“Jingle bells…”

With the harsh bell of the end of work, Zhao Laoer, who had been screwing screws for a day, came out of exhaustion.

Although physically tired, the mood is very happy.

Because the salary was paid today.

In the toilet of the construction site, Zhao Laoer carefully counted several times.

“1 piece, 5 bucks, 10 bucks, 20 bucks, the salary is right.”

20 yuan, in previous years, is the harvest of one acre of land.

Now it only takes ten days to earn it.

“Thank you to the country, thank you to the system, thank you to the great leader.”

Zhao Laoer still remembers the news half a month ago.

In the news, the dignified and atmospheric beautiful host informed the resolution of the Supreme League.

Rural people are allowed to go out of the city to work.

Such news is no less than the great liberation of Zhao Laoer, who has faced the loess with his back to the sky all his life.

Since then, farmers have had a second way out besides farming.

Like most farmers, Zhao was afraid to enter the city at first.

No way, the policy is changing too fast.

If you are allowed to enter the city today, you may be arrested in a shelter tomorrow for entering the city.

The family has to pay to redeem the person.

Zhao Laoer was also afraid of a similar situation.

But looking at his ailing wife, four thin-skinned children.

Gritting his teeth and stomping his foot, Zhao Laoer took advantage of the night to leave the small mountain village and came to Triangle Mei City.

He had already made his decision before coming.

If caught, he would rather be beaten than reveal his home address.

The worst-case scenario did not happen.

There are recruitment information everywhere in Triangle Mei City.

Masons, carpenters, small workers, ordinary workers, etc., as long as they have a handful of strength.

The situation in Triangle Mei City shocked Zhao Laoer, is this still the backward and poor city he remembered?

After careful questioning, I learned that it turned out that the higher authorities had allocated funds to build a highway and dozens of schools.

Zhao Laoer did not know why the above was developing poor cities, but workers were needed to build railways and houses.

He has a job to do.

Since the end of December, Zhao has traveled to several construction sites, repaired toilets, put on beams, and screwed.

Twenty days passed like this, and finally I got my first salary.

20 bucks.

Don’t underestimate $20.

In the days when the salary of regular workers was only thirty or forty, 20 yuan was already a lot of income.

Especially for rural men, 20 yuan is equal to the harvest of half an acre of land.

In just twenty days to earn back half an acre of land, even though his body was tired, Zhao Laoer was very excited.

What’s wrong with tiredness?

A peasant man who is not a handful of strength.

Not afraid of hard work, not afraid of tiredness, just afraid of lack of money.

After counting again, Zhao Laoer carefully stored his salary close to him and walked out of the construction site happily.

It’s almost the New Year, and he plans to use twenty yuan to buy some New Year goods for his family.

When he walked out of the construction site, he found that the city of Sanmei had changed dramatically.

It is not a construction site everywhere, but a huge number of small traders and hawkers on both sides of the road.

Triangle Mei City is a backward city, the economy is backward, and the implementation of the policy will also lag behind.

Usually, the policy of Triangle Mei City is more than two years different from that of first-tier cities.

In parallel time and space, small traders and hawkers were no longer prohibited in coastal cities.

However, in Triangle Mei City, speculation is still a felony and is to be arrested and sent to prison.

That’s why Zhao Laoer was shocked.

However, considering that farmers can go to the city to work, it seems normal for small traders and hawkers to appear in the market.

“Thanks to the country.”

Once again thanking the country from the bottom of his heart, Zhao Laoer broke into the crowd.

Clothes, food, cans, bicycles, cloth, lighters, televisions and much more.

Goods that he had seen and had never seen poured into Zhao Laoer’s eyes, making him overwhelmed.

Approaching a booth casually, an iron box on the stall caught Zhao Laoer’s attention.

The box is not large, the size of a book, slightly larger than a regular lunch box, and the outside is printed with pieces of meat dripping with oil.

It is a canned braised pork.

Truth be told, if it is a posterity.

Looking at the greasy advertisement on the shell, there is no interest, modern people who eat fatty meat, lean meat is not willing to eat.

But for Zhao Laoer, who eats meat less than twice a year, the fatty pieces of meat on the cover caused his gluttony.

“Fellow countryman, is braised pork inside this iron lid?”

He looked at his boss years ago and asked carefully.

The boss nodded casually: “Yes, two pounds of braised pork, quality and quantity.” ”

“How much?” Zhao Laoer swallowed his saliva and asked.

“You take two dollars, and you won’t bargain.” The young boss raised his voice.

“Two bucks!?”

Zhao Laoer subconsciously covered the place where the money was placed.

Is two bucks expensive?

Very expensive, but not expensive at all for canned braised pork.

In parallel time and space, the price of pork in the market is one dollar per pound.

Now a two-pound braised pork costs only two dollars, and there is almost no profit.

Zhao Laoer wanted to leave, but looking at the alluring pattern, he thought about his family who had not eaten meat for a long time.

Gritted his teeth and stomped his foot: “Bring me one.” ”

Two dollars to buy a canned braised pork, and then put on an iron box, it is cost-effective.

After paying and hiding the can in his arms, Zhao Laoer continued to shop.

Soon, he was attracted to another stall.

“Imported old hens, eight cents a pound, if you want to buy it quickly, it will be gone when it’s late.”

“The old hen is eight cents a pound?”

Zhao Laoer raised his pace.

In the market, the old hen is a piece of three pounds, and only eight hairs are sold here, which is too cheap.

“Fellow, bring me one.”

After getting it, Zhao Laoer found that what he bought was not live chickens, but frozen chickens frozen into ice cubes.

Perhaps sensing his doubts, perhaps explaining too many times, the boss replied casually.

“This is imported chicken, which will be frozen directly for the convenience of transportation. Although it is not a live chicken, there is not much difference in the taste of a live chicken. ”

It’s not a slight pity that the live chicken didn’t return it.

This year, farmers dare to eat anything.

Such a cheap old hen is not common, without it can not be bought.

So, paying three yuan, Zhao Lao had an extra four-pound frozen chicken in the second-hand.

After buying meat, Zhao Laoer also wanted to buy some rare canned fruits.

But looking at the unit price of three dollars on the canned fruit, I can only shake my head with regret.

Not enough money.

With regret, Zhao Laoer bought new clothes for each of the four children in the family at the clothes stall.

After buying clothes and looking at the only three dollars left in his arms, he wanted to leave.

Just thinking of the old wife at home, I folded back to the stall and finally chose a red cotton jacket.

In this way, Zhao Laoer, who spent all his wages and took a bunch of materials, stepped on the journey home.

Many years later, Zhao Laoer no longer remembers exactly what happened after returning home.

He only remembered his wife’s bright smile under the red cotton jacket, the happiness of the children sleeping with new clothes, and…

Braised pork is delicious.

Pity; Later, I never ate such delicious braised pork again.

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