Era: Starting from cave dwellings in northern Shaanxi

Chapter 286: Can this date do the job?
In a large courtyard in the capital city, Zhao Xing squatted at the door of his house, looking around at several young wives with gleaming eyes.

There are more than ten families crammed into this large courtyard with two entrances, and the courtyard, which is not big to begin with, is filled with all kinds of old furniture that people are reluctant to throw away, honeycomb coal that was not burned last year, and picked up rags.

In the middle of the yard is a pressurized well that supplies drinking water to the entire compound.

Because it is the weekend today, most people are at home, and I finally took out the clothes that have been piled up for a long time and washed them together.

Zhao Xing was an educated youth who had just returned to the city from the countryside. He replaced his father's position in the factory, but because he knew nothing, he was still waiting for work arrangements at home.

Departments like logistics and security were the hottest ones in the factory. His father was just an ordinary worker before, and it was already the limit for them to be able to bring him back to the city.

Don’t even think about these popular departments.

However, he was unwilling to be an apprentice in a factory, which was a hard and tiring job, and was worried about it.

Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of a figure hurriedly coming back from outside, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Uncle Cai, what good stuff are you taking? Why are you hiding it?"

The man he called Uncle Cai was about forty years old and was also a worker.

After all, people with a certain status or small cadres cannot live here.

However, the other family's conditions are much better than Zhao Xing's. His son started dating a girl not long ago and said they would get married at the end of the year. However, the other family of six is ​​squeezed into two east rooms. If the eldest son gets married, there will be no place to live.

You can't let the new daughter-in-law live in the same room with her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, right?

So Uncle Cai has been worrying a lot recently about finding a place for his son. He has even gone to the street office countless times. The result is always the same: everyone has difficulties but they have to overcome them.

The problem is that Uncle Cai can't overcome it at all. The in-laws only made one request, that the young couple must have their own room. Once this is solved, they can talk about getting married.

Zhao Xing hadn't seen a smile on Uncle Cai's face for a long time, but at this moment, the other party couldn't hide his happiness at all.

"Nothing."

Uncle Cai denied it verbally, but he tightened the thing in his arms, giving people the feeling that he was trying to hide something.

This time, Zhao Xing became even more curious, so he stood up quickly and chased after him.

The relationship between the two families has always been good, especially between Zhao Xing and the other party's son. They grew up together wearing open-crotch pants, so Zhao Xing did not treat himself as an outsider and followed the other party into the house.

"You little brat, why are you following me?"

Uncle Cai closed the door and glared at Zhao Xing fiercely.

"Uncle Cai, stop hiding it. What good stuff is that? Let me take a look."

Zhao Xing kept staring at what was in Uncle Cai's arms.

"Okay, but you have to keep it a secret for me and don't tell anyone."

After Uncle Cai gave the instructions, he opened the bag in his arms and took out a box from it.

"what is this?"

Zhao Xing stared at the box that Uncle Cai took out, and he had only one feeling: it looked good.

“High-grade health-preserving dates.”

Uncle Cai immediately said proudly.

"What's high-end? Health-promoting dates?"

Zhao Xing was a little confused. What are health-preserving dates?
"Yes, eating dates can improve your health. I had to ask someone to get me a box of this with great difficulty."

Uncle Cai carefully placed the box on the table, and became more and more satisfied the more he looked at it.

"Isn't this just an ordinary date? Why is it given such a strange name?"

Zhao Xing asked in confusion.

"Hey, you don't understand this, right? This health preservation means that it can make people's bodies better, cure diseases, and prolong their lives."

Uncle Cai looked like he knew everything, but in fact, he had heard all this from other people.

"Uncle Cai, you've been deceived. There are many jujube trees where I worked in the production team, but I've never heard that eating jujubes can cure diseases."

Zhao Xing said immediately. "Cheat? You know nothing. How can these dates be the same as those grown in the countryside? These health-preserving dates are a specially cultivated variety. Do you know where these health-preserving dates are sold?"

Uncle Cai looked at Zhao Xing with disdain.

What do young people know?

"where?"

Zhao Xing asked curiously.

"In the Friendship Store, these health-preserving dates are sold exclusively to foreigners. I heard that those foreigners are going crazy for them. Think about it, are there any stupid foreigners? If they are even going for it, it must be a good thing. If it's not a good thing, how could it be sold in the Friendship Store?"

Uncle Cai said proudly.

"Friendship Store? Then how did you buy it, Uncle Cai?"

Zhao Xing's face was full of confusion. That place was not a place that ordinary people could enter. Ordinary people like them were stopped before they even reached the door.

It can be said that without sufficient identity, you can't even get through the door.

He also knew that the things inside were of the best quality. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be a disgrace to the country if foreigners bought bad things?

"Of course I asked someone to buy it for me. I was just lucky enough to get a box like this. And do you know how much this box of high-grade health-preserving dates costs?"

"How many?"

"The Friendship Store sells it for 12 yuan a box, but I spent 18 yuan to buy it."

"Isn't this a big mistake?"

"What a swindler? After I grabbed this box of high-end health-preserving dates, I was stopped by someone before I walked a few meters. He said he wanted to buy it from me for 20 yuan, but I ignored him."

"It went up by two dollars in just a few steps?"

"Yes, do you think this is a good thing? If it was fake, would so many people be willing to pay more to get it? And look at how beautiful this box is. Have you ever seen such a beautiful box? Can you understand the foreign language on it?"

Uncle Cai became more and more proud as he spoke.

To be honest, when he first bought it, he was a little nervous. After all, eighteen yuan was not a small amount of money for him, it was half a month's salary.

You can buy two bottles of Moutai.

But I ended up buying a box of dates.

But just after he took a few steps, when someone offered a higher price to buy his dates, his heart immediately calmed down.

He had managed to get this with the help of someone else, and he was using it to ask someone to do him a favor. How could he possibly sell it?

And he was not stupid. He went to department stores and supply and marketing cooperatives to look, but found that they were not selling it.

Just the incomprehensible foreign words on the box make people think it is a good thing.

So the more I think about it, the more I feel I have earned it.

Even if he regretted it, he could always sell it and maybe even make a few extra dollars.

"Uncle Cai, open it quickly and try it."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but say.

"Bah, you think you can eat these health-preserving dates? I bought them to do things, so stop worrying about it. If you want to eat them, buy them yourself, provided you can find the ones you can buy them from."

Uncle Cai glared at Zhao Xing unhappily.

"Do things? Just sending a box of dates can do things?"

Zhao Xing's face was full of disbelief.

"Then just wait and see."

Uncle Cai was not sure whether this date could get the job done, but since things had come to this, he had to give it a try.

At night, Uncle Cai quietly left home with the box of high-end health-preserving dates.

(End of this chapter)