60s: I have a store

Chapter 11 Director Li of the Street Office (Please collect and read)
In fact, most people will make the same choice as Auntie.

Nowadays, people are not short of a few dollars, but they are short of food.

There are still many old people in the city, they have hidden a lot of treasures, but many people are still starving with those yellow and white things. Do you think they are masochists? They are reluctant to eat? It's because they have no supplies!

Zhou Yimin then went out and went to the street office.

To build a sewage pipe, the street office must agree. If Master Gu hadn't reminded him, he would have ignored this matter.

As soon as I arrived at the door, I heard people talking. Director Li was in a bad mood for the past two days. Her grandson, who was born not long ago, was crying with hunger, and her daughter-in-law had no milk. She wanted to get some milk or something to bring back, but how could it be so easy?

After receiving this news, Zhou Yimin thought of the milk powder in his store backpack.

Although you can get things done if you go there empty-handed, but the social etiquette in China is well understood by those who know.

The next moment, he had two bags of milk powder in his hands, which were put in a small cloth bag, and then he walked into the street office.

"Young man, what can I do for you?" the security guard asked according to the regulations.

Zhou Yimin handed over a Daqianmen cigarette and said, "Uncle, I'm looking for Director Li. I'm renovating my house and want to lay a section of sewage pipe. I heard someone said I should come to the street office to inform them."

The old man took the cigarette, nodded and smiled: "Yes! There is such a rule. Director Li is over there, in the first office, you go!"

"Thank you, uncle!"

After saying goodbye to the security guard, Zhou Yimin walked towards Director Li’s office and knocked on the door.

Tuk-tuk-tuk!
"Please come in!"

When Zhou Yimin pushed the door open, he saw a middle-aged woman with short hair writing something, and then she looked up at him.

"You are……"

"Director Li, I'm Zhou Yimin from Yard 66. My house is a bit run-down, so I'm planning to renovate it. I want to build a bathroom and lay a sewage pipe, so I came to let you know.

By the way, I got some milk powder from my friend..."

Before Zhou Yimin could finish his words, Director Li stood up immediately upon hearing that it was milk powder, opened the cloth bag, and saw that there were indeed two bags of milk powder inside, each bag weighing about one kilogram. He was immediately surprised.

"You are Yimin from Yard 66, right? Renovation is fine, and laying sewage pipes is fine, but the construction cannot affect the neighbors, do you understand?"

She quickly put away the two bags of milk powder and took out two big black tens from the drawer of her desk.

This Big Black Ten was only officially issued and circulated three years ago.

Zhou Yimin waved his hands quickly: "Director Li, this is inappropriate."

Director Li stuffed the money into Zhou Yimin's pocket and said, "Yimin, keep it! Just call me Aunt Li. Next time when there's more milk powder, remember to save some for me, Aunt Li."

"Okay! Aunt Li, I won't bother you anymore." Zhou Yimin just took the opportunity to build this relationship.

"Well! Go ahead! Come visit Aunt Li's house some other day."

"Okay!"

Director Li was all smiles as his grandson's problem was finally solved.

She doesn't ask everyone to call her auntie. It's not easy to get milk powder, so she didn't lose out.

……

Not long after returning to the courtyard, just as I was about to pack up the items in the house and prepare to put them in one room, people from Zhoujiazhuang came again.

Zhou Yimin was not polite when there was free labor.

"Help me move the things over there, Dagui, pick a few people to follow me."

"Okay, Uncle Sixteen!"

Zhou Yimin took Zhou Dagui and others to the vicinity of the steel plant and said, "Wait here for a while."

He went to a secret place and bought 6000 kilograms of sweet potatoes from the store, put them out and piled them in a corner. After a while, he walked out and waved to Zhou Dagui and the others.

"come over."

Zhou Dagui and the others did not ask anything. When they saw the pile of things, they began to move them onto the oxcart and the small cart. Before they came, the old branch secretary had instructed them not to ask questions that they should not ask.

"Okay, let's go back to the courtyard first. I'll treat you to a meal, and then go back quickly after the meal." Zhou Yimin said to them.

"Uncle Sixteen, let's go back to the village and eat! This time..."

This time there are more than ten people, so eating a meal is no joke. Now everyone is a glutton and eats a lot. According to the way they ate yesterday, how much noodles did they have to eat?
Our food is not blown by the wind.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Since you have come to the city to find me, how can I let you go back with an empty stomach? Let's go!"

When they got home, Zhou Yimin cooked a big meal for them, which stunned those who were here for the first time. Is the food in the city so good?

At this moment, they were extremely longing for life in the city.

You know, they often eat coarse grains in the countryside, and they are always hungry!

"Eat quickly and eat more." Zhou Yimin said to them.

There wasn't much food, just a pot of Chinese cabbage, but Zhou Dagui and his friends were satisfied with just rice. After all, they usually ate steamed bread, wild vegetable balls, and the like.

What’s the big deal if there’s no food?
They would rather keep eating like this.

"Uncle Sixteen, I'm full."

Zhou Yimin did not persuade them, and said to the full man, "Then you go out and guard, and let the people outside come in to eat."

The guy quickly put down his bowl and chopsticks and walked out of the courtyard. Those sweet potatoes could not be lost. If he lost a bag, he would be scolded by the old branch secretary when he returned.

It had been a long time since he had eaten enough rice to be full.

To be honest, he really wanted to hide a bowl and take it home to give to his younger brothers and sisters. But he didn't dare to do it because he thought it would be inconvenient to eat and take it at the same time.

In fact, he was not the only one who had this idea.

Zhou Dagui and his family were no exception. Their brothers and sisters, sons and daughters were almost starving.

"I wish I could stay in the city." One of the young men couldn't help but say.

"You stay in the city? What can you do? You will starve to death. Don't have any nonsense. Come back with me after you've eaten your fill." Zhou Dagui said in a stern voice.

It is better to pour cold water on them now than for them to develop unrealistic fantasies and always think about going back to the city, which would be bad.

Who doesn’t want to work in the city?
The question is, what do you have? Without any skills or knowledge, you are just a useless worker.

After a hearty meal, Zhou Dagui led his men to escort the sweet potatoes back without stopping. Transporting the sweet potatoes back was their main task.

Back at Zhoujiazhuang, the old branch secretary and the others breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the abundant supply of sweet potatoes, and they couldn't help but smile.

"Yimin didn't say anything else?" asked the old branch secretary.

"no!"

"Ah That's good."

On that day, the village canteen made sweet potato soup with a lot of sweet potatoes, which finally made everyone half full.

Yes, I only dared to give everyone half-full. If we could eat as much as we wanted, how many sweet potatoes would we need? Even thousands of kilograms wouldn't be enough!

However, the young people in the village had other ideas.

"Wangcai, shall we sneak up the mountain and take a look?" A group of young people gathered together.

Zhou Dafu said insincerely: "Not so good, right?"

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that he was moved.

As long as you kill a wild boar, you will have food, money, and even a wife.

"You're not going? Then let's go."

"Ah! Wait, who said I won't go?" Chow Tai Fook immediately became anxious.

(End of this chapter)