59 years after its opening, people are still in Nanluoguxiang.

Ye Jin arrived very quickly. He was still worrying about where to buy meat today and whether he should ask Chen Feng for help. He didn't expect that this expert hunter had already delivered a pig to his door.

What is a surprise?

The surprise was that the factory director held a meeting in the morning and asked their purchasing department to increase unplanned meat purchases, diversify them, and ensure the quality and quantity of the welfare needs of the factory's senior technical backbone and management personnel.

In the afternoon, I exceeded the group's purchasing task!

Several other team leaders took their members to the countryside to find hunters, and he had already delivered the goods to their doorsteps.

It was worth it that he spent 80% of the money to send gifts from his hometown!

"Chen Feng, thank you!"

As soon as Ye Jin stopped his bicycle, he stepped forward and wanted to shake hands.

Chen Feng was somewhat puzzled by his excitement.

I just have no money in my pocket and I want to earn some pocket money. Are you so excited?

"Uncle Ye, according to the old rules, I can only give you half. I want to keep the pig's head for myself."

"That won't do!"

Ye Jin immediately became anxious, pulled him aside and said, "Xiao Feng, you have to help me at this time."

He gave a brief account of the situation at the cannery.

"What a coincidence?"

Chen Feng was a little surprised.

Ye Jin nodded very seriously.

"It's such a coincidence."

"Brother, you have to support me this time. We are family."

Chen Feng smiled helplessly. The braised pork at home had been eaten up, so he planned to make some more.

In addition, pig ears are something you never get tired of eating.

"Of course I support Uncle Ye, but I have to tell you in advance that this pig is given to you, and the goods I bring into the mountains tomorrow can only be sold to Red Star."

If it were someone else, they would definitely sneer at it.

Going into the mountains to hunt is not the same as going to the fields to harvest wheat.

Harvest a few acres today and a few loads tomorrow.

Whether the hound can find the prey depends on its luck.

However, Ye Jin believed in Chen Feng's luck and ability. Hearing this, he couldn't help but ask, "Can you catch a better one tomorrow?"

Of course, Chen Feng didn't make any guarantees. Even if he was the most powerful grassland hunter, he couldn't guarantee that he would find herds of grassland gazelles.

"I'm not sure, but if I find it, I can only sell it to Red Star."

Ye Jin hesitated suddenly.

Buy half today, and you may get something better tomorrow, such as wild yellow sheep with more delicious meat.

Buy one today, and they'll all be gone tomorrow.

"I believe in your ability, so I'll keep half of it. If there's something good tomorrow, don't leave it all to Niu Gengshen."

Wang Cheng was not at the cannery, so the other two young men brought by Ye Jin and the cook called by the security department directly dealt with the wild boar on the spot.

According to the agreement between the two parties, only half will be taken.

"Don't leave the pig offal for Xiaofeng. Take them all to be weighed, and then make pork offal soup in the evening for the brothers who are working overtime."

Ye Jin and the others finished processing everything, and after weighing, they said, "Pork is scarce in the market now, and the price in the ghost market has increased a lot compared to last year."

"I'll charge you two dollars per pound, what do you think?"

Chen Feng smiled and said, "Okay, but Uncle Ye, can you sell me some food coupons and buy me some good wine?"

Even basic restaurant staples such as steamed buns and noodle soup required food coupons. He couldn't use the food coupons, but people around him might have to, such as Chen Jianguo, Guan Yushan, and Polan Hou.

These people can’t cook, so sometimes they just go out to a nearby restaurant, buy a few steamed buns, or have a bowl of noodles to get by.

"Okay, this is easy."

Ye Jin issued a receipt, handed more than 3 yuan to Chen Feng, asked him to sign the receipt, and returned a copy to him.

"I received news that the price of meat in the ghost market is too high recently, and the quantity is too large. It has alarmed the higher-ups. Keep the receipt I gave you. If anyone comes to inquire, take it out and show it to them."

Chen Feng nodded calmly.

His calmness made Ye Jin think that he already knew the news.

But Ye Jin thought about it and felt it was normal.

He had no idea that Chen Feng had made his guess based on what happened at the city gate.

"Don't tell anyone about this news. This is top-secret information that my friend let slip this morning."

Chen Feng nodded again.

"clear."

Ye Jin said mysteriously: "Wait a minute, I haven't told my boss about this yet, I'll go over now, there will be a surprise for you later."

Chen Feng smiled and nodded, but he disagreed in his heart.

What kind of storms and waves have we not experienced? What kind of surprises can there be?

After waiting for a few minutes, Ye Jin came out in a roofless jeep that was common in that era.

"Xiao Han, wrap up the remaining half of the wild boar and put it over here. Don't let the pig's blood dirty the car."

"Team Leader Ye, don't worry, most of the pig blood has been drained." The cannery cook said, holding a butcher knife, "I don't know if Red Star will thank me."

"Of course, we left half of the meat for them." Ye Jin said with a smile.

After Chen Feng hung the bicycle on the back of the jeep and sat next to the pork, Ye Jin asked the driver to drive to the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

After leaving the factory, Ye Jin took out a small bag wrapped in cloth and threw it to Chen Feng.

Seeing his mysterious smile, Chen Feng couldn't help but increase his expectations.

When he opened it, he found ten jin of food coupons, five Fenjiu coupons, nine feet of cloth coupons, a radio ticket, and also a pedal tricycle ticket.

"Uncle Ye, is this the surprise you were talking about?"

The pedal three-wheeled bicycle is similar to the three-wheeled electric vehicle that became a best-seller in China later on. The only difference is that the engine has been changed from electric to human-powered.

Very popular after the 20s.

I didn't find any old photos, so let's just make do with what we have.

"How is it, is it a surprise?"

Ye Jin smiled and said, "Now that you have a three-wheeled bicycle, it will be much easier to transport prey."

"I know how troublesome and inconvenient it is to ride a bicycle with heavy objects tied to it."

Chen Feng put away the small cloth bag and cooperated with a happy smile.

“It’s quite a surprise!”

In 1959, my country's total automobile production was 1.96 units, of which 1.36 were trucks.

Among the 1.36 trucks, hundreds of city governments, millions of troops, and tens of thousands of medium and large factories have to grab them.

If distributed evenly, there would be less than one tenth of a truck!

It is simply impossible to solve the major transportation problems faced by various factories.

It’s not possible to rely on animal power!

The Red Star Steel Rolling Mill alone can produce more than 16 tons of rolled steel a year. Relying on the dozens of trucks we have now, even if the drivers are exhausted, they still cannot complete the transportation task.

Therefore, before the explosion of the domestic automobile industry and before trucks could be mass-produced, three-wheeled bicycles were the unsung heroes behind the scenes of history and became the main transportation units of most factories.

Three-wheeled bicycles, as an important supplementary means of transportation to trucks, are almost monopolized by state-owned units, transportation agencies, and the military.

In later generations, we can see many bicycles in photos, but three-wheeled bicycles are not very common. One important reason is that they are all allocated to official units.

Even in the 1980s and 1990s, the number of houses owned in the countryside and cities was still very large.

The buyers at the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill usually use bicycles and do not have access to tricycles, which shows how scarce this thing is.