However, Xue Jianguo refused to say more, and just warned, "Going forward, Uncle Cathay's father has been friends with my family for many years, and with my grandfather here, he will not miss my family.
But if he comes looking for you, you must be vigilant, lest some bad guy deceives you into going abroad. "
Chu Xiangqian's eyes lit up after hearing this.
Use your own knowledge, a perspective that transcends decades of this era, and game cheats.
At home, people are too timid to act recklessly, but when it comes to foreign countries, the sky is high and birds can fly.
If he hadn't been worried that once he left, he would bring trouble to his second uncle and Uncle Jiang's family.
It's not that difficult to just walk away.
Not to mention going south, just running to Dagokou, a gold bar is enough to buy an ocean ticket.
Even if you don't go to the United States and go to Hong Kong Island, your life will definitely be better than staying in the capital.
Xue Jianguo's eyes lit up when he saw Chu Qianqian, and he punched Chu Qianqian on the chest.
"Young man, don't think so wildly. I heard Uncle Cathay say that overseas is not as good as we thought."
Chu Xiangqian agreed with this point.
People who are really capable, whether abroad or at home, can actually live a good life.
Not to mention other people, just Deputy Director Li of the steel rolling mill, that is called the protagonist mode.
After the reopening, not only can it be implemented smoothly, but also business can start.
This is the winner in life.
Think again about the United States in the 1960s. It was a period of greatest discrimination and chaos.
As for Hong Kong Island, gangster police and gangsters are rampant, and social security is definitely not as good as in Beijing.
Although there are many ways to make money, the risks of kidnapping and extortion are also high.
The only thing that appeals to Chu Xiangqian is probably that Hong Kong Island has not yet abolished polyandry and concubines.
Chu Xiangqian secretly thought that in the next few years, he should really prepare a way out.
When the storm comes, if it is not comfortable, I will take my family and leave.
Thinking of this, he immediately directed the tit with his mind to find the person just now.
Fortunately, we were separated from Qian Guotai for only about ten minutes.
After walking no more than two kilometers, Chu Xiangqian saw Qian Guotai's figure through the sight of the tit.
Seeing him entering a courtyard, I stopped staring.
Then he said to Xue Jianguo, "Okay, second brother, I'm just curious. If you really ask me to go abroad, I won't go.
Not only can I not speak foreign languages, I now have a house and a job. I can also go into the mountains to get some prey every month, or catch some fish to satisfy my craving.
Life abroad may not be as good as mine. "
It's just a comparison between ordinary people. Chu Xiangqian is in the middle class and above in big cities in the United States these days.
But he is the one who is worried.
But this matter is not urgent. Anyway, there are still five or six years, enough for him to plan slowly.
And as a person from the future, Chu Xiangqian knew that in a few decades, China would be the focus of the world.
If it is not necessary, it is best to go abroad through legitimate means to avoid having difficulty coming back in the future.
Even if you had money in the early 1980s and could get it back in the name of investment, in 10 or 20 years from now in the new century, if you don't make enough money, you will be scolded or even boycotted by the young people of the new era.
Besides, as a Chinese person, if I develop to a certain extent in the United States, I might be treated as a fat sheep and be slaughtered at some point.
This statement would have been ridiculed by many people in the 1990s and 2000s.
But after 0202, that's really not nonsense.
Thinking about it, it would be better to go to Hong Kong Island.
Xue Jianguo saw that Chu Xiangqian's expression didn't look like he was being fake, so he felt relieved and said, "You don't know, I heard from Uncle Cathay that there are still slums and walled cities on Hong Kong Island now.
Moreover, many people live in haphazardly built wooden houses, and it is difficult to even drink water.
The rice we eat also depends on our supply.
As for the residents in the city center, the per capita living area is less than 3 square meters, which is not as good as those in the capital.
The most important thing is that the Yingguo guys are in charge. No matter how powerful the Chinese are, they will be oppressed and enslaved. "
Chu Qianqian rolled his eyes at Xue Jianguo. What he said was indeed correct, but for a native of the capital like him, it was not necessarily a good thing for him to come into contact with these things in Hong Kong in this era.
Not to mention, he said it.
"Okay, okay, don't talk nonsense. Should we continue fishing, or should you take these two fish home and give our uncle and aunt a taste?"
Xue Jianguo suddenly wanted to hit someone.
But then I thought about it and realized that what Chu Xiangqian meant seemed to be my own girl, whom I had met in the bookstore last time.
"Go, go, you are not a good person."
Chu Xiangqian didn't care. He was just thinking about closing the rod and going home, but when the rod sank, another grass carp weighing 6 or 7 pounds was lifted up.
Chu Qianqian laughed loudly, stretched out his hand and said to Xue Jianguo, "Second brother, if you don't want to take advantage, give me 5 yuan, and these three fish will be yours."
The three fish must weigh more than 20 kilograms in total.
It only costs 5 yuan, which is really not expensive.
But how can Xue Jianguo give money? "Do you want to give it or not? When I get home, I will tell my aunt that you caught three big fish, but you didn't even give me any of them."
Chu Xiangqian cursed secretly, but he could only carry the 8 or 9-pound carp and said, "Okay, I'm afraid of you, so I'll give you the other two, so that's okay."
Xue Jianguo chuckled.
He hurriedly packed up the fishing rods, mats and other things, carried a black fish and a six or seven kilogram grass carp, and followed Chu Xiang to the shore.
Before leaving, he said, "Go ahead, don't say that I'm taking advantage of you, brother. In a few days, if you have time, I'll invite you to visit Lao Mo for a long experience. How about it?"
"No," Chu Qianqian refused without even thinking about it.
People these days are not only curious about Western food, but also have some yearning and envy in their hearts.
For Chu Xiangqian alone, not to mention the few items in Lao Maozi's diet, even if the French meal was attractive to him, it would be better to let Silly Zhu prepare a table of Tan's cuisine.
Xue Jianguo was stunned and asked in surprise, "You really don't want to go?"
Chu Xiangqian nodded affirmatively, "You have a lot of money to spend. If you really want to have a good meal, you might as well get some good food and ask the stupid guy in my yard to cook a home-cooked meal."
Xue Jianguo scratched his head, somewhat confused by Chu Qianqian's subtle disdain for Western food but his admiration for Chinese food.
Then he felt relieved again.
Judging from the boy's tone and demeanor just now, it doesn't look like he was just pretending. That means that this boy is really just curious about foreign countries, rather than really wanting to go out.
Now Xue Guojian felt relieved.
I happily rode my bicycle, with two big fish hanging on the handlebars, and walked home slowly under the envious eyes of passers-by.
Xue Jianguo returned home. Before he could enter the house, he was stopped by children and several young people in the courtyard.
"Brother Jianguo, don't tell me, you caught these two fish?"
"Didn't I catch it, or did your boy catch it?"
Xue Jianguo slapped the thirteen- or fourteen-year-old young man on the head, "You two should go hungry a few more times to avoid being full and wandering around outside every day."
Zhang Haiyang covered his head and said unconvinced, "Why am I just wandering around? We can't let outsiders bully the people in our yard and have no one to help fight them back, right?"
Xue Jianguo is already twenty-three or four years old, and he can't hang out with a bunch of teenagers.
After a few words of advice, he refused to listen and simply ignored it.
"Get out of here, don't stop me from going home to eat fish."
At this time, a group of boys couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
Although my parents have good jobs and good wages, it is not easy to eat meat when they are not hungry.
Not to mention that anyone who knows anything knows that the bigger the fish, the better it tastes.
"Brother, brother", Zhang Haiyang grabbed Xue Jianguo, "Last time we helped Sister Lanlan vent her anger, you can't express your gratitude?"
When the boys heard this, they immediately started cheering.
Xue Jianguo thought about it and found out that the boy who had a blind date with Lan Lan last time did say unpleasant things outside.
Later, I don’t know how a group of boys in the yard heard about this. They actually put sacks on him in the dark and beat him severely.
Xue Jianguo thought about it for a while. Although he couldn't advocate this, it would relieve his anger just thinking about it.
He casually took down the 6 or 7 kilogram grass carp and asked, "Can you do it?"
Zhang Haiyang and others were overjoyed, "Don't worry, I know a lot of people. It's not easy to find someone to make a fish."
Xue Jianguo shook his head helplessly, "Okay, then I won't delay your extra meal."
As soon as Xue Jianguo left, Zhang Haiyang laughed and said, "We eat fish with waste oil and waste condiments. And there are so many of us, and we can't even say we are full after one bite."
It’s hard to even eat half full.
But if you take it to the pigeon market, this fish will definitely fetch 3 yuan.
We don’t sell all of them, only half of them. With 1 yuan and 50 cents, I bought 1 catty of white flour and 3 catties of stick noodles. That's enough for us to eat. "
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly encouraged Zhang Haiyang to sell fish.
When Xue Jianguo returned home, he immediately aroused the suspicion of Tan Youli and grandma.
"Jianguo, did you catch this?"
Xue Jianguo did not load any coins this time, and said with a smile, "No way, you all know my fishing skills. This fish was caught by Chu Xiangqian and I on the Yu River."
After saying that, he told Chu Xiangqian about catching three 20-pound fish in half an hour.
That's not all. Seeing that the girl also looked over, she hurriedly told Chu Qianqian that he was running around yesterday and today and was so busy that he didn't even eat lunch.
Sure enough, I saw a distressed expression on Xue Jinglan's face.
Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help but feel happy.
When the old man Xue Xueli saw that his granddaughter was about to be abducted, he asked unhappily, "Xiao Chu caught three fish, and you brought back the smallest one?
Even if someone doesn't give it to you, you can still make an arrangement with him, and it's just a matter of a few dollars. "
Xue Jianguo shook his head hurriedly, "He only took a carp weighing 8 or 9 pounds. The remaining black fish and a grass carp weighing 6 or 7 pounds asked me to bring them back to supplement the nutrition of the big guys.
But just now in the yard, I met Zhang Haiyang and his group of boys, and they shamelessly tried to take away the grass carp. "
The smiles on the family's faces became even brighter.
Xue Jinglan blushed and ran back to her house in embarrassment.
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Chu Qianqian returned to the yard and saw the people in the yard looking at the big carp in his hand with envious expressions.
With a thought in his heart, he said to Yan Fugui, "Third uncle, how about exchanging this fish with you for 10 cigarette tickets?"
Yan Fugui was very good at scheming and was immediately attracted by it.
But Chu Xiangqian was not stupid. He expected that Yan Laokou might not even have 3 cigarette tickets, let alone 10.
Yan Fugui doesn't smoke. The cigarette coupons issued to him by his employer every month must be exchanged for coarse grains early.
If it weren't for the Chinese New Year, he would have to buy one or two packs of cigarettes to cope with family, friends and school leaders. He wouldn't even be able to keep two cigarette tickets.
When the others heard what Chu Xiangqian said, they hurriedly interjected, "Qiangqian, you are making things difficult for the third uncle. How about we join together and give you 10 cigarette tickets, and we can share the fish among ourselves?"
After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian sent the fish to Yan Fugui, "Third uncle, it's you who will preside over the division of the fish. It won't make me suffer, and everyone will trust you."
Of all the people in the yard, Yan Fugui was most dissatisfied because he knew how to calculate, but when it came to how to distribute things fairly, they indeed trusted him the most.
This old guy is the kind of person who would cut open a melon seed kernel and distribute it equally among his four daughters.
So any neighbors who wanted to share some of the fish and save it for the Chinese New Year had no problem with it.
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Half an hour later, when Chu Qianqian was lying on the recliner at home, he saw Yan Jiecheng knocking on the door and coming in to give out cigarette tickets.
He couldn't help but asked out of curiosity, "Jie Cheng, how did your father distribute the fish?"
Yan Jiecheng chuckled, "Brother, how good is my dad? He asked my brother and I to shave off all the fish meat, chop it up and mix it together.
The fish head is also cut into pieces and divided into 5 parts. Draw lots to decide who chooses first.
This way no one suffers.
As for the fish bones, they naturally became a happy expense for me and my brother. "
After hearing this, Chu Xiangqian sighed in his heart. Yan Fugui was really unqualified to be a primary school teacher.
He took the 10 cigarette tickets and said to Yan Jiecheng, "Next Monday, you and Guangtian should be able to patrol with me."
Yan Jiecheng was overjoyed. Going out on patrol was a small matter, but going to the street for lunch at noon was a big deal.
"I know, brother, I'll tell Guangtian right away."
"Wait a minute," Chu Qianqian called to Yan Jiecheng, "by the way, tell your father and second uncle to come to my house."
Yan Jiecheng nodded quickly and quickly went out to call someone.
Not long after, the second uncle and the third uncle entered the house one after another.
"Go forward, are you sure about the patrol?"
Chu Qianqian stood up and poured water for the two of them, "I have already taken your money. If I am not sure anymore, I will be embarrassed to see you."
The smiles on Liu Haizhong and Yan Fugui's faces couldn't help but brighten.
He secretly said that Chu Xiangqian was reliable, and he was also very particular about it. It only took a few days for the matter to be settled.
After Chu Qianqian sat down, he took out the letter of introduction written by Chen Huaili from his pocket and placed it on the table.
"This is a letter of introduction for temporary workers issued by the street. With it, you can report to the neighborhood committee."
Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong looked busy together.
It wasn't until I saw the red seal of the street administrative office on the front door that I felt relieved.
"Okay, let's go find the uncle now."
The two of them couldn't wait to earn 10 yuan each from the Jia family.
Chu Xiangqian thought that the matter would be resolved at least tomorrow, but he didn't expect that only an hour later, Yan Fugui and Liu Haizhong came to the door again.
Chu Qianqian hurriedly asked the two of them to sit down, and then asked, "Is the Jia family so willing to agree?"
(End of chapter)
