Rebirth in 1980, the rise of the golden age

Over here at the breakfast shop.

Li Youcai dipped the fried dough sticks in soy milk and ate them slowly.

Wang Qiang, on the other hand, was already showing off his beef buns. The buns were as big as a bowl, and Wang Qiang finished them in just four or five bites.

It's like I haven't eaten for a few days.

"Eat slowly, you look like a starving ghost." Li Youcai muttered with a pout when he saw Wang Qiang wolfing down his food.

"If you haven't eaten for three meals, you will be as bad as me." Wang Qiang sneered and didn't care whether his eating manners were ugly or not. He continued to eat the buns in big mouthfuls.

It shouldn't be.

If you can purchase goods from your own factory, you must have money. How can you not have enough to eat?

"You have money to buy goods, but you are reluctant to spend money on food? You are too harsh on yourself." Li Youcai said.

"The money for purchasing the goods was raised for me by more than a dozen brothers. Now I haven't made a penny, so I can't touch it." Wang Qiang chewed his words and spoke unclearly.

Although Wang Qiang is a vindictive person, he is very good to his friends.

Righteous.

So there are many brothers who are willing to play with him.

"You're quite particular."

Wang Qiang ate three beef buns in a row, finished a bowl of tofu pudding and was eating the second bowl.

Pick up the last meat bun on the plate.

Wang Qiang looked at Li Youcai and said, "This is the last bun. If you don't tell me why you came to me, I'll leave after you finish this bun."

There is no free lunch in this world.

Wang Qiang, who was forced to make a living when he was a teenager, knows this very well.

"If I say that we get along well and I want to recruit you to do something with me, would you believe me?" Li Youcai said softly.

Wang Qiang thought that Li Youcai must have something to ask him since he invited him to dinner, and he wanted him to do it.

For example, beating people, stalking, or doing something shameful.

The only thing he didn't expect was that this person actually wanted to recruit him into his gang.

It’s no wonder that Wang Qiang didn’t think about it in this way.

Two of them.

One of them is the owner of an ice cream factory. It is no exaggeration to say that he makes a fortune every day.

One was a peddler wearing rags and living on a shoulder pole.

The gap between the two is really too big.

Wang Qiang raised his head and said, "Boss Li, are you trying to make fun of me because the fried dough sticks are not tasty?"

"I'm serious! Your strengths are not in your words. You have no future as a peddler. Follow me, and I promise to make you a thousand times better off than you are now!" Li Youcai put down his chopsticks and looked at Wang Qiang with a serious expression.

Wang Qiang was also looking at Li Youcai.

The two looked at each other, trying to see what the other was thinking from each other's eyes.

After a long while, Wang Qiang opened his mouth and said, "Boasting!"

Then he lowered his head and started eating the meat buns.

Li Youcai chuckled and then took money out of his pocket.

One, two, three... He counted out ten big unity notes in a row and placed them on the table.

If you are willing to work with me, this is your monthly salary, bonus is extra.

Wang Qiang glanced at the banknotes.

He said nothing and continued eating tofu pudding.

no response.

Li Youcai raised the corner of his mouth, and counted out ten more big unity cards and added them on top.

The money on the table has reached two hundred yuan.

Although Wang Qiang lowered his head, his eyes were on the money.

Li Youcai not only knows Wang Qiang, but also knows Wang Qiang's family situation.

Wang Qiang is short of money, and very short of money!

Wang Qiang's father was a lumberjack. Seven or eight years ago, he was killed by a falling tree while logging.

Wang Qiang's mother took the compensation money, abandoned Wang Qiang and Wang Rong, and ran away with another man.

Twelve-year-old Wang Qiang and his seven-year-old sister Wang Rong survived thanks to the help of kind-hearted people in the forest farm.

It’s a pity that misfortune only favors the unfortunate.

Once, Wang Qiang dug some mushrooms and wood ears in the woods and took them home happily. However, after eating them, Wang Rong had a very serious allergic reaction.

Although he was sent to the hospital by the forestry staff, he was rescued in time.

But it left behind sequelae.

The addiction caused Wang Rong to suffer from bronchial asthma, and she needs long-term medication.

Moreover, in order to rescue Wang Rong, the workers at the forest farm paid a lot of medical expenses. They didn't say anything, but Wang Qiang had to pay back the money.

That's why Wang Qiang ran out and became a peddler to make money.

Wang Qiang needs money.

Gudong!

Looking at the money, Wang Qiang swallowed.

Looking at Wang Qiang's expression, Li Youcai smiled, counted out ten more Great Unity cards, and added them on top!

Three hundred dollars!

The monthly salary is three hundred yuan, which is almost as much as the salary of ten regular workers!

Even higher than the director of a state-owned factory.

Seeing that Wang Qiang still didn't speak, Li Youcai said with a smile: "You can't ask me for 500 yuan a month, right?"

"If you don't want to do it, forget it."

Li Youcai reached out to take the money back.

But as soon as his hand touched the money on the table, Wang Qiang grabbed it!

"What exactly do you want me to do?" Sweat was coming out of Wang Qiang's temples, and he was struggling fiercely in his heart.

Li Youcai had his hands held down by Wang Qiang.

"I haven't decided yet. You can come to my factory first. Help out in the workshop during the day and act as a security guard at night. You're responsible for protecting the safety of the factory and preventing thieves from breaking in and causing damage."

"Don't worry, don't do anything against your conscience, otherwise you can leave at any time."

Wang Qiang hesitated, there was nothing he could do, Li Youcai gave him was simply too much!

"You said that if I don't want to do this anymore, I can leave at any time?"

"That's right, if you don't want to work with me anymore, you can leave at any time." Li Youcai made a promise.

"Okay! I'll do it with you. This money will be my salary this month."

Moving Li Youcai's hand away, Wang Qiang grabbed the three hundred yuan on the table and held it in his hand.

With this money, he can buy medicine for Wang Rong, and if he has enough, he can give it back to the uncles and aunts in the forest farm.

In a private house in the county town.

Several old men were sitting around the stove.

Baldy Chen held the spatula in his hand and kept stirring in the big ladle.

"Sugar!"

"Here's the sugar."

Baldy Chen stretched out his big black hand, grabbed a handful of sugar from the bag, and sprinkled it into the pot.

Feeling that he had almost finished, Baldy Chen called out again, "Lunch box."

The brothers under him hurriedly took out lunch boxes for everyone and set them aside.

Baldy Chen carefully poured the milk he made into several lunch boxes and took them outside to freeze.

A few hours later.

The milk in the lunch box is frozen solid.

"Brother, ice cream! The ice cream is ready!" A younger brother ran into the house with the freshly frozen ice cream.

"Show it to me."

Baldy Chen couldn't wait to take it, wanting to see how the ice cream he made was different from the ice cream in the ice cream factory.

Use chopsticks to scoop a piece off.

Under the gaze of everyone, Baldy Chen put it into his mouth.

It's icy cold, full of ice cubes, too sweet, and not very milky.

"Brother, how does it taste?"

Baldy Chen threw the lunch box on the kang and said, "Try it yourself!"

Several people rushed over to share the food.

"Bah! This... this doesn't taste like that either."

"This isn't even as good as the ice cream from the supply and marketing cooperative."

Baldy Chen frowned, "It seems this is useless. We need to think of other ways."