Era: Start as a buyer

Chapter 132 Don’t let others see you too well

After settling the matter with Section Chief Li, Luo Cheng first went to the Purchasing Department and told Zhou Lin directly that he would go to his house when he had time after get off work. He understood it without saying anything at all.

This time when he came to the Purchasing Department, Luo Cheng finally met Zhang Le, the last member of his purchasing team. Team leader Liu Yong was away, so Zhou Lin helped Luo Cheng and Zhang Le introduce each other.

Then Zhou Lin directly asked Zhang Le to go to Luo Cheng's house after get off work in the afternoon, saying that he knew someone from the Water Conservancy Bureau and to see if he could change the water pipe to the kitchen of Luo Cheng's house.

Zhang Le saw that Zhou Lin was so enthusiastic about Luo Cheng, who was new to the Purchasing Department. In addition, Luo Cheng had just asked Zhou Lin to come to his house when he had time after get off work. He instantly understood that the newcomer should be a capable person who could get good things. thing.

As a member of the purchasing department in the same group, if Luo Cheng is incapable, he can ask someone to help him change the water pipes or something. I will help out and shout when I have time, but Zhou Lin’s attitude towards Luo Cheng, coupled with the rules of survival in the purchasing department. Let Zhang Le understand that this may be a situation that needs to be actively implemented.

After negotiating with Zhou Lin and Zhang Le, Luo Cheng went to the office of Director Sun of the Logistics Department on the second floor. Having a separate office makes it easier to talk about things, but people who have a separate office have a lot of airs. Director Sun definitely wanted lard, so he was polite to Luo Cheng, gave Luo Cheng an address, and asked Luo Cheng to take the trouble to send it directly to his home.

Although he said he had to run errands to sell something, in fact, it was Director Sun who wanted Luo Cheng. Most people would not let the other party come to their door easily, and the other party where Director Sun lived would not tell others easily.

Luo Cheng was not reluctant. He had nothing to do in the afternoon anyway, and others who wanted to go to his house to pick up things had to wait until after get off work in the afternoon.

After coming out of Director Sun's side, Luo Cheng went to the cafeteria kitchen. What he didn't expect was that he was here to borrow a scale. There were both scales and ordinary scales here. When they got here, Master He called out to Luo Cheng and gave him a bundle of rice and noodles bags. This was what Director Sun asked the people in the kitchen to prepare.

Last time Luo Cheng pretended to be a skinned rabbit and brought a sack to put in Director Sun's office. At that time, Director Sun also said that he would get some bags for him. Being able to use the bags is also a kind of ability for a buyer. The lack of bags means you can get the goods.

Taking the bag and the scale, Luo Cheng left the factory and returned. On the way home, he also went to the supply and marketing cooperative and bought a few small jars. It's about the same size as a salt shaker, and the price is about the same as a bowl, [-] cents each. Damn, he sold Director Sun a pound of lard and put a jar in it.

Returning to the courtyard of Xikou Hutong, Luo Cheng saw Zhao Qian washing clothes in a slightly shaded area. There were many children next to the rabbit cage.

Luo Cheng greeted Zhao Qian and said he wanted to deliver something to the director of the unit. He quickly took a small jar, wiped it clean, and used a scale to put a pound of lard into the small jar. Then I put five pounds of eggs in a mesh bag. When I'm done, I call him and he goes to the room to sit for a while.

Upon hearing Luo Cheng's greeting, Zhao Qian immediately put down the clothes she was washing. He could also help Luo Cheng, even if it was a small matter, at least it would appear that following Luo Cheng to the city was of some use.

The daughter of an accountant naturally knows how to use a scale. She first weighs the jar and then adds a pound of lard. This lard essence is expensive, a pound is worth a pound, but as a kind-hearted person of this era, the scale should be tilted a little to feel at ease.

After the lard was weighed, the eggs were packed in cloth bags and then put into mesh bags after weighing. However, Zhao Qian was also careful. A lot of the firewood in the kitchen is made of sawdust. When the eggs are put into the mesh bag, some sawdust is filled in.

"Luo Cheng, Luo Cheng, come quickly. There are some cracks in the eggs in this basket."

If the eggs are broken, they cannot be stored, and the weather may become smelly in a day. When Zhao Qian was helping people weigh eggs, she found that several eggshells were cracked on the surface.

After Luo Cheng heard this, he also came to the kitchen to have a look. Although it was covered with straw, he might have been hit by the shock while riding in the car. But it hasn't been completely smashed yet.

"I'm going to deliver things to the leader first. You can check them all later and pick out all the broken ones. It looks like we are going to eat eggs in the next two days."

"Luo Cheng, Cui'e across the street invited me to eat noodles outside yesterday. It cost me food stamps and ten cents. Can you bring me two broken eggs to repay her favor?"

When Zhao Qian heard Luo Cheng's words, she nodded distressedly while looking at the eggs. She suddenly thought that Xu Cui'e opposite her had treated her to a bowl of noodles yesterday morning. It felt good to repay the favor with a few broken eggs.

Luo Cheng didn't know who was Cui'e or Jianmo. It was a good thing that his wife had friends in the yard. And don't be stingy when dealing with favors.

"Take four of them. There seem to be a lot of people in each household in this yard. Two is a bit less. The main reason is that the shells are broken and they can't save them for others, so they can only eat them today."

"Ah."

Zhao Qian was also very happy when she heard that Luo Cheng agreed. After all, this is an egg. Even if the shell is broken, not many people are willing to use it to return a favor. When Luo Cheng was carrying his things and preparing to leave, he saw the mushrooms he had picked and brought back, so he packed some more mushrooms and took them with him, giving some to Director Sun.

After Luo Cheng immediately came, Zhao Qian looked at the broken eggs and played a clever trick. She found four with more broken shells and came to Cui'e's house.

"Cui'e~~, Xu Cui'e."

"Hey, sister Zhao Qian, what's the matter?"

"Thank you for treating me to noodles yesterday. My Luo Cheng came back from town today and brought some eggs back. But I accidentally touched a lot of egg shells, so I thought about sending some to your family."

"This~~, sister, you are so polite."

Between friends, courtesy should be reciprocated. It would not be good if we did not accept this. But let it go, if you talk about that in the future, you can't use the words "Do you remember that I invited you to eat noodles that day" as a polite excuse.

I could only thank you, but I accepted it reluctantly. The days are long, I will find another opportunity to get close next time.

After Zhao Qian delivered the eggs, she didn't chat much with Cui'e because she had something to do at home, and went home to pick eggs again.

Apart from the five kilograms of eggs that Luo Cheng took away, there were eight broken eggs among the remaining ten kilograms of eggs. This made Zhao Qian feel distressed again. She didn't know where Luo Cheng collected it. With so many pieces broken, would her family have to pay for it?

But now there was nothing she could do about her distress. Zhao Qian got up and went outside to continue washing clothes. The egg matter could only be dealt with when Luo Cheng came back.

After washing the clothes and drying them, I saw Luo Cheng coming back and quickly hung all the clothes on the bamboo poles for drying. With a distressed expression on his face, he chased Luo Cheng and told him about the eggs. After giving away four, eight eggs had their shells broken. What a loss.

It was broad daylight, and Luo Cheng wanted to laugh when he saw Zhao Qian's distressed expression. He would definitely bully her at night. Eight eggs plus the four given away are just over a pound. In the future, it will only cost more than six yuan, not even half a pound of loach.

But Luo Cheng could only pretend to be distressed, and then showed a cruel expression. Each person would eat two fried poached eggs in the evening and two boiled eggs in the morning.

The family is cooking braised pork at noon and frying eggs at night. There is no such waste of money these days. But Luo Chengdu said this, and Zhao Qian is not the one who earns money to support the family, so Luo Cheng can only do whatever he says.

"Qian, go and pack five more pounds of eggs. Someone will come to pick them up later. As for lard, someone will bring it in a can later. Remember to hide the new small can I bought. The one who takes the lard is the factory personnel. The section chief, when I told him today, I said there was no jar for lard at home."

"Well, then I have to go put the jar over here."

"This is the money for selling rabbits and lard. You should keep it. Some of the eggs were bought for others and have already been paid for."

Luo Cheng took out five pieces of loose money from his pocket and gave it to Zhao Qian. He said it was loose money. For Zhao Qian, the smallest amount was only [-] cents, which was not small. One cent would buy cabbage, radish and the like, which could be eaten by two people. A week, pennies are small change.

Suddenly, Luo Cheng thought of something again and asked Zhao Qian to put the braised pork left over from the kitchen in this room, so that no one who came here to get things would see it. Even the leftover meat that has not been cooked is hidden away.

"Don't let people in the unit see that we are living too well."

Luo Cheng approached Zhao Qian and whispered in her ear, it was like a secret agreement between children. Zhao Qian nodded seriously and was about to go to the kitchen to quickly hide everything in the room. But as soon as he stood up, he was hugged by Luo Cheng and kissed on the face.

"shameless."

"Don't you want to kiss on the face? Then where can you kiss?"

(I have to be busy for a few days, so I’ll try my best to type. Sorry for the slow update. Thank you for today’s reward of 100 for a man who has only grown up in his thirties, 1500 for a pig’s defeat, 500 for a Gothic walking warrior, and 200 for a streaking earthworm. Reward.)
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