industrial overlord

Chapter 43
In that era, eating a chicken was a very luxurious thing, and every household would only be willing to buy chickens to eat during the Chinese New Year.Lin Zhenhua is a person who is ahead of the times. He has money in his hand, so he naturally finds something to eat in a different way.In order to make this beggar chicken, he made a special detour to a small village on the way back, and bought a big fat chicken that was raised by others at a high price and was ready to be sold during the Chinese New Year.

Lin Fanghua has always been displeased with the way her brother spends money lavishly, but she can't refuse the delicious food made by him.The only thing that reassures her is that the 200 yuan that Lin Zhenhua gave her when he returned from the army is still lying on his stomach in the passbook and has not been used. The money Lin Zhenhua spent on buying meat and fish was all he followed the workers and masters I earned it by going out to do private work.In normal times, the little brother and sister have an income of more than 50 yuan a month, and they can still live a good life.

This meal of beggar chicken made everyone smile. The 14-year-old Yang Tao was naturally the happiest. At his age, he was never full after eating. Although he usually ate all the delicious food at home, but There is still a lack of oil and water in the stomach, and being able to eat a meal of chicken at this time is really as happy as the Chinese New Year.

Everyone ate up the dough wrapped around the beggar's chicken. The dough was baked to a crispy yellow color, and after being soaked in the chicken broth, it was very delicious.Lin Zhenhua also made a big pot of rice, which was eaten up by everyone.In the end, all the people had eaten enough, sat on the small bamboo chairs, looked up at the sky, and panted heavily.

"Brother, this is called chicken. It's really delicious, even better than boiled fish." Lin Fanghua licked the oil on the corner of his mouth with his tongue, and said unsatisfactorily.

"If there is one more, can you eat it?" Lin Zhenhua teased her.

"Where is it, where is it?" Lin Fanghua sat up straight all of a sudden, looking around.

Lin Zhenhua sweated profusely: "No way, can you still eat it?"

"I can't eat anymore, but it's also comfortable to look at." Lin Fanghua said.

"How about it, use this as your reward for passing No.6 in the class, isn't it okay?"

"Barely enough." Lin Fanghua said, rolling his eyes.

"After eating the chicken, you should study hard for me and strive to rise to the top three in the class in the midterm exam next semester." Lin Zhenhua said, "If you can get the top three in the exam, I will invite you to a restaurant for a big meal, 100 yuan A feast for the table.”

Lin Zhenhua has the confidence to say this. By the time of the mid-term exam next semester, he will already be able to get money from Ford. By then, he will be a rich man at the level of 10 yuan, and a big meal is nothing.

"Okay, Yang Xin, Yang Tao, you all testify to me, and if Xiaohua doesn't invite me to a big meal, you will all criticize him." Lin Fanghua said with a smile.

"By the way, I also met that friend from Xiangping Province this time. He gave me some things. You all come to pick and choose, and take whatever you like."

As Lin Zhenhua said, he opened the small bag that He Haifeng gave him, and there were indeed some small things in it: two small women's wallets, two pens, and two coiled artificial leather belts.These are all products produced by enterprises under the Light Industry Department of Xiangping Province, and they were given to the leaders of the provincial department in the name of "trial use".

"Yang Xin, you choose first." Lin Fanghua said generously.

Yang Xin glanced at Lin Zhenhua and got an encouraging look. She blushed and reached for a wallet and said, "This wallet is so beautiful, I want it."

"Yang Tao, it's your turn." Lin Fanghua said to Yang Tao again.

Yang Tao hesitated, reaching out to touch the pen and then the belt, not sure which one he wanted.

"It didn't say that you can only take one." Lin Zhenhua laughed, and he directly picked up a pen and a belt, and stuffed them all into Yang Tao's hands, "I've given them all to you."

"Thank you Brother Xiao Hua." Yang Tao said happily.Artificial leather belts were considered high-end at that time. Most of his classmates used canvas belts. Having an artificial leather belt would definitely attract the favor of many girls in class.

"There is another belt, give it to Uncle Yang." Lin Zhenhua stuffed another belt into Yang Xin's hand.

Yang Xin declined and said, "No, Brother Xiaohua, you can keep it for yourself, right? How dare we take so many things."

"Yang Xin, take it, it's a family anyway." Lin Fanghua said eccentrically.

"That's right, we're all a family." Lin Zhenhua added heartlessly.

Having said so much, Yang Xin had no choice but to accept it. Seeing that it was getting late, she took Yang Tao and left the Lin family.

As soon as he went out, Yang Tao said to Yang Xin: "Sister, are you dating Brother Xiao Hua?"

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Yang Xin patted Yang Tao on the head as a punishment.

Yang Tao rubbed his head and said, "Actually, I think it's good for Brother Xiaohua to be my brother-in-law. He can cook and make things..."

"If I give you something to eat, you'll sell your sister!" Yang Xin scolded, "If you dare to say that again, I won't call you if there is something delicious in the future."

"I didn't say anything, I didn't say anything." Yang Tao fled in despair.

At Lin's house, Lin Fanghua said to Lin Zhenhua while packing the dishes, "Brother, our family eats this every day, will we be poor?"

Lin Zhenhua, who was sitting at the table reading a book, said with a smile: "I'm afraid it will not be easy to make our family poor. Xiaofang, come here."

"Why?" Lin Fanghua walked over and asked.

Lin Zhenhua took out 3 cards of Great Unity from his body, handed them to Lin Fanghua, and said, "This is the labor fee from Petrochemical Machinery, and it all belongs to you."

"You have only been working for a few days, and you have earned so much money?" Lin Fanghua was overjoyed, "I will put it away first, and I will go to the bank to deposit it tomorrow."

"Stop!" Lin Zhenhua stopped Lin Fanghua who was about to hide the money, "Who told you to save it, I mean, this money is for you as pocket money. Go buy a new dress, treat your boyfriend to dinner, Buy some cosmetics, that's fine."

"I don't have a boyfriend!" Lin Fanghua argued, "I don't need new clothes and cosmetics either. My monthly pocket money of three yuan is enough."

Lin Zhenhua said: "I said I will give you flowers, so you can spend them and buy something that you have always wanted to buy but was reluctant to buy. As the saying goes, if you raise a son poorly, you need a daughter rich. For a girl's family, you need some money. Let's My parents have passed away, so my eldest brother will take on the responsibility of being a parent and make you live comfortably."

"Brother." When Lin Fanghua heard Lin Zhenhua talking about her parents, tears welled up in her eyes. She put her hands on Lin Zhenhua's shoulders and said, "Brother, do you know that after you came back from the army, you really changed a lot. Happy. You always go out to work to earn money. It’s not easy to earn some money. I don’t need to spend so much money. Let’s save it and use it when you marry my sister-in-law, okay?”

Lin Zhenhua stroked his younger sister's little hand on his shoulder, and said, "Xiaofang, don't worry, your brother is not an ordinary person, and he can still earn the money he gave you to marry his sister-in-law. Let me tell you a secret, you and anyone No one can tell, can you?"

"I promise." Lin Fanghua said solemnly.

"This time I worked as an interpreter for a foreigner in the petrochemical machine. By the way, I helped the foreigner's company with a little idea and helped them improve their equipment. So, the foreigner's company decided to pay me a reward. The reward is No one knows, not even Director Zhu and the others.”

"Really!" Lin Fanghua said pleasantly, "Is this reward a lot?"

"Of course there are many. You think that foreigners are like our factory. I helped the factory design the submerged arc welding machine, but the factory hasn't paid me a bonus until now. It's a market economy for foreigners. How much value have I created for them? , they will pay me proportionally." Lin Zhenhua prepared Xiaofang's mind.

"Then...how much will they give? Is there..." Lin Fanghua thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Is there 200 yuan?"

"A little more than 200 yuan."

"Really, how much is that?"

"2000." Lin Zhenhua didn't dare to tell the truth. Such a huge figure of 20 US dollars would definitely frighten Lin Fanghua.However, his consideration was completely superfluous. For Lin Fanghua, the figures above 2000 yuan were all the same, which was beyond her imagination.

"2000!" Lin Fanghua's eyes straightened, "That, that, that..." She stayed there for a long time, but she didn't know how to describe the shock in her heart.

Lin Zhenhua nodded: "That's right, $2000, based on the black market price, is equivalent to 2 RMB."

"Gudong!" Lin Fanghua sat down on the ground, she was already terrified.

"Brother, what kind of idea did you come up with to earn so much money? You can't be a spy to help foreigners collect information about China, right?" After being shocked, Lin Fanghua began to think about some practical issues.

Lin Zhenhua slapped her: "What are you thinking about? I'm just a porter, and the knowledge I can master can still be called intelligence? Besides, China and the United States have established diplomatic relations and are no longer enemies. What kind of spies are there?"

What Lin Zhenhua said was to use Lin Fanghua's ignorance to refute her ignorance.The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States does not mean that there is no conflict of interest between the two sides. As long as there is a conflict of interest, then spies and secret agents must exist.However, Lin Fanghua didn't expect this, and she believed Lin Zhenhua's explanation in this way.

"So, our family is already a million-dollar household?" Lin Fanghua asked cautiously.

"We are double ten thousand households. When we get the money, I will have ten thousand and you ten thousand. We are all ten thousand yuan households."

"I don't want that much, just give me... two thousand." Lin Fanghua gave herself a discount, but she didn't know that even such a discount was hundreds of times higher than her previous expectations.It is too easy to go from frugal to extravagant.

"This matter must be kept strictly confidential, you know?" Lin Zhenhua urged.

"Of course I know!" Lin Fanghua said, "I'm less courageous than you. If I say it, won't the thief miss our house?"

Lin Zhenhua nodded: "Okay, as long as you know the truth. You can clean up the dishes at home. I will go to Director Zhu's house and report to him if I have something to do."

(End of this chapter)