Everyone took off their skates and ran away. A few young people who were helping followed Ren Jie and others leisurely and ran for two blocks. Ren Jie stopped and started chatting with them.

It turns out that these people are all from the Hongxing Tractor Factory. They happened to come to the Honghe Steel Factory to pull raw materials today. One of their vehicles temporarily broke down and they couldn't make it. They went out for a walk in the evening and happened to catch a group fight in the ice rink. Most of them were very young. When I was young, due to various reasons, I followed my parents to leave Yanjing and came to the third-tier factory deep in the mountains.

Of course Ren Jie knew what the Red Star Tractor Factory was doing, and he would not point it out. It was these third-tier factory workers who were willing to work deep in the mountains. They spent their lives building a Great Wall of Steel!

The leading young man is Wang Ke, the transportation squad leader of the Red Star Tractor Factory. The other four are also sons of the third-tier factory born in Yanjing, named Yao Yuan, Cao Jianjun, Lin Bin, and Li Wenlong.

After Ren Jie and others thanked them, they were about to say goodbye to everyone and return to the Xiaping Brigade. However, Wang Ke and others were a little unfinished. Yao Yuan said: "This is our farewell. I don't know if we can see each other again in the future. Why don't we go to our guest house to spend the night? , By the way, we also have Erguotou and canned food in the car..."

Erguotou is as attractive to these educated youths living abroad as limited edition luxury bags are to money-worshiping girls. Ren Jie also really wants to make friends with these people, so he happily agrees, and Ye Ming and others send a few girls home first. .

The next day, the young people who met by chance did not get up until three o'clock in the morning because they had been partying all night. Ren Jie originally wanted to help them take a look at the broken down truck, but Wang Ke said: "The master of the auto repair class at the steel plant took a look at it yesterday. , the cause of the failure was not found, this batch of raw materials needs to be urgent, we have to leave, next time we come, we will bring a car repairman to take a look."

Ren Jie's heart moved and he said with a smile: "How about I help you take a look?"If it's repaired, it saves you having to bring the repairman over again. "

Wang Ke looked at Ren Jie in surprise: "Can you drive and repair a car? The keys and fuel book are all in the car. If you can repair it, call me and let me know and drive it first."

After sending Wang Ke and others away, Ren Jie carefully inspected the truck. This was a Dongfeng truck produced in the early 70s. Ren Jie carefully inspected the injector and oil system, and found no problems. The oil line was smooth. .

Then he checked the circuit system starting from the spark plug and battery. After checking for a long time, no problem was found. When starting, there was still a popping sound, which was obviously the sound of poor contact in the circuit system. Xu Jie checked it twice carefully before finally It was found that it was a circuit contact, and the contact was poor due to rust. The quality of cars in this era is really difficult to describe. Being able to repair cars easily is a necessary skill for drivers.

In a blue brick building in Xiaping Brigade, Xu Jianguo and Xu Jianjun were secretly reporting to Xu Xiaohu: The two brothers had been watching all night yesterday morning, but they were waiting for the tractor that sent vegetables to the educated youth, but it could drive up to the provincial capital. After the blacktop, the brothers couldn't keep up.

Xu Xiaohu cursed the useless thing, but still took out a five-yuan note and handed it to them. The two brothers nodded and thanked them and left, continuing to go to the educated youth spot to inquire about information.

On the way back from Bei'an Commune, Xu Mingquan hummed a little tune, not to mention how beautiful it was. Ginger was still spicy when it was old. If Xu Mingyou didn't take action, it would kill him with one blow. He also followed Xu Mingyou's instructions and remained tight-lipped. Even Xu Xiaohu When asked about his uncle's countermeasures, he remained tight-lipped, but it could be seen from Xu Mingquan's expression that he must be extremely ruthless.

It was noon when Ren Jie drove the repaired truck back to the Xiaping brigade. Except for a few female educated youths who had been worried about their safety, he hardly attracted any attention.

According to the agreement, all non-staple foods will be supplied to the canteen of the machinery factory starting next month. Everything else is fine. The supply of pork has become the biggest problem facing Ren Jie. Even in this era of shortage of materials and unified purchasing and marketing, for such an era A large state-owned factory with more than [-] employees consumes at least half a pig every day.

Ren Jie dared to take on this job because he vaguely remembered that in this era, there were still many farmers who raised one or two pigs and sheep at home. The price of buying pigs at the food station was pitifully low. The grade was determined based on the preferences of the buyers. Xin After working hard for a year, the pigs can be sold for less than 100 yuan. After deducting the money owed for the piglets, there is not much money left. Fortunately, the piglets mainly eat grass and bran, and pigs are killed in rural areas. It was under this background that craftsmen came into being. In order to make more money from the sale, clever farmers would find a butcher to kill the pigs and sell them privately during a banquet or during a festival. Depending on the degree of fatness, the pigs could be sold for The price is 0.8-1 yuan, and at this time, the pork supplied by ticket at the food station is only 0.72 yuan per catty.

After Ren Jie had lunch, he carried two bottles of Anhe Daqu and headed to Zhao Wuye's house.As soon as he entered the door, Mr. Zhao Wu saw the wine Ren Jie was carrying and said angrily: "You kid, why did you buy such a good wine? You will take it back and refund it later."

Ren Jie smiled and said: "Fifth Master, I didn't spend any money. I was in the provincial capital yesterday to do a favor for someone. I was given two bottles of wine. I brought it back to honor Fifth Master."

The fifth master finally accepted it with peace of mind and asked straight to the point: "Educated youth, are you in trouble?"

Xu Jie said with a smile: "I can't hide anything from Master Wu, but I really encountered a little difficulty. I heard that there are pig butchers who help farmers kill their own pigs for sale. We thought about taking the pork from one pig to the provincial capital every day. You, the old man, are highly respected in dozens of places around here. Could you please help contact the farmers and pig butchers who want to sell their pigs?"

Zhao Wuye was surprised and said: "Educated youth, pork is not easy to sell. You need to have a crosshair when you cut it. How can you city kids with thin skin and tender meat do this job? What should you do if you hurt your hand again? Let's talk about the price. It’s much more expensive than the food station, and you might have to pay for it if you don’t take it there.”

Ren Jie said sincerely: "Fifth Master, I have asked about it. I heard that it is between 0.80 and 1 yuan. Everything is difficult at the beginning, and sales in provincial cities are difficult. We also want to enrich some varieties and attract more people." Selling some vegetables can also increase the team's income, right?"

Mr. Zhao Wu nodded in agreement and said, "You just need to know what's in your mind. I'll make a trip to you in the afternoon. When will you start asking for it?"

Ren Jie replied: "We will start asking for it on the 1st of next month, and we will make one trip every two days. Mr. Wu, you have to make the final decision on this matter. You have the final say on the price. I will give you and the butcher another one." It’s two yuan per person, but now that the weather is starting to get warmer, it’s best to kill the pigs at night, and then send them to our educated youth center after ten o’clock at night.”

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