60s: I have a store

Chapter 36 Abandoned Baby on the Road

Li Youde pretended to be relaxed and nodded: "Yeah! I'm back. You guys go to sleep! No need to wait for me."

"Your mother is worried about you and can't sleep." Li Youde's father was smoking a cigarette.

His original plan was to work for another two years and then give the job at the steel mill to his son. By then, his son would also need to find a wife, and it would be much easier for him to have a job.

But the plans couldn't keep up with the changes.

The family was indeed in financial difficulty, and he was under a lot of pressure at times. He could do nothing to stop his son from taking the risk of going to the black market, but if his arm was not broken, he would definitely stop him.

"Mom! Don't worry, there are plenty of people in the black market!"

Li's mother thought to herself: How can I not worry?
Selling things on the black market is considered speculation and is illegal. If you are caught, you will go to jail. How can you not be afraid?
Then, Li Youde took out the 3 yuan he had just received and handed it to his mother: "Mom, this is what I earned tonight."

When Father Li saw the money, his brows twitched.

so much?
One night!

If he earns this much every day, wouldn't it be hundreds of yuan a month? His current salary is only about 40 yuan, and it used to be about 50 yuan.

His son earns more than twice as much as he does?

Mother Li was also shocked.

However, she didn't ask any more questions. If her son didn't say anything, it meant he couldn't say it, so there was no need to make things difficult for the child.

She took the money, and then stuffed 1 yuan back into her son's pocket, saying, "You are not a child anymore, it is not right for you to be poor. Give me half of your income in the future, and I will help you save it for marrying a wife."

Father Li was a little depressed. Even if his son only handed over half of it, the rest might be higher than his salary.

It seems that I will have to ask my son for money for smoking in the future.

He turned over 90% of his money. His salary was not high to begin with, so he had even less money left in his pocket. Now, he has started smoking economy cigarettes.

"Okay, let's go to bed!" said Father Li.

Li Youde lay in bed unable to sleep. He was deeply touched by tonight's income and vowed to give his family a good life.

……

Dapeng returned home and found that everyone was asleep. He quietly returned to his bed. As soon as he lay down, he found a small bottle of medicated oil under his pillow.

No need to guess, it must have been my mother who secretly put it here.

Every time he got hurt in a fight, his mother would put medicated oil under his pillow.

Zhou Yimin was counting his "savings".

The one thousand yuan that Lao Zhou left for him has been recharged to the store, and there are about six hundred yuan left, mainly used to buy sweet potatoes and potatoes for Zhoujiazhuang and Shangshui Village.

Although sweet potatoes and potatoes are cheap, they cannot be consumed in large quantities.

In the past few days, I have "purchased" eggs, dried meat, wild boars, deer and black bears for the steel plant, earning a total of about 1,200 yuan. I gave Master Gu 200 yuan to repair the house, and another 200 yuan was lost on buying a watch.

In addition, there is a bonus of 600 yuan for pumping water wells.

Tonight, Li Youde and Dapeng earned him about 260 yuan.

The total amount is just over 1,600 yuan.

There is still a long way to go before the 10,000 yuan needed to upgrade the store, so comrades, you still need to work hard!

The next morning, Zhou Yimin looked at the 1 Yuan section of the store again.

Today's refresh is 100 kilograms of chestnuts and 100 kilograms of cured duck.

Zhou Yimin didn't hesitate and bought the chestnuts and cured duck in seconds at 2 yuan.

Zhou Yimin is not sure about the current price of chestnuts, but they are starch grains after all, and probably about the same as coarse grains. Preserved duck may be cheaper than beef jerky, after all, it has bones and cannot be compared with pure meat.

He thought for a moment, took out 80 kilograms of cured duck and put it in the house, then covered it, waiting for Li Youde and others to take it to the black market tonight.

Zhou Yimin told Dapeng and Li Youde that if there were any goods in the future, he would put them in the house and let them come to pick them up at night. If they didn't see them, it meant that there were no goods that day and they could rest. After placing the preserved duck, Zhou Yimin went to the yard to brush his teeth and wash his face, and heard the second aunt telling people that she heard the cry of a funeral cat last night, which was unlucky and so on.

Zhou Yimin was sweating profusely.

Sad cat?

"Yimin, did you hear that?" The second aunt turned and asked Zhou Yimin.

Zhou Yimin quickly shook his head: "I didn't hear it. I sleep very soundly."

The second aunt didn't suspect anything. Young people have good sleep and often sleep until dawn. And those who are tired from work will fall asleep as soon as they fall down and can't be woken up by thunder.

After washing up, Zhou Yimin took some rewards from the factory, especially the certificate, which was issued by the Youth League.

The certificate features elements such as the great man's portrait, two red flags, a yellow ribbon, and a circular five-pointed star. The overall style is solemn and majestic, with mainly red, yellow and blue tones, and the colors are bright and gorgeous.

When I bring this certificate back to my grandfather, he will definitely be very happy.

He also had enamel teacups, kettles, etc., but he couldn't use them, so he just took them back to his grandparents.

In addition, he also took the remaining 20 kilograms of cured duck and 20 kilograms of chestnuts.

He had a breakfast at a roadside shop and then headed straight to Zhoujiazhuang.

Halfway through the journey, Zhou Yimin suddenly stopped because he saw an abandoned baby crying on the side of the road. No need to guess, it must have been abandoned by a family that couldn't make ends meet.

Sin!

Having lived in the 21st century, he really couldn't be so hard-hearted as to pretend he didn't see it.

After parking his bicycle, Zhou Yimin walked back a dozen meters and came to the baby. He found it was a baby girl, and he understood a little. The baby girl was wrapped in a rag and placed in a basket.

He hesitated for a moment, raised his head and looked around, but saw no other figures.

"Hey! Family members of the child, come out! If you have any difficulties, I can help you. I am not lying." Zhou Yimin tried to call the child's family members out.

Instead of taking the baby home, he would rather give the baby some food and let them take the baby home and raise it themselves. It would not be so troublesome.

However, no matter how Zhou Yimin shouted, there was no movement nearby.

Zhou Yimin cursed inwardly this damned world and had to pick up the baby girl. He felt overwhelmed.

He didn't know that after he walked away, a man with a decadent face popped out from a haystack not far away.

You can't blame him for being cruel. There were already three children in the family, and his mother died of complications during childbirth. He really couldn't support his newborn daughter, so he could only publish this second volume.

When Zhou Yimin shouted just now, he almost couldn't hold back.

He saw that the man was riding a bicycle and thought that his family should be well off. Only if his daughter lived with such a family would she have a chance to survive, so he gritted his teeth and remained silent.

Only when the bicycle disappeared from his sight did Chen Zhong stagger home.

The old mother at home was wiping tears, and her three children were guarding their mother who had not yet been buried.

"Sent it out?" Chen Zhong's mother asked in a sad voice.

Chen Zhong nodded: "A man on a bicycle took it away."

"That's good. That girl shouldn't die."

I feel sad, but also a little relieved.

If a family has a bicycle, it means the family is well-off and should not mind having an extra mouth to feed.

Besides, since he picked up the baby girl, it shows that he is a kind person.

It was a blessing for the girl to grow up in such a family, which her mother paid for with her life.

(End of this chapter)