Chapter 16 Shangfeng Town

The roads in Shangfeng Town were a wonder in those days.

At that time, a truck cost at least 30,000 or 40,000 yuan. It was difficult for a millionaire to buy such a thing. Generally, only units such as the Grain Bureau and the Forestry Bureau had it, or the village raised funds to buy it.

But on the roads in Shangfeng Town, there were countless such trucks. Some trucks actually had the name of a certain unit printed on the front.

It can be seen how blatant the "cargo movement" was in those days.

And with many cars and small roads, it was easy to get stuck.

Once a car broke down, the whole road was full of cars, and children from nearby villages would run to the side of the road with the local unique "Guangbing" and sell it to these truck drivers and accompanying bosses at a high price.

Under the escort of the truck horn and the drivers' voices of the quintessence of Chinese culture, Li Duoyu finally arrived in Shangfeng Town.

The streets in the town were crowded with cars and people, more lively than the county town. There were hotels on both sides of the road, and small blackboards were placed at the door.

Looking up, you can see the four big red characters of Shangfeng Middle School not far away. He and Zhou Xiaoying both attended junior high school here.

When they were studying, the school conditions were very poor, and there was not even a canteen. Since they were boarders, they had to bring their own rice to cook.

Although Zhou Xiaoying was two years older than him, they went to junior high school in the same year under the deliberate arrangement of Lao Li. Li Duoyu remembered very clearly that at that time, every time it was time for dinner, he could not leave this woman.

At that time, he was completely a bad boy with too much energy to vent.

He had a group fight with his classmates and had five stitches on his head.

They went to steal watermelons from the nearby watermelon fields together.

He stole the boats of fishermen in the town and was criticized by the whole school.

He skipped classes and played poker in the dormitory.

Anyway, they were very interested in anything other than studying.

But what I remember most vividly is that Li Duoyu asked Zhou Xiaoying to write a love letter for him at that time, and the love letter was to a very beautiful girl at that time.

As for her name, Li Duoyu couldn't remember it now. He only remembered that the girl was very beautiful and loved singing and dancing.

After writing the love letter.

Li Duoyu was hungry for a whole week because of this.

Now thinking carefully, Zhou Xiaoying was willing to marry him. In addition to Lao Li's matchmaking, there must be other reasons. Li Duoyu didn't ask in his previous life.

In this life, Li Duoyu planned to ask some questions.

Due to the prevalence of hawking goods.

In recent years, most people in the town have made money, and there are shouting and hawking everywhere in the town.

"The rough horse watch is cheaper, only twenty."

"Radio, electronic watch, does anyone want it?"

Some people set up stalls directly at their doorsteps.

Some people carry a shoulder pole and sell while walking.

Some people sell with a sack on the ground.

It can be said that at that time in Shangfeng Town, even if you set up a tea stall at the doorstep, the business will be very good.

Li Duoyu remembers very clearly that there was no tap water at that time, and there were too many people to supply tea, and even a long queue for well water.

In his previous life, Li Duoyu also sold goods here. He and Agui took Yuan Datou to the small islands of the overseas provinces and exchanged things with those big ships.

They would bring them to the town to sell.

At that time, the best Shanghai brand watch in the country only sold for 120 yuan, but when they exchanged with the big ships, an Oriental watch with completely superior performance and appearance only sold for 30 yuan, and a Chou Ma watch sold for 10 yuan.

They just had to bring them to Shangfeng Town to sell.

The prices were doubled, and Oriental watches could be sold for 60 yuan, and Chou Ma watches could be sold for 20.

At that time, this kind of Chou Ma watch assembled in Hong Kong Island was good quality and cheap, and it was very easy to sell. Many traders from the north bought them in sacks.

Once he and Agui sold two three-in-one machines with double speakers and earned 600 yuan, which was directly Zhou Xiaoying's two-year salary. They were so excited that they couldn't sleep for several days.

Looking at the bustling Shangfeng Town in front of him, Li Duoyu couldn't help but sigh, because this scene will soon disappear with the arrival of the smuggling office.

The reason why Li Duoyu came to Shangfeng Town was to buy a few meters of beautiful cloth for his wife before the smuggling office came, and also to buy her a folding umbrella.

Just as Li Duoyu was browsing the stalls, he unexpectedly ran into an acquaintance, a bald man wearing a silver necklace, Brother Shui.

There were several henchmen following him.

Brother Shui was a local tyrant who specialized in collecting stall fees in this area, like Li Duoyu and Agui who had no storefronts or houses in the town.

If you want to sell things in this area, local tyrants like Brother Shui are people you can't get around, and they will charge stall fees to non-local stall owners.

Depending on the location of the stall, the daily fee ranges from 10 to 50 yuan, and the stall fees that Li Duoyu and Agui handed over to Brother Shui were several hundred yuan.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the most profitable person in this area. His family has already built a four-story mansion, and there are two or three imported cars parked in the yard.

I heard that his wife, mistress, and mistress are quite harmonious and often play mahjong together. I don’t know if it is true or not.

When Brother Shui saw Li Duoyu, he greeted him:

“Isn’t this Duoyu? Where have you been recently? I haven’t seen you and Agui take care of my business for a long time. Without you two, I feel that the business is much worse.”

“Brother Shui, you are joking. How can you be interested in the small business of Agui and me? Wasn’t it blocked by the anti-smuggling ship some time ago, and we didn’t get the goods.”

When he heard about the anti-smuggling ship, Brother Shui's face fell instantly. A few days ago, they also had several ships detained, and all the goods on the ships were confiscated, which made him lose a lot of money.

"These bastards, they don't do their work all day, just want to steal things from us."

Brother Shui patted Li Duoyu on the shoulder:

"Work hard, if there are goods, you must come to take care of my business more."

"That's for sure."

In fact, Li Duoyu and Brother Shui had a lot of intersections in his previous life. At that time, he was reported by Agui's wife and became a typical example of combating smuggling and speculation.

But Brother Shui is a typical example, he is simply a representative figure. It is said that the great unity found in his home was filled with several sacks.

The cadres implicated were countless. When Brother Shui was arrested, many cadres wished that he would die quickly.

At that time, the anti-smuggling office did not dare to imprison Brother Shui in the prison of the province for his personal safety, but sent him to the neighboring province for detention.

Coincidentally, Li Duoyu was imprisoned in the same prison as him, but Li Duoyu was imprisoned for five years while he was imprisoned for life.

Later, Shui Ge was released after 30 years because of his good behavior, and the year he was released, Li Duoyu happened to come back from the island country.

Later, I heard that after he was released, his wife, mistress, and concubine had all run away with others and formed families.

As a lonely man, he could only go to the home of the henchman who followed him back then to help cultivate kelp.

Thinking about it now is also a sigh.

Li Duoyu looked up and looked at the prosperous streets in front of him. He couldn't help but feel a little emotional. A crazy era is about to end.

And Li Duoyu, who knows the price inside and out.

He was too lazy to choose, so he found a stall nearby and bought six meters of imported fabric and a folding umbrella at a similar price.

He took a car to leave Shangfeng Town and headed to Qingkou Wharf.

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