Sumu wood in the quadrangle welcomes spring

Chapter 105: When in doubt, go to the library to look up information

Su Mu is a hot-blooded young man.

I went to have lunch with a charming peach proprietress in her boudoir where she lived alone.

If something doesn't happen, will it be unjustifiable?
Su Mu has also heard stories about animals being inferior to animals.

However, nothing happened in the end.

The dishes are one meat and two vegetables.

The staple food is white flour steamed buns.

Chen Xueru may have known that manual workers eat a lot, so she specially prepared four for Su Mu.

In any era, there will be some special classes.

The silk and satin shop has a public-private partnership, which shows that Chen Xueru is a national capitalist.

These people are treated favorably in this era.

Even if supplies are insufficient for the common people, leaders and soldiers are living in a pinch.

But they didn't touch the cake of their group.

We cannot chill the hearts of a group of national capitalists who have various connections with overseas countries.

You get a fixed interest rate, and there is a special quota for supplies every month.

Although there is no guarantee that we will have as much food and fish as before liberation, we can definitely have enough food and clothing.

At least you won't go hungry.

Therefore, Chen Xueru is still living in an environment of insufficient food supply, but she can still have such high-quality meals.

Su Mu was very emotional.

Chen Xueru may be playing the long game to catch the big fish.

Perhaps he was also afraid that the sudden confession would frighten Su Mu.

But he also made it clear that from now on, the errand of bringing goods to the silk and satin shop would be assigned to Su Mu.

Being a boss is so grand.

"Sister Xueru, I'll leave first."

"Go ahead and don't forget about the day after tomorrow."

"Don't forget, I'll be here early the day after tomorrow."

I made an appointment with Chen Xueru for an errand the day after tomorrow.

There is no need to haul goods, just find a few people to carry bags at the station.

Two cartloads of leather and fabric were shipped from Shanghai.

Su Mu arranged for several people to unload the fabrics from the carriage into the warehouse and sort them into categories.

This is a bit like a contractor.

Su Mu would naturally not refuse to accept the good things that came to his door.

I was still thinking about it when I went downstairs.

You, Chen Dakui, can just get Liang Dong and Qi Tian together.

Liang Dong was the person who introduced Qi Tian to work in the textile factory, and he was also his friend.

There isn't much work in the silk shop, it's enough for four people.

The money can be given to both young and old.

It was probably Chen Xueru's "reward" given to Su Mu.

But Su Mu's heart is not dark enough. He doesn't want to withhold this kind of money, and plans to distribute it according to the rules and counting.

After finishing the last two jobs, Su Mu went to find Mr. Pian'er to settle the bill.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Pian'er actually had good handwriting.

Vigorous and powerful, his writing is tough, but not as mellow as his personality.

But come to think of it.

If you don’t have any cultural background, how can you make up stories casually to fool children.

After coming out of Dashanlan, Su Mu went straight to Xicheng District.

The supply and marketing cooperative where my sister-in-law Li Xiaolan works is in Xicheng District.

To the north is the former site of Zhengjue Temple, and to the southeast is Huguo Temple.

It is located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Xinjiekou South Street and Taiping Hutong.

Going further south, you will reach the legendary Hutong Deep in the Hundred Flowers.

There were not many people in the supply and marketing cooperative at this time, and several women gathered together and chatted.

There are those who knit sweaters and those who tie shoe soles. Anyway, they don’t have much time on their hands.

Li Xiaolan is also among them.

Her hands were not idle either, not just her hands, but her mouth as well.

She is eating melon seeds.

"Brother, have you had lunch? I specially bought an extra serving of rice and two steamed buns. They are still warm. You can eat some first."

"Sister-in-law, aren't you too aggressive when you eat melon seeds in front of so many people?"

"What's there? They don't want to eat it themselves, so they're just carrying it. They plan to go home and feed their children. Would you like some too?"

Li Xiaolan said indifferently, and grabbed another handful from his pocket to hand to Su Mu.

Does this count as feeding the child...

Su Mu was speechless.

The meal was still eaten.

The food at the supply and marketing cooperative is very good.

Cabbage stewed with tofu.

The Erhe noodle steamed buns were okay. Although there were a lot of grains, they were crushed very finely and didn't make your throat irritated. They were still a bit fragrant when chewed.

Different working environments give everyone who is a worker a different quality of life.

Each supply and marketing cooperative has its own small warehouse.

In most cases, the front is transformed into a sales department, and the back yard is used as a warehouse.

However, there are also some larger supply and marketing branches that have a large variety of goods and relatively small backyards, so they will allocate another yard elsewhere as a backup warehouse.

Here it is.

There were constant topics of conversation among the crowd, and they even laughed out loud from time to time while chatting.

Li Xiaolan waited for the sumu to finish eating, then went to the crowd and muttered a few words to a middle-aged woman in her forties.

The man handed Li Xiaolan a bunch of keys.

In front of everyone, he doesn't shy away.

"What are you doing with that thing? I guess it won't even be eaten by pigs. If you really chew it in one bite, you won't die."

"What are you doing? If someone takes you away, why don't you give it back to you?"

"That's right, Xiaolan said, it can be diluted to water the flowers, and it can also be used for fishing."

"This is what I got for all the fish meat in the second half of the month, haha..."

Another series of hearty laughs.

It's really fun.

How can they not be happy if the canteen can cook fish?

When the time comes, prepare more dishes, and the elderly and children at home will be able to take advantage of it.

As soon as they entered the door, Li Xiaolan confessed to Su Mu.

The supply and marketing cooperative will not sell anything to private individuals.

This thing cannot be flowed out through transactions.

However, you can take it away and handle it on your behalf.

As for who will be arranged to be taken away...

The canteen lacks fresh fish for cooking.

Li Xiaolan patted her chest and promised in front of the director.

She is the middle-aged aunt in her 40s.

Don't look at someone who is inconspicuous in a crowd.

But he is the proper leader of this supply and marketing cooperative.

No wonder Li Xiaolan dared to eat melon seeds in front of the big guys.

What I'm afraid of is that the leader found a large bag of "expired melon seeds" when he was taking stock of the warehouse at noon.

It is no longer brittle and cannot be sold, so it should be treated as loss.

Everyone has a share, you can take it home, or you can eat it yourself.

Just because it doesn’t taste good doesn’t mean you can’t eat it.

In the past six months in the capital, there has been a shortage of everything that needs to be eaten, until the end of August.

In addition to the normal allocation, the canteens of each unit will also be provided with support in adjusting the quota.

The implication is that the government will provide these every month, and the rest will be left to fend for themselves.

You can think of whatever you want. If you can do more, you can eat as much as you want. If you can't, don't blame the public for being hungry.

On the supply and marketing cooperative's side, they plan to try their luck first and try some fish to make improvements.

My wife is also a comrade-in-arms of Li Xiaolan's father's generation. How can I not miss the recent deeds of the Su family boy?

It's just that many people choose to turn a blind eye.

They are all retired veterans, and I really don’t want to see them suffer together.

But they are upright and upright, and they never lag behind others in this kind of thing, insisting on clamoring to reduce it.

There is no way.

I wish someone would show up and fill their bellies secretly.

This is the current situation of Sumu in the eyes of some old people.In special times, he is free to jump around.

The meat will always rot in the pot, so as long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, leave it alone.

Li Xiaolan knows what her little brother is capable of. When it comes to fishing, the sister-in-law is not worried about putting pressure on her little brother.

If it didn't look so arrogant, she would really want to complain.

Even the braised fish made by my younger brother is still fish, and I’m almost tired of it.

So when the director spoke out, Li Xiaolan helped make the decision without hesitation.

When Su Mu came in just now, Li Xiaolan didn't let him decide, but gave him a formal 'notice'.

Because when she was speaking, Li Xiaolan had an expression on her face that said, "It's all about whether you agree or not."

"Sister-in-law, does your director usually get along with you like this?"

"Why, do you think you still need to be arrogant and draw a clear line between yourself and the working people?"

Su Mu's question was met with a contemptuous roll of the eyes by Li Xiaolan.

Sumu couldn't help but smile.

The vast majority of people in this generation are truly the loveliest people.

These past few years have been a time when class was least obvious and everyone was enjoying themselves.

Cherish it.

I couldn't even count two slaps with my fingers.

Ugh.

Go out from the sales department of the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, go around the alley and walk eastward. After turning left and right several times, you come to the entrance of a small courtyard.

Li Xiaolan took out the key and opened the courtyard door, and took Su Mu in.

There is a shelter in the yard, and there are piles of goods inside.

They are all unopened.

Under the window of the small south room of the courtyard, there are several stacks of large boxes as tall as one person stacked next to the courtyard wall.

There are several unsealed ones below, and someone has obviously removed them from above and pried them open.

Wrapped in tin foil, it looks very high-end.

The dark brown chocolate is covered with a layer of white bristles.

It’s so densely packed that it can scare someone with trypophobia to death at a glance.

To be honest, it's a bit disgusting to the eyes.

If you don't understand what's going on, being unable to speak is the basic reaction.

If it is not thrown away on the spot, it means that the leaders of the supply and marketing cooperative respect public property.

"That's it. It's enough for you to catch fish for a whole year."

Su Mu squatted down and stretched out his index finger to rub the white hair.

"Oh, little brother, what are you doing? Isn't it disgusting?"

"Hey, this is my first time seeing something like this. I'm just curious."

While Li Xiaolan turned around and looked away.

Su Mu secretly licked her fingers.

Sweet.

It's obviously icing sugar.

There are a lot of emotions in my heart.

But now it’s all yours, so let’s move first.

The trolley is parked at the entrance of the courtyard, and the distance between entering and exiting is not far.

Li Xiaolan won't get involved in the physical work.

She took out the melon seeds from her pocket and chewed them while cheering for Su Mu.

"Brother, is this how you got your strength?"

"Last time our director arranged for two young men to come down from above, they were very tired and tired. You still have the energy..."

After moving more than half of it, the boxes at the back still had to be stacked on the pallet, so Su Mu planned to tie them up and secure them first.

There was a sound of laughter and the sound of footsteps chasing each other.

"At the other end is the dormitory of the film school, where several young teachers live, as well as some students who are about to graduate..."

Li Xiaolan pointed to the opposite side of the wall and said.

"Brother, how about my sister-in-law help you find a wife someday?"

"Get some rest, sister-in-law. I didn't even go to junior high school. How can a college student look down on me?"

Su Mu knew that Li Xiaolan was making fun of herself.

Ever since she showed timidity when she met Qin Huairu at home last time, Li Xiaolan had become keenly interested in using the topic of 'finding a wife' to sway Su Mu.

A cart full of chocolates was loaded onto the car and tied tightly by Su Mu in front of Li Xiaolan.

No way.

Li Xiaolan stared.

She wasn't worried about the chocolate falling apart or losing a box or two on the way.

He was afraid that the front would fall down and hit his little brother.

This is treated as a biological brother.

Su Mu was not tired of the repeated instructions, and felt warmed.

"Brother, remember, we will start delivering them next Monday!"

"I know, sister-in-law. I can't forget it."

We will start delivering fish to the supply and marketing cooperative canteen next Monday.

For Su Mu, who is full of fish in the space lake, this is not a problem at all.

He rode his tricycle toward home.

I'll take the chocolate home first, and I'll talk to my elder brother and sister-in-law about it tonight.

The issue of icing needs to be put on the table and explained to them.

Well, it's best to go to the library and find some relevant books to verify.

When I think about looking for books, I naturally think of Ran Qiuye.

In the Dongcheng District Library, Ran Qiuye is more professional in finding books.

He found an alley and turned in. When Su Mu came out again, all the chocolate boxes on the trolley had disappeared.

Naturally, it is more appropriate to retract it into the doorway space.

The next step is to go to Xiangyi Alley to find Ran Qiuye.

I have never had such a legitimate reason to go to her. Today is a rare opportunity, and Su Mu feels light while pedaling.

From Gulou West Street to Jiaodaokou East Street, before reaching the library, I met Ran Qiuye walking along the roadside near the south gate of the Cultural Center.

"Hi, Qiuye, I just wanted to find you."

"what happened?"

Ran Qiuye was not too surprised to meet Su Mu.

He rides a cart to pull goods, who knows where he will get the job.

But we always meet by chance, and it does mean something.

"I want to ask you for a favor. I want to find a book with an introduction to chocolate. Can you help me find it in the library?"

"I seem to remember seeing it in a magazine, but I forgot which one it was. I have to look it up again."

It's not a coincidence.

Ran Qiuye has also been worried that she has no excuse.

In fact, she was willing to contact Su Mu from the bottom of her heart.

Because the atmosphere will be very relaxed and the conversation will be very comfortable.

Ran Qiuye got on the car and sat sideways on the edge of the cart.

Although there is no young people gathering together like a bicycle, riding on a scooter is stable and comfortable, and there is no delay in chatting.

"You said you got a box of chocolates?"

"I just took a job and helped clean up a batch of expired and moldy goods in the department store's warehouse."

"Those moldy goods are just chocolate, right? Don't they even want to taste it?"

Su Mu pouted.

If you saw that scene, you would probably be able to do it if you didn't feel sick and vomited.

"The white hair is so dense, layer upon layer, it was really scary when I saw it."

"Oh. Then how do you know it's not mold, but icing sugar?"

Ran Qiuye asked curiously.

She actually didn't know much about chocolate, but she somehow trusted Su Mu's judgment.

Don't know why.

"I've tasted it, and it's sweet. I think I've heard people say before that chocolate has white hair, and it might be frosting, so I want to go check it out in the library and make sure."

Su Mu's thinking is clear, and his logical expression ability can be rated [-]%.

Ran Qiuye was quite surprised.

This can be regarded as a manifestation of learning something useful.

Even state-owned units like supply and marketing cooperatives got it wrong, but Sumu missed it?

Ran's father is also a person who loves calligraphy and collecting. Ran Qiuye understands some of the lingo and vocabulary in the collecting world.

"Then I'm going to help you look for it."

On the cart behind where Su Mu couldn't see, Ran Qiuye smiled particularly charmingly under the sunlight.

(End of this chapter)