Reborn 1980, I amaze the world by picking up scraps

The current scrap collection depot is a public entity.

There was a staff member sitting behind the counter. He was quite young and was wearing blue denim overalls. He had an abacus in his hand.

"Comrade, do you collect copper blocks?" Uncle Chen opened the package, took out the copper blocks and put them on the counter.

"Is it industrial scrap metal? Do you have a letter of introduction?"

Yuan Ni was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the scrap collection station had regulations that prohibited the collection of metal from unknown sources. The main reason was that she was afraid that someone would deliberately damage wires and pipes for profit.

She quickly recounted how she picked up the cement block, "As for where the cement block came from, I don't know."

When Uncle Chen saw the staff member's expression slackened, he quickly took out half a pack of cigarettes and stuffed it into the person's hand, "This is my niece. She is young and life is not easy."

The staff looked at Yuanni, refused the cigarette, and lowered his head to check the quality of the copper block. "It's red copper. The purchase price is [-] yuan per kilogram. Do you want to sell it?"

The price was a little more expensive than Uncle Chen expected, so he quickly said to sell it.

Later they learned that red copper is pure copper and brass is an alloy, so red copper is much more expensive than brass.

The copper blocks totaled twelve and a half kilograms and sold for 90 yuan.

This is a huge sum of money. Uncle Chen's hands were trembling, "Yuan Ni, keep it."

Yuanni agreed quickly, thanked the staff again, and then took her uncle away.

When walking out, Yuan Ni said, "This is too much money. If other uncles ask, they will say that they only sold it for eight or nine yuan."

Even if Yuan Ni didn't remind her, Uncle Chen still planned to do this. Even if the brothers were united and supported Yuan Ni's mother, their family might not necessarily think so.

If the mother-in-law at home knew that Yuan Niniang had money, she would have to reach out to her.

He glanced at Yuanni with a complicated look and said, "Okay, just say that the copper block is impure and sell it for [-] yuan."

Outside the gate, the brothers are waiting.

As soon as he saw Yuan Ni, the fifth child of the Chen family loudly asked, "How much did it cost?"

"They said the copper bar was impure. At first, people refused to accept it. But my uncle put in a good word, so I sold it for eighty-six yuan."

"Eight and six dollars? That's a lot."

"Isn't that right? Go back to your mother and buy some dried potatoes when you go to the market. Mix it with the grain and you can eat it until this autumn."

To be fair, the uncles are pretty good, and they all have some plans for Yuan Niniang. Even the younger uncle, the fifth eldest son of the Chen family, doesn't seem to welcome the third sister home.

Grandma and grandfather were waiting at the entrance of the Red Flag Brigade Village. Seeing that their sons had brought back the three Yuanni sisters, the old couple finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Grandma pulled up the hem of her clothes and wiped the corners of her eyes, "It'll be good when you're back."

"Zhao Di, Pan Di, call grandma quickly."

Yuan Ni took the lead, and the three girls greeted the old couple together.

Seeing the bruises on the arms of the girls, grandma cried and hugged Pandi into her arms, "What a sin, I didn't fall in love with Yuan Mancang at the beginning. His mother has triangular eyes, and she doesn't look like a good person."

"Everything is over, what are you talking about? After such a long journey, take the children home for dinner."

Grandpa is not an ordinary person. He is a carpenter. It is said that he used to make furniture in the city. Now when people in the team want to add something, they chop wood and ask him to do it.

Of course, making furniture is a labor-intensive job. Grandpa can't do it for nothing. He always needs to receive some kind of thank you for helping others.

Even so, the Chen family was still very poor.

There is no other reason. There are too many children, and they are all sons, so they can eat too much.

There were already a large number of uncles and cousins ​​who ran to pick up Yuanni. When they opened the door of Chen's house, there were still a group of half-grown men inside, all of whom were little experts at cooking.

Except for the younger uncle, all the other uncles have married. After hearing the commotion, the sisters-in-law and Yuan Niniang all came out of the main room, "I came back just in time, let's have dinner on the table first."

Uncle Chen's two sons have grown up, but they haven't said goodbye yet. The younger ones couldn't live with their parents anymore, so they built a small house next to the main hall.

The other uncles basically share a room with each other, and parents and children live together.

After Yuan Niniang came back, grandma and grandpa arranged for Lao Wu to move out of the single room and give the house to the third sister.

Seeing the living conditions of the Chen family, Yuan Ni also understood her uncle.

After giving up his own house, the younger uncle could only squeeze in with his two eldest nephews. No wonder he was worried.

While eating, Yuanni once again saw the fighting power of her cousins.

There were too many people to sit at one table. Women and underage children sat at one table, and adult men sat at another table.

The dishes on both tables are the same, Chinese cabbage stewed with tofu and potatoes, served in an enamel basin, both of which are large.

The staple food is steamed steamed buns mixed with cornmeal and white flour.

Zhaodi and Pandi had never eaten such good food at home, and their mouths almost watered when they smelled the aroma.

Grandma felt sorry for her two little granddaughters. She personally brought out a plate of golden scrambled eggs from the kitchen. She first pulled some of them for Grandpa, and then gave the rest to Yuan Niniang, "This is what I saved in total." Eggs, all fried."

Yuanni looked at the bowl of eggs in front of her and almost shed tears.

"Eat quickly, we can eat it every now and then at home." Several aunts all showed smiles and greeted warmly.

However, Yuan Ni clearly saw several little cousins ​​secretly wiping their saliva.

She immediately pushed her share of eggs to the middle of the table, "I'm old and I don't lack nutrition. Let's eat together."

Yuan Niniang glanced at her daughter approvingly, then brought her bowl to the man's table, "Dad, you guys eat."

Zhaodi and Pandi also wanted to follow suit, but they were stopped by grandma, "Qi Qi's little arms and legs are like sticks. Hurry up and take good care of yourself. Otherwise, you won't look like our Chen family at all."

Yuan Niniang was ashamed, "I didn't take good care of the children."

All the men in the Chen family are tough, but for some reason, Yuan Niniang has a gentle temper.

Several aunts exchanged looks that only they could understand, but didn't say anything.

Grandpa ordered, "Hurry up and eat, don't talk about those useless things."

When everyone stretched out their chopsticks, less than half of the food on the table was missing. Yuanni was startled and started eating faster.

The dishes were not big enough, but the steamed buns with mixed noodles were enough. The meal was delicious and fast, and even the soup on the bottom of the basin was eaten by the little cousin who dipped the steamed buns into it.

After the meal, my eldest aunt went to wash the dishes. Yuan Niniang wanted to follow, but was stopped. "You don't have to fight. Our family takes turns to work. On the day when it's your turn, just don't be lazy."

Yuan Niang agreed with a smile. She was not afraid of work. In the past, in the Yuan family, she and her daughters did all the housework. Even so, she was often beaten and bullied. Now she has divorced and returned to her parents' home, which is the right thing to do.

After dinner, I was ready to take a rest, so I had to move all the bedding out of my uncle's bed.

While everyone was busy, my uncle grabbed Yuan Niniang and said, "Third sister, come with me. I want to tell you something."