"Jingle Bell!"
"Zhou Bingkun, I have your letter!"
Early in the morning, the postman's bicycle passed by Zhou's house as usual and thrust the bulging envelope into Wang Zhong's hand.
The signature is Jiangliao Publishing House.
A smile appeared on Wang Zhong's face. He opened it and saw that it was indeed a reply letter and a payment slip.
There wasn't much in the reply letter. It first expressed recognition of Wang Zhong, and then asked for a manuscript. However, the manuscript fee gave Wang Zhong a big surprise, which was a full fifty-two yuan.
Sure enough, in this era, those who can stand and make money must be literati.
After having breakfast and reading for two hours, Wang Zhong started exercising in the room, doing push-ups, sit-ups, planks, and some simple Sanda skills.
Wang Zhong has been doing this for the past half month. With the improvement of various basic attributes and the series of exercises he has been doing every day for the past half month, Wang Zhong can clearly feel the improvement in his physical fitness. promote.
The other basic attributes have not changed much, but strength has successfully increased to 10 yesterday morning, reaching the peak value of an ordinary adult man.
His physique was beyond that of ordinary people, making Wang Zhong's aura longer and his endurance and physical strength longer-lasting.
After lunch, Wang Zhong went out of the door and went to Fa Xiaosun's house.
"What do you want from me in this cold weather?" Sun Ganchao was also wearing an old patched cotton jacket, wearing a hat, with his hands in his sleeves, and no scarf. He could only put on his clothes in the biting cold wind. The collar was raised and the neck was shrinking as much as possible.
"Do you know where I can get food stamps and meat stamps?"
Wang Zhong had no other options, so he could only look for these few people with whom he had close connections.
Originally Tu Zhiqiang was the best candidate, but unfortunately this guy is still in a labor camp.
"Food stamps are easy to talk about, but meat stamps are not common." Sun Qunchao was not surprised. These days, it is common to exchange fine grain stamps for coarse grain stamps, especially for optical print films. This situation is even more common.
"Isn't this Zhou Rong going to the countryside? Life is hard in the countryside. My mother wants to make more meat every month from now on and asks me to deliver it to Zhou Rong. But the meat tickets at home are not enough."
These days, food stamps and meat stamps are given out per person. There is a fixed amount, and the quantity is not large. Most people don’t have enough to buy meat at home occasionally, and even fewer are willing to give it out in exchange, unless they are those individuals. The family is in extreme hardship, the population is extremely large, and they are almost out of food, so they will exchange meat stamps for food.
"Just in time, let's celebrate the National Day and let's go to the pigeon market together!" These days, the pigeon market has been banned many times, and the demand is there after all.
"Go and shout over there on National Day, and I'll make an appointment at your house. I'll come find you in the evening!"
In the evening, after having dinner and talking to Li Suhua, Wang Zhong put on a thick military coat, a hat, scarf and gloves, and went out, wrapped tightly.
We met up with the two of them at Sun Ganchao's house. The three of them didn't ride their bicycles, so they just walked there on their legs.
Sun Qianchao and Xiao Guoqing were familiar with each other, and they knew they were here soon.
With their two experienced drivers leading the way, Wang Zhong quickly got the meat stamps and food stamps he wanted. He also met a wild boar seller. He didn't know where he got it from. Wang Zhong lost ten kilograms and brought it with him. They spent a total of five yuan on a plump wild rabbit, which made Xiao Guoqing and Sun Qianchao both envious and distressed.
Although wild boar and rabbit meat are good, they are lean meat with little oil and water, and few people buy it. People nowadays like fat meat that is rich in oil, and the fatter it is, the more popular it is.
"Bingkun, is your family struggling?"
Wang Zhong smiled and used what he said during the day. Sun Ganchao shook his head and said nothing more.
The next day was the day when Wang Zhong and Xiao Guoqing went to work.
Early in the morning, Wang Zhong pushed the cart out of the door under Li Suhua's instructions. After meeting the two young men, he rode his bicycle towards the Red Star Lumber Factory.
After getting out of the optical film and arriving on the avenue, the three of them rode side by side.
Sun Qianchao suddenly said: "Bingkun, I heard about it. I haven't seen you for a few days. Why do you seem to be a different person? I stay at home reading books and newspapers all day long. Why are you looking for me and the National Day these days?" It’s time to play!”
As a half-grown boy, it was hard to sit still when he was about to escape. Moreover, he was not the kind of person who liked reading. Others didn’t know it, but the younger ones definitely knew it.
"Where did you hear that?" Wang Zhong asked.
Xiao Guoqing, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, "There's no need to ask, of course Chun Yan'er said it."
It was no secret that Sun Qianchao had always liked Qiao Chunyan, but it was a pity that Qiao Chunyan was attracted to her original self, and she had no interest in him at all.
"Don't change the topic! I asked first!" If there were outsiders here, he would have been in a hurry to catch up, but his matter was not a secret at all in front of Wang Zhong and Xiao Guoqing.
Wang Zhongdao: "My brother said that I read too little and asked me to read more. I think it makes sense."
"Both my father and my brother have left, and my sister has also gone to the countryside to join the queue. Now I am the only man in the family. I can no longer run around all day like before."
"Okay Bingkun, how did you say that? Why do you think so?" Xiao Guoqing thought hard and couldn't remember how he said that.
"It was three days apart, so we saw each other with admiration." Sun quickly added.
These two guys are half as good as each other.
Wang Zhong smiled and said: "The original words are: I'll treat you with admiration after seeing each other for three days!"
"I tell you, when you two have no time, you should read more and read more newspapers. Don't wander around all day long." Wang Zhong rang the bell, put some force on his feet, and rode to the front.
"Hey!"
"This kid has really changed his gender!"
The two looked at each other and speeded up to catch up.
Talking and laughing all the way, it took more than ten minutes to arrive at the Hongxing Lumber Factory on the other side of Jichun.
With the letters of introduction in hand, the three of them entered the factory smoothly, met with the head of the personnel department and the factory director, and then became honorable workers. The three of them were all assigned as unloaders, responsible for transporting wood. They were placed in the same class, with Sun Qianchao and Xiao Guoqing in a group, and Wang Zhong in a group with a strange boy.
The wages of the three of them are based on apprenticeships, which is 18 yuan a month.
In the morning, they were taken around the factory to learn about various areas of the lumber factory. They had a meal in the canteen at noon, and in the afternoon the three of them officially started working.
Good guy, the three of them were exhausted in just one afternoon.
I kept complaining on the way back.
When he got home, he parked his bicycle and when he heard the sound, Li Suhua opened the door and came out.
"The hot water is ready! Come in quickly and wash up first!"
After a simple scrubbing, Li Suhua put all the food on the table, including cabbage, pork and vermicelli stew, and freshly steamed rice. Both meat and vegetables were available. The mother and son sat on the kang. Wang Zhong was really hungry.
Then he picked up the bowl and chopsticks and shoved them into his mouth.
Looking at Wang Zhong's gobbling sheep, Li Suhua's face showed a kind smile, "Eat slowly! No one will compete with you."
"It's your first day at work, how do you feel?"
Wang Zhong was still chewing the food in his mouth: "It's okay, but the food in the cafeteria is not as delicious as mom's cooking!"
The smile on Li Suhua's face became even bigger, "If it tastes good, eat more."
"By the way! What kind of work has been arranged for you in the factory?" Li Suhua didn't eat a few mouthfuls of food, and her thoughts were all on her old man.
"The same goes for the excavators, catch-up and National Day."
"Ah! Are you the discharging worker?" When Li Suhua heard this, the smile on her face disappeared and she looked at Wang Zhong with a distressed expression.
Wang Zhong smiled and said: "What's the matter? Your son still has a lot of strength, and he is still so young. He is a little tired, but he can also train people!"
"Okay, okay, whatever you say makes sense!" Seeing Wang Chong happily eating with his mouth watering, without any complaints, the smile appeared on Li Suhua's face again.
"Mom, I'm doing heavy physical work now. From now on, I'll get more meat to eat every month." Wang Zhong then climbed up the ladder.
"Eating meat will make you stronger and work easier."
"Maybe I can move up even higher!"
At the age of seventeen, he is still on the tail end of the golden period of development. If his nutrition can keep up, it is not impossible for him to grow taller.
The family's conditions are good, and most of his father Zhou Zhigang's monthly salary is sent back. Zhou Zhigang is an eighth-level worker, and his monthly salary is high for both young and old. There are also various subsidies, but various bills are issued on a per-capita basis, which is valuable.
Therefore, if you want to eat more meat, you can only go to the pigeon market to exchange for meat tickets.
"Okay, anyway, it's just the two of us at home now." Although Li Suhua is used to being frugal, her children are her darlings, and Li Suhua is not willing to watch them suffer. Moreover, this old baby is growing up right now, and the conditions at home are also very poor. Not bad, but don’t skimp on what you should eat.
