Rebirth 1979: Marrying a poor girl at the beginning

At noon, in the backyard office of the State-owned Workers and Peasants Store on North Street.

"What should I do? They didn't even inform me in advance. Isn't this causing me trouble?" Manager Hu was scratching his head and sighing.

Lin Zhengjun walked to the door and said with a smile: "Manager Hu, I'm busy!"

"Hey, Comrade Zhengjun, why are you here? You are so honored to be here! Please take a seat!"

The Bai family's savior has arrived. Manager Hu dared not neglect Lin Zhengjun at all. He quickly and enthusiastically offered him a seat and poured him water and cigarettes.

Lin Zhengjun refused the cigarette and took a sip from his teacup: "Manager Hu, who gave you a problem? Tell me about it, maybe I can help."

Manager Hu took a deep puff of his cigarette and said with a worried look on his face, "An old leader has come to our county. He led soldiers to fight in our county before liberation. He picked wild mushrooms and killed pheasants in the countryside to fill his stomach. I didn't expect that he remembered that. He will come over for dinner later and specifically ask for wild mushroom stewed with pheasant."

"If I had half a day, I could walk around the countryside and maybe find it if I'm lucky, but it's only half an hour before dinner time. Where can I look for it?"

Lin Zhengjun laughed: "That's a coincidence, I got some pheasants and wild mushrooms, and I was wondering who to sell them to!"

"Is this true?" Manager Hu couldn't believe it.

"Why would I lie to you!" Lin Zhengjun immediately brought over two baskets.

"Oh my! It's really like searching for something unsuccessfully, but it's easy to find!"

Manager Hu was so excited when he saw it that he rubbed his hands like a fly, and smiled happily: "Zhengjun, you are really my lucky star, thank you very much!"

"We buy chickens, usually for one dollar and one cent per pound, and the highest grade is one dollar and fourteen. But pheasants are hard to catch, so I'll charge you the highest grade. One pound of dried mushrooms requires about eight or nine pounds of wet mushrooms to be dried in the sun, so I'll buy them from you at five dollars per pound. Wild duck eggs are also slightly more expensive than chicken eggs, at seven cents each. What do you think?" Manager Hu said with a smile.

"Okay." Lin Zhengjun nodded.

The price given by Manager Hu is indeed slightly higher than the market price.

On the one hand, it was because Lin Zhengjun had indeed solved his urgent problem, and on the other hand, he wanted to make friends with Lin Zhengjun.

Weigh each one.

Four wild pheasants weighed a total of 16 pounds, or 22.4 pieces.

3 jin of dried mushrooms, 4 yuan.

Forty wild duck eggs, 2.8 yuan.

A total of 42.2 yuan.

Manager Hu is also an open-minded person. After the transaction was completed, he invited Lin Zhengjun and the other two to dinner. Each of them had a bowl of mutton noodles with delicious soup and plenty of meat, and a bottle of iced soda.

"Manager Hu, thank you so much. You accepted our game and mountain products, so I should treat you and let you pay for it." Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

"It's just a small amount of money, Brother Zhengjun, you've helped me a lot, don't take it to heart."

Manager Hu said happily: "Last time you criticized and pointed out the problem of our hotel's service attitude. We reflected deeply on it and have made great improvements now..."

Lin Zhengjun understood the meaning of the song and smiled, "It is indeed a significant improvement. Next time I see Mr. Bai, I will report your improvements truthfully!"

"Oh, that's right!" Manager Hu felt it was easy to talk to smart people and smiled happily.

Lin Zhengjun smiled and said, "By the way, we still have a lot of these wild game in the back mountain. Do you need more?"

"Yes, I need it. I will buy pheasants and ducks at the price of domestic ones."

Manager Hu thought for a moment and said, "In fact, what we lack most are soft-shelled turtles, yellow eels, mushrooms and black fungus. Our county does not have any relevant breeding cooperatives, so most of them have to rely on coordination from other places..."

"Okay! Thank you, Manager Hu!" Lin Zhengjun instantly thought of two ways to make money.

One is to let friends deal in mountain products and game, and make money for themselves while also helping them to become rich;

The second is to wait until the weather gets cold, build a greenhouse and introduce fungus species for breeding. By then, the market will be in short supply, the price will be higher, and the profit will be huge...

Manager Hu chatted for a few minutes and then went about his business, while the three of them enjoyed mutton noodles.

"Oh, this mutton stew is so delicious!"

“I haven’t eaten such delicious noodles in a long time!”

After eating the noodles, Wei Hongbing and Lin Tiedan patted their stomachs in satisfaction and smiled happily.

……

Afternoon, state-owned department store.

"Damn it, this floor is so clean, it can be used as a mirror to reflect one's reflection!"

"We're clearly indoors, how come there's wind and it's so cool! Oh, an electric fan!"

The three of them walked in, and Wei Hongbing and Lin Tiedan felt like Granny Liu entering the Grand View Garden, feeling as if their eyes were not enough to see everything.

In fact, the conditions in state-owned department stores are far better than those in supply and marketing cooperatives.

The supply and marketing cooperatives are essentially government-run rural cooperative economic organizations that are responsible for organizing the flow of agricultural products into cities and the flow of industrial products to the countryside. They focus more on serving rural areas and farmers, and their decoration and furnishings are often simple and practical.

State-owned department stores, on the other hand, are mainly aimed at wealthier urban residents, with a wide variety of merchandise and more luxurious and beautiful decorations.

Take the Huaibian County state-owned department store for example. It has three floors with spotless glass windows. It is spacious and bright, and it sells everything from oil, salt, sauce and vinegar to radios, sewing machines and bicycles. The business areas are also scientifically divided.

There was a constant stream of customers, mostly city dwellers, all of them with fair skin, plump faces, and bright clothes, not at all like the shabby country folk.

Wei Hongbing and the other man felt a little ashamed of themselves and were so uneasy that they didn't know where to put their hands and feet. They were even worried about being kicked out by the salesperson.

"Don't worry, we have money and tickets, what are we afraid of!"

In contrast, Lin Zhengjun was much calmer.

In his opinion, this shopping paradise in the eyes of the people of Huaibian County is not as luxurious and high-end as a community supermarket in later generations.

These days, Wei Hongbing and Lin Tiedan each earned ten yuan.

Wei Hongbing cut a few pounds of fat meat to make lard for grandma to make dumplings. Lin Tiedan bought a few packs of good cigarettes for grandpa. They had no meat or cigarette coupons, all of which were given by Lin Zhengjun.

As the three of them were shopping, the saleswoman with glasses who had sold Lin Zhengjun the white dress last time noticed them and her eyes suddenly lit up.

Last time, Lin Zhengjun was dressed in rustic and shabby clothes, but this time he changed into a Dacron shirt and new pants, and wore a pair of canvas shoes.

As the saying goes, "Buddha relies on gold ornaments, and people rely on clothes." At this moment, Lin Zhengjun seemed to have become a different person. He was handsome and elegant, generous and graceful, which made her heart pound.

The key is that his girlfriend is not here!

"Comrade, are you here to buy something again? Do you need my help?" The saleswoman with glasses walked around the counter, approached Lin Zhengjun and asked proactively.

"It's you. Do you have a bicycle?" Lin Zhengjun said with a smile.

"Yes, yes, yes, six cars just arrived, Phoenix, Fei Ge and Forever, there are 28 and 26 cars, come with me!" The girl with glasses became even more enthusiastic, her pretty face flushed with excitement.

This guy bought a bunch of clothes, shoes and fabrics last time he came. It’s only been a few days and he wants to buy a bicycle now. This is too generous.

At present, in Huaibian County, ordinary workers and cadres cannot afford to buy bicycles. Only high-level workers or the heads of various units can afford it.

"Phoenix is ​​the most expensive, 26 inches is 160,28, 180 inches is ..."

After a while, we arrived at the bicycle area, and the girl with glasses enthusiastically introduced the advantages and disadvantages of various brands of bicycles, prices, and required tickets.

In this era when bicycles are mainstream, brands are generally divided into two categories: Fei Ge, Forever, and Phoenix.

The rest, such as Guofang, Wuyang, Baishan, etc., are classified into one category and are jokingly called miscellaneous brands, even the "Red Flag" produced by Tianjin Bicycle Factory like Fei Ge.

A popular saying at that time was: Flying pigeons are fast, they last forever, no one loves you on a Red Flag car, but you can fall in love while riding a Phoenix.

Many city girls will require the guy to have a Phoenix brand bicycle when they are dating. Fei Ge and Yongjiu are just so-so. Simply put, Phoenix is ​​now the Rolls-Royce of the bicycle industry.

"Give me a Phoenix 28-inch."

Without listening to her introduction, Lin Zhengjun took out a stack of brand new Great Unity tickets, bicycle tickets and industrial coupons.

"Ah? Buy, buy the Phoenix! Okay!" The girl with glasses was stunned for a moment before she reacted and was really shocked.

Lin Zhengjun is so arrogant!

He bought the most expensive and best bicycle right away, and he also had so much money and industrial coupons on hand. Who is this guy?