Siheyuan: Bringing Warehouses to 1959

"Dad, grandma is really powerful. She jumped up and started a quarrel with the saleswoman who bullied my sister."

what?

Is your precious daughter also being bullied?

"Dad, the saleswoman can't beat grandma, I'm afraid she will get beaten."

what?

You still dare to hit an old man?

"Dad, I want to eat maltose..."

Zeng Wangcai was furious.

It was an unfortunate day today, as he had some important business to attend to, and Zhang Xiuzhi, seeing that the New Year was approaching and the things in the yard had not been settled yet, went to visit Huang Liang's family. They were living in a guesthouse and lacked daily necessities, so she took care of them first and bought some things for them.

So the son and daughter were left to their grandmother's care. The grandmother was eager to take care of the children and happily accepted the task.

On the right side of the courtyard, there is a store under the supply and marketing cooperative, called Beixinqiao Store.

The store sells common necessities for ordinary people, such as soy sauce, vinegar, salt, needles and thread, to make life more convenient for everyone.

But recently, it seems that because of the Chinese New Year, the goods in the stores have become richer, and the children in the alley are always hanging around in the stores.

Grandma was taking her great-grandchildren out and happened to see the excitement so she went over to take a look. To her surprise, she actually saw malt sugar, which is very rare.

Maltose is rare in Beijing, especially now.

So grandma took her three little ones in to buy candy, and they ended up quarreling...

When Zeng Wangcai rushed to the store, grandma was really jumping up and down.

"You are a little girl, why do you have such a bad attitude?"

"I came to buy candy, and you gave me a dirty piece. I asked you to change it, but you were not happy. If you were not happy, that would be fine, but you even accused me of being pretentious. I am a goblin, and I am still being pretentious."

"Look up and take a look at the words above your head to see what your slogan says."

The grandma was so angry that the salesperson inside couldn't get a word in.

The salesperson looked at the sign above his head and mechanically read: "No beating of customers..."

"Where are you looking?" The grandmother pointed to another great-grandson and told her what was written on the slogan, "It's about serving. What are the people? We are the people. You have to serve us, understand? And you're beating us..."

"Old woman, you are being unreasonable." The salesperson exploded, "You don't want to celebrate the New Year, right? Well, then I won't celebrate it. I won't sell you anything today. Get out, everyone. The shop is closed. Get out now."

The salesperson is used to being arrogant. Working in a place like this, where the highest leader isn't even a section chief, how could she be afraid?

It is normal for him to close the door and go out to do some personal things.

In addition to this salesperson, there was also an older waitress inside, but this female comrade was just eating melon seeds and didn't take the situation seriously at all.

To them, it is normal for sales clerks to quarrel with customers.

Zeng Wangcai stepped into the store and was greeted by a row of glass counters. The counters were divided into three layers, and each layer was filled with various goods. When the counters turned a corner, side dishes such as melon seeds and peanuts were placed on the counters closer to the inside.

The young salesperson was arguing with my grandmother at the grocery counter and was trying to kick her out.

Grandma raised her thighs and said, "Oh, the world has changed. It is said that the common people are in charge now, and the masters will be driven out of their own homes. Little girl, try to touch me. When I delivered food to the army, you didn't even know where you were..."

puff!

Isn’t this the trick of the deaf old lady?

Zeng Wangcai, who was originally planning to go in and take action, was surprised to find that the corners of grandma's mouth were raised. Grandma was smiling and seemed to be enjoying her current state.

He found that the grandmother was holding the child tightly behind her and fighting with the salesperson like a hen.

The children looked at their grandmother who was protecting them with adoration.

This scene suddenly reminded Zeng Wangcai of Stephen Chow’s movies. His grandmother was now the eloquent Stephen Chow, and the salesperson was Fang Tangjing who said “Come and hit me!”

No need to take action for now!

Zeng Wangcai watched the fight with his arms folded.

"You peasant, you old country woman, I won't talk to you anymore..."

"What's wrong with being a farmer? I am a farmer, old woman. I am proud to be a farmer. Do you look down on farmers? Your family has been farmers for eight generations, no, for one generation. If you look down on farmers, you are looking down on your grandparents and your ancestors. You are forgetting your roots."

Oh, there are idioms?

Zeng Wangcai was happy.

The salesperson was so angry that she couldn't win the argument.

"Sister Wu, look at her, why don't you help me?" The salesperson turned around and asked for help.

puff!

The big sister who was cracking melon seeds spat out the shells and came over, ready to help.

"Wait a minute, sister, your opponent is me. Come on, let's have a fight." Zeng Wangcai rolled up his sleeves and went down the field.

"No, who are you? Are you sick? Why are we having a fight?" The eldest sister was confused.

"I'm her grandson, let's go into battle and be close to grandparents, come on!"

"Okay, okay, my eldest grandson is right." Grandma clapped her hands and cheered.

Wow, it’s getting lively now. The store has turned into a vegetable market.

It was almost the New Year, and some customers wanted to try their luck to see if they could buy things that they could get elsewhere. But now that they couldn't buy anything, the two salespeople were arguing fiercely.

The story of the quarrel between Zeng Wangcai and his grandson was spread by someone with ulterior motives and soon attracted onlookers.

Zeng Wangcai discovered that this kind of quarrel... was very interesting. It could help him vent his emotions and make him clear-headed.

So he let go and had a big argument with his grandmother.

Those who couldn't buy anything could only go to the stores on the Jiaodaokou side to buy them, and some of them were quick-witted and told the salesperson on the Jiaodaokou side what happened here.

Word spread from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred, and finally reached the ears of the store manager.

The store's director's surname is Wang. He worked for many years to rise from an ordinary employee at a purchasing station to a director position at the section chief level.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Director Wang heard his salesperson report, "The workers in Nanluoguxiang quarreled with the locals, and with a pair of grandparents? What's their name, Zeng Wangcai?"

Director Wang put down the phone and immediately called Director Qian, who had become the director of the district supply and marketing cooperative.

What was originally a very common incident of a quarrel between a salesperson at the supply and marketing cooperative and a customer was reported up the chain of command.

Zeng Wangcai naturally didn't know about these things. He didn't think of finding other ways to punish the salesperson. He and his grandmother both enjoyed the feeling of quarreling.

"I'm so thirsty..." Zeng Wangcai shouted until his throat was smoking. He took out a dime and put it on the counter, "Give me a bottle of soda."

Salesperson: ???

We are arguing, and you are still moistening your throat?

It's winter, and there's no soda...

"Give me two bottles!" Grandma poked her head out from behind Zeng Wangcai.

"No, what are you doing? There is no soda, no soda in winter..." The two salesmen were very confused.

A chess player meets a worthy opponent, a general meets a talented person.

"What a crappy store! They don't even have soda!"

"Nonsense, if you have the ability, you can open a store and sell soda in the winter."

"Yoho, excite me..."

Well, it starts again!

At the door, Director Qian rushed over in his car. As soon as he entered, he saw Wangcai scolding Chang Wei...