1970s monkey race

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Chapter 15: The Hermit

Although she felt a little strange, Li Zhenzhen was not discouraged.

She once again found a female worker, who was also a pregnant woman. She should eat something nutritious when she was pregnant.

"Sister, do you want to buy food? I have eggs and brown sugar here..."

But before Li Zhenzhen finished speaking, the pregnant woman walked away on her own.

Li Zhenzhen was left standing there alone, stunned. How could a pregnant woman not need to buy food?

This was too strange. There must be something wrong. Did she misidentify her target customers? She should not look for housewives, but male workers?

This time, Li Zhenzhen found a young male worker, "Comrade, do you want to buy food?"

As a result, the male worker did not answer her at all, and even walked away with a red face.

Li Zhenzhen shook her head, too young is not good, can not be the head of the family, this time find an old one.

Li Zhenzhen found another middle-aged male worker, and his voice was quite loud, "Uncle, do you want to buy food? I have refined white flour and bacon..." However, Li Zhenzhen was destined to be disappointed, and this man also walked away silently.

What is going on? Don't the workers need to buy food? Obviously, these people look malnourished and skinny.

What happened?

Ah! Ah! Ah! Li Zhenzhen wanted to stand in the middle of the street with her hands on her hips and shout "Why why why!!!"

Just then, a man beside her grabbed Li Zhenzhen's arm, pulled her to the side of the street, and said in a low voice: "Girl, do you sell food?"

Li Zhenzhen's eyes lit up. It was a 50-year-old old man. Not bad, not bad. Such a person must need to buy food. This time the customer came to her door. She hurriedly answered, "Yes, yes, yes, I sell food, I have..."

"Shh, don't say it!" The old man raised his index finger in front of his mouth, looked around, and pulled Li Zhenzhen to the inside of the street.

Li Zhenzhen thought, that's right, quite cautious, must be very experienced, she asked attentively: "Boss, what do you need to buy?"

Unexpectedly, the boss shook his head and said: "I don't buy anything."

Li Zhenzhen was surprised, "You don't buy anything? Then why did you pull me?"

"Girl, I'm kindly reminding you that it's useless for you to sell food here, no one dares to buy."

Li Zhenzhen was very surprised and asked quickly, "Why?"

"The factory just held a meeting yesterday, not allowing workers to buy food from farmers who came to the city. If they were caught, they would be fired. Do you think anyone would dare to buy from you?"

"There is such a meeting! I said why these people ignored me."

" Who says it's not true? A few days ago, Xiao Liu from our workshop was caught because he bought five kilograms of flour from someone. He was arrested and sentenced to six months of labor reform! "

"Hiss! This can't be true? ! What about the person who sold him food? Was he also sentenced to six months?"

"Why would I lie to you? That person was not caught and ran away. Xiao Liu was the one who got into trouble. However, I wanted to buy some flour to please my future mother-in-law, but who knew I would get myself into trouble. Now I have lost my money and my life!"

Li Zhenzhen was horrified. It seemed that buying and selling food privately was too dangerous. This boss was her benefactor. If he hadn't reminded her, she might have been caught today!

"Grandpa, thank you so much. If you hadn't told me, I would have been foolishly selling to people."

"Don't thank me. I see that your family is not easy. Everyone has urgent matters. The country people who come to sell food have no money. They are waiting for the money from selling food to go back for emergency use. Is your family also in trouble?"

Li Zhenzhen didn't know that in the eyes of others, her current image was exactly like a country girl who came to the city to sell food. There was no suspicion, so the workers didn't even have time to avoid her, so how could they trade with her?

Seeing that Li Zhenzhen was silent, the eldest grandfather had a clear expression, thinking that he had guessed the truth of the matter, and couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic in his heart.

"Girl, don't worry too much. Just because you can't sell food here doesn't mean you can't sell it elsewhere."

Li Zhenzhen was so curious. It seemed that this old man knew a lot. She didn't bother to explain and asked quickly, "Old man, can you tell me where it is?"

Unexpectedly, the old man raised his head slightly, stared at the upper left corner, and made an unfathomable expression.

Li Zhenzhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. They always say that the old man is a child, but this old man is even arrogant. She had no choice but to say, "Old man, please tell me."

The old man kept the secret for a long time before saying, "I do know a place. Do you know the People's Hospital and the Women and Children's Hospital?"

"Of course I know. Aren't those two hospitals very close to each other?"

"Yes, that's where it is. Think about it, many of those patients are old people, children, and mothers who come from all over the country. These people are sick, so they have to eat something good? In here... Anyway, I heard that there have been people stealing food in that area."

"Then they won't be caught "

"You don't understand. Everyone gets sick sometimes. It's human nature. As long as you don't rush into others blindly, many times people turn a blind eye. It depends on whether you are smart or not."

"So the legendary black market is here. It's really unexpected."

"Don't tell me. I don't know if it's true. Don't tell others that I said it."

"I know. Besides, I don't know you, right?"

"That's right. I'm going home now. Let's say goodbye." After saying this in a literary way, the old man bowed and left without looking back.

Li Zhenzhen looked at his handsome back and couldn't help saying, "What a master."

Li Zhenzhen jumped on the bus and went straight to the People's Hospital. After arriving, Li Zhenzhen learned her lesson this time and did not ask everyone if they wanted to buy food. Instead, she patiently walked around the hospital and found something.

In a remote corner at the entrance of the hospital, there were three people standing. They were dressed similarly to her and their faces could not be seen clearly. They all had a small cloth bag on their bodies, and their right hands were naturally placed on the opening of the cloth bag. Their eyes were staring at the people coming in and out of the hospital, as if they were looking for something.

Li Zhenzhen was extremely curious. What were they looking for?