Tang Heping paused for another two seconds before saying, "I'm listening."

Xiang Nuan talked about the general situation in a small mouth, and then said: "Secretary, the hospital here is waiting to ask for it. You can ask the people in the commune to hurry up. It's best to pack it before sending it. I'll wait here .”

Tang Heping said: "Okay, I will send it over personally."

"That's not necessary," Xiang Nuan hurriedly said, "Your secretary came here for such a trivial matter, it seems that our commune is too new to the world. You can just send someone to deliver it."

Tang Heping, who has never seen the world before, said, "...OK, I'll let someone prepare it. How can I contact you when we arrive?"

Xiang Nuan told him the phone number of the guest house where she lived.

After hanging up the phone, Tang Heping still couldn't believe it.

Is tea so easy to sell?

Then why did Deputy Secretary Cheng Baolin say it couldn't be sold?

Tang Heping, an old couple who doesn't have much social experience, now understands something.

"Xiao Lin, Xiao Lin..." He put down the phone and shouted outside.

"Hey, secretary." Xiao Lin ran in from the office next door.

"Now you find a few people to go to the warehouse to order how many catties our tea is, and then come and tell me."

Everyone in the commune knew that Xiang Nuan had gone out to sell tea.

Hearing what Tang Heping said at this moment, Xiao Lin immediately asked, "Did Xiao Tao sell the tea?"

"Well, hurry up and check how many there are."

"Hey..." Xiao Lin turned around and ran away, then went to the big office to call a few idlers, and went to the warehouse to order goods together.

It was over in half an hour.

Xiao Lin ran to Tang Heping's office, "There are still 860 catties of tea left."

"You order 250 catties of tea, and after ordering, let Lao Li take you to the county, and then take the train to the provincial capital to find Tao Xiangnuan."

As he spoke, he handed him the paper with Xiang Nuan's phone number written on it.

"Call this number before departure and tell Comrade Xiao Tao when you will arrive, and she will pick you up."

Then he took out a handful of money from his pocket: "Accountant Tao is not here, you take this money first, and give it to me later when it is reimbursed."

"Okay." Xiao Lin took the money and note from Tang Heping, turned around and ran to make arrangements.

Zhou Ping and others went to help.

Hearing that it cost 250 catties in one breath, everyone's eyes widened in disbelief.

"She is so powerful, she sold 250 catties at once?" Ye Yunfang, a new comrade from the Women's Federation, said in disbelief.

"Xiao Tao is amazing." Zhou Ping said with a smile: "The first time I saw this girl, I thought she was capable. My eyes are very poisonous."

Everyone chatted and laughed while busy packing.

The tea in the warehouse is packed in big bags, and a lot of charcoal is placed outside to keep the tea dry.

But the tea leaves that are sold are wrapped in the simplest newspaper.

Everyone is in a hurry, one is weighing, and the other is responsible for the bag.

So everyone worked overtime.

On the other side, Xiang Nuan and Chen Jiakang went to the supply and marketing cooperative, bought two bottles of ordinary liquor, bought a catty of meat, a large piece of tofu, and a catty of biscuits, wrapped them in newspapers and waited for Ren Zhonghai in the carport .

It was almost six o'clock when Ren Zhonghai came out.

His face darkened when he saw what was in her hands.

Stand there without moving.

Xiang Nuan: "Uncle Ren, let me call you Uncle Ren, this is the first time I come to your house, I can't go empty-handed. And I brought two mouths."

Seeing the sincerity of what she said, Ren Zhonghai thought for a while and said, "No one in our family drinks, so go and return the wine."

"That won't work," Xiang Nuan said, "It's the custom in our hometown that when you go to a relative's house for the first time, you must have wine. If you don't drink it, just keep it. The wine is old."

Ren Zhonghai didn't want to talk too much in the carport, so he quickly unlocked it: "Let's go."

"Hey." Xiang Nuan unceremoniously put the meat and biscuits in the basket in front of the car, and she carried the wine.

After leaving the hospital, Ren Zhonghai asked Chen Jiakang to sit in front and Xiang Nuan to sit in the back, and led them to ride back.

Ren Zhonghai's home is about [-] minutes away from the hospital by bicycle. They don't live in the dormitory of the unit, but live with their parents in the compound of the Ministry of Railways.

Xiang Nuan had never entered this kind of compound before, so it looked different from the community outside.

Along the way, Ren Zhonghai kept saying hello to people, and the others kept saying hello to him too.

Someone who was familiar with him asked him who he was carrying.

"Children of relatives, it's the first time they come, show them the door." Ren Zhonghai said.

Turning and turning, he finally stopped in the small courtyard on the first floor.

Xiang Nuan jumped down from behind.

Ren Zhonghai braked, Chen Jiakang got down from the front, and looked at the six-story "tall building" curiously.

"Go in, Yuhua, Yuhua..." Ren Zhonghai shouted, "I brought two guests back."

A woman in her thirties and 40s came out of a door with short hair cut to the ears and wearing a smoke gray shirt with sleeves.

Seeing Xiang Nuan and Chen Jiakang, I was taken aback for a moment, and then said: "You are a real person, you should tell in advance when you bring guests, so I didn't even prepare any dishes."

"Yuhua, this is Xiaotao who sent us dried bamboo shoots last time. This is her younger brother. Just call him Auntie Chen."

The last sentence was spoken to Xiang Nuan and the other two.

"Hello, Aunt Chen." The two hurriedly called out.

"Oh, it's you guys, come in, come in." Chen Yuhua was obviously much more affectionate than before.

The two followed into the house.

The house has a pattern of three bedrooms and one living room.

Chen Yuhua was busy pouring tea for the two of them.

"Aunt Chen, don't bother." Xiang Nuan hurriedly said.

"What's the trouble, you always have to drink a sip of water." Chen Yuhua poured water for the two of them and said, "Sit down for a while, I'll go outside and buy two vegetables."

"Aunt Chen, I brought some vegetables." Xiang Nuan said with a chuckle, "I bought meat and instant tofu. Do you still have the dried bamboo shoots I sent last time? I'll make you a braised pork with dried bamboo shoots. Make a mapo tofu and make sure it goes with the meal."

Xiang Nuan rolled up his sleeves while talking.

Chen Yuhua was taken aback for a moment, but did not hesitate: "That's fine, you come with me."

"Jiakang, you are right here." Xiang Nuan told Chen Jiakang and followed Chen Yuhua to the kitchen.

Chen Yuhua took out a box from the top of the cabinet, which contained dried bamboo shoots.

She said: "This is really delicious. We can't even buy it in the city. I have eaten it several times at home. Every time I follow what you said, I only take out a little when eating meat."

"I'll mail it to you later. We have a lot of them in the mountains, so they're worthless." Xiang Nuan said while grabbing two handfuls: "It needs to be boiled in boiling water first."

"Okay, you say, I'll do it." Chen Yuhua said.

The two were busy in the kitchen, and Chen Yuhua also asked about her situation, and was taken aback when she learned that she came to the provincial capital to sell tea.

"Your commune arranged for a little girl like you to sell tea? What do they think?"

"It wasn't arranged by the commune, but I asked for it myself." Xiang Nuan said, "Our commune picked a lot of tea this year, and the previous cooperative units couldn't consume it all at once. Reward a bicycle ticket, my home is far away, I want to get this ticket first, and then save a few months of salary to buy one."

Chen Yuhua glanced at her, and said in a sympathetic tone: "It's really not easy for you."

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