Siheyuan: The Idiot in Charge

Chapter 54 Another year of drought

After the Lantern Festival, Jia Weidong also started school.

Jia Weidong once again began to live a life of going to school to fish every day, reporting to the textile factory to hand in tasks, and receiving tasks. In the blink of an eye, it was the end of March.

Friday, March 31st

After school in the afternoon, Jia Weidong and Yan Jiedi walked home together with several children in the yard. When they got home, they found guests coming to the house. Qin's father was sitting in his living room with a strange middle-aged man.

"Uncle, you are here" Jia Weidong greeted quickly.

"Weidong, you are back. This is Qin Qingcheng, the village chief of our village, and our distant relative. Please call him Uncle Cheng."

"Uncle Cheng, hello!" Jia Weidong said hello while passing cigarettes to the two people.

"Weidong, we have something to discuss with you this time." Father Qin took the cigarette and lit it.

"Uncle, tell me"

"Weidong, firstly, the village organized a collective hunting this time and killed two wild boars and several hares. Secondly, most of the people in the village have finished their old grain. It is still early for winter wheat to mature. Mushrooms on the mountains It's not the time to pick anything yet. The first two times we brought in exchange for grain were dry goods left over from last year. This little grain is not enough to eat. Let's see if we can discuss with your factory and lend some grain to you first. The village will help the villagers get through this lean period, and the village will slowly make up for it with other supplies."

"Well, okay, I'll think of a solution tomorrow. Let's stay at home for one night."

"Okay, Wei Dong, I'm causing trouble for you."

"It doesn't matter. Uncle and Uncle Cheng are all members of our family, so you're welcome."

"Dad, Uncle Cheng, you are here." When Qin Huairu arrived home, she was surprised to see her father coming and greeted her. She turned around and was busy preparing dinner with Qin Jingru.

After dinner, Qin Huairu arranged for Qin's father and Uncle Cheng to stay in their own room. Bang Gang and grandma slept downstairs, while the Qin Huairu sisters lived in Bang Gang's room upstairs.

At one o'clock in the morning, Jia Weidong put on makeup and quietly left the yard. He rode his bicycle to Dongxiao Market outside Chaowenmen. He collected the bicycle in the distance. He was dressed in black clothes, a black mask, and had a previously seized handbag on his waist. Jia Weidong walked into the black market.

Jia Weidong knew that another lean year was coming, and it was time to put out a large amount of food. This time he came to the black market to secretly find an agent.

"Heisan, take a step to speak." Jia Weidong found Heisan and pulled him away from the crowd.

"Brother, what do you want from me? Do you want to buy a ticket?" Hei San was a little confused when Jia Weidong came to his door.

"I'm not buying a ticket today, I'm asking you to make a deal." Jia Weidong deliberately opened his arms, revealing the luzi in his arms.

"Brother, what's the deal?" Hei San asked nervously.

"Grain, these are samples," Jia Weidong said as he handed Hei San two small bags, one containing stick noodles and the other containing sweet potatoes.

"What's the price?" Heisan asked.

"I'll give you a cheaper price, 2 cents for the stick noodles and 3 cents for the sweet potatoes, but your selling price cannot exceed 25 cents for the stick noodles and 5 cents for the sweet potatoes, and you can't hoard them or hide them without selling them. Do you want to do it?"

"Here, how much food do you have?" Hei San asked excitedly after looking at the food. As supplies become more and more scarce, the ticket business becomes more and more difficult. Food is in short supply, so there is no need to worry about selling it. .

"How much can you eat at one time?" Jia Weidong asked.

"Brother, I don't have much cash on hand. Can I add this transaction to cash?" Hei San said and took out a small yellow croaker from his pocket.

"Yes" Gold is hard currency, a small yellow croaker weighing one or two. The bank purchase price at this time is only about 200. If you just wait for it to appreciate in value, you will only make a profit.

"I want two thousand catties of stick noodles and five thousand catties of sweet potatoes first."

"Okay, I'll come here to find you at this time tomorrow. Please prepare your money and bag." After Jia Weidong said that, he turned around and left the black market, quietly returning home.

In the morning, Jia Weidong got up on time, meditated, ran to the park to box, completed his daily physical exercise and went home. After breakfast, he walked to school with Yan Jiedi, asked for leave from his class teacher, Ma Chunyan, and left school.

First we went to the Dongzhimen warehouse, where we put two thousand kilograms of stick noodles and five thousand kilograms of sweet potatoes, and then rode our bicycle to the textile factory.

"Weidong, you came to the factory to hand over tasks again today." Since several villages often deliver dry goods, game and the like, Jia Weidong goes to the factory to hand over tasks frequently.

"Well, Uncle Lu, the village over in Huairou shot two wild boars and a few hares. In addition, they have prepared some food in the city. They would like to ask the factory to support two trucks to bring back the wild boars and rabbits."

"Two wild boars, okay, okay, I haven't seen meat in the cafeteria for many days. I'll arrange a car right now. The weather is getting warmer now, so we can't delay for too long."

Before getting on the truck, Jia Weidong gave a cigarette to the two driver masters, asked one truck master to wait for a while and went directly to the Dongzhimen warehouse, and took the other truck master to drive to the courtyard to pick up Qin's father and Cheng Shu.

"Uncle, Uncle Cheng, the matter is settled, but this grain was borrowed from Uncle Lu's personal relationship. By the way, Uncle Lu is the deputy director of the textile factory."

"Weidong, thank you so much"

"Uncle, Uncle Cheng, when you go back, say you raised this grain yourself. Just give me an IOU when you return to the village. Don't sell it to Uncle Lu."

"Weidong, don't worry, we won't repay kindness with enmity."

"Okay, let's leave now. The car is waiting at the entrance of the alley."

<divclass="contentadv">Jia Weidong called a few bosses. Qin's father and Uncle Cheng were both good at work. With the help of Jia Weidong and the two driver masters, the car was installed in a short time. Truck drivers in this era had to be very strong, otherwise you wouldn't be able to start the truck. The trucks at that time didn't have electric motors, so starting was all dependent on the crank handle.

It felt like a long way to walk or ride a bike. Within an hour, two trucks had already driven into Qinjiadongzhuang Village. When they arrived at the village headquarters, they didn’t even notify them. A large group of villagers helped unload the trucks. After unloading the trucks, He also helped lift two wild boars weighing more than 200 kilograms into the car.

After rejecting Qin's father and Uncle Cheng's enthusiastic attempts to stay, the empty truck was faster. The two trucks roared all the way and returned to the factory before lunch.

The canteen director smiled happily and arranged for people to unload the truck and weigh it. He knew that Jia Weidong was the deputy director of Lu. After taking the warehousing slip and settling the accounts in the Finance Department, Jia Weidong went to Lu Xiangyang's office.

"You're back, Wei Dong. Is everything done?"

"Uncle Lu, it's all done." Jia Weidong handed Lu Xiangyang a cigarette.

"Go back when you're done. Don't bother me. I'm busy. Well, do you have anything else to do?"

"Uncle Lu, I want to buy a job quota"

"Why did you buy a job quota? Who did you buy it for?"

"My sister-in-law's sister has been in the city for a few months. It's not a problem to stay at home all the time. I just want to help her."

"Okay, okay, let me help you find out if there are any old workers who have no family to replace them after they retire. However, Wei Dong, this matter cannot be spread randomly, even though everyone does this."

"I know Uncle Lu, I know the importance."

"Okay, just wait for my news."

"Okay, Uncle Lu, I'm leaving first."

After having lunch in the factory cafeteria, Jia Weidong left the textile factory and rushed to school to continue fishing. After school, he took Yan Jiedi and walked home with him.

"Brother Wei Dong, my dad asked me to ask you if you are going fishing tomorrow."

"Well, I haven't been there for a while. I have nothing to do tomorrow, so I'll just go fishing."

"Okay, Brother Wei Dong, I will go with you tomorrow."

"Okay, let's bring enough things tomorrow. How about we have grilled fish for lunch?"

"That's great, Brother Weidong." The little girl pulled Jia Weidong up and down, she was so happy.

After dinner, I soaked my feet under Qin Jingru's careful attention, and went upstairs to rest early.

In the early morning, after Jia Weidong put on makeup, he quietly left the yard, rode his bicycle and went straight to Dongxiao Market outside Chaowenmen. He arrived at the woods not far from the black market, collected his bicycle and went into the woods.

I found a more open location, looked around and found nothing unusual, and put out the food that I had discussed with Hei San.

Jia Weidong's current eyesight and hearing are extraordinary, and he is blessed with thoughts. Although it is dark in the woods, Jia Weidong is confident that no one can escape his induction.

"Brother, you are here"

After entering the black market, Jia Weidong found the location agreed with Hei San last night. Hei San was already waiting here.

"Well, let's go, take the bag and money, and come with me to inspect the goods."

"Um... little brother, can I take someone with me?"

"Okay," Jia Weidong said and walked out of the black market. Behind him, Hei San followed quickly with a person.

"It's all here, take a look for yourself." After entering the grove and arriving at the place where the grain was stored, Jia Weidong motioned to Hei San to check the grain.

"Third brother, these are high-quality stick noodles and fresh sweet potatoes, and the quantity is right." The man who came with Hei San said to Hei San after carefully inspecting them.

"Brother, these are two small yellow croakers, 150 yuan in cash, take a look."

"Okay, Heisan, remember what I said, don't hoard and make huge profits at high prices."

"Brother, don't worry, brothers just want to earn some money to support their families," Hei San repeatedly assured.

"That's the best, otherwise, if the leaders from above investigate, the consequences will be serious, and no one will be able to save you by then."

"Work hard. There will be more in two days. I will come find you then."

"Good! Good!"

"Brothers, please evacuate." Jia Weidong pretended to shout outside the forest, then took two steps with the empty bag and disappeared in a flash.

"Hey, where are the people..."