The Era of Hard Work

  Chapter 16 Three Scumbags

"I will accept the living or the dry. The production requires craftsmanship, and you have no conditions." The middle-aged man has rich experience in this industry and knows how to make a profit. There is profit space for post-processing, and of course he will not leave it to others: "Well, It's not easy for rural children to make money, I'll give you a chance."

   He looked quite grand: "A live leech, no less than five centimeters, and eight yuan per catty."

   The price sounds pretty good, about half a pound of pork, but Lu Dong grew up by the river and has come into contact with too many leeches. Even live leeches over five centimeters cost around twenty per pound.

   Although there are leeches of leeches, it is difficult to catch them if they are more than five centimeters.

   Blood-sucking can make it sink, but the blood is not easy to say, and the cost is not low.

   You can't **** your own blood, right?

   And the acquirer is not stupid.

   Lu Dong scratched his head: "Is eight yuan less?"

  The middle-aged man said: "I won't lie to you as a child. You go out and ask, not many people will accept this thing, I'm giving it a conscience price."

   After he finished speaking, he took care of himself and didn't care about Lu Dong anymore.

  This kind of unpopular commodity, there is no certain profit, I would rather not do it.

   Lu Dong could see that the middle-aged man didn't care whether the deal was successful or not. In the face of such a big deal and unpopular goods, he was absolutely weak.

   There is no capital to talk about without capital, Lu Dong took the initiative to ask: "Can you give me your contact information?"

   The middle-aged man took a business card to Lu Dong: "If you catch it again, bring it directly, don't feed it, starve all night."

"clear."

  Lu Dong collected the business card, went out of the store, did not leave the medicinal material market, spent nearly an hour, and inquired again, there were very few leeches, a total of three, and the highest asking price was 8 yuan.

  He remembered the locations of these houses. If he really caught a leech, there would be other sales channels in case middle-aged people didn’t want them.

   Before leaving the medicinal herbs market, Lu Dong saw familiar things at a stall, and the orchard was full of them.

   "Do you know the skin?" Lu Dong asked, pointing to a bamboo basket.

   The boss responded: "This is called cicada slough."

  Lu Dong doesn't care what it's called, he only cares about one thing: "Do you accept it?"

   The boss didn't see him like a city man: "Accept, how much is required."

   Lu Dong asked, "One pound more?"

   The boss smiled: "Fifteen."

  The price is good! Just as Lu Dong had this thought, he immediately realized something and asked, "How many cicadas shed a pound?"

  The boss is very patient: "About 1000."

   Lu Dong was speechless for a moment.

   This has to be found specially, and the two of them can’t get a thousand a day.

   However, this made Lu Dong think of another thing: "Do you accept the monkey?"

  The boss ran out of patience: "You asked the wrong place, it's time to go to the vegetable market."

   Lu Dong said embarrassedly: "It's troublesome."

Back at the platform of the West Market, Lv Dong took the bus back to the East Outer Ring Road, picked up a bicycle, and went to the largest Shilibao Vegetable Wholesale Market nearby. Although it was not busy at noon, he still found many vendors who also sold Jinchan. .

   These things are pests, which are often caught by rural people at night. There are also traders who go to the countryside to collect them. The following purchase price is about 10 cents.

  Lv Dong inquired in detail at several stalls. As far as Quannan is concerned this year, the purchase price of the wholesale market is high, the price is 145 to 15 per catty, and fluctuates with the market. A catty of golden cicadas varies in size from 90 to 110.

  This thing is hard to grasp and hard to find. After being unearthed, it quickly climbed to a high place and shed its skin. In the market, it basically accumulates.

   Knowing the situation, Lu Dong thought about it in his heart. Because of the columbarium, the orchard was never visited at night, and it was full of older Guoguang apple trees.

   Maybe it can make a difference?

   Does this count as temporarily finding two ways to come to money?

   Don’t be in a hurry, try it later.

   At present, in Qingzhao’s rural areas, almost no one regards them as a business or a side business, and even many people are unwilling to do these even if they have no money.

   Mainly in the village can not afford to lose people.

   In a traditional and conservative place like Taidong, too many people's thinking is relatively rigid, and it is very difficult to change some traditional thinking formed over decades.

   Having said that, in urban and rural areas, life in 1998 was not easy. Ordinary people are struggling for basic life every day, so how can they think too much.

   Looking for a public phone at Shilibao Market, Lu Dong called his elder brother Lu Chun's pager, and after waiting for a few minutes, Lu Chun called.

   Yesterday, the leader inspected, Lv Chun was busy late, and was on the night shift tonight, and the meeting was taking a break.

   The brothers made an appointment to have lunch together.

   Lu Dong got on his bicycle and rushed all the way to the university town. The clouds above his head blocked the sun, and the cool wind was blowing in front of him, so he didn't feel too hot.

   After nearly an hour, Lu Dong came to the university town and found the university town police station as he remembered. A 26-year-old man in plain clothes was standing in front of the door.

   This man is wearing a blue lining, white trousers, and sandals with mesh, the lining neatly tucked into his waist, and his body is neat and clean.

   He is handsome, tall with broad shoulders, a straight waist, short hair on his head, and his sun-tanned face, and his eyes are particularly charming.

   "Dongzi." Lu Chun greeted him, and every step seemed to be measured.

  Lu Dong got out of the car and said very kindly, "Big brother."

   This is Lv Chun, a brother in the hall, who has been working in the public security system since he changed his career from the army.

   They have three cousins ​​in the third generation. The second cousin of the uncle's family is called Lu Xia. He went to the Air Force when he was in high school and came back at most once a year.

   According to the order of names given by Grandpa Lu Dong in spring, summer, autumn and winter, Lu Dong jumped a bit, because Hu Chunlan went to work in the field when he was young and had a miscarriage.

   Lu Chun slapped Lu Dong on the chest: "It's strong again."

   Lu Dong grinned and said, "I exercise every day."

   Lu Chun glanced at his watch: "Wait, I'll go for a ride, let's go to dinner."

   "Yeah." Lu Dong replied.

   Lv Chun went back and pushed a Phoenix bicycle out, beckoning Lv Dong to follow him, just as Lv Dong observed yesterday, there is no business in the university town for the time being, let alone storefronts, not even a street vendor.

   After seven or eight minutes, I came to a nearby village and found a small restaurant at the head of the village.

   "I can't help it, I'm short of everything." After the meal, there were no customers in the restaurant, so Lu Chun chose a table near the fan: "I have tasks for the past two days, so I don't allow anyone to enter the restaurant, so I can only come here."

   He pointed to the menu on the wall: "Whatever you want, just order it."

   Lu Dong asked for two dishes, Lu Chun added another, and asked for two cans of Sunrise.

   Lu Chun asked with concern: "Have you gone to Quannan?"

   Lu Dong took out the contract in his trouser pocket and handed it to Lu Chun: "Look at this."

   Lu Chun folded it open and looked at it: "1,000 yuan down payment? White porcelain platter? Is this a transaction contract? Li Dong? What's going on?"

   He saw the last photo: "This thing looks familiar, I seem to have seen it in my second uncle."

   The boss came over to serve the food, and Lu Dong said, "Brother, let's talk while we eat."

   In order not to affect Lv Chun's judgment, Lv Dong thought about it before he came, and immediately used a relatively objective method to pick up the vinegar dish from the net, and the liar took the initiative to find it to deceive, until he lost the package and escaped.

   "You can do it!" Lu Chun looked at his unreliable younger brother in surprise: "Where's the money?"

   Lu Dong took it out and put it on the table: "Here."

   Lu Chun glanced at it and warned, "Don't mess around."

  In this era, some places and departments were not so careful and particular.

   Even doing things a little rough.

   Lu Dong is also unambiguous, and quickly put it away. "

   Lu Chun worried: "This is a group of liars, don't get involved with them, don't ask for the money later!"

   "Absolutely not." Lu Dong assured.

   Lu Chun's tone was suddenly serious: "Dongzi, this is not an example!"

   "No next time! Big brother, it's mainly because they lied to me. I'm very angry. I saw other victims yesterday." Lu Dong described the couple: "If the liar succeeds, their family will be over!"

   These words are righteous, as if this is his real purpose.

  Lü Chun took a sip: "What you said, I will report back to the above. This is not my jurisdiction and can only be reported to the relevant personnel. Dongzi, you have done enough, don't mix it up."

   "Okay." It was unprofitable, so Lu Dong would not be involved.

   "According to what you said, it's not very optimistic." Although Lv Chun doesn't know much about business, according to Lv Dong, it's really hard to catch them. He thought for a while: "The best way is media exposure, let me try to ask."

   He changed the subject: "I called home yesterday and heard what your uncle said. Dongzi, it's not bad! We haven't seen my brothers for a month, and you have changed a lot."

   Lu Dong said seriously: "As soon as the flood hits, I suddenly feel that I can't be muddy. Our house is here. What if we don't go up to the top? If you run away, the monk can't run away from the temple."

Lv Chun is in public office, and he can't go back: "Your uncle said that the town is going to apply for an advanced individual for you. I called and asked someone to ask. The new mayor attaches great importance to you. Our Ningxiu Town is the seat of the county. Those who go up are sure to take nine out of ten."

   Lu Dong and his eldest brother don't have to be subtle: "It's better to give more money."

  Lü Chun is upright and pragmatic: "Get an honor, it will be beneficial in the future." At this point, he thought of one thing: "I haven't asked yet, how is the college entrance examination?"

  Lü Dong recalled and told the truth: "Three percent is not very hopeful."

  Taidong College Entrance Examination for five subjects with a full score of 750.

   This is not what Lu Chun expected. The usual grades are placed, and it is impossible for the college entrance examination student to become a student master: "What do you think? Repeat?"

   Lu Dong did not answer immediately. The benefits of higher education are self-evident. When the opportunity comes, universality is more advantageous.

  Reading is also the best way for peasant children to go out.

   However, individual circumstances are always different.

   If it is 18-year-old Lv Dong, if he repeats his studies for a year and works hard and is lucky, he may be able to go to a junior college or an ordinary undergraduate degree.

   But now Lu Dong, who has not been involved in these courses for more than 20 years, is really powerless in the face of mathematics, physics and chemistry.

   Besides, I used to be a scumbag among the scumbags. When I come back after more than 20 years, my studies will only get worse.

   Here is Taidong again. Even if the enrollment expansion starts next year, it is still one of the most competitive provinces for the college entrance examination.

   "I can't read it." Lu Dong won't fight with his eldest brother: "It's not that material."

  Lü Chun has been working for several years and has some feelings: "A diploma is very useful." He started from himself: "Just say this transfer, I have a college diploma, and I will not be the deputy director."

   Lu Dong took advantage of the situation to change the topic: "It's impossible for you at your age."

   Lu Chun smiled and said casually, "There are a lot of people in the system who have changed jobs in the army.."

   Lu Dong understands the meaning of this, and Lu Chun has extensive communication.

   "Dongzi, it's always a good thing to have a diploma." Lv Chun pulled back the distorted words.

   Lu Dong simply put on a trick: "Big brother, why did you and the second brother join the army in high school instead of taking the college entrance examination?"

   Lu Chun raised his hand and nodded to Lu Dong: "Hey, you kid!"

   Brother three, don't talk about anyone.

   For collection! Ask for a recommendation ticket! Ask for support!

   (end of this chapter)