Era: My backyard is the garbage dump of the universe

Chapter 22: Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of one (please read it later)

There are obviously more villagers fishing on the banks of Diaozi River today.

A rough count shows that there are at least twenty of them.

Most of their fishing rods are homemade with southern bamboo, and some of the fishing lines are made of hemp.

Liu Qingsong walked to the river and shook his head as he watched this scene. He was just about to find a good place to sit down when a few outsiders under a crooked tree a hundred meters ahead caught his attention.

It can't be said that he is an outsider.

It can only be said that he is from another village.

Liu Qingsong felt that they looked somewhat familiar.

Among these people from other villages, there were two very young men, no older than 30 years old. They were both wearing black Zhongshan suits and shiny leather shoes.

As for the white-haired old man sitting on a low stool fishing.

If I remember correctly, he should be the head of Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative. I don't remember his last name, Liu Qingsong, but I know that this old man's identity is not simple. Even Secretary Zhao of Songmu Commune has to flatter him.

This may be one of the reasons why Wang Xiaohe and Wang Jiahe appeared by the river today, shouting Xiao Nuomi and Yaomei Pangdun to get out.

Because Wang Xiaohe wants to climb up.

You must also flatter this old man.

But if Xiao Nuomi, Yaomei and Pangdun were around, it would be difficult to flatter. At least it would be embarrassing if the children heard it.

Thinking of this, Liu Qingsong felt relieved, and finally determined why Wang Xiaohe and Wang Jiahe came to the river.

The two brothers definitely did not go fishing with the old man, but wanted the Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative to purchase the game from the Huaishu Production Team at a high price so that they could get a share of the profits.

This is not just a random guess, but is based on facts.

The basis for this is that in the autumn of previous years, the Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative would send people to the Huaishu Production Team to purchase hunted game.

Animals like wild boars, wild goats, pheasants, hedgehogs, hares, etc. would be purchased at "high prices" by the Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and then sent to the supply and marketing cooperatives in the city for sale.

But this kind of purchase was stopped the year before last, and more than a dozen hunters from the Huaishu production team even fought with the person in charge of the Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative. Among them, Wang Junyi was sent to jail.

The reason for this is not that the hunters are ungrateful and looking for trouble, but that the price of game purchased by the Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative is too low due to Wang Xiaohe's secret manipulation, so low that sometimes it is not enough to buy bullets.

If the hunters refused to sell to Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative, Wang Xiaohe and Zhong Xinbing would step forward to put a blame on them.

If they sell them secretly on the black market, Wang Xiaohe will report the hunters for reselling and then arrest them to make an example of them.

Under such circumstances, the hunters dared not speak out and could only eat the game they hunted themselves or barter for some daily necessities.

Of course, this situation only occurs in the Huaishu production team.

In production teams in other places, team leaders would not bother with such trivial matters at all.

Some would even condone hunters to trade on the black market. After all, in the 1970s and 1980s, it was not easy for everyone to survive.

As for why they can only trade on the black market and cannot trade openly in the market or the vegetable market.

That was because in the 1970s and 1980s, the sale of commodities was implemented under the policy of unified purchase and sale. Most of the things in the hands of ordinary people could only be purchased by the supply and marketing cooperatives or teams, and then sold uniformly.

If you buy and sell privately, that is speculation.

If you are caught, you will be given a light lesson.

In serious cases, the offender will be shot.

This is not alarmist, but the truth.

Otherwise, Liu Qingsong's parents would not have been arrested and sent to labor camp just because of an oil coupon.

With such a background, the hunters naturally did not dare to go against Wang Xiaohe and Zhong Xinbing.

But they refused to sell game to Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and Wang Xiaohe had no way to deal with it.

Because unified purchase and sale are unified purchase and sale, you can't force people to buy or sell, right?

Therefore, the person in charge of Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative appeared with Wang Xiaohe and Wang Jiahe at the bank of Diaozi River today. Even a fool could see their purpose.

We want to restore the Huaishu production team's practice of purchasing wild game.

After all, in the entire Songmu Commune, no! In the entire Xiangnan Province, the game from the mountains of the Huaishu Production Team is very famous.

There's no comparison to other places.

But can this path be restored?

Obviously that is unlikely.

Because the hunters and villagers have been deeply hurt by Wang Xiaohe, Wang Jiahe and Zhong Xinbing, they will no longer trust them.

Thinking of this, Liu Qingsong couldn't help laughing. At the same time, he put his thoughts aside and started to thread the bait and fish.

Xiao Nuomi, Yaomei and Pangdun saw this.

He quickly put down the small stool in his hand and started to put on the bait to fish.

But Pangdun did not use Liu Qingsong's bait, but earthworms.

Not far away, the short and fat Wang Jiahe, who was standing under the crooked tree, frowned when he saw this scene. He saw that Tao Guoqing, the head of Huajiao Supply and Marketing Cooperative, was teasing his granddaughter and didn't notice him at all, so he walked over quickly with a gloomy face.

But he hadn't even walked a meter.

He was stopped by his younger brother Wang Xiaohe.

Wang Xiaohe was not as fat as Wang Jiahe, but his big belly still made his clothes bulge out. Due to his excessive drinking and smoking, the fingernails on his right hand were a dark yellow, which looked a bit scary.

He saw Wang Jiahe looking at him in confusion, and immediately reminded him in a low voice: "Brother, Mr. Tao is still here! Don't mess around."

"Besides, there's another Liu Qingsong now. He's already sixteen years old. If he starts to make a scene, it won't do us any good."

"Don't forget, you were the one who scolded Liu Hongxia and Fatty away before."

"But...but..." Wang Jiahe hesitated to speak.

If Liu Qingsong is not driven away, what will happen if he talks nonsense in front of Mr. Tao? What if he reveals some shameful things between him and Zhong Xinbing?
Don't say there is no possibility of this.

By the time I show up, it will be too late.

This is also the reason why he and his brother Wang Xiaohe stayed by Tao Guoqing's side, because it's better to be safe than sorry!
Wang Xiaohe guessed what Wang Jiahe was thinking, and he smiled and said, "It's nothing, Mr. Tao doesn't even know Liu Qingsong. He came here to fish today, not only to discuss the purchase of game with a group of hunters, but also to accompany his granddaughter to relax."

"You think in a situation like this."

"He would let a young boy disturb his pleasure?"

"You're right." Wang Jiahe nodded slowly, but he still looked at Liu Qingsong's position with concern. After hesitating for a moment, he suggested, "How about this? I'll quietly ask Liu Delei to drive them away. Even if there's a quarrel, Mr. Tao won't suspect us."

In a word.

He was afraid that Liu Qingsong would say bad things about him in front of Tao Guoqing.

Once this started, it would be troublesome for him.

"Well..." Wang Xiaohe thought about it and agreed: "Then go ahead and do it! But remember, don't disturb Mr. Tao and his granddaughter."

"Okay! Okay!" Wang Jiahe ran towards Liu Delei's house.

Wang Xiaohe watched Wang Jiahe disappear from his sight and was about to go fishing with Tao Guoqing when Xiao Nuomi, who was not far away, suddenly excitedly picked up the bamboo fishing rod and shouted, "Uncle, uncle... there's a big fish!"

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