Capítulo 1893: Chapter 1894: Female Intellectual Youth from the Crowd 36
Zhang Yu initially felt warm from soaking her feet, and with a saltwater bottle in the bed, it quickly beca cozy. She could finally stretch her legs.
If only she had a hot water bottle—it would retain heat longer. But hot water bottles are in high demand these days; after all, their raw materials are scarce in this era.
The family actually has a copper hot water bottle. Yao Ying wrote to Zhang Yu in early winter, asking if she needed it and offering to send it over.
Such a valuable item, how could Zhang Yu feel safe letting them mail it? Even if it arrived safely in her hands, it’s such a conspicuous item that she didn’t dare use it.
Sigh, never mind, at least there’s a saltwater bottle. Lying in the warm bed, feeling all sleepy, she suddenly heard Zhao Tong asking her what she planned to take ho for the Spring Festival.
“I plan to buy so new rice.” Every year during the Spring Festival, the farm sells a batch of new rice to the intellectual youths, each person limited to a hundred pounds.
“By the way, Sister Xia, what about your quota?” She had heard Xia Lei ntion earlier that they weren’t planning to take anything ho this ti.
If that’s the case, couldn’t she take their quota? The new rice from the farm is really good stuff.
Zhao Tong looked expectantly at Xia Lei. If they didn’t want it, she could take the extra quota.
Xia Lei glanced at Xia Lian, “We’re not buying rice to take ho. How much do we earn each month anyway? Even if we took so much rice ho, the family wouldn’t appreciate it.”
Xia Lian kept nodding, “Right, right, we’re taking stuff ho, but we’re planning to buy so peanuts and things like that.”
Such items can be casually bought, “and then buy so cabbage or sothing. If you want to buy rice, we’ll give you our quota.”
Zhang Yu didn’t stand on ceremony with them, “Thank you.”
Zhao Tong also quickly thanked them, but soon started worrying again, “How are we going to transport these things to the field?”
“The field will arrange for a vehicle to take us to the pier.” The only concern is how to get the goods on and off the ship.
The best way, of course, is to find soone to help. After thinking for a while, Zhang Yu had an idea, “I’ll ask Zhao Yu tomorrow.”
That guy gets along well among the male intellectual youths, “we could give him a little sothing when the ti cos.”
With a little benefit, they should be able to find soone to help. Zhang Yu thought it wouldn’t be a problem.
“Alright.” Zhao Tong also expressed her willingness to chip in.
Zhao Yu was really startled to hear that Zhang Yu planned to take two hundred pounds of rice back, “Where did you get the quota?”
“From Xia Lei and her sister in our dormitory.” Zhang Yu noticed Zhao Yu’s surprised expression, “Is there a problem?”
“No benefit given?” Zhao Yu asked in a low voice.
Zhang Yu shook her head, “No, they simply decided not to buy, so they gave it up, right?”
This girl really doesn’t know anything. If their relationship were average, Zhao Yu wouldn’t have ntioned it, but now that he knew, “Even though everyone has a quota, so people don’t sell and transfer it for a benefit.”
A benefit? Zhang Yu was astonished. Even searching through the original owner’s mories, there was no hint of this, “How is this benefit given?”
If she didn’t know, that’d be one thing, but now that she knew, she couldn’t pretend otherwise. Moreover, if the Xia sisters didn’t buy next year either, she could continue using it.
“Two mao per pound, if you’re on good terms, one mao is enough.” Zhao Yu said softly, “Those who buy can resell it at a high price.”
They eat farm rice, and although it’s often old rice rather than new, it’s really better quality than what they have at ho.
“I don’t know, but I’ve heard that on the black market, this rice can easily sell for one yuan per pound.”
Wow, Zhang Yu knew farm rice was popular, but she didn’t expect it to sell at such a high price, “Does the farm know?”
As for this, Zhao Yu smiled, “What do you think? After all, it’s the Spring Festival; even the stingiest people are generous then.”
“Ten pounds is too much, but buying a pound or two of rice is doable.”
Zhang Yu agreed, “True, and I see they take it to the big cities, so there’s the transport cost.”
“But they can also make quite a profit.” Zhao Yu had studied this, “I used to wonder where the rice and flour on the black market ca from, now I understand.”
Just this? Zhang Yu smiled, saying nothing. Although a hundred pounds each seems a lot, most people take it ho, and a small amount ends up on the black market.
Not to ntion, much of the grain never reaches the black market, as it’s commandeered by the privileged.
“Thank you.” Zhang Yu hurriedly went to find Zhao Tong, since she also got rice from the Xia family.
Zhao Tong looked at Zhang Yu blankly, “I only heard it from Zhao Yu. I don’t know if it’s true or not.”
“And I can’t find anyone to verify it.” In these matters, everyone is secretive, never revealing anything.
Zhao Tong nodded, “But if it’s Zhao Yu, his words are quite credible.”
Zhang Yu looked up at her, puzzled, hearing this—it seed Zhao Yu’s information was reliable?
She truly didn’t know Zhao Yu was such an all-rounder, it was really surprising.
Zhao Tong looked at Zhang Yu’s confused expression and burst into laughter, “Don’t tell you didn’t know your old classmate is a jack-of-all-trades.”
Zhang Yu shook her head, “I didn’t know. Although we were classmates and he got along well with my brother, my relationship with him isn’t really close.”
Even though she had already fallen out with Wang Yan on the train, she couldn’t stand the way he looked at her like she was an idiot, making her very uncomfortable.
Unless necessary, Zhang Yu would avoid any contact with certain people, especially given that in those tis, n and won had to maintain a distance.
Even though Wang Yan had been quiet recently, with no outrageous behavior, everyone had forgotten what she did before, but Zhang Yu hadn’t.
From the original owner’s experience, Zhang Yu knew that person was narrow-minded. Even if you were nice, any slight misstep would be rembered, let alone now that she had completely offended soone.
Zhang Yu didn’t know when that person might strike, whether she would ruin her reputation like in her previous life, or marry her off to a hoodlum. In any case, she was always careful to keep her distance.
She avoided matters related to the male intellectual youths whenever possible, and since Zhao Yu seed to be a low-key person, she was even less likely to know much about him.
But sothing’s not right. Zhao Yu is such a discreet person, yet Zhao Tong seems to know he’s well-inford. That’s odd—after all, they have no interaction.
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