappointed, he only saw some grain transactions in the black market over there, and it was more than twice as expensive as the supply and marketing cooperative, but he didn't need a ticket.

At this time, Zhou Xin also understood why Zheng Juan's family needed 30 yuan a month to survive in the original play, Zheng Juan's lack of a hukou meant that there were no food stamps to share, and their family did not have a formal job, and the food stamps shared by Zheng's mother and Guangming every month were not enough for the family to eat, so they could only rely on buying some high-priced food to eat.

As for the other transactions, Zhou Xin didn't see it at all, he estimated that the trading of those tickets was the business of acquaintances, and even if they were raw, they could only be bought and sold under the introduction of acquaintances.

When he was about to get home, Zhou Xin remembered that the tickets he had given him had not yet been counted, so he found a remote alley after all, and counted them by moonlight, and there were roughly 28 tickets, including 20 food stamps, 5 meat stamps, and 3 industrial rolls.

After Zhou Xin collected it separately, he walked home, and he also had a way to deal with these tickets, he was ready to keep the meat stamps and industrial rolls, and Zhou Xin was ready to give the food stamps to Zheng Juan's house.

After returning home, Zhou Xin washed up amid Li Suhua's babbling about not coming back so late in the future, and then turned off the lights and went to sleep.

The next day, Zhou Xin went to work as usual, and saw that Tu Zhiqiang was still calling Brother Qiang as usual, but at this time, Tu Zhiqiang's attitude could not be the same as usual, and he became respectful to Zhou Xin, for fear that Zhou Xin would have an opinion on himself and report the three of them.

When Zhou Xin went to bed yesterday, he remembered that when he checked the information before, he saw a more legendary thing, that is, someone made a million by selling melon seeds in less than 4 years in the 70s, and that was a millionaire in the 70s.

And this kind of small trade is not as dangerous as buying and selling tickets, as long as the profit is kept secret and does not attract attention, it is relatively safe, even if the punishment is not too heavy, it is more likely to be confiscated.

However, Zhou Xin's biggest problem at this time is how to ensure the loyalty of the three of them, after all, they have only met once, and they are not so pleasant, so it is not realistic to expect them to follow him with all their hearts, so they can only think in the long run.

Zhou Xin is going to contact them again after a while, firstly, to tell them that his words count, and he will not report them and gain a little trust from them; The second reason is that they have just done this business, so that they can suffer more fear.

……

Time soon passed a month, as Zhou Xin and Zheng Juan got in touch more and more, the two began to get acquainted with each other, Zheng Juan slowly had a good impression of Zhou Xin, and no longer relied on Zhou Xin.

knew from the original play that Zheng Juan was not a passive person, and she also felt that Zhou Xin had some good feelings for her, and her family was becoming more and more unbearable now, so she was ready to take the initiative to pursue Zhou Xin.

On Saturday night, Zhou Xin still came to the door of the cinema to buy sugar gourds after getting off work normally, Zheng Juan lowered her head and pinched her hands to give herself a little courage after handing Zhou Xin the sugar gourd, and looked up to Zhou Xin and asked:

"Brother Bingkun, I want to ask if you are free tomorrow? I would like to ask you to come to my house and thank you for taking care of our family for so long. ”

At this time, Zheng's mother, who was next to her, saw that her daughter took the initiative to invite Zhou Xin, and was afraid that Zhou Xin would not agree, so she helped:

"Bingkun, I didn't thank you well the last time you helped the eldest lady push the cart, so I drank a saliva at home and hurried away, and the eldest mother thought about inviting you to the eldest mother's house one day, if you are okay tomorrow, then let the eldest mother thank you well."

After Zhou Xin heard it, he didn't shirk it, thinking that the sooner it was done, the better, for fear that there would be any trouble in the future, so he nodded at Zheng Juan, and then said to Zheng's mother:

"Auntie, I really don't have anything to do tomorrow, so I'll go over tomorrow morning, so I won't delay your stall in the afternoon."

After seeing Zhou Xin's agreement, Mother Zheng laughed happily and said:

"Then we'll be waiting for you at home tomorrow morning."

After Zhou Xin said hello to the two of them again, he left and went home, thinking that tomorrow he would give the food stamps he had obtained from Artesian Water to Zheng Juan's family as a door-to-door gift, and he had no excuse for them before.

Li Suhua, who was cooking at home, watched Zhou Xin who entered the door eating sugar gourd as usual, during this time she found that her son always bought sugar gourds back, at first she just thought she was greedy, but recently it has been too frequent, so she couldn't help asking:

"Kun'er, why have you been buying sugar gourds lately?"

Zhou Xin didn't plan to hide it from his family, and when he heard his mother ask about it, he replied truthfully:

"Mom, I recently fell in love with a girl whose family sells sugar gourds, so I often go to her to buy sugar gourds."

Li Suhua was a little surprised when she heard the news, her little son was enlightened and had a girl she liked, so she hurriedly asked:

"Whose girl? What is your name? Is it our piece? ”

Listening to Li Suhua's series of questions, Zhou Xin patiently replied:

"Her name is Zheng Juan, she lives in Taiping Hutong, she is very beautiful and virtuous, I think you will like her."

When Li Suhua heard that it was Taiping Hutong, she chuckled in her heart, she knew who lived in Taiping Hutong, and they were all people who did not have a city hukou, so she was a little reluctant in her heart, and she was ready to inquire privately and discuss it with her husband.

"Kun'er, then you have to bring it back to me when the time comes, let's eat first."

Li Suhua coped with it, then changed the topic and prepared to eat.