Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

Zhu Tiexiong turned around and sat in his chair, looking at Qin Dabao.

"Xiao Liu, you must have something wrong. Tell me what it is. Is someone bullying you? Tell me and I will stand up for you."

"No, Senior Brother, I'm here for Master's business."

"Hmm?" Zhu Zhixiong put away his smile and said seriously, "Master, what's wrong? I've been too busy in the past two weeks and haven't had the time to visit you."

"Master's health is fine, Senior Brother, I'm talking about the situation at Master's home. We can't go on like this. If we continue like this, Master's wife..." Qin Dabao lowered his head, his eyes red: "Master's wife's health can't take it anymore..."

Zhu Zhixiong slowly clenched his hands into fists, and the blue veins on his hands bulged.

"I, I know, but, Master is a person..."

A disciple never blames his master. Master Tong is, at heart, a playboy of the Bannermen family. He doesn't care about family matters and only knows how to practice martial arts. However, he has one good thing: he is not picky about what he eats.

Several apprentices in the capital basically bring some things to visit their master and his wife every month, but these apprentices also have families to support. At this time, their own families can't even get enough to eat, so how can they afford to help others?

Therefore, the master's family mainly relies on his wife to do odd jobs to support the family.

"Alas..." The mood of the two brothers suddenly became depressed.

"Brother, I came here today because I remember you said that there was a comrade working at the railway station police station. I was wondering if I could spend some money to buy a job for Dapeng at the railway station police station, even if it's only temporary..."

Zhu Tiexiong sighed. It was not that he did not want to find a job for his junior fellow apprentice Tong Dapeng. If he was short of money, several fellow apprentices could pool their money to help him. However, there were two reasons that had been bothering him. One was his class background, and the other was that Tong Dapeng was an unstable and playful kid. He was afraid that he would not do a good job and bring shame to him as the introducer.

"Brother, I heard that the station police sub-bureau will be abolished before the New Year, and the police station will also be separated from the Municipal Public Security Bureau and will be under the management of the station. This means that the political review will be relaxed. However, this relaxation will not last long. I am wondering if I can take advantage of this opportunity to get Dapeng in."

"Ah? I heard a while ago that the station branch would be cancelled, but it's not clear when. Xiaoliu, is your information correct?"

Qin Dabao was of course certain that in his previous life he had a friend who was imprisoned at this time. Later, whenever he drank, he would brag about it, saying that this was the only serious thing his father had done in his entire life.

"really."

Zhu Tiexiong perked up: "Then I'll call and ask."

He stood up, walked to the desk at the entrance, picked up the phone and dialed.

"Hello, is this the station? I'm looking for Cheng Jian. OK, I'll wait. Don't hang up..."

"Hey, Blind Cheng, my friend, I have something to tell you. I heard that your station will be transferred to the railway station before the New Year. Well, of course I am well-informed, otherwise why would I be the deputy squad leader and you are a private?

Stop swearing, or I’ll beat you. You say you can’t beat me in a fight or drink as much as me, so what’s the point of showing off?

Okay, I don’t have time to waste with you. You know my master, right? Yes, I only have one master, and his son is my junior apprentice. This year…”

Zhu Tiexiong covered the microphone and turned to ask Qin Dabao: "How old is Dapeng this year?"

"18, one year older than me."

Zhu Tiexiong nodded and continued into the microphone: "He's 18 now. I want you to help me arrange a position for him at the police station. Temporary is fine, as long as he can be converted to a regular employee. Yes, the child is good in every way, except that his background is a bit poor.

Um...are you not talking nonsense? I have already arranged for the good background to be with me. I don't care. You have to help me whether you want to or not. Don't forget, if it weren't for me, you would have died eight hundred times.

Well, you said... Um, is that so? How much is it? At least 800? Okay, you must keep it for me. Well, we brothers can pool our money, it's not a big problem.

Okay, what's the deal? It has to be done! I'll buy you a drink after this. Okay, I'm hanging up now."

After hanging up the phone, Zhu Tiexiong returned to his desk and sat down.

Qin Dabao took out a pack of cigarettes from his schoolbag, took out a cigarette and handed it to Zhu Tiexiong. Zhu Tiexiong took it but was surprised.

"Xiao Liu, you don't have a job yet, how come you smoke such good cigarettes?"

Qin Dabao also took out one and put it in his mouth, then struck a match to light them for his senior brother and himself.

"I have money. A few days ago, I killed a few wild boars in Wanger Mountain and brought them back to sell."

"Sold it? You bastard, don't you know that personal transactions are prohibited now?"

"Don't worry, Senior Brother, I sold it to my dad's factory cafeteria."

"The steel mill cafeteria? That's no problem."

The so-called prohibition on personal transactions refers to transactions between individuals, but it is okay if they are sold to the public.

"Xiao Liu, my comrade just said that there's an old man in their police station who's about to retire and go back to his hometown in the south to retire. He's planning to sell his job and wants 800 yuan."

"That's great, Senior Brother, you must stay. Money is not a problem."

Qin Dabao took out a stack of money from his schoolbag, which he had taken out from the space. He counted out eight hundred and placed it in front of Zhu Tiexiong.

"Senior..."

"Xiao Liu, what are you doing? You're a kid who doesn't work, how can you be asked to pay for it? The older guys and I have it together, so you should take it back immediately."

Zhu Tiexiong stood up suddenly by holding on to the table, his face full of anger.

Qin Dabao held his hand and said sincerely: "Brother, listen to me, your family of seven depends on the salary of you and your uncle to live. I know that you usually don't even eat breakfast, just to save a bite for the elderly and children.

You always rush to work overtime at the institute, one for the 80 yuan subsidy, and the other for eating at the institute and saving two meals for your family.

How can you have the money? To be frank, if your family can come up with 200 yuan in savings, I think you are capable.

As for my senior brother, you also know that my senior brother's wife is in poor health and has been taking medicine. The family is in dire straits and it is difficult for her to make ends meet.

Third and fourth brothers are in the army, and fifth brother, you know what's going on. So, where are you guys going to get the money? Are you going to sell blood?

This is the money I earned from hunting. I gave half to my mother and kept the other half to buy a job for Dapeng.

"Brother, you must accept this money, but don't tell Master or his wife. Just say that you asked a comrade to find it for you, and it didn't cost you anything, but you did me a favor."

Zhu Tiexiong was extremely ashamed. He was an adult, but he was even worse than a child. He grabbed Qin Dabao's hand and was speechless for a long time.

He knew why Qin Dabao didn't let him tell his master and his mistress about paying for the job. It was because his master and his mistress had too strong self-esteem. If they knew that it was Qin Dabao who helped them and they had no ability to repay him, they would be too ashamed to see the child again.

Qin Dabao really thought so. He had to leave quickly and go to his master's house to block Tong Dapeng. After seeing the situation at his master's house, he decided to have a good talk with Tong Dapeng.

Just at this time, someone came to see Zhu Tiexiong.

Qin Dabao said goodbye and left the police station. He found a deserted place, took out his bicycle and started pedaling. When he was almost at his master's house, he put away the bicycle and took out an empty flour bag. This kind of empty sack flour bag was often found in warehouses on the black market.

He put cucumbers and tomatoes into the flour bag. The master must still have rice, flour and meat from the day before, so he took some vegetables this time, but not too many, just five or six.