Seeing that Zhang Jialiang was unwilling to pay the black market price, Director Zhao thought about it.

"How about this, Liangzi, since you don't want to ask for more money, I happen to have some cigarette and wine tickets here. I don't need these things, so you can pick some that you like."

When Zhang Jialiang heard this, he thought this was a more appropriate approach. On the one hand, it gave face to Director Zhao, and on the other hand, he could also find some tickets that suited him. Originally, he needed to buy cigarette and wine tickets on the black market, so it was more appropriate to get some from Director Zhao.

"Okay, I also like to smoke and drink a little wine, so I won't be polite."

Director Zhao was very satisfied when she saw Zhang Jialiang happily agreed. At least it was a fair deal and she would not take too much advantage of Zhang Jialiang. Otherwise, she would feel a little guilty over time.

Finally, Zhang Jialiang selected a few Daqianmen cigarette tickets and an Erguotou liquor ticket. Finally, Director Zhao stuffed another Erguotou liquor ticket into his hand, and then Director Zhao let him go.

At two or three o'clock in the evening, he skillfully went to a nearby black market and found the black man who was reselling bills.

"Lao Hei, do you have an industrial ticket? I want to buy a big iron pot."

Now Lao Hei and Zhang Jialiang are familiar with each other.

"Of course!"

"Get some more national food coupons."

"Okay, how much do you want?"

"Give me 15 catties of fine grains and 40 catties of coarse grains."

"Okay, that's 17."

After paying the money, he entered the black market again. There were two rabbits, a pheasant, and five or six kilograms of fish in the storage space. These had to be sold on the black market. He also had to buy some more food.

It was almost 4 o'clock when he got home. He hurried to take a rest as he had to participate in the sparrow hunting operation early the next morning.

The first day of the sparrow-hunting operation officially began. Everyone in the courtyard got up early and prepared to work hard. Zhang Jialiang hurriedly ate breakfast and rushed to the street.

After arriving at the street, I saw Director Zhao and Secretary Zhou discussing some issues. After the two of them talked for a few words, they saw Zhang Jialiang and Director Zhao coming over.

"Liangzi, are you here?

I'm busy today, so I won't invite you. You can follow Secretary Zhou to Shichahai."

"Okay, Aunt Zhao, you go ahead and do your work. I have a lot to do today. I'll follow Director Zhou in a bit."

Today is the first day of the "Strike the Sparrow" operation. As the director of the neighborhood committee, her work must be very busy, and Zhang Jialiang certainly understands that.

Secretary Zhou, who was standing nearby, was very surprised when he heard the way their director addressed Zhang Jialiang. He did not expect that in just one day, two people who were not so familiar with each other had such a close relationship.

It seems that Zhang Jialiang is a capable guy. Originally, he did not take Zhang Jialiang too seriously. In his impression, Zhang Jialiang was just a young man who was not doing his job properly and liked to hunt everywhere.

He didn't expect that he had such ability. Now he secretly improved his evaluation of Zhang Jialiang in his heart.

"Liangzi is here. Please wait for a moment. We are still one person short. When everyone is here, we will go to Shichahai.

Have you prepared your hunting equipment?"

"Everything is ready, don't worry, Brother Zhou. I'm going with you today anyway. I'll do whatever you ask me to do!"

Zhang Jialiang did not look down on Secretary Zhou. He was so young and yet he was working in the neighborhood committee. He was an official and a cadre. He should have good development prospects in the future. It would be right to establish a good relationship with him in advance.

"Okay, actually your mission is very simple. Just patrol the area assigned to us and use your skills to shoot down any sparrows you see.

The more sparrows we kill, the better. The young and old men in our capital city must do a great job to show the style of our capital city!"

There are a total of 6 people in their team. Secretary Zhou is the team leader. He does not participate in the specific battle of hunting sparrows, but coordinates all the people going to Shichahai in their street area. In addition to their special team of hunting sparrows, there are more than 1000 other people participating in the operation of hunting sparrows, who need him to organize and mobilize.

Except for Zhang Jialiang, the remaining four people are all older, with the youngest being around 4 years old. It is said that they are all guerrillas who have participated in combat. Although they are not regular troops, they have fought in wars.

Although they are old now, the streets need them to participate in the fight against sparrows. As former guerrillas, they naturally accepted the call from the government.

Moreover, they are very confident in shooting sparrows. Each of them is a veteran with skilled shooting skills, and everyone on the street is equipped with a gun.

Picking up their guns again made them excited and recalled the glorious and passionate days of the past.

"Uncle Zheng, you are here too?

Your marksmanship is well-known in our area. I grew up listening to your stories when I was a child. This time, during the Sparrow Hunting Operation, I can see your glorious moment again."

Zhang Jialiang knew one of them, Mr. Zheng, who was about 60 years old. He was the manager of another compound in their alley. He had a very high prestige in their compound and was also quite famous in the alley.

"Are you the kid from the Zhang family in the front yard of Yard 95?"

Mr. Zheng had some impression of Zhang Jialiang, but it was not a deep one. After all, there were so many courtyards in one alley and the population was so large that he did not know all of them. He only had a vague impression of them.

"Yes, I'm from Courtyard 95, the front yard. My name is Zhang Jialiang."

"I remember now. I heard recently that there is a young man in your courtyard who is good at hunting. Is that you?"

Mr. Zheng suddenly remembered the information about Zhang Jialiang. This young man used to be idle and did not work properly. He was always making trouble and fighting in the streets. Now he has become a better person. He likes hunting and has had very good harvests.

After Zhang Jialiang heard it, he knew that this old man must have heard of his reputation before. He was still a little embarrassed, as the actions of his predecessor still had a great impact on him.

But he has gotten used to it. Over time, he should gradually change the impression people around him have of him. This cannot be achieved in a short period of time.

"That's me. Actually, I'm not as powerful as you say. I'm just a jerk. I can only shoot some small animals with a slingshot."

"That's not bad. It's more appropriate to use a slingshot to shoot sparrows. Then let's have a competition and see who can shoot more sparrows!"

This Mr. Zheng is quite interesting. Even at such an old age, he still likes to be competitive. After just a few words, he wanted to compete with Zhang Jialiang in playing mahjong.

I'm free anyway, so if the old man wants to compete, then let him compete.

"Okay, let's compete. If I lose, I'll give you a big fat rabbit!"

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