Qiqi entered the store. It was the time when doctors were at work and medical students were in class. No one was buying anything in the store. There were only two sales clerks, one sitting and the other leaning against the counter talking to the other.

The two of them laughed so hard that they fell backwards.

Those who can work at the counter in a hospital store are not ordinary people.

"Show me that yarn."

When Qiqi walked in, the two salesmen acted as if they didn't see her and just kept talking.

At this time, ordinary people cannot come to buy things.

Only some doctors' families came to buy.

There were not many family members, and they were all family members of senior doctors, whom the salesmen knew.

Qiqi was wearing a Dacron jacket and black trousers that she brought from home. Although the clothes were new, they were a common style in rural areas.

The two salesmen thought they were just fellow villagers from a nearby village who came to deliver food to the canteen and stopped by the store to have a look.

The hospital cafeteria has special procurement services and only some fresh vegetables are delivered by nearby farmers.

"That one is made of pure foreign wool, and it costs more than thirty yuan per pound. Girl, do you want to see it?"

The salesperson with a thin horse face looked impatient, as if to say, "You can't afford it, so why are you looking at it?"

Of course Qiqi knew that it was pure foreign wool. If it were not pure foreign wool, why wouldn’t she buy it?

She wanted to knit a sweater for Yan Chenbei using light blue wool so that he could wear it in winter.

When buying things for Yan Chenbei, of course you have to buy the best.

However, Qiqi didn't expect that the things in the hospital store were so expensive. She had seen wool like this in the county supply and marketing cooperative, and most of them were more than 20 yuan. How could it be five or six yuan cheaper than this?

But she calculated that if she went back to buy it, knit it, and then mail it, the mailing fee would be several dollars, which would not be cheap at all. It would also waste time.

"Take a look at the blue one, and the black one, too."

Qiqi thought that it would look better if she knitted a blue sweater and then put some black hems on the cuffs and neckline.

The horse-faced salesman became unhappy when he heard that this country girl insisted on seeing what she said.

"Are you deaf? Didn't you hear me say more than 30 yuan per pound?"

The older, round-faced middle-aged salesman next to him probably thought that Ma Lian's words were a bit harsh, so he tried to smooth things over with a smile.

"Girl, you come in and sell vegetables, earning a few dollars a trip. To knit a sweater, you need at least 36.6 jin. yuan a jin, and a sweater costs more than yuan. This is a hospital store, and you can't bargain. You see, it's not worth it."

(In the 1970s and 1980s, large units all had internal shops)

Qiqi knew these two salesmen. In her previous life, although she came a few years later, these two salesmen were still there. The older one was the wife of Dr. Zhang, the chief physician. Her name contained the character "hui", and everyone in the family compound called her "huisao". Huisao was just like her name, a virtuous person, but she had a bad fate. Dr. Zhang died young, and she had to raise four children alone. Life was very difficult.

Qiqi also knew the young Ma Lian'er, the wife of a doctor named Wang, who had been working in Yan Chenbei's department. She was a very honest person, and Ma Lian'er had only been married for half a year, so she was still a new bride.

Doctors at Northwest Hospital are divided into four levels

First level: Medical assistants, doctors, and residents (the unit does not provide housing, cannot bring family members, and live in dormitories with students)

Second level: Attending physician (assigned a single dormitory, you can bring your wife, but it is horrible for the whole family to live in one room)

Third level: Associate chief physician (one apartment)

Fourth level: Chief physician (There are only a few people in the hospital who have reached this level. Not only are they the heads of departments, but they can also engage in scientific research, teaching, etc. Generally, those who have reached this level are old men, with the exception of Yan Chenbei. There are only two or three people in the country who have reached the position of chief physician at the age of 28)

Doctor Wang is not allowed to bring his family members with him.

Because Doctor Wang made a first-class contribution, half of his face was destroyed, leaving him with a half-face.

The hospital took care of him, asked his wife to come and arrange a job for her.

Doctor Wang was able to get his wife to the hospital and arranged work for her.

The first is his own credit, the second is Yan Chenbei’s efforts.

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