Seventy cannon fodder is a ruthless man

Chapter 45 A Letter From Sister Peach Blossom

In a certain college in the provincial capital, Meng Zhehan came out of class and met Uncle Zhu in the delivery room, holding a stack of new magazines, newspapers and letters in his hand. When he saw Meng Zhehan, Uncle Zhu greeted: "Mr. Meng, wait, there is something for you. letter."

Meng Zhehan stopped: "Thank you, Uncle Zhu."

Uncle Zhu handed over three letters, Meng Zhehan took them and looked at them, with a smile on his dull face, he tore one of the letters open, took out a thin piece of letter paper, looked at it with only three or four lines, and smiled. Expanded, shaking his head helplessly.

Back in the office, there was a person sitting in his seat, Meng Zhehan: "I'm here so early."

Shen Yu: "Lunch time."

"I don't eat any hospitality meals, and I eat our school canteen every day, don't you get tired of it?"

"Accompany you."

"Come on, you don't want to eat with those people, you have to run to me."

Shen Yu watched Meng Zhehan put a stack of teaching materials on the table, along with three letters, one of which was unsealed. He recognized the handwriting on it and gave the address to the one who promised to send oranges:

"Sister Peach Blossom has a letter?"

"Well, this little slacker, there are only a few words in the letter: Big brother, I'm home, and the journey is safe and smooth. Thank you big brother and Comrade Shen Yu for buying me something, and I will repay you."

Meng Zhehan couldn't help laughing: "I don't know how she wants to repay, I'll just wait to eat oranges."

Shen Yu pulled the corner of his mouth and stood up: "Go to the restaurant, I will treat you."

Meng Zhehan: "..." I agreed to carry forward the spirit of hard work and simplicity, and eat enough with him in the school cafeteria for a week, but I can't hold it anymore on the third day, and I want to go to the restaurant?

In Linshui Village, after finishing work in the evening, Meng Tao followed the commune members to return the farm implements to the brigade warehouse manager, slipped into the brigade office, and asked the captain Bao Shunfeng to issue a certificate.

Bao Shunfeng stared: "What kind of proof do you have? Where are you going? I see you returning from a trip to the provincial capital, but your heart has grown a lot, your work is not steady, you don't obey assignments, and you learn to pick and choose. I’m afraid it’s too heavy. I can tell you that learning from those educated youths is useless.”

Meng Tao: "..." Uncle, I just want a proof, you are so long-winded.

"Uncle, give me one."

"What are you going to buy in the county seat?"

"Go to the county local product company and buy some local products from our side."

"What are you buying that for?"

"Uncle, you also know that I met a godfather in the provincial capital last time. When I came back, he bought me sausages, beef jerky and candy. I have to pay back my favor, right? We don't have anything good in the countryside here, just There are better ones in other communes, all of which are purchased and sold by local product companies, and you can buy more variety in the county. But if you go to the county and can’t come back at night, you have to open a hotel to prove that you are staying.”

When Bao Shunfeng heard what was going on, he nodded: "You are right, you should pay back your favor. Let's go. When are you going?"

Meng Tao knew that there was a time limit for opening the certificate, and rolled her eyes: "I've been busy with something these two days, uncle, or you can leave the time empty, and I'll fill it in by myself."

Bao Shunfeng was old-fashioned, but he wouldn't rely on Meng Tao. He felt that Meng Tao had no relatives and no reason in the county town, and he had to come back after a night's stay.

Meng Tao was helpless, this time was limited, if there was an accident outside and couldn't come back, it would be fine if they didn't read the date, but it would be troublesome if it was serious.

I had no choice but to say again: "Uncle, don't deduct the letter to go to the county seat, just write 'I have Comrade Meng Taohua from my village to go out on business...' just fine."

Bao Shunfeng said: "You are a small farmer, and you are still out on business. What are you doing?"

However, according to Meng Tao's meaning, he wrote "Comrade Meng Taohua will go to your place to do business". He acquiesced to what Meng Tao said, if you can't buy the desired local specialties in the county town, then go to the area.

Taohua ran back and forth to the provincial capital by herself, so Bao Shunfeng didn't worry about being deceived on the way, only told her to go back quickly, don't spend a lot of money, and get back the hundreds of dollars from Tian Zhigao The money has to be collected. She will get married when she finds a suitable partner, and she will need the money when she gets married.

Meng Tao obediently nodded in agreement.

The next day, Meng Tao temporarily decided to go away, telling everyone that he was going to the county seat.

Several female educated youths asked her to pick up some small things. Zhou Cuiling wanted to hang out with Meng Tao, but she still had to go to work.

Meng Tao laughed in her heart: I just want to leave when you are not free. If you follow along, it will be difficult for you to do things. I will bring you gifts when I come back.

Meng Tao took the village ox cart to the commune early, and then took the morning bus, but did not buy a direct ticket to the county seat, but got off the bus at Fenghe commune.

I heard from Zhou Cuiling that there was an orchard in Fenghe Commune.

Fenghe Commune was heading to the county seat, and it happened to be on the way, saving a lot of trouble. Meng Tao planned to go to the orchard of Fenghe Commune to buy some fruit, and then take the afternoon bus to the county seat.

I asked passers-by. The orchard was not far from the commune. It took about [-] minutes to walk. Meng Tao stopped a sturdy young man riding a bicycle on the street and asked him if he would take her to the orchard to find relatives. She gave a fare of one yuan. , the young man readily agreed.

The road leading to the orchard is a gravel-paved machine-ploughed road. It is relatively gentle. The young man stepped on the pedals and reached the orchard in a short while. After paying a dollar, Meng Tao walked towards the gate of the orchard.

Just as the fence door opened, a middle-aged man came out. Meng Tao hurriedly stepped forward to say hello. The middle-aged man asked her what she was doing?

Meng Tao said that he wanted to buy some fruit, and the middle-aged man waved his hand: "The collective orchards are all purchased and sold by the fruit company above. The whole car is taken away, and the private parts are not sold!"

"I can buy more, it doesn't matter if the price is higher." Meng Tao said.

The middle-aged man listened, looked at her carefully, looked around again, and lowered his voice: "How much can you buy?"

"What fruits are there in the garden?"

"Currently there are oranges, navel oranges, candied pears, and late-ripening peaches. The county fruit company just pulled away two trucks yesterday."

"What's the price?"

"Tangerines, oranges and pears, 6 hairs, new varieties of peach, big and sweet, 8 hairs."

Meng Tao has been shopping at the provincial capital fruit company's sales department and knows that the price is high in terms of wholesale prices.

"Can't it be less?"

"No."

"How much can you sell me?"

"Three to five hundred pounds, I can call the shots."

"Okay, I want five hundred pounds."

After saying this, Meng Tao also paused in his heart: My current property is only more than 300 yuan, so it's too risky to just throw it out, what should I do if I can't come back?
Think about the wealth and the risk, and don't take some risks, what kind of small money can you make?
So he made up his mind and followed the middle-aged man into the orchard to pick fruit. The middle-aged man called out a woman from the thatched hut guarding the garden to help pick fruit together. Oranges, navel oranges, and pears totaled 480 catties, and late-ripening peaches were 580 catties, totaling [-] catties. catty.

After paying the money, Meng Tao didn't have a car to take it away. The middle-aged man quickly went to the nearby village and called for an ox cart to come over, and delivered Meng Tao and five sacks of fruit to the commune. The place, please help the uncle who is driving the bus, unload the sack, give the uncle two dollars, and she will wait here for the bus.

(End of this chapter)