After dinner, Qian Shulan, Wang Shouzhi and Xiaodie returned to the Water Conservancy Bureau together.
On the way, Qian Shulan talked about the help Jiang Yuying and Du Dahai had given her, and then smiled and said to Wang Shouzhi, "If you have any problems that you can't figure out in the future, you can also ask Boss Du to help you analyze it. Don't forget to bring something when you go, it's a courtesy."
Wang Shouzhi nodded absentmindedly. He asked about Jiang Yuying's situation as if he was not paying attention.
Qian Shulan didn't think much about it and told the truth, "Yuying is a salesperson in a grain and oil store. Her parents are both dead. It's pitiful for an orphan. But she is very optimistic and smart. She can stand her aunt's unreasonable demands and is a good girl who knows right from wrong."
Hearing this, Wang Shouzhi automatically imagined Jiang Yuying as an indomitable, yet self-reliant young woman of the new era, and his liking for her grew even stronger.
But when she thought that Guo Zhengliang seemed to have feelings for her, she couldn't help feeling a little inferior.
Qian Shulan seemed to have thought of something, and patted Wang Shouzhi on the back with a smile, as if she had discovered a big secret and was a little amused, "Did you see that Guo Zhengliang seems to be interested in Yuying? The two of them are really a perfect match."
Wang Shouzhi felt his heart bleeding, but when he thought about it again, his mother was right. Guo Zhengliang was good-looking, had a good family background, good character, a good job, and was a city dweller. He was indeed a good match for Jiang Yuying.
And what about him? His conditions were not even half as good as others, not to mention that he was a divorced man with a child.
Qian Shulan was talking nonstop over there. She turned around inadvertently and suddenly saw Wang Shouzhi with a pale face, frowning and distressed look, as if he had thought of something.
She slapped her forehead fiercely. She was such a pig-brained person! How could she forget that Wang Shouzhi was also a young man, only two years older than Guo Zhengliang. It was normal for him to like the beautiful, cheerful, optimistic and generous Jiang Yuying.
To be honest, if Jiang Yuying didn't have a partner, she might have encouraged Wang Shouzhi to pursue him, after all, everyone has the equal right to pursue love. Of course, being rejected is not a big deal, after all, people have the right to refuse.
However, Jiang Yuying and Guo Zhengliang were clearly in love, and Wang Shouzhi was destined to be cannon fodder. If she encouraged him to pursue her again, she would be crazy!
However, she couldn't attack Wang Shouzhi either. After all, there was nothing wrong with him liking Jiang Yuying.
She thought it over again and again in her mind before she spoke, "In the future, I hope you can find a wife like Yuying. She is beautiful, capable, cheerful and generous, and has a job."
Wang Shouzhi pursed his lips and said nothing.
Qian Shulan changed her tone and said slowly, "To be honest, I don't care whether the wife you marry is from the city or not. But she'd better have a job, even if it's just a part-time job. If both of you have jobs, you can bear less burden. If you have another child in the future, you can take care of it. Otherwise, if you are the only one working, life will be very tight."
She was realistic, but she really didn't want Wang Shouzhi to marry a rural woman without a job. If he did, Wang Shouzhi would be the family's breadwinner. Although rural household registration could be transferred to the city and a food purchase permit was obtained, it still cost money to buy it. If Wang Shouzhi had three or five more children, the burden would crush him. There were no contraceptive measures, so having three or five children was simply too normal.
Qian Shulan didn't want to come to the city to be their nanny in the future. She was instilling ideas in Wang Shouzhi bit by bit, telling him not to be afraid of Li Caiying and think that all city girls are bad and all country girls are good. How can we divide good people into bad people based on where we live
"Xiao Wu, you can't think that all city girls are bad just because Li Caiying is a city girl. Look, Yuying and Boss Du are both city girls. They are so nice to us and don't look down on us country people."
Wang Shouzhi thought about it carefully and felt that what his mother said made a lot of sense.
Jiang Yuying is also from the city, but she is not bad at all. She is so beautiful, has a good temper and a gentle personality.
According to her mother, she cleaned the house very well. She looked like a hardworking and sensible girl.
"Xiao Wu, there are many good girls like Jiang Yuying in the city. You might as well open your eyes and take a look."
Don't think that Wang Shouzhi couldn't marry a young and beautiful city girl with such conditions. When famine came, many city families would marry their daughters to the countryside, and the bride price was a few hundred kilograms of grain.
Although it was a bit of taking advantage of someone's misfortune, why would she choose a worse one when she had the chance to choose the best one? By then, she would definitely be able to choose a daughter-in-law who was better in every way, preferably a girl like Jiang Yuying who had a positive outlook on life and didn't need her to spend a lot of time to reform her.
As for the fact that Wang Shouzhi still liked Jiang Yuying, Qian Shulan didn't think it was a big deal. When she was in school, she saw too many couples who almost all ended up parting ways after graduation.
There is not so much love that lasts till death in this world. Such nonsense as "I will not marry anyone but her, I will not marry anyone but him" can only fool girls of fifteen or sixteen years old. Anyway, she has lived for twenty-two years and has never seen such love.
Besides, Wang Shouzhi is not the kind of person who doesn't want bread but only love. Otherwise, why would he choose Li Caiying over Lin Fang
They both fell in love with each other the first time they met. Could it be that one is as thin as paper and the other is as thick as a soldering iron? How is that possible!
She thought that since she was not in a hurry to marry a daughter-in-law, it would be nice to let Wang Shouzhi be single for a while to adjust his mood before welcoming the next spring.
The next morning, Qian Shulan cleaned the dormitory out of boredom. It was such a small space with only a few things, but she cleaned it thoroughly in less than half an hour. She polished the glass so brightly that you could see your reflection in it.
The Water Conservancy Bureau was really generous. They actually installed glass in the staff dormitory. She had never seen such a thing in anyone's home in the village.
After cleaning, Qian Shulan immediately closed the door and opened the mall. She actually saw someone buying her things. Some people even bought two items in a row. One was a surprise gift worth 10 gold coins, and the other was a mysterious gift worth 20 gold coins.
Qian Shulan was bewildered. After a long pause, she smiled happily, covering her face with her hands and smiling foolishly with her mouth bent.
It was great, she could earn coins again. She had been feeling pained for days since the system deducted 20 coins from her last time. Now she finally had a chance to earn back the lost coins, and Qian Shulan was immediately revived.
She quickly jumped up and walked towards the department store with the basket.
Since a good review can add 5 gold coins, she must pick something good to make the buyer satisfied.
When she arrived at the department store, she realized she was wrong.
She originally thought that many things would only require tickets after the three-year famine, but who would have thought that they would be needed now.
At this time, tickets were needed to purchase not only food but also daily necessities.
Every household has a commodity supply certificate, and all the goods in the store must be supplied with the certificate. In short, in every aspect of food, clothing and daily necessities that can be imagined.
Wang Shouzhi’s commodity supply certificate was taken away by Li Caiying. They had just divorced and the new commodity supply certificate had not yet been issued.
Qian Shulan wanted to ask someone, but seeing those salesmen acting so arrogantly and boasting about their wealth and acting so high-handed in front of customers, she felt that at her age, it would be a real disgrace if she was scolded by a little girl.
Even if she could win an argument over these girls, she would still be scolded for being old-fashioned and taking advantage of her age, so she decided to give up.
She looked around and finally found an old lady about her age, who seemed to be waiting for someone.
Qian Shulan walked up to her and greeted her with a smile, "Old sister, you're waiting for someone."
The old lady glanced at Qian Shulan, and seeing the smile on her face, she nodded, "Yes, I am waiting for my daughter. She left in such a hurry that she forgot her ticket at home."
Qian Shulan's eyes lit up. "Who isn't? I just moved in a few days ago and wanted to buy some things to decorate the house, but the money at home is not enough. I also wanted to buy a wall clock, but I couldn't find one after searching for a long time."
The old lady looked at her in surprise. "You should go to a watch company to buy a wall clock. You won't find one in a department store. Besides, you don't need a ticket to buy this thing. My son said that alarm clocks are not selling well. The tickets for wall clocks and alarm clocks have been cancelled a long time ago."
Qian Shulan's face was full of surprise, "Really?"
The old lady was afraid that she would not believe it, so she introduced herself, "Of course it's true. My son is a salesman at the Shanghai Watch Factory on Bairun Road. How could what he told me be false?"
Qian Shulan really believed it. She had always thought that watches were in short supply in this era and would be hard to buy. She didn't know that wall clocks and alarm clocks were also unsalable. She asked the old lady again, "Old sister, do you know where to buy a fountain pen? My son asked me to come over to buy him a fountain pen, but I couldn't find one after searching around."
The old lady pointed upwards and said, "It should be on the second floor. There are all the good stuff up there."
Qian Shulan hurriedly thanked the old lady.
The old lady waved her hand politely and the two parted ways.
The old lady continued to wait for her daughter, and Qian Shulan went upstairs.
When she got upstairs, Qian Shulan looked for it but couldn't find it. She asked the salesperson and found out that the pens were all given as rewards by the company and Liuguan County Department Store had never sold pens. Besides, who could have the ticket
Qian Shulan was extremely disappointed. She glanced at the second floor and found that there were very few items on the counter.
There was a Butterfly brand sewing machine. The salesperson told them that this sewing machine was specially ordered by a government official, who said it was used to reward this year's advanced production brigade, and it was placed here for display before the evaluation.
It is really hard to get a sewing ticket now. Generally, a unit can only get one ticket a year. One person is selected from hundreds of people. Who is willing to sell the ticket
It is estimated that the scalper she met before must have obtained the sewing plane ticket with great difficulty.
When he didn't want it, he didn't show any regret. I guess he was used to it.
Liuguan County is a small county town, and people’s purchasing power is not high. She only saw one of the most popular imported watches, radios, bicycles, and sewing machines of the era, and even fewer luxury goods.
Qian Shulan could only buy a flashlight and three batteries from upstairs. This item was limited in quantity and each person could only buy so much.
After leaving the department store, Qian Shulan asked people about Bairun Road.
It is only two streets away from here. Of course, Liuguan County itself is very small, and there are only a few streets in total.
She just asked, just cross this alley, turn right and walk for two minutes and you will see the Shanghai watch sales point.
Qian Shulan walked in. The alley was very narrow, with bumpy stone slabs all around. Because it was very old, many cracks in the stones were covered with moss.
It rained a few days ago and a lot of water accumulated in the low-lying areas.
She carefully avoided several puddles, but after taking only two steps, she found that the road ahead was blocked by a puddle.
She looked around for something to put her feet on, but found nothing.
Qian Shulan had no choice but to walk along the base of the wall, which was a high spot with shallower water, so she would get less mud on her.
However, just as she walked past the puddle, she stopped and stamped her feet, and suddenly saw the door next to her being pushed open, and Qian Shulan and the man bumped into each other head-on.
When their eyes met, Qian Shulan keenly saw a hint of vigilance in the other person's eyes.
Qian Shulan frowned slightly and was about to speak when another person suddenly walked out from behind the man.
Qian Shulan was a little surprised by his slightly chubby face. She asked in surprise, "Director Chen, why are you here?" As she spoke, she turned her head to glance behind him. It was the food she had asked for before. Several sacks were neatly placed on the flatbed behind him. "Is this the food you found for me?"
Director Chen patted the man in front of him on the back, telling him not to worry. The other party had no hostility.
"I found it for you." Director Chen introduced her while speaking, "He is a famous grain dealer in Liuguan County. You can go to him if you want any grain."
Qian Shulan's eyes lit up. She had gone to the grain and oil store so many times these days to get more food, but she could only buy so little. Now there were people selling food, how could she not be surprised.
She didn't bother to greet Director Chen, and looked straight at the man in front of her, "Young man, do you have any food?"
The man had no hostility towards the old lady. He quickly glanced around and whispered, "We have corn, sorghum, dried sweet potatoes, wheat, and rice."
Qian Shulan's eyes lit up, "I want 200 kilograms of dried sweet potatoes, do you have any?"
Two hundred kilograms of dried sweet potatoes? This was not a small amount, but the man didn't even frown and immediately agreed.
"What's the price?"
The man directly quoted the price, "38 cents"
Qian Shulan frowned. The price this person wanted was really high, much more expensive than the food coupons she bought from scalpers. However, thinking about the days ahead, she felt that the higher price was nothing.
"Then I'll come get it tomorrow."
The man nodded, "Okay."
Qian Shulan thought for a moment and asked again, "How much is a pound of sorghum?"
"Two and a half cents"
Qian Shulan ordered another 200 kilograms. It was not that she did not want to order more, but she was afraid that the other party would suspect her purpose of ordering so much food.
The man agreed.
It was decided that she would come to collect the food tomorrow morning. After saying goodbye to the two men, Qian Shulan walked slowly, holding on to the wall.
The man looked at her from behind for a long time before looking away.
"She is the person you mentioned who quoted a lower price for rice than you?"
Director Chen nodded.
The man frowned and thought for a while. "She was just ordering food from me. It seems that she bought the rice by chance."
Director Chen also began to agree with this point of view. He had tried to test the other party before, hoping that the other party would introduce a grain reseller to him, but the old lady refused. He thought she was afraid that he would report the other party, but it seemed that this was not the case. Judging from the quality of the rice, it should have been shipped from Jiangnan and was not circulated in Liuguan County. It seemed that the person behind the old lady was from Jiangnan. Did she buy the grain to ship it to the other party? This amount was too little, wasn't it? Why was it worth the trip? Director Chen was a little confused.
The man said to Director Chen, "Let's do the transaction in another place from now on. This place has been exposed."
Director Chen was stunned for a moment, a little hesitant, "Not really, right? The old lady just happened to pass by."
The man was a cautious person. Director Chen was the buyer, and he would be fine except for the food being confiscated. But he was different. "It's always better to be careful. I'm in a business that costs my life, so I can't be careless."
Director Chen had no choice but to agree.
The man was a famous grain dealer in Liuguan County. In those days, if a farmer was caught secretly selling farm products by the brigade, the punishment would be confiscation of the goods and imprisonment in a small dark room. In more serious cases, he would be criticized and paraded through the streets.
Large-scale reselling of grain like this is strictly prohibited, and once discovered, the offender will be shot to death.
That's why men are extremely careful.
His family was burdened with more than a dozen people, all working in the countryside to earn work points, but their production brigade had too little land, only one mu per person, and it was very barren. He had no choice but to go to the county town to find a way out.
A man like him who keeps his head on his trousers has to proceed with caution.
After he resold the grain, he would ask Director Chen to help him sell it. The supply and marketing cooperatives often sold grain that did not require grain coupons. The price was much higher than that of grain that required coupons, and the purchase was limited. People without grain coupons rushed to buy it.
This part of the account is controlled by Director Chen alone. It is not handled by the people below. However, he often gives benefits to the people below, so everyone turns a blind eye to this matter. He also gave a perfect excuse to the people above, saying that Chen Mi was clearing out the warehouse and did not want the tickets.
This was one of the reasons why he dared to offer such a low price, but he didn't expect that Qian Shulan would snatch it away.
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