Siheyuan: Traveling through Cai Quanwu, pretending to be Uncle Shazhu

Sha Zhu seemed to be hurt by Cai Quanwu's words, and said with an aggrieved expression:

"Uncle, I'm speaking from the heart."

Cai Quanwu looked at Sha Zhu's expression and felt both angry and amused.

"Get lost. I don't know what kind of person you are. Don't force me to slap you."

Xiao Wu and He Yushui laughed at what they said.

Especially when I saw Sha Zhu looking like a bullied young wife, I almost laughed out loud.

Fortunately, the two of them still considered Sha Zhu's face and forced themselves to hold back.

After cursing, Cai Quanwu also reminded Sha Zhu.

"You should go to the market and take a look. There are some storable ingredients that you can prepare in advance."

"Uncle can only give you a little meat, the rest is up to you. You can't rely on me for everything."

Cai Quanwu should make it clear directly, so that people don’t expect him to buy cabbages and radishes when the time comes.

"Uncle, just the meat is fine. I can handle the rest myself."

Although you don’t need meat coupons now, you can buy meat directly from the butcher shop. However, the butcher shop will limit the amount of meat sold to each person, so you can only buy a little for yourself.

It is basically impossible for an individual to buy a lot at one time.

Because they allow selling freely, those who have money can buy up all the stocks in a short time.

What about those people coming later?

In this era, materials have not yet reached the point where they can be supplied freely.

Sha Zhu had originally thought of buying more meat at one time through some channels, but now it seems that is no longer necessary.

"Okay, nothing else. I'm going to sleep for a while. Call me after dinner."

After the story was told, Cai Quanwu started to chase people away.

"Okay, uncle."

Sha Zhu agreed and took Xiao Wu home, while He Yushui ran out of the courtyard.

……

In the last week of April, Cai Quanwu came to the grain store early, cleaned up, and sat in his own little room drinking tea and doing nothing.

Around nine o'clock, Xiao Wu pushed open the door of the hut and said to Cai Quanwu, "Uncle, the director asked you to go to the front for a meeting."

Now Xiao Wu has become the director's full-time messenger. Whenever the director needs to find Cai Quanwu for something, he asks her to call someone.

"Meeting? What kind of meeting?" Cai Quanwu asked curiously.

"I don't know. The director just came back from the institute and called everyone to a meeting. He looked very anxious."

Xiao Wu told what she knew.

"Okay, let's go then."

Cai Quanwu said this, closed the door, and followed Xiao Wu to the front of the grain store.

When they arrived, everyone else had already lined up, waiting for Director Ma to convey instructions.

When Cai Quanwu and Xiao Wu saw this situation, they immediately joined the line and stood in order.

Seeing that everyone was present, Director Ma cleared his throat and began to convey the instructions from above.

"The reason why we called everyone here so urgently is because we received an emergency notice from above during the meeting at the institute this morning."

"May Day is just a few days away, and the country has decided to hold a large-scale parade to celebrate it."

“As representatives of the working class in the food system, we are called upon to sign up and actively participate in the parade to show the new look and feel of our food system under the leadership of the state.”

Director Ma looked down at this point and saw that no one was reacting, so he continued:

"After receiving the notice, the station discussed and decided that no fewer than five people from each grain store in the jurisdiction should sign up to participate in the parade."

"Our grain store follows the principle of voluntary participation before assignment, and we hope everyone can actively sign up to participate."

Director Ma said so much, but the previous parts were just preparations. The last two sentences were the key points, which were to encourage everyone to sign up for the parade.

Unfortunately, after Director Ma finished speaking, everyone looked at each other, and no one took the initiative to sign up.

Except for Xiao Wu, the others are already quite old. They are not the passionate youngsters who get excited easily when encouraged.

Moreover, although celebrations have been held every May Day in recent years, people no longer have the same passion as they did at the beginning.

After finally getting a holiday, you are forced to attend an event. Who would want to do that?

I didn't see that the institute has set quotas for each grain point. They are just afraid that people will be unwilling to participate in the voluntary registration and then be embarrassed in front of the leaders.

Like most cities that host marathons, every government agency is required to sign up to participate in order to make the event look good.

After Director Ma said yes, the atmosphere became quiet and no one expressed any opinions.

After waiting for a while, Master Chen finally spoke up to break the atmosphere.

"Director, I am old, so I will not participate. I want to give this opportunity for advancement to the young people."

“Young people are more energetic and can better represent the spirit of our food system.”

Master Chen expressed his unwillingness to participate in a joking way.

He said this in a high-sounding manner, as if he was considering the overall situation, and no one could find fault with it.

It's because he is the oldest in the store and will retire in a few years. He has no desires and doesn't want to participate, and the director has no way to deal with him.

With Master Chen taking the lead, everyone had no more concerns. Sister Liu followed closely and said:

"Director, I have the same idea as Lao Chen. I am old and lack energy. Participating in such activities cannot represent the spirit of our grain system. I will not participate either."

There were originally seven people at the grain point, and now the two older ones have said they don’t want to participate, which means the rest have to participate.

"No, Master Chen, Sister Liu, why don't you just say that it's based on age, and the younger ones can participate? You're making it so complicated, as if we're getting a great advantage."

When Cai Quanwu heard that Master Chen and Sister Liu were unwilling to participate, and acted as if they, the ones who had to participate, were taking advantage, he couldn't help but complain.

After hearing Cai Quanwu's complaints, everyone couldn't hold back and burst out laughing.

After Zhao Jie finished laughing, she also complained:

"That's right, Master Chen, Sister Liu, you are really dishonest. You didn't want to participate but you just said it directly. You also flattered us. I want to make progress, but unfortunately the leaders don't give me the opportunity."

After hearing Cai Quanwu and Zhao Jie's complaints, Master Chen started joking:

"No, Xiao Zhao. At my age, I have old arms and legs. If I really want to participate in the event, I don't know if I can represent our grain system. I don't think the leaders will be willing to see me."

"Other units have young and strong men, but our grain store has an old man. The director will definitely be criticized."

"Besides, if I really go there, it will be crowded and I have to wonder if I can come back safe and sound."

What Master Chen said was very humorous, but after Cai Quanwu thought about it, he found that it made some sense.

Not to mention other things, just talking about energy, someone of this age definitely can't keep up.

If we really want to hold a game activity, it will not be over in a short time.

Cai Quanwu estimated that unless necessary, other units would also select some young people to participate in activities.

After all, young people are passionate and energetic, and they want to shout slogans louder.

"Master Chen, you are always right. I will take this opportunity."

Cai Quanwu added a sentence after Master Chen finished speaking.

At this point, Director Ma had no choice but to say to everyone:

"Okay, since Lao Chen and Lao Liu are unwilling to participate, the others have no choice and must participate."

"I will report according to this list later."

"On the morning of May Day, everyone will go directly to the institute to gather and then follow the main group."

"When the time comes, everyone should dress neatly and look more energetic."

"Don't bring shame to our store."