Chapter 262 1 years

Chapter 262 1 years

Chapter 262 One Year

"Don't worry, Uncle Liao, nothing will happen in our hospital in the short term."

"Oh! why?"

"As the saying goes, a rabbit doesn't eat grass near its burrow. It will only start stealing in the yard if it can't steal anything outside."

After hearing what Li Jiayi said, Liao Kai thought about it and realized it was true. Wasn’t Shi Datiao like that in the past?

"Right."

"But Uncle Liao, the doors and windows should still be locked. Who knows when he will attack the courtyard!"

"Yes."

After Liao Kai went back, Li Jiayi also went upstairs, locked the door from the inside and entered the space.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, Li Jiayi came out of the space.

After breakfast, he drove out of the house on his tricycle.

It’s better to give the little black fat man the gift first, and then take the money and leave.

The fruit business is booming right now, so Li Jiayi certainly can’t miss it! You know, the money earned here is all foreign exchange!

At this time, if you want to buy things from abroad, you can only use foreign exchange and gold.

It is true that the US dollar is a universal currency, but there is something that is more useful than the US dollar, and that is gold.

But the country was reluctant to use gold to exchange things with foreigners, so it tried every possible way to earn foreign exchange.

Let me put it this way! The official price is that one US dollar can be exchanged for 2.59 RMB, but if you really use US dollars to exchange for RMB, even if it is three or even four yuan, there will be people who will exchange it with you.

It’s just that no one is so stupid as to exchange US dollars for RMB. Apart from anything else, the fact that you don’t need a ticket to buy things with US dollars makes it worth the price.

"Do not miss passing through."

“Fresh fruit for sale.”

"There are also delicious and fragrant sugar-roasted chestnuts."

"Give me a bag of sugar-roasted chestnuts."

"Five dollars, very good deal."

"Kid, I want a bag of apples."

"no problem."

Just at this moment, two police officers on patrol came over and saw the two people. Li Jiayi smiled, took out two apples and threw them over.

"Come, have some fruit to quench your thirst."

"Thanks. We still have to go to training, so we won't delay your sale."

"Okay, be safe."

"Hey, kid, give me a bag of apples and a bag of these tangerines."

"Okay, ten dollars."

"for you."

Time passed minute by minute, and a day passed in the blink of an eye. Li Jiayi sold things until dark before leaving.

The main reason is that he has to deliver goods to the black market today, otherwise he would have gone back long ago.

Driving the tricycle to the yard next to Ghost Street, Li Jiayi opened the door and drove the tricycle in.

Sure enough, there was another box of large and small yellow croakers, and a note on the eight-immortals table in the living room.

Li Jiayi picked up the note, read it, put it aside, and began to count the large and small yellow croakers in the box.

The quantity was just right, so I collected it.

However, he did not go out to get food or anything. Instead, he took out food from the space and sat at the Eight Immortals Table to eat.

Because I might get home late today and won’t be able to make it in time for dinner, I can only eat first.

After finishing his meal, he glanced at his pocket watch and saw that it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. Li Jiayi then took out all the things he wanted from the black market.

Then he locked the door and drove away in the tricycle.

Silent all night.

The next morning after breakfast, Li Jiayi went to the courtyard again.

I ate some peanuts, melon seeds and beef jerky, then sat in the living room waiting for Guo Detie.

Half an hour later, Guo Detie came over and when he saw Li Jiayi, he hurried over.

"Boss, let me tell you something."

"what's up?"

Guo Detie scratched his head and said, "Boss, can you get some food and some meat?"

"What do you want food and meat for?"

If it were true, half a month ago, Li Jiayi had just provided the fat man's family with 200 kilograms of grain and 10 kilograms of pork!

"Boss, it's not that I want it, it's that my brothers are short of food at home."

"Oh! I see! No problem, how much do you need?"

"First, let's get two thousand catties of flour and two hundred catties of meat!"

"You kid, just tell me directly, everyone can just do it or not."

Guo Detie scratched his head and said, "Yes, I want them all, Boss. This time I want a lot. Is it easy to handle?"

"No problem. How about this? Don't let them get it home by themselves. It's more troublesome. Tell them that I will send it home after 8 o'clock tonight. Just let them wait outside the yard."

"Okay Boss, I'll tell them when they get over here."

"Yes! By the way, in order to save time, don't pay me right away. You can collect the money for me later."

"Okay boss."

After taking the money, Li Jiayi left and spent another day selling fruits and sugar-roasted chestnuts in the embassy family quarters.

Because he had to deliver food and meat to his brothers, Li Jiayi did not go home, but directly found a small forest and drove the tricycle in. Then he put the tricycle into the space, ate something in the space, and went through the daily routine.

It was not until after eight o'clock that Li Jiayi came out of the space.

He got on the tricycle and headed towards his brothers' home.

Although we don't live in the same place, we live on the same street, so they are not far away.

When he arrived at the compound where a brother lived, before he reached the gate, a man ran over to stop him.

Li Jiayi quickly stopped the tricycle, only to find that the person who stopped him was actually his younger brother.

"Boss, you are finally here."

"What do you mean I'm finally here? Didn't I tell you I'd be here around eight?"

The young man scratched his head and said, "They said to come over at around eight o'clock, but I don't know when it is!"

"Uh!" Li Jiayi slapped his forehead, forgetting that his brothers and their families no longer had watches.

I guess this guy should have come out and waited for him a long time ago, otherwise he wouldn't have said "finally here".

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and go get your family to come over and move the food."

This is 100 kilograms of flour! There is no way this guy can carry it back, and don't forget the 10 kilograms of pork.

"Okay Boss, I'll go get my dad and brother to come out right now."

"Yeah! Try not to alarm anyone else."

"Don't worry, Boss. Even if there's a movie playing in the yard at this time, no one will come out."

"Ugh! This..."

Yes! With so little food now, most people probably just drink enough water. Lying in bed is to reduce consumption. Who would run outside?
"Okay, I got it. Go and call them quickly! I have to deliver it to other brothers later."

"Ok!"

Less than three minutes after the young man went in, he came out with a middle-aged man and a young man.

"Dad, big brother, let me introduce you, this is my boss, Li Jiayi. Boss, this is my dad, and this is my big brother."

"Hello there!"

"Hello there!"

"Hello, uncle!"

"Then I'll ask you to add one!"

"Uncle, sure. You can call me Jiayi or Xiaoli."

"Then I'll just ask you to add one! Thank you for helping our family get food, otherwise we really can't survive."

"Uncle, don't say that. Your son and I are brothers. This is what I should do."

Because he had to deliver the food somewhere else, there was no conversation. Li Jiayi took out the food and money, and then rushed to the next brother's house.

It was not until after nine o'clock that Li Jiayi delivered food and meat to the last brother and then rushed home.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was April of 1961.

Over the past year, the consequences of drought have become increasingly serious.

The price of grain on the black market is now outrageously high. White flour costs two and a half yuan per pound, and the same goes for rice. Even cornmeal can be sold for around one and a half yuan.

Even cornmeal could be sold for one yuan, and even grains like sweet potatoes and pumpkins were sold for 40 cents a pound.

The price of pork is ridiculously high, but not many people eat pork anymore. There is nothing we can do about it; we really can’t afford it.

Only Mr. Wu and that bunch of old folks don't care about the price.

They still live on chicken, fish, meat and eggs every day because they don’t buy them with money!

As long as they have yellow croakers, big or small, or antiques, they can exchange them for food and meat, so they don't care at all.

The black market also wants meat, but now they not only pay with large and small yellow croakers, but also with some antiques.

It's very simple, because all the yellow croakers, big and small, in their hands were traded away by Li Jiayi.

They can only pay with part of the antiques, so to speak! If Li Jiayi asked for money, they would agree immediately.

Because no one knows how much cash the black market dragon has in his hands now.

I wouldn’t dare to say how much more, but I’m definitely richer than most capitalists.

This year, there have been great changes at home. My eldest sister was admitted to a technical secondary school and is now in the first year.

Because the technical secondary school is for learning technology, there are no holidays, so my eldest sister has to go to school every day.

Elementary schools, junior high schools, and high schools are still on vacation, and there is no sign of school starting again.

Similarly, Li Jiayi is now in the third year of junior high school and will take exams soon. It is estimated that by September, he will also have to go to a technical secondary school.

In addition to these, there is another happy event. Yes, Liao Kai and Xu Wenwen have a daughter.

The baby was born just a month ago, and Xu Wenwen is now on maternity leave. I guess she won’t be able to go back to work after the leave.

But he is a formal employee, so it doesn't matter if he doesn't go to work. He can just apply for unpaid leave.

She will go back to work when her child is old enough to go to kindergarten.

A lot of things happened in the yard during this year. First, Shi Zhen was caught stealing. Because he didn't steal much, he was sentenced to five years of labor reform.

The worst offender is Shi Datiao. Maybe he is used to stealing, but he has visited all the slums and courtyards nearby.

As the saying goes, if you walk by the river, you will get your feet wet. This kid was caught stealing again.

These days, everyone hates people who steal things, especially people who steal food or grain.

However, Shi Datiao not only stole food, but also stole grain. This was a serious problem.

He was beaten half to death on the spot and even his limbs were broken.

Even when the police arrived they had no way to handle the situation because there were so many people beating people that it could be said that each one of them kicked a few times.

In the end they had no choice but to take Shi Datiao away. Although this guy was usually very brave, he immediately became obedient when facing the police.

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(End of this chapter)