Rebirth 80: Start by earning money to build a brick house

Early the next morning, Zhang Ziming didn't care about working in the team to earn work points. He planned to leave for the county seat early in the morning. It would take two hours to walk to the county seat.

While thinking about going to the county seat, I ate coarse grain steamed buns.

The coarse-grain steamed buns of this era were really made of coarse grains. Sometimes they were cornmeal and sorghum flour mixed with white flour; sometimes they were cornmeal and sweet potato flour mixed with white flour;

What Zhang Ziming is biting is a steamed bun made from a mixture of white flour, corn flour, and sorghum flour. This is considered relatively good. After all, it is also mixed with white flour. Of course, the proportion of white flour is always the smallest.

Zhang Ziming still felt a little irritated in his throat, and he finally swallowed it with two mouthfuls of water.

But you still have to eat like this, otherwise you won’t have the energy to walk to the county seat.

With the two rough sapphires he picked out in his arms, Zhang Ziming walked to the county seat.

Finally arrived at the county town, but the difference between the appearance of the county town and what he saw in his later life was too big. Zhang Ziming wandered around the county town relying on the memories of his previous life and the next life.

The county where Zhang Ziming is located is called Min'an County. It is a palm-sized place, and the longest street is just over 2 kilometers. Zhang Ziming soon took a tour of the county, but he couldn't find a place that could sell sapphires. This was terrible. Zhang Ziming was very worried.

Just when Zhang Ziming was squatting under the tree to rest, a bicycle came towards him.

Zhang Ziming didn't notice the bicycle approaching him, he just lowered his head and considered what to do with the rough sapphire in his hand.

Just as I was thinking, a familiar voice sounded:

"Ziming, why are you here?"

Zhang Ziming heard someone calling him in the county town. He raised his head and found that it was his third uncle, and his third aunt was sitting behind the bicycle.

Zhang Ziming didn't want to borrow money from his third uncle and his third aunt yesterday, but he did so today.

No matter how unhappy Zhang Ziming is, he still needs to be polite:

"Third uncle, third aunt, I...I'm taking a rest here, what are you doing? You didn't go to work today?"

When Zhang Ziming looked up at this time, he saw that the sun was almost in the middle, and he knew that it was already noon.

Although Zhang Ziming's third uncle was a strict wife, he still favored his nephew. He did not answer Zhang Ziming's question, but said in a very paternalistic manner:

"What are you doing here? Let's go home for dinner."

Zhang Ziming heard his third uncle calling him to go to dinner. Although he didn't want to go, the growling sound in his stomach made his legs unconsciously take a step forward. With this movement, a piece of rough sapphire in his hand fell to the ground. .

The third aunt looks down on these relatives in the countryside:

"Ziming, it's not that the third aunt is talking about you, you are talking about you, you are 20 years old, why are you still playing with rocks like a child? Really?"

These words from his third aunt brought him back to reality.

That is, I will never go to the third uncle and third aunt's house for lunch at noon. If I go to eat, I don't know how angry I will be.

At this time in the previous life, my father and I went to borrow money, and my third aunt was really complaining.

So it's better not to eat this meal, otherwise not only will you be offended, but you will probably be criticized by your third aunt for the rest of your life.

So Zhang Ziming sent away his three uncles and three aunts on the pretext that his friends who came to the county town with him couldn't leave. At this time, Zhang Ziming was really hungry.

He didn't have any friends to go with, so Zhang Ziming found a place with water and filled his stomach with water. He thought it was better to go back first and make plans after going back.

It's just that it's really hot at noon, so why not sit here for a while and wait for the sun to go down before leaving.

At this time, Zhang Ziming was thinking that the sapphire would have to be sold in Eastern Guangdong Province, where not only the economy was better, but also the policies were relatively open.

It’s no use locally. The local sapphire processing factory or jewelry factory probably only existed after sapphire was officially mined in 1986. Zhang Ziming is not very sure about this.

On the other hand, Zhang Ziming also thought of a problem. If he sold it here or in the provincial capital, he would expose the sapphire mine in advance if he could not keep it intact.

People at this time did not have a strong environmental awareness, and they were definitely developing extensively. In that case, they would only leave a lot of mess for future generations, and I did not want to become a sinner.

All things considered, we have to go to other places to digest these sapphires.

But if you go to eastern Guangdong Province, you can’t afford the travel expenses, meals, accommodation and other expenses for less than a few dozen yuan per trip. How can you have such money? The maximum denomination of RMB in 1980 was only 10 yuan. money.

Zhang Ziming only felt a headache. He finally thought of selling sapphires as a way to make quick money. As he was looking at the money to build a house, he was counting on the rough sapphires, but it couldn't be sold locally now.

Zhang Ziming thought to himself that no matter what, he had to earn dozens of yuan for travel expenses first, but he had just come back from rebirth, so what could he do to quickly earn 40 to [-] yuan for travel expenses.

Zhang Ziming had a lot of things on his mind at this time, but money could not be made quickly through formal means.

Is it okay to just play around with it?

Zhang Ziming thought of two ways, but was quickly rejected by himself.

The first way: get something from the village and bring it to the city to sell?

But there is nothing that can be sold in my village. There is a shortage of food and drink these days. The most lacking thing is food. If there is anything edible, it has been eaten up long ago. How can I wait to bring it to the city to exchange for money?

The second way: What if you are selling your strength?He is a strong laborer.

But where is the need for strong labor in the city?Which unit is not fully staffed?

Help people move, move and carry?It's not very reliable. After all, these days, if someone has something to do, the neighbors just help each other and get it done. In this city, everyone basically lives in the courtyard of the family member of the work/factory, so you still have to spend money to hire someone to do it. live?Just help others and return it in a few days.

What if you go to a construction site?No, it won't work. Nowadays, project construction is contracted by state-owned companies such as county construction companies or township construction companies. If you just go to work as a temporary worker, you don't just go there.

Thinking of this, Zhang Ziming felt distressed. He finally came back to life. Is it still impossible to build a new house?

No, no matter what, I have to earn money to build a new house, and Lin Yuxin is still waiting for him to marry her.

Thinking of Lin Yuxin, Zhang Ziming also felt nervous. He would definitely be with Lin Yuxin every day in August, but he could not let her suffer that accident again.

Now I have to sell the sapphire no matter what, based on the information I have in the past life and the next life.

The best way at present is to go to eastern Guangdong Province to look for opportunities to sell sapphires. It is now 1980, and it is difficult to accept individual sales in the north.

However, Zhang Ziming was stumped by the tens of dollars in travel expenses. Zhang Ziming didn't want to ask anyone to borrow money, but he thought he would find a way eventually.

Just when Zhang Ziming was about to leave the county town, Zhang Ziming saw the unit across the road and suddenly had an idea in his mind.

I turned around in my mind, yes, this is how to do it, this method should be reliable.

Thinking in my heart, I quickened my pace to go home. Now I have to race against time. Time is money. This saying is true at all.