Chapter 1736 is ready
December 22nd.
As a newspaper published a call for generations to go to the mountains and countryside, this largest population migration from urban to rural areas in modern history has finally begun, and the main target is those three Middle and high school students.
According to later statistics, a total of more than 16 million people participated in the activities of going to the mountains and countryside, almost one-tenth of the urban population. It can be said that basically all urban families in the country There is no one who is not related to the educated youth.
“It’s a little quieter now!”
At eight o'clock in the morning, at the Chu family mansion in Banchang Alley, Chu Heng put down the newspaper in his hand and let out a long sigh of relief.
He has always been worried about whether his little butterfly will interfere in this matter, but now it seems that he is purely looking down on himself. Under the wheel of history, he also It's just a speck of dust clinging to the wheel and rotating with the wheel.
From this day on, the aunts from the street office also began to take turns going from house to house to mobilize, persuading those young people of school age who were unwilling to leave home to respond to the call.
As we all know, the talkativeness of the aunts at the street office is equal to the combat effectiveness of the old ladies at the entrance of the village. Therefore, under all kinds of attacks based on emotion and reason, basically no one can withstand it. If you can hold on, you will have to give in after a few rounds and have no choice but to join the army going to the mountains and countryside.
Of course, there must be die-hards who refuse to go.
And such people were basically given jobs in the end...
...
In the blink of an eye, the time came to the 25th.
The day for the opening of the pigeon market planned by Chu Heng finally arrived. After dinner that evening, he dressed up and prepared to go to Cen Hao's scrapyard to take charge.
“I may have to come back at dawn tonight, so don’t wait for me.”
Before going out, Chu Heng explained to his family, then walked out of the main room in a hurry and went straight to the front yard.
“I don’t know what I am busy with outside all day long. I can’t see anyone all day long.”
Ni Yinghong, who was feeding Chu Zhecheng, curled her lips, showing a bit of dissatisfaction.
Chu Heng has been busy preparing goods for the pigeon market these two nights. He often goes out in the first half of the night and comes back in the second half of the night, leaving Xiao Ni alone in the boudoir. In terms of quality and quantity, she had to wonder if there was someone outside this grandson.
Qin Jingru on the side was also a little depressed at this time. Her relatives had just left in the past two days, but her lover always disappeared... Ah Jingwei made her think about going to the tofu shop to grind tofu. .
Chu Heng's side.
As soon as I got out of my house, I drove my car quickly and left Banchang Hutong. After a zigzag path out of the city, I arrived at the scrapyard not long after.
This time he did not go in through the entrance he usually used as usual. Instead, he drove in through an entrance at the back of the scrap yard.
This entrance is for the convenience of truck delivery. Cen Hao specially led people to clear it out two days ago. You can drive directly into the crushing yard. Unlike the previous entrance, you can drive halfway inside. You have to get out of the car and hold your legs.
“Thud, tug, tug!”
soon.
Chu Heng drove into the center of the scrapyard and parked the car next to the shack where Cen Hao and the others lived.
"Master Chu!"
"Master Chu!"
As soon as he got off the car, people living in several nearby shacks hurriedly came out to greet him.
"Oh."
Chu Heng nodded slightly to the others, took out his cigarette and spread it around, and asked: "Are Du San and the others here?"
"Come on. Come, come, they've been here since noon, they've been busy in those houses, and they haven't seen many people." The angry young man pointed at the few houses standing alone in the open space.
"Okay, let's go play." Chu Hengchong waved and turned around and walked over. Soon he came to the first room and opened the door.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and an electric lamp was lit in the room. Under the dim light, one could see a row of counters in the house, and there were all kinds of things inside and on the walls behind the counter. Used goods.
There are old watches, old radios, broken shoes, old clothes, etc. Only the counter next to the door contains various kinds of tickets such as food stamps, meat stamps, and industrial stamps.
These were all collected by Ergou and others from various pigeon markets in the city during this period, specifically to support the opening of the business today. At this time, Ergou was leading a few boys to sort out the goods, while Cen Hao and Dou Laodao were sitting by the briquette stove in the middle of the room, warming themselves by the fire.
“Xiao Chu is here!”
Seeing him come in, the old man waved with a smile: “Come here and warm yourself by the fire.”
"Master Chu!"
Cen Hao also greeted hurriedly.
Er Gou and the others also quickly put down the living people they were holding.
"Master Chu!"
"You are here."
"Business for you."
Chu Heng smiled at them, then walked up to the stove, took the cigarette from Cen Hao, sat down on the bench next to him, and put his hand on the stove There was a fire burning above, and he smiled at Dou Laodao and asked: " Why do you keep coming to this house?”
“I’m idle and I’m here to join in the fun. Don’t underestimate me. I also served in court for several years, so I know this business well. !" The old man stroked his beard leisurely.
“Oh, really? I haven’t heard you say that before.”
“This kind of thing is not something worth showing off, what is there to say.”
Cen Hao on the side immediately asked curiously: "Then what else have you done?"
"Being a bandit."
"Then we are in the same group, my grandfather was also a bandit before. Beard, my great-grandmother was the one who snatched it back."
"Oh? What's his name?"
"His real name is Chushan, and his nickname seems to be a whip."
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"A whip...I have heard of it, but I remember he is a flower picker."
"...Then you must have remembered it wrong. Apart from me, there is absolutely no such person in the old Chu family. "Scum."
Chu Heng just had fun with Lao Dao and the others for a while, then looked at the preparations of Er Gou and the others, then walked out of the house and went to Du San and An next door. Rong Yuan’s house.
The layout of their house is much simpler, with a row of counters on which are placed solid pieces of frozen beef, mutton, dried meat, and cheese.
There is a large chopping board next to it, and beside it is a guillotine used in rural areas to cut livestock. The shape is similar to the dog-headed guillotine used to save people's heads in TV dramas. An Rongyuan and the others specially brought it from the countryside. I bought it in exchange for a meat cutter.
The beef and mutton they brought back were all frozen meat, and the pieces were twice as big. It was too troublesome to use an ordinary machete, and it was wasteful to use a saw, so they made this thing, which is quite useful.
"Master Chu."
"Hey, how are you preparing?"
"Everything is ready, just wait for the opening in the evening."
"Is the change ready?"
"That's enough."
Chu Heng came in, walked around, chatted for a few words, and then turned to another shop he opened.
This is a grocery store, but there are fewer items. There are only rice, noodles, cooking oil, brown and white sugar, watches, and milk powder.
Except for the cooking oil, which is already in his warehouse, the other items are all bought from Hong Kong Island. If you sell them here, you basically don’t make much money.
However, Chu Heng didn't want to make money from this thing. His main purpose was to exchange things for money and then collect antiques and gold.