Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

I didn't stay at Dazhuang's house for long.

Widow Wang helped empty the bowl, and Li Youcai took the bowl home.

Li Youjie moved a bench and sat in the yard guarding the big scale.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm waiting to collect the frogs. I've been sitting here for a long time, but no one has come yet." Li Youjie was very anxious and couldn't wait to get to work.

"It's not that fast." Li Youcai said.

The sun rose higher and higher in the sky.

Around 11 o'clock in the morning, Li Youcai's family finally welcomed the first person who came to deliver a toad.

"Li family boy, I brought you a toad."

Li Youcai walked out of the house upon hearing the sound and saw that it was Uncle Shoushan who lived in the east, carrying a shoulder pole into the yard.

"Uncle, you're really fast. You're the first one."

Li Youcai quickly took his own iron bucket, put it on the large scale, adjusted the position of the weights and completed the peeling work.

"Look at the frogs I caught, each one is very big." Uncle Shoushan put the bucket in front of the big scale and let Li Youcai see it.

Li Youcai reached out and flipped the frog from below onto the top.

Sure enough, they were all big.

"Uncle, I'll get on the scale then."

"Weigh it." Uncle Shoushan said with a smile.

Less than half a bucket of forest frogs weighed 13 kilograms, and another bucket of crayfish weighed only 4 and a half kilograms.

"Uncle, 13 jin of toads are 5 yuan, and jin of crickets are yuan, a total of yuan." Li Youcai calculated the price.

Uncle Shoushan listened, calculated it in his mind, and laughed heartily: "It's right."

Looking at Li Youcai, he was waiting to get the money with anticipation.

Li Youcai took out the change he had prepared, counted out eight yuan and fifty cents one by one, and handed it directly to Uncle Shoushan.

"Uncle, do you think the money is right?"

Really give money!

Uncle Shoushan took the money, held it in his hand, and counted it twice.

"That's right! At first I was worried you were just bragging, but I didn't expect you to actually give me money. If I had known, I would have caught more."

Uncle Shoushan was so happy that his teeth were choked out while holding the money, but he was expressing regret.

"It's okay. I'm not going to collect it today and not collect it tomorrow. Just catch it again." Li Youcai said with a smile.

"That's what happened."

Uncle Shoushan grabbed the bucket and took the shoulder pole and hurried out.

Originally, I just wanted to give it a try, so I found a stream, caught some and came back.

Unexpectedly, Li Youcai actually weighed the goods on the spot and gave the money.

Take that eight dollars and fifty cents.

Uncle Shoushan plans to go home and call his wife and children.

While it’s still early, let’s go back into the mountains and catch more.

With the first one, the second one will come soon.

Later, fellow villagers came to his house one after another, carrying shoulder poles and delivering frogs and crickets.

Li Youcai accepts everyone who comes to him as long as they meet the criteria.

When my own bucket is full, I will borrow one from a fellow villager and write down whose bucket it is with a pencil.

Among those who sent frogs, the heaviest weighed more than 30 kilograms, and the least weighed six or seven kilograms.

Li Youcai always pays in cash.

But everyone was very happy.

You have to know that workers in the city only earn about one dollar a day.

Among these people, the one who earns the least is worth as much as three workers.

At twelve o'clock noon, Li Guanghu drove a large mule cart to Li Youcai's house.

Looking at the seven buckets full of wood frogs and three buckets of crayfish, he asked, "Did you collect so much?"

"Well, I guess someone will come to deliver it in the afternoon."

"Youjie, you continue to collect at home. Dad and I will go to the county town to deliver the goods and bring you some delicious food when we come back." Li Youcai arranged.

Li Youjie actually enjoyed the feeling of weighing the toad and getting paid for it, so he readily agreed.

Buckets of wood frogs were loaded onto mule carts.

Li Youcai also got into this panoramic convertible sports car.

Li Guanghu waved his whip and said, "Go!"

The mule cart headed towards the county town at a speed of 10 kilometers per hour.

Although it was not his own mule, Li Guanghu still loved it very much.

Come to the aquatic products company.

As soon as he entered the hall, Li Youcai saw Da Yingzi, who looked very lucky, weighing something in front of a big basket.

When I got closer, I found that they were fish. Although there were not many of them, they were all uncommon species.

Li Youcai took a quick look and saw Aohua, Breamhua, and Ga Yazi.

The fish species in Northeast China include: three-flowered five-lobed fish, eighteen-lobed fish, red and white sturgeon, and giant salmon.

Each one is delicious.

"Sister Yingzi, are these newly collected fish?" Li Youcai asked with a smile.

"Now that you're here, I'll weigh them for you after I finish weighing these."

Da Yingzi fiddled with the weights and said, "The company changed their system and now lets us collect our own fish. These are freshly caught from the Red Flag Brigade fishery. They look so fresh."

"This is a good thing. With more fish species, people will have more choices."

Looking at so many varieties of fresh fish, Li Youcai was a little surprised.

Unexpectedly, in just one day, Wang Changlin contacted the fishery and had them send him so many kinds of fish.

"Just now, after you left yesterday, as soon as the price list for the wood frogs and crayfish was put up, a lot of people came to buy them. They were all sold out in less than two hours."

"I wanted to save some for myself to take home and try, but in the blink of an eye, there was not a single one left."

Li Youcai unloaded the frogs he had brought one by one in front of the large scale. He smiled and said, "That's not easy. I'll leave you half a bucket later. Find something to fill it up, take it back to divide it up at home, and help me taste it."

Dayingzi had also finished weighing the fish and cleared out the large basket.

He laughed heartily: "Then wouldn't I be a corrupt official who takes bribes?"

"Don't hurt your sister, just pour everything in quickly."

Li Youcai carried the bucket and poured the toads into the big basket one by one. When he got to the last bucket, half of it was left.

"I didn't think it through. Where do you live, sister? I'll take you home later." Li Youcai leaned close to Dayingzi and said in a low voice.

"What are you doing? You want to knock on my door? Your brother-in-law can't agree to that." Dayingzi said as she picked up the half bucket of forest frogs and poured them all into the big basket.

"Don't worry, how can I not eat while working here?"

This is true. If people working in a fishery company want to get some fish to eat without spending money, there are many ways to do it.

Just report some damage and it will all come out.

Seven buckets of forest frogs weighed 7 kilograms, and three buckets of crayfish weighed 284 kilograms.

Dayingzi filled out the form and handed it to Li Youcai.

"Here, go get the money."

Li Youcai took the list to the finance office on the second floor again and successfully received the payment of 928 yuan for the goods.

A thick stack of banknotes feels very textured in the hand.

After deducting costs, the net profit is 740 yuan a day.

People say that if you stand in the right place, even a pig can fly to the sky. This is absolutely true.

"Comrade Li?"

Just as Li Youcai was about to go downstairs, he heard someone calling him from behind. The voice was familiar: it was Wang Changlin.

Li Youcai turned around and said, "Section Chief Wang, what a coincidence."

Wang Changlin came closer carrying a briefcase.

"I looked like you from the back just now. I didn't expect it was really you. What's this?" Wang Changlin looked at Li Youcai's outfit. The shabby cotton jacket was completely different from before.

"I'm here to deliver the goods. They're all from frogs and cicadas. They're dirty." Li Youcai said with a smile.

Wang Changlin had an expression that said, "I see."

Suddenly, Wang Changlin seemed to have thought of something and said, "Are you busy now? If not, let's go to the state-owned restaurant. I'll treat you."

From Wang Changlin's expression, Li Youcai could tell that something was wrong with him.

After thinking about it, I didn't refuse.

After coming downstairs, Li Youcai gave Li Guanghu a brief explanation and asked Li Guanghu to drive the mule back to the village first, while he got on Wang Changlin's 212 jeep.