Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

The funeral procession returned to the village.

Li Youcai was about to go home when Widow Wang caught up with him from behind.

"Li Youcai, wait for me for a moment."

Thinking that Widow Wang was going to ask about finding a job, Li Youcai stopped and said, "Sister-in-law, I'm not a god. Finding a job depends on luck, it won't happen that quickly."

"That's not what I came to you to talk about."

Widow Wang pulled Li Youcai to the side of the road and said, "I want to go to other brigades to collect frogs, and then bring them back to sell to you. Can you give me a higher purchase price so that I can make some money too?"

Li Youcai had thought about going to other production brigades to collect frogs.

However, there are not many production brigades with forest frog resources, and they are very far away.

That's why he never did it.

Unexpectedly, Widow Wang actually thought of this and came to me.

However, Li Youcai was not optimistic about Widow Wang.

She wanted to go to each production brigade to collect the crops, but it was such a long distance that a woman like her couldn't do it alone.

"Sister-in-law, it's not that I don't agree to you, but it's useless to agree to you. Toads are not found in every mountain. Even if you go to other teams to collect them, it is unlikely that you can get them." Li Youcai said.

Widow Wang had never thought of this question.

"What should I do?" Widow Wang was stunned and very frustrated.

Li Youcai was also a little surprised. Widow Wang asked him to help find a job and also wanted to hire a tailor.

Is this due to lack of money?

"Sister-in-law, are you waiting for money?" Li Youcai asked in a low voice.

"Well, my family's allotment of grain has long been gone. In the past few years, we've been borrowing grain from the production team every year, and we've been running low on grain. We've already borrowed twice this year, and winter is coming soon. If this continues, I'm afraid we, an orphan and a widow, will all starve to death."

"Otherwise, do you think I'm willing to flatter you and force you to find a job for me? I really have no choice."

As Widow Wang spoke, she burst into tears of grievance.

She was a city girl who married into the countryside. Her husband died early, and she had to make a living alone with a young boy. The bitterness of it was probably only known to her.

Li Youcai didn't expect that Widow Wang would live such a hard life.

"You collect toads, and other families also make money."

"I also wanted to go up the mountain to catch frogs, but no one was willing to take me with them. I went into the mountains alone and couldn't find my way back. I almost got lost and couldn't get down."

"That's why I thought of going to another brigade to help you collect it, but now this route is blocked."

Widow Wang felt more and more aggrieved as she spoke, and even cried out in pain.

This attracted many people to look in their direction.

Li Youcai was so confused that he didn't know what to do.

"Can you please stop crying? Everyone is watching here. With my bad reputation, they might spread gossip about me." Li Youcai said hurriedly.

Widow Wang refused to listen and continued to sob and wipe away her tears: "I can barely afford to eat, why would I care if others gossip about me?"

These words left Li Youcai speechless.

He was left with no other choice but to quickly take out five dollars and a few food coupons from his pocket.

"Sister-in-law, I still have some food coupons here. This is 5 yuan, enough for you to buy kilograms of rice. Take it for emergency use."

"As for the job, I'll think of a way. If there's a suitable one, I'll ask for you right away, okay?"

"I go first."

After stuffing the money and food coupons into Widow Wang's hands, Li Youcai wanted to leave here quickly.

Received money and food coupons.

Widow Wang then stopped wiping her tears, and her whole demeanor changed, without a trace of crying left.

"This money is just a loan from you. I will definitely pay you back when I have money."

"Wait until you say it."

Li Youcai was in no mood to continue arguing with Widow Wang, so he slipped away.

Watching Li Youcai running away, Widow Wang collected the money.

He sighed self-deprecatingly and said to himself, "Don't blame my sister-in-law. Her family is really struggling to make ends meet."

At noon, Li Youcai loaded the collected frogs and crayfish onto the mule cart as usual.

Li Guanghu drove the cart, and the father and son went into the city to deliver goods.

Compared with the previous times he went into the city to deliver goods, Comrade Lao Li is now very familiar with it.

More importantly, I have completely relaxed and am no longer worried and scared like I was the previous two times.

Mule carts entered the city.

The streets are very lively.

Come to the aquatic products company.

Li Youcai discovered that there were some new categories in the live fish area.

Old Man Fish and Willow Root also have sales signs hung up.

There are many more people coming to buy fish than usual, and it is a bustling scene.

The salesmen in the hall were all wearing white sanitary suits and waterproof pants, and Li Youcai did not see Xu Yang.

Da Yingzi was smiling as always, and when she saw Li Youcai, she shouted, "Here you are, brother."

"I've been waiting for you for a long time. All the frogs from yesterday were sold out, and I'm just waiting for you to deliver the goods."

"I see there are quite a lot of people in the hall." Li Youcai said with a smile.

"Yes, now there are more varieties of products and more people come to buy fish. I am very busy."

Dayingzi put the basket in place and helped Li Youcai weigh the frogs and crayfish.

As Li Youcai poured the frogs into the basket, he casually asked, "Sister Yingzi, is there anyone named Xu Yang here?"

"Yes, do you know him?"

"Not really. He's an educated youth from our area. I heard he was assigned to work as a salesperson here after returning to the city. I just thought of that and asked casually."

"I thought you knew him."

Da Yingzi looked around and whispered, "Let me tell you, Xu Yang has only been here a few days. I heard he's not a very honest person. He even got into a fight in the countryside. Then, when he was absent from work, our leader caught him and he's been suspended."

"Xu Yang has walked right into the crossfire. The leaders are looking for reforms and are in need of role models, but he's just walked right into the crossfire. If we don't deal with him, who else should we deal with?"

"Killing the chicken to scare the monkey?" Li Youcai said.

Da Yingzi patted Li Youcai's arm and said, "Who are you calling a monkey?"

"It was a slip of the tongue! It was a pure slip of the tongue!"

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

By lying down, Li Youcai earned another 1323 yuan.

It’s dozens more than yesterday.

With the money in his arms, Li Youcai felt very happy.

If he keeps doing this business for a few more days, he will definitely be a millionaire.

Passing by Beiwei Restaurant, Li Youcai saw a young and beautiful waitress standing at the door of the restaurant.

Wearing clean white sleeves, she greeted everyone she met and asked if they wanted to come in for dinner.

"Dad, please stop for a moment. I need to go downstairs to do something."

Metaphor...

Li Guanghu pulled the reins and stopped the mule cart.

"What do you want to do?" Li Guanghu shouted as he saw Li Youcai jump off the mule cart and head straight for the restaurant.

"Talk to someone for a few minutes and I'll be back soon."

Li Youcai replied and then went straight into the Beiwei Restaurant.

"Comrade, would you like to eat? I'll find you a table."

When the waiter at the door saw Li Youcai come in, he hurriedly asked questions and his attitude was extremely nice.

"I'm looking for your Manager Gao."

"Looking for our manager. Wait a moment, I'll call him for you."

The waiter went to the back and called Gao Dapeng.

Li Youcai looked around the hall. Seven or eight tables were occupied, which was much better than before.

All the waiters in the restaurant were replaced. Although there were only three or four people, they kept the entire restaurant clean.

Moreover, both their image and service attitude are much better than those of the previous ones.

Gao Dapeng came out of the kitchen and saw Li Youcai. "Brother Youcai, so you're the one looking for me. Come on, let's find a private room. I'll ask the chef to cook two dishes and we can have a few drinks. I was just about to thank you, but I didn't expect you to come."

"Brother Gao, it's only been two days and you've changed so much?" Li Youcai asked in surprise.

Gao Dapeng pulled Li Youcai aside and whispered, "These are all temporary workers I hired recently. Let's do what you said. How's it going? Is it exciting?"

"So fast?"

Li Youcai was very surprised. He didn't expect Gao Dapeng to move so quickly.

"I didn't expect it myself. Let me tell you, I went to the Educated Youth Employment and Resettlement Office, and they gave me a bunch of people to choose from."

"I just picked a few good ones." Gao Dapeng said excitedly.

"I chased all those who didn't obey me to the catering company's warehouse and had them train and practice with each other. I went over to inspect the work in the evening."

Li Youcai nodded and was also surprised at Gao Dapeng's efficiency.

"Brother Gao, I've passed by here several times and found that the large factory building opposite your restaurant seems to have never been open."

Gao Dapeng looked in the direction Li Youcai pointed.

"You're talking about that one. That used to be an old flour mill. It moved away a long time ago and has been empty for several years," Gao Dapeng introduced.

An old flour mill?

Li Youcai was deeply impressed by this place, but he didn't know what it was used for before.

In Li Youcai's memory, this place later became a market.

"Why do you ask about it?"