My Siheyuan Shelter

Chapter 40 May
"Xiao Xu, you brought all these?"

Xu Dong nodded: "Each person has a big bag with more than a dozen kinds of snacks in it, and there are also two boxes of yogurt. Uncle Sun, you can choose whatever you want, I'll take a break."

"Okay, then I'll take it myself." The male colleague picked out a bag, opened it, and then gave a thumbs up:

"Xiao Xu, you didn't say anything. If you have any difficulties in the future, feel free to come to Uncle. If Uncle can help, he will definitely help you."

With so many snacks, I have saved enough for my grandson to eat for a few months. Under the current situation, this is much more cost-effective than simply eating a meal. It is indeed a great favor.

Xu Dong shook his head and said modestly: "Not much. My family opened a convenience store before, and now I still have a little stock on hand."

"No wonder! I said... There are so many snacks that can't be bought in the market now, and I don't know when the day will end?" the male colleague said with emotion.

Xu Dong pouted, where is this, the hard days are still to come!
Especially under the national system of Daxia, it was really at the juncture of life and death. The above gave an order, no matter what the rich and powerful, they all had to suffer together.

"It should be soon!" Xu Dongyan echoed heartily.

Next, colleagues from the security department came to work one after another. Everyone received a big gift bag, and everyone was surprised.

The three female colleagues were even more thoughtful, and under the guise that men should not eat snacks, they "robbed" a lot of snacks, which almost caused public anger, and the whole office was arguing for a while.

It even attracted a lot of onlookers from other departments.

When Section Chief Li came to the office, he saw such a scene.

"What's the noise, hurry up and change your clothes, you're going to work soon."

After the crowd dispersed, Xu Dong let out a deep breath. The old fritters in this group system are not active at work, and they are good at quarreling and bickering.

Section Chief Li glanced at Xu Dong with a serious voice: "Come to my office later."

Xu Dong didn't dare to delay, carrying a big bag and two boxes of yogurt, followed Section Chief Li into the office.

"Uncle Li, this is your share." Xu Dong casually put things on the sofa.

Section Chief Li nodded, then slowed his tone: "Next time, keep a low profile. It is estimated that everyone in the entire company will know about it, and the impact will not be good."

"I'm sorry, Uncle Li, I didn't think about it carefully. I really didn't expect everyone's enthusiasm to be so great." Xu Dong said embarrassedly.

"Okay, forget it this time, be careful next time, try to do it after get off work, don't make it known to everyone."

Xu Dong nodded.

Section Chief Li then asked, "I see there is a bag on your desk, is it for Director Su?"

"Yes, you also know..."

"I understand! You're not suitable to come forward now, so let me deliver it for you!"

Afraid of Xu Dong's misunderstanding, Section Chief Li immediately explained: "Everyone is staring at you. You will stay at the North Gate today, and don't go anywhere. Avoid the limelight first."

"I see, I still have trouble with you, Uncle Li!" Xu Dong quickly thanked him.

"Okay, go to work now!"

Hearing the word "work", Xu Dong suddenly slapped his thigh hard and said angrily, "Oh, I forgot to clock in this morning!"

Section Chief Li waved his hand: "It's okay, I'll make a note for you later, and I'll arrange for you to go out."

"Thank you Uncle Li!" Xu Dong thanked again.

……

After the "snacks" turmoil, Xu Dong became famous in the entire power company. Everyone knew that there was a talented "Xu Dong" in the security department, who could get a shortage of goods, so they came over to inquire.

Xu Dong was so troubled that he explained it over and over again, and after hiding for half a month, the incident completely subsided.

At this time, May has come quietly.

On the first day of May, as Wang Xiujuan said, the prices of water, electricity, and gas have gone up in an all-round way, and the price increases have been quite astounding.

Among them, the price of tap water has risen the most exaggeratedly. Although the step-by-step charge has been cancelled, the unit price has risen by 5 times from the original [-] yuan per ton.

Came to 100 yuan per ton.

There was an uproar in the country for a while, but it also triggered a frenzied pursuit of desalination plants by private capital.

After all, with the current level of technology, people have been able to successfully control the cost of seawater desalination at around 5 yuan per ton.

The profits in this one can be imagined how huge profits.

However, it should be noted that this cost is the cost before the solar flare, not the current cost.

As for the current cost, no one knows. After all, the domestic industrial chain has only recovered by less than 30.00%, which is already far ahead of other countries.

In addition to the water price, the increase in the electricity price is also not small. The electricity price for civil use alone has risen to 3.8 yuan per kilowatt-hour, and unnecessary stepped charges have also been cancelled.

According to this price, a normal household consumes about 300 kWh of electricity every month, which means that the electricity bill alone will cost more than 1000 yuan.

Especially in the current climate, air conditioning is a necessity, and it is normal to double the power consumption.

Who can afford this money?
In an instant, many families did not dare to turn on the air conditioner, and the electric fan suddenly became popular.

Fortunately, the price of heating has not increased much, at least it will not freeze to death at night.

Gas has risen the least, thanks to the plunge in global raw material prices, so that gas prices have only "slightly" increased by less than 50.00%.

However, none of the above has much to do with the old Xu family. Even if the price of water goes up, they can still use it.

Right now, the main energy of Xu Dong and his family is on how to sell electric fans. The sudden outbreak of electric fan fever made the family ecstatic.

Xu Dong also agrees with selling electric fans. First, it takes up too much space, and second, the price is high enough, which is not much less than that of later generations.

"Mom, let's sell it ourselves. When will we sell it? Maybe we will be targeted by the Price Bureau. Fines will be trivial at that time. If we get into the bureau, it will be troublesome." Xu Dong advised.

Making money is a good thing, but it doesn't make you lose your mind.

"Mom knows, you can find a wholesaler, but the price can't be too low."

Xu Ma thought about it, and the truth is indeed the same. Besides, the youngest son has just entered the state-owned enterprise. If something goes wrong, he might not even be able to secure his job, which would not be worth the loss.

Seeing that his mother agreed, Xu Dong immediately called Boss Wang. Boss Wang was the one who sold his electric fan last time.

"Hey, is that Boss Wang?"

"I am, who are you?"

Xu Dong was a little embarrassed. It seemed that the last time he was angry with Boss Wang, the other party even deleted his phone number.

"I'm Xu Dong. I bought a warehouse electric fan from you before, did you forget?"

After being reminded, Boss Wang suddenly remembered, so he quickly asked: "Mr. Xu, have you sold that batch of electric fans?"

"not yet!"

"Congratulations then, you are going to make a fortune." Boss Wang said sourly.

"Thank you!"

　I will try the water push tomorrow, I hope there is a good result!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)