Age: Passionate youth, starting from graduation assignment

Chapter 69
"Then what should we do, Brother Chang?"

Shunzi was so anxious that cold sweat began to drip down his cheeks, "You spent a lot of money this time to collect so many goods."

"Don't worry, go up and try first."

Xu Jichang's face sank like water, and he pointed to the bag on the side of the bicycle, "Give me the bicycle, and you open the bag on this side."

After all, Shunzi is still not calm enough when things happen, but he is also thinking about himself, and there are not many people who can be so anxious for his brother.

Shunzi shook her head: "Let me go. You are a government official, a cadre of a state-owned factory, and you got into trouble with this kind of thing."

"I'm just a barefoot rural commune member. At worst, I will be sent back to the team for self-criticism, and I will be humiliated in public."

"I told you to do this, you just do it, don't ink."

"There is not much time to delay us!"

Xu Ji often gave orders to Shunzi in an unprecedentedly severe tone, but his heart was filled with emotion.

Shunzi had no choice but to get out of the car reluctantly, and opened the sack without saying a word.

Xu Jichang also got out of the carriage, opened another bag, and stuffed most of the mountain goods into the sack in Shunzi's hand.

"Fix this sack and put it in the carriage."

Xu Jichang pointed to the stuffed sack and said, "Don't worry about me, I don't have much wild goods left in this sack."

"Later, I can tell the people at the purchasing station that it was a gift from a relative when I returned to Tunli, and I'm sure it will be fine.

"If you find that they are checking more carefully, just turn around and go back to the village. The mountain is long and the water is long, we are not in a hurry."

"If I think there is no problem, I will take a zigzag route after riding for a while, and drive the car when you see the signal."

Xu Jichang's tone was very calm when he spoke, and Shunzi, who was originally extremely nervous, became a little calmer after he said this.

"Okay Brother Chang, on behalf of my father and the folks in Quantun, thank you."

Shunzi said solemnly.

Xu Jichang nodded slightly, got on his bicycle, turned around and drove forward slowly.

Just like what he observed earlier, the current crackdown on speculation is focused on the trafficking of grain and industrial products, while the control of wild goods is very loose.

What's more, he still has other cards in his hand, and there are not many mountain goods on the bicycle now, so there is no need to panic at all.

When he rode in front of the employees of the two purchasing stations, the other party stopped him: "Comrade, stop for a moment. We have something to ask you."

"It's early in the morning, what's the matter?"

Xu Jichang stopped his bicycle, pretending to be puzzled, and said impatiently.

"Our station master's son was beaten by a vegetable seller who went to the city. Now we have to interrogate all the commune and team members who went to the city to find out who the beating person is and where he lives, so that he can be caught as soon as possible."

Another employee said with a straight face.

Commune team is the collective name for communes and production teams, and it can be roughly understood as all townships and villages in a county except the county seat in later generations.

So it was so, Xu Jichang heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this.

"I'm not a member of the commune team. My family is in the city."

However, he still frowned on the surface, pretending to be righteous and unhappy.

Even if he passes the test smoothly, he doesn't want to be interrogated here for too long, lest he have long nights and dreams.

And if you don't want to be asked for too long, you have to show this attitude.

"Comrade, we are also following orders."

At this time, the employee who called him at first had a wry smile on his face, and said in a relatively soft manner, "To make a long story short, have you ever seen a short man with a dark face and a scar on his forehead?"

"No."

Xu Jichang shook his head and said, "Can I go now?"

"Yes, but I want to ask one more question, is the mountain product in your bag right?"

At this time, the employee who was stern at first smelled the smell coming from the sack and asked, pointing to the sack.

"It's a mountain product, what's the matter?"

"Did you buy it from the country?"

"It's a gift from a relative. Why does your purchasing station even manage this?"

You have to be tough when you should be tough, and being weak and guilty makes people suspicious.

At this time, the staff with a better attitude saw that the two of them were about to choke, so they hurried out to smooth things over.

"It's nothing. What we mean is that your relative continues to collect mountain products, so please ask him to send them to us for sale."

"Because the superiors asked us to give up profits to the members, the purchase price was greatly increased."

"At present, our new price is [-] cents a catty for fresh mountain fungus, and [-] cents for porcini mushrooms. The purchase prices of other mountain products have also been greatly increased. You can ask your relatives and his fellow villagers to ask."

"Oh, that's it. I'll tell him when I go to the country."

Xu Jichang said flatly, then pedaled away on his bicycle.

He is very happy now: not only did he pass the interrogation calmly, but he also got the business information of the purchasing station.

Fresh fungus costs eight cents, and porcini mushrooms costs fifteen cents, which is several cents less than his purchase price.

Don't underestimate the price difference of a few cents. For members who don't see a few cents all year round, the money is really crucial.

With this price difference, the buying station will never be able to compete with him.

Xu Jichang smiled as he thought about it.

After riding for a certain distance, he made a zigzag as agreed.

Shunzi was anxiously waiting, but after seeing his signal, he immediately drove the carriage and passed the inspection smoothly.

He was far less proficient in driving than Xu Jichang, but it was no problem for him to drive on daytime roads.

A while later, Xu Jichang led Shunzi into the county seat by bicycle, and then came to his house, where he parked his bicycle and carriage in the yard.

After entering the yard, the two immediately started unloading without saying a word.

Soon, bags of mountain goods filled a corner of the yard, Xu Jichang looked at these mountain goods and felt sincere joy.

To him, these mountain goods are piles of gold and silver.

(End of this chapter)