Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 356: The work quota is also up for grabs

"Tie Zhu, it's okay! Second place is fine, so the top two are in our class."

Someone came to Sun Tiezhu to comfort him.

Sun Tiezhu shook his head when he heard this: "I'm not sad. They are all in our class anyway. We just want to be first! Everyone wants to be first."

When everyone heard this, they smiled and nodded.

Class honor is class honor, and there is competition within the class!

Those who don't participate basically focus on class honors, and they don't care so much about who comes first.

Sun Tiezhu looked at Yang Xiaole and said with a smile: "Next time, I will definitely surpass you! I didn't eat enough in the morning."

Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for you!"

This guy can really run, and his lung capacity is scary.

Because not only does this guy come from a mountainous rural area, he also has to travel more than ten miles to go to school every day, getting up early and working late at night.

And he still plays the suona.

The lung capacity is quite impressive.

The two of them left the third place far behind.

If I weren't there, I would be firmly in first place.

"Let's go, let's go! Go watch the high jump."

The crowd booed and prepared to leave.

"Hey, wait a minute~"

Just when everyone was about to disperse, Yang Xiaole looked at the other person's pale face and frowned.

He took out a fruit hard candy and handed it to Sun Tiezhu.

"After eating, you are a little hypoglycemic."

When he just finished running, his face was flushed, but this guy's face was getting paler.

Hearing this, Sun Tiezhu took it and nodded slightly: "Thank you!"

He did feel a little dizzy and his body was a little weak.

After stuffing it into their mouths, several people were about to walk.

"Hey!!"

Suddenly a scream came.

He saw Sun Tiezhu lying down and insisting on sitting down, and his face was white with no blood at all.

His eyes were also a little confused.

With so many people present, he would definitely not fall down.

He quickly helped him sit there.

After Sun Tiezhu sat down, he put his hands around his knees, buried his face in his knees, and just lay there.

After a while it was like falling asleep.

"Hey, Sun Tiezhu, Sun Tiezhu..."

The person next to me shouted several times, but the other person didn't say anything. He just shook his head slightly, as if he was conscious or not.

"Monitor~~"

Someone saw this and shouted to him.

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiaole knelt down, took a look, and then said: "It should be fine. He just ate candy and will recover in a while. Just wait a while. If he still feels uncomfortable, go to the infirmary."

He had encountered this situation himself.

That's bleeding.

There will be a period of confusion and unconsciousness in between.

This is hypoglycemia caused by stress response, which is caused by hypoglycemia anyway.

Most of them should be like this. There are very few who fall down directly like Guan Yingying.

Moreover, he had just added a little well water to the other party's kettle. If it didn't burn immediately, the problem wouldn't be too big.

After everyone heard the words, they waited there quietly.

Most of the girls left.

Because at this time, on the track, preparations were being made for the 1x1 relay race of the first-year junior high school girls' team.

Yang Xiaole watched there.

Because Hua Yourong is also in the team. But not here, but on the fourth leg.

This girl's physique is already good, and with the addition of drinking some well water, most people really can't outrun her.

Now she is no longer a big-breasted and brainless girl.

Because the fourth stick is the key point.

As the whistle sounded, cheers came from the field.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole left the team and came to the finish line, which was not very far away.

There is also a female team from their class here.

Most of the girls in Lu Minqi's class are already waiting here.

Seeing this, Gu Lan hurriedly asked: "Is Sun Tiezhu okay?"

Both of them came from the countryside and lived on campus, so naturally they were a little closer.

Yang Xiaole shook his head when he saw this: "It's okay, he'll be fine in a while, he's a little hypoglycemic."

As he spoke, he looked at the approaching team.

The total distance is only 400 meters, which takes about a minute.

At this time, everyone in Gu Lan also looked at the running athletes, and the sound of cheering at the finish line didn't stop.

There is even more excitement on the playing field.

Yang Xiaole looked at the players getting closer and closer, and Hua Yourong fell behind in third place.

But at this rate, her probability of winning is estimated to be relatively small.

As she was overtaken from third place, she also came to second place, slowly overtaking the first place.

The first person is Wang Rong.

I have to say that Wang Rong's physical fitness is quite good, and her speed is also very fast.

really.

Just as he thought.

Near the end, Hua Yourong was still one step behind Wang Rong and missed the first place.

"Ah! I won, I won."

Lu Minqi and several other girls also screamed excitedly.

Yang Xiaole took a look and realized that although Hua Yourong was powerful, this was a team, and not everyone was as capable as him in turning the tide.

"What's wrong? You're not happy that our class won!"

After Lu Minqi got over her excitement, she saw Yang Xiaole staring at Hua Yourong and asked angrily.

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole rolled his eyes: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Then he walked towards Hua Yourong.

When he was running away, she came over and ignored his class.

It would be outrageous not to go there now.

Looking at Hua Yourong who was sighing, he smiled and comforted her: "It's okay, this is only the first session! There will be many opportunities in the future."

There are still five years to go!

Seeing this, Hua Yourong narrowed her mouth and nodded with a smile.

Everyone glanced at him subconsciously when they saw this.

Yang Xiaole saw this and smiled: "Then I'll go to my class first!"

He said hello and left, returning to Sun Tiezhu's side.

At this time, Sun Tiezhu was still pale, and his whole body was wet with cold sweat.

But the person is fine.

"Are you okay?"

After Yang Xiaole came over, he took a look and asked softly.

"Well, it's okay, much better. Thank you for the candy!"

Sun Tiezhu thanked him.

Yang Xiaole looked at the field and persuaded him: "It's okay. You won't have any competitions later. Go back as soon as possible! Sun Feng, please go back with him."

The other party also came from the countryside, but it was just in a district, a suburb.

Hearing this, Sun Feng nodded slightly: "Okay, then I will send him back first."

After saying that, the two walked towards the dormitory.

The remaining students rushed to other places collectively.

Mainly a women's game.

Because Yang Xiaole alone won 9 of the 6 men's events, regardless of team or individual competition.

When we came to the women's high jump, many people gathered around.

Look at the people competing in the class.

Seeing him coming, everyone exchanged greetings.

Gu Lan gestured to him: "Squad leader, come here!"

Yang Xiaole was confused for a moment.

"What's the matter?"

But he followed anyway.

When they came to a deserted area, the two stopped.

Yang Xiaole looked at Gu Lan's hesitant expression and felt confused for a while; "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

He couldn't guess what the other party meant either.

Gu Lan hesitated and said, "Um... can the person who supports the Qiucai headquarters arrange for us to go to the Xidan vegetable market? Me, Yingying, and Tiezhu."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole was confused for a while: "What's going on?"

The Qiucai Command is actually the headquarters for the annual Winter Cabbage Campaign, which is organized temporarily every year.

But most of them are people with experience from previous years.

Every year during this season, tens of thousands of people in the city would participate, and he naturally knew this.

Already experienced it last year.

Every year when the manpower is insufficient, the people below will request support from the Akina headquarters, and then a certain number of students from agencies, factories, mines, schools, etc. will be assigned to participate.

Others don't know, but for students, it's in the morning before school, after school, and two days on the weekend.

It's almost November 1st.

The cabbage war is about to begin.

But he didn't know why he had to go to Xidan Wet Market.

Gu Lan hesitated and said, "Yingying told me that Xidan Vegetable Market is a wholesale market, where the vegetables are the cheapest and the most people sell them."

"Well, I know, just tell me the reason directly!"

This is not nonsense!

The wet market is a wholesale market, and their prices are definitely cheaper than those in retail stores.

It's not much cheaper either.

A pound is only one centimeter.

But there are too many people there, and the cabbage is heavy, so you may not be able to get good food there.

Transportation is also an issue.

So not everyone will go there.

When Gu Lan saw this, she said: "She said there will be picked vegetable leaves there, and those who go to work can get them. This is tacitly agreed."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole understood instantly.

Even in these difficult times, newspapers have published slogans stating that wasting food is a crime.

There will still inevitably be a lot of waste.

Everyone wants to buy the best and freshest cabbage when they spend money.

Many people will break off the bad outer leaves when picking vegetables.

Even if they have to let the vegetables wilt outside in the sun when they get home, they still pick them because they feel better when the good vegetables wilt than when they buy them.

However, these leaves will not be taken away by those people. Special trucks will be there to transport them away.

It is not clear where it will be shipped.

Some people say that they are sent to be used as food substitutes, while others say that they are used as welfare benefits for large manufacturers.

Some said they were sent to farms to feed livestock.

There are various opinions.

The reason why they went to Xidan Vegetable Market must be to get some picked vegetable leaves.

Take this thing back and remove the rotten parts, and the rest can be used to make sauerkraut.

"Okay ah?"

Seeing that he didn't speak, Gu Lan urged him.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and nodded: "Okay! Anyway, there are 7 places! I know who will give the remaining ones."

He hadn't cared about this kind of support work before.

The day before the sports meeting, Lao Han gave him a form in the last class and then left school.

Originally, he was planning to wait until the sports meeting was over to see if anyone was willing to sign up!

If not, he would just assign a few people to Lao Han.

Now it seems that he already has a goal. There are five people in the class who came from the countryside, Gu Lan, Sun Tiezhu, Sun Feng just now, and two other men.

Guan Yingying alone.

There is another one that he plans to give to another person with worse conditions.

"Really? Who will give the rest?"

Gu Lan felt happy for a while.

"A few from the dormitory, Guan Yingying, and Qin Hao. Okay?"

Qin Hao is also one of the more difficult ones in the family. There are many half-year-old boys in the family.

These words made her happy for a while, and she nodded frequently: "Okay. Then I'll go tell them!"

Seeing Yang Xiaole nodding, she hurriedly ran away happily.

Looking at Gu Lan's leaving figure, Yang Xiaole just passed by and saw Gu Lan muttering to one of the people.

The other party came from another rural area, Wang Erzhu.

Seeing him coming, Wang Erzhu smiled happily and said: "Squad leader, thank you!"

"fine!"

Yang Xiaole said nonchalantly.

Then continue watching the game.

The news of the support quickly spread, and many people came to look for him.

Although Yang Xiaole knew that things were difficult now, there was nothing he could do. There were only a few places in total.

It was rejected on the grounds that these people signed up first.

……

The competition lasts for three days in total.

Class 2 (6) of junior high school ended perfectly with 3 first place boys and first place girls.

18 first place winners, a total of six classes.

They got half of it in one class.

And Yang Xiaole's name was also remembered by a group of people in the first grade of junior high school during the broadcast.

After the sports meeting, everyone still had to calm down and go to class.

However, the temperature is extremely cold today, and it is expected that the temperature will drop drastically in the next two days.

……

10 April

After school that evening, Yang Xiaole, wearing a cotton-padded jacket, gloves and hat, went to Suo Ye's house with Hua Yourong.

Because I have to come over again to deliver food stamps.

Moreover, there was another letter from Hong Kong Island, but she forgot to bring it here this morning.

After arriving at the place.

After saying goodbye to Hua Yourong, he pushed the door open and went in with a cloth bag in his hand.

"Master!"

At this time, the old man was reading a letter there.

Seeing him come in, he put the letter away and put it on the table.

"Here, Master, food stamps!"

He put the things on the table, then sat down with a smile: "Master, how are you doing lately?"

"It's okay! Drink some water and soak it yourself."

The old man muttered calmly.

Yang Xiaole said nonchalantly: "Hey, if you don't want to drink, I'll make the drink myself!"

After hearing this, the old man didn't care anymore.

He just took a sip of water and said, "You can come and get the money next time. By the way, Xiaole, I want to ask you something. Can you tell me that you can take care of it yourself."

"Oh, what's the matter? Master, you keep telling me. Don't worry about money."

The old man nodded the cloth bag on the table and said, "Do you have a way to get your own foreign exchange?"

Yang Xiaole was stunned for a moment by these words.

After thinking about it for a while, I realized that all I got were remittance coupons and food stamps, so it was normal to be discovered.

Then he smiled and said: "Don't be so secretive. If you have something to do, just say it. If it can be done, I will definitely do it."

After hearing this, the old man thought for a while and said: "I want to get a batch of foreign exchange. Can you help me get some? I will exchange it for gold, and you can exchange it for me."

Yang Xiaole was confused for a moment.

Then he came to his senses and said with a smile, "Is it prepared for my second brother?"

The second brother he was talking about was naturally Cao Zhongxuan who went to Singapore.

It's not appropriate to call him by his first name, so he might as well call him second brother.

The old man nodded slightly: "He said that Singapore had just become independent last year. There is a lot of waste there and there are many opportunities. I am ready to do business there. I am worried that he will not have enough money."

He has a way to exchange large yellow croaker for RMB, or exchange RMB for large yellow croaker. But he had no choice but to exchange foreign exchange.

Yang Xiaole nodded lightly when he heard this.

After all, I feel sorry for my son.

As for the two sons, one went to the other side of the sea and followed the bald head. They have not been in contact for so many years.

The other person who can be contacted will naturally be more concerned.

I mentally estimated the money in the old man's hands.

Five large yellow croakers, three small yellow croakers and five hundred silver dollars.

According to the current price of 5.44 per gram, it can be exchanged for about 9500 yuan.

The current exchange rate remains at around 2.42 US dollars, which means it can be exchanged for about 4000 US dollars.

Is this less money?

Not a lot.

The current average salary in the United States is just over 150 yuan a month, which is equivalent to more than two years' salary.

It is still possible to do some small business.

After all, Singapore was just independent last year.

These data naturally come from Hong Kong Island, and the exchange rate basically floats around this level. It has not changed much over the years.

Seeing that he was thinking about the problem, the old man did not rush him.

After waiting for a while, Yang Xiaole nodded: "No problem! How much do you want? Hong Kong dollars, pounds, or US dollars are all fine, but not others."

The last time I went to Hong Kong Island, although most of the money I got was Hong Kong dollars, there were tens of thousands of pounds and US dollars each.

It was just ignored by him.

After all, that's all.

But for ordinary people, this is already a huge sum of money.

After hearing this, the old man stood up and was about to go into the house.

Suddenly, he stopped.

Yang Xiaole also looked at the door.

"Xiao Le! Grandpa Suo."

After a while, he saw Hua Yourong walking in with a smile.

There was also a thick letter in his hand.

"Give!"

Putting the things in front of Yang Xiaole, he smiled at the old man and said, "Grandpa Suo, we will give you some of the dumplings we made tonight. Xiaole, you can eat some too."

The old man nodded slightly.

Yang Xiaole shook his head: "No, I will go home and eat in a while. My meal will be cooked at home."

"Oh fine!"

After Hua Yourong finished speaking, she stood aside, ready to listen to the two people talking.

Upon seeing this, the old man said: "You go back first, Xiaole and I have something to talk about."

Hearing this, Hua Yourong looked at the two of them and nodded softly, "Okay, I'll leave first! I'll send you dumplings later."

After that, he said hello and left.

After the others left, Laotu entered the house.

After a while, he took out a box and put it on the table, and asked, "How much can I exchange for these?"

Yang Xiaole opened the wooden box and took a look. It was exactly what he had seen before.

Then he smiled and said: "Master, you still have a lot of inventory!"

Hearing this, the old man put the things on the table: "Look, how much can be exchanged? It's best to use US dollars."

Upon seeing this, Yang Xiaole thought about it for a while. He only knew the price of gold in exchange for RMB, but he didn't know the price of gold in foreign exchange!

Exchanging gold for RMB can double the value.

But if you exchange for foreign exchange, you can only get less than the original price.

Because foreign exchange settlement is now compulsory, ordinary people in the market have no foreign exchange at all, so it is very difficult to exchange foreign currency.

And if this thing goes abroad, it can only be exchanged at the local price.

So it will only be low but not high.

Thinking of this, he said: "Let's do this, five thousand US dollars!"

Just round up the number.

"so tall?"

The old man thought about it for a while, and then said in surprise.

Because he wanted to get foreign exchange, he naturally went outside to inquire.

You can find out the exchange rate for compulsory foreign exchange settlement at the bank.

You can know the approximate exchange rate.

"Well, that's all, but this is for you. Don't be a broker and exchange them for this price. Otherwise, I won't be able to bear it as your apprentice."

If it weren't for the other party, he wouldn't know him at all.

It's not a big deal for Hong Kong Island to pay tens of thousands of dollars.

The old man looked strange when he saw this, looked at him and asked softly: "You are not sent from there, are you? Otherwise, why would you have so much foreign exchange?"

Now he has understood that this is Yang Xiaole's own.

It's not exchanged with others.

Only a fool would pay such a high price.

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole was stunned for a moment.

There was a moment of silence: "What are you always thinking about?"

This is treating him as a spy sent from the opposite side.

Then he took the things on the table and said, "Okay, I've taken the things! I'll bring them to you when I have time. I'll go back first."

Leaving this thing here with the old man will not be a good thing in the future.

Might as well take it yourself first.

Anyway, as long as he is here, the old man will not lack anything.

Watching his leaving figure, the old man wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

……

When Yang Xiaole returned home, my mother had already got off work and was chatting with people in the courtyard!

Even if you don’t listen, you’ll know what’s going on.

Tomorrow is the first day that large quantities of winter-stored Chinese cabbage will be put on the market.

The courtyard should be the same as last year, go through the back door and get more cabbage.

Yang Xiaole came back, hung up his schoolbag, and smiled at the eldest sister who was busy working: "Where are eldest brother and the others! Are they in the backyard?"

"No, sister-in-law is back. She's in the backyard! Brother is in the factory and hasn't come back yet. He said it's autumn and winter now, and fire prevention is very important in the factory. He's inspecting the factory with the people from the security department!"

Yang Xiaole nodded slightly when he heard this.

Looking at the food that had been prepared, he smiled and said, "It's quite fast today!"

The eldest sister took out the food and nodded with a smile: "Well, after dinner, we have to move the cabbage from the courtyard. Xiaoli, go and ask sister-in-law to eat."

After saying that, he shouted to the two little guys who were reading a little book in the room.

"Hey, here we come."

Xiaoli heard this and ran out in a hurry.

Watching Xiaoli leave, the eldest sister muttered: "You shouldn't let me go to the security department. The prestige is quite impressive, but even if you work overtime every day, the benefits are not high, and you still have a headache when you encounter cases that cannot be solved."

Hearing this, Yang Xiaole raised his eyebrows; "What's wrong?"

The eldest sister raised her head: "Oh, it's nothing. There is a case. The eldest brother was there before he got married, and it has not been solved until now."

Yang Xiaole nodded lightly when he heard this.

I don't know which one she was talking about.

He looked outside and said: "Don't mention this matter. It's right for my eldest brother to join the security department. At least he is more decent."

He couldn't tell the specific reason, so he could only mutter this.

Hearing this, the eldest sister put her rice bowl on the table and started to speak.

But when he saw his sister-in-law coming, he shut his mouth.

(End of this chapter)