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Zhaoming didn't go back immediately, he took a detour and bought a lot of brown sugar from the village that planted a lot of sugar cane and built a sugar factory by itself.This was originally what was left after the purchase by the superiors, and it was distributed to the villagers according to their work points. Most of them had to be kept for themselves to eat, and some people wanted to exchange some money and tickets.

Zhaoming obtained a lot of surplus industrial tickets and cloth tickets from the black market, these two being the most popular.When everyone heard that sugar could be exchanged for industrial tickets and cloth tickets, they rushed forward with their surplus at home.Even the small cadres in the village came up to ask, wanting some industrial tickets to buy a new big iron pot. The big iron pot for frying sugar in the village is not good.

The cadres represent the factories in the village, and the sugar they produce is also different, brown sugar.

He didn't know that it was brown sugar, which was more expensive than brown sugar. He only said that the workers hadn't mastered the heat and overcooked it, and he was willing to pay him two-thirds of the price of brown sugar.These brown sugars are in the shape of cakes, and a large bag weighs seven or eight catties, but the cadre keeps complaining that the workers are ignorant, and there is still a lot in the factory.

What is the situation?Sugar producers don't know brown sugar?

Zhaoming immediately knew that the opportunity to pick up the leak had come, and he was cruel. He took out all the tickets he had saved, except for meat tickets and grain tickets, there were all kinds of tickets in it, and there were even two cigarette and alcohol tickets.Coupled with the only 100 yuan left on his body, the visitors did not refuse to wipe out all the brown sugar in the village and the brown sugar in the factory.

The cadre saw that he wanted a lot of "defective sugar", so he reduced the price on the original basis.This cadre is not stupid. Seeing that he took a lot of brown sugar, he asked him if this sugar is easy to sell outside?

Zhaoming himself picked up a bargain, so he didn't intend to leave opportunities for later generations, so he said, this thing is called brown sugar, which is as valuable as brown sugar, and slightly warmer than brown sugar, suitable for all ages.

Once the cadre heard it, he understood that this was not a defective product, and he sold it at a lower price. My good guy, almost thirty catties of brown sugar was sold for almost half the price to this handsome young man who smiled and looked very innocent.

The face is really white, but the heart is really black.

But the transaction has already been completed, and the goods and money are settled. The young cadre thought that it was useless to regret it now, not to mention that the young man finally pointed out a clear way for them, so he could only admit it with his nose.

The little cadre's face turned blue and white, and finally managed to force a smile, saying that he is welcome to come back next time.

With 28 catties of brown sugar and more than six catties of brown sugar, it was a bumper harvest.Sugar is scarce and can last for a long time. He kept half of the candy for himself and distributed the rest to his friends.

Nowadays, brown sugar is a luxury that is in short supply. Although there are brown sugar villages nearby, not everyone is willing to go there.

Because the supply is limited, in the city you have to have a nutrition note issued by the hospital to buy it, so the price is also high, more expensive than meat. Ordinary people in the village are only willing to let their women drink brown sugar water for a few days.

But since the educated youths had no family and no need to raise children and the elderly, and had extra money in their hands, they were willing to spend it on themselves. Now when they heard that Zhaoming had brought brown sugar, they all exchanged it with money and tickets.

Male educated youths don’t have such an urgent need for brown sugar, so they usually just exchange for one or two taels of sweet sugar, but lesbians who lose blood every month need it very much. Come.

Comrade Xiaohua’s family has the best conditions. It is a cadre’s family. The family often sends her money and tickets, and she buys only one catty for one person.

"Xiao Hua, didn't your family just send you brown sugar and malted milk powder?" Comrade Xiao Yu didn't understand, Xiao Hua didn't lack these, why did she buy so much?

Xiao Hua took Comrade Xiao Yu to the other side, and the two muttered for a while, but they didn't know what to say.

In the evening, Zhaoming suddenly discovered that the lesbians in the educated youth had a cup of brown sugar, longan, ginger and jujube tea in their hands. In this kind of wet and cold weather just after the rain, drinking it while it was hot was delicious, and after drinking it, you could still get longan. Eat with red dates.

Seeing that the lesbians are eating deliciously, and the eyes of the gay men are bright, they are just dawdling and embarrassed to learn.There seems to be an inexplicable unspoken rule that brown sugar ginger tea is for lesbians to replenish blood, and men are not masculine if they eat sweets.

He thought of brown sugar, which is suitable for both men and women, young and old, and because he had saved a lot of red dates, he took out a handful of red dates, removed the pits and sliced ​​them, chopped the ginger, and scrubbed the inside and outside of the aluminum pot for boiling water. After a while, I broke off a large piece of brown sugar and boiled a pot of red dates and ginger tea.

Compared with brown sugar, brown sugar has a layer of burnt aroma, probably because it has been boiled for too long, and there is even a hint of bitterness in the sweetness.The scent is not unpleasant, and it has a special taste when paired with sliced ​​red dates and minced ginger.

He has always been generous, he poured a full cup himself, and there was still a lot left, so he poured half a bowl for the rest of the brothers.

"That's all, one bite per person, is there any more?"

The brown sugar water is darker in color, but it is not black, it is more like brown, and there are boiled jujube slices with white flesh and red skin and grains of yellow ginger.The jujube slices are not cooked for a long time, and they taste a bit crunchy. The soup also has a strong jujube aroma, and the ginger is just right, and the spiciness is a mild taste that is compatible with pain and pleasure.

This spiciness combined with the thick sweetness of brown sugar will form the taste of 'happiness' in this cold and wet winter.Every frozen cell in the body is singing happily.

"Oh~ it's so warm. No wonder lesbians like to eat it. A bowl like this in winter is as comfortable as soaking your feet in hot water."

The male educated youths shrunk their necks and curled up into a ball, sitting on the threshold in a row, chubby and stupid, each with a bowl of brown tea soup. Sometimes some sugar cane fibers could be found in the soup, which seemed a little cloudy, but drinking it with a bowl When I got down, the cold air on my body seemed to be crushed by the army of sugar water in an instant, and my limbs and veins were filled with indescribable warmth.

The sweetness can bring pleasure, not to mention the minced ginger and crunchy jujube slices to dispel the cold. When you burp after drinking, even the breath you spit out is full of happiness.

"Is there brown sugar in this?"

"It's brown sugar. Brown sugar continues to stir fry, compress and slightly burnt, and it turns into pieces of high-density sugar cubes. The color is so dark that it is brown sugar. Brown sugar is more nourishing than brown sugar. It often doesn't get angry, and both men and women can drink it. But Brown sugar sometimes has a bitter, burnt taste, which some people are not used to. When I went to buy brown sugar, I found it, so I bought some. It’s the kind of sugar that looks like black cakes.” Zhaoming said.

"What? Is that? I thought it was fried sugar."

"I'm fine with this candy."

"It looks like a burnt rice crust. I didn't expect it to taste so good. Cough, I don't really like sugar, but it's too cold in winter. Drinking ginger tea alone is too stimulating. It's better to have sugar as a buffer. Brown sugar is still For the lesbians, we're fine with this bitter candy."

Gay men expressed that they liked the taste.The lesbians saw that they were eating well, and saw that there was still some residue in the kettle. They poured about a tablespoon of it, tasted it, and said it tasted good. A little bit of burnt bitterness would not reduce the sweetness, but added another flavor.

Shi Lai looked over with bright eyes, and blinked, "Xiao Zhao, do you have a lot of brown sugar?"

Zhaoming subconsciously covered his pockets, "Yes, yes..."

Three catties of brown sugar seemed like a lot, and it took only one night to replace it. Zhao Ming also posted five catties of brown sugar.Gay men really feel sorry for themselves. When buying brown sugar, they are not soft-handed. It must be said that this kind of candy with a slightly burnt aroma is suitable for gay men.Tell the lesbians not to rob them, and be chased and beaten for a long time by the sturdy lesbians.

The next day, when the villagers found out that Zhaoming had bought cheap brown sugar from another village, it was already too late.Zhaoming was very surprised, the village was not far away, why didn't he go there by himself if he wanted candy?It is always easier for a local to buy sugar than for a foreigner like him.

People in the village said that the brown sugar that does not require a ticket is expensive, and every household does not use much, at most it is half a catty, and they are reluctant to buy a catty. If you go out to buy it, you will lose your work points for half a day, and it is not worthwhile to pay for a few taels of brown sugar.What's more, if you buy less and want to bargain for a cheap price for a long time, the people in the village will find it troublesome and unwilling to sell.

Everyone in the village knew that this group of educated youths were talkative, and Zhaoming was the softest among them, so they pestered him one by one, saying 'Xiao Zhao' or 'A Ming', and they were very affectionate. He made a trip to get some brown sugar, and the villagers bought it at the market price so that he wouldn't suffer.

Most of them understand in their hearts that people have to make up their work points and travel expenses, otherwise they will be too bullying.There are also a few who want to take advantage of it, but they are weak and do not speak loudly.

Zhaoming had no choice but to smile bitterly, "Master, it's not that I don't want to run away. I've made a round of the village this trip. Even if I go again, there probably won't be much left in stock."

"It's okay, we don't have only one sugar-making village here." The uncles and aunts surrounding Zhaoming told him that there was another sugar-making village nearby, but it was farther away, in the south. After passing the county seat, it takes a day to go back and forth.

Zhaoming figured it out, and he could go to the morning market to sell some things, but he really didn't have much money in his pocket.He remembered that he promised his grandfather and the others food, and thought that the grain harvest in the village this year is bumper, and every household probably has surplus food, so it is better to use food to pay for money, and the price difference will be reduced a lot.

He just told his plan, saying, grandpa and aunt, he doesn’t have enough money now, and I don’t know if their family has any extra fine grains. He will take them first, keep an account, and then take them to the city to exchange them for money, and then go to buy them. Brown sugar, if you have more, just pay them back.

When the uncle and aunt heard this, they said yes, the surplus grain was not worth much if sold to the supply and marketing cooperatives, but it would be more expensive if sold on the black market in the city.However, the extra fine grains at home can only be taken out to ten or twenty catties. It is not worthwhile to spend a day working for this, so no one goes to the county seat.Comrade Zhaoming can sell grain and buy brown sugar during this trip, which is really suitable.

They hurried home to get fine grains, and urged the team leader to issue a letter of introduction.The daughter-in-law of the team leader next to me was the fastest runner, and she brought a basket of grain in a short while, including glutinous rice that had been shelled and local second-season rice.

Zhaoming keeps accounts based on the price of local rice that is one cent more per catty than the purchase price of the supply and marketing cooperative, and glutinous rice that is three cents more per catty, and the same is true for ground flour.One cent more than one catty, ten catties is one dime.

Everyone saw that they could earn [-] cents more than the supply and marketing cooperatives, and they were happy without having to run away.Although the local black market is well known, it is not a fair thing after all, and there is still a certain risk in buying and selling things there.

Zhaoming can definitely make a little difference in the price, but he took the risk.

So in the end, even those who were not going to buy brown sugar brought their fine grains.

People in the city are neither short of coarse grains nor money, but they lack fine grains.In the countryside, everything is lacking.

In the end, everyone did the math, okay, there are nearly 350 catties of grain.This should be replaced by the men in the village, who can go on the road as soon as they pick up the burden, but when they go out, they are an educated youth with thin skin and tender flesh. Let alone more than 300 catties, even two hundred catties can directly crush people.

There is another problem, so even a fool who transports a few bags of grain to the city knows there is a problem.This kind of black market trading, if you know it, you don't want to be too blatant. The leaders still have to face it.

The captain's daughter-in-law twisted her husband's ear and issued a certificate for the collective grain delivery county's grain purchase station.Their village is not alone. Many villages send a bunch of grain to the grain purchase station, but actually sell it in batches on the black market.This is called policy at the top and countermeasures at the bottom.

The team leader issued a two-day note, Zhaoming can stay in the county for one day to sell grain, and another day to buy brown sugar, and the fare can be reimbursed.He also sent an honest and capable man in the village to help pick up the grain.

When the food in the county is sold out, this man can come back. Zhaoming stays in the county for one night and then continues on his way to buy brown sugar.

The hostels in the county can’t afford to live in them, but there are unlicensed homestays nearby, with five or six beds in a room, with bedding, and only [-] cents a night.No, you can find a nearby resident to borrow for one night, and it doesn't cost anything.

Early the next morning, at three or four o'clock at the most, Zhaoming and the two set off, accompanied by a taciturn but caring man.Zhaoming originally wanted to carry some burdens by himself, but he was told not to, so he picked up two large bamboo baskets weighing more than 300 catties with ease.So there was only a pile of straw in the small bamboo basket on Zhaoming's back.

The two entered the city with the letter of introduction, and walked all the way to the grain purchase station. The door was not open there yet, but there were already a lot of people who came to sell grain, standing in twos and threes, stomping their feet and rubbing their hands, chatting.

Zhaoming and the two found a blind spot and stood up. He took out the straw in the basket on his back, packed a few bags of grain about seventy to eighty catties, and pretended to grunt twice that he had a stomachache. He carried the bamboo basket and walked away. After entering the side alley, the hard-working man was left standing silently guarding the two big bamboo baskets.

It’s still very early, but Sanshiqiao has already come to Sanshiqiao to catch up with some aunts who rush to the morning market. Zhaoming’s things are very popular. It’s almost the Chinese New Year. To make rice cakes, some people bought glutinous rice for wine making.So things sold out in a while, except for a few tickets, most of them were settled in cash.

Zhaoming went to the grain purchasing station with the empty baskets on his back, continued to collect grain, and then went to another place to fight guerrilla strikes. After several trips like this, he finished processing most of the grain in less than one morning.There are hundreds of catties left with me, ready to be sent to the farm.

He and the man who came with him from the village certainly didn't say that. He only said that the amount of grain he took out once was very eye-catching, and he would sell some of the leftovers tomorrow.The man naturally agreed.In fact, he thinks that Zhaoming is powerful enough to sell that much grain in one morning.

Regardless of his height and size, this is a very honest person who would rather avoid risks than make money.

In this way, there will be food for grandpa and the others.Then the money can go to sugar-making villages to buy sugar, except for what the villagers want, and the surplus is sold in the market, which is another fortune.Things are turned around, and both sides earn money. People say that speculation is the most profitable, and it is true.

Zhaoming was very satisfied, and generously invited the man who came with him to have a good meal. He changed to a state-run restaurant. Because he came early, the dishes were still complete, so he ordered a plate of braised fish and a plate of braised pork. , and two more vegetarian dishes, the food is full of oil.

The tall and strong man was reserved at first, but when he saw the meat, he forgot everything and couldn't restrain his desire for meat at all.Looking back, Zhaoming saw, oh, the disc, there is not even a bit of vegetable soup left.

The big man rubbed his belly, feeling very embarrassed, "I'm sorry..."

"It's okay, if you're not full yet, shall we buy two more buns?"

Zhaoming expressed his understanding. Not everyone is like him, who can eat some good toothpaste every now and then. Many of them only eat meat a few times a year, and they eat less meat like braised pork, which is delicious in color and flavor. .

"No, no, no need. I'm full..." He burped as soon as he finished speaking.