My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 24: Driving Wolves Among the Flock

Saving a life is the bottom line.

It happened that Erfeng carried the girl up the stairs and asked Weidong to go to the nearby market to buy her a coat that was popular among city dwellers.

She happily put the flowery cotton jacket on the patient.

Just when they were about to find a nearby hospital, the older one whispered that they didn't dare to go. They had already registered with all the surrounding hospitals and even made a two-finger clamp gesture.

Weidong wanted to say MMP again, how much other people’s life-saving money have you stolen in the hospital!
Looking at the two children, who were about seven or eight years old, the younger one was even of school age, they were young but experienced and indifferent, and they smirked at the indifference of such things.

He slapped her in the face and said, "Now you know how it feels when your loved ones have no money to save them? Have you ever thought about this when you steal money from others?"

Obviously the younger one was more clever. He knelt down without a word after being beaten and said, "Brother, you saved Third Sister. We are yours. Whatever you say is what it is!"

What do we need you for? To steal customer information?
He couldn't even move the titanium ingots, let alone carry bacon.

Seeing this unmoved thief, Wei Dong had no interest in taking him in. But he remembered that the military hospital farther away should not have been harmed by this group of thieves.

And certainly no one would dare to cause trouble in a military hospital.

Just treat it as a trip to places you have never seen.

It took three changes of trains to arrive.

Weidong noticed that on one of the crowded mainline buses, the younger child reached out and tightly grasped the older child's arm.

Because that guy can't hold back any longer and wants to take action against all the fat sheep!

All I can say is that I witnessed the cruelty of this crackdown firsthand, and I wonder if I can deter these guys.

Therefore, rescuing this third sister can also be regarded as a way to discipline and teach these two underage children a lesson.

Weidong didn't even let him stay in the hospital for long. He helped him register and pay and sent him to the emergency room. The doctor said that he had developed acute pneumonia and appendicitis, and if he had been any later, he would have died.

It costs sixty dollars for hospitalization and surgery.

He gave the money and kept ten dollars more.

I told the kid what I was thinking on the way, "Don't steal anymore. I'll tell you a plan. Buy the glass balls, stickers, and small pictures that children play with at the wholesale market. Use the money you earn to buy them, and then sell them at the elementary school gate at double the price. You'll definitely be able to survive."

After saying that, he got up and left.

Because the little thief had already knelt down and kowtowed again, the older sister who was originally guarding the bedside where the patient was receiving an IV drip, heard the "dong dong dong" sound and knelt down without saying a word to join in the duet.

It's a conditioned reflex.

God knows what they went through.

The old security guard who used to be bullied by the elementary school students next door in the tax compound and had to drive away various small vendors every day shook his head helplessly.

But it did not affect the rural trio's visit to the big city at all.

Erfeng straightened her chest and raised her head to show that she had new clothes like the people in the city, but they were a little cold and not as warm as the flowery cotton jacket.

Goudan is still only concerned about where to find food.

When they came out, they were amazed at the high-rise buildings rising from the ground in front of them. They were completely different from the open and developed city of Shangzhou.

This place is actually considered a suburb in the traditional sense, but it is newer and more advanced than the dense old city center, with new buildings everywhere.

What caught Weidong's attention was the car factory next door, with a row of blue double-row cars parked in front of the door.

He is learning to drive and repair cars, so he is naturally more interested in this kind of production tool. If he has such a small truck with a load capacity of one or two tons, it would be so great to take titanium ingots to Jiangsu and Zhejiang!
You can earn tens of thousands in just one trip!
Perhaps the action of reaching out and touching the car was too perverted, so the other party immediately scolded him: "Don't touch it, the new car needs to be sent to the freight company for a long-distance run!"

Eh? !

Let Weidong confirm that he really is not very smart.

I just thought that there would definitely be no express delivery in this era, but in fact there is always a demand for freight, and there are always long-distance freight companies.

Even if it is not cost-effective to rent a vehicle for one ton of cargo, you can find out more about it first.

He quickly and skillfully distributed cigarettes and asked about the freight company.

As a result, unlike transportation companies in small places, which are generally only responsible for local transportation, these big cities have always had various long-distance freight stations.

Not only cars, but there are also freight trains on the train, and even every passenger train has freight cars.

The method of dispersing smoke is definitely effective in this era.

Shancheng cigarettes are even better.

Everyone was talking at once, actively explaining and giving directions.

Heading back to the city center, take the cable car down to the train station and ask for directions at the freight department. In addition, long-distance bus freight also runs along the river from the train station to the dock. There are several state-owned and large collective transport companies along the way, and there is also a water transport company at the dock.

Big cities exist as systems.

This was something that Weidong, a weirdo whose thinking was influenced by self-driving cars and who had little contact with social changes in the compound, had never expected.

I thanked him repeatedly and took my friends to find him.

It was not until Erfeng was sitting on the parallelogram-shaped slope cable car that she remembered to ask the patient with the child when he would pay her back.

Wei Dong was disdainful: "If you don't touch that forehead, I will get up and leave. Go and beg for money. I don't know where you can find anyone."

Erfeng bit her tongue and tried hard to weigh whether it was worthwhile to spend sixty or seventy yuan to cut off contact with the thin woman.

The price of a pig!

Don't even think about it. Freight train cars, a strategic means of transportation, were an extremely popular money-making tool in the 1980s.

Ordinary people can get a train car permit and resell it for money. It is hard currency that fluctuates almost like the stock price on the black market.

The freight department didn't even bother to spare a glance at the country kids. Scratching their heads, Weidong had no choice but to diligently copy down the official price list posted on the wall.

Although no one complies with the rules, one must look at the leader's notes and special approval documents to obtain car body indicators.

He copied them all down.

The train timetable also includes passenger, parcel and luggage fares.

The upper limit is 100 kilograms, which costs 70 or 80 yuan.

If the two guys hadn’t been so relaxed last time, they would have also received a red-headed letter of introduction from the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry.

In theory, overweight freight should be charged.

After understanding this freight knowledge, walk along the river from the train station towards the dock, looking around as you go.

Only then did I suddenly realize that the hub function of a big city is something that can never be seen in a prefecture-level city like Shangzhou.

Along the roadside for several miles, long-distance trucks were parked in front of large and small collective freight companies, busy loading and unloading goods. Bare-chested porters carried goods on their shoulders and backs, and the goods were piled up in the roadside freight yard.

Different domestic directions have different division areas and well-organized operation classifications.

There are obvious distinctions between short-distance transportation, transportation within the province, and transportation to the north, south, east China and even northwest China.

Basically, we only accept work arrangements from state-owned units. Private business is very rare, but we can accept it!

However, it takes more than ten days to get from Jiangzhou to Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang!
This scared Weidong.

Because Shi Linyan's son seemed to have driven back from Shanghai before, saying that he got home in two or three days after traveling more than a thousand kilometers. It seemed that he was traveling half to travel and half to play.

Now that there are no highways... Come to think of it, it makes sense. I heard that it takes two or three days to drive from here to Shangzhou, which is three hundred or four hundred kilometers. The road conditions are not good, and we have to take into account the time for repairs and rest.

The average speed is actually only 30 to 40 kilometers per hour.

No wonder train cars are in such short supply.

It is true that before the advent of highways, trains were the main transportation arteries of the country.

This route is not feasible. Weidong, who is determined to transport titanium ingots from the southwest to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, frowned.

Anyway, he didn't realize that his careful and down-to-earth investigation and comparison of various modes of transportation were actually strengthening his business capabilities.

This is equivalent to taking a comprehensive look at all the current trade and transportation methods in the country.

The only thing missing is air transport mode, but that is almost non-existent now.

The main thing is to have an open mind about future generations.

Even most of the salesmen who hold the products do not dare to do this all over the place.

Now Erfeng has long surpassed that expression that I can't understand at all, and can only follow with a look of shock on her face.

Look, Weidong bought two more packs of cigarettes and they passed cigarettes and chatted along the way.

Almost the entire afternoon was spent on this seven or eight mile journey.

Finally, I received a very surprising piece of information at the dock: the price of water freight to Shanghai was 37 yuan per ton.

If the cargo owner follows, the fare is also about 40 yuan, but only one person is allowed, as there are not many beds for cargo owners on such large cargo ships.

The saying that the Yangtze River is the country's main freight artery flashed through Weidong's mind again.

He almost jumped for joy.

I was discussing with people at the water transport company how to transfer the goods from the Yangtze River to Zhejiang. They said that we must get off the ship in Zhenjiang, and then transfer to the Grand Canal for water transport. This kind of water transportation there is very developed and convenient.

The transfer method of titanium ingots, which can be broken down into ten-kilogram pieces, makes loading and unloading of goods very easy.

Weidong was asked to give away half a pack of cigarettes, mainly because the other party wanted him to talk as long as possible so that he could smoke more cigarettes.

Erfeng could see that the Shancheng cigarettes that cost one yuan a pack outside played a huge role, but she still decided to buy cigarettes that cost twenty cents a pack for her father.

My elbow is completely twisted.

Weidong didn't pay any attention to these matters between men and women, and happily took his two friends to the city center for dinner.

The Bayi Road Food Street, which later became nationally famous through short videos, actually already had its prototype at this time, with a wide variety of restaurants, hot pot restaurants, and medicinal food.

The two and a half rednecks were dazzled by the sight.

Weidong, who had only visited the place in a short video, was determined to take the road of development to Jiangzhou.

Shangzhou, a place that even cracks down on business reform and opening up, has wasted a year or two and may have lost tens of thousands of dollars.

Not to mention the serious injuries you would suffer if you were caught.

Lao You and the others have been locked up for almost three months, with no news at all!
Let’s eat hotpot. Erfeng and Goudan were dancing with joy again.

Rang Weidong quietly commented that the one at lunch seemed to taste better.

Even though there are more and richer dishes here such as duck intestines, eels, loaches, and pork loin slices, they don't seem to taste as mellow as those over there.

He was also spoiled.

Naturally, I stayed in the guesthouse on this street at night.

I have a letter of introduction.

But this time of staying in the hotel further stifled Erfeng's later participation. Damn, more women would require more accommodation fees.

Anyone who dares to live together with men and women under the pretext of a business trip may end up in jail!
　Please read it in time. I will publish the manuscript as soon as possible after midnight. However, due to many reasons in that era, it will be reviewed and adjusted almost every day, so the parts that seem incoherent are often deleted.

　　
　
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