Seventy Buddha Cannon Fodder

The pork shop is empty, let alone pork, not even a pig bone.

"Comrade, don't look at it, all the pork is sold out today." Gu Mingnan's disappointed eyes were probably too obvious, the pork seller said something, and he saw the expression of not being able to buy pork a lot.

Gu Mingnan stared at him and asked: "Master, is it really gone? Fat meat is fine without lean meat. It can be stewed without being a pig's bone. Is there still a pig's heart?"

"Originally, there were still some, but there happened to be a family having a wedding, not to mention the bones, even the water was wrapped up together."

After Gu Mingnan listened, his head drooped.

"Why don't you come early tomorrow, and there will definitely be one in the morning."

Meat is expensive, and you have to ask for a meat ticket to buy it, but it can't stop the daily shipments are small, but there are many buyers.

Gu Mingnan had no choice but to leave on his bicycle, but he felt in his heart that if there was no braised pork to celebrate, then his joy of becoming a first-class worker would be halved.

"Hiss."

Gu Mingnan looked to the side, at the entrance of the alley, a man wearing a turban was winking at him.

His nervous appearance made Gu Mingnan's heart shudder. He frowned and planned to leave quickly. He picked up the third sister and went home. He wanted to let his elder brother know the good news as soon as possible.

"Comrade, comrade riding a big golden deer." The man continued to shout.

Gu Mingnan pointed to himself: "You called me?"

The man looked left and right vigilantly, and waved vigorously at him: "Yes, it's you."

Gu Mingnan frowned, but didn't get out of the car: "I don't know you, why are you calling me?"

The man took out the basket behind him: "Do you want to buy pork, I have pork."

Gu Mingnan paused.

The man continued to shout: "Come here and explain in detail, don't be discovered."

It's not dark yet, so it would be a disaster if someone saw it.

Under the temptation of pork, Gu Mingnan hesitated for a moment, but he still pushed the cart and walked over. He thought in his heart that if this person was going to lie to him, he wouldn't have to be afraid as a grown man.

Walking into the alley, Gu Mingnan looked at the basket: "Do you really have pork?"

The man who sells pork has a very ordinary face, and he will disappear when he gets into the crowd. He said with a silly smile: "Our family has divided some of the pigs from our production team, so we want to exchange them for some money."

Gu Mingnan was suspicious in his heart: "Which production team do you belong to? It's the time to kill pigs?"

"The pig ran up the mountain to steal food, but fell down and died. The production team had to kill it and eat it." The man explained in a evasive way.

It is reasonable to say so, if the animals in the team are not fed and die halfway, the meat will naturally not be wasted, and it is usually distributed to the production team at a low price.

"It's still fresh, and this meat can't be fake." The man opened the basket to show him.

Gu Mingnan poked his head to look, and there was probably five or six catties of meat in the bamboo basket he was carrying, which looked quite a lot, and it was still fresh.

After confirming that there was pork, Gu Mingnan's thoughts also floated.

Now the free market is prohibited, but the needs of the common people exist, and the black market has arisen as the times require. Gu Mingnan also went there with his elder brother a few times before, but after the family got better, his elder brother stopped taking risks.

Gu Mingdong once told his younger brother that the government has been too strict in the past few years, there is no need to be caught because of a small profit for a while, and it will actually affect the future.

So when the family is well-off, Gu Mingdong would rather be troublesome than go to the black market. Even if he does occasionally, he trades directly with Lao Lu instead of strangers.

Gu Mingnan naturally remembered what his elder brother said, but it was just a fluke, secretly thinking that if he bought meat once in a while, it should be fine.

Gu Mingnan's heart was eager to move, he licked the corner of his mouth, and asked in a low voice, "How do you sell it?"

"One yuan and five catties, no meat ticket." The man said.

Gu Mingnan frowned: "The butcher shop only costs one piece and one catty."

"How can that be compared? Butchers need meat tickets, and they count them every day." The man refused to lower the price, "I only have so much in total, and I'll go back when I sell them out. If you miss this village, you won't have this shop."

"Comrade, do you want it or not? If not, forget it. I'll find someone else." The man urged.

If you don't need a ticket, it's easy to sell even if it's fifty cents more expensive. Gu Mingnan doesn't have many meat tickets in his hand. He and Gu Sanmei both buy and eat in the same month as they send out, and never save it.

Seeing that he was about to leave, Gu Mingnan grabbed the man: "Yes, why not."

"It's a total of six catties, and it's nine yuan for you."

"Do you have six catties?"

"If you don't believe me, weigh it carefully, it's just too much."

Gu Mingnan weighed it for a while, and felt that it was indeed more than six catties. He felt in his heart that this man looked like a mouse, and he was really sincere in doing business.

He hung the basket on the handlebar of the car and took money into his pocket.

A gleam flashed in the man's eyes, and he watched his movements closely.

The moment Gu Mingnan took out the money, the man's expression changed, and he shouted: "You have a red armband, run quickly."

After shouting, he didn't even care about the money, and ran away in a panic.

Gu Mingnan was taken aback by him, subconsciously got on his bicycle and ran away. When he turned around, he saw two men with red armbands chasing after him, and one of them had already twisted the man who had just sold him pork.

"He bought it from me on his own initiative!" The man shouted loudly, "Go and catch him."

Gu Mingnan's heart skipped a beat, and he accelerated his cycling speed.

"Stop!" shouted someone behind.

How could Gu Mingnan stop, the speed of his bicycle was getting faster and faster, he only wished to have a pair of flying legs, he was crying in his heart, if he had known that he would be arrested, he shouldn't be greedy for that mouthful of braised pork.

Why didn't he know how to wait for tomorrow? Why did he buy this piece of meat in an alley? yellow.

For a moment, thinking of his miserable end, Gu Mingnan gritted his teeth and tried his best to ride the bicycle, hoping not to be caught.

"If you don't stop, I'll call someone!" A voice came from behind.

"Comrades in front, as long as you stop turning yourself in and realize your mistake, this matter can still be discussed."

"The person who traded with you has been arrested, and you can't escape."

The two legs are no match for the wheels. After a while, the people behind chased him out of breath and had to shout.

How could Gu Mingnan listen to him, relying on his familiarity with the terrain, he walked through the alley and quickly opened up the distance.

Seeing that he was about to run away, the people behind shouted: "I can fucking see your face clearly, run, if you have the courage to continue running, I will go to your unit to look for it tomorrow."

Gu Mingnan's heart skipped a beat, his bicycle feet softened.

Suddenly, a door in the alley opened: "Come in."

Gu Mingnan saw the man, hesitated a little, and rode in directly.

The two of them hid at the door together, held their breath, and watched the people outside chasing after them angrily.

"Damn it, you really dare to run away!" The man was out of breath after chasing him, cursing in his mouth.

Not long after, two more people came from behind, but it was another man with a red armband and a pork seller. The two walked side by side, and there was no tension between them just now.

"What about the boy on the bicycle, he ran away?" asked the pork seller.

Panting, the red armband scolded: "Don't mention it, that kid kept talking good things, so he ran away in a hurry."

As he spoke, he tore off the red armband and stuffed it into his pocket.

Another red armband also scolded: "Damn it, if you meet someone who is in a daze, he won't be afraid that we will really go to the factory to find him."

"That kid is riding a big golden deer. It's brand new. He must have money in his pocket." The pork seller said.

"It's all your fault for running too slowly. If this man is caught, we can all keep the bike."

After finishing speaking, he slapped his thigh: "Oh, I didn't get the pork money, so I lost a lot."

In order to pretend to be realistic, just now they were putting on a show. After the left and right people caught them, their money and tickets could be confiscated, and they could leave valuables depending on the situation.

They have been in this business for so long, and they have never seen such escape.In the past, I met those people whose legs were limp when they saw the red armbands. Even if some ran away, they heard that their faces were seen, and they did not dare to continue running when they caught another.

Who knew that when they encountered this today, they shouted so loudly that they didn't listen, which made them encounter Waterloo.

The other two became anxious when they heard this. It wasn't like stealing chickens without losing money. They immediately looked at each other in blank dismay: "What should I do? The meat is gone, and the money hasn't been stolen. I have to lose money from the previous few days."

The man selling pork rolled his eyes: "Let's go to the factory gate tomorrow to stop him."

"This... we are not real red armbands, what if we are found out?"

"You're stupid, let's not talk about how he knows, when he touches the place where he works, how dare he make a fuss."

"Not to mention anything else, you don't want to try riding a big golden deer, anyway, I have to try."

"Let's be careful, we won't be discovered by the Revolutionary Committee."

The three of them whispered and decided on a new trick to extort money.

Inside the door, Gu Mingnan was already trembling with anger. He thought he was unlucky, but he was bumped into by the red armband selling pork. Who knew that this was the fairy dance set up by the other party.

Selling pork is just a cover, in fact, it is pretending to be a red armband to extort money.

Gu Mingnan was so angry that he was about to open the door and go out, exposing them on the spot.

"Shh." The man on the other end gestured.

As soon as he interrupted, Gu Mingnan suppressed his anger. It's not good to go out like this, and it's not good for anyone to make a big fuss. He has to think of another way to teach them a lesson. Gu Mingnan suppressed his temper and waited for the three men to leave with a sullen face.

The three of them stole the chicken without losing a lot of rice, and they were not reconciled in their hearts. Before they left, they discussed: "The pork is gone, but the eggs are still there. Let's make a few more votes before leaving."

"At least make some money, or I'll have to go back empty-handed today."

Gu Mingnan listened, an idea popped up in his heart, he didn't rush to do it, instead he looked at the man.

"Who are you from Old Lu?"

It turned out that he was in a panic and went all the way to Lao Lu's courtyard. This place is very remote, but Gu Mingnan followed Gu Mingdong several times, so he naturally knew him.

Because of this, even though he didn't know the man who opened the door, Gu Mingnan listened to him and hid in first.

This man looks completely different from Lao Lu. He is tall and fair-skinned. He doesn't look like a man engaged in underground business, but rather a scholar.

"Hello, Xie Nanshan." The man said, "Lao Lu transferred the business to me."

He acted very friendly, but the more so, Gu Mingnan became more vigilant in his heart, looking at him with suspicion: "Lao Lu's business is doing well, how could it be transferred to you all of a sudden?"

Besides, is the black market business so easy to transfer?

Xie Nanshan smiled and said, "Of course there is a better place to go, so I gave this place to me."

Gu Mingnan didn't really believe this in his heart, but after all he saved him, he still thanked him.He asked again, "Why did you save me?"

Xie Nanshan looked at him: "I know you."

"Gu Mingnan, Gu Mingdong's real brother, right?"

Gu Mingnan's face changed slightly: "How did you know me?"

Xie Nanshan didn't seem to notice his vigilance, and explained: "Before Lao Lu left, he told me a few key customers carefully, so I could recognize them at a glance."

"Why haven't you seen your elder brother bring goods over recently? Don't worry, my business is as fair as Lao Lu's."

These words made Gu Mingnan relax a bit, and he only said: "The family is too busy, and there are not so many wild goods in the mountains."

Xie Nanshan said with a smile: "There are no four-legged ones, two-legged ones are fine, no matter how bad the mountain is, they can be sold."

"Since I took over Lao Lu's stall, the business has not been very good. After all, I am a stranger, and it is normal for everyone to have scruples in their hearts."

Seeing that he wanted to do business wholeheartedly, Gu Mingnan heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll go home and tell my eldest brother."

"Then you must remember to mention that my surname is Xie and my name is Nanshan." Xie Nanshan emphasized.

Gu Mingnan felt something weird in his heart, but he didn't think of it for a while, so he just nodded: "I remember."

Before he left, Xie Nanshan asked again: "Those guys just now are the rascals from the neighborhood, and they deliberately set up a trick to deceive people, but although they are not real red armbands, it will be troublesome if they get entangled."

A cold light flashed in Gu Mingnan's eyes, and he only said, "They picked the wrong person this time."

Seeing him say that, Xie Nanshan was a little surprised, but didn't say much, and opened the door directly to let him go.

With a sullen face, Gu Mingnan went to the recycle bin first: "Third brother, you go back by yourself first, I have to be late."

Gu Mingxi felt strange, and only saw the back of the second brother after chasing him.

Gu Mingnan didn't go home directly, instead he took a detour and found Jin Laowu.

Jin Laowu got better and better, and now he lives in the town with his wife, and he can get along well with others, so he has a bit of face in the Revolutionary Committee.

Seeing Gu Mingnan coming, Jin Laowu was also surprised: "A'nan, why are you here?"

Naturally, Gu Mingnan wouldn't say it directly, but instead said: "Fifth brother, it's not like I just bought some meat, and I saw some red armbands on the road just now, and I thought of you, so I stopped by to see you."

After finishing speaking, he stuffed the meat into his hand: "My elder brother said, I haven't seen you for a long time since the last wedding, and I heard that your child is about to be born, so I must send some meat over, just as an early celebration. Becoming a father."

When Jin Laowu saw it, he hurriedly refused: "How can you ask for your pork for no reason, take it back quickly."

He also said: "Damn, your sister-in-law will not give birth in a few months, and when she does, please eat red eggs."

But Gu Mingnan insisted: "This is not for you, it is for my sister-in-law and future children, fifth brother, if you don't accept it, my brother will beat me up when I go home."

Jin Laowu thinks that he and Gu Mingdong are friends, and they are not friends of wine and meat, so they are a little genuinely friendly.

After a couple of refusals, he said, "That doesn't need to be so much. In this way, I will keep half of it, and you can take the other half back to eat, or I won't take it all."

There was a knife on the Revolutionary Committee side, so Jin Laowu cut the large piece of pork into two halves, put the big one back into the basket for him, and wrapped the small one in newspaper, planning to take it home to coax his wife.

"You take this, it's not for you, let the children sweeten their mouths." As he said, Jin Laowu came out with a bagful of fruit candies.

"This candy looks good, and the kids will be happy to see it." Gu Mingnan didn't ask for a basket, and put the newspaper in the front basket of the bicycle: "This one is enough."

Jin Lao Wu had nothing to do with him, he felt in his heart that the brothers from the old Gu family were too sincere, knowing that his daughter-in-law was married, they specially sent pork here, which was much better than real brothers.

It's no good that he sends letters to Gu Mingdong from time to time, telling him what's going on in the town.

Gu Mingnan stepped into the car, and before leaving, he said again: "Fifth brother, are you catching up on the black market recently? When I was just buying pork, I saw two people with red armbands blocking people in the alley at the other end."

"Pork shop? We didn't send anyone there." Jin Lao Wu frowned.

"That may be my misreading." Gu Mingnan said, and rode away on his bicycle.

Jin Lao Wu looked back, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. How could Gu Mingnan see something wrong with his eyes, but their Revolutionary Committee really didn't send anyone there. Could it be that there are still people who dare to pretend to be members of the Revolutionary Committee?

Jin Laowu was shocked, put down the pork, and rushed towards that side with the people.

Not to mention the sophistry of the three fairy jumpers after they were caught by the real red armbands, they were so terrified when they saw the basket beside Jin Laowu.

This Gu Mingnan dug a hole by himself, he was in a good mood, and walked home while humming a song.

He was riding so fast that he even caught up with Gu Mingxi on the way.

As soon as Gu Mingxi saw him, he became angry: "Second brother, why did you go just now?"

Gu Mingnan pointed to the things in the car pocket: "I went to buy meat."

Gu Mingxi sat on the back stool skillfully, took a look and asked, "What's the matter today?"

"I won't tell you, we'll talk about it when I get home." Gu Mingnan said cheerfully.

Gu Mingxi hummed twice, saw that there was a small cloth bag beside him, turned it out, and asked in surprise, "You still bought candy?"

Inside is a handful of fruit candies, all in transparent colorful wrapping paper, which looks pretty.

"Given it from the Fifth Jin." Gu Mingnan explained.

Gu Mingxi was not surprised: "It must be for our elder brother."

When the two returned home, when they saw pork, Gu Simei said regretfully: "It's too late to stew braised pork now, we can only save it for tomorrow."

"Burn it up now, and serve it as supper tonight." Gu Mingnan said with a smile.

Gu Simei said helplessly: "There is no one who eats meat for supper."

A few years ago, they couldn't get enough to eat, and they only ate two meals a day, but now they still have to eat supper.

Gu Mingnan said, "You don't understand, this is all meat for nothing."

Gu Mingxi next to him asked in surprise: "The meat is also given by Jin Lao Wu?"

This is too generous, so much meat can be given as much as you want.

However, Gu Mingnan chuckled, just took out the small bag, and distributed the candies inside to the three children.

On the other hand, Gu Mingdong knew his younger brother very well, he knew what shit he was about to poke his ass, so he couldn't help but frown and look at him.

Being stared at by his elder brother, Gu Mingnan asked flatteringly: "Brother, would you like a fruit candy, this one is orange flavored, don't you really like oranges?"

The more Gu Mingdong looked at it, the more he felt something was wrong, and said coldly, "Come with me."

"What's wrong with Second Uncle?" Gu Liangxing asked vaguely, already having candy in his mouth.

Gu Mingxi laughed and said, "I guess it's caused trouble, let's eat candy."

On the other end, under Gu Mingdong's cold gaze, the pride on Gu Mingnan's face slowly dissipated: "Brother, I have passed the entrance examination for a first-level worker, and the establishment has been changed. From next month onwards, I can earn 31 yuan a month. It's a full nine dollars more than it is now."

Gu Mingdong knew about this a few days ago, nodded and said, "Good job, but I want to know something else."

Gu Mingnan rubbed his nose: "Brother, are you the roundworm in my stomach? You can tell something is wrong just by looking at it."

"Your tail is almost up to the sky, can I not know?"

Gu Mingnan chuckled, and then told what happened later.

At the end, he said: "Brother, my method of borrowing a knife to kill people is not bad, let's see if they dare to trouble me in the future."

Gu Mingdong raised his eyebrows, and said lightly: "Are you sure Jin Lao Wu will bring someone there?"

"Someone dares to play tricks on his territory, he will definitely pass."

"Then are you sure he can catch people?"

"This……"

"If the person is not caught and threatens you at the door of the transport team tomorrow, what will you do?"

Gu Mingnan was blinded all of a sudden: "I, I didn't think about it that much."

Gu Mingdong sighed: "Since you want to fight back, at least you should make sure they are really caught before coming back."

"What if those three people are caught and you are exposed on the spot?"

After hearing this, Gu Mingnan immediately turned bitter.

Gu Mingdong laughed: "However, in a short period of time, you can think of such a way, which is also very good."

He smiled and patted his younger brother on the shoulder: "Since Jin Lao Wu has accepted the meat you gave, even if there are loopholes, he will help you make up for it. Don't worry."

"However, he is also a smart man, and he will come to his senses soon. You can go there tomorrow and send some gifts there. Don't let others feel cold."

"Brother, I know."

Gu Mingdong glanced at his younger brother, and rarely boasted: "You did a good job this time, at least you're not stupid, and you haven't been taken away. You have to do things like this in the future, think first and then act."

When Gu Mingnan heard this, he really became happy.

Seeing his younger brother's cheerful appearance, Gu Mingdong suddenly had the illusion that there was a child in our family who had just grown up.

The stupid brother who was a stubborn donkey back then also knew how to kill someone with a knife. Does this mean that his education was very successful?

Suddenly, Gu Mingdong remembered something and asked, "Did Lao Lu transfer the business to someone else?"

"It's a young man who looks about 25-[-] at most. He said his name is Xie Nanshan."

"Xie Nanshan?" Something flashed in Gu Mingdong's heart, but he didn't catch it.

On the other end, Gu Simei has already prepared dinner.

"Brother, let's eat first." Gu Mingnan thought in his heart that he wanted to eat pork that he picked up for nothing, pork that didn't cost money, he thought it must be more delicious.

Gu Mingdong didn't think much about it, and waited to eat pork together.

What he didn't expect was that within a few days, he ran into this mysterious Xie Nanshan in the production team.