After negotiating the delivery of the sand and gravel with Li Heping, Han Chunlei had no intention of continuing to stay in Shangtang Commune.

By the time he and Zhang Xilu returned to Changhe Commune, it was already past five o'clock in the evening.

It was not early, Han Chunlei did not rush back to Chaijiawu, but went to find Cao Tianjiao and Boss Cao with Zhang Xilu.

After all, the matter of sand and gravel also asked Cao Tianjiao to introduce Li Heping to himself. Now that it's done, it's natural to thank you in person.

Han Chunlei secretly counted the money in his pocket, and while the supply and marketing cooperatives were not closed, he bought two Golden Deer cigarettes and came to the door.

Golden deer cigarettes are produced in Qingdao, although they are not as good as Hongshuangxi, but they are better than Fengshou, Jinju and other brands of cigarettes. In places like Changhe and Shangtang Commune, people usually ask for errands or thank people for doing errands, and they usually send Jinlu and Daqianmen brands of four or five cents a box.

This year, I was able to carry two golden deer to Boss Cao's house, which is very sincere. After all, the two golden deer came down for seven yuan, which is enough to catch up with half a month's income of the little people.

When I arrived at Lao Cao's house, I caught up with the meal again, and it was so beautiful that Zhang Xilu even said that he would save another meal.

Lao Cao is also a bright person, and Han Chunlei will go south to pour things in a few days, and he will have to take a kick, so he warmly beckoned them to sit down, and asked his daughter-in-law to quickly order some noodles and scramble two eggs.

Han Chunlei and Lao Cao briefly told him about meeting Li Heping in Shangtang Commune.

Lao Cao asked him the specific time of going south, and Han Chunlei said that he would set off to the south after disposing of all the bamboo products that Shangtang Commune had brought to offset half of the sand and gravel. After all, Shangtang Commune can only pay 200 yuan in cash, and most of the money it borrows from the village depends on the sales of this batch of bamboo products.

Tomorrow, Li Heping will send people from the Tang Bamboo Factory to transport the backlog of bamboo products to the Changhe Commune, so Han Chunlei wants to borrow the warehouse in the courtyard with Cao Tianjiao to stock up on these things.

Cao Tianjiao happily agreed, and tomorrow Zhang Xilu will stay here to help Lao Cao receive and carry these bamboo products, after all, Zhang Xilu's intermediary fee is also here. Moreover, Han Chunlei promised that after processing this batch of bamboo products, he would give Zhang Xilu an additional five yuan in commission. Zhang Xilu is naturally willing to do this.

According to Li Heping's words, these are the mats, pillows, baskets, bamboo baskets, bamboo fans and other items produced by the Shangtang Bamboo Factory.

Therefore, Han Chunlei needs to have a place to stock, and he can't transport these bamboo products back to Chaijiawu, after all, they are to be sold in the city, and they are stored in Changhe Commune to facilitate pick-up.

After coming out of the waste yard of Lao Cao's house, Han Chunlei and Zhang Xilu briefly explained a few words, and then went to the guest house of Changhe Commune to spend the night. It's better to find a chase shop for five cents than to squeeze the locker room floor in a public bath with a bunch of bigwigs.

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It's almost early summer now, the day dawns early, and the summer heat is also showing some signs.

The next day, Han Chunlei got up early and took advantage of the cool weather to return to Chaijiawu.

When he got home, his old lady Mao Yuzhen was squatting at the door of the house, holding a bowl of porridge with sour radish in her hand, and eating breakfast. Sister Chun Tao has already split a small stack of firewood, and the old man has not gotten up yet.

"Yo, you're back?"

As soon as Mao Yuzhen saw her son coming back, she wiped her mouth, quickly stood up, and opened her mouth to ask, "Chunlei, how is the matter going?

Han Chunlei rolled his eyes, "I'm almost hungry, can you let me make up for it?" Mom." ”

He felt that his wife was too realistic!

I haven't seen my son in the past few days, so I have to ask for warmth no matter what, whether I am tired or not, whether I am bitter or not. Good guy, she hasn't entered the house yet, she's good, she opened her mouth and asked for money,

"Yes, yes, Chun Tao, your brother is back, hurry up and give him a bowl to dry. ”

Mao Yuzhen opened her eyebrows and smiled, she knew her son, and it was bound to be done if she could tease her with poverty so easily.

Han Chunlei entered the door, he was indeed hungry, Chun Tao came up with a bowl of porridge, and he finished it with a few snorts.

Seeing that his sister was also looking at him, he stopped holding it and told them the outcome of the matter.

"Great, tsk, my son is out, my son can do it!"

Mao Yuzhen was overjoyed, and stroked her hands and applauded: "According to what Han Zhankui promised our family before, as long as the sand and gravel are sold, he will give our family eighty yuan of old money, right?"

Han Chunlei snorted and nodded.

Mao Yuzhen said: "If we don't take these 80 yuan, we won't borrow it from the village, and with this 80 yuan, our family will be able to build one or two more big tile houses." It's also quite generous in the village. ”

"Mom, let's not go back on our word like this," Han Chunlei really couldn't stand the old lady's dishonesty, and said, "The money I earned from exchanging jelly beans with my sister before has already been handed over to you." You can't make any more decisions about this sand and gravel money, and I still count on this money to do business. ”

Han Chuntao also said anxiously for her younger brother: "Mother, you promised Chunlei before." ”

"Alright, alright, now you sisters and brothers can bear it, it's up to you. ”

Mao Yuzhen waved her hand impatiently, and then reminded: "But I also said before, Chunlei can't worry about the money you handed over in jelly beans for rags, even if you turn back and sell it, don't beat me up with the idea of this money! I want to build a new house for our old Han family, and my mother will rely on these new houses to earn face in the village." ”

Han Chunlei and Han Chuntao glanced at each other, okay, dare to wait here, what a routine.

After breakfast, Han Chunlei washed his face and went straight to the branch secretary Han Zhankui's house.

According to the previous day with Li Heping, in addition to the bamboo products will be sent to the Changhe Commune on time, this evening, Li Heping will personally take the people in the procurement room of their factory to Chaijiawu Ferry for the delivery of the first batch of sand and gravel.

The geographical location of Chaijiawu is relatively special, from Hongqi Village to Shangtang Commune to take a car and walk, but from Chaijiawu to Shangtang Commune can go along the Qiantang River, and then turn to the Shangtang River into the ferry of Shangtang Commune.

I heard the old people in the village say that at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the Chaijiawu ferry was prosperous for a while, and many passing ships would stop to eat and stay in the restaurant. Later, land transportation failed in terms of cost, time efficiency and convenience, and the ferry of Chaijiawu slowly withered.

Since the delivery is about to start tonight, he will definitely find Han Zhankui and inform the other party of the specific results of this trip to Shangtang Commune as soon as possible.

When I arrived at Han Zhankui's house, I unexpectedly bumped into Accountant Yu who was dialing the abacus and reporting to Han Zhankui about the work in the team this month.

As soon as Han Chunlei came, Han Zhankui hurriedly sent Accountant Yu to work first, and then asked about the sand and gravel. It can be seen that the Han branch secretary is also a little anxious, after all, the village branch is almost too poor to open the pot. Moreover, just two days ago, the leaders of the Changhe Commune also sent people to urge the state grain arrears last year.

"Uncle Zhan Kui, fortunately not disgraced ......"

Han Chunlei's opening sentence instantly made the anxious Han Zhankui happy.

In the following time, the two chatted very well.

At noon, Han Zhankui also went to the cellar to make a cup of rice wine, and left Han Chunlei at home for lunch.

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In the evening, Li Heping led people to appear on the ferry in Chaijiawu as promised.

Of course, Han Zhankui and the others came earlier than Li Heping. Early in the morning, they asked the strong laborers of the village to load the first batch of sand and gravel to be transported onto the ship.

This ship is not a freighter, it is a farm boat used by Chaijiawu to carry cargo ferrymen, mainly wooden structure, usually used for fishing, a total of six, all requisitioned by the village.

Han Chunlei introduced Han Zhankui and Li Heping to each other at the ferry. Regarding Li Heping, the accountant of the bamboo factory in Shangtang Commune, Han Zhankui did not have the official authority of the branch secretary as usual, he knew that Shangtang Commune was rich and Shangtang Bamboo Factory was rich. Li Heping is the accountant of such a large bamboo factory, and Han Zhankui is still very enthusiastic.

Standing next to him, Accountant Yu, who was smiling and echoing, looked at the branch secretary's enthusiasm for Li Heping, and then looked at the branch secretary's usual shouting and drinking to himself, he was depressed, they were all accountants, why is there such a big difference in treatment.

"Come, settle the payment to Han Zhishu. Li Heping turned his head and said to his colleagues in the purchasing room beside him.

Li Heping's colleague took out a bundle of money wrapped in newspaper from his briefcase, yes, a bundle of money. Today, China's renminbi still uses the third set of renminbi. The third set of renminbi, a total of seven, the face value is one dime, two jiao, five jiao, one yuan, two yuan, five yuan, ten yuan, we are commonly known as "eighteen yuan and eight cents". The largest face value is the great unity of ten yuan. A 100-yuan face value has not yet been issued.

The renminbi with a face value of 100 yuan was only first seen in the fourth set of renminbi issued in April '87.

Although the payment for the sand and gravel was 400 yuan, and half of the cash payment was 200 yuan, the face value that Li Heping and the others brought out this time was mainly two yuan and one yuan. The ten-dollar Great Solidarity is stored in the credit union.

When his colleague took out the money wrapped in a thick bundle of newspapers, Han Chunlei was dumbfounded, two hundred yuan is actually so much? In the previous life, he used to pay on WeChat when he went out, and rarely used cash. In this life, the money in my hand at one time is only twenty or thirty yuan, and I have never tasted the feeling of holding hundreds or thousands in my hands.

Therefore, two hundred yuan is put together in a bundle of money for five cents, which still gives people a very shocking feeling.

"Han Zhishu, this is half of the cash payment of sand and gravel. Come, I'll hand it over to you, you can count it!" Li Heping took the money from his colleague and handed it to Han Zhankui.

"Eh, yes, yes. ”

Han Zhankui took the money and handed it directly to Accountant Yu behind him, and then said to Li Heping with some embarrassment: "Accountant Li, it is estimated that it will take three trips after all the sand and gravel are transported, which is almost three days. Do you want to collect a batch of sand and gravel, and you will pay once?"

Li Heping smiled, shook his head and said, "There's no need for this, Han Zhishu." With this transaction introduced by Chunlei, and with your Han branch secretary to handle the delivery, can't I still believe it? And we won't come up for the next two trips, and your boat will arrive at the ferry port of Shangtang Commune, and we will arrange for someone to come and carry it. ”

Han Zhankui nodded, thinking about it, after all, people are doing a big deal, so there must be a lot of things in a big factory, how can they stare back and forth at their own sand and gravel?

Suddenly, Li Heping glanced at Han Chunlei and said, "Chunlei, I suddenly heard a proposal we talked about at the dinner table before, maybe we can cooperate with Shangtang Bamboo Factory and your Chaijiawu." ”

"What offer? I drank a little too much that day, and I can't even remember it. Han Chunlei asked.

When Han Zhankui heard that his village could cooperate with a large factory like Shangtang Bamboo Factory, he couldn't help but be interested and asked, "Accountant Li, you said to come and listen." ”

Li Heping said: "Chunlei told me at the dinner table that in the next few years, the surplus labor force in the rural areas will gradually be liberated from the land and then transferred to non-agricultural production in large, medium, and small cities. As far as the barren rural areas are concerned, the export of labor force to engage in non-agricultural production will be a big leap forward in solving the problem of food and clothing in the rural areas!"

Han Chunlei: "......"

This was indeed what he said, but he just answered Li Heping's question about urban construction casually according to the sporadic memories of what the teacher said in class back then.

Because Li Heping drank too much and blew it to him that day, he was not willing to be a small accountant, and he wanted to be the mayor of a city in the future. Seeing that he was bragging and happy, Han Chunlei had a little wine and a little wine, so he followed him and blew it together.

I didn't expect him to remember this stubble.

Han Zhankui scratched his cheek and said with a wry smile, "Accountant Li, what's that, you can talk about it in a simple way, old man, I don't usually read the newspaper, I occasionally listen to the model drama on the radio!"

Well, Comrade Han Zhankui, who is semi-literate, really didn't understand Li Hepingwen's call.