The Red Era: Starting from a Truck Driver

Chapter 222: Hong Kong Price and Wage Inflation
As a person born in the 21st century, and not a businessman, I really don't understand many things about the 1970s.

If he really understood, Jiang Cheng could actually catch a small tail to make a fortune.

In fact, the Hong Kong stock market has been rising since a few years ago. Now, in the central and prosperous areas of Hong Kong such as Mong Kok, Central, Causeway Bay and Tsim Sha Tsui, there is a slogan circulating, which is "only stocks, not cash".

How to put it, if Jiang Cheng understood history, he would be able to make some money by buying stocks.

Jiang Cheng is in the physical food industry, and it is not to say that there is no benefit in entering at this time. Many people who have made money from stock trading have quit their jobs to trade stocks because they see the income from their monthly jobs.

Some people quit their jobs to speculate in stocks, so naturally some companies will hire people. Everyone is hiring, and the salary level goes up again. When the salary goes up, the cost of operating the company is high, and prices will also rise a little bit.

But this is inflation, and everyone feels that it is easier to make money. For example, if Jiang Cheng sells fish balls for an extra 20 cents, it means a 10% increase in sales. For a low-profit industry, a 10% increase in sales may increase profits by several dozen percent.

That is to say, Jiang Cheng lived in the New Territories, not in the central area of ​​Hong Kong. He did not feel the madness of some people. Those who were crazy in the stock market have made money now. The money came too easily, and the consumption was also crazy.

Eating shark fin with rice is similar to eating rice topped with gravy, abalone rice topped with gravy, or king crab rice. Some people make fish balls out of expensive fish. Light a cigarette with a 500-yuan bill.

On the one hand, prices are rising, and on the other hand, industry competition has become less. Some people have used their money to speculate in stocks, and those who want to start a business may also be attracted to the stock market.

This led to Jiang Cheng's fish ball business directly occupying a lot of the market, and it can continue to grow bigger and stronger.

But Jiang Cheng chose to start with fish balls because it was easiest to get fish in his space. He did not have a specific plan for his own industry, and he just did whatever he had the most resources for.

On New Year's Day, Jiang Cheng ate mutton bone soup base, shabu-shabu mutton and some vegetables at home. He also roasted charcoal fire and listened to the radio. This lifestyle was so wonderful.

Because the weather is cold, Zhou Lingying stopped putting the radio outside for people to listen to recently. The main reason is that in such cold weather, few people come to listen.

Before, it was easier to take it out than to take it back. Now, when the time comes, someone will come to listen to the radio. Zhou Lingying is a soft-hearted person. Sometimes in the evening, she wants to listen to the radio in her room, but she still lets everyone listen to it outside.

This time, taking advantage of the cold weather, Zhou Lingying would not let everyone take the radio outside to listen to it. It was a waste of her own batteries, and she couldn't listen to it at home whenever she wanted.

After dinner, Zhou Lingying cleaned up the dishes and went back to the room to tidy up Jiang Cheng's clothes. Even though she was pregnant, Zhou Lingying had always done these chores. She had never asked Jiang Cheng to do housework because of her pregnancy.

In the countryside, pregnant women still have to work in the fields. The same is true in urban units and factories, where pregnant women are only given leave during the month before giving birth.

But you need a certificate from the hospital to prove that you are nine months pregnant before you can take maternity leave. But there is often a problem. The hospital's examination is not very accurate, and it is normal for pregnant women to give birth half a month or a month prematurely.

Therefore, it is common for pregnant women to suddenly give birth while at work. Even during holidays, many give birth within a few days of resting at home.

Anyway, in this era, there is no such thing as paid leave as soon as a woman becomes pregnant. Private companies are not allowed to fire pregnant women. In this era, there is nothing precious about being pregnant.

If you have to be delicate just because you are pregnant, how can you give birth to seven or eight children these days?

Zhou Lingying was not from a rural background, but she had been sent to the countryside as an educated youth and had suffered for more than a year. She did not think that being pregnant was a big deal, and she spent the whole day with a big belly, and after doing housework, she would go around visiting people.

"Jiang Cheng, after New Year's Day, you will be going on a long journey again." Zhou Lingying asked while packing Jiang Cheng's clothes while holding a box.

"Well, if you don't go out of town, where will you get food and drink? My ration is not enough for you, but fortunately the unit has not arranged any trips to the north recently." Jiang Cheng said with a joking smile. Jiang Cheng's words were true. Even if his ration was more than others, it was only 40 kilograms. With just over a kilogram of food a day, each meal was only a few ounces on average. According to Zhou Lingying's current appetite, it was really not enough for her to eat alone.

People in Jinhe Commune envied Zhou Lingying for marrying a good husband, and many of them wanted to marry someone who had a job in the city. But even if they got married, they would still be educated youth. Even if there were good-looking ones among them, no one would marry them because of the quota.

But the educated youth also wanted to get married, and they were anxious because they couldn't find a wife in the city. Because rural men would not wait until they were 20 to find a wife, although the regulations required men to get married at 20 and women at 18. But that was the age to get a marriage certificate in the city, and rural areas didn't issue marriage certificates at all, so age was irrelevant.

If female educated youth are not in a hurry to get married, they will not be able to find men of the right age in the countryside. If they marry male educated youth, housing is a problem, and the work points earned by male and female educated youth from farming are really not as good as those earned by rural people. If they have children, how can they raise them?

It is normal for life to be defeated by reality, which is why so many male educated youths look for rural women and female educated youths look for local men. Are the male and female educated youths stupid? At least in terms of appearance, people from the city are really better looking than those from towns and villages.

Now Zhou Lingying is not afraid of Jiang Cheng saying that she can eat anything, because she is pregnant and can help Jiang Cheng have a baby. In addition, Jiang Cheng can make money like this, so she can kill the chickens outside if she wants to eat them.

If you feel hungry at night, you can always get up and use hot water to make a cup of black sesame paste, or malted milk, or milk powder. As for lotus root powder, forget it. For Zhou Lingying, soaking lotus root powder can make her feel less hungry.

"Jiang Cheng, I'm just asking. I know it's not easy for you to support your family. Are you going to Guangzhou again? Can you bring another roast goose like you brought last time?" Zhou Lingying asked with a dimpled smile.

"Okay, I'll get you whatever you want to eat." Jiang Cheng responded lovingly.

Although Zhou Lingying is now pregnant, many people in later generations gain weight and lose their figure when they are pregnant. They have to find ways to restore their figure after giving birth.

Maybe it was because Zhou Lingying was too thin at the beginning. Now her belly is bigger and she has gained weight. But Zhou Lingying looks a bit fleshy now, and her bones are no longer annoying.

Jiang Cheng still remembers that when he first met Zhou Lingying, he asked her to sit on his thighs. The two bones on her buttocks were really strong.

The only thing that Jiang Cheng was a little dissatisfied with was that although Zhou Lingying looked thin before, the two little rabbits were actually really cute.

In the room, Jiang Cheng and Zhou Lingying chatted about food for a while, and then they washed up and went to bed.

It’s not late yet~~.

"Jiang Cheng, I find that you are a pervert. I'm pregnant."

"How did I become a pervert? All men are like this. Other couples are like this behind closed doors, too."

"Don't come here. I know a friend over at the Six Wells outside the yard. She is also pregnant, and her husband is at home after get off work every day. They don't have sex more than once a month."

"It's the same for me. I'm only at home a few days a month."

"But, but~~."

"But what."

Jiang Cheng asked Zhou Lingying, who had taken off half of her shorts, while holding her. He really didn't know if these women would discuss this with each other when they stayed at home. Today, she actually called him a pervert. This~she was really good at judging people.

(End of this chapter)