Era: Being dressed as cannon fodder makes a real daughter

Although the new clothes seemed to fit him well, Tian Baozhu, for some reason, always felt that Xie Zhong was a bit awkward wearing such clothes.

People saw that Xie Zhong's appearance had also dropped a lot, not to mention his figure. He looked as if he had lost weight.

Xu Xiuzhen and Tian Baozhu were sitting together, biting their ears, not knowing what they were talking about?
  They soon arrived at the county town. The bus they took today, Xu Xiuzhen and his wife, drove very fast because there were not many people.

So, when the two of them arrived at the county seat, it was still early.

Before coming, Tian Baozhu had made an agreement with Xie Zhong.

There are two larger factories in the town, a steel factory and a textile factory, one in the east and one in the west.

So, the two of them separated, carrying the wooden boxes on their backs, and ran directly to their respective factories.

When Tian Baozhu arrived at the door of the textile factory, calculating the time, the female worker on the morning shift should be going to work soon.

However, Tian Baozhu's target customer group is not them.

It's because as soon as the female workers on the morning shift enter the factory, the female workers on the night shift will get off work.

After not sleeping all night and being hungry, not to mention the fact that meat buns cost [-] cents each, no matter how expensive they were, people who wanted to buy them would still buy them.

Tian Baozhu just started selling when she was stopped by these female workers who had just gotten off work. The buns in her box were sold out in a short time.

The same goes for Xie Zhong's side, even selling faster than Tian Baozhu's side.

Because workers in steel plants mostly do physical work.

Men eat much more than women, so many people gathered around Xie Zhong but didn't buy anything.

Everyone protested because the buns Xie Chong brought were too few.

Especially after smelling the meat buns that my colleagues bought and biting into them, the tangy smell of the meat made their stomachs rumble.

"Young man, are you still there tomorrow?"

"Yes, yes, remember to bring more, otherwise it won't be enough for everyone to share."

Hearing the flurry of questions, Xie Zhong suppressed the excitement in his heart and nodded repeatedly in assurance.

"Don't worry, if you come tomorrow, there will definitely be more than today."

After hearing Xie Zhong's assurance, these workers slowly left.

However, he is smart and not short of money.

He directly grabbed Xie Zhong who was about to leave, and then put the money in his hand.

"Young man, I'll give you the money first. Remember to leave ten for me tomorrow."

"Yes, yes, I want ten too."

"I want it too. The meat filling in this meat bun is so big. If you bite into it, your mouth will be filled with juice.

I have to buy a few more and take them back to give my mother-in-law and children a taste. "

The most important thing is that there is so much meat filling in this meat bun, and each one only costs [-] cents, and no food stamps are required. It is really a good deal.

Everyone took out their money and made reservations with Xie Zhong.

When Tian Baozhu and Xie Zhong met, Xie Zhong couldn't hide the excitement on his face.

"Sister Baozhu, I have reserved sixty buns for tomorrow."

"Ah, I've booked twenty of them here too."

After hearing each other's words, the two looked at each other and smiled.

It seems that the other party's buns should be sold out.

"It's just that with so many orders, plus the amount we sold today, I'm afraid we won't have enough meat at home, right?"

After Xie Zhong was happy, he said with some worry.

"Why don't I go up the mountain after I go back today."

He planned to go get some prey and then go to the black market to exchange for some pork. “It’s okay, I’ve already told people about this.

The other party will provide me with meat every day, and it will not be enough.

Moreover, there is still nearly half of the meat filling prepared yesterday, which can be used to make many more buns. "

After hearing Tian Baozhu's words, Xie Zhong calmed down.

When the two of them returned to the village, they sat at the Kang table and took out all the money for the buns sold today, as well as the deposit.

Just the sound of jingling coins was heard, which made people feel very happy.

One cent, two cents, and five cents, as well as paper money of [-] cents, and even one dollar.

One counts coins and the other counts paper money.

There were two hundred and twenty buns in total today. Each of us ate two of them in the morning, so there were actually two hundred and sixteen buns.

They cost two cents each, and they sold for a total of forty-three yuan and two cents.

In addition to the deposit of [-] yuan for [-] buns given by you and me in the factory, we made a total of [-] yuan and [-] cents today.

I used ten kilograms of flour, which was [-] kilograms if I asked for food stamps, and [-] kilograms if I bought it on the black market.

I used five kilograms of pork, and the price for the meat was [-] cents per kilogram. If I went to buy it on the black market, it would be one yuan per kilogram.

Adding the two together, that's the cost of seven and a half yuan, which is the bulk.

Adding in the firewood and seasonings, the total is fifty cents, so the cost is eight yuan.

The money earned today, minus the eight yuan cost, is a net profit of fifty-one yuan and two cents.

If you sell it like this for a month, it will cost more than [-] yuan?
  Even if he and Tian Baozhu split it [-]-[-], they would still get more than [-] yuan.

Now, who in this town can earn more than [-] yuan a month?
  Even if you are a worker, you probably won’t earn that much. It’s almost two years’ worth of wages for an ordinary worker.

The more Xie Zhong calculated, the more frightened he became. He didn't expect that he could make so much money just by selling steamed buns.

When he went to the black market before, he had no choice but to go there only a few times a month for safety reasons.

Although you can make money, you still need to take risks.

Whether it's hunting in the mountains or secretly selling things on the black market.

"Sister Baozhu, if we sell steamed buns, people won't come to us and cause trouble, right?"

After all, a few years ago, this kind of behavior was not allowed.

"Don't worry, before meeting you today, I went to the post office and bought a newspaper with a recent date.

It is clearly stated above that individuals can hire people to do work, but not more than eight people.

Now, it's just you and me, and we're engaged. As Party Secretary Liu testified, we can't be considered an employer.

Therefore, even if they come looking for trouble, they probably won't be able to find us two. "

Tian Baozhu took out a newspaper from nowhere, pointed to the document reported on the front page, and said to Xie Zhong.

"I...I don't know much about literacy."

Looking at the newspaper Tian Baozhu took out, Xie Zhong's face turned red, and he lowered his head with some inferiority, not daring to look at her for fear that she would dislike him.

"Hey, how do I think you're pretty good at counting money?"

Tian Baozhu was shocked when he heard the news.

Xie Zhong was counting money just now, and his calculation speed was not much slower than his own.

However, she then thought that in the countryside, even if there were parents, their children would not necessarily be sent to school!
  The little bit of writing that Xie Zhong can read probably was learned before he was ten years old, when his grandfather was still alive.

Later, after his grandfather died, survival was a problem. How could he still go to school and learn to read?