Chen Bei found another thrift store and used his household registration book to help Mu Yichen sell the Rolex watch for 100 yuan, finally settling the matter.
After accompanying Uncle Mu back home, Chen Bei also took the money to go to the People's Mall in the city center and bought a can of whole milk powder.
After some thought, he also bought a pound of hard candies.
These are cheap and durable and can be given to the neighbor's children.
It is most suitable for them to increase nutrition.
Back at the family home in Gaotupo, I was making milk powder for my son.
Lu Erxi from the steel factory compound next door came to visit with his baby.
The child was two years younger than Chen Guang.
He was four years old this year.
He was thin and withered, and his eyes were staring at her.
He drank the milk in the glass and stuck out his tongue to lick his lips.
Chen Guang was sick, so he sat on the bed and drank milk.
The gear brand whole milk powder produced by the state-owned No. 1 Milk Powder Factory was of good quality.
The milk that came out was thick and fragrant.
Lu Erxi was chatting with Chen Bei, saying that the child was going to the Yuhong class and should give him a name.
He came to learn from Chen Bei.
Chen Bei thought about it and said, "After liberation and dawn, let's call him Lu Tianming."
"This is a good name.
He is a cultural person after all.
The name has meaning."
Lu Erxi was very happy and took out a cigarette and asked Chen Bei to smoke it.
Ten years ago, he was a porter in a steel plant and could not even afford a wife.
Now, He is already a furnace monitor at a steel plant.
He is married and has four children.
His wife still has another child in her belly.
Although furnace workers receive subsidies, life is still tight.
Just look at Xiao Tianming’s slovenly appearance.
Know.
Suddenly, Xiao Tianming pointed at the glass in Xiao Chen Guang's hand and shouted, "I want to drink, I want to drink."
Lu Erxi's face darkened, and he slapped his son's buttocks hard, making a snap sound.
"Er Xi, what are you doing?"
Chen Bei grabbed Lu Erxi's raised palm again.
"This kid has no future."
Lu Er hummed happily, feeling that his son had lost his face.
Xiao Tianming suppressed it until his face turned red, and then he burst into tears, tears falling down.
Chen Bei leaned down and hugged Lu Tianming: "My dear, you want to drink milk?
I'll make you a cup."
Xiao Tianming shed tears and sobbed, and looked timidly at his father.
Lu Erxi crossed his legs and smoked a cigarette, not looking at his son.
Chen Bei knew that the baby was afraid of being beaten, so he directly made a glass of milk and handed it to Xiao Tianming.
The child still couldn't resist the temptation of the milk, so he drank it in two gulps, leaving a circle of white milk foam on his mouth, and licked it clean with his tongue. .
Chen Bei felt sad when he saw it, and took out a handful of hard candies from his pocket and stuffed them into the child's clothes.
Lu Erxi said he didn't want it, but he didn't stop him.
After chatting for a while, Lu Erxi went back with Xiao Tianming.
His family had a large population.
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My mother was seriously ill and should have died in 1947, but she was saved by the medical team brought by Chen Yan.
She is still alive today.
Life became tougher.
He married a wife and gave birth to a large number of children.
His wife was pregnant and seven mouths in the family needed to eat.
His salary alone was simply not enough.
Suddenly I smelled a fragrance coming from the kitchen, and then my wife brought a plate of fragrant bean dregs cakes and said, "Eat it quickly, it's delicious with lard dregs added."
Lu Erxi said: "Where did you get it?"
The daughter-in-law said: "I heard someone said that Changfeng Bean Products Factory dumps out bean dregs at 4:30 every morning, so I went to pick up a pot with others and brought it back, washed away the bean smell with water, and added vegetables picked up from the vegetable market.
The leaves, when made into pancakes, have higher nutritional value than ginseng and deer antlers.”
Lu Erxi frowned and said, "I know about this.
It's the waste from the bean product factory, which farmers in the suburbs take back to feed the pigs.
How could you do this?
Isn't this a loss of my life?
I am also a monitor after all." " The daughter-in-law said: "Then what do you mean by the food plan?
There is not enough food.
The children are so hungry that they are bloated.
As a mother, I feel heartbroken when I see them."
Lu Erxi talks hard, but feels uncomfortable in his heart.
His daughter-in-law has no education, but she is kind-hearted and hard-working.
She has a big belly and even goes around looking for food.
But after all, he is the monitor of a steel factory.
How can he do this kind of poaching against socialism?
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"You are not allowed to go there in the future.
I will find a way."
Lu Erxi said, picking up the bean cake and taking a bite.
It was indeed very fragrant, but he only took this bite and did not touch the rest.
After eating, Lu Erxi went out to brag and chat with his colleagues.
Xiao Tianming took out hard candies from his pocket and gave them to his younger brothers and sisters, and gave one to his mother.
"It's so sweet."
Mom made an exaggerated gesture of eating candy, which made Xiao Tianming laugh.
In fact, she didn't even peel off the candy wrapper.
Today Lu Tianming worked the night shift and went to work at 11 o'clock at night.
At four o'clock in the morning, his wife got up, and Xiao Tianming also got up quickly.
He stared at his little eyes and asked: "Mom, what are you doing?"
Mom took a steel pot and said, "Mom, go grab the bean dregs and make pancakes for you."
"Mom, I'm going too."
"Okay, then we two will grab it together."
The wife held a steel pot, and Xiao Tianming held a small enamel bowl.
The couple came to the back door of Changfeng Bean Products Factory under the stars.
A large group of people had gathered here.
It seemed that the secret of bean dregs spread very quickly.
I'm afraid I'll have to work harder to get the bean dregs today.
At around 4:30, two workers came out with a large pot of steaming bean dregs and poured it on the ground.
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As soon as they entered the door, people who had been waiting nearby immediately rushed forward.
Tianming's mother also carried the pot with her belly full.
As she ran over, she was accidentally knocked over by someone.
The person behind her couldn't hold her foot back and stepped on her stomach.
With a shrill scream, Tianming's mother lay on the ground, blood pouring out of her trouser legs.
"He's dead!"
someone shouted, but this didn't stop them from grabbing the bean dregs.
Lu Tianming walked over crying, and his mother was already dying and couldn't lift her head.
"Mom, if you eat candy, it won't hurt anymore."
Xiao Tianming peeled off a hard candy and stuffed it into her mother's mouth.
"It's so sweet.
Mom doesn't feel any pain anymore, be good."
Mom tilted her head and looked at Tianming, her pupils gradually dilated.
In the courtyard of the Gaotupo Steel Factory, there were a few wreaths placed alone.
The cries were mixed with the laughter of children.
Three dirty children were playing beside the wreaths under the leadership of Xiao Tianming.
Chen Bei and Ma Chunhua came to express their condolences.
Seeing the carefree child, Ma Chunhua's eyes were red and she asked Chen Bei in a low voice: "Bake more."
"You make up your mind."
Chen Beidao said.
His family has a strong foundation, and both his and her husband have high wages.
They are much better off financially than these workers.
"This is my mother's wreath."
Xiao Tianming proudly pointed to the wreath and said to the condolences relatives and friends.
Lu Erxi's daughter-in-law died, killing two people.
The law was not to blame.
He did not receive any compensation.
The days to come were even more difficult.
He turned gray almost overnight, squatting in the yard wearing a canvas work clothes full of holes, with empty eyes. , a pile of cigarette butts on the ground.
The neighbor aunts and sisters-in-law all sighed, and Erxi Niang was crying.
Chen Bei took out all the ten-yuan and five-yuan bills in his wallet, put them into white paper bags, and silently put them on the table.
A group of people came in.
They were the workshop director and the union chairman of the steel plant.
Seeing the people coming up from the organization, Lu Erxi, who had been holding back, finally cried out and rushed towards him to kneel down and kowtow to the workshop director.
The director grabbed him.
He said sadly: "Erxi, I'm late."
"Director, how am I living my life?"
Lu Erxi, a hard-working man, was crying like a child at this moment.
No wonder he was worried.
In addition to supporting his mother, he also had to support four children.
He had to work three shifts.
There is no time, no energy, no food.
"Er Xi, the organization has already known about your difficulties.
The child will be placed in the nursery and we will give you some extra subsidies every month."
The union chairman said.
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"Thank you to the party, thank you to the leadership, thank you to the organization.
The Lu family will never forget the kindness of the party in the steel competition next month.
I will never fall behind and strive for the championship."
Lu Erxi suddenly became excited and swore an oath, patting his chest.
"Let's go."
Chen Bei said to Ma Chunhua.
Ma Chunhua's eyes sparkled and she said movedly: "Comrade Erxi is indeed a member of the working class trained by the party, with a will like steel."
Yang Shugen, secretary of the Nantai County Party Committee, stood in front of the counter of Jiangbei No. 3 state-owned thrift store, looking at a beautiful Rolex watch.
The salesperson was a little impatient.
After the public-private partnership, the exploited pawn shop boys in the past became workers who were fed by the state.
Social status rises rapidly, especially in a lucrative business like a thrift store.
When you step outside, you are a head taller than others.
But the salesperson didn't dare to show his displeasure.
The old society's ability to read people's dishes still came in handy.
Although the customer in front of him was in his thirties, he was neatly dressed and had no money on his hands.
There are calluses and no mud on the feet, which means that you are not a manual worker.
You are wearing it on your wrist.
A piece of Yingnag shows that he is a person who pays great attention to the quality of life.
There is a Gas Jeep with a county license plate parked on the road outside.
Those who are eligible to take a special car these days are at least level 13 cadres.
This person may be a county official.
How dare you offend a mere thrift store salesperson like the deputy county magistrate here?
"Comrade, this watch is a German Rolex.
The quality is very good.
Its previous owner took good care of it.
The box is in good condition.
It only costs 120 yuan, and the price is very reasonable."
The salesperson introduced.
Yang Shugen nodded.
Although he was from the proletariat, he worked as a gardener in Chen Zikun's family and saw the decadent lifestyle of the bourgeoisie.
He was very interested in things like watches.
As secretary of the county party committee and a thirteenth-level cadre, his monthly salary was one yuan.
It cost more than a hundred yuan, and since I didn’t have many family members to support, it was more than enough to buy a watch.
"Take it out and have a look."
Yang Shugen said.
With the Rolex in hand, he twisted the spring and listened to the sound.
Yes, that's it.
"I want it."
Yang Shugen did not counteroffer.
"Okay."
The salesperson quickly wrote a receipt and hung it on an iron wire hanging from the roof beam.
With a clatter, the iron clip reached the checkout counter.
Yang Shugen went to pay the bill, and the checkout counter flew the receipt again.
Come here, this watch will belong to the roots of the poplar tree from now on.
Yang Shugen came to the prefectural committee for a meeting.
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The district conveyed the opinions of the province and asked them if there was a need for resale grain and relief grain for the bad harvest.
Yang Shugen, the first secretary of the Nantai County Party Committee, was the first to express his stance that no matter how hard it is, he will never ask for a grain of grain or a penny from the country.
Leaders of other counties were not far behind and expressed that they did not need relief food
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