Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

When I got home, I carried my things and went into the main room. Niu Niu was lying on the kang and playing with Kalaha. These were pig's ham bones, and they were all boiled in pulp. The little girl was having a lot of fun playing with them.

When Niu Niu heard the noise, she looked up and saw her brother. She immediately stopped playing, got up, and clapped her two little hands.

"Guoguo, hug me."

Qin Dabao took off his schoolbag and threw it aside, took off his cotton jacket and hat, revealing his thick autumn clothes. There was no fire in the house, so he suddenly felt a little cold.

He picked up Niu Niu. Fortunately, his sister's hands and little face were warm and not cold at all.

"Where's our mom?"

Niuniu pointed outside and said, "Mom, buy some big carrots."

Qin Dabao finally understood why his mother didn't show up when he was arguing with Aunt Ma. It turned out that she had gone to buy radishes. It seemed that the vegetable store had been stocking up on radishes these days and was distributing several hundred kilograms a day. Whoever grabbed the first one would get it.

Qin Dabao pinched his sister's face and asked, "Do you miss your brother?"

Niuniu raised her hands and shouted: "I want to!"

Qin Dabao couldn't help but kiss her fiercely. He was definitely what later generations would call a crazy sister-doting man.

Qin Dabao took the schoolbag and pulled out a handful of White Rabbit milk candies and a bag of peach cakes. He peeled a candy and stuffed it into Niu Niu's mouth. Niu Niu's eyes immediately lit up and she hugged her brother's neck.

"GuoGuo, good!"

Lu Xiu'e entered the house holding two large carrots. When she saw Qin Dabao, she happily raised the carrots.

"My eldest son, I got two radishes and will make dumplings for you later."

Niuniu clapped her hands and shouted, "Well, seven bags, seven bags."

Qin Dabao put his sister down and took the radish from his mother's hand, but he couldn't help feeling sad. His mother's hands were cold and full of small cuts. These were the cracks from washing clothes in cold water. There were five people in the family, and all the clothes were washed by his mother herself. You can imagine how tired his mother was.

Lu Xiu'e handed the radish to her son, took off her scarf and pinched Niu Niu's little face, only then did she realize that there was something in Niu Niu's mouth.

"Girl, what are you eating?"

"Seven candies," Niu Niu raised her little hands, and there were three candies in her two open hands.

"Oh my god, candy? Who gave it to you?"

"Give me the pot and some pancakes."

"Ah?" Lu Xiu'e turned around and looked at her son: "Dabao, where did this candy come from?"

Of course she was surprised, because this was White Rabbit milk candy. I heard that three pieces of milk candy are equivalent to a cup of milk.

Qin Dabao asked his mother to sit on the edge of the kang, and he took out a little wild boar and rice and flour from a sack, which scared Lu Xiu'e so much that she almost jumped up.

"Where did this happen?" Lu Xiu'e's voice trembled.

"Mom, actually I went back to the countryside to hunt two days ago. I didn't just kill two wild boars, I killed five big wild boars in total, including this little wild boar. I was afraid that if I took them all out, the villagers would divide them up, so I hid them in the mountains. This morning I asked Dapeng and the others to secretly bring the wild boars down."

Lu Xiu'e breathed a sigh of relief. She knew her son's temperament and character, and it was impossible for him to do anything out of line.

The day before yesterday, Qin Dabao came back from hunting and distributed all the meat to the villagers. He didn't take any back home. She was still very unhappy about it, but Lu Xiu'e was a very generous person. She let it go and didn't make a fuss about it.

But she was still very happy to hear her son say this.

"My son is just too cunning. So where are the three big pigs left?"

"I sold it."

"Sell...ah? Sold?" Lu Xiu'e was shocked: "My silly son, nowadays, you are not allowed to buy and sell privately. If you are caught, you will be sentenced."

At that time, there was no crime of speculation, but personal transactions were strictly prohibited.

"Don't worry, Mom. I sold the wild boar to the canteen at my dad's factory. I asked Sha Zhu to help me sell it. I didn't sell it to an individual."

Lu Xiu'e felt relieved. She thought, "If you sell it to an individual, it won't work, but if you sell it to the government, it will be fine."

Lu Xiu'e laughed, pinched her son's face, and suddenly remembered something.

"Where's the money from selling pork?"

Qin Dabao grabbed the schoolbag, took out the money from it and put it on the kang.

Lu Xiu'e was frightened for the third time today: "Ah? This, so many?"

"Yes, Mom, I sold a total of 1,800. This is 1,500. I asked my classmate's father to buy ten kilograms of rice and ten kilograms of flour for the rest. I also exchanged some tickets for a kilogram of milk candy and a kilogram of sugar for my daughter, and also this peach cake. But I didn't use tickets for the peach cake."

Lu Xiu'e was stunned. Eighteen thousand? Her family didn't even have that much savings. To have that much money, the child's father would have to earn it for two and a half years.

She didn't care about the money left in Qin Dabao's hand. The child was grown up and had to make friends and have money in his pocket.

"That's great. With this money, I can buy a job in your father's factory." Lu Xiu'e checked the money happily, and her back felt a lot stronger.

When it comes to living at home, it’s really impossible without money, and I feel uneasy.

When it comes to work, Qin Dabao hurriedly said: "Mom, don't buy a job yet. I went to my master's house today and heard a news that the Municipal Public Security Bureau will be recruiting after the New Year. My conditions are just right. I want my second brother to find a connection. If it doesn't work, it won't be too late to talk to him later."

"Come on, the Public Security Bureau is recruiting cadres. How can we, who are incompetent and without any talent, get such a good opportunity?"

"Mom, my second senior brother works at the Jianguomen Police Station. He should have connections. Don't worry."

"Does your senior have connections? If he has this ability, wouldn't he have arranged for Dapeng long ago? So what? Are you still close to Dapeng?"

"Mom, Dapeng is not suitable. He has a bad background."

Lu Xiu'e was half-believing and half-doubting. This background was the most important thing now. Although Lu Xiu'e was separated from her family twenty years ago, Qin Qing's background was good. He was a poor peasant for eight generations and had been an underground liaison. His political review conditions were perfect and no one could find any fault with him.

Lu Xiu'e got off the kang and wiped her face. Qin Dabao smiled secretly. There were clearly traces of tears on his mother's face.

"Wait, mom will make you some dumplings filled with meat."

Niuniu cheered: "Wow, seven pieces of meat, seven pieces of meat buns."

. . .

The buns were wrapped and just steamed when Qin Qingyou came home from get off work. He had been working too hard recently and was malnourished, so he felt pain all over his body and broke out in sweats as soon as he got off work. When he got home, he couldn't even lift his legs.

He handed the lunch box in the net bag to Lu Xiu'e: "Wife, there is a steamed bun in it and half a box of cabbage stewed with tofu. Please steam it and give it to the child."

Lu Xiu'e took it and patted the snow off his body with concern: "Look how tired you are. What happened? Why are you covered in snow?"

Qin Qing gave a simple smile: "I slipped and fell, luckily Sha Zhu pulled me up, otherwise I would have sprained my ankle. It's okay, oh, it's okay when I say it's okay. Is Dabao back?"

Lu Xiu'e checked up and down, and then she felt relieved. She pointed to the main room and said, "He came back early and is telling stories to Niuniu in the room."

Qin Qingyou took off his hat and asked, "What are you doing? Steaming buns?"

"Steam the buns, go back to the house and wash up, we'll eat in ten minutes."

Qin Qingyou responded and walked into the room with a heavy heart.

Qin Dabao was in the room, sitting on the edge of the kang and telling Niu Niu a picture book. It was the story of Journey to the West and the Three Strikebacks with the White Bone Demon. Little Niu Niu leaned in her brother's arms, holding up her little chin, and listened with great interest.

Qin Dabao heard the door open and saw Qin Qingyou coming in. He hurriedly greeted him, "Dad, you're back."

"Dad, our seven-pack is chubby."

No matter how tired Qin Qingyou was, he immediately forgot his tiredness when he saw his little daughter, and picked up Niuniu with a smile on his face...