Reborn in 1977

Indeed, just as Jiang Tiantian had said, the used books here were piled up like mountains. Seeing so many books, Chen Fan immediately became excited and quickly walked towards the mountain of books.

Even if it's one in a hundred, shouldn't I be able to pick out many useful and good books here?!

Old Yang introduced from the side, "These books are all sent from various waste recycling stations in the Yunhu area, level by level upwards. Almost every day, one to two truckloads of used books can be collected."

As he spoke, he also pointed to the vehicles being transferred at the warehouse entrance.

Of course, not the Jiefang trucks, but a type of light truck that is no longer seen in later generations: the BJ130.

Everyone knows about the Wuling "God Car", but this type of small truck was also the first generation of "God Car" back then, and its reputation was not much weaker than another "Cadre God Car", the BJ Jeep.

This car was first finalized and produced in two prototype cars in 1966 by the Erfen Factory of the BJ Automobile Repair Factory, which was also one of the predecessors of the later "Second Automobile Works Dongfeng".

The maximum horsepower is only 77 horsepower, and the maximum speed can only reach 85 kilometers per hour, but such a poor power system can drive a body with a dead weight of 2 tons and a maximum load of 2 tons.

Then, after 6 to 7 years of optimization, mass production was finally achieved in 1973. The Second Automobile Works shared the technology of this "first technically mature light truck in China" with colleagues across the country, prompting it to become the most widely used light truck in the country at that time, with a total production of more than 500,000 vehicles.

From the 1970s to the early 1990s, about 20 years, more than 500,000 vehicles were still acceptable, right?

(BJ130)

Light trucks of the same period as this car also included the SH130, SH141, and SH142 from the Shanghai Automobile Factory, but their sales and ownership were much lower than this car.

Even though it was this kind of small truck, Chen Fan couldn't help but be a little surprised. Back then, at the Nanhu Waste Recycling Station, he wouldn't necessarily be able to recycle a few used books in a week, but here, one to two truckloads could be brought in every day. This was after the districts and counties below had selected them, it was not the same scale at all.

But after thinking about it, it seemed very normal.

The Yunhu area has more than a dozen districts and counties under its jurisdiction, and more than two hundred townships. Each township has one to several waste recycling stations. Even if the collected used books are few, the accumulation is still considerable.

Moreover, after so many years of selection, the books to be selected at all levels have been almost selected. At most, they are supplemented for damaged books, so most of the used books are finally gathered here, waiting to be crushed and sent to paper mills for papermaking.

In this way, it is not too outrageous to have so many books.

Old Yang led Chen Fan through several mountains of books, "These books have been 'roughly picked' before being sent over, but those that are pulled here are basically useless after being selected below, so we don't carefully classify them here, we just sort them roughly according to the books sent by the units below."

As he spoke, he introduced to him, "This pile is the most, basically all school textbooks, elementary school textbooks are the most, and middle school textbooks are a little less."

Chen Fan's heart moved slightly, "Are there any from technical secondary schools or universities?"

Old Yang laughed, "Of course there are, although not many, but there are definitely some."

He pointed to the front and led Chen Fan forward, "That's the pile, probably only a few hundred books. Like those elementary school textbooks, we usually leave them for ten days or half a month before pulling them away. We usually leave this kind for at least two months, just in case one day the school textbooks are not enough, or some students lose their books and come to us to 'restock'."

Chen Fan's mouth twitched slightly, is it okay to restock at a waste company?

He looked at this pile of small book mountains, "This is not a small amount."

Old Yang smiled and said, "If they are good students, they will definitely keep their textbooks, even if they don't study them, they will keep them as a souvenir. But whether it is in elementary schools, or in technical secondary schools and universities, there are many poor students with poor foundations and attitudes. Those people, as soon as they see books, they have a headache, so as soon as they finish studying, they immediately sell the books."

Chen Fan couldn't help but be a little speechless, as expected, people don't cherish what they get too easily.

I don't know how many people want to step into the threshold of technical secondary schools and universities, and after they come out, they can become cadres, get high salaries, and become city people, but those people dismiss it, and they don't study hard even if they have the opportunity. It can only be said that people have different lives.

But in the next second, he became excited again, and immediately waved his hand at the small mountain of books, "Pack all of these!"

Old Yang was stunned and looked at him in surprise, "Pack all of them?"

Chen Fan smiled awkwardly, "Just forget about too many duplicates, I only want two copies at most."

Although books are very cheap, you still have to be frugal!

Because he still wants to buy more books!

Frankly speaking, before coming here, he didn't have much hope at all. After all, this is just a "waste recycling company", not a closed library. How many good books can you expect to find here?

Unexpectedly, unexpectedly, as soon as I came in, I found a gold mine!

The Yunhu area also has several universities, in addition to the "Health School" that I just went to, there are also "Normal School", "Mechanical and Electrical School", "Agricultural School", "Accounting School", "Textile School" and "Shipping School".

These universities are the main source of talent for various units in the entire region. The number of students ranges from several hundred to thousands. Every year, they send hundreds of graduates to major units in the region. Almost all professional needs for various positions can be found in these universities.

For example, the most common mechanical major, electrical major, electronic engineering major, and management engineering major are the strengths of the "Mechanical and Electrical School".

The "Shipping School" is specially established for the water transportation companies in the entire region. From ship manufacturing to ship driving to mechanical maintenance, the whole thing revolves around the water transportation company. If any water transportation company has internal training quotas, they will also be sent here for further study. It only takes a few months to get a junior college degree recognized within the water transportation system, which is simple, convenient and easy to use.

Before, Chen Fan also wanted to buy professional books, but first of all, professional books are not easy to buy. Even if you can buy them, without someone to guide you, you can only learn scattered things without a system.

Now it's different. Learning according to textbooks is the most ideal "entry" method!

Seeing that Chen Fan really intended to buy this batch of used textbooks, Old Yang didn't waste any words, "Don't say you don't want duplicates and only want two copies. In this way, there are probably more than 800 books here in total. If we calculate it at 2 liang per book, we won't weigh it. We'll take advantage of you a little bit and calculate it as 160 jin in total. The price of waste paper is 1 cent per jin, which is 1 yuan and 6 mao in total. How about it?!"

Chen Fan looked at him, then looked at the small mountain of books and thick textbooks, and fell into deep thought.

Is he bullying me because I'm bad at math?

After pondering for two seconds, Chen Fan tightly grasped Old Yang's hand, "It's settled then!"

Old Yang silently stuffed the cigarette in his hand into his trouser pocket, slightly compared the length, and his face blossomed with a smile.

With a filter tip!

How much would all this be worth at 1.6 yuan a piece?

He immediately became more enthusiastic, pointing around and saying, "Take a look at the others too. Tell me which books you want, and I'll get someone to move them for you."

Chen Fan smiled and said, "I want to take my time and choose carefully. If I get too many, I won't be able to carry them all. Could you let me pick them out first?"

Old Yang nodded readily and smiled, "No problem, no problem. I'll go outside for a smoke. Once you've chosen, just call me at the door."

After a pause, he added apologetically, as a friendly reminder, "Comrade Chen, I still need to tell you something. Smoking isn't allowed inside this warehouse. If you want to smoke…"

Chen Fan immediately interjected, "Don't worry, I'll go outside!"

Old Yang nodded and laughed heartily, "Thank you for your understanding, thank you for your understanding!"

Then, waving his hand, he walked out, leaving the area to Chen Fan.

As soon as Old Yang left, Chen Fan took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and got to work.

Since it was so cheap at one fen per half-kilogram, he abandoned the idea of carefully selecting and just grabbed whatever looked decent from the side.

He piled up several stacks of textbooks from elementary school to high school, not caring how many sets there were. Anyway, if there were too many, he could just donate them to the Luciawan Village Elementary School; it wouldn't be a waste!

The textbooks from vocational school to university were all in that pile he had just seen. Since Old Yang was so hospitable, Chen Fan wouldn't be stingy with a couple of yuan and just took them all.

After moving the textbooks, he moved on to reference books. Unfortunately, there weren't many reference books. He packed up all kinds of dictionaries, including English dictionaries, but they didn't even fill half a box.

He had many apprentices, and he was afraid that even one copy per person wouldn't be enough.

Then came the professional books. He packed them all, regardless of whether they were about mechanics, electronics, textiles, water conservancy, shipbuilding, agriculture…

After busying himself for a while, Chen Fan felt that he had moved almost all the books he considered "useful," and then turned his attention to the "miscellaneous books."

Just then, a voice sounded behind him, "Are you planning to empty this place of books?"

Chen Fan was stunned for a moment, then turned around and saw Jiang Tian tian looking at the "mountain of books" he had moved out on the ground with a look of surprise, forgetting to close her mouth.

He blinked and looked at Jiang Tian tian, "Why are you here?"

Jiang Tian tian then came back to her senses, looked at him with a smile, "After you finished your lecture, I came out and saw you get on a sidecar motorcycle heading this way. I guessed you might be here to buy used books. I didn't expect you to really be here."

As she said this, Jiang Tian tian felt her face flush a little. She didn't know what was wrong with her; she had followed him here almost unconsciously. It was just that waiting for the bus and the slow speed of the bus had delayed her for a long time.

When she arrived, she realized what she had done and originally wanted to turn around and go home, but then she suddenly thought of something she wanted to confirm with Chen Fan. Then she saw the motorcycle that had brought him here and the three people waiting near the administrative office building, so she secretly came over on her own.

At the entrance, she only said Chen Fan's name, and the old comrade who was chatting with someone there readily let her in, which made her a little doubtful about life.

Hearing her words, Chen Fan said with a smile, "You really are exceptionally clever; you could even guess that!"

After a pause, he smiled again and said, "You've come at just the right time; you can help me find books."

Jiang Tian tian nodded, "Okay."

Saying that, she put her canvas bag on the pile of books next to her and asked, "What kind of books are you looking for?"

Chen Fan smiled, "I've already found the useful books. As for the others, anything that looks interesting will do."

Jiang Tian tian was stunned at first, then saw the pile of books he had put aside, and immediately understood what he meant by "useful books." Then she looked at the other side, walked not far from Chen Fan, squatted down, and said softly, "Are you planning to open a rural library with so many books?"

Chen Fan shook his head, "No, I'm just collecting them for myself to read."

He turned to look at Jiang Tian tian and smiled, "Your idea is also good. If there are too many, I'll give them to the production team to open a rural library. If everyone wants to read, they can go to the library to read, so they don't always have to run to my place."

Jiang Tian tian turned to look at him and smiled, saying, "Then you have a very wide range of interests."

Saying that, she picked up two different books, "This one is philosophy, this one is art…"

Then she turned to look at the ones in Chen Fan's hand, "There are also sports and fairy tales. You really read all kinds of books."

Chen Fan shook the books in his hand and tossed them aside, "Don't worry about whether they're useful or whether I like them; I'll just take them all back first."

After saying that, he looked behind him and, finding that there was no one else, moved closer to Jiang Tian tian and whispered, "One fen per half-kilogram; one thousand kilograms is only ten yuan. It's too cheap; I'll buy them first!"

Jiang Tian tian couldn't help but grin and smile, then stopped talking and focused on helping him find and move books.

After Chen Fan practiced the unique secret technique that Lin Yuanxiang taught him, his physical fitness had broken through the limits of normal humans. His five basic attributes—constitution, strength, agility, spirit, and intelligence—had all exceeded 10 points. Not only was he quick-witted, able to accurately distinguish the types of books with a glance, but he was also quick and nimble, comparable to a commodity sorting machine, accurately picking out the books he wanted and stacking them aside neatly.

Seeing him working so hard, Jiang Tian tian didn't feel like talking, and focused on helping him move books.

She didn't know how long it had been, but Jiang Tian tian only felt her back ache, her hands cramp, and she was so tired that she was covered in sweat before she stopped to catch her breath.

At this time, Chen Fan had also finished sorting out all the books he needed to take away. When he came back to his senses and saw Jiang Tian tian's exhausted appearance, he couldn't help but gently pat his forehead, "I'm such a pig brain; I forgot that you can't do such heavy work."

Jiang Tian tian smiled aside, "It's okay, this little bit of work is nothing. I often move things around in the store; I'm not that delicate."

After a pause, she said softly, "And it's far from the work you guys do in the production team."

Chen Fan was too embarrassed to say that he never did physical labor in the production team, so he simply took his leather bag, took out two pottery bottles from it, and handed them to her, "This red one is medicated wine. If your muscles ache at night, just rub it wherever it hurts and rub it hard until it's hot. You'll be fine after a night's sleep.

The other green bottle contains medicinal pills. Take one every night before going to bed. It's for nourishing your original energy and strengthening your body, and it also helps with sleep and restoring physical strength."

Jiang Tian tian quickly waved her hand, "No, no, really no need."

Chen Fan didn't say much, took them and stuffed them into her hand, "I made all of this myself. Lili has used it before, and the effect is okay. Just take it."