Is anyone looking
Lin was stunned. It was getting dark, who could it be
"Did the other party say who it was?" Lu Cheng walked out of the hall and came to the door.
Lin Qingqing came to her senses and hurried out. As soon as Lin Qingqing moved, Lu Haici followed behind her.
The person who came was a soldier standing guard at the door. When he saw Lu Cheng, he saluted and said, "Deputy Colonel Lu, this is what happened. A man who claimed to be Ma Chenggong from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative came to see Comrade Lin and said that Comrade Lin knew him."
Comrade Ma from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative? Lin Qingqing immediately thought of it. She said to Lu Cheng, "It's Director Ma from the Supply and Marketing Cooperative. I'll go meet him. Director Ma is here at this time. He must have come right after work. It should be related to the braised food."
Lu Cheng nodded, agreeing with her words. But: "I'll go with you."
"No need, I'll go first." Lin said softly, and said to the soldier, "Thank you." Then he ran over so as not to make Director Ma wait too long.
The soldiers followed.
Then... Lu Haici ran past his father and followed him.
Lu Cheng: “…” He was the one who was going to go first, how come this brat got there first? But the brat was dreaming that he would be faster than him. Lu Cheng strode forward.
Lin Qingqing ran fast, and when she saw the gate of the family compound, she saw Director Ma. "Director Ma." Lin Qingqing shouted.
Director Ma also saw Lin Qingqing and waved at her: "Comrade Lin."
Lin Qingqing panted and ran to Director Ma: "Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
"No, no, it was me who came here suddenly, I..." He paused when he saw a tall figure coming to Lin Qingqing's side.
Lin Qingqing turned around and saw that it was Lu Cheng. "Why are you here?"
Lu Cheng lied seriously: "It's okay after dinner anyway."
"Mom..." Lu Haici was still shouting from a hundred meters away. He was really angry. Dad didn't wait for him. Even if he didn't wait for him, he could have brought him over. He was too bad, a bad dad.
Lin Qingqing: "..." What are these people doing? Are they bringing their families? She introduced them to Director Ma, "This is my husband Lu Cheng, and the one behind is my son, whom you have met."
Director Ma's heart skipped a beat. He looked at Lu Cheng and said nervously, "Hello, Comrade Lu." He was older than Lu Cheng, but he used the word "you" because even though Lu Cheng was wearing a training uniform, he could see clearly the two bars and one star on Lu Cheng's training uniform, which meant he was a regimental-level officer. My God, Comrade Lin looked very young, but her husband was a deputy regiment commander, and he was such a young deputy regiment commander. One can imagine his future.
Lu Cheng: "Hello."
Director Ma was the director of the county supply and marketing cooperative, so he had seen a lot of things, so he came back to his senses quickly. He then said to Lin Qingqing, "Comrade Lin, I want to talk to you about the braised food. Why don't we find a place to talk?"
Lin Qingqing: "Of course, let's go to my house, it's more convenient."
Director Ma: “Okay.”
It was the first time for Director Ma to come to the army. When he entered the family compound, he looked around curiously. But when he arrived at the Lu family, he didn't drag his feet and spoke directly: "Comrade Lin, the stewed food you sent today is selling very well. We followed your suggestion and gave one tael for every pound you buy, and half a tael for every half pound you buy, and set the price at 40 cents per pound. It sold out very quickly, so I came here to discuss the agreement with you. According to what we discussed before, how much profit do you plan to make per pound?" Director Ma came here with the idea of striving for the maximum profit for the supply and marketing cooperative. In other words, the lower the profit on Lin Qingqing's side, the better.
But now that he knew about Lu Cheng's existence, he didn't think so. If the profit was too low, the wife of the group leader would definitely not do it since she was not short of money. So in terms of profit, he gave the initiative to Lin Qingqing.
Lin Qingqing said, "I still have two questions for Director Ma to choose. First, if the pig intestines and pig heads provided by the supply and marketing cooperative are all washed, and firewood and raw materials for washing pig intestines are provided, then I can make a profit. If the supply and marketing cooperative cannot provide washed ingredients and firewood, then I cannot make a profit. However, if the supply and marketing cooperative provides firewood and washed ingredients, the washed ingredients must be satisfactory to me, after all, they are for eating. If they are not washed clean, it will ruin the reputation of the supply and marketing cooperative."
Director Ma certainly knew this. Lin Qingqing only provided the technology, but the goods were bought from the supply and marketing cooperative. If the supply and marketing cooperative did not clean the goods properly, the place where the people would come to make trouble would naturally be the supply and marketing cooperative. So for the reputation of the supply and marketing cooperative, Director Ma would not be careless. Don't think that he would be careless just because his last name is Ma.
In order to reduce the trouble for the supply and marketing cooperative, Director Ma and the president discussed that it was not feasible to wash the ingredients, and it would be more reassuring to let Lin Qingqing take full responsibility. So: "I choose the second option, you are responsible for washing, firewood and washing the raw materials, and we only provide raw ingredients and materials for oil, salt, sauce and vinegar." They had no choice but to provide oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, because ordinary people could not buy so many condiments.
Lin Qingqing: "Then give me a profit of 1 cent per pound. The supply and marketing cooperative sets the price at 40 cents per pound, but in fact, the total cost of these materials is not even 1 cent per pound. Even if the cost is 1 cent per pound, after giving me a profit of 1 cent, the supply and marketing cooperative still has a profit of 2 cents per pound. On my side, because I have a job, I need to make a profit when I outsource the cleaning, I need to make a profit when I hire someone to deliver firewood, I also need to make a profit when I hire someone to pick up the ingredients and deliver the goods every day, and I also need money to sell the raw materials for cleaning pig intestines. So, my profit is not as good as the profit of 2.5 cents per pound of salted duck eggs?"
Director Ma calculated according to her words. If her technology is calculated based on a profit of two and a half cents per catty, then cleaning will make a profit of half a catty, delivery and pickup will make a profit of half a catty, and it is naturally impossible to make a profit of half a catty for delivering firewood. In addition, what else is needed to clean pig intestines? So if the three things of cleaning, delivery and pickup, delivery of firewood, and raw materials for cleaning pig intestines are added together, and the profit is two cents per catty, then Lin Qingqing needs a profit of four and a half cents. Of course, this is what Director Ma and the president had considered before. But now, according to Lin Qingqing's intention, she would definitely not agree to give her a profit of four and a half cents.
So
"Comrade Lin, just tell me directly, how much profit do you need in total?" Director Ma was too lazy to guess, "Tell me, if I can make the decision, I will make the decision, if I can't, I will ask the president for help, what do you think?"
Lin Qingqing actually didn't like negotiating. It was too tiring and a waste of words. So she simply said, "8 cents profit per kilogram."
"No, no, no, this is too much. The president won't agree to it. Let me make the decision and give you a profit of 5 cents per pound." He calculated it to be 4 and a half cents, and added half a cent to make it an integer.
Lin Qingqing said: "It's boring if you do this, so I'll give you half a point, seven and a half points."
Director Ma: “…”
Lu Cheng watched them bargaining just to get a half-cent profit, and he didn't quite understand. But he also knew that Lin Qingqing's 7.5 cents was not the lowest price, and Director Ma's 5 cents was not the lowest price, so he said, "Why not take the middle price between 5 cents and 8 cents, 6.5 cents."
Immediately, Lin Qingqing and Director Ma both looked at him.
Lu Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Is it inappropriate?"
Director Ma thought that if Lin Qingqing took a profit of 6.5 cents, then the cost of the stewed food would only be 1.6 cents, and they would still have a profit of 2.4 cents. In fact, they would be happy even if the profit was only 1 cent. So he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then it's 6.5 cents, what do you think, Comrade Lin?"
Lin Qingqing: "Of course I don't agree."
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Lu Cheng felt a little embarrassed. He thought, would he disrupt her plans
Even Director Ma was a little surprised. Normally, when the man in the family makes the decision, how could a woman object? Moreover, this man was a regimental-level officer.
Lin Qingqing smiled again: "Although I don't want to agree, but my husband said so, so I'll let it go."
Lu Cheng: “…” He felt extremely guilty.
Director Ma: “…”Are young people nowadays so good at having fun
So, Director Ma and Lin Qingqing began to sign an agreement, the content of the agreement:
1. Lin Qingqing made braised food for the supply and marketing cooperative at a profit of 0.65 cents per catty.
2. The weight of braised food is mainly based on the weight at the time of receipt.
Because the weight of the meat when it is received is different from the weight of the braised meat after it is cooked. Just like buying meat, raw meat is definitely heavier than cooked meat, but when you buy meat, can you buy it by the weight of cooked meat? Of course not.
3. Profits will be settled on the 1st of every month.
For example, it is now June 24th, and this month's accounts will be settled on July 1st.
There were other bits and pieces. The agreement between the two was relatively complete. After writing the agreement, it was already completely dark, and Director Ma rode away on his bicycle. Although it was very dark, Director Ma was in a good mood.
Of course, Lin Qingqing was in a better mood. She needed to give Yu Xiuyao one and a half cents of profit per catty out of six and a half cents. It was just as Director Ma thought. Cleaning, picking up and delivering goods, and firewood were all contracted by Yu Xiuyao, and she gave her one and a half cents of profit per catty. Although one and a half cents is not much, today there are 62 catties of pig intestines and pig heads. One and a half cents of profit per catty is almost one yuan, and if it is for a month, it is 30 yuan. This is higher than the salary of a stable job.
However, the Lu family only had two pots, one was an iron pot and the other was a clay pot, so Lin Qingqing planned to give Yu Xiuyao half of the profit and borrow her kitchen to make braised food together.
In this way, Yu Xiuyao makes a profit of 2 cents per kilogram. Assuming 60 kilograms per day, it is 1.2 cents a day, which is 36 yuan a month.
However, after deducting the two cents of profit, Lin Qingqing did not have a profit of four and a half cents, because she got the wood ash from the company canteen. Although the company canteen did not want wood ash, she could not take it for free. She bought it. However, wood ash is not valuable, and it can be bought for less than half a cent per catty. Therefore, if that is ignored, Lin Qingqing also has a profit of four and a half cents per catty.
These days, skills always make more money than labor.
"You boil some water first and take a bath with Hai Ci. I'll go to Sister Xiu Yao's house and tell her about this." Lin Qingqing said to Lu Cheng.
Lu Cheng: "Yeah."
Lin Qingqing went to Yu Xiuyao's house with a happy mood.
Actually, Lin Qingqing didn't know how long she could make this braised food, because it was 1963 now, and by 1967 the situation would be tense, and many people would be scared. She was also worried that the braised food would be talked about. So she thought, if she couldn't make it then, then she should make more now while she could.
"Sister-in-law, are you there?" Lin Qingqing arrived at Yu Xiuyao's house, but did not go in. Instead, she called out at the gate of the yard.
"Yes, yes." Yu Xiuyao came out of the house in a hurry, "Why are you here? I just finished cleaning up, come in and sit down."
"Hey." Lin Qingqing walked into the hall. The Qin family has a total of four people. In addition to Yu Xiuyao and her husband, there is a son and a daughter. The son is Dawang, who Lu Haici has been talking about. He is in the second grade of junior high school this year and is fifteen years old. The eldest is a daughter, who is eighteen years old this year and is studying in a technical secondary school in another place. In fact, in this era, there are very few families with only twins. Many families have five or six children. However, there are not many children in general military families because the couples are separated for a long time.
After Lin Qingqing sat down, she directly told me about Director Ma: "Sister-in-law, Director Ma came to me just now and signed a stewed food agreement with me. As you know, I work in the canteen of the third company's cooking class, so according to what we said before, the cleaning, picking up, delivery, and firewood of the materials are all left to you. Have you changed your mind about this?"
Yu Xiuyao said: "No, you can give it to me. I will pick it up when I go to deliver the goods in the morning, and then I can wash it when I come back. I have nothing to do in the afternoon, so I will go to the mountain to collect firewood. I had nothing to do every day before, but now I finally have something to do." She is so free now that she can't kill time even if she chats with some military wives every day.
Lin smiled gently: "Then let's talk about the profit issue. I will contract these three items to you and give you a profit of one and a half cents per kilogram."
"No, no, so much." Yu Xiuyao said hurriedly, "I just put in some effort, why do I need so much money?" She was given one and a half cents per pound, which was a lot for a day, and it would be enough for a month. She didn't want to ask for it.
"If you want it, then don't reject me. As the old saying goes, brothers should make clear their accounts. We are sisters. As long as we make clear our accounts, there will be no conflicts in the future. Don't you think so?" In fact, Lin Qingqing felt that one and a half cents per pound was not much, but she had no choice. Labor in this era was not valuable. She could only offer one and a half cents, which was already very high. At least in Yu Xiuyao's heart, she felt that one and a half cents was high.
Yu Xiuyao knew that Lin Qingqing was good at speaking, and a carefree person like her could never beat her with her theories. But: "Isn't this one and a half cents too much?" Yu Xiuyao also asked Lin Qingqing how much she had left after she gave her one and a half cents. She was not stupid.
Lin Qingqing originally wanted to borrow their pots and stoves and give them half of the profit, but looking at Yu Xiuyao's expression, she probably wouldn't take the half of the profit. However, "Since sister-in-law feels embarrassed, how about this, when you make braised food, can you lend me your stove? When there are too many braised foods, my stove won't be enough."
When Yu Xiuyao heard this, she was sure that there would be no problem: "Okay, you can use it." It would be fine even if the iron pot was burned. An iron pot was not worth the money earned in a month. Besides, could this iron pot be burned
"Thank you, sister-in-law." As for the half of the profit that was not given out, there was also a chance. According to Director Ma's intention, he was going to collect food from other places. By then, Yu Xiuyao would definitely be too busy to handle it alone. At that time, she would give out the half of the profit and let her be the team leader, and let her manage the other people involved in the cleaning.
After Lin Qingqing and Yu Xiuyao reached an agreement, they went home.
Lu Cheng and Lu Haici had already finished their bath and were sitting in the yard, staring at each other in the cool air.
"Dad, when will Mom come back?" Lu Haici was so bored, "I still have some questions for Mom."
Lu Cheng was not interested in his strange questions at all: "How should I know?"
Lu Haici: "Then let's go find mom." As he said that, he twisted his little butt on the stool and couldn't sit still.
Lu Cheng also wanted to go. When he heard Lu Haici say this, he said, "That's fine. Put on your shoes and let's go."
"That's great." Lu Haici happily put on his shoes immediately.
The father and son left very quickly, but they didn't walk far before they saw Lin Qingqing approaching from afar at the corner. Lin Qingqing was also a little surprised when she saw the father and son standing at the corner. When she walked in, she asked, "Why are you here? Aren't you going to take a shower?"
"Mom, we've already washed it." Lu Haici said, "Smell it, it smells delicious."
Lin Qingqing: "..." She didn't want to smell it, because the soap of this era didn't smell good at all. But, "Really? It smells really good." She bent down and smelled Lu Haici's body.
Lu Haici was stunned, then he stood on his tiptoes and kissed Lin Qingqing on the face. This kiss was quite hard, and Lin Qingqing couldn't help laughing. Lu Haici was shy and turned around and ran home.
Lu Cheng: "..." Staring at the place where Lin Qingqing was kissed, he suddenly felt that Lu Haici had grown up and should sleep alone. Well, I'll arrange this matter later.
"What are you looking at?" Seeing that Lu Cheng was staring at him, Lin gently touched his face, "Is there nothing wrong with your face?"
Lu Cheng: “…Yes.”
"Is there anything?" Lin wiped his face gently with his hands, "Anything else?"
Lu Cheng: "There's more. Let me do it." He took two steps to Lin Qingqing, then raised his head and gently stroked Lin Qingqing's face with his thumb. Then he said, "That's all."
Lin blinked lightly, still not reacting. Perhaps it was because they slept in the same bed these days. Although there was Lu Haici between them, she had to say that she was used to his presence and his proximity. So when Lu Cheng approached her this time, she didn't even think about avoiding him. Moreover, there was something on her face, so even if she helped wipe it off as a friend, she thought it was normal and there was no need to overreact. "What did you wipe off? Let me see."
Lu Cheng glanced at her, then said: "... Lu Haici's saliva."
Lin Qingqing: “…” It feels a bit messy in the wind.
"Dad is talking nonsense." Lu Haici jumped out of the yard. He had been hiding at the door waiting for his mother to come over, and he heard his father saying bad things about him. Lu Haici stood at the door of the yard and stamped his feet angrily, "I don't drool, but Dad is talking nonsense, and I'm angry." My aunt said that he had been a good kid since he was a child. Other children would drool, but he wouldn't.
Lu Cheng: “…” How does it feel to be angrily accused by your son
Phew... Lin Qingqing held her stomach and laughed: "Yes, yes, Lu Haici is right, your father is just talking nonsense, how could our Lu Haici drool?"
"Humph." Lu Haici glared at his father again, then turned to his mother and smiled brightly, "Mom, we won't sleep with Dad at night."
Lin Qingqing said: "Okay, if you can keep your father out at night, I will definitely support you." Raised both hands in support.
When Lu Haici heard his mother support him, he was full of motivation: "I will definitely do it, don't worry, mom."
Lu Cheng felt that his son must have been exaggerating that night. He wanted to stop him outside the house? Believe it or not, he would send him to the roof to chat with the moon
After Lu Haici made his promise to his mother, he returned to his room. Lin Qingqing didn't care, she took the water and went to take a bath. But... When she came out of the bath, she heard Lu Cheng sitting in the yard say in a difficult way: "Go and see what he is doing."