Era: Start as a buyer

Chapter 214: Fried dough sticks soaked in porridge

Whether he has fallen or not, or whether the self in the future era is no longer himself.

Luo Cheng woke up in his own time, and he didn't know what was going on. After a long time in the future, some bad ideas would always come up at some point. Not only thoughts on women, but also eating, drinking, entertaining, etc.

But every time he returned to his own time, he felt that he was actually quite innocent and just wanted to live a good life. By the way, I will do my best to help some people, borrow the ability to go to the future era, and try to make the people around me live a better life. I am satisfied.

And in the future, I started to think about garages, life, etc. Maybe it’s because I have begun to truly integrate into the future era, and my thinking is gradually getting closer to the people of that era.

When I first arrived in the future era, I heard that buying a car, a house, and a wife cost millions at every turn. At that time, Luo Cheng's concept of thinking about problems was still stuck in his own era, and he felt that this was necessary. Millions, not doing any work, just eating and drinking will last a lifetime. And when he was eating and drinking well, he really didn't understand why he had to work so hard to earn so much money.

Perhaps because he can still return to his own era, Luo Cheng can still keep his true intentions in the future era. Otherwise, in the future, when he is rich, young, and handsome, he will really have to let go of his sense of responsibility and morality, and he will be able to indulge in all kinds of depraved pleasures that money brings.

Holding Zhao Qian in his arms and stroking her big belly, Luo Cheng felt very at ease because he was about to become a father.

"Luo Cheng, you're awake."

"Well, I'll let Yanzi and the others cook some porridge later, and I'll buy fried dough sticks. By the way, I'll bring some vegetarian buns back to town in the afternoon."

"I'm the section chief, I get subsidies from the unit, and I'm from the purchasing department. Haven't you heard that Zhang Kun's daughter got sick two days ago, and it was Luo Cheng who took her to the hospital in the middle of the night, just because he was a neighbor, so he came back Sometimes he even gave me eggs and a bird. Who in our yard is more generous than Luo Cheng, and Yaya’s mother said that Luo Cheng took them to the hospital just because he was the section chief. Doctors at the hospital have to be polite."

"The Luo Cheng family is living a really good life. They buy fried dough sticks and steamed buns for no reason."

Zhang Kun's wife had a sick child at home and lived in the backyard. Why would she think of asking Luo Cheng for help? Not the uncle in the backyard, or other neighbors.

It's so luxurious. Zhao Qian thinks this is nothing more than a festival. I also went to buy steamed buns and fried dough sticks. Luo Cheng likes to eat fried dough sticks soaked in rice porridge. He likes the soft and chewy texture. Zhao Qian didn't know where he learned to eat like this. Ordinary people can have a good taste in their mouths after eating a fried dough stick for a whole day, so how could they learn how to eat it.

"Hey, what the hell, so many people in the yard are secretly getting close to the Luo Cheng family's wife, but you can't save face. Just in the front and back yards of more than a dozen households, elect an uncle Mao. Whoever has a good relationship with the neighbors can just say hello if something happens. . You must choose someone to take care of everyone."

Luo Cheng got up, got dressed, took some food stamps and went out. When passing by the kitchen, Luo Yan and Hongxiu also got up. Luo Cheng greeted them and asked them to cook porridge and get some dried radish from the jar, while he went to buy fried dough sticks.

But she was a man who could earn money and was capable. Zhao Qian felt that eating and drinking was too good or bad, but she never said anything to refute. A man is his god, he has to bear everything, and if he can make money, he can't complain about anything.

But now everyone is in a similar situation to the Zhang family. No one has a relative. Basically every household living here has a working person. It is difficult to avoid being visited by some relatives.

Only when the Luo Cheng family was reported did everyone realize which family was really rich.

It's just that people who live in the same row as Uncle Wu and Aunt Liu, because they live too close, they may greet each other when they go out. I always felt that it would be a bit too much to show favor to Luo Cheng like everyone else. But nowadays, Luo Cheng can still be particular about his food. He cooks porridge at home and buys fried dough sticks and buns from outside.

The buns in this era are not as white as those in the future era, and the fried dough sticks are not very thin. They are not as big and thin as those in the future era. After the fried dough sticks are made, there will be a lot of oil on the surface.

"Daughter-in-law, what you said is true. Uncle Wu has helped us before."

In this yard, except for Li Wubao, who was a poor family before, there was no one with more than one family. Some elderly people do not live here with them, so they have to send some money or food back home every month.

"Luo Cheng is indeed a capable man, and Aunt Liu's family is really like that. He doesn't care about other people's houses, but drags everyone in the yard to make peace with him. Hey."

Luo Cheng bought ten fried dough sticks and a dozen steamed buns, many of which he planned to keep for dinner in town and take the shuttle bus back to town in the afternoon.

Zhang Kun's family looks like a couple with two children. Logically speaking, one person earns money for four people to spend, so life is not difficult. But that was when the rations were not reduced before. Now the rations are less, so if you have any extra money, you will go to the black market to buy food. If there is anyone in my hometown who still needs to take care of me, then I am living with my belt tightened.

"This~~."

"It's true that he helped us, but he also came to help us when he organized the yard. It was the other neighbors in the yard who really contributed money and effort. Although Uncle Wu gave us 50 cents last time when we were in trouble, we can't put the kindness aside. Let’s all remember him alone.”

When Luo Yan heard this, the corners of her mouth turned up in laughter. She had eaten fried dough sticks several times in the city and liked them too. But there are few fried dough sticks and noodles, and although the food stamps required are few, they are expensive. Food stamps cost less, but the price is no cheaper than steamed buns. According to the theory of flour quantity, eating fried dough sticks is not as cost-effective as steamed buns. But the fried dough sticks are more delicious than the steamed buns.

The family living opposite Luo Cheng is also the only family living side by side with Uncle Wu and Aunt Liu. The three of them all have a good relationship, but relationships are relationships, and ideas are ideas. How is Luo Cheng's family doing in the yard? It has been almost a year since they lived here. Everyone has a strong point in their hearts. In the past, our neighbors helped each other, but few of us were well-off. We could only help when our own conditions allowed.

Having a good relationship with the Luo family doesn't mean that you need to get a certificate of surrender or something like that, or declare which family you want to draw a clear line with. Aren't many people in the yard doing this?

It seems that the ridiculous persistence in my heart has no meaning at all. Thinking about it, except for Uncle Wu and Aunt Liu, no one from the Luo family greeted each other in the front yard, so his family was the only one who insisted. Even his neighbor on the corner next door, who lived across from Luo Cheng, also had a good relationship with them. .

In this way, Luo Cheng didn't expect that he just wanted to eat fried dough sticks and porridge, and the entire front yard was considered the 'last household' and planned to make friends with his family.

After breakfast, Luo Cheng went to work first. Going to work in the factory was to deal with some internal affairs of the department. She doesn't know how to go out to do errands, and Zhao Qian also wants to take Hongxiu to buy clothes. Naturally, Luo Yan also wants to go with her, which means the three of them will go for a walk outside.

People in the yard were envious when they saw Zhao Qian and others talking and laughing as they went out with their vegetable baskets. They were living a good life.

Luo Cheng still has to eat at home at noon. Once Luo Cheng leaves, the family will have a "hard life" under Zhao Qian's care.

At least without Luo Cheng, it was impossible to eat dry rice twice a day. Just porridge and some side dishes at night would be enough.

In the morning, Luo Cheng handled some minor matters in the factory. The factory director took the lead and asked the finance department to give him thirty big black tens. Let him go and collect the goods. Luo Cheng also said that this is not a business-to-business collection. It is impossible to sell things and come to the factory to collect money.

Luo Cheng doesn't know how many of the thirty Big Black Tens he can bring to the future, but every time he brings one, he can sell it for at least tens of thousands of yuan, which can be regarded as an additional source of income for him.

After getting off work at noon, Luo Cheng rode his bicycle home. Zhang Hongxiu had already put on a newly bought shirt, giving people a quiet and delicate feeling. Luo Ben originally wanted to wait until he came back next time to arrange something for her, but after thinking about it, he might have to bring a lot of things back to the factory this time, so he might as well arrange a simple errand for her now.

"Hongxiu, after dinner later, you go to the station with me. I have an errand for you. Although you call me second brother, I can't support you in vain. Even if I support you, others will gossip. Yes, I understand."

"Second brother, I will do whatever you tell me."

Hongxiu said very seriously, Luo Yan is the biological sister of the second brother. When she comes to live here, some people say that she has a good brother. It is a blessing to live here with the second brother. What's more, she is just an outsider. If she just takes care of Luo Cheng and his wife like a nanny, some people will envy her. There are so many female beggars out there, why should she be chosen? Moreover, if the Luo Cheng family adopts a female beggar, it will also attract people's discussion. Most people have difficulty supporting their own families, so who would take in others. Unmarried men may not be willing to take in a woman, not to mention that Luo Cheng still has a wife. Men in the city will only want a woman who has escaped unless they are older or have a physical defect. Otherwise, they wouldn't want it, because such a woman can't live in a household or eat a ration.

Being kind-hearted these days is also a mistake. If you can be kind enough to take one in, how about two. Why are you keeping it? Just keep it like this. What is your purpose?

Luo Cheng needs help. If not, he will really give Zhang Hongxiu some food rations and let her wander elsewhere to beg for food. And for people like Hongxiu, whose hometown is almost a thousand miles away, and who has no one to rely on, she can only rely on Luo Cheng's family when they take her in. Only then can he be more loyal and let Luo Cheng arrange everything.

After eating and resting for a while, Hongxiu carried Luo Cheng's rattan box and followed Luo Cheng out. The box still contained Luo Cheng's clothes and food from the first night he went to the commune. Of course, there were also some extra buns for other people.

On the road, Luo Cheng was riding a bicycle, and Zhang Hongxiu was holding the box with one hand and a part of the back seat of the bicycle with the other hand, and sat behind the car. Hongxiu's face was very close to Luo Cheng's back. She felt that her face was a little hot and she wanted to lean in directly.

In fact, she had never thought about anything between men and women before, but she started to escape south. As a person of marriageable age in a rural area, she had to think about it, because before she was separated from her family, her parents were telling her that if she met a suitable family on the road, in order to survive, they told her not to choose and get married.

So Zhang Hongxiu had to think about some things about men and women, just like many people who don't know much about this aspect. I know a little bit about what it looks like, but how it feels in detail. I can’t figure it out without experiencing it.

After fleeing here, Zhao Qian took her in, and the reason at the beginning was to get her married. Otherwise, if she can give her a bite to eat, she is considered kind-hearted, so why should she be taken in?

When it comes to the Luo Cheng family, every day they still have to think about how they will get married soon and sleep with a man, and then there will be some shy scenes. But there was no very vivid picture in her random thoughts. There is no specific man who does that.

But since I saw Luo Cheng that day, it was nothing, but I had another 'nightmare' at night. She dreamed that it was her second brother who wanted to have sex with her at the beginning. In the dream, she actually did not resist. She still remembered her thoughts in the dream at that time. It was clearly that she wanted her to marry a good friend of her second brother. He is also a relatively short person. Why did the second brother become the second brother when she was in the same room with her? But just as she was about to accept it, the second brother's body changed. She didn't have the image of Chen Lezi, so the one lying on her turned into a grinning monkey. This was what she thought The reason why I had nightmares.

Zhang Hongxiu didn't dare to tell anyone else about that dream, but she only told her second brother Luo Cheng every time she saw her. I will think of the first half of that 'nightmare' from time to time~~.

"Hongxiu, do you understand what I told you?"

"Ah~~Oh. Got it, second brother."

Luo Cheng, who was riding in front, had no idea that Hongxiu behind him was distracted, but what he explained was simple. Even if you are distracted, the other party can react immediately.

Now Luo Cheng takes her to the station just to let her act as an errand boy. Luo Cheng was familiar with the shuttle bus driver. After he prepared the things he wanted to bring in the town this time, because of the large quantity, he couldn't bring much if he asked the shuttle bus to take him by the way. It would be best to arrange for someone from the machinery factory to send a Jiefang truck to deliver goods from the factory.

Therefore, in the early stage of the Hong Show, it was just a microphone. Just come to the station every morning and afternoon and ask if there is anyone who can take the message from Luo Cheng. And this is also her first step. Luo Cheng does not intend to only supply to machinery factories, garment factories, textile factories, lumber factories, grain stations, etc.

From now on, she will take Hongxiu to get acquainted with each other, and she will have to check the numbers and socialize with other factories one by one. So you need a little bit of culture, and you need to be able to write and do calculations.

When we arrived at the station, the driver and Zhang Hongxiu had the same surname. He told some of the masters at the station that Hongxiu should just go into the station and wait for half an hour every day when the shuttle bus to Nghe An County came back. Just don't let her stand outside in the wind and sun.

Of course, this little request is no problem. Luo Cheng is now the section chief, and he is at the same level as the deputy webmaster here. Even if Master Zhang is not familiar with Luo Cheng, it is no problem for him to make a request to the webmaster in his capacity.

Luo Cheng took Hong Xiu to chat with some staff at the station for a while. After the station master knew Luo Cheng's identity, he asked him to help the station get some supplies such as food.

To be honest, there are many types of personnel at a station. Drivers can take care of them, and conductors can also take care of them. But those are all things people can afford to bring into their homes, and it’s also an unwritten rule.

And the station itself, clerks, finance, statistics, cleaning, inspection. In fact, various personnel have a difficult life and do not have many benefits. However, it is much better than some units and enterprises, because passenger transport and freight transport have not yet been separated, and they are all dispatched by the station.

As for freight, domestic transportation has been tight and there is a shortage of trucks. Therefore, truck drivers are actually more popular than shuttle bus drivers, and the station can rely on freight, deal with some factories and companies, and get some benefits.

But everything is tight now, and transportation is the station’s task and necessary obligation. If people don't give benefits to the station, the most the station will do is delay transportation time. They are all units of the state. If someone is involved in long-distance transportation and gets angry, the most they can do is report it to the police, and they will be afraid that you won't be able to get to the station.

Luo Cheng thought for a while. He could bring some vegetables and eggs to the station. There are not many staff at the station. It doesn’t cost much, just scrambled eggs with tomatoes. As for meat, Luo Cheng doesn't plan to bring it to his factory this time, let alone other units.

At around two o'clock, Luo Cheng took the shuttle bus and set off. Zhang Hongxiu watched the car leave before turning around and going home.

"Stationmaster, why are you calling me?"

"The section chief of the purchasing department of the machinery factory is really very capable."

"I don't know the specific situation, but I have come back from the town below many times and brought a lot of things."

"The girl just called her second brother. What is their relationship? One is Zhang and the other is Luo. Are they cousins?"

"I don't know, but Chief Luo has a biological sister who should be living in the city now. The last time Luo Cheng went to the town below, it was his biological sister who came to see her off at the station."

"Then does his sister have a job?"

"It doesn't seem like that. It's from down there."

"How about we arrange a job for his sister at the station? Will you let Section Chief Naluo take care of our station in the future?"

"Arrange the work, no matter how you arrange it, we don't have any free positions."

"Temporary casual workers are paid about ten yuan a month. It's like the street office hiring people from poor families to sweep the streets."

"This~~can this be done?"

"Can you please give it a try?"

"Then wait for Chief Luo to come back next time and tell him how to arrange it."

"Let's be direct. We can't staff up casual workers anyway. They might not be willing to work there. They have a section chief who is really capable as you said. It's not difficult to arrange a simple job."

(End of this chapter)