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Chapter 174 Grassroots Working People

"Okay, okay! Thank you, Comrade Fang, I thank you on behalf of the party and the people!" The woman bowed repeatedly to her bald head.

The bald man said "tsk" and continued to wave his hands, "No...boy, just wait here with her. I'll go upstairs to get it and I'll be back in a moment."

Si Ningning nodded, and after the bald head turned around, she heard the bald head muttering in a low voice: "I don't know what's wrong with it. I can't keep it alive if I just leave it alone, and I have to carry it around with me. It's not a drag on people."

no……"

This should be said about the woman next to me.

Si Ningning didn't understand what happened, so she couldn't make any judgments, but she was a little more curious about the woman beside her.

She tilted her head and looked up and down, and it happened that the other person was also looking at her.

In the spirit of politeness and quality, Si Ningning thought that a nod and a smile would be regarded as a greeting, but at this moment, a breeze passed quickly in the alley, lifting the messy hair in front of the woman's face, revealing her mottled scarred face and face.

The left eyeball is gray and white.

The scene was so horrifying that Si Ningning couldn't help but tremble and took several steps back.

The woman also realized that her face was frightening, so she quickly pushed down her hair that was blown up by the wind, brought the two sides together and clenched them tightly with her hands, for fear of leaking any more skin.

The scar should have been caused by burns, and the eyes were too scary, so he would be frightened without being mentally prepared. But after he realized it, Si Ningning felt a little sorry.

Si Ningning wanted to say something, but Baldhead ran over panting while carrying his bones.

"Here you go." The bald man threw half of a stick bone as big as the mouth of a bowl to the woman.

"Boy, this is yours." Different from the one given to the woman, the bald one given to Si Ningning was packed in a woven bag.

It’s so bulging, so young and old.

"I can't have it..."

Si Ningning wanted to say that if he didn't want that much, he could give it to the woman evenly, but the woman didn't know whether it was because she was scared just now or for some other reason. After getting the bones, she turned around and ran away.

Si Ningning had no choice but to change her words, "Thank you, uncle, I'll take it then."

The bald head nodded and said bluntly: "Boy, you can just call me Fatty Fang. I work in the slaughterhouse. If you have good things in the future, you can come to me. I can buy them by then, or exchange them for meat or meat stamps. It doesn't matter.

, I have spotted you, you are an honest person, and I will never cheat you!"

As he spoke, Fatty Fang patted Si Ningning on the back with a generous hand.

He is quite a generous person, Si Ningning could feel it, so he responded: "Okay, Fangfang, comrade, if there is a good one next time, I will come to you first!"

"That's right, haha!"

After leaving the family building of the slaughterhouse, Si Ningning found a remote corner and entered the room. He took a shower and removed makeup in one go. After applying a little moisturizing cream at the end, Si Ningning calculated and counted the money he earned today.

The price at the textile factory was 37 yuan and 60 cents. After going to the family building of the slaughterhouse, all the cloth and more than 20 bags of milk powder were sold. On the contrary, the brown sugar was sold for very little.

You can understand it if you think about it. After all, they are sold in supply and marketing cooperatives, and they don’t require tickets, but they are a bit more expensive.

The family building of the slaughterhouse made 32 yuan. Most of the income came from cloth, and a small amount came from selling milk powder.

There is only a small packet of milk powder per serving, about 9 grams, which is barely enough to be brewed three times. If you want to save money and want to taste the milk powder, you can of course brew it a few more times.

A pack of milk powder like this sells for 2 cents. Normally, you need to buy milk powder in different places. You need foreign exchange coupons or milk powder tickets, and the price is not low.

Si Ningning's price of two cents is actually not too much, but if you compare it with other things, you may think it's not worth it at first glance. It's also because the slaughterhouses are full of fat people, otherwise not many people may buy it.

Si Ningning planned to see if she could find a bigger bag in the future. If that didn't work, she would not sell the milk powder and keep it for herself...

If you can't finish it yourself, leave it to the next generation. Anyway, it won't go bad if there is room.

After straightening the money and tapping it out, and placing the relatively well-preserved money in the idiom dictionary, Si Ningning went back to the bathroom and braided her hair again.

She didn't want to take a shower and wash her hair every time after reselling, but she had no choice. Her hair was weighed down by the wig, and it wouldn't be able to return to its original shape without washing and blow-drying it again.

If he really went to see Huo Lang with his bangs flying around and his hair flat on the top of his head, he might be mistaken for being hit by a car or robbed on the road.

Having almost finished packing, Si Ningning put on her backpack and water bottle, and stuffed the small roll of linen she got from Yang Yun into the bag and carried it on her back, ready to answer if Huo Lang asked her what she bought.

After leaving the space, Si Ningning glanced at the time on his pocket watch. It was one o'clock in the afternoon. There was nothing else to do, so Si Ningning wandered back to the state-owned hotel.

It was half past one when we arrived at the hotel. Si Ningning looked downstairs and upstairs but didn't see Huo Lang. She expected that Huo Lang would grab some. She didn't think much about it and spent 50 cents and 20 taels of food stamps to order a bowl of snow.

Shredded pork and vegetables noodles are eaten upstairs.

He had just put down the tray and before he could sit down, a familiar voice came from the direction of the stairs: "Si Ning... an educated youth."

Si Ningning turned around and saw Huo Lang walking over with two bottles of orange soda in glass bottles.

Si Ningning simply stood up straight again, "I thought you had to wait for a while...Have you eaten? I'll go downstairs and order a portion for you."

"I've eaten there." Huo Lang raised his chin and motioned for Si Ningning to sit down.

After that, he sat in front of Si Ningning. In front of Si Ningning, he raised his middle finger and thumb and flicked it against the mouth of the bottle. There was a "pop" sound and the cap of the soda bottle was blown away.

"..." Si Ningning was stunned for a moment, then said nonchalantly: "Your hands are really strong."

"Put your head over here and I'll give you a big bulge." Huo Lang laughed hoarsely, making a rare joke.

However, this joke was not funny, and it even got a big eye roll from Si Ningning.

He opened another bottle of soda in the same manner, and Huo Lang pushed one of the bottles to Si Ningning with a dumb smile.

He didn't know why, but he liked to tease Si Ningning. Looking at Si Ningning's eyes, he felt amused.

Si Ningning glanced at the soda but didn't move. After taking a sip of noodles, she swallowed the food and raised her eyes and asked Huo Lang, "How much do you know about Academician Liang?"

We are going to meet him soon, and Si Ningning wants to know more about him in advance.

"Not much. What I know is what I heard from others." Huo Lang said truthfully, and then told Si Ningning everything he knew.

After Si Ningning heard this, she felt a little worried for a moment.

Academician Liang came from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences and has been studying zoology. It is said that he was implicated and sent to the northwest. After investigation, he was transferred to Province H by the organization to serve the people on the spot and help deal with livestock problems.

To put it bluntly, I came to be a veterinarian.

Academician Liang has always been very sensitive because of some things that happened in the northwest, but he is also conscientious in his daily work and does not neglect at all.

For example, at the Zhougang brigade, which was in the same commune as Jiling brigade, the cattle plowing the fields were sick, and no matter how hard they were treated, they couldn't be cured. The commune members were ready to take off the lid and take care of the cow's funeral.

Academician Liang just walked from the county to the Zhougang Brigade to help people heal the cow.

For such a conscientious and hard-working person, after knowing that the members are troubled by rats, even if they don't have cats, they can still prepare a pair of rat poison. No, it is impossible to ignore them, but they just don't care!

Because there is another thing here.

According to the version that Holang said he heard, someone came to borrow the cat during the autumn harvest before, and they agreed to return it after the harvest was over. What happened?

After the New Year, the cat was not returned, but a pair of cat skins was returned.

It was said that the cat ate something unclean and was poisoned to death. Later, it was reported that it was beaten and eaten by someone...

Anyway, since then, Academician Liang has been unable to be active, let alone borrowing cats, or even treating livestock from nearby communes and brigade.

Si Ningning didn't know what other people thought about this matter, but she felt quite uncomfortable after hearing it.

If the cat was really poisoned to death, just find a place to bury it and it will be over. When the time comes, he will apologize to someone. To be honest, no one can predict the situation and there is really no way to do it. There is a high probability that it can be forgiven.

.

But will a drugged cat be skinned?

Everyone knows what the real answer is.

No wonder Academician Liang's attitude has become cunning.

"well……"

Suddenly hearing Si Ningning sigh, Huo Lang laughed softly, "What? Do you think it's troublesome?"

He changed his hand and pushed the soda closer to Si Ningning's hand, "The supply and marketing cooperative put it in an ice mattress to chill it, let's have a drink?"

"……Um."

Si Ningning hesitated for a moment, then picked up the bottle and took a sip.

There was a refrigerator in the space. Of course Si Ningning was not greedy for the ice soda in front of her, but she was simply curious about the soda of this era.

I took a sip and found that it tasted too sweet, and I didn't know if it was saccharin or coloring. It had a strong taste. It was very strange.

A bottle of soda like this sells for 10 cents at a supply and marketing cooperative. If you return the bottle after drinking it, you can get a nickel back. However, in the general environment, there may be many teenagers and girls who are eager to drink a bottle of this kind of soda.

Soda, but in fact, people don’t buy it.

Because it feels luxurious.

And this bottle of soda, which represents "luxury" in the eyes of many people, does not taste good in Si Ningning's eyes.

"Doesn't taste good?"

The words "It tastes very bad" rolled on the tip of Si Ningning's tongue, and she finally swallowed it.

Si Ningning shook her head, "No."

It's a shameful waste, but just this once, she will definitely not buy it when she encounters it in the future!

Si Ningning wrinkled her nose and took another sip, then pushed the soda aside and continued eating noodles while talking to Huo Lang: "This matter is indeed a bit tricky, and we will rush back in the afternoon..."

"If the previous story about the cat is true, it would be almost impossible to gain Academician Liang's trust in such a short period of time, let alone borrow a cat."

Huo Lang opened his thin lips, and Si Ningning seemed to know what he wanted to say. She shook her head and said first, "Let me try it. What if? If it doesn't work, we will buy a mousetrap."

Of course, the mouse trap is also effective, but looking back on Zhao Hongbing's expression before, it was obvious that he still hoped to take the cat back.

Some problems can also be seen in many details. For example, mouse traps are dead objects after all. No matter whether they are useful or flexible, they are far inferior to the natural enemy of mice - cats.

The more he thought about it, the more Si Ningning felt that there was not enough time, so he ate a few bites of noodles quickly, closed his eyes, raised his neck, and drank a bottle of soda in one gulp, and finally pushed the empty bottle to Huo Lang.

, took a breath and stood up, "Let's go!"

His face straightened up, and he looked confident but also a bit concerned about death.

Huo Lang shook his head helplessly, picked up the empty bottle and followed Si Ningning downstairs.

Shan Mantang's car had been waiting outside the door for a long time. The two got in the car and experienced another ten minutes of shaky driving, finally stopping at the entrance of a dilapidated alley.

"If you have anything to do, I can go and take care of you first, and come back to pick us up later."

"I understand, Comrade Huo Lang! Then I wish you good luck first. That Academician Liang is not easy to deal with."

Shan Mantang bared his big white teeth and said with a smile. After speaking, he looked at the door of the rear seat again.

Huo Lang stood by the door and helped Si Ningning open the car door, but Si Ningning almost slipped under Huo Lang's arm.

Shan Mantang was busy turning the steering wheel to turn around. When he thought of something, he turned around and said: "Um, Comrade Huo Lang, Si Zhiqing, I heard that Academician Liang doesn't want to see Zhou Zheng. Anyway, if you two go...

Pay attention!"

With that said, he stepped on the accelerator and ran away.

Si Ningning and Huo Lang were left standing looking at each other.

Si Ningning asked: "What do you mean?"

"Literally." Horan replied.

I can't see anyone who looks good...

Si Ningning thought for a moment and said: "Then why don't you go? You lead me to the place, and then you wait for me at the intersection or somewhere..."

"Why don't you go?" Huo Lang asked with a smile.

"Academician Liang doesn't like Zhou Zheng's man, and he's not against girls. If I don't go, who will?"

Huo Lang laughed at Si Ningning's naivety and did not explain. He took a long step forward and said, "Hurry up, time is running out."

Si Ningning squeezed her crescent eyebrows, kept mumbling, stepped forward, and followed obediently.

The alleys are complicated, and the old and dilapidated interior is even more exaggerated than when I first came in. The residents inside are not as decent as the ones I saw before. Not only are their clothes obviously patched, but they are also stained so darkly that they are almost caked with cake.

Looking at the dark and thin faces that were turning around to look at each other, Si Ningning inexplicably reminded him of the rebellious slums abroad, which made Si Ningning feel a little uncomfortable and subconsciously grabbed the hem of Huo Lang's waist with his little hands.

Huo Lang glanced back and saw Si Ningning's fear. He comforted him: "Most of the people living in this alley are brick factory workers or their families. They are just curious and have no ill intentions."

Si Ningning nodded. When she heard the reason, she felt relieved a lot. She even felt that the faces of the grassroots working people in front of her became kinder.

The brick factory has special work and a heavy workload, so it lags behind the other two factories in the county in terms of hygiene.

(End of chapter)